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My not-so-short shortlist, tell me what you think.

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Tobermory · 29/01/2010 22:02

DC2 is due in early June, so lots of time to really panic about names but already have a substantial shortlist.

DSS is Seb
DD1 is known as Bella
Our surname is 2 syllables and begins with P

Violet (my fave)
Alice
Freya
Felicity (put off by not having found a 'nice' shortenable version)
Beatrix/Beatrice
Juliette
Eliza ( v similar name to 2 members of close family)
Pippa
Emily ( DHs current fave)
Olivia (put off by its popularity)

Gabriel ( my fave if we are brave enough)
Christopher ( known as Kit- I like Kit but really put off by Christopher)
Noah
Oliver ( loved this name for a long time but worried its too popular)
Barnaby (Silly havign two B names?)
Tobias (like this but DC would be known as Toby, and would share his name with a close family members pet!)
Henry
Isaac
Leo

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janeite · 29/01/2010 22:21

My absolute favourite boys' name at the mo (not that I will ever get to use it) is Benedict - just to throw another one into the list. Kester is quite sweet but on the whole am less fond of 'K' names.

CantSleepWontSleep · 29/01/2010 22:21

Unusually good list for MN!

Violet is great.
Felicity is great (I had a thread a couple of months ago asking for nn's for this, which you might like to look for if you haven't seen it already) and one of the 2 girls' names that we will be choosing between this time if we have another girl.
Pippa is fabulous (would you use Philippa with Pippa as a nn?).

I always find boys much harder.
I like Barnaby but have concerns about Barnaby Bear too.
I think you should go with gaelicsheep's Kester for a boy. I want it but dh has vetoed .
Otherwise prob Tobias from your list.

gaelicsheep · 29/01/2010 22:20

I dunno. I know exactly what you mean. Actually I think yes, on balance it could work on its own.

BUT, I just asked DH what he thinks of Kit and he nearly fell off his chair. Apparently it's the Knightrider car (I was thinking of a book, but that's Kes apparently), so maybe it's not such a great idea...

Phoenix · 29/01/2010 22:17

I've got a Noah so really love it

Like Gabriel, Toby, Isaac and Leo too.

Like Freya, Emily and Alice.

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Tobermory · 29/01/2010 22:16

I think Kit on its own would be preferable to Christopher but is it a name in its own right? You know, you do the test.. would a high court judge be called Kit?

Maybe?

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Tobermory · 29/01/2010 22:14

gaellicsheep - juliette is not on my 'love it ' list. Its mainly there because i wondered if it might turn into a grower.

janeite, I felt very exposed writing my list of names for some reason and was almost afraid to come back and read peoples responses

thankyou

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gaelicsheep · 29/01/2010 22:12

Oh I meant to say, could you not just use Kit and forget Christopher? Loads of people use a shortened version as the given name these days - Katie for example. Or would you consider Kester - an old form of Christopher and my DS's middle name.

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janeite · 29/01/2010 22:09

Oh you have fab taste in names. I love Sebastian (if Seb is nn for that) and I love Belle (is that a group btw?).

Violet - love it
Alice - love it / have one
Freya -nice
Felicity - love it
Beatrix/Beatrice - love the latter
Juliette - don't like the tte but love Juliet
Eliza ( v similar name to 2 members of close family) - love Elizabeth
Pippa - less fond
Emily - love it
Olivia - like but don't love

Gabriel - love it; no need for bravery
Christopher - okay - like Kit a lot
Noah - love it
Oliver - love it
Barnaby - my fave LOVE it
Tobias - love it
Henry - don't like
Isaac - love it
Leo - less fond

I think this is the nicest list in the history of name threads actually!

gaelicsheep · 29/01/2010 22:06

There aren't any of those that I don't like really. My least favourites are probably Juliette (better without the te at the end) and Henry (too old). Oh, actually I'm not keen on Barnaby as I can't stop thinking of Barnaby Bear!

I think your two favourites are lovely. I may revisit this list in a couple of months...