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Ivy's little brother and sister

32 replies

puddle2 · 13/10/2011 10:14

Morning all!
My daughter is called Ivy. I adore the name - to me it's sweet and girlie yet also sassy and not common these days, but is a REAL old school name. I'm struggling to find any names that I like as much for a potential brother or sister. I'd welcome any suggestions! For girls I like Pippa/Pip and Martha, for a boy I'm not sure. I like Rafferty/Raffy but wouldn't use it. Any other suggestions?

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MelinaM · 13/10/2011 10:43

Love MarthaSmile Rafferty is nice too, how about Rafe instead?

Agatha
Alice
Beatrix
Cecily
Clara
Helena - Nell
Hester
Ingrid
Josephine
Lavinia
Mabel
Myrtle
Nora
Olive
Ophelia
Ruth
Tabitha
Vita

MelinaM · 13/10/2011 10:48

Alexander
Alistair
Barnaby
Charles - Charlie
Christopher - Kit
Edward
Edmund
George
Henry
Inigo
Laurence
Percy
Reuben
Rufus
Sebastian
Thaddeus
Theodore
Wilf

ThePieSmuggler · 13/10/2011 10:51

Just marking my place as I too have an Ivy and could have written the OP myself! Grin

puddle2 · 13/10/2011 11:09

Thank you MM. Olive and Mabel were on my list when I had Ivy. As was Matilda. I also love Nell but OH isn't keen. While I like lots of the boys names you suggested they just aren't special enough to me.

TPS Hello fellow Ivy owner! Fab name isn't it. Do you have any other children?

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Fixture · 13/10/2011 12:22

Pippa is nice :)

Cara
Emily
Rebecca
Louisa
Miriam
Victoria

William
Jerome
Eric
Luke
Richard
Gregory

ThePieSmuggler · 13/10/2011 13:33

Not yet puddle2 - my Ivy's only 16 weeks old!! (and yes I know I'm being very premature considering sibling namesGrin)
Once Ivy was suggested as a name, nothing else came close, I do like Nell though, and Jemima was on our list too.
Boys names were much harder, we wanted something that was a 'proper name', traditional but unusual, and to be honest we never found one that we absolutely loved! I'm sure if there's a name that fits out there MNetters will find it!

puddle2 · 13/10/2011 14:08

Thanks Fixture, I love Emily but can't use it.

ThePieSmuggler are you sure you're not me? My Ivy is also 16 weeks old! Boys names I love are Oscar (but quite popular) and Ned (not Edward).

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MackerelOfFact · 13/10/2011 15:38

Ada and Wilbur spring to mind.

puddle2 · 13/10/2011 16:11

I like Ada but OH thinks she would be Aids for short.

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rocketupbum · 13/10/2011 17:06

I know a couple of Ivys - love it - one has Ian has a brother and the other has a Ralf.
I also like Ada but it would probably be shortened to Aids to by accident.

halecromp · 13/10/2011 18:18

Delia
Belle
Tabitha
Edie

Wilfred (Wilf)
Sidney
Stanley
Isaac

PootlePosyPumpkin · 13/10/2011 18:22

Haha - I seriously considered Ivy for my 9 week old DD but went with something else in the end. Maybe it's becoming more popular than we thought Grin.

Fixture · 13/10/2011 18:30

Ruby
Mary
Anna
Sarah
Florence
Georgia
Edith/Edie
Pearl
Sophia
Lydia
Miriam
Rebecca
Lucy
Lillian
Frances
Jennifer
Lois
Juliet
Alma
Rowena
Susan
Bess
Elsie
Grace

Fixture · 13/10/2011 18:37

John
Gabriel
Tristan
Zachary
Aaron
Daniel
Sebastian
Arthur
Edwin
Sidney
Albert
Aidan
Jacob
Hugh
Gregory
Peter
Felix
Samuel
Alfred
Oliver
Amos
Francis
Nathan
Frederick

AngieWatts · 13/10/2011 18:38

I know two little girls called Ivy. One has two sisters called Imogen and Cecilia, the other has a brother called Arthur.

Crap with boy's names but a few girls ideas...

Nancy
Ada
Otillie
Esther
Celeste
Briar
Delphi
Cora
Maude
Sybil
Aurelia
Stella
Polly
Nell
Hattie/Harriet

Dexifehatz · 14/10/2011 22:02

My friend has an Ivy and a Ruby.

purpleturtletoise · 14/10/2011 22:06

I had a great aunt Ivy, and the other members of that generation in my family included:
Adelaide
Nelly

Redvers
Edgar
Jonathan

purpleturtletoise · 14/10/2011 22:07

And Adelaide was inexplicably Mack for short. Grin

scaevola · 14/10/2011 22:14

Veronica, Abigail, Audrey, Elizabeth, Elsie, Rebecca, Annie, Deirdre, Emily, Sophie, Rosamund, Maria, Violet?

Stephen, Tommy, Don, James, Albert, Frank, Marcus, Brian, Martin, David, Richard, Ashley?

mrswoodentop · 14/10/2011 22:22

Reggie
Claude
Harry
Ronnie
Albert
Wilfred
Rupert
Edgar

oscalet · 14/10/2011 22:26

Brian? He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy.

KnitterInTheNW · 14/10/2011 22:30

Our lovely next door neighbour while growing up was called Ivy. She had sisters called Kitty and Meg. They were the nicest old ladies you could ever have met.

Her husband was Donald.

bramblina · 14/10/2011 22:34

Oh what lovely names are on here!!
I love Mabel, we have a chicken called Mabel. Also have a Matilda Wink
Enid? Ralf is good with Ivy.

MummysLittleSunbeams · 15/10/2011 06:50

I'm trying to persuade dh that Ivy is a good name to use for our dc3 due next year. We also have a Sadie & a Kitty.

hippodrama · 15/10/2011 22:23

My niece is Ivy and her little sister is Dulcie.

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