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I can't find an 'us' name

31 replies

Greeneyedgeek83 · 16/08/2018 22:51

As the title suggests, we are struggling to find a name for both boys and girls that we feel is 'us'. Come up with a lot of names we like but that don't feel like something we would actually choose or could imagine calling our child. The only one I am actually considering right now is the girl name Frances as it is the closest thing I can imagine to the type of name we would choose. We have two boys already called George and James. George is named after a grandfather and we loved the name and James is a name we liked mainly based on the nicknames. I guess from our boys names it would appear we are more traditional/old fashioned. I guess I am seeking help to actually find a name that fits.

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JakePeraltaNYPD · 16/08/2018 23:19

Boys:
Henry
Oliver
Harry
Albert

Girls:
Emma
Olivia
Elizabeth
Eleanor

shaggedthruahedgebackwards · 16/08/2018 23:17

Alice or Kate for a girl maybe?

schopenhauer · 16/08/2018 23:16

The Frances’s I know have sisters called Karen and Emma. It’s a nice name, I see it as traditional but perhaps a little austere. Maybe you would consider Jane, Sarah, Anna, Laura, Ruth, Hope.

Enidblyton1 · 16/08/2018 23:14

George and James are my favourite two boys names Smile
Others on our list were Henry, Peter and Frederick.

Greeneyedgeek83 · 16/08/2018 23:10

Edward is on my list but I am not totally sold. I love thomas but I don't like any of the nn's that it will inevitably get shortened too :(

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AjasLipstick · 16/08/2018 23:05

John or Johnny
Seth
Tommy or Thomas
Edward

I love all of those.