Please help with our girl/boy shortlists for DC3

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Time is ticking away quickly now - 5 wks to edd. It's been much harder this time to find names we both like.

I'd love to hear your honest thoughts on our (v. short!) shortlists.

Girls
Esme (we'd go with the Ez-may pronunciation but is this one of those names that would give her a lifetime of correcting people???)
Eliza
Harriet

Boys
Toby
Aaron (pronounced Arran, so maybe that should be the spelling???)
Adam

Not in love with any of them really so alternative suggestions welcome. Can't be anything ending in an s sound, runs into our surname in a way that often produces hilarious results (gutted as love Tobias and Lawrence) and can't end in th either for similar reasons (gutted as love Seth and Meredith).

Siblings are Eleanor and Tabitha.

I love Toby and Eliza.

But that means you might have 2 DD both Miss E Surname. Or a Miss and Master T Surname. I'm guessing this doesn't' brother you?

What about just Toby and not Tobias. Mary?

Eleanor, Tabitha and Mary
Eleanor, Tabitha and Philippa
Eleanor, Tabitha and Victoria

Eleanor, Tabitha and Hugh
Eleanor, Tabitha and Sebastian
Eleanor, Tabitha and Rupert

These are just super popular at the moment, so wouldn't you end up with like 10 kids of the same name in classes?

I love Harriet, Eliza and Toby. Also like Hester (Hetty for short), Martha, Fabian and Raphael (Rafe for short)

Thanks everyone.

DH has vetoed Sebastian. Not keen on Mary or Victoria, I do like Philippa and the nn Pippa but Pipppa Middleton has put me off. Love Hester but have a cat called Esther (who we've had for 12 years so it would feel a bit weird) also love Martha but there's already one in the family. Don't like Fabian or Raphael.

All the names with the exception of Adam are outside the top 50 so we don't consider that to be 'super popular'. Have thought about the sharing initials thing but with so few names that both like we've accepted we might just have to live with this as a minor irritant of family life for the next 18 years. Once they're out in the world on their own it won't matter.

Keep the thoughts/suggestions coming please!

Love Adam and love Harriet. Dislike Aaron/Arran.

Hester is beautiful.

Eleanor, Tabitha and Marianne
Eleanor, Tabitha and Miranda
Eleanor, Tabitha and Melissa
Eleanor, Tabitha and Clover
Eleanor, Tabitha and Hermione

Eleanor, Tabitha and Barnaby
Eleanor, Tabitha and Andrew
Eleanor, Tabitha and David
Eleanor, Tabitha and Christopher/Kit
Eleanor, Tabitha and Laurie (instead of Laurence)
Eleanor, Tabitha and Edward/Teddy (or Laurie could be Teddy!)

I love Esme and Eliza and like Harriet too. Toby is nice too.

Eliza and Toby would be my pick from your short list.

Or:
Beatrice
Imogen
Anya
Josephine
Georgina
Clementine
Francesca
Charlotte
Madeline
Amelia

Jasper
Noah
Rory
Samuel
Max
Oscar
Joel
Nathaniel
Miles
Owen

How about Matilda? George/Arthur/James/Andrew/Benedict/Benjamin

I would say Aaron the same way you do, what about Dominic?

I much prefer Esme to the other two names.

Some great suggestions thanks.

We've talked about Barnaby before both like it but is it too cutsie?

Both love Beatrice but it fails the s sounding ending test. Imogen and Anya are both lovely. Imogen was on shortlist for DD1 and has fallen off somehow over the years - putting it back on. We share similar taste Littlecherublegs

Personally I really like Jasper, Noah, Rory, Samuel, Oscar and Owen. DH not so keen plus a close family member has bagsied Noah.

When DD2 was born the choice was actually between Tabitha and Matilda, so we do love that. DH still likes Matilda but I think they're too similar. I quite like Arthur, have tried and failed to persuade DH about this one before though.

Like Eliza and Esme (but would say Es-mee). Less keen on Harriet.

I have an Aaron (pronounced Air-on), personally think the other pronounciation should be spelled Arran and not very keen on this. Adam is lovely. I find Toby a bit cutesy, but it is ok.

I think a 3 syllable boys name like Dominic or Nathaniel would go well with your other 2.

Other girls suggestions:
Madeleine
Verity
Catherine
like suggestion of Marianne and think it goes well with your other names.

good luck!

Esme . No . Too twilight .
Harriet and Eliza . Like both .
You say you'll like Meredith , there's a lovely Welsh girls name Mererid ( sort of Mare Air Idd )

Like Toby , don't like the others
Yes yes to Barnaby and Arthur .

Twilight? Have never read the books or seen any of the films - what's the connection?

I love all your names especially Eliza but wouldn't use it with Eleanor in case they both end up shortened to Elle/Ellie

Sadie
Gabriella
Rosalie
From your original list I like Esme

I prefer your latest list of boys names. What about Louis?

I love Eleanor and Tabitha but the only one of your current suggestions that stands out for me is Harriet. Eleanor, Tabitha, and Harriet just sound like sisters to me!

I suggest the following names:

Eleanor, Tabitha & Cordelia
Eleanor, Tabitha & Honor
Eleanor, Tabitha & Juliet
Eleanor, Tabitha & Marianne
Eleanor, Tabitha & Miriam
Eleanor, Tabitha & Pearl
Eleanor, Tabitha & Rosalind
Eleanor, Tabitha & Serena

Eleanor, Tabitha & Dominic
Eleanor, Tabitha & Isaac
Eleanor, Tabitha & Nathaniel
Eleanor, Tabitha & Oscar
Eleanor, Tabitha & Rowan
Eleanor, Tabitha & Rupert
Eleanor, Tabitha & Sebastian
Eleanor, Tabitha & Victor

I believe the Twilight comment was in reference to a character called Renesmee (ruh-nez-may), who is the daughter of the two main characters (Edward and Bella). Her name apparently derives from that of two female relatives (Renee and Esme).

Harriet and Toby

love all your names - we have virtually the same short list! All 3 girls names are gorgeous, but Eliza, Esme (Es-may) and then Harriet in preference.

Georgina , Catherine or Francesca (Chessie) as ideas?

Boys - Tobias is gorgeous - though Toby is also an amazing name, Aaron again on my list (though I'd go with "air - ron" pronunciation!) Adam is also a great name but i don't "love" it....

I do like Bennedict, Michael, David and James......

Adam and Harriet

Sorry , I mentioned Twilight . Esme is the foster mother of Edward Cullen , the vampire who falls in love with Bella .
Please don't say ooooh Renesme , how lovely .

I was going to suggest Matilda however through it was to similar to your DD's.

What about Tristan?

Esmae I think is how some people spell esme for the way you'd wish to pronounce it but may not be in keeping with her sisters' names.

Harriet and Charlotte sound better.

Harry?

Julia

Edward