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A family member has stolen our name...help

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Wolfblass · 27/02/2009 14:25

We decided more or less this morning that bump to be is to be called Harry Joseph...

Just had a call from my mum informing me that her sister, my auntie (my age) has called her baby HARRY!!!

Now i need suggestions as we are at a real loss..

I would like something strong and traditional but not too poular (now i realise Harry is far more popular than i thought, but i honestly don;t know of ay in our area and have had many people 'research' that for me!)

DD is Georgia-Mae and the surname is Wellard so needs to go with those.

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nappyaddict · 17/03/2009 07:26

Ceolas does that mean one set of grandparents has 2 grandchildren with the same name? And are they close in age or not?

I agree if you only see them at family gatherings etc it doesn't really matter.

I agree the closeness in age makes a bit of a difference though.

DoThisDoThat · 04/03/2009 08:41

yay!

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Wolfblass · 03/03/2009 13:44

We are

Gabriel Henry - LOVE IT!!!!!

My parents now love it, although i've had a torrent of messages from my sisters saying nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo - anything but Gabriel

But we are sticking with it!!!

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DoThisDoThat · 03/03/2009 05:54

Oh, please have Gabriel. Go on. It's lovely (my ds3's middle name is Gabriel, he's gorgeous). Samuel is nice too.

ilovepeppapig · 01/03/2009 20:00

out of those i love samuel harvey

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Wolfblass · 28/02/2009 14:26

Okay so dp's favourite is back in the game.

First time around when pg with DD 5 years ago i absolutley vetoed it.

The said name is Gabriel. All my family and friends HATE it, and i think their opinions rubbed off on me slightly (i was only 21). I know quite like it and think Gabe is brilliant for short.

Other names on the table that we both agree on at the moment are

Harvey or Samuel so:

Harvey Gabriel
Gabriel Harvey

or Samuel Harvey
or Harvey Samuel

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bytheLiffey · 27/02/2009 21:24

Daniel

AccidentalMum · 27/02/2009 20:52

Every third child where I live is called Harry....I think it is both a sign and a gift

ScottishMummy · 27/02/2009 20:48

names are a leap of faith,you chose hoping it doesn't become associated with bampots/schlebs

thats all

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Wolfblass · 27/02/2009 20:45

I know we didn't have dibs or ownership - pmsl!

Maybe it's done me a favour!?

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ScottishMummy · 27/02/2009 20:39

no one has 1st dibs or ownership on any name harry was 3rd most popular 2008,so inevitably someone else likey it too

kalo12 · 27/02/2009 20:36

harvey

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Wolfblass · 27/02/2009 20:30

Love Benjamin but cannot stand Ben or Benji and like Oliver as a middle not first name..

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ilovepeppapig · 27/02/2009 20:21

I have a samuel James too!

If not samuel what about

Benjamin Wellard

Oliver Wellard

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Wolfblass · 27/02/2009 19:54

Sorry i mean Theo not Thoe...

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Wolfblass · 27/02/2009 19:54

I would love Sebastian, Thoe or Oscar and i like Finlay.

Dp will have none of it..

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thirtysomething · 27/02/2009 19:37

just seen your Samuel - i know a Samuel Joseph!

thirtysomething · 27/02/2009 19:36

Benjamin?
Sebastian?
Alexis
Lewis/Louis
Noah
Finn/Finlay
Oscar
Samuel/Sam
Ethan
Max
Nathan /nathaniel
Daniel/Dan
Rhys
Zack
Theo

christywhisty · 27/02/2009 19:31

I have a Samuel James

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Wolfblass · 27/02/2009 18:33

Bikerunski - very true

We are currently thinking of Samuel

(which i personally love, only slight problem our 11 yr old Dally is called Samson...)

What middle names would go with Samuel

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BikeRunSki · 27/02/2009 18:04

No one "owns" a name!!!!!!!!! I have three sets of cousins, all on the same side of the family, similar ages called Jo/e and Chris!

Eddas · 27/02/2009 17:58

that should be on your name thread before

Eddas · 27/02/2009 17:57

oh how annoying for you. I remember posting on a thread about names before as my dd is a Georgia and my ds is Harry! We really struggled to agree on any boys names.

For dd I was going to have Oliver.

ds' middle name is Michael