Anna, Alistair and more...

[BB2018]

Seven weeks to go and our shortlists now look like this...

Girl
Anna Florence
Ellen Frances
Mary Lillian
Celia Florence
Frances Anna
Grace Elizabeth

Boy
Alistair William
Arthur William
Edward Arthur
Laurence Arthur
Jonathan Arthur

Which would you choose?

Love Celia!! And I like Alistair and Jonathan. I can see why you'd not put the boy middle names the other way round but I think you could use most of your girls' middle names with Celia. Congratulations OP

I like Frances Anna and Grace Elizabeth

Boys I like Edward Arthur

Anna Florence or Grace Elizabeth
Arthur William or Edward Arthur

Really like Anna Florence and Ellen Frances a lot.

Jonathan Arthur is great too.

Fine names op!

I love Mary Lillian, Grace Elizabeth and Alistair William

I love Celia, that's what we were going to call our baby if it was a girl, but it turned out to be a boy!

Anna Florence

Alistair William

Thanks all for your votes - fairly even split so far!

winter I actually dreamt about the name Celia and woke up realising I loved it! What did you call your DS?

Anna Florence sounds lovely and I also like Celia. Edward Arthur for a boy.

I think Mary Elizabeth or Mary Florence would be beautiful

I think Mary Florence has a bit of a nun vibe, hence the combos we’ve chosen!

@BB2018 we called him Peter.

Anna and Lawrence.

Ahh, lovely winter - it’s a name we have in my family, too

Lovely names! I really like Mary Lilian, Celia Florence and Jonathan Arthur, but I think my favourites are Anna Florence and Laurence Arthur.

We have very similar name styles, I love these names.

For a girl I like Celia Florence and Anna Florence best as they flow really well and are traditional but feel individual.

Ellen Frances- Personal reasons I just don't like the name Ellen...but without my own personal associations I also think this is a good name.
Mary Lillian - Love it, but the two names don't sound right together.
Frances Anna - Sounds very dated.
Grace Elizabeth - Elizabeth Grace sounds better.

For boys I like Arthur William and Edward Arthur best.

Alistair William - This is a nice name, just don't like it as much as the other two.
Laurence Arthur - Not sure it flows very well, but a nice name.
Jonathan Arthur - Too dated.

Alistair and Ellen stand out to me... Alistair William and Ellen Frances.

Have you thought of Mary Ellen they go really well together...

I agree Mary Ellen flows very well but sounds a bit too Little House on the Prairie for us! Or like a hyphenated name we forgot to hyphenate!

Mary Lilian
Ellen Frances
Frances Anna
Jonathan Arthur
Alistair William

Frances Anna and Laurence Arthur

I like Anna Elizabeth and Frances Elizabeth
Have you thought of Antonia with Anna for short?
Antonia Frances sounds nice.

Laurence Edward for a boy, fab name!

auntyflo happy with the shortlist we have, thanks, just looking for votes on that.

Celia Florence is a gorgeous name! As for boys, I’d probably choice Laurence out of your list, not a fan of Arthur because it reminds me of the aardvark and nothing else

Haha, hadn’t made the Arthur Aardvark connection!

When I think aardvark, I think Otis (showing my age probably!)