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Baby names

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Original poster

Still can't pick a name, need suggestions please.

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JustAnOrdinaryHuman · 04/05/2026 14:04

Baby will be here in less than a month & I'm still not 100% on our name choices. Don't know what we are having so need a boys name & girls name.

Boys names we like:

Wilfred
Wilbur
Frederick
Henry
Joseph
Edmund
Hugo
Humphrey

Girls names we like:

Penelope
Elspeth
Florence
Edith
Clementine
Elowen
Evelyn
Matilda

What other names might we like if we like these lists? Thanks

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GladHazelPoster · 14/06/2026 10:55

Cornelius is the one you want. You can thank me later.

Edmund maybe but I think Cornelius beats it.

HighburyHope · 14/05/2026 17:30

How about:

Guy, Jonas, Laurence

Eloise, Honor, Martha

Brownbear8 · 11/05/2026 19:49

Alternative suggestions;

Cedric
Walter
Theodore

Sybil
Agnes

Ottilie

Out of interest if you choose Elowen will you be using the traditional Cornish pronunciation or the more popularised pronunciation? If the latter I prefer Elowyn as a spelling.

user1492757084 · 10/05/2026 15:21

Elowen
Matilda
Bridget

Henry
Edmund
Stewart

Eenameenadeeka · 09/05/2026 09:03

I love Wilbur so much. I vote for Wilbur.
Or Florence, if it's a girl. You've got lovely names on your list! I'd just look at baby when they arrive and see which one they suit.

Crew20 · 07/05/2026 10:45

I think you’ve got all my DC names and middle names either on your list or suggested by others!

in addition:
Alice
Marianne/a
Jemima
Olivia

Charles
Jude
Inigo
Ivo

bridgetreilly · 07/05/2026 10:19

Humphrey is lovely. All squashy and silly and fun.

NamingNoNames · 07/05/2026 09:55

i like Humphrey. It's distinguished and a bit different.

Humphrey Bogart, Sir Humphrey Appleby, Humphrey Lyttleton.

garlictwist · 07/05/2026 04:40

Not Humphrey!

mathanxiety · 07/05/2026 03:50

I love Joseph, Edmund, Elspeth, and Clementine.

Henry and Elowen are lovely too.

Suggestions:
Ivo
Clement
Ambrose
Patrick

Merryn
Harriet
Emmeline
Lara

bridgetreilly · 07/05/2026 01:16

Richard
Edgar
Hereward

Winifred
Dorothea
Rosalind

Original poster

JustAnOrdinaryHuman · 06/05/2026 14:00

Thanks for all the suggestions so far, some really nice ones on the lists.

@Floppyearedlab sorry if I wasn't clear, the names I've suggested we love, just not 100% sure, so not looking for people's opinions on them, not fussed whether other people like them, just wanted some more suggestions of a similar vibe. Thanks for the extra suggestions though.

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Floppyearedlab · 05/05/2026 14:21

Boys names we like:
Wilfred - nice
Wilbur - no
Frederick - NO (you can guarantee he won’t be Frederick for long)
Henry - great
Joseph - great
Edmund - do you want the poor kid to be bullied?
Hugo - no
Humphrey - only the guy from Beyond Paradise can pull this off

Girls names we like:
Penelope - no
Elspeth - no
Florence- yes but not Florrie
Edith - lovely
Clementine - yes but not Clemmie
Elowen - no
Evelyn - nice
Matilda - yuck

others

Sebastian
Nathaniel
Felix
Nicholas

Camille
Elizabeth
Julia

IthinkIsawahairbrushbackthere · 05/05/2026 14:18

Alaric
Abner
Barnaby
Gideon
Gordon
Jonty (Diminutive of Jonathan)
Kester
Kit (Diminutive of Christopher)
Malakai

Clementine is my favourite girl's name
Hester
Isolde
Wren

As someone with 5 adult children who plays no part in the naming of my grandchildren I have far too many opinions!

Thewalrusandthecarpenter · 05/05/2026 14:07

Rufus
Miranda

Advocodo · 05/05/2026 14:06

I like Grace for a girl and when they r little to call them Gracie. And Gabriel for a bay and when older Gabe.

LoudPlumDog · 05/05/2026 14:02

JustAnOrdinaryHuman · 04/05/2026 14:04

Baby will be here in less than a month & I'm still not 100% on our name choices. Don't know what we are having so need a boys name & girls name.

Boys names we like:

Wilfred
Wilbur
Frederick
Henry
Joseph
Edmund
Hugo
Humphrey

Girls names we like:

Penelope
Elspeth
Florence
Edith
Clementine
Elowen
Evelyn
Matilda

What other names might we like if we like these lists? Thanks

Angus
Wyndham
Victor
Elijah
Alfred
Ned
Nicholas
Charles
Seth
Quentin
Brian
Jeremy

Caroline
Genevieve
Melanie
Meredith
Susan
Amelia
Alice
Una
Leah
Alfreda
Zelda
Violet

Mmbot · 05/05/2026 12:48

I am due number three and our first two are Wilfred and Genevieve (nickname Ginny). We don't know whether this baby is a boy or girl.Our boys name for this baby is also in your list! For a girls names we still cannot decide, but I like Beatrice, Meredith, Aurelia, Elspeth

Daffodilsinthespring · 05/05/2026 12:16

Well you seem to have the same taste as me.

How about Edwin?

Louisa, Fiona, Felicity?

Firebird83 · 05/05/2026 12:06

Edmund and Elspeth!

Incandescentangel · 04/05/2026 22:40

Violet
Seraphina
Caroline
Miriam
Marion
Phoebe
Edward
George
Benedict
Robin
Martin
Michael

WhatNextImScared · 04/05/2026 22:32

Silas
Ellaline

ThatshallotBaby · 04/05/2026 22:31

Constance

Edith

Frances

Anna

Willa

Ernest

Christian

Jago

Cassius

Jk987 · 04/05/2026 22:27

Edmund
Edith

RegalDiamondMonster · 04/05/2026 22:17

Max
Stefan
Robin
Tristan
Cedric
Ambrose
Ralph
Fintan
Patrick

Jemima
Persephone
Seraphina
Margot
Rosalind
Edith
Meredith
Lydia
Louisa
Martha
Helena
Genevieve

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