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Which of these names do you like?

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binkys · 09/10/2018 22:43

I desperately need help narrowing down my shortlist, DC1 is due in 2 weeks and I'm struggling to narrow it down so any opinions would be massively helpful!!

What do you think of these... do you like any?
Boys
Amos
Hux
Josef
Roman

Girls
Asia
Eleska
Hettie
Iris
Martha

Suggestions welcome too!!!!

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Secretmystery · 10/10/2018 00:21

I don't like the boys names.

I think Hettie, Iris and Martha are really nice, especially Martha.

JosellaPlayton · 10/10/2018 00:19

I like Martha. Iris is ok. Josef also makes me think Stalin but I like it if spelt Joseph. Amos isn’t terrible but I wouldn’t go as far as to say I like it. The rest of your names are, ahem, not to my taste.

Argeles · 10/10/2018 00:17

Roman and Iris are beautiful names.

SleepingStandingUp · 10/10/2018 00:15

Boys
Amos - kinda sweet actually
Hux - sounds like a sound. Huh.

Josef - always a good classic, joey or Joe for nn
Roman - just don't like it. Fine once you're 40 but I can't take to it

Girls
Asia - not hugely keen on place names.

Eleska - pooh pretty but probably a lifetime of being called Alaska
Hettie - sounds like a shortened version of something. Maybe Henrietta and then possibly shortened?
Iris - love
Martha - love

Bessieham · 10/10/2018 00:13

For girls, I like Hettie, Iris and Martha.

I think Hettie should be short for Henrietta though.

Bessieham · 10/10/2018 00:12

Amos for a boy.

Roman just makes me think of Roman Polanski (aka paedophile)

Hux is awful. Sounds a bit like hoax, which isn’t exactly a positive connotation. I reckon the only way you could get away with it would be if it was short for Huxley. I still don’t like it though.

Josef. That spelling just makes me think Stalin. People would spell/pronounce it wrong his entire life. If he’s going to grow up in the UK just call him Joseph.

Ixnayonthehombre · 10/10/2018 00:04

All the Romans I've met are chavvy. I know we're not supposed to say that on Mumsnet Hmm. I'm not keen on Asia as a name or Eleska. What about Elektra instead?

Sophronia · 10/10/2018 00:01

Amos and Martha

Shadow1234 · 09/10/2018 23:48

Roman and Martha, or Roman and Matilda as another suggestion

Novasglow · 09/10/2018 22:57

I like Roman but I'm not keen on any of the girls names.

StompyDino · 09/10/2018 22:56

Love Hettie and Martha!

TillyTheTiger · 09/10/2018 22:54

Josef and Martha are both lovely

TatianaLarina · 09/10/2018 22:53

Roman and Iris by miles. Like Martha too. Don’t like the others.

notangelinajolie · 09/10/2018 22:52

I like Hettie and Iris. Don't like any of the boy names.

GlitterCloud · 09/10/2018 22:51

Josef and Roman are lovely.
Amos is ok
Hux is horrendous.

Hettie and Iris are gorgeous
Martha is lovely too
Asia is ok
Eleska is horrible. Reminds me of Glasgow said in a neddish Glasgow accent and just looks like a typo of Alaska

ThymeCake · 09/10/2018 22:49

Amos and Martha.

Sunflower321 · 09/10/2018 22:45

I like Amos and Martha

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