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Help with final two of each sex!

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nameconundrum · 18/12/2022 11:47

Love classic names- literally couldn't care less about popularity before anyone comments on that. Baby is coming in less than a month and we don't yet know the sex.

Boy:
Edward
George

Girl:
Eliza
Emily

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Hobbesmanc · 19/12/2022 10:18

Lovely names. Teddy is one of my favourite diminutives. Eliza seems a little more robust than Emily which has a slightly spinstery whiff

ThatshallotBaby · 19/12/2022 10:06

Edward and Elizabeth

Fivesixseven8 · 19/12/2022 10:02

Eliza and Edward are lovely. I'd also just wait and see which feels right when you meet your baby.

babyyodaxmas · 19/12/2022 07:24

I love Eliza ( I would use Elizabeth) I have both an aunt and a cousin called Elizabeth and would still use it (The other name in the running for a baby girl born tommorw is Jessica). Edward for me is head and shoulders above George which is just a bit dull. We will also have another King Geroge one day.

TheBirdintheCave · 19/12/2022 07:11

@nameconundrum No issues if it's not something you personally care about, I just wanted to explain about Ottilie as I'm a name nerd 😂

The names you've chosen are fine and meet your criteria :)

Butterbeer4All · 19/12/2022 02:28

George and Eliza

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nameconundrum · 19/12/2022 02:25

I'm really not fussed about duplicates, hence saying in my OP about not caring about popularity- it's just the lesser chance of their being duplicates these days that is one small reason why I don't care about popularity.

Ottilie was perhaps a bad example. Although it is still less popular than all of my choices, so my point I suppose is that you wouldn't expect to find duplicates when my older children have names ranging from the teens-30 in popularity and they've never been a duplicate. It's all a chance game really- and so I think not suing a name 'in case' there are duplicates is a bit of a foolish reason.

It's my thinking that in general the 'popular' names are popular for a reason, especially the steadfastly ones- they're mostly universally liked, well known, therefore easy to pronounce and spell as well.

I am however keen to avoid any names that have shot up in popularity suddenly (much like Ottilie) as I think they're much more likely to date badly.

Classic, always popular names are the way forward for me personally.

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TheBirdintheCave · 18/12/2022 23:23

WildCherryBlossom · 18/12/2022 18:30

I'm afraid you do get duplicates OP. There is a much broader range of names, yes. Particularly in multicultural areas, but some names do come up time and time again. All of my DCs have more than one Isabelle (if you include the various spellings) Amelia and Alice in their classes. Emily is not far behind. There is at least one Daniel in every class at our primary school. Oscar and Oliver always have their surname attached too. I remember a mother & baby class I went to with 3 newborn Darceys. There were only 9 babies in the whole class and all of the Darcey's mothers were a bit put out as they had thought it an original choice.

This always baffles me as it's so easy to check how popular a name is. The ONS name stats are published online every year 🤷🏻‍♀️ I don't know why more people don't check it beforehand if they care about popularity.

TheBirdintheCave · 18/12/2022 23:20

@nameconundrum Re Ottilie and your friends. The name Ottilie has not been unusual for a while. It's had a huge spike of late and is currently number 118 with 430 being born last year in England and Wales alone.

There are rare but normal names out there of course, it just takes a little digging to find the gems.

As to your names, I like Edward and Emily :)

LizzieBet14 · 18/12/2022 23:10

George & Eliza

LangClegsInSpace · 18/12/2022 23:02

Edward and Emily.

Apollonia1 · 18/12/2022 22:58

Edward and Emily. But I prefer Emilia.

RuthW · 18/12/2022 22:53

Eliza and George

DancingSober · 18/12/2022 22:52

Edward and Eliza

Figgypudding123 · 18/12/2022 22:51

Edward is a lovely name.

Not really sold on either of your girl names tbh

CharitySchmarity · 18/12/2022 22:45

George and Emily, but the other two are not bad at all.

Mumofgirls2017 · 18/12/2022 22:40

Edward or Eliza

Luredbyapomegranate · 18/12/2022 20:05

Edward and Elizabeth -

nice variety of short forms for both

TheEvening · 18/12/2022 20:02

Edward over George. I like other Ed names though - Edgar and Edmund. George has always sounded harsh to my ears.

Eliza over Emily as it's got a bit more to it. Longer versions, so Elizabeth or Emilia are really nice too.

You don't need to choose now, you can wait until he or she arrives and have a look at them. I never managed to choose before mine arrived! Then one of the list just felt right.

Cantchoosename · 18/12/2022 19:58

George and Emily

Mindystryder · 18/12/2022 19:55

Definitely Eliza over Emily. I love both Edward and George. I think George just tops it for me but it's close!

StiggyZardust · 18/12/2022 19:48

Eliza and Edward. But I prefer Edmund.

2chocolateoranges · 18/12/2022 19:38

George or Emily.

dd was very nearly and Emily .

cptartapp · 18/12/2022 19:36

Edward in its entirety. If you're going with Ted then I prefer George.
Emily.

KylieCharlene · 18/12/2022 19:33

Edward (Ted) & Eliza

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