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Getting waaaaay ahead of myself here I know! BUT...........

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ready4motherhood · 12/11/2006 12:22

Just wondered if anyone else is like me and DH and have been thinking about baby names?? We can't agree on girls, but boys we find easy... we could have a bunch of boys and agree on every name!!

I know I shouldn't be thinking of names when I am not even pg, but I can't help myself!!Anyone got any cool name ideas?? Promise I won't steal any of them I'd love to hear what other people are thinking... or am I the only one mental enough to think this far ahead??

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ready4motherhood · 14/11/2006 10:41

yes!!!!!!! my first successful link!!

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ready4motherhood · 14/11/2006 10:40

here

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ready4motherhood · 14/11/2006 10:39

was searching and found this page with top100 names for boys and girls over the last 5 years \link{http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=184\here

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ready4motherhood · 14/11/2006 10:36

Katyjo - thanks for your list! I wonder where Rhea comes from??? It's pretty and very unique! Which is what I want, something that sounds lovely, looks pretty on the page (is that mental?) and something that 3 other children in the class will have. can't even entertain Rebecca as I know lots of Beccis, Bex, Beckys.
Liking Lydia....
And Sorcha - how unusual. DH would veto.

Thanks Funnypeculiar - Not too worried about the kids pronouncing it Feeeeeaah. Just the grown ups that should know better.

MrsMc - LOL at your Uncle. The YOOF of today!!
Thea has made it on the list. yay. DH loved your suggestion of Isaac, but the quickly remembered that we have already chosen our boys names (is that weird??)

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MrsMcJnr · 14/11/2006 10:00

Thank you . I really like Lily too but as my surname ends in "e" I feel the first name can't end in anything that sounds like that. My sister has a Thomas Euan and a Drummond Charles and my cousin has an Orson Peter. My Uncle wants to know what the hell is wrong with our generation! Like Thea too

funnypeculiar · 13/11/2006 22:23

Ready4motherhood - crashing thread after seeing my daughter's name ... we have a Thea - and yes, all of ds's mates (he's 2 1/2) call her 'Fear'... but we still like it
Good luck ttc!

katyjo · 13/11/2006 22:08

So many lovely names, I also liked Leah for a girl but dh didn't like it said it was old fashioned. I also liked,
Anna
Rhea
Emma
Lily (after my gran)
Rebecca
Lydia

Didn't have many boys name, but hope these give you some ideas, a lot of more unusual names being used I have a friend with a baby girl named Sorcha (irish) and a little boy called sebastian, both lovely names, I think.

largeginandtonic · 13/11/2006 21:17

Forgot to say Ready4motherhood dt's had a best friend Thea, she was lovely. Her mum had another girl and called her Tula also very cute.

largeginandtonic · 13/11/2006 21:15

Some fab names coming up, Mrs Mc i love your names, Zeus so cool. I may mention it to Dh, he likes Brutus and Caesar but im not keen My sis is Kathryn (scottish dad) i love the spelling of it.

I want some more please, anyone there tonight?

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ready4motherhood · 13/11/2006 20:09

What do people think of Thea?? Will it end up being pronounced Feeah and driving me potty??? Think it's really pretty though

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ready4motherhood · 13/11/2006 17:44

Meant to say, Benitio wouldn't need shortening if he loved his name! It's just nice to have the option. I know a couple of Andrews that hate being called Andy, so I know where you are coming from. But I prefer the shortening of my name to my actual name, so I suppose it works both ways!!

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ready4motherhood · 13/11/2006 17:41

MrsMc - I am so pleased you have shared your names with us! If anyone comes on here and says anything bad about them I'll show them the door!! Other than Zeus, which again is just not something I would choose, there is nothing that could be slated IMO. Some people are so plain

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MrsMcJnr · 13/11/2006 16:39

I think the people you have known through your life change the name for you forever, school teachers must find it so hard to choose their kids names as I'm sure they will have had an awful child to teach with every name at some point! Where's Coggy for an opinion on that?!

I think we would pronounce it "X"avier instead of "H"avier but being in Spain, that would be the way his friends would say it (I was madly in love with a "H"avi when I was 15 - corr!)

I did mean Isaac, best not call my
child something I can't spell hey! I think it sounds like a manly and wise name too.

Yeah Zeus would take some getting used to....

DH has been arguing that Benitio could be Ben but I asked him what the point of calling a child something is only to shorten it? no offence to anyone but all my life people have tried to shorten my name (it's Amanda) and I don't like Mandy at all - just not me.

I think if you love a name and someone else has used it, you have just got to go for it.

Keep em coming girls, I'm getting lots of ideas
here!

JL2 - I get a tingle whenever you talk about your baby, I am just so delighted for you, do miss you a lot on these threads and so I get really excited when I see your name! .

Mia would be Mia Rosemary for my grandmother. I wish she would hurry up - you can all laugh at me when it doesn't happen but I am nearly certain that my first child will be a girl.

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ready4motherhood · 13/11/2006 16:12

I think it's because I felt they were not even names. I still feel a bit guilty. But I agree with you JuicyLucy, it's not really fair on the children to have names like that.

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Juicylucythe2nd · 13/11/2006 15:58

Or possible work in fashion??

Think you're setting your kids up for a hard time if you get too poncy with their names.

And it's our job on MN to warn people from themselves

Juicylucythe2nd · 13/11/2006 15:55

Sorry, Ready, but all you CAN do is PYSL at names like that - they're having a bubble! Unless they want their sons to be stuntmen!!!

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ready4motherhood · 13/11/2006 15:40

Just checked the thread and realise that PMSL laughing is kinda slating so I want to apologise sincerely for my laughter towards the names Toffee Wolf, Diesel, Suede, Denim and Velvet. Whilst I would not choose them for my children, I most definitely should not have laughed at them.

Very sorry.

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Juicylucythe2nd · 13/11/2006 15:37

whoops x posted -

Well how is it pronounced MrsMc

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ready4motherhood · 13/11/2006 15:35

In fact... scrap what I said... I think Benitio Mc would work. Love it. When I said it out loud I thought it was really cool!!

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Juicylucythe2nd · 13/11/2006 15:35

Hello MrsMc - Think Mia's pretty, but now have 3 friends with a daugther with that name, so it's sort of worn out.

Love Xavier - is it pronounce Havier? or Zavier. Think Havier is muy macho. Me likes.

Need to seriously start thinking about boys names as I keep dreaming it's going to be a boy.

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ready4motherhood · 13/11/2006 15:31

MrsMc - Please tell me you didn't get slated for your choice of names???????? I am thoroughly disgusted Those people should be ashamed!! Understandably not everyone has the same tastes, but surely if you want to comment on others choices, tact and diplomacy is key.... I really hope I have not said anything unkind about another person's choice of name (best check the thread - eeeek!)
I wondered why you had not posted. (((hugs)))

Well...where do I start. Mia Mc would be wonderful, don't let the cat name be an issue. Leah and Anna are on DHs list, and I like them both, but know a rather unsavoury girl from school (yeah I know, get over it Ready) named Leah, so not sure I could have it, and with Anna I am drawn to Hannah if we went down that route. Kathryn is very pretty, and love the spelling too!!!
LUUUUUURVE Xavier (DH would never let me go for anything that unique ) would it be pronounced Havier?? Nickname Xavi??? It doesn't matter actually, both ways are cool!! How are you pronouncing Issac?? Am I being fick?? I am thinking Isaac??? Which I just adore, very manly!!
Have to confess I am not sure about Zeus sorry... but I would never slate it!! Still disgusted by those nasty people!!
Benitio is really cool, but agree that you would need a more continental last name!! How about Ben?
Innes is very cute, I have never heard that before! Love Euan and Callum. Know too many Jaimie.
What is the etiquette with friends going first?? Especially if you had loved a name since you were a girl????

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MrsMcJnr · 13/11/2006 15:00

Ok, Ready I've come over here because you asked me. Last time I went on a name thread and said my preferences I got absolutely slated (I wasn't alone though) so here goes and then I'll duck behind the monitor -

Girls:

Mia
Leah
Anna
Kathryn

Kayjo - we are Scottish as well . As you can see, we have a Mc surname so think Mia would sound good. We have a cat called Tia though so DH is not convinced . I also Like Leah.. again, the Tia issue!! The cat is actually named after the a child I did an adoption case for when I first qualified as a solicitor! DH has no thoughts yet on girls names.

Boys - now hear me out!! DH loves these names but I am not sure but I am warming to the first one. We are moving to Spain to live so these names wouldn't be so unusual there:

Xavier
Issac
Zeus
Benitio (not with a Mc surname though!!)

I love a lot of Scottish names like Innes, Euan, Callum, Jamie etc but seeing as we are almost the last of our friends to consider having kids, a lot of the good names have already been used!

ShowOfHands · 13/11/2006 14:17

I'm currently 14wks pg and we're having:

For a boy: Finnigan (and then Barnaby (Barney Rae for not-so-short) or Seth if we have any more)

For a girl: Mathilda Rose (also love Iris and Hazel for future use)

I know siblings called Phinnibus, Elphin and Merlin. They are all, obviously, effortlessly cool.

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ready4motherhood · 13/11/2006 14:07

Thanks JuicyLucy.. Congrats to you by the way!! How very exciting

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Juicylucythe2nd · 13/11/2006 13:58

Ready4motherhood - much better to occupy the ttc time with nice things like names than all the trials and tribs involved in the waiting game.

Your time will come. xx