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The only name we like for DC2 rhymes with DC1's name!

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jamandjerusalem · 26/08/2009 11:15

Would that be too naff? I have a terrible feeling it would...

But I do love it! Would also consider giving it as a first name but using middle name as a nickname so the connection wasn't made all the time. (But middle name doesn't really 'flow' with surname, so don't suggest we go with that instead!)

This is all for as-yet unconceived DD

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NorkilyChallenged · 27/08/2009 13:03

Just call her Maud/Maude (so that her "official" full name doesn't rhyme with your surname), Maude Bawdy (inventing surname for benefit of example).

Then call her Maudie at home.

I seriously don't think you can do the Arthur/Martha combo.

My much loved boys name when pg with DD1 is still my fave boys name but if we had another boy, I couldn't use it as it rhymes with DD1's name. Sigh. I feel your pain.

tethersend · 27/08/2009 12:52

Mabel?

PuppyMonkey · 27/08/2009 12:45

Yes, it's not so much the rhyming with Arthur and Martha imho - although that is a bit , it's more the fact that it's a well known saying... like calling your kids Ruby and Murray.

bexincornwall · 27/08/2009 12:40

Just re-read previous post, hope that didn't sound too harsh - its just I would rather know something like that than not know. Arthur and Martha are both lovely names, just maybe not in the same family! Regards, Bex

bexincornwall · 27/08/2009 12:03

Hello, am not sure if you are serious about the Arthur/Martha thing or I have the wrong end of the stick here but it is genuinely an expression used when talking about transvestites, particularly if they are so good at being transvestites you can't really tell ("is she Arthur or Martha?"). Seems like a bit much to put on your kids!?

ramonaquimby · 27/08/2009 02:15

Martha and Arthur don't rhyme in lots of accents! or even languages

Mar-tha

and

Ar-thur

for me in a cdn accent.

MermaidSpam · 27/08/2009 01:32

Ah ha! Cheers Fimbo! Couldn't wrap my mummybrain around that one!

Clary · 26/08/2009 23:17

Nooooo

No you can't have Arthur and Martha (which was my immediate thought on reading thread title, funnily enough).

I happen to know one of each at DS1's school and once joked that they should get married

cheesesarnie · 26/08/2009 23:09

move to scotland so they dont rhyme.

lovely names but..im not sure
how ablout milly or mathilde

lockets · 26/08/2009 23:05

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Fimbo · 26/08/2009 22:57

I guess it doesn't rhyme very well with a Scottish accent (I am one btw!).

It would be Marth ah

And Arth urh

MermaidSpam · 26/08/2009 15:00

Eh? In what language does Martha not rhyme with Arthur?

(Please don't call them that OP, reminds me of asking whether someone is a tranny "Is she Martha or Arthur?")

belgo · 26/08/2009 13:38

Just go with the names you love, you'll only regret it otherwise, and it's not like they are way out ridiculous names.

belgo · 26/08/2009 13:37

And if you are being pedantic, Martha does not rhyme with Arthur.

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jamandjerusalem · 26/08/2009 13:22

Ooh, thanks belgo, maybe it is feasible after all.

Not so keen on those alternatives for myriad reasons. I do have a bumper shortlist though, so if we a. have another child, b. it's a girl, and c. isn't a Martha then there are a few to fall back on. I do like Tess though, but there's a Tess at DH's work which will sadly rule it out for him!

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belgo · 26/08/2009 12:11

I don't see why not, especially if you call her Maudie. Martha Maude is lovely.

What about Tessa/Tess
Nancy
Alice
Eliza

BikeRunSki · 26/08/2009 12:07

I call my DS Samuel Daniel Emmanuel Nathaniel Spaniel deliberately to be silly! So maybe rhyming names would be a bit too silly. Although I LOVE Martha!

everlong · 26/08/2009 12:02

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jamandjerusalem · 26/08/2009 11:47

That's true, I used to read baby name books when I was a teenager and highlight the ones I loved. Didn't have DS until I was 30, and Arthur was definitely never highlighted! Not entirely sure where it came from, in fact. Always thought he was a girl when I was pregnant, and we'd sort of decided on Martha for him... hence maybe my issue now.

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AvadaKedavra · 26/08/2009 11:44

You'll likely have changed your mind a million and one times by the time you actually are pg so wouldn't be faffing about it now tbf.

crumpet · 26/08/2009 11:42

oh sorry didn't see Arthur/Martha.

Nope wouldn't do it.

crumpet · 26/08/2009 11:41

Jayne and Wayne?

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jamandjerusalem · 26/08/2009 11:34

Because Maudie sort of rhymes with our surname!

Oh, I am getting in a pickle...

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girlsyearapart · 26/08/2009 11:33

No sorry I wouldn't though I love the name Martha.
If you're going to call your (imaginary!) child Maudie anyway why don't you just give her that as her name?

Fimbo · 26/08/2009 11:30

Cody
Gordie
Geordie