My FINAL list,boys and girls...it's the last one-promise.

[UpTheFRIGGinDuff]

In no particular order...

GIRLS:

Flora
Juniper
Clementine
Orietta
Ivy
Dulcie

BOYS:

Zephyr
Caspar
Ruis (roo-ish,meaning-elder tree-associated with winter solstice)
Asa
Otis

Im well aware most of them are quite marmite...but we like them.
Siblings are Skye & Arlo, surname is P e r r y-G e o r g e.

Pick your favourites please!

Ivy or Asa for me.

Lol, you sure you not going to be here in 6m going, AAAARRGGH chose the wrong name ?

FWIW I liked Otis but failing that, Zephyr is cool. Girls more difficult, Flora or Juniper I think do you have some more on your list ?

My 9 week old ds is Casper (spelt that way as otherwise my Dad said Cas-PAR). I wasn't sure even at birth, but I love it so much now. It's a great name. Helps that he is a fab, easy baby (my third too:)) He would have been Hetty if he'd been a girl.

But I would go with Juniper from your list. So Caspar and Juniper from me.

Yikes

Juniper has lovely nickname potential, June, Juney, Juno, Juju.......

I thought you were all set on Zephyr, why the hesitation now? Is it because you're still mourning the loss of Rufus?

I really feel I know the OP at this stage!

I think with Ruis (roo-ish) you will have quite a few people pronouncing it wrong/ wrongly? when they first see it written. I would say "ru-ey" I think.
I like Rui as a name BTW and think it means little prince - so I guess that's quite seasonal too with the 3 Kings and the christ child. And it would still allude to the elder tree of winter solstice in some ways?

Squoosh you know me better than I know myself.

I do love Zephyr,I Do but yes,still mourning Rufus...I think the NN Zephy might get me through though

I'm loving Juniper and Zephyr -ATM--

I've just emailed DP the short list- he's asked for meanings too so I've given them...
I've a feeling he'll not much like Caspars association with the bible,which might be helpful,actually,as its a bloody brilliant name...so I need a good reason (like DP not liking it) to rule it out,as the meaning/connection doesn't bother me quite as much.

Oooh now I do love Juno...

Ruis is like the Spanish Ruiz. I would have assumed it was Portuguese or Catalan and pronounced it like that. Not very keen on it anyway, your others are better.

My votes go to:
Clementine
Caspar

Lovely names!

Ruis is fab!

Is there any reason you can't have a girl called Zephyr? It doesn't sound singularly male to me...

Zephyr is the Greek god of the west wind,so,definitely a male name.

Zephyrine is the female derivative.

Skye, Arlo and Flora or Ivy or Casper

Caspar isn't actually in the Bible though, it was a name given later by someone retelling the tale. It's from the Persian word for treasurer.

Skye, Arlo & Zephyr
Skye, Arlo & Ivy

Arlo and Ivy sounds like a pretentious restaurant. Bring back Dulcie!!

Zephyr is awesome. DS is 11 weeks could I get away with changing his name?

I know it is a male name but traditionally so are Robin, Jamie, Spencer and Rowan amongst others.

Hmm,true...

I was just going to say that Zephy is very like Sephy, nn of my colleague's daughter Persephone! Definitely works for both genders I think Frigg.

Flora and Otis

Dulcie

Caspar

(Flora a very close second, but Orietta sounds like a pasta to me)

Flora Juniper

Asa

Step away from the 'using a male name as a female one' thing.

I too feel I know the OP, am a frequent name changer but have stalked your name lists before.

Feel I must speak up against Ruis, the pronunciation thing would drive me mad.

So hard to choose - I feel your pain! Personally would narrow it down to Juniper or Clementine and Zephyr or Caspar. Have eliminated Ruis because of the pronunciation issue - I like it, and am fine with obscure, but this is perhaps a little too obscure!

Like Dulcie, but agree that it's a bit cutesy/insubstantial for a FN. Might work really well as a MN, though (ditto Juniper, if you decide not to go with it as a FN)? If I had to choose just one, I think I'd go with Juniper and Zephyr. Both are awesome and have great NN potential. Caspar and Clementine are also good, but feel a little less unique and a little more 'establishment'!