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Baby names - AGAIN!!!!

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helenelisabeth · 15/08/2007 20:59

Hi all, I would be grateful if you could give me your honest opinions on the following names:-

Boy - Saul Alexander
Girl - Elisabeth Rose

I am 37 weeks pg and believe me, I have been through EVERY name in the book! We have told only my parents the above names and they love them and I want to keep them secret in RL but would like some honest opinions.

Thanks

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3andnomore · 20/01/2008 10:23

lol

mehdismummy · 20/01/2008 10:17

yes but usually really fit bad guys!

3andnomore · 20/01/2008 10:14

lol

and mehdismummy...know what you are saying....but...it also seems that it is a name chosen when looking for a nasty character in a movie/soap...etc...

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3andnomore · 20/01/2008 10:09

sorry...I didn't realise it was a old thread

mehdismummy · 20/01/2008 10:05

love saul. What a strong male name. And really in twenty years time is it likely one of his peers is gonna turn round and say oi mate you are named after a nasty man in the bible. I think not! My ds name means guided one. Also a name of a terrorist organisation. Did not stop me. Do what you want not everyone else thinks. Your post brought tears to my eyes so please you fell pg again after your long struggles. Good luck

Hulababy · 20/01/2008 10:02

I really like Elisabeth Rose. Not keen on Saul though.

3andnomore · 20/01/2008 09:54

Think I was right about Saul not being a good character:
Bible gateway

3andnomore · 20/01/2008 09:51

Lovely names...however Saul is, if I recall rightly, not a nice biblical character...maybe Sol (which means sun)

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helenelisabeth · 16/08/2007 09:08

Tripletsandtwins, Elisabeth with the S is a family tradition, my great grandmother my mother, myself and DD1 all have it spelt that way in our middle names.

Everyone seems keen on the girls name so far. Looked into Saul in the bible, yes he wasn't a particularly nice man but neither were a lot of biblical men and that hasn't stopped their names being quite popular! Think I will definitely stick to these names now! My other name was Jude for a boy and that name comes from Judas - you couldn't have got more of a b@stard in the bible! Must be running a theme here!

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tripletsandtwins · 16/08/2007 00:21

I like them both.

Any particular reason you're spelling Elisabeth with an 's', I suppose you can shorten it to Elsa then. Or Beth... anyway, very pretty names!

I prefer Alexander to Saul though tbh

KerryMumbledore · 15/08/2007 23:43

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Tinker · 15/08/2007 23:42

Like them both.

MamaMaiasaura · 15/08/2007 23:37

Elizabeth Rose was my choice for a girl. My friend has just called her new dd Elizabeth and today we found out we were having another boy Think Elizabeth Rose is beautiful and I like the shortened versions of Libby or Beth or Betty. LIke it with S or Z.

Not so keen on Saul but not really heard it much. Like Alexander

Enjoy rest of your pregnancy and hope birth goes well. I am only 20 weeks so you stage seems a lifetime away!

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helenelisabeth · 15/08/2007 22:13

Babyblue as you may have guessed from my username, my full name is Helen Elisabeth and I always wished I had been called Elisabeth instead of Helen. The beauty of it is that there are tonnes of names you can shorten it to if you get fed up with Elisabeth!

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babyblue2 · 15/08/2007 22:10

I like Grace, TBH though I never liked Elizabeth when I was a teenager and was desperate to have it shortened but now I've got it shortened if I want, I don't want it to be (except family members), though I don't see how DH gets Dizzy our of Elizabeth, I think thats more my personality.

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helenelisabeth · 15/08/2007 22:07

Babyblue Elizabeth is definitely a name ripe for revival IMO! I have a DD called Grace and Grace is v popular now but was not so much in 2001! I just love old fashioned names and they grow with the child plus they sound classier as well!

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babyblue2 · 15/08/2007 22:05

I think Elisabeth is lovely just curious as to why not with a Z. Lissy is lovely as a shortened name. I get Liz sometimes or Lizzie but prefer Elizabeth. My parents call me Tizz and my husband calls me Dizzy.

SpeccieSeccie · 15/08/2007 21:58

I like them both - Saul is great and Elizabeth was our name if we'd had a girl instead of ds. I'd second the 'be prepared for misspellings' though. If that doesn't bother you, then go for it

themildmanneredjanitor · 15/08/2007 21:56

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helenelisabeth · 15/08/2007 21:54

Mrsscavo, what are your DC's names!?

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helenelisabeth · 15/08/2007 21:54

Also babyblue I quite like Elisabeth shortened to Lissy (if I was to shorten it that is, I probably wouldn't as love Elisabeth as it is) hence the "S"!

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catnip · 15/08/2007 21:54

I really like Elisabeth with an s. Like it with a z too, but with an s is especially pretty. Honestly - love both your names

MrsScavo · 15/08/2007 21:53

If you like those names, then go for them. They're not names I would have chosen, but you probably wouldn't like my childrens names.

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helenelisabeth · 15/08/2007 21:50

babyblue2, Elisabeth spelt with the S is a family name and I suppose I would like to keep the spelling that way! No other reason really and I have dithered over having it spelt with the Z as it means they could have a lifetime of telling people to spell it with an "S"!

Yama, I agree, the reason why I am keeping it secret in RL is that EVERY name I have had has been poo-pooed by family/friends. I loved Alana but since my SIL said it sounds like a lapdancer's name, it put me off!

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