I need some names with a similar 'feel' to...

[20wkbaby]

As the title suggests I am 20 weeks pregnant with a baby of unknown sex. I prefer more unusual names, DH could probably be persuaded if he liked the name enough!

No old lady/ old man names please and not too whacky, just would rather not go down the Emily/ James route.

Boys:

Jonah
Samuel
Saul
Thomas - yes I know is very popular but we don't know any and we like Tom as well as Thomas.
Harry - as Thomas!

(DH not keen on biblical names but I love them! I wanted Jacob for DD and he didn't like it but now he sees it as more mainstream and for this reason I have gone off it! Don't want names like Quentin or Hugo although not because I don't like them, just don't think of them as names for my baby iyswim)

Girls:

Lily
Freya
Phoebe
Romilly
Vita

(Like all these names but none of them is quite 'it'. DH doesn't like Freya but I love the Scandinavian feel. We both like nature names. Would not want anything too commonly used as I have lots of friends with babies and the chances are someone has chosen it already.)

Thank you

Love Sam/uel, Thomas and Harry - but they are all very much in the same box as James and Emily for me. We're considering Thomas/Tom for our little one (if blue flavour) due in 5 weeks. We're also considering Finley/Fin. Oliver/Ollie and Oscar are also on our list, as were Noah and George. Im off Noah because of the biblical link so doubt you'd like it. I also LOVE Rafferty/Raffy.

Girl wise, Phoebe is on our list. As is Holly, Matilda/Mattie, Olive and Imogen.

Flora seems to fit your girls names for me, not sure why.

G: Lucille, Agnetha, Josephina, Hannah, Sophia, Francesca, Tove....European/Scandinavian girls. Esther (Hebrew)

B:Arthur, David, Simeon/Simon, Peter, Joshua, Traditional but less common names

have fun making your top lists...................when my first daughter was born I changed my mind completely to a name i thought I hated but other half loved...I looked at her an it fitted her....what can i say??

I love Jonah & Saul.

Silas?

Only girls name I can think of is Hebe.

Astrid
Ingrid
Greta
Romy
Violet

Duncan
Conrad
Arthur
Peter
Christopher
Inigo

Vita is fab for a girl, I'd call off the search!

For a boy, how about:
Ferdinand
Robin
Rory
Nathan

I think we have similar taste 20wkbaby, as I like all your names (except Vita). We have Lara as our girls name lined up, and William as our boys name (after DH grandfather, who was more like a Dad to him than Grandad). Here are some names that we considered.

Girls:

Faye
Cara
Nicole
Lara

Boys:

Alexander
Theo

Ciara
Anna

Leo
James
Alexander
Benjamin

Vita is really nice, and I love Saul.

Girls:
Rosa
Romola
Verity
Norah

Boys:
Saul
Gideon
Josiah

I don't think any of your choices are unusual, sorry. Lovely though, but I know quite a few babies/children with those names. Apart from Romilly and Vita, which are beautiful, by the way.

Nina?

Clara
Sophia
Rosie
Olivia
Evelyn

Reuben
Otto
Jude
Seth
Nathaniel

Thanks for the responses.

Should have said some of those names are out - the S ones for example as we have an S surname.

The Thomas/ Harry thing is DH's preference and where our tastes coincide. I would prefer biblical or other less used names.

I don't necessarily want unusual in the sense of generally speaking, just not to clash with other friends/ family names and as we both have large families we are limited. Of the responses a lot are out for this reason even though I love them.

Like:

Hebe
Sophia
Romola

Noah - bit biblical for DH
Josiah
Otto
Jude

The others I am either not keen on or already know one. The problem for me is always it may be a lovely name but can I imagine having a child with the name.

Milo

Sarah
Sakura (not sure if S names a total no no since you include Sophia)

Thomas is biblical!
Adam?

Love Hebe and Vita (on its own or short for Victoria?). How about Mina?

Ester, Rebecca, Naomi, Elsbeth, Lorna, Laura, Mary
Othniel, Andrew, Edgar, Elliot, Oliver, Vincent

SilkStalkings - I know! He just has other associations for Thomas and now Jacob, like I said more mainstream.

Not sure quite what is wrong with something being biblical anyway.

I do love Sophia but in the end the S thing would put me off it.

Well my DD is a Phoebe and if DC2 is a boy he'll be Thomas!

So I pick those two!

Otis
Dexter

Cora
Nia

I have a Phoebe too and like:

Genevieve (could nn Viva?)

Cordelia

Mabel

Martha

Tabitha

Rafferty

Arthur

Jago

Alexander

My DD3 is Leda, as in 'Leda and the swan' (if that means anything to anybody). Another lovely greek name is Nefeli (for a girl). My vote for a boy's name goea to Harry (DS1!)

Wow Leda is an amazing name & amazing story!

I love Leda.

verity, skye, brooke, meadow?

I love Saul! I love Dexter[mines 5!] I love Ezra and Jakoby.