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Name ideas please (boys esp).

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LaDiDaDi · 14/06/2009 16:34

I'm due in Dec and need to while way time until then and I love a good baby names thread sooo...

I have lots of ideas for girls names and basically I would like something not too cutesy and a well known but not very fashionable right now iyswim.

Nina
Alexa
Harriet
Ruth
Elsa
Susannah

Really struggling for boys which I have the same criteria for

Stephen
Arthur

also like but can't have

Michael
Edwin
Edward

Any ideas please?

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janeite · 14/06/2009 17:17

Laurence is a fab name but no good if you have a Laura.

Sebastian?
Dominic?
Benedict?
Gabriel?

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LaDiDaDi · 14/06/2009 17:14

Peter is good.

No to Erica and Laura is dd's name so no to Lara as well.

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MamaMimi · 14/06/2009 17:06

Lawrence?
Austin?

Erica or Lara for girls?

cookielove · 14/06/2009 17:04

Aidan
Reese
Nathaniel
Nate
Peter

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LaDiDaDi · 14/06/2009 16:55

George would be a contender for me but it is the name of one of dd's dolls and that really puts me off now.

Henry is good.

William is a lovely name but for family name reasons I'm not keen on using it personally iyswim.

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GreatGooglyMoogly · 14/06/2009 16:55

Sylvia
Stephanie
Louisa
Clare
Sarah

Alistair
Eric
Russell
Christopher
Andrew
Jonathan

cookielove · 14/06/2009 16:53

George
Henry
Harry
Issac
Evan
William
Beau
Alfie

janeite · 14/06/2009 16:51

I like Samuel.

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LaDiDaDi · 14/06/2009 16:49

Adding Samuel.

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LaDiDaDi · 14/06/2009 16:45

Alexander is going on the list. I also like Vincent though not sure dp will.

I love Daniel but dp won't have it.

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janeite · 14/06/2009 16:40

Harriet Ruth is a perfect name imho.

Stephen and Arthur are not really doing it for me, sorry.

Edmund?
Luke?
Matthew?
Vincent?
Oliver?
Theodore?

cookielove · 14/06/2009 16:37

i love michael and arthur,

Alexander
James
Paul
Benjamin
Cole
Daniel
Freddie
??