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Baby no.2 name

31 replies

ekm21 · 27/08/2023 16:04

Currently in first trimester with baby number 2. Have a daughter called Mabel, so will be looking for a name ‘similar’ for either a girl or a boy.

I like semi unusual but not too out there! 🙈

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mathanxiety · 31/08/2023 16:15

Daphne
Flora
Ivy
Harriet
Cecily
Frances
Dinah
Vita
Zelda
Stella
Beatrix
Edith
Sylvie
Rosemary
Alice

Arthur
Wilfred
Clement
Vincent
Ivo
Julian
Nicholas
Elliot
Henry
Barnaby
Ambrose
Charles
Austin
Rowan
Felix

user1498683185 · 31/08/2023 15:57

Elsie
Florence
Petra
Harlow
Francesca
Annalise
Polly
Iris
Anais
Avery
Geva

KayEmAy · 31/08/2023 15:33

Mabel and Madeleine
Mabel and Tessa
Mabel and Trixie (Beatrix/Beatrice)
Mabel and Lydia
Mabel and Jada
Mabel and Deirdre
Mabel and Darcy
Mabel and Mary-Jane
Mabel and Serena
Mabel and Marie
Mabel and Nora
Mabel and Anthea

Mabel and Dean
Mabel and Jay
Mabel and Brandon
Mabel and Wendell
Mabel and Leopold
Mabel and Cedric
Mabel and Byron
Mabel and Bellamy
Mabel and (Fitz) Fitzgerald
Mabel and Christopher
Mabel and Philip

KayEmAy · 31/08/2023 15:29

@FoodFann sorry to break it to you, but when I hear Mabel I also think of a 65 year old :) I think @FayCarew was dead on lol

Samzzz · 29/08/2023 08:41

Florence or Thomas

FayCarew · 28/08/2023 21:51

Yes, they are serious suggestions, @FoodFann . They are names that have been popular in the past, so people must have liked them.
Many of them weren't popular 65 yrs ago.

Hilda and Eileen are lovely names, not dissimilar to Matilda or Isla. Scandi and Irish names and 'Granny' names are popular now.

I know a few Nigels, a bit older than me. I don't see anything wrong with it. Hasn't Princess Eugenie got an Ernest?

If someone had told the 18-year old me that names like Arthur, Alfred, Elsie and Mabel were going to come back again, I'd have said no way.

FoodFann · 28/08/2023 21:40

FayCarew · 27/08/2023 16:35

Norman
Raymond
Ernest
Arnold
Nigel
Kenneth
John
Roland
Clement
Richard
Peter
Gordon
Anthony
Stanley

Dorothy
Bess
Barbara
Helen
Greta
Hilda
Thora
Violet
Iris
Ena
Ruby
Joan
Eileen
Susan
Linda
Ailsa

Are these serious name suggestions?

Hilda and Kenneth??
Baby Nigel?
Roland and Linda. Little Eileen!!?
🥴🥴😂😂 Surely not. She’s not giving birth to a 65 year old

Fairyclairey · 28/08/2023 21:23

I also have a daughter called Mabel ! How much do you love her name! 😍 I have a son called max and another daughter Evie I think these names go great together. Congrats on baby no2 ! Xx

Piggysmalls22 · 28/08/2023 18:14

Hazel
Bonnie
Winnie
Anya
Nora/Nina
Bessie/Betsy
Pearl
Daphne
Clara
Della
Birdie
Sylvie
Rosalie
Olive
Flora

Rupert
Felix
Bernie
Avery
Hugo
Rowan
Otis
Tobias
Clyde
Clement
Winston
Hector
Fredrick

Original poster
ekm21 · 28/08/2023 18:05

Thanks everyone! Mabel is 2, definitely becoming more popular!

Arthur seems to be on lots of lists which we both like. And definitely more names for us to consider, thank you :)

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Snugglemonkey · 28/08/2023 08:32

Stanley
Arthur

Olive
Polly
Ethel
Dorothy

violetcuriosity · 28/08/2023 06:47

I know two Mabel's with sisters-

Reenie (Marina)

Lenny (Elena)

user1492757084 · 28/08/2023 06:30

Mabel and ..
Minnie
Enid
Flora
Phryne

Roland
Baxter
Jack
Frisso

RoseMartha · 27/08/2023 22:46

Mabel and Declan
Mabel and Elodie

Theoldwoman · 27/08/2023 22:40

Mabel and Wyndham
Mabel and Ernest
Mabel and Francis
Mabel and Walter
Mabel and Stanley
Mabel and Fred

Mabel and Millicent
Mabel and Una
Mabel and Ivy
Mabel and Iris
Mabel and Lucille
Mabel and Alice

Itsjustme83 · 27/08/2023 22:39

Dotty
Eliza
Cora
Edith (Edie)
Iris
Ivy
Nori
Dolly

Ernie
Albie
Stanley
Harry
Artie
Arthur
Bernie
Frank
Henry
Wilfred

Mumofgirls2017 · 27/08/2023 22:29

Mabel and…

frankie
felix
rowan
jude
jasper
wilfred
walter
rupert
sidney
rex
stanley
albert
arthur
leonard

elsie
flora
sadie
dorothy
daisy
violet
iris
clara
jemima
darcie
cora
delilah
nancy
heidi

Whatsthepoint1234 · 27/08/2023 18:48

Girls:
Flora
Ethel
Ruth
Sylvia
Dahlia
Isolde
Rosalie
Joan
Emery

Boys:
Herbie
Phillip ‘Pip’
Aubrey
Inigo
Otto
Hector
Horatio
Jules
Atticus
Mortimer ‘Morty’
Edmund ‘Ned’
Emrys

FawnDrench · 27/08/2023 18:01

Theo
Rowan
Bruno
Dominic
Donovan
Leon
Basil

FawnDrench · 27/08/2023 17:58

Elsie
Rosa
Sadie
Avril
Simone
Lydia
Constance / Connie

FayCarew · 27/08/2023 17:34

Mabel and Nancy sounds great

BoleynMemories13 · 27/08/2023 17:32

Mabel and...

Eliza
Iris
Nancy
Florence
Edith
Lydia
Verity
Harriet
Violet
Olive
Elsie
Ivy
Ruby

Arthur
Stanley
Henry
Albert
Wilfred
Eric
Peter
Nicholas

A few of those may be a bit too popular for you but have the same vintage feel as Mabel, which is pretty popular itself these days anyway.

continentallentil · 27/08/2023 17:18

Sadie
Nancy
Frances
Lois
Katherine nn Kitty
Jocelyn
Ida
Thora
Constance
Mary
Elsbeth
Dora
Gwen
Jean
Jessica nn Jessie

Wilfred
Arnold
Ernest
Laurence
Patrick
Jethro
Toby
Corin
Edwin
Jonah
James nn Jimmy
Robert nn Bobby
Francis nn Frank
Ivor
Caspar
Elliot
Barnaby
Owen
Max
Philip nn Pip

ciakace · 27/08/2023 17:10

Ada, Flossie

Valerie23 · 27/08/2023 16:50

supersonicginandtonic · 27/08/2023 16:37

I know a Mabel with a sister called Betsy

Betsy is also lovely.

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