Come and throw (baby) names at me please!

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DH and I are just starting to think about names me like for baby due next year, we won't be finding out the sex so will need both. Help me by suggesting names to bombard him with this evening after work!

Surname is double barrelled and long, a boy will have my maiden name as a second middle name.

We both seem to like 'safe' 'classic' names but I don't want to be boring and would like a bit of a classic name that's slightly different - if that makes any sense at all. I'm quite concious of the name not being too long, or at least having a nice shortening as I have a long first name that can't really be shortened and it's a pain with the surname.

So far i've suggested boys:

Cameron, Elliot, Isaac, Benjamin and Caleb

Girls:

Isla, Jessica, Megan, Imogen, Zoe and Leah

Throw your ideas at me (and DH)

Elliot, Lewis, David, James, Harry

Kecia, Grace, Esme,

Lewis, David and James are out for family reasons. Harry is vaugley talked about, it's a possible.

Not sure about the girls names, I think I like Esme but not sure he will.

Wasn't Harry THE number one name last year... there are thousands of them out there.... in our beavers group we have 3 Harrys, two of which share the same surname initial (annoying for everyone!).

I like Cameron, Elliot, Caleb or how about Dominic, Quentin or Raphael for boys?

For girls I like Jessica and Leah or how about Catherine, Antonia or Clementine?

We're in Scotland where Jack is number one, but yes that is something we're aware of, the name keeps cropping up in chats but neither of us have actually written it down yet.

Catherine is a no go for family reasons too. I don't like Antonia, but Anthony is now on the list! Boys are so much easier than girls to name.

Classic but not boring names & some short and sweet ones too:

Abel
Adam
Alan
Alexander (Alec, Alex)
Alistair
Arlo
Asa
Asher
Barnaby
Brett
Callum
Calvin
Christopher (Kit)
Clark
Cole
Cyrus
Daniel (Dan)
Dominic (Dom, Nick)
Edwin, Edward, Edmund (Ed, Ted, etc)
Eli
Ellis
Ernest
Euan or Ewan
Evan
Ezra
Finn
Flynn
Francis (Frank)
Guy
Heath
Henry
Hugh
Hugo
Ian
Ioan
Ivan
Ivo, Ivor
Jago
Jasper
Joel
Joseph (Jo)
Keir
Leo
Leon
Levi
Linus
Luke
Max
Miles
Milo
Monty
Nathan
Neil
Niall
Noah
Noel
Otis
Otto
Oscar
Owen
Peter
Rafe, Ralph
Reuben
Rex
Robin
Rowan
Rufus
Rupert
Seth
Spencer
Stanley
Theodore (Theo)
Tobias (Toby)
William, Wilfred, Wilbur (Will)
Zachary (Zac)

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Ada
Alice, Alys
Amy, Aimee
Anna
Aria
Ava
Ayla
Camilla (Milly)
Cara
Caroline (Carrie)
Catherine (Kate, Kitty)
Cecilia
Cecily
Charlotte (Lottie)
Claire
Clara
Cleo
Dorothy (Dolly, Dotty)
Elodie
Elizabeth (Libby, Beth, Lizzy, etc)
Elsa
Elsie
Emma
Emmeline
Erica
Eva
Eve
Fern
Felicity (Fliss)
Flora
Georgia
Grace
Harriet (Hattie)
Helena (Nell)
Holly
Honor
Hope
Iona
Iris
Isadora (Izzy, Dora)
Ivy
Josephine (Josie, Posey, Jo)
Jemima (Jem)
Jennifer
June
Juno
Lara
Lila
Layla
Lois
Luna
Louisa (Lou, Lula, etc)
Lucia, Lucille, Lucinda, Lucy
Lydia
Lyra
Leto
Maeve
Martha
Mary
Matilda (Matty, Tilly)
Maud
Miranda
Nancy
Nia
Nina
Opal
Pearl
Phoebe
Rose
Ruby
Ruth
Serena
Sophie
Susannah (Susie)
Tabitha (Tabby, Tibby)
Tess
Tessa
Victoria
Willa
Zora

From your list, really like Imogen & Zoe.

Teddy for a boy or a girl......

Wow Gwennan thanks! I shall edit your list slighty then go through it with DH later on (need to remove a few I know he likes but I hate!)

See in my head I have Leah Helen for a girl and Cameron Alexander for a boy. DH isn't sure so we're starting from scratch to see if there's anything we both love but I'll be subtly working on him for Leah and Cameron

I like Cameron but don't think I'd use it currently, considering Old Bacon Face.
Like Isaac and Ben too. Don't like Caleb.

Girls' names - none really jumping out at me. I'd pick Imogen as best if forced to choose.

Boys
Adam
Luke
Simeon
Samuel
Barnaby/Barnabus
Matthias

Girls
Naomi
Rachel
Rebecca
Ruth
Martha
Lyra
Lydia

Toby/Tobin/Tobias
Ambrose
Simeon or Simon
Timothy
Tristan
Christopher /Kit
Matthew
Patrick
Dominic
Peter
Paul
Frederick
Anthony
Nicholas
Roderick
Jonathan
Julian
Rex
Edward/Ned

Eleanor/Nell
Iris
Jennifer /Genevieve
Christina
Juliet
Josephine
Helena
Eloise
Fiona
Antonia
Carolyn
Hope
Verity
Felicity
Madeleine
Gillian
Natalie/Natasha/Natalia

Just thinking off the top of my head..

Ooh yes to Simon - lovely name and woefully underused. Tristan lovely too and am also v fond of Julian.

Fiona and Gillian terrible though! :)

Yes to Timothy too. And I reckon that Terence could be due a revival. Or Horace.

thanks all . about to dish up dinner so will bombard dh when he has a full stomach and a glass of wine in hand!