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Mallory and Laurence

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Sweets27 · 07/04/2015 16:33

Hi ladies! Smile So I'm a little premature looking at this as only 5+5, but DH and I are looking at names already.

We have some ideas, but can you give me any more that are similar to these?

And what do you think of Mallory - weird or not weird?!

GIRLS:
Sophie
Grace
Alice
Margaret (Maggie)
Mallory
Katherine (Kitty)
Georgina (Georgie)
Isabel
Miranda
Matilda
Eliza

BOYS:
Charlie
Laurence
William
George
Alexander
Leo
Luke
Toby
James

Thanks! Smile

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burgatroyd · 07/04/2015 17:38

Mallory means unfortunate

burgatroyd · 07/04/2015 17:39

Miranda and Lawrence gets my vote

Hillingdon · 07/04/2015 17:40

Mallory is lovely though. Much better than some of the very common names yu have listed. My DS's schools are full of Alex, George, William, Charlie etc

I liked Horatio though so what do I know! Our greatest sea captain!

Was completely overruled

burgatroyd · 07/04/2015 17:41

What about Valerie?

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Sweets27 · 07/04/2015 17:49

burgatroyd yes I know, I deliberately kept quiet on that as I wondered whether a lot of people would know that. I'm umm-ing and ah-ing over the name for that very reason, but I just find it so pretty!

And thanks all of you Smile I know some of the names, boys' names in particular, are really common. Annoyingly, I've always liked them and I think some - particularly George, thanks to Wills and Kate Hmm - have just got way more popular in the last few years... any ideas for less common boys' names that are still similar to the above would be much appreciated!

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burgatroyd · 07/04/2015 18:56

Mallory does not sound pretty.

Mal conjures up...
Malodorous, malicious, malfunction, malnourished, malicious, maleficent!
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IvoryMadonna · 07/04/2015 19:27

Marjorie

florascotia · 07/04/2015 20:44

Sorry, but Mallory makes me think of Enid Blyton jolly-hockey-sticks school yarns: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malory_Towers Or else of mountaineer George Mallory who died on Everest and whose tragic frozen body was found decades later. A very brave man, but undeniably male not female.

IvoryMadonna · 07/04/2015 21:44

Marcella

susurration · 07/04/2015 21:48

Definitely not Mallory.

Out of your list for girls I particularly like Matilda (Mattie or Tilly?), Alice and Georgina. Other options could be Martha (again, Mattie?) or Audrey.

Sophronia · 07/04/2015 21:49

I like...

GIRLS:
Margaret (Maggie)
Mallory
Katherine (Kitty)
Georgina (Georgie)
Isabel
Matilda
Eliza

BOYS:
Laurence
William
George
Alexander
Leo
Luke
James

Mallory and Laurence would be my picks.

manicinsomniac · 07/04/2015 22:26

GIRLS:
Sophie - really like it
Grace - really like it
Alice - quite like it
Margaret (Maggie) - Margaret is ok, really dislike Maggie
Mallory - it's ok but I automatically add Towers
Katherine (Kitty) - really like Katherine. Kitty's ok
Georgina (Georgie) - love both
Isabel - love it
Miranda - love it
Matilda - love it
Eliza - it's ok

BOYS:
Charlie - it's ok.
Laurence - not keen
William - really like it
George - really like it
Alexander - love it
Leo - quite like it
Luke - not keen
Toby - really like it
James - like it

Georgina or Miranda and Alexander would be my picks.

Interrobang · 08/04/2015 23:08

I love Mallory - look, sound and feel ... but the meaning, no, that rules it out for me.
Reminds me of Family Ties with Michael J Fox.

OneMagnumisneverenough · 09/04/2015 09:56

Similar names:

Meredith
Marissa
Audra
Avery

Gregory
Marcus
Miles
Dorian

CityDweller · 09/04/2015 21:39

I love Mallory! Was on my list, but DH wouldn't go for it.

IHeartKingThistle · 09/04/2015 22:10

I love Margaret/Maggie.

Guin1 · 11/04/2015 06:59

Mallory seems more like a boy's name to me, but the meaning would put me off.

From your girl's list, Miranda is my favourite by far - love it!
From your boy's list, my favourites are Toby and Luke.

DandyDan · 12/04/2015 20:49

Mallory for a girl - terrific! Go for it!
Laurence for a boy, from your list - all the others are fairly over-popular at the moment.

LicoriceComfit · 12/04/2015 20:56

I love Mallory and Mirrin for a girl.

TheScottishPlay · 12/04/2015 21:04

Mallory is a great name. Makes me think of The West Wing.

Marcipex · 12/04/2015 21:09

I love Mallory, didn't know the meaning.
How about devising your own meaning? There are beautiful trees in TLOTR, called Mallorn trees, for example.

timelyreminder · 12/04/2015 21:14

I like

Sophie
Grace
Georgina (Georgie)
Isabel
Miranda

William
George
Alexander
Leo
Luke
James

Anna, Lucy, Josephine, Olivia, Claire, Emily?
Frederick, Peter, Henry, Oliver, Richard, Samuel?

dementedma · 12/04/2015 21:18

Love Laurence - with a u, not a w

nooka · 13/04/2015 05:44

I really like Laurence, but not Mallory at all, especially for a girl. I like Miranda best of your girls list.

nightandthelight · 13/04/2015 08:36

Howdy sweets :) Love that you are picking names!

I really like Mallory, I do think of Mallory towers but also West Wing where Mallory is an extremely intelligent, confident and beautiful young lady, definitely a good role model!

Out of the boys names Leo is my fav, this it's a lovely name and the Leo I know is one of the nicest guys I have met :) I always judge names on people I know with them!

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