What's your favourite name?

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I am in need of inspiration...so what's your very favourite name for a boy and for a girl!?

I have a super short shortlist but nothing jumping out at me so far and baby could be here any day now!

I've got an Amelie Matilda
I also love the name Ophelia but OH said no way!
For a boy I love Sebastian, Tobias or Oscar.

Names I currently like are

Sophia and Valentina

Benjamin and Quentin

Favourite boys name keir, girl bonnie. Love, love, love bonnie but could never have it due to surname

Bonnie would be my choice for a girl too as it was my DGM's name and she was amazing. I'd use it even if it didn't really go with our surname!

I've loved the name Lily for years, I even used it for my dog 12 years ago but it's now too popular :(

For boys I like Joseph or Isaac

For girls I like Martha or Sally

Henry for a boy (DH doesn't like it :(). DS is called Dylan.

Daphne for a girl (DH likes, so would use if we have a DD one day).

Absolutely love Ophelia but can't imagine DP going for it. Going to read these to him when he gets here...I'm in hospital today

I hope all is ok with you rumours

Cassius which we're using for our little boy due in November.

Arianna for a girl.

Also love Evan and Ezra for boys but both vetoed by DP

Ottilie for a girl and Hugo for a boy.

Quentin for a boy and Florence for a girl.

Jemima and Barnaby.

Erica and Simon or Solomon - can't use any of them :(

I'm fine Owl but been stuck in since Wednesday and starting to go up the walls a bit! Being monitored as I've lots of pre-e symptoms and I'll be induced on Monday but I'd give anything for one night in my own bed before the baby arrives!

This thread is cheering me up though, drafting a new shortlist!

Andriana, Jennifer, Susan

Jacob or Christopher (I may be biased with the latter, because it's my dad's name.)

Ooh 3 of my DC names are in here.
anneof I have wanted a baby Claudia since my first DD was born 14 years ago. I now have 4 daughters but no Claudias as DH absolutely hates it :(
Current favourites are Florence and Cleo for girls
George and Noah for boys

I have 5 ds so if and i mean its aver big if it was agirl i love Willow and Dakota my fave names for a girl.

DS is Aleksander, I wanted it from day 1 and had to nag convince DP up until the very end. (He wanted Seweryn (pronounced Seh-Ver-Yn) like that was EVER going to happen )

Girls names were Zofia and Zara, still like both of these

Darcy, Dylan or Alannah for a girl.
Elliot or Lincoln for a boy but DS1 is a Carter so Lincoln would make us sound like we're obsessed with American presidents. Which we're not. DH is Scottish and I'm normal

Patrick and Alexander for a boy.

Francesca, Rosalind and Evangeline for a girl.

MadBusLady Your choices among my faves too. Sylvie is probably my joint top fave with Teifi (Pronounced Tay-vee). (Dying for a DD to call Vivi )

Funny isn't it how you tend to like the same otherwise unrelated names as people sometimes.

Also:

Betsy
Mathilde
Olive
Clara
Florence
Merryn
Bryher
Betsan

Solomon
Sylvan
Søren
Clarence
Idris
Malin
Bryn

ApplePie

Cassius & Ezra are on my list too, forgot in post above. Love nn 'Cass'

Changes all the time but currently liking Amos and Cora.

If DP wasn't so traditional/conservative/boring our girl would be Ariella. Also randomly liking Maggie at the mo. My favourite boys names are Gabriel and Rupert.
Hope you're doing well rumours. Let us know how you get on!

For a boy, I like Connor, Isaiah, Conrad, Benjamin and Taylor.

For a girl, I like Emma, Alice, Lily, Susannah and Molly.

I also like Brent, Bryce, Alexander, Joshua, Lukas, Reuben, Oakley and Noah, as well as Lucia, Catherine, Maia, Evie, Elsa, Linnhe, Julianna and Sura (a family name).