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Brother or Sister for Verity

34 replies

Valinor · 21/03/2010 16:30

We are on team yellow and can't seem to agree on a name for Verity's little brother or sister.

DH likes Imogen, Phoebe, Tamsin, Hugo, Elliot and altho I don't mind any of these they aren't 'the one'.

I want to find a name which like Verity is relatively unusual but everyone has heard of and a name where spelling isn't an issue. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Our sn is 1 syllable and begins with an M so 1 syllable fn's ten to be out as they sound too blunt together.

Thanks

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AllieW · 24/03/2010 11:14

Charmaine
Coralie
Cordelia
Felicia
Iris
Isla
Penelope

Dominic
Lawrence
Nicholas
Sebast ian

gemcgem · 24/03/2010 09:42

lilian
beatrice

daniel
xavier

im the same i don't just want to like my dd3 name but love it! good luck!

Italiangreyhound · 24/03/2010 02:05

Elliot
Ethan
Elijah

Felicity? Not sure
Rafaella can be shortened to Ella

Original poster
Valinor · 22/03/2010 14:06

Ok, so maybe I should've used the word 'uncommon' instead of 'unusual'. I can't understand why some posters are so pedantic.

Thank you to everyone else who offered suggestions - they are great.

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MrsvWoolf · 22/03/2010 13:09

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Bonsoir · 22/03/2010 11:19

You aren't very good at statistics .

winterfailing · 22/03/2010 10:46

It's really not very unusual
Are you the op by any chance?

Bonsoir · 22/03/2010 09:58

Given that there were 708,711 live births in England & Wales in 2008, that makes 0.017% of children named Verity that year. Which is really pretty unusual! The chances of finding another Verity in the same school as you are minuscule.

wilbur · 22/03/2010 09:48

Felicity
Charlotte
Christina

Christopher (Christie for short - v 1950s!)
Sebastian
Ferdinand
Milo

winterfailing · 22/03/2010 09:44

My suggestion of Clementine is twice as unusual, yet it's always described as becoming popular on here.

winterfailing · 22/03/2010 09:41

Considering that list of name charts runs into tens of thousands, it is not unusual at all. Those are from 2008 anyway.
I don't dislike it, I'm just surprised by names some people think are unusual.

Bonsoir · 22/03/2010 09:29

Verity is quite unusual - it was 363rd most popular name for little girls in England & Wales in 2008, with 121 little girls named Verity that year.

menomena · 21/03/2010 23:35

Imogen, Phoebe, Tamsin, Hugo, Elliot

I like your DH's choices - Imogen would also have been one of my first suggestions and I also love Elliot. The rest are nice too.

Felicity
Harriet
Caroline
Lillian
Eloise
Thalia
Lara
Ivy
Florence
Rosalie
Saskia
Juli et
Delilah
Georgina
Beatrice
Carys
Annelise
Adeline
Elinor
Emilia

Edward
Julian
Marcus
Henry
Frederick
Lawrence
Elias
Theodore
Oscar
Dominic
Atticus
Silas
Linus
Nicholas
Reube n

winterfailing · 21/03/2010 23:18

I don't think Verity is very unusual. I know of two under three years.

Beatrice
Isabel
Constance
Amelia
Martha
Clementine

Thomas
Frederick
Alfred
William
N icholas
Alexander

SE13Mummy · 21/03/2010 22:56

Miranda, Celia or Viola?

SE13Mummy · 21/03/2010 22:50

I think Phoebe and Imogen from your original list are lovely.

Other mainstream but not overused girls' names I can think of include:

Felicity
Miriam (3 syllables and an M!)
Rachel
Naomi
Louisa
Laura
Esther
Ruth
Lydia
Olive

For boys how about

Joel
Jonah
Michael
Benedict
Henry
Philip?

dizzydixies · 21/03/2010 22:28

Celia
Celeste
Cordelia
Beatrice
Penelope
Constance

Hugo
Hector
George
Timothy
Nicholas

Original poster
Valinor · 21/03/2010 22:24

CaveMum - if you read my original post I didn't say that the name had to 'go' with Verity, I just wanted ideas for a name which like Verity is relatively unusual but everyone has heard of and a name where spelling isn't an issue

I don't want to just pick a name I like, I want to love it - that's why I'm asking for suggestions. If I didn't give posters anything to go on I may as well just read the name book from cover to cover.

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cece · 21/03/2010 22:03

Wesley

cece · 21/03/2010 21:51

DC3 wasgoing to be Verity. But he was a boy so we never got to use it.

My suggestions

Tom
Jonathan
Esme
Anna
Thea
Samuel
Gregory
Sara
Noel
Noelle
Una

CantSleepWontSleep · 21/03/2010 21:46

If dc3 is a girl then she will almost certainly be Verity, which means that she will have a sister called Philippa (Pippa) and a brother called Duncan Elliot.

CaveMum · 21/03/2010 21:16

Children are individuals and shouldn't be tailored into sets or pairs.
It truly doesn't matter if the names don't "go" together, just pick a name you like.

SE13Mummy · 21/03/2010 20:08

I know a Verity who has sisters called Emily and Harriet and a brother, Henry.

peasandbeans · 21/03/2010 19:54

Cecilia

Horton · 21/03/2010 19:48

Tabitha
Harriet
Eleanor
Willow
Emmeline

William
Charles
Thomas
Rufus
Patrick