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DS2 1 week old - still no name - help please

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baskingseals · 21/08/2009 22:07

Denial is not a river in Egypt.
Dh and I are coming from very different places
Me - Gabriel, Xaviere, Christian, Fabian
Dh - Robert, John, Garry, Lee

It just ain't going to happen is it? Can anybody think of something? Anything? Our other two are Alexandra and Theo.

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thisisyesterday · 24/08/2009 22:10

how about Josiah? i like that

my fave is still Etienne tho, i wanted it but my surname is stephens, so it wouldn't really have worked

NotanOtter · 24/08/2009 22:09

i do i really vote Claude and i spent a lot of my life mooting baby names

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thisisyesterday · 24/08/2009 22:04

i dunno, i just got lucky that dp liked Gabriel, it seems a lot of men really don't like it.

dp i believe was swayed in part by penny arcade

NotanOtter · 24/08/2009 22:02

yes deadly serous it is dreamy

dp would not do Gabriel so we middle named it

MrsBarbaraKingstanding · 24/08/2009 21:57

I think Claude is lovely.

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baskingseals · 24/08/2009 21:56

I can't go for Claude, I just can't. I wish I could. Are you being serious?(just checking!)
thisisyesterday I would so stick with Asa , I really would, it's a beautiful name, in fact I'm really jealous of your names. How did you both decide on Gabriel? Please give me some top tips.

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NotanOtter · 24/08/2009 21:48

Basking

Go for Claude

Definitely - very 'sweet' perfect for number 3

Alexandra now calls herself a shortened version - made famous by the actor now known as Borat

I am hoping now she has started to read Vogue she will return to Alexandra which i still love

iliketurquoise · 24/08/2009 21:42

torres.

thisisyesterday · 24/08/2009 21:41

Noam

thisisyesterday · 24/08/2009 21:40

how about Roman?
Caius?
Clement?

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baskingseals · 24/08/2009 21:40

Notanotter - wow, that's a real coincidence, do you still like Alexandra or do you wish you'd gone for something shorter and more flowery?

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thisisyesterday · 24/08/2009 21:40

Nico really is fab though, DS3 is 9 weeks old and despite me being the one that wanted Asa, I am having second thoughts and thinking of changing it to Nico.

thisisyesterday · 24/08/2009 21:39

ooooh i have it

Etienne

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baskingseals · 24/08/2009 21:36

Thanks guys - really helpful suggestions. I love Asa but really can't have it because of surname which is very similiar. Also love Arlo as well as Nico, but worry they are too similiar to Theo. This is so hard. I wonder if I can wear him down.Hmm. Don't have a lot of puppy power atm. Oh dh's mum has got a great uncle Claude. Which cracks me up, I'm not allowed Gabriel, but I can have Claude, because of some random uncle, yes that really makes sense. I also like Valentine. There's just no hope is there?

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NotanOtter · 24/08/2009 21:27

Not keen on Finn tbh

if i did not have a similar sounding name i would definitely have a Pasha by now

MrsBarbaraKingstanding · 24/08/2009 21:23

How about Gregory?

I love Kit bt am 'meh' about Finn.

misshoohaa · 24/08/2009 21:19

Louis
Flynn
Saxon
Jasper
Asher
Sebastian (Seb for short)

Good luck!

NotanOtter · 24/08/2009 21:02

caleb goes nicely

Arthur too

shootfromthehip · 24/08/2009 20:55

Tobias (toby) is a fabulous name. Or Hector.

Sad about the Gabriel thing too- I love that name.

Jonah is my very best favourite name though

NotanOtter · 24/08/2009 20:47

thisisyesterday - me too

by the time you have done three boys names and middle names you start to become an expert!

thisisyesterday · 24/08/2009 20:44

have you chosen one yet?

you have excellent taste in names!
i have a Gabriel
ds1 was nearly Finn, and ds3 was very, very nearly Nico (may still be)

ds3 is actually Asa Nicholas, how about that? (incidentally my DP was absolutely dead against Asa but i wore him down)

i can't remember most of my long boys lists but here are a few off the top of my head

Lucien
Tobias
Linus
Otto
Anton
Noam
Soren
Lars

NotanOtter · 24/08/2009 20:37

basking - I too have an Alexnadra and Theodore I also have one of your choices as a middle name on one of my others

I would go for ANY of your choices and NONE of your dhs!

MajorMajor · 24/08/2009 20:34

Seems clear to me that the name of your ds2 should be Rex

diddl · 24/08/2009 20:30

Oops!
Forgot your daughters name is Alexandra, so most of my previous post is no good.
Matthew, yesthat´s a nice name.

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