British, Irish, Italian baby!

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Due in a few weeks and still can't decide on baby names!!! DP is English and I am Irish. We currently live in Italy so could get away with a British, Irish or even Italian name. Quite happy with my girl choices but I think a lot of the boys names are dreadful (DPs choice- he's much more posh than me!!!!) Please could you give me your honest opinion on these and feel free to offer any alternatives! I should add that we will probably move back to the UK next year, so don't want anything that would be difficult to pronounce or spell! Also, we are double barrelled. The first surname starts with S and is a very old, aristocratic name. Maybe rules out S first names?!

Magnus
Hector
Rafe
Rory /Ruairidh
Gabriel
Dominic
Sebastian
Torin

Alessia
Francesca
Saoirse
Freya
Aoife
Roisin

Olennas
Why ?
Re your question Irish Protestant or Catholic.

OP
Are you an Aideen????

Holly - many Italian names would be seen as "Catholic names" and therefore not accepted by staunch Protestants

OP - how about

Alessandro
Antonio
Benito
Lucio
Pascal
Silvestro / Silvester

It's a fair point. No staunch Catholics or Protestants in the family. Not going to be an issue!

Dominic and Maria !

Please not Benito. You might as well call the kid Adolf.

Benito??!!! And his little brother Stalin 😂😂

...And his little brother Stalin

Stalin's first name was Joseph wasn't it though? And I know loads of little Josephs!

Yep, Benito is a bit of a no-go! Have you thought of putting an Italian film/TV show in IMDB and then looking at cast and crew names for more inspiration?

We have friends (living in Ireland, dad from
U.K., maternal GP s from Italy) little boy is Luca and it works in all places :)

You're going to have a nightmare if you use an Irish name. I know because I used to live in Milan.

Go with something neutral or easy... Nico, Luca, Emma, etc. Save your sanity.

Oh and avoid Rocco. All Italians associate it with a porn star of the same name.

I like the boy's names especially Gabriel and Dominic. I like Francesca but think your other girls names are a bit wet.

Gabrielle/a
Isabelle/a
Pia
Cristina
Julia / Julietta
Rosa
Miranda
Calista

My favourite boys name are

Hugh
Emmett
Gerard

I also love Maeve

Daniel would work everywhere. Not Rafe, Ralph.

I was going to suggest Cara.

Love Dominic.

Cara is lovely too.

Rafael / Raphael
Angelo
I like Dominic and Matteo

How about Alfredo/Alfie?
Lucas could also be Luca.

We are an English/German family who spend a lot of time in Spain so we went for Oscar as it works in all 3 languages.

So many lovely suggestions here- thank you all! Unfortunately DP has objected to Luca and Matteo 😩 However, I think we are starting to come around to Dominic. It works well in Ireland, Italy and the U.K. It's classic and strong and goes really well with our surnames. Also, the nickname in Italy is Nico which is so cute. 👍 As for girls, most people seem to like Francesca, which again works with our surname and isn't a wet name. Thank you for all the input- this has been really useful! Xx

Dominic and Francesca are gorgeous choices. Nn Nico is lovely too.

I was going to suggest Dominic, as well.

😍 Getting really excited now to meet our little bundle!

I love Torin