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HELP WITH NAMES - Due in 5 weeks

36 replies

BWilliams95 · 28/07/2025 09:50

Hi All,

Due first baby in 5 weeks and the pressure is getting real lol.

Last name is Williams, we don't know the gender.

Thoughts on some names we have below and if they go with last name etc

Boys (open to middle name suggestions)

Ralph
Kit
Navy
Isaac
Jude
Elijah
Sonny

Girls (thinking of Jane as middle name, family name)

Rosie
Dulcie
Dottie
Goldie

Thanks all! :)

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SlenderRations · 28/07/2025 10:38

My mother was a primary school teacher and still feels guilty about the time she rigged the competition to name the class hamster because she couldn’t face having yet another hamster called Goldie 😀

TheyreLikeUsButRichAndThin · 28/07/2025 10:38

If I was you I’d decide whether I preferred Navy or Goldie, as you can’t have siblings Navy & Goldie (colours) surely.
I once had to say the same to someone who was considering both Martha and Arthur (rhymes) 😆.
Although I also know a family with a Henry and a Harriet, which are essentially the same name, so some people don’t care about those things I guess.

In my opinion:
Ralph - bit boring, some people will insist it’s ‘Rafe’, others ‘Ralph’
Kit - nice
Navy - not for me
Isaac - boring
Jude - quite popular round here but makes me think of Judith
Elijah - meh
Sonny - bit tryhard

Rosie - boring
Dulcie - nice
Dottie - cool
Goldie - perfect

SlenderRations · 28/07/2025 10:36

You aren’t seriously proposing to call your children navy, sonny or Goldie are you?

Moreteaandchocolate · 28/07/2025 10:31

Boys

Love - Isaac
Like - Jude, Elijah
Ok - Kit, Ralph
Not keen - Sonny, Navy

Girls

Love - Rosie
Ok - Dulcie
Dislike - Dottie, Goldie

user0177561 · 28/07/2025 10:11

I actually like Navy but agree Elijah Jude is really nice together and that’s what I’d go with, love both these names.
None of the girls names would be any I’d use but still lovely names, I would go with Rosie or Dottie. I prefer Hattie which is similar sort of style.

kimonok · 28/07/2025 10:04

Navy and Goldie aren't great - there are much nicer colour names if that's appealing to you. Navy is especially strange.

The others are all fine, Elijah and Isaac are my favourite of the boys and Rosie for a girl.

BoleynMemories13 · 28/07/2025 09:59

I much prefer your boys list, although personally I'd give Navy a very wide birth.

Kit, Isaac and Jude are my favourites.

Dulcie is the only one I like from your girls list, although it doesn't usually go down very well on here. Rose nn Rosie is ok, but I personally can't get on board with Rosie as a given name.

BWilliams95 · 28/07/2025 09:58

Chickoletta · 28/07/2025 09:57

Isaac and Jude are nice.
Navy is awful - is this a name?
Ralph makes me think of Forever by Judy Blume. 😂

Rosie and Dulcie are both very pretty.
Dottie and Goldie sound like names of pets to me - in fact, I’ve had chickens called both.

That has made me laugh! Rosie and Dulcie and for sure the front runners 😂

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PivotPivotmakingmargaritas · 28/07/2025 09:58

Apart from Rosie I’m personally not a fan of the other girls names their too cutesy which is fine when they are little.

Ralph- like it
Kit-meh
Navy- a colour
Isaac- love it
Jude- love it
Elijah-my favourite and goes well with your last name - Elijah Jude Williams
Sonny- nope

why not Jane as a first name- it’s my favourite
Rosie- like it
Dulcie- nope
Dottie- nickname so nope
Goldie- sounds like a dogs name

Chickoletta · 28/07/2025 09:57

Isaac and Jude are nice.
Navy is awful - is this a name?
Ralph makes me think of Forever by Judy Blume. 😂

Rosie and Dulcie are both very pretty.
Dottie and Goldie sound like names of pets to me - in fact, I’ve had chickens called both.

greendress05 · 28/07/2025 09:53

I think the longer boys’ names go better with your surname (although I love Jude!). I like all of them except Navy.

I’m personally not so keen on your girls’ names but they go well with your surname. From your list I prefer Rosie and Dulcie — the others sound more like nicknames to me.

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