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Pick a name off the list

132 replies

SoonToBeDad30 · 05/09/2020 15:00

Hello, my wife and I are expecting and are having difficulty whittling down our choices. For boys we like:
Jules
August
Forrest
Devon
Clay
Caspian
Fox
Orion
Woody
Bear

For girls we like:
Heather
Paloma
Storm
Marina
Adelaide
Rosemary
Mango

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Frazzled2207 · 06/09/2020 00:29

Yes Margot is great
Heather is ok, Paloma is nice but I think you would need Spanish connections
Adelaide is fabulous but brave.

Sorry I don’t like any of your boys names. If I had to choose I’d probably go with Woody.

RAOK · 06/09/2020 00:26

I don’t like any of these names. Please do not called your child Mango.

Firebird83 · 05/09/2020 23:24

Mango??

CaffiSaliMali · 05/09/2020 21:11

Caspian is the best of your boys names. If you like Jules you might like Jude? Also Tristan and Jasper feel like names of a similar style to Caspian.

I really like Rosemary (and other Rose names e.g. Rosa, Rosalie and Rosanna).

Heather, Adelaide and Marina are all nice too, albeit a bit old fashioned.

I don't think your son would thank you for the name Woody, he'll have a lifetime of erection jokes.

sibbys · 05/09/2020 21:09

Paloma + Woody

user1493494961 · 05/09/2020 21:08

Rosemary and Heather are OK, the rest are awful.

shartsi · 05/09/2020 20:30

Woody is another word for erection

finallychangedmyusername · 05/09/2020 20:25

From your boys list I like Caspian and August, Orion at a push.

Girls, I adore Marina and Adelaide. Heather and Rosemary are ok.

HeronLanyon · 05/09/2020 19:57

If you did mean Margot than that is lovely.

HeronLanyon · 05/09/2020 19:55

Heather and rosemary.
All of the others are just not (at all) my taste in names.

Congrats op.

DoTheMaccaroni · 05/09/2020 19:53

Forrest (friend just named her son Forest and I love it!)
Caspian
Orion

Obviously Mango for a girl. No question.

quantumdog · 05/09/2020 19:01

Heather and Rosemary are alright I guess. The rest are pretty naff and try-hard, sorry.
If Mango is in fact a typo and should read Margo, then that's probably the best of a bad bunch.

micc · 05/09/2020 18:40

Fox! Love it, I want to use it but it sounds a bit funny with our last name.
Also love Rosemary x

17caterpillars1mouse · 05/09/2020 18:17

Caspian (I like it, but in a nice on somebody else's child way I think - it could be a grower)

And

Adelaide - love it

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 05/09/2020 18:08

The nicest out the boys list are Bear and Fox. August seems more of a girls name to me.
I like Heather from your girls list and I think Stormi rather than Storm is much prettier.

TheYellowOfTheEgg · 05/09/2020 17:42

I asked myself which of those boys' names I would use if I HAD to use one of them and I couldn't bring myself to choose one.

I don't mind Marina and Adelaide.

Mango must be a typo.

SelmaB · 05/09/2020 17:41

August and Rosemary

Brighterthansunflowers · 05/09/2020 17:40

Honestly I think your boys names are awful. Caspian is the least worst, only because it makes me think of narnia

Girls names Rosemary

emilybrontescorsett · 05/09/2020 17:39

The only one I like is Adelaide.

eveningfalls · 05/09/2020 17:36

Caspian and Adelaide are my 2 picks

Bear and Mango are just beyond ridiculous

MikeUniformMike · 05/09/2020 17:20

(I know it is Bear with me but it is often misspelt)

MikeUniformMike · 05/09/2020 17:19

Jules - dislike
August - rhymes with Disgust
Forrest - Gump
Devon - and Cornwall
Clay - Feet
Caspian - like
Fox - prefer Wolf
Orion - initially read it as Onion
Woody - is it still used as a nn for an erection?
Bear - Bare with me...

For girls we like:
Heather - ok
Paloma - ok but Faith springs to mind
Storm - no
Marina - yes
Adelaide - Jolie Laide
Rosemary - not keen but Rose and Mary are both nice.
Mango - yes, or Papaya or Plum

MintyMurray17 · 05/09/2020 17:11

August for a boy. Incredibly handsome.
Clay a close second.

Paloma is stunning! Marina a close second.

I really love your lists OP Grin

RuthW · 05/09/2020 16:16

Caspian for a boy.

I love love love Rosemary/Rosemarie but my then dh said no.

Adelaide is lovely, as is Heather.

twirlywooly · 05/09/2020 15:59

Jules - No. girl nn to me
August No. Once again quite feminine to me
Forrest- No. Too Forest Gump
Devon - Ok. Bit out there for my taste.
Clay - Bit too out there.
Caspian- ok. Bit posh to me.
Fox- Ok. Not my taste/bit out there Orion Ok. Not my taste/bit out there
Woody Ok. Not my taste/bit out there
Bear Ok. Not my taste/bit out there

For girls we like:
Heather - Nice
Paloma- Ok
Storm - Bit hippy
Marina - Like
Adelaide- Love
Rosemary - Like
Mango - Hell no. Way way too out there