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Girl and boy shortlist help

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BMag · 04/06/2021 22:08

Hi all,

Feel like I’ve been staring at this list of names for so long I’ve gone blind to them and would appreciate some honest opinions!

I already have a 2 year-old DD called Anwen, ideally the new baby’s name will complement her name but I’m not overly fussed if none of them do...

Girls:
Audrey
Odette
Cleo
Iona (pronounced yo-na)
Imelda
Yvette
Octavia

Boys:
Vince
Ioan (yo-an)
Griff
Tristan
Gideon
Bruce

OH is Welsh hence the couple of welshies in there.

Thanks in advance!

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Twizbe · 05/06/2021 09:18

In terms of welsh names, my top ones are

Cerys, Huw, Owen and Hywel.

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BMag · 05/06/2021 09:06

Thanks for the replies everyone!

Two votes for Octavia is pretty surprising, personally I love it but was worried it’d sound a bit wanky (we live in Manchester and I have a very northern accent and northern family, so I know at least a few family members will roll their eyes at it lol). My mate’s little girl is Ophelia and it’s really grown on her so I reckon we could get away with it!

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BMag · 05/06/2021 09:03

@partyatthepalace very thorough thank you!

Didn’t know Yoni meant vagina, learn something new every day… what language / dialect is that in?

Griff isn’t short for anything in Welsh but I guess you could extend it to Griffin, don’t think I’d do that though.

Had no idea Audrey was getting popular either! Here I was thinking I’d found one of the few nice old-timey names that haven’t come back round yet.

Thanks for the heads-up about the Iona pronunciation by the way, I’m already living with that with Anwen (always gets pronounced An-win or, more weirdly, An-wan).

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SoapboxFox · 05/06/2021 08:35

I like Octavia and Tristan best, then Cleo and Ioan.

partyatthepalace · 05/06/2021 08:32

Audrey - getting popular, it’s ok
Odette - no, makes me think of odour. Sounds a lot better in a Fr accent.
Cleo - love it!
Iona (pronounced yo-na) - Scottish pronunciation (I-oh-na) is fairly popular so you will be for ever correcting - also makes me think of Yoni (vagina)
Imelda - it’s ok, makes me think 50s Ireland
Yvette - no, vintage but downmarket
Octavia - love it!

Boys:
Vince - no - naughty boys name.

Ioan (yo-an) - love it!
Griff - nice. Is there a full name?
Tristan - nice
Gideon - nice - should be used more
Bruce - it’s ok. People tend to find this name comedy though so I wouldn’t.

Tillygetsit · 04/06/2021 23:07

I'd choose Odette or Griff.

sorryiasked · 04/06/2021 23:03

Iona & Gideon would be my choice of those.

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