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Find baby name inspiration and advice on the Mumsnet Baby Names forum.

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Suggestions welcome

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namingnevereasy · 08/06/2010 18:00

Ok name changed to protect normal MN identity.

I swore I would never do a name thread but I'm at the early stage of pregnancy with a long sentence ahead so here are my our ideas. We already have a Penelope and Finnian.

BOYS
Artemis
Wilfred
Felix
Augustus
Tobias but don't like toby which seems almost an inevitable NN.

Struggling to find a boys name I love.

GIRLS
Eleanor
Meredith
Persephone
Arianna
Violet
Thea
Willow
Clementine

I really like Arianna and willow but DH not so keen on those two.

Any suggestions welcome.

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trumpton · 08/06/2010 18:48

I love the name Ariadne ( not on your list )and also like Tobias. How about Rafe or Raphael ?

IWouldNotCouldNotWithAGoat · 08/06/2010 18:48

Augustus and Persephone? Really?

LuluF · 08/06/2010 18:44

A friend of mine had a brother called Tobias and his nn was (not sure how they spelled it) 'Biasy'but with the 's' having a 'z' sound.

PixieCake · 08/06/2010 18:41

I like Wilfred and Arianna best. LOVE Arianna in fact - might pinch it for my own list

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namingnevereasy · 08/06/2010 18:32

sauce DH really likes Apollo but that just seems a bit to out there. I know Artemis is used for girls but it's become fairly unisex, I dunno maybe I'm not confident enough in the name to pull it off.

I like Aramis will run that by DH.

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saucetastic · 08/06/2010 18:23

Love all your names.

But please don't call your boy Artemis; it's the name of a goddess. Maybe Aramis instead - or if you want a god theme how about Apollo, Artemis' twin brother?

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namingnevereasy · 08/06/2010 18:18

LOL animal in which way, as in she'd be a bit of an animal?
I love Willow but don't think DH is going to agree to it.

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Psammead · 08/06/2010 18:17

I think Augustus and Thea fit in nicely with your other (lovely) names

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namingnevereasy · 08/06/2010 18:14

Any suggestions of names not on our list?

Really struggling with boys names.

Tobias is lovely just wondering how common it is for it to be changed to Toby as a nick name?

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Mrsmackie · 08/06/2010 18:13

Out of the boys I only like Felix and Tobias - the rest are not really to my taste.

I think all the girls' names apart from Persephone (which I think would lead to lots of ridicule and misspellings!)are really pretty. I think willow possibly sounds a bit like an 'animal' name but that's not necessarily a bad thing!!

janeite · 08/06/2010 18:10

Tobias is the only one of the boys' names I like.

Eleanor, Meredith, Violet all lovely. I actually quite like Arianna and Persephone too but would be more inclined to use as mn I think.

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namingnevereasy · 08/06/2010 18:06

Thank you Domestic we love Penelope too about the only girls name we both loved last time.

Good point about the spelling of Persephone it kind of holding me back from loving it.

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DomesticG0ddess · 08/06/2010 18:03

Love the sound of Persephone, but the spelling just so puts me off. Like Violet too.

Like Tobias - not sure if they would definitely be a Toby? I think depends on how much your son would like his name as he go older!

Love Penelope BTW

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