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brother for Ada, Nelly and Margot

93 replies

Stealingstevens · 30/01/2025 21:18

Currently expecting DC4. It will be our first gender surprise and DH and I cannot agree on a boys name.

We love vintage/traditional names, our DDs are Ada, Nelly & Margot with middle names that we felt just flowed. I’m not too fussed about meaning/popularity/origin
Theres a few we can’t use as already in the family: Harry, Arthur, Ralph, Henry, James Thomas, Sidney, Oscar, Wilf.
DH loves Edward/Eddie or Edison/Sonny but I’m really not a fan. Edward feels a bit too pretentious and Sonny sounds like I couldn’t be bothered to think of a better name for my first DS. (Was also the name of our neighbours recently deceased dog)
He also loves Silas but it doesn’t go with our surname at all.

names i love but DH has vetoed are Caleb, Benjamin, George, August, Jack,
If we have another DD her name will be Phoebe Sloane.

Please help ❤️

OP posts:
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babytunes · 02/02/2025 10:25

Quentin

Persista · 02/02/2025 10:16

Interesting that you've picked Phoebe - I wouldn't have said that's it's the same era, but I could be wrong.
Stanley and Monty are great.
Also Ernest, Eugene, Laurie, Sidney, John, Hughie, Billy, Wilf.

Rockmehardplace · 02/02/2025 00:29

Dominic
Samuel
Corrin
Gregory

Travelodge · 01/02/2025 13:27

Lucas, Cosmo, Edmund

Burish · 01/02/2025 13:23

Cedric

rainingoutsideagain · 01/02/2025 13:22

I like Juno

Firebird83 · 31/01/2025 23:09

Ada, Nelly, Margot and…

Robin
Bertie
Kit
Laurie
Otis
Wilf

BarkLife · 31/01/2025 20:40

@Stealingstevens

I've got a Freddie (Alfred) and a Bertie (Albert). They get a lot of compliments on their names!

Snowmanscarf · 31/01/2025 20:40

Henry
Ernest
Robert
Percival
Gideon
Solomon, (nn Sonny?)
Adam
Donovon
Amos
Digby
Gareth
Aubrey

Burish · 31/01/2025 20:34

Cecil
Cyril
Benedict
Arthur

theduchessofspork · 31/01/2025 20:26

Diggory
Claude
Arnold

……

theduchessofspork · 31/01/2025 20:20

Ernest
Sidney
Victor
Philip (Pip)
Christopher (Christy)
Robert (Bobby)

I also like Stanley

Mirabai · 31/01/2025 09:49

What’s pretentious about Edward? It’s an old classic English name?

What about Edgar?

Leonard
Lionel
Douglas
Conrad

Tel12 · 31/01/2025 09:09

Hugo
Leo
Wilfred aka Wilf
James
Jed

Stealingstevens · 31/01/2025 09:04

Thanks all. Some really lovely names on here I’ve added Monty Stanley and Albert to the list. A lot are not to my taste. Laurence David Simon etc isn’t really the era I’m after but thank you all for your suggestions!

OP posts:
TanginaBarrons · 31/01/2025 06:40

Rollo
Ramsay
Francis

reichs79 · 31/01/2025 06:34

Emmett
Rhys
Ivor
Barnaby
Tobias
Alexander
Christian
Franklin
Gideon
Hugo
Horacio
Jasper
Kenneth
Lewis
Matthew
Luke
Nathaniel
Oscar
Rafferty
Percy
Stephen
Vernon
Xavier
Xander
Gavin
Leon

MayaPinion · 31/01/2025 04:46

Patrick
George
Philip (Phil or Pip would make a good nickname
Sidney
David (Dave)

user1492757084 · 31/01/2025 04:29

Bruce
Derick
John
Herbert
Bertil

NewBrightonEel · 31/01/2025 03:25

Toby or Michael

creamsnugjumper · 31/01/2025 02:31

Austin
Ruben
Monty

VerityUnreasonble · 31/01/2025 02:16

Raymond
William (Bill maybe?)
Micah
Fred
Morris
Tobias

Oneflewovermydogsbed · 30/01/2025 23:20

Stealingstevens · 30/01/2025 22:41

alfie Freddie Archie ronnie Reggie Frankie etc all big nos from me
wilf and vinnie are actually my dogs names, I didn’t think vinnie would get a mention so didn’t add that to OP 😅
godfrey is my best friends surname
but there’s some really interesting names on here and some I’ve added to the list
I love Kit, but husband thinks it’s a bit private school.
my friends recently had a Jacob, althought really lovely name. Probably why I love Caleb so much.
Love Monty & Charlie.
@Ameliepoulainandthephotobooth funny, my uncles name is James Edwin 😅 I’m not fond of any of the Ed names tbh

Thoughts on Laurie? Great name,timeless and classless.

wellingtonsandwaffles · 30/01/2025 23:17

You seem to like two syllable names ending in a vowel sound - traditional but not too common.

How about
Jonah
Chester
Noah
Ezra
Eli / Elijah
Jesse
Oscar

Doesn't fit the mould but I love Elis

Reuben also nice / Ru

fredandphe · 30/01/2025 23:15

Rowan
Jasper
Joshua