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Which would you choose?

39 replies

Cantrip · 07/11/2019 23:27

This will be our 5th child. Our older four are all old enough to have VERY strong opinions on what their new sibling should be called, which is making this process much more difficult than it ever was before!! Slowly narrowing down our small list of possible baby names. Pretty sure which boy name I’m leaning towards, but still open to new suggestions for a girl if you can think of any which seem like they’d fit in with our choices.

Hector
Quentin
Silas

Magnus

Agatha
Marilla
Adelaide
Susannah
Miriam
Robin

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Frith2013 · 08/11/2019 18:44

Hector - makes me think of hectoring
Quentin - ok
Silas - Marner
Magnus - ok

Agatha - great aunt. No.
Marilla. Really dislike this. It’s like a mix between Aquila and Manila envelopes
Adelaide - ok
Susannah - 1970s and dull
Miriam - ok
Robin - my friend’s brother and another friend’s dad. I can’t see it as a girls name.

jessilovesmarvel · 08/11/2019 17:09

Love your boy names. I really like Miriam from your girl list.

Beatrice
Agnes
Esther
Josephine
Winifred
Theodora
Edith
Genevieve
Harriet
Ada
Matilda
Tabitha
Juliet
Eliza
Naomi
Frances
Mabel
Ruth
Ingrid
Aurora
Lydia
Cora
Audrey
Eloise
Aurelia
Phoebe
Antonia
Rosalind
Alma
Blanche
Claire
Maisie
Delia

MikeUniformMike · 08/11/2019 16:48

Magnus or Silas and Susannah.

Boireannachlaidir · 08/11/2019 15:54

Magnus and Agatha but having read PP I agree Quentin would be good too! Susannah is also lovely.

Stollen23 · 08/11/2019 15:49

Just seen it's your 5th baby. Definitely Quentin! It's a great name but especially cool for a fifth born!

Good luck.

Stollen23 · 08/11/2019 14:37

Quentin or Susannah are lovely. Classic, well known and easy spell and pronounce. But not too common.

The meaning of hector puts me off that one.

i also like the suggestion of Stella for a girl

ImportantWater · 08/11/2019 12:26

Magnus and Robin (also prefer this spelling for a girl, and as you say there are plenty of female Robins), or Magnus and Marilla (Green Gables fan?)

123Dancewithme · 08/11/2019 12:25

Hector or Magnus, and Susannah or Miriam

Chocolateandcarbs · 08/11/2019 12:24

Adelaide (Addie) and Miriam are lovely.

FizzyGreenWater · 08/11/2019 12:23

Oh and the y in Robin/Robyn is not a current trend. That's the way the girl name is spelled, much like Sydney/Sidney. Very traditional.

FizzyGreenWater · 08/11/2019 12:22

Sorry but YOU get to name the baby, end of, and then you TELL your children what their sibling is called :) . Unless you want to ask them if you're going to get to name their babies when they have them... No? Ok then.

Boy: Love Magnus, like Silas, Hector ok at a push
Girl: Love Agatha, like Susannah, really properly dislike the others I'm afraid.

MeanMrMustardSeed · 08/11/2019 09:49

Like Silas and love Miriam.

Our eldest two wanted to help name our number 4 - I just said that they would get to chose their children’s names one day and that this decision was ours! We used a name they hadn’t liked, but now he’s here and called it, they’ve got used to it.

Lebkuchenlovers · 08/11/2019 09:46

Quentin or Miriam

MrsNoMopp · 08/11/2019 09:11

Magnus or Susannah.

Astrid
Agnes
Stella
Eleanor
Clarice
Madeleine
Eleanor

Tammytobys · 08/11/2019 08:17

Quentin or Miriam are my favourites.

More girl ideas: Clara or Margot?

Poppydaisys · 08/11/2019 08:12

Love the name Quentin, especially for a fifth! I don't like the meaning of hector/hectoring and the potential nickname Heck?! Magnus is ok but Silas sounds too much like Silos.

For a girl I like Susannah or Miriam best. I don't like Adelaide or Robin.

hauxwell · 08/11/2019 07:58

I have an Agatha so pick that! I love Magnus for a boy.

MrsElijahMikaelson1 · 08/11/2019 07:46

Quentin or Miriam

Albern · 08/11/2019 07:45

i really like Silas and Agatha.

EleanorShellstrop100 · 08/11/2019 07:43

I like Robin... not sure about boys names. I don’t like any of them much but Hector is quite cute.

Grufallosfriends · 08/11/2019 07:05

Hector - don't like meaning of 'to hector'
Quentin - like
Silas - reminds me of silos or sewage
Magnus - like

Agatha - like
Marilla - like
Adelaide - no, not sure why not
Susannah - ok
Miriam - like
Robin - no, too birdie

Pippilangstrumpfi · 08/11/2019 06:53

We have a Quentin (so am biased) but I love it and he's not even our fifth! I also like Magnus.

For a girl I'd choose Agatha or Miriam.

Good luck!

Lweji · 08/11/2019 06:48

Miriam or Robin

Don't like any of the boy names

Lavenderblues · 08/11/2019 06:43

I like Quentin and Miriam best.

Peachbubble · 08/11/2019 06:34

I like Hector and Magnus or Agatha, Marilla and Susannah.