5th DC due 3 days after christmas - is a christmassy name required?

[ChocolatEtVin]

I'm hoping the answer to this is no! We haven't found out the sex and need a name to go with our other DC - Tobias, Jago, Sorrell and Asa so a name that is known but not common (our Tobias was named when Toby was NOT a top 50 name!). We haven't really got any ideas so far so any suggestions, even if it's just a list of your favourite names, would be great!

No I'd say definitely don't go for a christmassy name!

How about:

Dashiell
Austin
Corin
Corbin
Bryn
Morgan

just to start you off

Noel.

Santa.

Natalie.

Rudolph.

Elfie.

Frost.

Darn it - you've borne 4 children already - you deserve some seasonal fun with this one!

Sylvester

Favourite boys names (not include DC's names) -

Rudy
Micah
Jesse
Rex
Dashiell

And for girls -

Calypso
Hero
Juno
Keziah
Paloma
Willow

No to Christmas name.

Inigo (but maybe too similar to Jago?)
Jeremy/Jem
Laurence/Laurie
Mattias or Thaddeus (too like Tobias?)
Barnaby
Bartholomew/Bartie
Gregory
Jude
Rowan

Yolanda
Hermione
Violet
Vivienne
Georgiana
Marianne
Miranda

No, giving a child a name based on birth order or time of year they're born is awful (IMO)

How about

Casper
Horatio
Sebastian/Bastian
Lucas
Jacob
Melchior (christmassy and also quite nice)

Ooh have just realised Caspar was one of the wise men/kings as well and so in fairness must also add;

Balthasar

Lurking as dd2 looks likely to make an appearance a couple of days after Christmas. Definitely no festive names?

No. Unless you would have chosen the name anyway had the child been born any other time of the year

I love a good festive name me!

Robin - for a boy only

Natalie/Natalia

Christopher?

Holly

Noel - love that!

Mary!

Or Jesus. You don't meet many boys named Jesus around here.

I like Christmassy names! :)

Gloria
Holly
Ivy
Winter
Joy
Hope
Eve
Stella
Felicity
Angela

Gabriel
Clement
Nicholas
Malachi
Christian
Christopher
Theodore
Emmanuel
Robin
Nathaniel

Loving Horatio! Love Robin too.

Hector
Horace
Maurice

Quentin - from latin for fifth.

Hmm maybe Noel as a middle name in that case
For a girl the only name that is jumping out at the moment is Ivy, which is beautiful.
Keep the suggestions coming please :o

Required? I'd say avoided! Quite apart from anything else, if it's a bit late it'll be mid January.

Required? No... But you could slip Nicholas or Joseph in as subtle middle names!

The three wise men didn't make it in time for Christmas Day either, so Casper, Melchior or Balthasar are safe bets!

Or Beth. Short for Bethlehem of course.

Rex means king. Female - Regina

Lots of names which mean gift.

Jack (as in frost)

Gabriel/Michael/Raphael
Gabriella/Michaela/Michelle/Raphaella

Carol(e)

Virginia (!)

Could go for Marie, Maria or any of the names from this root instead of Mary

Or just go all out: (!)

Frankincense
Christingle
Herod
Adventis
Winter
Mistletoe
Snow
Frosty

Somehow I don't think this little one would thank me if I gave them the name Mistletoe Balthasar Christingle :o

:o at Herod

My 5th came along 4 days after Christmas

We had his name all sorted, then DH decided the middle name was no good and that I had to choose from his shortlist of 3

He ended up with the middle name Joseph! The other options were, IMO, vile and I won't repeat them because I don't want to offend anyone who might have chosen them. So he had a Christmassy element in there by default, not sure if anyone noticed, they certainly never commented.

I like Hector and Seamus, Clementine and Guinevere for future DCs if I ever manage a BFP