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Naming no.4 - well we got it down to 12 and no middle name :)

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smithfox · 30/11/2011 21:02

No.4 is curently in the oven so we get to pick names again :( We live in the US (DP is from US i'm from UK)

So we all ready have a Quincy (actually Richard James Philip) - not me not me all DP on that one :P
and a Logan "Glax" Alexander and a Helena "Lenka" Felicity

So our shortlist stands at:

Boys

Harvey
Jasper
Felix
Ethan
Andrew
Reed

Girls

Margaret
Martha
Adelaide
Mina
Willa
Monica

No idea on middle names yet

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ladywithnomanors · 30/11/2011 21:07

Felix and Martha

smother · 30/11/2011 21:26

My favs are:

Harvey or Ethan

Margaret (if nn is Maggie - fabulous!) or Martha

Good luck!

MitziKinsky · 30/11/2011 21:30

Jasper and Martha.

The best by a long way. (Although Felix is nice)

babycarmen · 30/11/2011 22:08

I like Felix and Jasper. Also Adelaide and Martha :)

DigOfTheChristmasTreeStump · 30/11/2011 22:09

Jasper

kindling · 30/11/2011 22:45

Felix and Margaret

jellybeans · 01/12/2011 00:25

Harvey OK
Jasper LIKE
Felix OK
Ethan LIKE
Andrew DISLIKE
Reed REALLY DISLIKE

Margaret..DISLIKE
Martha..DISLIKE
Adelaide....LIKE
Mina...DISLIKE
Willa...DISLIKE
Monica... DISLIKE

PercyFilth · 01/12/2011 00:37

Harvey - hate
Jasper - faddy
Felix - faddy
Ethan - hate
Andrew - like
Reed - hate

Margaret - like - I also like Margarita
Martha - like
Adelaide - no
Mina - no
Willa - hate
Monica - like

MelinaM · 01/12/2011 01:13

Reed and MarthaSmile

CandyCaner · 01/12/2011 20:40

I'm not keen on your boys names I'm afraid. Jasper at a push, maybe.

Your girls names are nice. I love Mina. Margaret and Adelaide are also lovely names.

lottiegb · 01/12/2011 21:49

Like Felix and Andrew a lot, Harvey ok, not keen on others (didn't know Reed was a name).

Like Martha and Willa, Adelaide (Ada) was my Grandma, maybe it's time for a comeback!

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 01/12/2011 21:51

Only like Andrew from your boys' list; maybe Jasper at a push. Reed and Harvey are not nice at all, sorry.

Like Margaret (Meg?) and Martha a lot.

AnotherMincepie · 01/12/2011 22:22

Harvey - too surnamey
Jasper - like
Felix - like, but you do already have a Felicity
Ethan - like
Andrew - like
Reed - a surname or piece of grass

Margaret - OK for an older lady
Martha - dull
Adelaide - Australian place, how about Adele?
Mina - dislike, but how about Nina?
Willa - too male-sounding, like William
Monica - like

How about

Ethan Jasper
Monica Ruby

minipie · 02/12/2011 16:59

Welll it doesn't really matter what name you choose since judging by your first three it will be called something completely different as a nickname anyway! Grin

However - I like Felix and Ethan for a boy and Margaret, Martha and Mina for a girl. The others are all ok except Willa which I really dislike.

SoupDragon · 02/12/2011 17:08

No to Willa (seriously?!) and Reed.

The other are fine, if not to my taste.

lurkinginthebackground · 02/12/2011 20:01

I like Etan and Adelaide best.

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smithfox · 02/12/2011 20:31

DP would want Margaret as Greta/Gretel while I would push for Maggie or Meg

fair point minipie DS1 is the V hence quincy (we live in the states and it is much more common there - nn relating to number - it has only ever been a thing back here in UK eg DPs dads is a Trey and DP is Ivy). Glax because DP wanted Logan I wanted Alex so he got both. Lenka comes from Lena - which obviously is a nn for Helena.

Thanks

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teddiegoestopeckham · 03/12/2011 23:12

Harvey - no
Jasper - like
Felix - no
Ethan - like
Andrew - like
Reed - like (goes with Logan)

Girls

Margaret - no
Martha - maybe
Adelaide - like
Mina - yes
Willa - really like (could you go with Willhelmina then have option of Mina or Willa?)
Monica - maybe

mathanxiety · 04/12/2011 05:39

Love Felix, Margaret (especially with Greta as the NN) and Willa (maybe Willa or Mina here could start as Wilhelmina).

Harvey is a bit middle aged Hollywood producer or very horsey English to my ears.
Jasper is a dog name.
Ethan has a sound like wind whistling under a door, imo.
Andrew is not so bad but I can't think of any NN that would match up to the ones you have already (maybe I'm just not trying hard enough).
Reed is very insipid beside the names you already have, and very different in feel.

Martha summons up images of Mrs George Washington for me, and clucking hens.
Adelaide always makes me think someone needs to have their adenoids removed so their dose wod't soud so stuffed.
Mina -- maybe nice as a NN.
Monica -- Friends and White House Interns.

smother · 04/12/2011 21:59

mathanxiety have you ever thought of changing your nn to marthanxiety?

mathanxiety · 04/12/2011 22:01

Grin twould be appropriate. I've been called Martha for short by some MNers on occasion.

smother · 04/12/2011 22:06

seems your anxiety relates to a deep-seated fear of clucking hens! Xmas Smile

imightbeaspy · 06/12/2011 19:54

I like:

Felix
Ethan
Andrew
Martha
Adelaide
or agree on the Wilhelmina thing

proudfoot · 06/12/2011 20:05

Jasper and Martha

elephantsgomarching · 08/12/2011 18:25

Andrew or Ethan and Mina or Martha