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Original poster

Baby due today, still haven't agreed on a name. Something similar to Cecily or Helena - can you help???

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needanamefast · 28/10/2009 16:03

Ok so DH and I cannot agree.

We don't know the sex but are a bit more stumped with girls names.

I love both Cecily and Helena, he thinks they are ponsy. I also love Romily but a close friend has named her baby that about 6 months ago. Same with beatrice and martha.

Dh likes names that are now too popular in my opinion (I think the are nice but I have a popular name and it drove me bonkers at school). eg Poppy, Hannah, Evie, Olivia

Can you help??? Think this baby might be nameless... Looking for classy names that won't date, are pretty but not too girlie and ideally outside the top 30/50.

Boys - maybe alexander or adam. urrghh who knows.

DS 1 is Louis.

HELP!!!!!!
(have name changed)

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needanamefast · 28/10/2009 17:17

thank you diddl! are you preggers too?
do you think they aren't tooooo mainstream or too wacky?

am going to concentrate on girls names today - boys tomorrow!

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diddl · 28/10/2009 17:13

needanamefast

I like all of these that you have just posted!

dizzydixies · 28/10/2009 16:59

Annabel not that common

what about Arianna?

Delphine?
Cordelia is pretty
Imogen
Rosalyn/Rosalind
Esme or Ismay
Evelyn
Corinna
Georgina

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needanamefast · 28/10/2009 16:56

how common do you think annabel is?

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needanamefast · 28/10/2009 16:52

can anyone find that thread where people wrote down the names of their kids, might look there for inspiration??

cuurent faves

cecily
helena
anna
thea
rosa
emma
elsa

wish evie wasn't so popular as well.

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luciemule · 28/10/2009 16:48

Loralie /Laurelie(sp?) but there was someone in Jerry Maguire called that I think.

diddl · 28/10/2009 16:45

Lucia?

luciemule · 28/10/2009 16:43

coralie - might have already said that one
Adelie
Floralie

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needanamefast · 28/10/2009 16:43

am gutted to know so many martha's. such a beautiful name. ditto matilda.

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needanamefast · 28/10/2009 16:41

yes I like emma.
not keen on celine/celeste/clementine.
know a clara and cecila.

can you think of names that end like cecily or romily?

but otherwise keep all names suggestions coming - you ladies are FAB.

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defyinggravity · 28/10/2009 16:39

I think Serena is a nice name.

diddl · 28/10/2009 16:33

I´m in Germany, & a name I really like is Jette, pronounced Yeta.

luciemule · 28/10/2009 16:33

clementine
Coraline
Cora

claraquack · 28/10/2009 16:31

cecilia, celeste

hattee · 28/10/2009 16:31

celeste

brimfull · 28/10/2009 16:31

I love Clara

NorktasticNinja · 28/10/2009 16:31

Cecily means blind...

Ottilie?

luciemule · 28/10/2009 16:30

celia
cecilia

brimfull · 28/10/2009 16:30

Celia
Cecilia
Clement
Celine

claraquack · 28/10/2009 16:28

Emma - it's a classic but not too popular (eg not like Emily which seems to have overtaken it in popularity). We have an Emma and a Martha as I thought they went well together.

Freya?

Anya?

Clara? (which obviously is my name!).

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needanamefast · 28/10/2009 16:28

Thea like it. In fact Dh quite likes it too (well he said so last night but will probably have changed his mind by tonight)

My no 1 fave is cecily. can you think of similar ish names?

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needanamefast · 28/10/2009 16:26

yes tis true.
Is elsa very old lady-ish???

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brimfull · 28/10/2009 16:26

Cordelia
Hermione
Delilah
Thea

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needanamefast · 28/10/2009 16:25

yes rosa is lovely.

aside: past tense of to row?? rowed looks wrong!!

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luciemule · 28/10/2009 16:25

What about Annalie - someone at my school was called that and everyone loved it.

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