Well this IS a surprise...

[CheerfulYank]

I've just POAS and found I'm expecting DC3. In total shock. So, I figure I'll start a baby name thread! :o

We already have Samuel (7) and Margaret (almost 16 months) mostly called Sam and Maggie, so I sort of would like to continue the formal name with nickname trend.

Also I am sure it is a boy. :o

Some names I like and were on our shortlist for the others were Jack (doesn't really go with our surname, but would if I went for Jackson), William called Will, and Alexander called Alec. We loved Charles/Charlie but a close friend is using that. Also briefly considered were Nathaniel/Nate and Benjamin/Ben.

Our surname is the same as a certain "journalist" who thinks she's gorgeous, married to a Frenchman?

For girls I like Phoebe, which doesn't fit with the nn thing, or Phillipa/Pippa, which does.

Samuel Margaret and Robert
Samuel Margaret and Richard
Samuel Margaret and Alexander (great name - this the best I think)

Love Josephine (Josie) Penelope (Penny) and Charlotte (Lotta) for girls.

Congratulations!

Or just thought Jeremy (Jem) as been re reading To Kill A Mockingbird.

Just RTFT and seen that Josephine is a popular suggestion!

cheerful just out of interest, why isn't oscar usable in my part of the states yet?

It's still wholly connected with Oscar the Grouch and a "joke" name, if that makes sense. Like Grover or Elmo or something. Those are names, but they're only thought of as the Muppet characters.