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Thoughts on this list?

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gregoire · 01/08/2019 22:44

Hello! What are people's thoughts on these names? I like classical but not stuffy. Also like Scottish names (DH and I are both Scottish)

Girls

Tabitha
Martha
Dorothy
Mirren
Ishbel
Juliette

Boys

James / Jamie
Adam
William
Arran
Domnhall
Alasdair
Aengus
Artair

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LegoPiecesEverywhere · 11/08/2019 08:23

I like Juliette and William

Jellycat00 · 11/08/2019 07:36

Lovely names, although my least favourite are Dorothy and Juliet. There are some names I've never heard of but they sound lovely.

Luxesoap · 03/08/2019 12:39

Tabitha and Alisdair are my favourites. Followed by Martha and William. Not keen on the others, especially Domnhall which reminds me of abdominal said quickly.

Icklepup · 03/08/2019 10:03

I like Dorothy

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gregoire · 03/08/2019 09:47

That's pretty, I like it!

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babysnowman · 02/08/2019 15:53

How about Muireann? I've heard it pronounced 'Mir-ren' and 'Mwi-ren'?

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gregoire · 02/08/2019 15:15

Elspeth is lovely!

Merryn is a Cornish name that makes more sense

Might make more sense in Cornwall, but not Scotland! It's very pretty though, lovely spelling.

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CakeRattleandRoll · 02/08/2019 13:20

Love Tabitha, and like Juliet and Martha.
How about Elspeth?
Love Alasdair from your boy's list.

Frith2013 · 02/08/2019 12:05

James / Jamie - ok
Adam - dull
William - ok
Arran - nice
Domnhall
Alasdair - no
Aengus - no
Artair - looks like Arthur spelled wrong

Frith2013 · 02/08/2019 12:03

Tabitha - ok
Martha - bit dull
Dorothy - no
Mirren - no. Sounds like you’ve got a crush on Helen Mirren. Merryn is a Cornish name that makes more sense
Isbel - no
Juliette - no

Ewanthescreamsheep · 02/08/2019 11:57

I like Alisdair, Juliette (prefer Juliet spelling) and Mirren best from your list.
We have an Alistair. If he'd been a girl he would have probably been either Juliet or Merryn (similar to your Mirren), with Lillian as a middle name.

Astronica · 02/08/2019 11:13

I love Ishbel, Juliet (much prefer this spelling) and Tabitha.

Boys - I love Domnhall, Aengus and Artair, and I like James, William and Alasdair.

NoSauce · 02/08/2019 08:39

All the girls apart from Dorothy ( which imo is one of those names that will date like Betsy, Maisie, Elsie and Alfie )

Adam, William and James from the boys list.

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gregoire · 02/08/2019 07:42

Also Mirren is a girl's name in Scotland! Never heard of the football team but might be an association lots of people have

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gregoire · 02/08/2019 07:41

@daisypond I actually agree with you on the spelling, not sure why I typed the french version!

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daisypond · 02/08/2019 07:23

All your girls’ names are fine, apart from Mirren - a male saint - and Juliette, which is naff unless you are French. Juliet is lovely.
I like Ishbel a lot. Miren is not a Japanese marinade. It’s mirin. Mirren for a boy is better, and I rather like it, but what about the football team?

joystir59 · 02/08/2019 06:34

They are all ok. Miren is a Japanese marinade. Tabatha is a cat's name.

Barbarafromblackpool · 02/08/2019 06:33

Tabitha is lovely. And actually, I've never met a cat called it...

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gregoire · 02/08/2019 06:29

Matilda is lovely! Thanks for the suggestion

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whattodo2019 · 02/08/2019 06:27

Tabitha
Martha
Alasdair

Haz1516 · 02/08/2019 06:24

I like Tabitha and Juliette for the girls. Like James, Adam, William and Arran for the boys. How about Matilda to add to the girls list?

userabcname · 02/08/2019 06:21

I love Tabitha and Juliette. William is my favourite on your boys list.

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gregoire · 02/08/2019 05:53

Thank you everyone! I really love Tabitha but my husband agrees that it's a cat name so might have to ditch that one 😭 but I love Mirren, William and Artair a lot ❤️

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zurigirl · 02/08/2019 02:00

Artair is so unusual, I love it!
Really like Arran and Mirren too. Smile

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