I feel like I need to get cracking on some name ideas for DC3. We found names quite difficult for both our previous daughters, and never really settled on a boy's name option. Don't know what we are having.
I know this gets a bit of a slating on MN, but I like uncommon names. Don't mind if they were super popular in previous generations, but I'd like it to be well out of the top 100 now (indeed DD1's name fits this category, very popular in the past but not at all so now).
On girls, I prefer longer, substantial names. Don't like -ella endings at all, and often dislike the frillier names with -y or -ia endings, though there are some exceptions. So far I like:
Vivienne
Penelope
Hermione
Genevieve
For boys, I am really stuck. I am not a fan of 'surnames as first name' so all of those are out. I want something unusual but not 'rock star'. Maybe again something traditional that has fallen out of favour a bit. A close relative has a Montgomery/Monty which I rather like but obviously can't use now. There is nothing even really short list worthy so far. Maybe
Jonathan,
Josiah (although I worry it would end up shortened to Josh, where a family member has a Joshua/Josh. I'd prefer Jed as the nickname as per Bartlet!)
Patrick (bit meh about this one)
Anyone want to give some ideas?