HELP need a name for baby number 2.

[missnatalie]

DH an i are sitting down tonight and hopefully going to go through a list of names and choose 1 for each sex. Thing is i dont really have a list as havnt got a clue.

We dont know the sex so need to choose both boy and girl names. Already have 1 DS who is 2.10 called Henley Ethan.

I kind of like the following:

Girl
Harlow Eve
Evie Mai

Boy
Alfie
Devon

Thats it! DH likes more traditional names like William. I just know that were going to end up argueing over this.

Please help. All suggestions welcome

Forgot to say that baby is due 1st week of Feb

Please don't name your child after a grim town in Essex.

Hi, congratulations, my baby is due in 11 days (and we stil haven't fully decided on his name, although we at least have a shortlist now).
If you've no idea i'd suggest giving this site a go www.nymbler.com/. If you put your sons name in it should bring up some other similar names you might like, for girls and boys. I've had a go on there and it was quite good

Chigwell Mai?

Ohh ill have a look now. thanks violet5

HelenaRose the essex connection was one of the things that was putting me off Harlow. But forgetting about that i really like it. Apparently its a popular American name but is officially a English boys name. Means meadow or sommat like that.

Im starting to wish that we would have found out the sex now. Would have made things so much easier

Is Chigwel a name?

Seems not. Your obviousley taking the pss JiltedJohnsJulie*

Was a bit Missnatalie, sorry about that.

As for Harlow, it might be a popular American name but everyone in the UK will ask you, then her when she is older, if that is where she was conceived, ditto Devon. Think Brooklyn Beckham.

Have to agree with your DH on the traditional side I'm afraid.

As for Chigwell, a name doesn't have to appear in a book or a list to be a name, you can call your child whatever you want. All names were made up once.

Evie, for a girl!

Do you like..

Lily
Rose
Marie
Lara
Eden
Erin

??

Boys - quite like Devon, Alfie has never been my personal cup of tea. How about...

Carter
Harry
Oscar
Dylan
George
Lucas

??

Lucas is cool!

LOL you can see my trrain of thought.... 'George' 'lucas'

Waltham Chris

Ches Hunter

Hemel Hempstead

Hertford Rose

Marlow isn't that far from Henley. Better than Harlow and would work for a boy or a girl.

Both Evie and Alfie are really lovely.

Really, really dont like Harlow and think Devon is just plain awful, sorry.

Quite like Lily & Carter PsecretSantead will add them to my list

Clearly your also taking the pss tinselthechaffinch* I asked for suggestions ? Im now remember why i stopped coming on MN.

BarbieLovesKen Alfie and Evie are at the top of the list at the moment but were still not 100%.

Really dont like the name Marlow pumperspumpkin. And my son was named after my grandfather, not a town.

Harlow? not very feminine?

So far on the "Like" list weve got

Archie
Alfie
Zakary
Charlie
Lukas

Daisy
Freya
Evie
Niamh
Ava
Isla

Its so bloody hard to choose

I like Evie as a nickname for something like Eva, Evelyn, Evelina. Prefer Mai with the spelling May.

How about Emma or Maya for a girl, or Milo or Arlo for a boy?

Archie
Alfie
Zakary
Charlie
Lukas

I really like all of these! Lukas and Zakary especially.

Daisy
Freya
Evie
Niamh
Ava
Isla

Beautiful. I particularly like Freya because it's well known but a bit rarer than the others.

Archie, Alfie and Charlie are too nicknamey for me. I like Zakary but with the spelling Zachary, and prefer Luke to Lukas/Lucas.

From your girls names I like Daisy and Evie the best. I don't like Freya or Isla at all, they are too trendy at the moment.

OK so Evie is trendy as well, but it's also more classic if a nickname for something (please see a few posts ago).

If you are already have a Henley then you really really shouldn't go for Harlow, it sounds way too matchy and will make people think that you like naming your children after towns (and people will wonder why). You might be able to get away with Devon, but it might be pushing it a bit.

Evie and Alfie I agree with ShoppingDays, plus you obviously like more unusual names, whereas Eve and Alfred are just as traditional as William.

Zakary (although I really don't like it with k instead of ch) and Freya seem the most unusual interesting/unusual to me, or Niamh if you have some Irish roots.

Thanks Girls

Yeah your right nooka on the Henley, Harlow connection. Harlow is definatly out of the window now. Do like it though.

Weve narrowed it down to:

Evie / Ivie (saw it spelt that way on this morning, this morning)
Daisy

Alfie
Zakary / Zachary
Lukas / Lucus
Carter?

No doubt we'll hear something else and like that too .

Think we'll just have to keep a small list and then decide once he / she is here.

Thanks again

You seem to like very popular names so I am going to suggest.

Finley (or variation of)
Fred
Charlie
Jack
Tyler
Taylor

Ella
Ellie
Poppy
Ruby
Rosie
Milly