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Baby names

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29 replies

Januarybaby2019 · 16/12/2018 17:01

Hi all,

My due date is fast approaching (37 weeks today) and we are no closer on deciding on a name.

We don’t know the sex of the baby so suggestions for boys and girls would be welcomed. The name needs to work and be spelled/pronounced the same in both English and Flemish (Belgian Dutch) as we speak both at home.

I tend to prefer shorter names that are easy to pronounce and spell.

So far we are considering for boys:

Kit
Ralf
Otto
Miles or Milo
Emile
Jude
Teddy

And for girls:

Vada
Neve
Lena
Zadie

Girls names especially we are really stuck on so would love suggestions close to these - shortish international names that aren’t overly ‘frilly’ if that makes sense!

First baby so no sibling names to consider.

Thanks in advance!

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Santababyclaus · 16/12/2018 17:18

I like Otto.

I was told by a Dutch friend that 'Neve' is pronounced Nev, is this correct? In English it's pronounced Neev.

Sam
Max
Seb(astian)

Anouk
Elin
Lara

Strictlyneutral · 16/12/2018 17:11

Emile for a boy. Miles is my second choice but I am over Milo. I like the rest but I think they're very of the moment.

I love all your girl names and find them more interesting. My favourite is Lena although I didn't use it myself because I wanted something that had less ambiguity re pronunciation.
My (close) second choice is Zadie.

Januarybaby2019 · 16/12/2018 17:05

I think Miles is my favorite too! I haven’t really fallen in love with any girls names yet because I feel all my friends and relatives have girls with great names which are all taken! It’s so hard.

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ExcitedForChristmas18 · 16/12/2018 17:04

Miles was my favourite for a boy, but or surname begins with M and ends in S, so it sounded ridiculous together. I love Miles though, it's such a gentle sounding name 😊
Not sure on the girls names 🤔

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