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Baby No.2 and we've run out of names!

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Namechangeaholic · 30/04/2017 00:00

Baby No.2 is due towards the end of the year but we can't think of any boy or girl names we like. We already have a James Joseph, which was decided as soon as we knew we were expecting a boy. We don't like unusual names (if people can't pronounce it or find it difficult to spell - it's out) or what I think of as American names (Aiden, Jackson, Aubrey, Brooke etc) and I want it to be a name that will be appropriate for all ages. We do prefer traditional names but not a fan of the 'trend' with old man/old lady names.
Is it impossible? Are we being too picky? TIA

(I'm not trying to offend anyone who's chosen these names, just our preference)

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Buntysoven · 30/04/2017 00:28

James Joseph is lovely. How about:
Emma
Susannah
Louisa
Alice
Rebecca

Daniel
Lewis
Charles
Peter
Christopher?
They have the same vibe to me.

Namechangeaholic · 30/04/2017 00:35

I absolutely LOVE Louise/Louisa but it has to have a middle name and there just doesn't seem to be anything that suits it as Louise is so commonly a middle name itself. I do really like Emma too, so I'll put that on the girl list. I'm not a fan of any of the boy names, I just can't picture myself calling out those names. It doesn't help that 3 of those are cousins of mine (definitely don't want to use their names!)

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RainbowJack · 30/04/2017 00:49

Samantha
Amy
Elisabeth
Charlotte
Jacob
Oliver
Lucy
David
Lydia
Michael
William
Simon
Mary
Benjamin
Clare
Sarah
Isaac
Margaret
John
Andrew
Joanna
Rebecca
Matthew
Anna / Anne
Grace
Nathaniel
Emily
Noah
Olivia
Reuben
Amelia
Thomas
Elizabeth
Jacqueline
Nina
Stephen
Henry
Leah
Josephine
Rachel
Ruth
Owen
Laura
Caroline
Samuel
Ava
Eve
Evelyn
Naomi
Liam
Bethany
Alexander

Sophronia · 30/04/2017 01:05

Alexander
Adam
Benjamin
Charles/Charlie
David
Edward
George
Henry
John
Jonathan
Luke
Matthew
Michael
Nicholas
Nathaniel
Oliver
Patrick
Robert
Samuel
Thomas
William

Anna
Alice
Charlotte
Caroline
Clara
Catherine/Katherine
Emily
Eleanor
Elizabeth
Esther
Grace
Hannah
Isabelle
Jemima
Juliet
Joanna
Josephine
Louisa
Lydia
Lucy
Matilda
Martha
Mary
Olivia
Philippa
Rebecca
Rose
Ruth
Rachel
Sophie
Susanna(h)
Tabitha
Victoria

ExplodedCloud · 30/04/2017 01:16

Louisa + anything beginning with a firm consonant like Rachel, Mary, Jane etc.
For a boy? David George?

FeedTheSharkAndItWillBite · 30/04/2017 09:53

Charles
Gregor
Jonathank
Henry
William
Nathaniel
Harry
Gabriel
Hector
Vincent
Thomas
Sebastian
Samuel
Dean
Rupert
Maximilian
Felix
Erik

Noa
Claire
Isabella
Clara
Clementine
Miranda
Erica
Iris
Daisy
Charlotte
Alice
Susannah
Jospehine (maybe too close to James Joseph....)
Hannah
Violet
Lilac
Amber
Victoria
Elizabeth

DuggeeHugs · 30/04/2017 10:11

Louise Elizabeth or Louise Victoria?

NapQueen · 30/04/2017 10:12

Classic names that I think go with James

Peter
Edward

Alice
Emily

hollyisalovelyname · 30/04/2017 10:13

Eloise
I love it.
I love how it looks written down.
I love the sound of it.
Combines the E from Emma and Louise. Smile

FreeNiki · 30/04/2017 10:15

I absolutely LOVE Louise/Louisa

Posted 35 mins after you said there were no names you even liked.
Confused

AndNoneForGretchenWieners · 30/04/2017 10:20

Richard
Craig
Paul
Thomas
John
Philip
Matthew
David
William
Simon

Sarah
Amy
Jessica
Millie
Natalie
Nicola

Crunchymum · 30/04/2017 10:25

James' I know have siblings called

Bethany
William
Juliet

user1492691073 · 30/04/2017 10:53

Hi
I also love traditional names.

What about Adam Andrew ? If you like the double letter?

For a girl:-

Lucy
Sarah
Diana
Jenny
Beth
Evelyn

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 30/04/2017 11:04

Benjamin Henry
Daniel John
Adam Richard
Matthew Luke
Simon William
Jonathan Paul

Harriet Matilda
Helena Louise
Isobel Anna
Rachel Clare
Abigail Jane
Jessica Mary
Susan Margaret

KeiraKnightleyActsWithHerTeeth · 30/04/2017 11:30

I know a Louise Alexandra which I think goes very nicely.

Samuel
Edward
Nicholas
Thomas
Oscar
Andrew
William
Jeremy
Robert
Frederick
Peter
Francis
Caspar
Adam
Michael
Tobias
Alexander
Alistair
Hugh

Susannah
Anna
Imogen
Lorna
Marianne
Elinor
Juliet
Hannah
Isobel
Beatrice
Alice
Martha
Zoe
Ellen
Annabelle
Natalia
Edith
Jessica
Laura

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