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Looking for a name for a third triplet.

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TripleBYPass · 13/04/2009 19:03

If all girls we have decided upon Dolly and Hattie and would quite like the third name to be a "thing" something visual to match the other names but we're stuck as we're not too keen on Floral names (apart from Rosa)

I am posting for the first time on my friends log in and feel slightly cheeky that my first contribution is a question rather than a reply.

I will be checking this post later tonight and hope there will be some response. Thanks for reading.

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TripleBYPass · 14/04/2009 12:28

What is a Polly, Elsie or a Nell then?

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pointydog · 14/04/2009 08:56

I did think of Edward Woodward - har!

Plonker · 13/04/2009 22:53

I have heard of Dolly being slang for boob - as in Dolly Partons, lol.

OP - I like your theme. And really like Estelle (and Stella). I can't think of any new that haven't already been suggested.

Oh, and Pointy - Woody could be a nn for Edward.

BiscuitStuffer · 13/04/2009 21:50

Poppy

Nell
Annie

neenztwinz · 13/04/2009 21:46

No names but just wanted to say good luck with the triplets!! I have twins and that is hard enough. Get lots of help!!

ItsMargotBeaurEGGarde · 13/04/2009 21:34

Maybe it's some county wickla slang. I do apologise. I call children 'chaps' and mushrooms pookies.

It's still an utterly shite name though.

I vote for Polly.

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TripleBYPass · 13/04/2009 21:28

Fanny made me spit my tea out all over my keypad. I really like Frances tho!

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CrackopentheBaileys · 13/04/2009 20:45

Hi there, I have just been having a think about this one. I love your idea of the 'thing' names btw, very sweet!
So how about:

Coral
Honey
Daisy
Poppy
Ivy
Fern
Heather
Holly
I am a big fan of the Kitty suggestion

OR

Fanny

RUNFORLOVE · 13/04/2009 20:38

Elsie

tclanger · 13/04/2009 20:33

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pooka · 13/04/2009 20:24

I've also never come across dolly as a word for a nork.

Am also blinkered suvvener.

foxinsocks · 13/04/2009 20:10

I think Dolores is fab. I have never heard Dolly being a name for a tit. How bizarre. In what context do people use it? Is it a northern thing?

Triple, when are you due?

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TripleBYPass · 13/04/2009 20:00

It is quite funny that you should mention Dolly as out of all of the names we have considered so far with friends and family that is the only name that hasn't received any negativity from my neck of the woods and luckily it doesn't mean TITS but it was my own grandmother and great grandmother's names so if I have a girl she will be called Dolores and therefore Dolly but thank you for pointing that out for me.

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pointydog · 13/04/2009 19:56

I have never ever heard of dollies.

Do you mean puppies

ItsMargotBeaurEGGarde · 13/04/2009 19:55

Well, dollies is boobs isn't it? or in MN parlance, Norks.

Dolly is a silly childish name for a doll. I can't believe anybody would be cruel enough to lumber a child with that name.

Joy, Teal, Storm, Skye, Amber all nice naturey thingy names.

pointydog · 13/04/2009 19:55

dolly is slang for tit?! Is it 'eck as like. Where do you live, margot?

willowthewispa · 13/04/2009 19:53

I've never heard Dolly used as slang?

nooka · 13/04/2009 19:52

Dolores, Harriet and Estelle (Stella) are lovely, so I would go with Stella as the third choice, with a doll, hat and star as their symbols. It is a pity that Dolores means sorrows, as I think the doll symbol is less nice than the other two (love the star, such a positive image). Hattie, Dolly and Stella sounds good to me. Although I can imagine Stellie being used in that context which isn't quite as nice.

I'm not so sure about the trees to be honest because they will be so much more obviously matched, and therefore a bit twee, and possibly a bit depersonalized, which can be an issue for multiples. Although Rowan and Joshua are not obviously associated with trees I guess (I'm not terribly keen on Bay personally - doesn't sound like a whole name to me).

Rumpel · 13/04/2009 19:52

Fuschia?
Magenta if you like the colour thing?

ItsMargotBeaurEGGarde · 13/04/2009 19:51

Dolly is not an appropriate name. Slang for a tit. You can not possibly do it.

I like Polly though. Polly, Hattie and Jeannie. In that vein. Or Elsa or Edie

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TripleBYPass · 13/04/2009 19:46

woody! {embarrassed}

Thanks for the positivity, I had thought about easily telling them apart and even considered the whole peg thing too, how weird is that?Now my problem is there are too many to chose from. I am so surprised that I hadn't realised how many perfectly good names there were to choose from. I like so many already noted. I really like Pearl and Bee and the whole colour and Ruby/Violet thing.I think they go really lovely together.

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JaquelinehydeAllTheEggs · 13/04/2009 19:46

Annabelle or Isabelle (bell)

pooka · 13/04/2009 19:45

How funny - I was also going to suggest Rowan as a girl. Have known male and female Rowans and think is excellent name.

conniedescending · 13/04/2009 19:43

Dolores (Dolly)
Harriet (Hattie)

and

Catherine (Kitty)
Rosalind (Rosie)
Angelica (Angel)
Delilah (Lila/ Lily)
Bridget (Birdie)
Tabitha (Tabby)
Penelope (Penny)
Araminta (Minty)

Edward (Teddy) would be lovely if you had GGB

willowthewispa · 13/04/2009 19:42

Penelope - Penny