First List - Any further suggestions

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I'm 6 weeks preggo, so I know its a bit early but I'm already obsessed with names & can't get anything else done at the mo! I had name for DS picked out before he was conceived! Any more suggestions? I like slightly less popular names so that there won't be 2 or 3 in her class (I have boys names already)

I like:

Madelaine (pron madda-lane)
Madison (getting popular?)
Franchesca
Nina (but rhymes a bit with surname...silly?)
Natasha
Nakita
Serena
Eliana

Although none of those quite fits the bill so any suggestions would be appreciated :)

Love your list. Am baby name obsessed too! Doesn't help that DH is not!!

Madelaine (will become Maddie though - as girl in DD1's class, and a mum)
Madison (as above, but a bit chav? Sorry)
Franchesca (great. Not common. Will be Fran, though)
Nina (Great - uncommon, can't be shortened, sounds cool and clever)

Natasha (Was 80s chav but should make a return re N Richardson. Love it. Sounds elegant!)
Nakita (Mmmm - bit try hard)
Serena The Best yet!
Eliana Fab, Fab!

Good luck. What about boys? They are sooo hard to find.

Madelaine - is ok
Madison - I find this quite try-hard
Franchesca- prefer it spelled francesca
Nina - is nice but not if your surname rhymes (remember "Julia Gulia"?)
Natasha - I like
Nakita - prefer it spelled Nikita, but unless you're russian I think it's a no-no
Serena - is nice
Eliana - ditto

ooh thanks for the great advice! yes i was umming & aahing about nakita too, im not russian...i dont think its going to happen! our surname actually rhymes with Lila...iyswim?

boys i like:

fabian
sebastian
ethan
kieran
reuben
ashton

do you guys have any further suggestions along the same lines for girls/boys?

Have you discovered Nymbler site for baby names? You can put in six names as inspirations and nymbler generates suggestions based on them. Strangely, when I did it, lots on my list came up!!

More great names here. I really like Fabian, but if you ran it past a few men, you might get a strong aversion.

fabian
sebastian - good
ethan - good, slightly popular
kieran - like
reuben - like
ashton - not sure

Looking at your list, what about:
Tristan
Oscar
Roman
Tobias
Nathaniel

yes why is that? DH does NOT like fabian!!

i like yr suggestions...tristan is a fave but is the name of best friend's son so bset not to use!

DH also doesn't like nathaniel, i've tried that one on him a few times at random intervals hoping he's forgotten he didn't like it...he hadn't

i'll try nymbler too, thanks

What about Genevieve?

Love Genevieve. It's on my list but can't convince DH or mother. I also have Serena but same problem with DH. I like the middle eastern version Suraya. But DH not playing ball. We will probably end up with John and Jane if he has his way!

ooh we are on a similar wavelength you & i! i liked saraia - think it is pron the same - but DH wont go for it. just suggested genevieve to him and he seems to like it...at least he didnt veto it immediately but gave a small nod