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Need boy and girl Cornish names - suggestions and opinions please!

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JRocks · 17/08/2009 17:05

Expecting dc2 in September, already have DS with cornish name beginning with J. We want to continue with the Cornish thing if possible but haven't been struck by anything as yet. Any thoughts?

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sjb23 · 29/09/2009 15:08

I'm a bit late on the case and, as you're about to drop, you may have already made a decision.

I already have a son with the same name as yours. For my second I was keen on Towan - cornish for sand dune, like Towan beach.
As we found out we were having a girl early one, I didn't need to convince my dh. Not sure he would have gone for it.

MrsMattie · 24/08/2009 19:28

We had Cornish sisters in my class at school called Elowyn and Sowena.

Love Demelza.

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JRocks · 24/08/2009 17:44

I hadn't, I'm 35 and a bit weeks, although currently being assessed as the baby is large and I am not

Going to have to make a decision soon....

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grin · 24/08/2009 14:14

Could be. Let us know what you decide on! How many weeks are you (apologies if you've already said).

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JRocks · 23/08/2009 20:12

Just boys name dilemma still. Nothing is really grabbing me in an 'I LOVE IT!' sort of way, despite lots of really nice suggestions. Perhaps I won't really know until the baby arrives.

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grin · 23/08/2009 13:54

Hee hee! Why is it that only unhelpful place names come to mind?! St Austell...Port Issac...Polzeath?! That would be a talking point at school. How are you getting on JRocks? Any closer to your decision?

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JRocks · 22/08/2009 17:10

Why not, tenuous connection could work! You could use a place name in a Brooklyn Beckham style nod to place of conception (even if it's made up

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grin · 22/08/2009 14:08

What gorgeous names. Am a bit annoyed I couldn't get away with those for mine - doesn't work if you don't have Cornish roots I fear. Do you think I can claim it as MIL lives there?

piscesmoon · 22/08/2009 13:55

You could have Lorna.

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JRocks · 22/08/2009 12:31

Lamorna would be v amusing as it's part of our address (not the village).

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Baggy · 22/08/2009 12:21

I love Morwenna, Caradon, Tamara (a nymph from whom the River Tamar got its name) and Lamorna - all after Cornish places or from the Cornish language.
Good luck with your soon-to-be new arrival!

Medee · 22/08/2009 12:12

Bronnen is nice

piscesmoon · 22/08/2009 08:54

Morwenna is pretty.
Tamer is a biblical name-out of fashion for at least 100 yrs-you could make it Cornish by spelling it Tamar.
Jennifer is Cornish. It is the Cornish form of Guinevere. If you look at the 1881 census, you won't find a single Jennifer born outside Cornwall.

jamandjerusalem · 22/08/2009 08:45

Digby? Goes with Jago I think. Rex?

Manchichi · 21/08/2009 15:56

mowbray i hope your friend named her DD Tamar after the river not the bridge over it.

bronze · 21/08/2009 11:23

Yes Croyde is north Devon.

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JRocks · 20/08/2009 18:29

Corniah? What was I on there?! I'm glad everyone approves of Jago - I need a boys name that works with that

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cece · 20/08/2009 17:45

I just came on here to say I have always liked the name Jago, but someone has beaten me to it.

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JRocks · 20/08/2009 16:46

mowbraygirl - it's actually Corniah for James! i do like Tamar, but not Tamara which I fear it may be mistaken for.

Isn't Croyde in devon?

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mowbraygirl · 20/08/2009 15:28

Someone I know daughters has just called her new baby boy Jago supposed to be cornish for Jacob/Jake. The DD is called Tamar after the bridge think that is lovely.

Bathsheba · 20/08/2009 13:12

James Cracknell - the Olympic rower and general BBC Adventurer type - has a son called Croyde after the beach....

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JRocks · 20/08/2009 10:12

It does a bit, but then I suppose it would have been shortened for everyday use.

Did you use a cornish girl name?

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TotallyUnheardOf · 19/08/2009 22:57

I wanted to use Columb, but my dh said it sounded like an architectural feature. (And then we had a girl.)