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Here I am again...

27 replies

BehindtheBump · 14/09/2020 22:43

Hello all,

I'm 37+ 4 with my second baby. Sex unknown. It took us some time after DD1 was born to name her and I was keen to avoid that this time around but I'm still not happy with any of the names on our shortlist. DH is incredibly picky and it's been a frustrating process. I'd like a name that goes with the name of our first, which is Clara. We need both boys and girls names. I'm also quite picky, which doesn't help. Ideally, it'd have:

  • a nice meaning
  • a Latin origin, like Clara, though I appreciate that this may be tricky
  • a different initial from C (though I could go for a C name if it were a boy, I just don't like the idea of two Miss C Bumps getting their mail confused)
  • A different ending- no a endings please
  • No er endings; conflicts with surname
  • Not top twenty in the popularity stakes
  • Not so common I'll have grown up with three of four of them. The more uncommon the better, really. I'd never met a Clara before I used the name (though it's shot up in popularity in the six years since!)

Hoping someone has some suggestions we've not thought of yet!

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Whatsyourflava · 14/09/2020 23:12

Laurence nn Laurie
Tristan
Curtis (Sorry starts with C)
Idris
Griffin
Angus
Casper
Otis
Peter
Sidney

Whatsyourflava · 14/09/2020 23:11

Margaret (maggie)
Pearl
Greta
Jemima
Roxanna
Verity
Aubrey