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Shasha17 · 2021-10-23T01:41:49+00:00

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DaisyWaldron · 23/10/2021 08:00

Orlando, Ambrose, Benedict, Jude, Micah.

Salome, Genevieve, Thalia, Delilah, Persis, Jemima, Keziah.

17caterpillars1mouse · 23/10/2021 07:43

Tabitha, Phineas, Reuben and Asher
Tabitha, Phineas, Reuben and Otis
Tabitha, Phineas, Reuben and Zachary

Tabitha, Phineas, Reuben and Clara
Tabitha, Phineas, Reuben and Hebe
Tabitha, Phineas, Reuben and Felicity

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Shasha17 · 23/10/2021 07:25

I also love Lysander (not heard of it before so off to Google it!), Lucian, Caspian and Audrey! Lovely names!

@philandbill, does your friend put the emphasis on the first or second second syllable? Like DAmaris or DaMAris? I much prefer the first way but it's beautiful either way! 😍

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Peachbubble · 23/10/2021 07:09

Rupert
Fraser
Hamish

Arabella
Elara
Meredith

Philandbill · 23/10/2021 06:36

Damaris- pretty phonetically. Dah-mahr-is but said quickly. Hard to explain! I know a little Damaris, though I had heard of the name before she was born. Really unusual name but also very pretty and not made up! Damaris was more common amongst the Puritans apparently. The Damaris that I know is feisty and very bright and engaging.

INeedtobealone · 23/10/2021 06:35

Lysander
Lucien
Gregory
Dominic
Quentin
Vincent
Miles
Marcus
Isaac
Tobias

Audrey
Christabel
Hester
Xanthe
Meredith
Verity
Laura
Lucy
Louisa
Helena

Chunkymenrock · 23/10/2021 06:29

Emerald, Damaris, Caspian, Rudyard

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Shasha17 · 23/10/2021 06:26

@JuneJuly

You say you love Harriet, Felicity & that you adore Winnie OP- I know of three sisters in a family with these names. Felicity gets called Fliss and Winnie's full name is Winter.

Oh really! These names sound gorgeous together! Think I prefer Winter to Winifred actually!

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Monstamio · 23/10/2021 06:26

Emmanuel
Lucian
Nathaniel
Tobias
Theodore
Edward

Genevieve
Cordelia
Emilia
Jasmine
Alicia (pronounced the English way)
Vivienne
Freya
Frida

NCshame · 23/10/2021 06:25

Levi
Micah
Samson
Bathsheba
Martha
Julia

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Shasha17 · 23/10/2021 06:24

@Philandbill

Simeon - who recognised Jesus as Messiah

Damaris - converted to Christianity by St Paul

I love these! How would you pronounce Damaris?

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Philandbill · 23/10/2021 06:20

Simeon - who recognised Jesus as Messiah

Damaris - converted to Christianity by St Paul

custardbear · 23/10/2021 06:15

Phaedra
Sapphira
Imogen
Remy
Araminta

Hunter
Cameron
Sebastian

JuneJuly · 23/10/2021 06:12

You say you love Harriet, Felicity & that you adore Winnie OP- I know of three sisters in a family with these names. Felicity gets called Fliss and Winnie's full name is Winter.

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Shasha17 · 23/10/2021 05:57

@ThirdElephant

But I wont take it personally. There's always someone waiting for an opportunity to be vile on Mumsnet

Some people are absolutely terrified of being taken in by a non-genuine poster, and would rather risk upsetting a genuine one than appearing hoodwinked by a disingenuous one. This leads them to cry 'troll' whenever anyone posts something even slightly unusual. I don't get it, personally.

I really like the names you've picked. They are unusual, but still recognisable, which is I think what a lot of parents look for in a name.

Thank you for your kind words! I think you're right. Another thing is that on Mumsnet, you can't win, so it's easy not to take it personally. Whether you're asking about a name like Lily, a poster will say it's boring. Choose an uncommon name, a poster will say it's try-hard or yooneek. A modern name, a poster will call tacky or 'American' (in a negative way). A very old name, a poster will call pretentious, etc. I feel that whatever name I had mentioned, someone would have had something negative to say!

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LynetteScavo · 23/10/2021 05:48

Solomon

Rufus

Tobias

Delilah

Madeleine

Jemima

Lightswitch123 · 23/10/2021 05:07

Daphne
Aurora
Felicity
Honor
Faith

Gabriel
William
Cuthbert
Augustus

ThirdElephant · 23/10/2021 04:56

But I wont take it personally. There's always someone waiting for an opportunity to be vile on Mumsnet

Some people are absolutely terrified of being taken in by a non-genuine poster, and would rather risk upsetting a genuine one than appearing hoodwinked by a disingenuous one. This leads them to cry 'troll' whenever anyone posts something even slightly unusual. I don't get it, personally.

I really like the names you've picked. They are unusual, but still recognisable, which is I think what a lot of parents look for in a name.

ThirdElephant · 23/10/2021 04:51

If you're going Biblical, I also like (boys):
Azriel/Azrael
Benaiah
Enoch
Barnabus
Theophilus (shortens nicely to Theo or Phil)

(Girls):
Drusilla (works beautifully with Tabitha, and Dru as a shortening is really cool)
Junia
Ruth

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Shasha17 · 23/10/2021 04:47

@ThirdElephant

I chose my children's names from the Bible.

I was on the money with Samson then!

Yes! But I'd be open to non-biblical names too!

It's funny that the poster above was being snarky about the names, as Reuben is number 40 in the baby name charts, very common. Tabitha is increasingly popular and always suggested on here, and Phineas is known as Phin. Finley is the name of basically every baby boy I've met recently, so it's odd that Fin (Finley) is fine but Phin is somehow not.

But I wont take it personally. There's always someone waiting for an opportunity to be vile on Mumsnet

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ThirdElephant · 23/10/2021 04:43

I chose my children's names from the Bible.

I was on the money with Samson then!

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Shasha17 · 23/10/2021 04:42

Samson is sooo cool! I love Benedict but it also has a 'Ben' - do you think that's okay with the Ben in Reuben?

Winifred!!! I adore Winnie. Beatrice is also beautiful! I adore Beatrix too!

Sapphire is amazing too but I'm not cool enough to pull it off

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Shasha17 · 23/10/2021 04:34

@arcof

I think, you've got to be having us on

Sorry, we can't a name oue children Lily-Mae and Archie

I chose my children's names from the Bible. Are you always this ignorant and uneducated about different religions and cultures?

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ThirdElephant · 23/10/2021 04:10

@arcof

I think, you've got to be having us on

Maybe, maybe not. But just, for a moment, consider how rude your comment is if OP isn't.

arcof · 23/10/2021 04:07

I think, you've got to be having us on