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Can you help us decide?

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holesinmypants · 03/04/2019 11:46

Baby due in a few weeks. Don't know gender.

What are your opinions on these and can you suggest any others in a similar style? We like simple names, traditional-ish but hopefully not crazy popular (although popular wouldn't always put us off)

Girls:
Hazel
Ada
Martha
Robyn
Nell
Cora

Boys:
Max
Robin
Dominic
Sebastian
Oscar
Harry

Thanks all!

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BlueMerchant · 03/04/2019 12:29

Favorite girls name on your list is Martha.
Not keen on the others.
What about Marnie or Polly?
Oscar and Max are lovely on your boys' list. A couple of suggestions could be Owen or Isaac?

Nowordsleft · 03/04/2019 12:24

I like all your boys names but not keen on the girls. Don’t like Hazel or Cora at all.

Fedoos · 03/04/2019 12:18

Some great names there, OP.

I love Hazel, Robyn or Martha. They all appeared on the list for my DD1 and for DD2 due in summer although we've decided on another name in the end.

I really like Dominic from your boy's list. My favourite boy's name is Alastair/Alistair, although I won't ever get to use it.

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holesinmypants · 03/04/2019 12:04

Ha! Me neither. We already have 2 boys and have used all the names we like! Hoping this one is a girl or he'll be nameless!

Other boy's names that we like but are hesitant to use because we know other kids called them:

Samuel (Sam)
Gabriel (Gabe? Not sure about nn tbh)
Raphael (Raffy)
Laurence (Laurie)

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Maryjoxk · 03/04/2019 12:00

Martha or Hazel!!! Lovely!!!
Not keen on your boys names to be honest OP but there’s nothing wrong with them- they’re just not ones I like (sorry)
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holesinmypants · 03/04/2019 11:57

OH loves Sebastian for a boy. I'm on the fence. Don't dislike it but not particularly keen on the nickname options. Sebby maybe? Hmmm trying to steer him away from it anyway.
Same with Robin really, I love it but I don't love Rob/Robbie. Boy's names are hard!

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holesinmypants · 03/04/2019 11:55

Hazel's my favourite too Smile I think that's what we're leaning towards, but it's nice to get other opinions - absolutely NO INTENTION of discussing any potential names with anyone in real life! Much to mil's disdain. Summer and Daisy are pretty too, thank you!

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Tiramisu1 · 03/04/2019 11:54

Cora and Robin!

Sebastian is ok but agree that Seb isn't very nice.

Nesssie · 03/04/2019 11:51

Girls - My favourite is Hazel. Its very pretty! My favourite girls names are Summer and Daisy.

Boys- I like Sebastian but not sure on the NN Seb? I like Finley, Riley, Luca/Lucas at the moment.