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Name Help Please!

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namehelpwouldbenice · 18/05/2014 08:39

I've name changed for this, as I don't want to be 'outed' on here and like having anonymity.

I'd really like some name help please! Just found out we're expecting DC number 2. Probably won't find out the gender (we did last time). First DC, has a very old fashioned, but recently very chic boys name and I'm keen not to go down the same route with DC2 because I hate sibling matchy names basically. With DC1, his name stood out right from the word go. As soon as someone said the name, that was it. But this time it feels like there's 'nothing' quite like it.

Generally I like classic names. Think along the lines of Peter & Charlotte, but both of those are out as relatives have used them.

For girls, I dislike anything too flouncy or pretty. Things like Daisy, Poppy, Evie are out.
I have always liked the name Emma and that is a high contender, but I'm not sure if it's a bit 'meh'.

For boys, I think I quite like classic or biblical, and nothing cutsie like Charlie & Alfie. At the moment I'm leaning towards James, but again, is it a bit 'meh'?

Thanks in advance!

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Kantha · 18/05/2014 09:25

I think we might have similar taste. I look for traditional names that aren't in fashion at the moment. I have a Peter and similarly I don't like overly pretty girls' names. What about:

Andrew
David
Adam
Robert
Patrick

Sarah
Naomi
Anna (bit popular for my criteria)
Ruth

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alita7 · 18/05/2014 09:56

Elizabeth
Anna
Rosa
Rebecca
Lucia
Harriet
Beatrice/ix
Clara
Sarah
Vivianne
juliet
orphelia
fiona
catherine
katrina
Evelyn

Jacob
caleb
luke
isaac
Nicholas
ivor
William
John
benedict
Samuel
rowan
Gregory
Michael
Thomas
Matthew
Joshua
Nathaniel
David
Elliot
Mark

Wineandchoccy · 18/05/2014 09:57

A twist on Emma, My friend is Emmaline and everybody comments on how nice it is.

Matthew
Daniel
John
William

Rebecca
Leah
Harriet

fancyacupoftea · 18/05/2014 10:18

Tbh I really like the names you said - James and Emma. I think they are gorgeous, classic names.

Hairylegs47 · 18/05/2014 10:24

Noah
Ezra
Gabriel
Gideon
Isaac
Zac

Beatrice
Triss
Juliet
Naomi
Jamie
Emily

janie2 · 18/05/2014 11:25

Alice? I love James and Emma

namehelpwouldbenice · 18/05/2014 18:44

Lots of lovely suggestions, thank you!

What does everyone think of Evangeline? What could it be shortened to that isn't Evie? Or Eve? (Dislike both) but really like the above.

I do really like Beatrice but worried about it being another old fashioned chic name which we are trying to avoid. I am avoiding Florence, Elsie and Enid for the same reason.

I'm glad people like James & Emma though.

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soontobeslendergirl · 18/05/2014 18:51

Personally I think Evangeline is horrid, but it's not my child....

James and Emma are lovely.

Ariadne
Elspeth
Amaris
Jennifer
Audra

Gregory
Marcus
Guy
Piers
Edgar

Loverofpeas · 18/05/2014 19:39

George and Georgia or georgette

Loverofpeas · 18/05/2014 19:41

Evangeline with nn angel

Angelto5 · 18/05/2014 19:45

i love the name evangeline.nn eva

CrispyFern · 18/05/2014 19:46

James and Emma are both lovely.

sonniebonnie · 18/05/2014 21:17

James
Alexander
Quentin
Nicholas
Dominic

Emma
Sarah
Penelope
Sophia
Isabel

Viatrix · 19/05/2014 17:55

Elizabeth
Katherine
Susanna
Eleanor
Helena
Louisa
Alexandra
Mary
Catherine
Sarah
Rosamund
Jane
Esther
Maria
Rebecca
Victoria
Anna
Eleanor

Alexander
Benjamin
Henry
Joseph
Edward
Christopher
Matthew
Nicholas
Samuel
Robert
Thomas
Jonathan
Daniel
George
Oliver
Jacob
Patrick
William
Stephen
Andrew
Luke

iirc · 19/05/2014 18:29

Claire
Danielle
Eleanor
Felicity
Georgina
Hannah
Jessica
Lisa
Laura
Natasha
Rebecca
Sarah
Victoria

Daniel
Isaac
Robert
Christopher
Jonathan
Michael
Noah
Richard
Matthew

My top ones are Rebecca and Matthew personally.

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