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what are your children names' theme?

79 replies

tostaky · 21/11/2009 17:43

Like for example, your theme could be "nature" and your kids are called "Ocean" and "Sylvian" etc..

Or maybe, your boy is called Joe, like your DH and your DH's dad etc..

For us, we want names that start with the same letter as the dad's name.

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doingthelambethwalk · 26/11/2009 17:54

Family names that would work in various Northern European countries (where different family members live).

thedollshouse · 26/11/2009 17:50

Celtic. Although we didn't choose them for that reason.

MmeLindt · 26/11/2009 17:47

Scottish names.

Beginning with C (but that was not intentional, we did not even notice until someone pointed it out to us)

dublinmom · 26/11/2009 17:41

Irish names the MIL wouldn't go on and on and on about how difficult they are to pronounce.

DH and my middle names are kids' middle names.

And also...accidentally with the first 2, kind of on purpose for the third: names that are all 7 letters long.

JaMmRocks · 26/11/2009 17:36

Cornish

mathanxiety · 26/11/2009 00:22

Forehead, see you also caught the F bug So sad for the poor boy named Faith. Had they never heard of Fidel Castro?

We went with family names, for both first and middle names. So we ended up with quite a hodge podge, all very traditional. One is so old it's rather unusual and apparently considered pretentious here on MN by some, one that's a female version of a male family name that actually turned out to quite fashionable. The rest are unusual/ unpopular. One of this bunch gets suggested here quite a lot.

bronze · 25/11/2009 10:37

Biblical for boys I guess and Welsh for girls though we only actually have one girl all the list for dc4 were biblical for boys and welsh for girls

mumof2222222222222222boys · 25/11/2009 10:34

Traditional...one English, one Irish and if we (very unlikely) have a third, I am thinking French traditional....

liliputlady · 25/11/2009 10:19

No themes - just classic girls' names - pretty but not overly so, just in case they turned out to be Tom boys (which one did).

Claire2009 · 24/11/2009 23:25

DD - French/English name we both liked.
DS - 5th Generation, Joseph/Joe, we both liked.

displayuntilbestbefore · 24/11/2009 23:18

Dandini
Buttons
Twanky

TheReverendRocks · 24/11/2009 23:08

No theme, but both DS and DD have names that are 3 syallbles, 2 syllables, 1 syllable and then a surname that is 2 syllables (but that was accidental - I didn't purposely hunt down fathers with a surname that was 2 syllables long)

Rorysracingma - Lilith is FAB -U- LOUS, I like Jezebel and Deliah too (despite the conatations)

pookabelle · 24/11/2009 22:48

Trees - not really planned as a theme but we both loved the names

StarlightMcKenzie · 24/11/2009 22:41

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wideratthehips · 24/11/2009 22:32

boys....scottish...strong and handsome (no thats not their names!)

girl......1920's flapper girl!!!

sweetkitty · 24/11/2009 22:31

3 girls all have Biblical Hebrew names totally not intentional

all have 3 syllables more intentional as surname very short so kind of balances it out

fell like DB(D) 4 should have a 3 syllable name too though

Dysgu · 24/11/2009 22:22

Both our girls have Italian first names and were named - eventually - for specific reasons.

Florence Amelie was named for the city where DP and I got engaged whilst PG with her. Amelie was just DP choice.

Gabriella Eve was named after the Angel Gabriel and the fact that she arrived early on Christmas Eve.

Also, but not planned, they both have middle named beginning with vowels and we seem to be working through the alphabet! (If we had another, the initals 'should' be HI to continue the pattern!)

ScottishBoris · 24/11/2009 22:07

I was waiting for the car reference, but I can't really come up with anything else although I do like Astra

indieangel · 24/11/2009 20:13

French origin and pretty sounding, they go well together.

twolittlekings · 24/11/2009 20:10

our "theme" was what we both agreed on which was not much. As we have 2 boys the choices got even smaller for DS2.

Each time they were nameless for ages until we managed to agree on a name we liked.

I now have "two little kings" but not intentionally and not wills and harry!!

Divatheshopaholic · 24/11/2009 19:27

dont do theme here
i know lilly, daisy, poppy- flower
jacob, joseph,isaac- bibilic
luke and lucas/ molly and holly- similar

ILikeToMoveItMoveIt · 24/11/2009 19:17

Our's are Scottish and one syllable. It just happened that way, it wasn't intentional at all.

nevergoogledragonbutter · 24/11/2009 19:11

I got bored with my theme after one child. So it was going to be scottish names but then turned astrological. .

Kind of wish i'd gone for my favourite name for DS1 then our theme would be Nature.

Nova is fine by me.

ScottishBoris · 24/11/2009 19:05

Mine's have an astrological leaning - Stars and suchlike.

DD3 has hopefully(!) been conceived last month and she'll be Nova (be nice ladies!!)...

BettyButterknife · 24/11/2009 19:00

No theme, but I like names that sound like characters from 1920's detective novels

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