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PennyLane335 · 2024-10-21T18:09:45+00:00

I am expecting baby number 3 early next year and we are not finding out the gender so I need suggestions of boys and girls names. Baby number 3 will be sibling to Sloane (girl) and Miller (boy). Names we like (but are set on) so you can get our vibe- Boys - Archer - Henley - Cash - Lennox Girls - Elara - Delaney - Lennie - Gia

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BunnyLake · 22/10/2024 10:00

Gcsunnyside23 · 22/10/2024 08:02

But you can do that with any set of names, lady at work sounds like she's writing a dickens novel when she rhymes off her 5 kids names. Same with mum at school it's just really obvious bible names. But they are all nice names individually and it doesn't really matter if someone thinks they sound a certain way

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I really don’t like it when someone has several kids and they’re all give a name pattern. All names starting with T or all have religious names (Josiah, Jeremiah, Jebediah, which weirdly also all begin with J).

Bullaun · 22/10/2024 09:59

PennyLane335 · 22/10/2024 09:43

Wow really astonishing how rude and cruel some people are :(

Thanks to everyone for your amazing suggestions. I have added to my list

Well, Mn isn’t a separate universe, so there will be people in your children’s lives having the same thoughts but not expressing them, so maybe think about that?

Needanewname42 · 22/10/2024 09:57

80smonster · 22/10/2024 08:06

Miller & Carter is actually a franchise of affordable steak houses, or at least it is in south of england: https://www.millerandcarter.co.uk/#/
Solicitors would be an upmarket take, one I don’t think is warranted in this instance, verging on a compliment.

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Sloan's is the oldest pub in Glasgow, quite an upmarket pub, but still a public house.

Op still needs to be careful with what she calls the next child. Or they will sound like a business of some description.

BunnyLake · 22/10/2024 09:52

PennyLane335 · 22/10/2024 09:43

Wow really astonishing how rude and cruel some people are :(

Thanks to everyone for your amazing suggestions. I have added to my list

The thing is it’s impossible to put a name thread on a forum and not get negative comments as well as positive ones, it’s always going to happen no matter what the names are.

Admittedly some your name options are quite out there for not being American (which has always had names that sound weird to the UK, Brick, Bronx). Ultimately it’s your choice and it really doesn’t matter what others think.

fashionqueen0123 · 22/10/2024 09:49

Well at least you know which areas of London names to avoid now :)

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PennyLane335 · 22/10/2024 09:46

@fashionqueen0123 I live in the north :)

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PennyLane335 · 22/10/2024 09:43

Wow really astonishing how rude and cruel some people are :(

Thanks to everyone for your amazing suggestions. I have added to my list

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fashionqueen0123 · 22/10/2024 09:43

PennyLane335 · 22/10/2024 09:34

@ODFOx I mentioned above, Sloane we just liked as it was unusual- heard it from Ferris Beuller and Miller is my mother's maiden name.

In the UK yes :)

I also assumed you were in the US as Sloane in the U.K. would be associated with London, Sloane Square and Sloane rangers etc
So I would definitely not pick Cash knowing that now.
Or anywhere else with a place name like Sutton. Which would be a bit of a contrast to Sloane 🤣

TallulahBetty · 22/10/2024 09:40

Balonz?

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PennyLane335 · 22/10/2024 09:39

@Woollypullover nope, UK 😆

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PennyLane335 · 22/10/2024 09:38

@needhelpwiththisplease Gray is gorgeous! Someone else suggested it above too.

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PennyLane335 · 22/10/2024 09:37

@FlutteryButterfly I really like Reid.

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PennyLane335 · 22/10/2024 09:34

@ODFOx I mentioned above, Sloane we just liked as it was unusual- heard it from Ferris Beuller and Miller is my mother's maiden name.

In the UK yes :)

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Nikitaspearlearring · 22/10/2024 09:20

Apolitia · 21/10/2024 23:06

I vote for Croydon, Merton and Enfield. Never met a little Wandsworth or Lambeth, but there’s time yet …

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My DH suggested Croydon but I think that's a bit down market. (I grew up there!) He said Kent, which is OK. Why not Westminster - go up in the world!?

I was thinking about this last night. Bailey is just a random word. It sounds alright but its meanings aren't relevant (part of a castle), or if they are, in a negative way - Old Bailey, Labrador up the road. As for Parker - Thunderbirds chauffeur or nosey? I genuinely don't understand why you'd go for that. Avery is a set of not very pretty industrial scales. I know I don't have to understand and my thoughts are totally irrelevant, but the meanings of names, along with the sounds, have always been important.

BootballJoy · 22/10/2024 08:51

MassiveSalad22 · 22/10/2024 07:33

I’m guessing you’re in the states OP? No one in the UK (this is predominantly a UK site) would call their kid Sutton - bit of a drab, grotty suburb of London. Does give RHOBH vibes though! But Sutton Stracke is an awful person.

FWIW (worried my first para sounds mean, was just giving context!) I actually love Sloane and Miller, if I was in the states my kids would be called things like Cassidy and Blaire. My grandmother is Avery.

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I very much doubt she's in the US. Although I think this style of name originated in the US (I first remember noticing it in 00s US TV shows although I'm sure it's much older), it's very popular in the UK nowadays.

OP- the world would be a dull place if we all had the same taste in things. Mumsnet isn't an accurate reflection of the real world. It skews older and more conservative (socially rather than politically). Preferred names tend to be of the James/Alexander/Charlotte/Alice ilk. (Second para not aimed at you at all Massive Salad, I realise you've qualified your comments.)

ThatshallotBaby · 22/10/2024 08:36

I really like Sailor for a girl. Has Blake been mentioned? Also like Milan and Roman.

Bullaun · 22/10/2024 08:24

NooNakedJacuzziness · 22/10/2024 07:59

Gray/Grey has been suggested a few times, not keen - it's not a great colour after all. You wouldn't call a kid Beige or Magnolia.

Calling your child George or Jack is pretty much calling them Beige or Magnolia, in fairness.

I don’t think the OP is American, either. I think she just has a very specific taste in names, and doesn’t think much about their UK cultural connotations, like Sloane Ranger.

Greentreesandbushes · 22/10/2024 08:20

Sutton is a town in Surrey so that wouldn’t be for me. How about Blair for a boy and Drew for a girl?

HannahDefoesChristmasHamper · 22/10/2024 08:17

Audrey
Blaise
Blythe

Lance
Lloyd

80smonster · 22/10/2024 08:16

Aroastdinnerisnotahumanright · 22/10/2024 00:57

My money's on Essex

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Yep, why on earth would an American double check baby names on a UK forum? For what purpose? My tenner is still on the Midlands…
Hopefully OP will surface to confirm.

MargotEmin · 22/10/2024 08:15

I would go for an obviously 'first name' type name to ground the corporate nature of the other two (you said yourself you'd like to break up the unintentional theme).

That doesn't have to mean a 'boring', traditional name, you can still go bold and beautiful, but I would definitely use a name that is obviously not a surname.

80smonster · 22/10/2024 08:06

Needanewname42 · 22/10/2024 01:48

Agreed. Op you do need to be careful because they are in danger of sounding like a couple of pubs, like Slones, Miller & Carter. If they don't sound like a business partnership.

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Miller & Carter is actually a franchise of affordable steak houses, or at least it is in south of england: https://www.millerandcarter.co.uk/#/
Solicitors would be an upmarket take, one I don’t think is warranted in this instance, verging on a compliment.

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Gcsunnyside23 · 22/10/2024 08:02

AngelinaFibres · 21/10/2024 21:32

Now they're sounding like estate agents.

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But you can do that with any set of names, lady at work sounds like she's writing a dickens novel when she rhymes off her 5 kids names. Same with mum at school it's just really obvious bible names. But they are all nice names individually and it doesn't really matter if someone thinks they sound a certain way

LakelandDreams · 22/10/2024 08:01

These names are hilarious! I'm assuming this is a joke thread OP?

NooNakedJacuzziness · 22/10/2024 07:59

Gray/Grey has been suggested a few times, not keen - it's not a great colour after all. You wouldn't call a kid Beige or Magnolia.