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FAO Hatrick, VS and Sweet Kitty

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dizzydixies · 30/05/2008 11:41

this is getting ridilious now, ffs, have just been in borders and bought 2 baby names books

thank goodness I have 8 more shifts at work so I'll have time to work read them

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dizzydixies · 05/06/2008 23:10

couldn't go to bed without suggesting

Otis
Otto
Eugene - nn Gene
Lennon
Lennox
Odin
Luke
Matthew
Dean

Elvis

night all!!

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hunkermunker · 05/06/2008 23:07

DD, twas CSWS, not you

ButterflyMcQueen · 05/06/2008 23:02

Hugh
Hector
William
Edward
Theodore
Alfred
Duncan
Simeon
Lawrence

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dizzydixies · 05/06/2008 23:02

hunker [meep] tis late and am tired - spologies for terrible grammar/spelling/typos etc!

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dizzydixies · 05/06/2008 23:01

Caleb is biblical not foreign

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hunkermunker · 05/06/2008 23:01

CSWS, please spell Jonathan right if you do use it

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dizzydixies · 05/06/2008 23:00

Joseph - an underused classic imo

Joseph Elliot is nice

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dizzydixies · 05/06/2008 22:59

am just throwing everything in the pot so I can work out what kind of things you like!
you already know the names I like for a boy so there is no point in me suggesting those

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dizzydixies · 05/06/2008 22:58

ok bloody hell, your house sounds as bad as ours for names. ok last shot and them I'll off for the night and will think about it some more tomorrow

Christopher - Kit
Ronan/Roman/Roan
Fergus
Phillip - nn pip (for baby obviously)
Corin/Coran
Dashiell - nn Dash (tis fab!!)
Max
Conrad
Daniel
Connor
Bailey
Aaron
Albert - nn bertie
Edward - nn Ted/Teddy/Ned
Theodore - Theo
Leo
Leon
Kerr
Finlay - nn Fin
Fraser
Sean
Tristan
Niall
Tom
Guy
Giles
Alex
Zander/Xander
Reuben
Mitch

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CantSleepWontSleep · 05/06/2008 22:57

stanley? - see earlier thread on this name
george - love Georgie for girl, but don't like George for boy
archie - know one. Don't think dh likes
herbert - herbie/herb? - my grandad = selfish pig
hugo - I LOVE hugo!!! - I love it too, but have to avoid names with emphasis on 'O' sound. (You'll soon work out our surname!)
hugh - grant
jonathon - nn jonty? - me yes. dh no
jordie - you're avin a larffff

LyraSilvertongue · 05/06/2008 22:55

Duncan, despite being the name of my first boyfriend, is a terrible name.

LyraSilvertongue · 05/06/2008 22:54

I like Caleb and Sonny. Also Cameron. S's and Cs.

ButterflyMcQueen · 05/06/2008 22:53

Duncan has class

CantSleepWontSleep · 05/06/2008 22:52

Caleb - isn't that forrin
Saul - begins with S and ergo sounds odd with surname
Sonny - S
Rowan - Prefer for a girl
Will - have about 6 in family/close friends already
Rufus - dog
Joshua - too common
Jacob - love but one in family already
Jonah - as good as rhymes with surname!
Noah - already slagged it as too common on one thread tonight!
Jack - old man
Curtis - I like. Dh just frowned and said no, and referred me to Steigers .

Am not pointing out that Dylan and Duncan are foreign, or the list will be empty .

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dizzydixies · 05/06/2008 22:48

stanley?
george
archie
herbert - herbie/herb?
hugo - I LOVE hugo!!!
hugh
jonathon - nn jonty?
jordie

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dizzydixies · 05/06/2008 22:41

well that knackers

Dylan - welsh
Duncan - scottish AND a surname

all of my others [meep]

what about

Caleb
Saul
Sonny
Rowan
Will
Rufus
Joshua
Jacob
Jonah
Noah
Jack
Curtis

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CantSleepWontSleep · 05/06/2008 22:38

Ah, see your reason for not choosing Duncan!

Dh's 2 key criteria for name selection

  • not foreign. No welsh, Scottish, Irish names allowed, which prob rules out your entire list!
  • not a surname used as a first name.
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dizzydixies · 05/06/2008 22:32

my friend's dh is a Dominic and he is a great bloke, if hyper

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dizzydixies · 05/06/2008 22:31

tis our surname so am a bit bored with it - not meaning to offend it as a first name choice

what about

Darragh - irish lovely name pn Dara
Tadgh - also irish pn Tag
Donnell
Dougal
Dermott - knew one at uni and he was DREAMY!!

Elliot I think is a lovely name and cracking as a first choice

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CantSleepWontSleep · 05/06/2008 22:29

The D thing is just coincidence, but am liking that it gives me the extra nickname Des (surname begins with S)!

Elliot can be in first or second place, but must be there somewhere.

Duncs is nicer nn than Dom IMO, and the only one I've ever known is lovely. It also has that lovely uncommon feel that appeals.

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dizzydixies · 05/06/2008 22:21

not Duncan please not Duncan

do you have a 'D' thing going on?

I love Dylan btw - I would use it for a girl though

is it absolutely decided that Elliot is to be middle name and not used as the first?

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CantSleepWontSleep · 05/06/2008 22:18

Have you come up with anything better than Dominic Elliot for me yet btw, with all these fancy names books that you now own?!

My fave is Zachary Elliot, but dh won't allow.

I was looking at biblical names earlier, and did suggest Ebeneezer, but it didn't go down too well .

Dh is just so hard to please!

Other contenders are Duncan Elliot and poss Dylan Elliot.

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dizzydixies · 05/06/2008 21:51

[meep]

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CantSleepWontSleep · 05/06/2008 21:45

If you spell it correctly (Meredith) then I love it.

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dizzydixies · 05/06/2008 19:34

meridith anyone?

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