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Lucas, Gabriel for a boy, girls, well have no clue - give me some more please?

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pavlovthecat · 05/06/2009 20:37

These are the names we have, now I like them well enough, but they are not grabbing me.

I will tell you some of the names I really actually like, but that I am not going to call my child if its a boy, as they are a bit 'out there' and maybe you can help me come up with some names I might actually like.

Boys
River
Bracken
(don't say rowan as everyone does, I don't like it!).

Girls
Scout. That is it. Its the only name I like.

My DD is called Isabella, but mostly referred to a as Bella.

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janeite · 06/06/2009 11:15

See, I don't think it matters really. When we named dd2 I had no idea that people saw Isobel as a really common/popular name as I had never met one at the time.

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MrsMattie · 06/06/2009 11:13

I think Mae is common as a middle name but not as a first name.

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pavlovthecat · 06/06/2009 11:10

oh is it popular?! Darn. I liked it after being a fan of My Neighbor Totoro. Shame.

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janeite · 06/06/2009 11:05

Mae is lovely - maybe getting a bit popular though (can't really comment as the mother of an Isobel!!!!).

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pavlovthecat · 06/06/2009 11:04

My brain - MrsMattie I called you Mrshattie I know you are not Mrshattie Maybe I should go to bed and get back up again later. Its been a long day already!

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janeite · 06/06/2009 11:04

Mmmm. Don't like Harper at all.
I like Mrs M's suggestion of Wren for a girl - Bella and Wren sound nice together.

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pavlovthecat · 06/06/2009 11:04

Stupid me, can't even spell it right twice in one sentence! We would spell it Mae.

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pavlovthecat · 06/06/2009 11:03

Mrshattie - but what though ?!!!!! I am stuck, that is the problem

Oh, but Mae is nice. We both like May.

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MrsMattie · 06/06/2009 10:58

Hmmm. I have to say, Scout doesn't sound like a proper name to me - and I am not a traditionalist. It sounds like a nickname - something you'd call your little girl, but not her real name, iyswim. It also has slightly...how shall I put it? - loopy, try-hard celebrity-ness about it, like Fifi Trixabelle or Moonface Pilot or whatever they're called.

Could you use it as her middle name and at least give her a chance of a 'roper' name

Harper is cool, in my opinion. Just thought of it, never have before. I like...

p.s. I have a Bella, too

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pavlovthecat · 06/06/2009 10:50

This is going to be soooooooo hard isn't it, don't like any of them, sorry!

I am not sure why I like Scout, or DH either. It just sits well on our tongues, I can imagine a girl being called Scout. But its not necessarily a need for one syllable words, in fact the thing I like about DDs name is the flow as it has lots of syllables.

I guess I want something not to common but not too pretentious, or hippy, or embarrasing for the child. Something that will be able to grow with them as an adult. I am not sure scout would be good as a 35 year old woman's name.

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MrsMattie · 06/06/2009 10:45

Other one syllable names:

Wren
Gwen
Blythe
Briar
Fay
Kaye
Faith
Fern
Fleur
Greer
Hope
Maeve
Maude
Nell
Pearl
Ruth
Skye
Tess

slyandgobbo · 06/06/2009 10:33

Romola
Ottoline
ottilie
Cornelia

MrsMattie · 06/06/2009 10:30

Hmmm. Your boys names are...interesting

Scout. How about some more Southern Gothic names? Harper
Lena
Eudora
Bess
Ada
Leora
Stella
Blanche

TheYearOfTheCat · 05/06/2009 22:26

My nephew is Bo. Suits him very well.

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pavlovthecat · 05/06/2009 22:18

no. don't like Ondine.

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TheYearOfTheCat · 05/06/2009 22:17

I watched Ondine by the Royal Ballet the other night.

Ondine?

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pavlovthecat · 05/06/2009 22:02

lol you have a point. does not notice even when slapped in the face with it? I can see karma might play a part and not give me someone with intiution ability to sense her surroundings at all.

Like calling your child Ebony and having a blue eyed, blond haired child!

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janeite · 05/06/2009 21:55

It was around the same time that all teenage girls had duvet covers, make up cases etc with sad-eyed Pierrots on iirc!

slyandgobbo · 05/06/2009 21:55

Ramona - reminds me of Ramona the Pest, who in my head looks like Scout from TKAM...

BalloonSlayer · 05/06/2009 21:54

I always thought that the nickname Scout came from the character's behaviour: watchful, innovative etc. So not what you can bestow on a newborn whose character you know little about. (My DS1 is bright enough but staggeringly unobservant. A bomb could go off and 40 minutes later he might say: did you hear a funny noise? A few minutes ago? Imagine the embarrassment if he's have been called Scout or something similar.)

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pavlovthecat · 05/06/2009 21:52

I have seen it written as Bow and Beau. It was horrendous, I recall you could get it on everything, towels, curtains, pellmets bed covers, plates cups and all kitchen ware. no offence to your mother mind!

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janeite · 05/06/2009 21:49

Nope I don't like Beau either. Wasn't it Eternal Bow? My mum used to have loads of it!

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pavlovthecat · 05/06/2009 21:48

balloon - you are right, it is a nickname, her name was actually Jean Louise Finch. But I don't like either of those names!

Nicknames are ok though these days aren't they? Jack is a nickname, or rather was, but is not the most popular name. I don't mind whether people might think me intellectually defunct!

peppa - not offended at all

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