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33 replies

kizzibear · 01/10/2010 21:42

My short list is now shorter, which one do you think?

Dulcie Amelia
Scarlett Cleo
Maya Lily

Which one to choose though?

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thisisyesterday · 01/10/2010 21:43

Maya Lily

BrigitteBardot · 01/10/2010 21:44

Scarlett Cleo

Bagpusstree · 01/10/2010 21:44

Maya Lily for me too.

ducknipples · 01/10/2010 21:45

Scarlett Cleo Smile

ValiumSingleton · 01/10/2010 21:45

Can I say Cleo!?!?

ok, that was awkward of me. From your list I love Dulcie, really don't like Scarlett and think maya is ok.

So Dulcie or cleo!

kizzibear · 01/10/2010 21:46

Thankyou for choosing, anyone else?

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kizzibear · 01/10/2010 21:48

Thankyou Valiumsingleton, I like Cleo, but we couldnt think of a middle name that seemed to work or flow with it.

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ValiumSingleton · 01/10/2010 21:49

Cleo Marianne

onimolap · 01/10/2010 21:50

I think Scarlett works best if your colouring means you're likely to produce a girl with auburn I'd blonde hair.

Scarlett or Dulcie are the ones I'd go for.

DuelingFanjo · 01/10/2010 21:51

I lOVE Dulcie.

ValiumSingleton · 01/10/2010 21:53

Cleo Margaret (maybe a family connection?!

I think it needs something with three syllables which neither begins NOR ends in a vowel, and something not too razmatazz, because another oo la la name with cleo would be too much. I love cleo but I think it needs something understated next to it.

Cleo Marianne popped in to my head and I do love that.

Cleo Meredith
Cleo Vivien
cleo Juliet
Cleo Penelope
Cleo Violet

It's hard alright!

morgan55 · 01/10/2010 21:54

i love cleo, i'll have a think about middle names that go with cleo. do you need to have a middle name?

morgan55 · 01/10/2010 21:55

ooohhh, cleo meredith is lovely!

kizzibear · 01/10/2010 21:56

Thanks for comments so far! I really cant choose, might see what she lloks like, and what suits her best.

Are any likely to date, or cause eyebrows to rise? I dont think they are, but could juts have a pregnancy brain!

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kizzibear · 01/10/2010 21:58

My partner really wants her to have a middle name. From your list I like most of the names, but OH turned up his nose! But any more suggestions are welcome of course, as we still have time to change!

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ValiumSingleton · 01/10/2010 21:59

Typical man, shoot everything down but comes up with nothing himself!!

kizzibear · 01/10/2010 22:02

He came up with some horrible middle names. I think meredith is really lovely though, and a name I hadnt really thought about.

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thisisyesterday · 01/10/2010 22:07

scarlett cleo makes me think of a red car!

kizzibear · 01/10/2010 22:08

:( oh dear thisisyesterday please dont say that! lol

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Lonnie · 01/10/2010 23:24

Maya Lily

kizzibear · 01/10/2010 23:48

Actually make that maya scarlett???

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JaynieB · 01/10/2010 23:52

Dulcie is sweet - like it
Cleo - same name as my dog, so it's hard to get excited about it!
Scarlett is great but a bit faddy. I think it might date.
I'd wait and see what suits. We ended up changing our minds from our short list to something else entirely, once DD actually arrived.

plonker · 01/10/2010 23:55

Maya Lily

ohfuschia · 02/10/2010 00:31

Dulcie is lovely - I see a lot of names in my job but when a teenage girl called Dulcie came in a few weeks ago it made me stop and think 'now that is a pretty name I haven't seen for a long time'.

Sunlightdances · 02/10/2010 02:13

Scarlett Cleo is gorgeous, as is Cleo Scarlett.