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Narrowed 2 names for each sex, can't choose!

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elm26 · 02/11/2022 17:51

Surname is a pretty normal surname ending in "der" and our middle names are set after grandparents.

Aria
Tilly/Tillie (not sure if I prefer y or ie)

Joshua
Arthur

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Pemba · 02/11/2022 18:11

Aria. Tilly is sweet but a bit cutesy for a grown woman.

Joshua is nice. I know Arthur has been popular for quite a few years now but it's still 'little old man in a cloth cap' to me. Showing my generation I suppose.

veronicaaa · 02/11/2022 18:10

Aria and Joshua

Imogensmumma · 02/11/2022 18:10

Aria and Arthur

Joshua feels very 90s , Arthur is timeless

Tilly in any form I’m not a fan of as it’s very nicknamie

viques · 02/11/2022 18:09

Why not Matilda on her BC but known as Tillie? Then she has the choice of having an adult name when she is an adult or sounding like a three year old for life .

AmandaMirandaPanda · 02/11/2022 18:07

I like Aria. Tilly/Tillie is OK, but it feels a little informal/unfinished in comparison. Building on what ElviraDePonte posted, I think an -ee sound ending doesn't have to sound childlike - for example Ariadne or Emily or Felicity or Naomi - but Tilly does feel like it should perhaps be short for something.

Arthur and Joshua are both nice, but if your surname ends in -r Arthur could be a bit repetitive? It does depend on the name though; Arthur Carder works less well than Arthur Alexander, just for example.

starlight36 · 02/11/2022 18:05

I think having a shortlist is fine. When you initially see your baby the right name may well come to you then!

SureThingy · 02/11/2022 18:02

Aria is a good strong name. I think Tilly is a wee bit twee sounding.

I’m not keen on Arthur as a name, but have always like Joshua. Classic but not super common these days.

Mumoffairy · 02/11/2022 17:57

Aria and Joshua.

custardbear · 02/11/2022 17:56

Joshua
Aria

I quite like tilly too though - I'd probably go with a longer name and shorten to tilly personally but that's just me (chantilly, Matilda, talitha, etc I'm sure there are more choices too)

caitlinrose · 02/11/2022 17:54

Aria and Arthur.

I wouldn't like to be named Tillie (this spelling is better). Too childish and close to "silly".

Joshua feels very "guy in his 20s/30s" to me. I also dislike Josh.

ElviraDePonte · 02/11/2022 17:53

I prefer Joshua to Arthur. Its such a nice, classic, biblical name, whereas Arthur is a bit more of the current ‘vintage names’ trend.

Aria over Tilly, but that’s because I’m not keen on ‘ie/y’ ending names. They seem a bit child like - Poppy, Molly etc.