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Original poster

ANOTHER baby names thread - DH says he will abide by majority view

169 replies

MrsTulkinghorn · 07/06/2007 14:18

DH and I both have our fav names chosen. We like each other's choices but like our own more. We cannot decide whose choice to go with. If there is a clear majority for one of the names below DH says we should go with the majority.

So which do you prefer:

For a girl:
Anna
Matilda

For a boy:
Reuben
Samuel

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SSSandy2 · 07/06/2007 15:10

Anna
Samuel

Tigana · 07/06/2007 15:03

matilda and reuben

thirtysomething · 07/06/2007 15:02

Anna and Samuel but all of them are lovely!

RedLorryYellowLorry · 07/06/2007 15:02

I like Matilda and Samuel best.

boomie · 07/06/2007 14:56

Matilda (Tilly) and Samuel

Lolly68 · 07/06/2007 14:54

Maltida (Tilly) and Samuel

Cascara · 07/06/2007 14:50

Oh I agree, try them out on the baby. One of our names 100% did not suit our ds!

Cascara · 07/06/2007 14:49

Samuel (it's in our future child top 10!)

and

Matilda

MrsBadger · 07/06/2007 14:45

Anna and Samuel, though all four are lovely IMO

I'd wait till BabyTulkighorn is born and see which they look like - two of each isn't too many.

(NB Tilly Tulkinghorn may be a bit much )

fortyplus · 07/06/2007 14:40

Anna

Reuben

LadyOfTheFlowers · 07/06/2007 14:38

have not read all posts but i personally like things a bit different so would go with matilda and reuben.
do you mind if it was shortened?

matty
mat
tilly

ann

roo
ben

sammy
sam

just ignore me, im sure its been done!

lissie · 07/06/2007 14:36

reuben and matilda. both beautiful, unusual names imho

oggsfrog · 07/06/2007 14:35

Matilda
Reuben

Tinker · 07/06/2007 14:34

Can I switch from Samuel to Reuben? That makes it even then doesn't it?

MamaG · 07/06/2007 14:33

Anna
Samuel

Original poster
MrsTulkinghorn · 07/06/2007 14:32

Thanks everyone so far. Keep opinions coming it. We have to make sure we get this right!

A quick tally of the results so far shows:

Anna 14
Matilda 9

Reuben 11
Samuel 13

Someone asked which my choice was. My favs are Anna and Reuben. DH is Matilda and Samuel. I do like them all though.

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luckylady74 · 07/06/2007 14:30

reuben is beautiful and unlike samuel he won't find himself known as sam b or whatever the surname initial is like the 3 sam's in my son's preschool were and the williams too! i think biblical is the way to go for boys - though i went biblical then shakespeare.
girls names are both lovely - i think anna crosses generations where as matilda is popular now, not that that stops it being lovely.

CountessDracula · 07/06/2007 14:30

Anna and Samuel

NuttyMuffins · 07/06/2007 14:30

Anna and Samuel

ChippyMinton · 07/06/2007 14:29

Anna and Reuben

LazyLine · 07/06/2007 14:29

Reuben was on my shortlist.

Prob Matilda

portonovo · 07/06/2007 14:27

Reuben definitely - except i hate Ben which he would get. But I dislike both Samuel and Sam - and every other boy seems to be Sam now.

Probably Anna for a girl, not really struck on either.

LoveAngel · 07/06/2007 14:27

Matilda or Reuben. Anna and Sam (it wil inevitably become 'Sam') a bit 'safe'.

Miaou · 07/06/2007 14:26

Anna and reuben

Fimbo · 07/06/2007 14:24

Tilly & Sam