help with names please.

[jem21]

Hi all, ive just found out im pregnant and although i have a long way to go before he/she arrives me and my partner are already talking about names.At this rate it will take us forever to find a name that we both like.I like traditional and unusual names but not wacky! for girls names i would like a girly name.

boys:
oliver (nn ollie)
archie
william
jenson
rafferty
dylan
roman
bruno

girls:
no ideas!

any suggestions for both boys/girls would be great.

Congratulations jem21 .

From your boys names I like Oliver, William and Bruno but Oliver and William are very, very popular right now. Don't know if popularity is an issue for you though.

Not keen on Archie as Archie and Alfie as so popular an I prefer full names to shortened ones, that is just my preference though. Jenson, rafferty and dylan will date quickly and Roman, well I'm just not keen on it.

If you like traditional but unusual girls names how about something like Christabel?

National Statistics have a list of the most popular names for 2009, it might give you some inspiration and an idea of how popular names are right now. However, it is national and name choices seem to be regional. Some posters say that names like Evie are very popular for instance while others post to say that they don't know any.

In my (limited) experience of names you will choose one that is not THAT popular but that year it will rise in popularity and become very common... or even if you choose a name that is not that common on lists sods law there are 3 children with that name in dc class :)

Buy a name book and read it

Well, I would not say many of your boys names are unusual, Oliver, Archie andWilliam are very common. Jenson is a bit naff. Rafferty is ok, Raff is a nice nickname. Dylan s ok, again, there are lots of them. Roman - no.
LOVE Bruno - it is absolutely wonderful!

For girls how about

Rosalind
Miriam
Penelope
Fleur
Sarah
Eliza
Constance
Tabitha
Louisa
Pearl
Sally
Esmeralda
Polly
Queenie
Nina
Cordelia
Agatha
Dahlia
Imogen
Arabella
Juniper
Saffron
Luna
Primrose
Nettle
Rowena
Georgina
Mabel
Violet
Gloria - I LOVE this and cannot use it - you may have it!
Sybil
Daphne
Lily
Xanthe
Beatrix
Morag
Priscilla
Diana
Flora

Do you like any?
From your boys I love Bruno, and maybe Rafferty, then William. Not keen on the rest.

from your list my faves are:

Archie
William
Rafferty
Roman

Oliver and Dylan are ridiculously popular, so won't be "unusual" at all. Jensen is going the same way (cos of Button, presumably)

Bruno just sounds like a dog to me! or Frank

Thisis that must be a regional thing too as Archie is ridiculously popular here but obviously not with you .

yes! does depend where you live

willam and bruno are my favourite names from my list so far (this could all change) im not too worried about how popular the name will become as no child will be the same.tummytickler-thank you for your long list of suggestions.none of the girls names have hit me as 'the one'.

Have you not got any shortlist for a girl at all jem21?

I like Oliver, William and Dylan from your boys' list.

For a girl how about

Emma
Victoria
Lucy
Cecilia
Violet
Celeste
Abigail
Sophia
Felicity
Megan
Daphne
Clara
Coralie
Sarah

i dont really have any girls names.my partner quite likes 'river' but im not so sure but something along those lines.earthy names i suppose woulde be quite nice.i open to suggestions for boys too,the names that i like are not definate names yet.

i like River for a boy!

Willow is nice for a girl

Love Willow for a girl, it's gorgeous.

How about Rowan?

William.

For a girl..

Isabella
Alice
Nina
Anna

willow is lovely for a girl and my partner likes it too,could be a winner.rowans nice but already one in the family otherwise would of been a possible name.alice could be a possible,its my middle name! never thought to use it though.william is my favourite name but yet to convince my partner.any other boys names that you can think of?

How about Robyn or Sorrell?

I like Dylan and William best from your boys names.

Other names:

Thomas (Tom)
Charles (Charlie)

Girls suggestions:

Summer
Helena
Faye
Julia

I like the name Willow too.

For Boys i like:

Milan
Dmitri
Saul
Rafferty
Sebastian

For girls:
Willow (just not sure it suits adults, though!)
Xenia
Sienna
Freya
Monique
Gabrielle

Really girly names:

Rose, Lily, Pansy, Poppy, Tansy, Fern, other flowers

Pearl, Ruby, Sapphire, other stones

I like Lacey, I think it's really feminine

some lovely name suggestions.quite like milan for a boy,never heard of it before.other names that i like are freya and thea but my partners not too keen.like tom and ruby but already have them in the family!

Boys names :)

Felix
Casper/Caspar
Leonardo
Frederick
Dexter
Theodore
Tiger/Tige/Tigue
Rex
Tate
Nate
Kit
Bobby
Jude
Hugo
Otto
Otis
Elmo
Arlo
Baxter
Dixie
Eden
Courtney
Ellery
Addison
Edison
Harlan
Jasper
Geoffrey
Gregory
Hector
Brook
River
Ash

Girl's names :)

Tessa/Tessie
Dorothea
Genevieve
Josephina
Evangelina
Emmelina
Clementine
Elodie
Eloisa
Heloise
Ilana
Ilona
Luisa
Helena
Elena
Lucia (with a ch sound)
Octavia
Aurora
Claudia
Julia/Julietta
Eliza
Cordelia
Ada
Felicity
Sally
Angie
Andrea
Lila
Lillith
Elspeth
Rosanna
Rosa
Miranda
Roxanna
Gabriella
Kitty
Saskia
Opal
Clara
Adela
Coral/Coralie
Penelope
Patricia
Davina
Maria
Marcia
Audrey
Sylvie
Dulcie
Dixie
Cassandra (Sandie)
Persephone
Seraphina
Jessamy
Henrietta
Harrietta
Lauretta
Tiger
Theodora
Tabitha
Tallulah
Petula
Betsy
Bessie
Elsa
Edith
Eden
Esther
Eva
Anna
Katya
Constance (Nancy)
Barbara
Margaret
Pearl
Susanna
Arabella
Claribel
Anabella
Peggy
Greta
Kay
April
June
Tulip
Pansy
Viola

Dylan, Roman & Bruno are all fantastic!

Hannah, Harriet, Cecily, Ella?

Kyra
Carlotta (Lotta/Lottie)
Regina (Reggie)

William and Dylan are the two i would choose from your list.

Albert (Albie)