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Top 5 names for boy/girl?

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SarahTTCx · 05/05/2020 23:23

What is everyones top 5 for each sex? Not pregnant yet but trying, and we think we have first names picked out for girl and boy but sometimes dot around our top 5. Also open to finding new names to sway me! I'll start:

Boys: Sullivan, Elliot, Archer, Harvey and Hayes

Girls: Lyla/Lylah, Amélie, Nora, Eliot and Joie

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Haz1516 · 08/05/2020 12:12

Currently for boys:
Reuben
Isaac
Sebastian
Joshua
Henry

Currently for girls:
Wren
Isabella
Matilda
Sadie
Daisy

17caterpillars1mouse · 07/05/2020 20:11

Not including my dds if I were to have another ten babies haha they would be

Girls:
Jocelyn
Madeline
Hebe
Aleydis
Olive

Boys:
Rufus
Benedict
Tobias
Zachary
Ewan

Whatsyourflava · 07/05/2020 15:52

@SarahTTCx I think as time goes on no one would mishear Melody for Elodie. I looked into the official statistics on another recent thread - the name Melody is practically extinct now. Elodie is wayyyy higher up the charts. I think it will be the other way round - a future "Melody" would continually be called "Elodie"

missmouse101 · 07/05/2020 15:52

Cassia, Hebe, Fern, Sasha, Tamsin
Adam, Jasper, Kit, Solomon, Sebastian

Whatsyourflava · 07/05/2020 15:49

I'm the same @SpicedCamomile
Totally agree with you

Whatsyourflava · 07/05/2020 15:48

@SarahTTCx if you like Kit but think it might raise eyebrows, it's a nickname for Christopher so you could have that as the official name but call him Kit day to day - just an idea.
I love the name Sarah by the way

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SarahTTCx · 07/05/2020 15:19

@SpicedCamomile haha Sarah is my name! Didn't think you were sucking up don't worry. It's funny, my name was very popular when I was young (I was one of 5 Sarah's in my year at school) and then nobody younger than me seemed to be Sarah! It does seem to be making a come back though, i've seen lot's of people with it in their lists on here!

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Goldenmother · 07/05/2020 14:56

Mason
Harrison
George
Grayson
Tommy

SpicedCamomile · 07/05/2020 14:47

@SarahTTCx I wasn’t allowed Teddy as DH has Edward as a middle name and doesn’t like it! We did use James though.
I hadn’t realised when I put my girls names that Sarah is in your user name - I don’t know if that’s your real name of course but I wasn’t trying to suck up . It was super popular when I was younger (five in my school year) so I didn’t really consider it as a favourite name then but now I realise how much I like it and guess it was popular for a reason!

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SarahTTCx · 07/05/2020 14:15

@SpicedCamomile I love James! I'm usually more drawn towards slughtly less common names but James is one of those classics that i've always loved and probably always will! It may even make a middle name if I can convince OH (he thinks it is boring). Also love Teddy but I worry it's getting a little too popular at the moment with the wrong kind of people (not trying to sound snobby).

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SarahTTCx · 07/05/2020 14:13

@Whatsyourflava I quite like Kit but I don't think it would get the nod of approval from OH or our parents unfortunately! Nice name though!

@BreastedBoobilyToTheStairs yay Archer! I don't see many others saying they like it! Also, I love Elodie, it's so pretty sounding! But I hate the name Melody and I worry people would think that was the name when introduced so for that reason I had to veto from my list!

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SpicedCamomile · 07/05/2020 11:55

Boys - James, Jack, Alexander, Bertie (Bertram), Teddy (Edward)
Girls - Rose, Anna, Lara, Sarah, Emily

BreastedBoobilyToTheStairs · 07/05/2020 11:50

At the moment:

Boys: Sebastian, Ezra, Archer, Levi, Alistair

Girls: Persephone, Seraphina, Callista, Lyra, Elodie

But this changes every day

Whatsyourflava · 07/05/2020 10:54

Changes all the time but here's today's list

Boys:

Marley
Kit
Barnaby
Sidney (Sid)
Cole
Tristan
Ellis

Girl:

Mabel
Martha
Molly
Greta
Willa
Margaret/Peggy
Clementine
Edith

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SarahTTCx · 07/05/2020 10:41

@Pantheon I think you may have commented on the wrong thread, I can't see any comments on here about disliking a child or their behaviour?

@whatausername I've always loved Tessa (and similarly Stella) but feel they don't work where I live! Especially Stella since I live in Stella haha!

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whatausername · 07/05/2020 10:26

Polly, Harriet, Kiera, Tessa, Antonia

Isaiah, Marcus, Qasim, Cathal, Arjun (also like this for a girl so really it's a sneaky alternate!)

All of these are subject to change within the week or even the day...I love the history and creativity of names.

Pantheon · 07/05/2020 10:23

That's really unkind. There's a big difference between saying you don't like a child's behaviour - hitting or biting or something - and saying you don't like them as a person. That's fundamentally who they are. Very damaging. And if it's some kind of personality clash, still no need to say anything, surely.

ChnandlerBong · 07/05/2020 09:40

@SarahTTCx

dd would have been Nina but ds (not George!) was 2 at the time and fixated with fire engines aka nee-naas so it would have just been too confusing all round!

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SarahTTCx · 06/05/2020 19:06

@ChnandlerBong George and Nina are gorgeous, they'd be lovely sibling names!

@Edenember Zachary and Erika are so lovely! Zachary was always really high on my list then a close friend named her little boy Zachary so I scrapped it!

@BatleyTownswomensGuild I love Owen but my OH just won't go for it no matter how hard I try! Also a big fan of Alice, it's quite likely that would be a middle name if we had a girl as it was also my great grans name! I love the sound of Lyla Alice with our surname!

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BatleyTownswomensGuild · 06/05/2020 16:26

Boys:
Ivor, Seth, Owen, Tom, Laurie (I like simple strong names for boys.)

Girls:
Lara, April, Isla, Alice, Audrey

Edenember · 06/05/2020 16:17

Boys - Caleb, Zachary, Seth, Gabriel, Xander

Girls - Eliza, Erika, Freyja, Rowena, Tilda, Theia

Sorry that’s 6 😂

ChnandlerBong · 06/05/2020 16:11

Daniel, James. George, Adam, Sam

Nina, Fleur, Cora, Iris, Annabel

roarfeckingroar · 06/05/2020 13:24

Watching with interest because I have a list of girls names I love but I'm having a boy and can't find any I like.

Girls:
Ottilie, Harriet, Elodie, Autumn, Aurelia, Jasmine

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SarahTTCx · 06/05/2020 13:12

@BiggerBoat1 all of your boys names there are either on my list or have been in the past, lovely! I especially love Jude.

@VirginWestCoast i love Thimas and Jacob for boys!

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VirginWestCoast · 06/05/2020 13:06

Girls: Ellen, Megan, Suzanna, Naomi, Sarah
Boys: Simon, Patrick, Thomas, Jacob, Ewan

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