A sibling for Gabriel and Arabella

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we are expecting a surprise dc in the summer . we have a large extended family so many names we like are no longer available . we also have older dcs who each have 2 middle names .I don't want to out myself by naming them .

we both like Winifred but i'm really not sure it goes with Arabella .
i like Priscilla but think it might be too similar to dd's name.

for girls we seem to have a thing about witch names as Tabitha , Samantha , Theodora and Sabrina have all been mentioned along with Winifred .

Hester and Esther our lovely but it rhymes with the first syllable of our surname .
for boys Raphael is nice but Gabriel and Raphael but worry may be a bit twee
after watching chitty chitty bang bang DH has also mentioned Caratacus and i think he's serious.

any ideas both male and female gratefully received

Julian or Juliet (though you don't mention whether DC3 is actually due in July).

Lawrence or Laurence.

Marina/Serena/Carina.

yes due in July and Juliet is lovely but dd3 has Juliet as a mn so we can't use it

this baby will be ds5 or dd6 .the other children children each have 2 mns
we also have 19 nieces and nephews , so their are alot of names we can't use.

Tabitha is lovely and I think it goes well with your other childrens' names.

For a boy, Raphael is nice but maybe a little similar to Gabriel. As it's your fifth son, how about Quentin, derived from the latin 'fifth'?

tabitha is lovely. it's dd3 first name

How about some of the Shakespearean names?

Portia
Nerissa
Imogen
Rosalind
Hermione
Desdemona
Cordelia

Or unusual others

Damaris
Persis
Kezia

Annunziata
Carmel
Theresa
Brigetta
Petronella
Minette
Belinda
Amabel
Annis
Carys
Charis
Charity
Caroline
Hetty

Am having a wonderful time...

i really like cordelia and Hermione unfortunately dh doesn't . We did consider Hetty as a nn for Hester thus avoiding the surname clash.
For boys i do like Jasper , Ezra ,Cornelius and Barnabas a but again dh is not keen .

What about Agatha, Agnes , Cecily or Dora?
For boys: Lucian, Ludivic, Rafferty, Montague or Simeon?
Congratulations

love Agatha dh doesnt . Cecily is d's mn so can't reuse it but love it would have been her first name but dh didn't like it sadly .

Elysia
Alicia
Elodie

Antonia
Antoinette
Aspasia
Abigail

Dervla
Eglantine
Francesca
Frances
Hildegarde
Iona
Isla
Ianthe
Jacinta
Zoe

Francis?

Tarquin
Torquil
Tristram

Aaron

Bede

Callum

Daniel

Temple

Sintram

Jago

Gerald
Jerrold
Douglas

eglantine and ianthe are lovely but again dh has more conservative tastes

Jacintha
Romilly
Sylvia

ilike romily but dh thinks it's a park in south wales

Tanith

Theola (Thea for short)?
Penelope (Nell)
Larissa
Jemima
Harriet

Can't think of any boys, sorry!

Caroline/Carolina and Atticus

Right, out there (but beautiful) girls' names I was banned from using which might work.

Trinity
Liberty
Guinevere
Iseult
Artemis
Serenity

I would try to avoid another 'a' ending.

And lucky you having a DH who's actually even MORE adventurous!!

Jonas
Milo
Bruno

Is this your 11th child?

I was going to suggest Jasper but considering your elder DS's name, maybe not.

T U D O R and Jasper is a bit too history nerd. Though I might just think that because I am a history nerd

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Romilly is a park in South Wales and a pub and a few road names.

Wow have just worked out how many DCs you have! I take my hat off to you. Congratulations on your surprise!

stinking really like trinity it was on our shortlist for dd1 but we decided against it . also love Serenity it was on my shortlist for dd5 but dh vetoed it.i also really like Gunevere but no my dh will veto it .
jemima i love the name Jemima but we have a niece with the name so can't use it . Clarissa is on our short list .
Alis really like Jasper and Edmund and actually really like the Tudor linkage . I'm a bit of history nerd . I think only someone really into history would get the link . weirdly dd4 was nearly Jasper when he arrive he looked like Jasper carrot but it didn't last so we went for Gabriel instead.
imperial 10th child we have 5 dds and 4 dss already .
dh has alredy vetoed Lawrence and Harriet .
today the name Trevelyan popped into my head and i quite like it .