A sibling for Gabriel and Arabella

[oldbutnotpastit]

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

[ancientbuchanan]

Pernelle
Peronelle
Verity
Lavender
Charity
Clarissa
Venetia
Elspeth
Betsy
Horatia
Aphra

Fabian
Hamish
Hector ( and I feel it is v different from Tudor)
Vere
Rollo ( father of William 1)
Roland
Harold
Horace
Horatio
Samson
Joshua
Nahum
Noah
Abel
Jacob

What's the connection between jasper and Tudor? Intrigued.

[ancientbuchanan]

Trevelyan is quite nice, any connection there?

Lots of surnames get turned into first names, do you have any suitable ones in your family? Think of all those Normans, Gordons, Camerons,

Walter ?

What do you want to discount? Eg, biblical names, saints names, Greek or Latin names?

[ancientbuchanan]

I know it's not unusual but a variant if Guinivere is Jennifer

[celestialsquirrelnuts]

Virginia
Such a cool name nobody uses anymore

Mercia

Venetia

Cornelia

Leonie

Tamsin (you obviously like T names)

[celestialsquirrelnuts]

For boys
Tristan?

Miles?

Benedict?

Constantine?

Dominic?

[poppydaisy]

Dominic is nice, as is Quentin (esp for a fifth son!). Love Hermione for a girl.

[Alisvolatpropiis]

If you like the like go for it!

I love Jasper, sadly sounds rubbish with my surname.

[MadameJosephine]

No theme just gorgeous and unusual names that i am too much of a wo to use myselfpopped into my head

For girls:
Emmeline
Igraine
Calliope
Penelope

For boys:
Edison
Darwin
Franklin
Gawain

[MadameJosephine]

Oops strike out fail!

[celestialsquirrelnuts]

Gilbert.
Loooove Gilbert. Gil for short. How cool!

[oldbutnotpastit]

really like Emmeline , Virginia , Hector and Gilbert will run them past dh but i expect he'll not embrace them .

only surname we could maybe consider is Clifton (cliff) but it feles ver ol d fashioned.

i like biblical and saints names particularly and also greek , roman style although dh is less impressed by these

[celestialsquirrelnuts]

Atalanta?

I have 4 kids with 12 names between them and most if their nAmes appear on this thread!

Names we considered and rejected in no particular order:
Valentine
Valentina
Aurora
Aubrey
Godfrey
Dudley (these last three my DH suggestions and vetoed by me!)
Gilbert
Esmond (more unusual than Edmond? I like it anyway)
Bertrand
Guy
Piers
Justin (not used enough IMO)
Athena/Athene
Mariana (ooh yes use this! Good with Arabella!)

Can't think of any others at the moment. If you pm me I'll send you the full Monty of my kids names and you can see if there is anything you like there!

[celestialsquirrelnuts]

Marisa
Melissa
Larissa

??

[oldbutnotpastit]

i love aurora but dh just laughs . aubrey is ds3 mn would have been his first but dh rejected it . also really like Piers (but it doesn't work with our surname ), Athena ,Gilbert , Bertrand and Godfrey (dh has already rejected this .
esmond is brilliant will definitely suggest this to dh ,
i prefer Clarissa to Larissa . clariisa is on our short list

[oldbutnotpastit]

just looked up the meaning of esmond protected by god's grace and that is lovely . dh likes edmund but i don't like the nn ed/eddie so esmond could work

[celestialsquirrelnuts]

Ooh hurrah!

You have to give a solemn vow to update us on the final choice or I'll fret about it

[celestialsquirrelnuts]

Ps I think you can also spell it Esmund. It is a family name of my DH - I think they spell it with an O.

[oldbutnotpastit]

just have to think of a name for a girl if bump is a dd . one with a similar meaning .

[celestialsquirrelnuts]

Esme!

[celestialsquirrelnuts]

Thinking about it Theodora which you like means beloved of god which is similar

[celestialsquirrelnuts]

Anselm also means divine protection (another cool name - I know an adult Anselm) - and therefore so do the feminine versions Anselma and Selma.

I quite like Selma actually!

[celestialsquirrelnuts]

Alicia also means protected by god

[ImperialBlether]

But... but... if you are a believer, surely everyone is protected by god? Surely he/she wouldn't discriminate against people based on a name?

[ancientbuchanan]

No, but it is lovely.


I suspect your DH would hate them, but there are the Victorian faves, Adolphus and Algernon.

Frederick and Frederica are both nice, imv.

William and Wilhemina

Ghislaine

Genevieve, pronounced either the French or English way.