I don't love any names this time around!

[GinGeum]

Don't know if it's a boy or girl, so suggestions for either would be good. Current child is called Edward and surname begins with a W. Names I quite like are:

Charlotte (but not Lottie or Charlie)
Edith (but doesn't go with Edward)
Molly
Martha

Thomas (but a bit boring)
William (but a bit of a mouthful with our surname)

I like the more classic names with easy spelling, not particularly bothered if the name is popular/doesn't need to be especially unique. Middle name for girl would probably be Hannah or Edgar for a boy. Any ideas?!

congratulations! what about:

girls:
Greta
Kirsty or Kirsten
Skye
Shirley
Rebecca
Matilda

boys:
Maxwell
Finley
Samuel
Corben

Beatrice
Elizabeth
Grace

Alexander
Matthew
Jonah

James
John
Henry
Philip
David
Robert
Alexander
Adam

Rachel
Elizabeth
Sophie
Diana
Philippa

Classic names to go with Edward...

Esther
Alexandria
Maeve
Lucy
Emma
Helen
Miranda

Luke
Casper
Stephen
Arthur
Owen

All lovely names.

Jonathan
Francis
Simon
George
Daniel
Christopher

Lucy
Rebecca
Victoria
Alice
Alexandra
Emily
Madeline
Laura

Oh I like Alice and Arthur!

Nathaniel, Douglas, Tobias, Oscar, Jasper.

Emmeline, Charmaine, Millicent (Millie), Margaret (Maggie, Meg), Agnes, Harriet, Arabella, Lucinda (Lucie, Lucia).

Ana
Celia
Connie
Eliza
Greta
Harriet
Imogen
Margot
Nancy
Serena
Tabitha
Ursula
Vivienne
Zoe

Adrian
Barney
Connor
Freddie
Monty
Hugo

Richard
Toby
Mark
Adam

Helen
Elizabeth
Rachel
Rebecca

Alice, Lydia, Grace, Rebecca, Diana, Victoria

Zander, Henry, James, Caspar, Arthur, Hugo

Jessica
Saffron
Elouise
Francesca
Lois
Lorna
Leila
Clara
Romilly
Briony
Maisie
Molly
Delilah
Rosa
Ruby
Ivy
Iris
Maribel

George
Marcus
Miles
Tobias
Nathaniel
Nathan
Ronan
Oscar
Jacob
Caleb
Samuel
Matthew
Owen
Isaac
Rory
Jasper
Finley

I don’t think naming names will help everyone. I’m stuck having used the only name we could agree on for our first. If we have another we have no idea what to do.

All those names listed above are on our agreed “no” list.

Tamara
Sebastian

Flora
Marcus

Alister
Alexander
Arthur
Anthony
Charles
Chester
David
Danial
Emmett
Erik
Errol
Emerson
Emlyn
Francis
Gideon
Gulliver
Horacio
Harold
Hector
Henry
Ivor
Jasper
Lewis
Matthew
Nathaniel
Oskar
Percy
Paul
Robert
Rhys
Stephan
Sullivan
Sylvester
Timothy
Vincent
Walter
Watson
Winston
Xavier

Amy
Amelia
Annie
Annabel
Arabella
Alicia
Alice
Anastasia
Belinda
Bethany
Brianna
Betsy
Betty
Clarissa
Cleo
Clara
Candice
Carla
Cerys
Catherine
Caroline
Claire
Christina
Delilah
Delia
Emily
Emma
Esme
Eliza
Esmeralda
Elizabeth
Elenor
Francine
Francesca
Faith
Florence
Geraldine
Georgina
Georgia
Genevieve
Hope
Harriet
Henrietta
Imogen
Ivy
Iris
Isobel
Jaqueline
Jennifer
Josephine
Joanna
Jasmine
Kathryn
Kirsty
Kristin
Layla
Louisa
Louise
Lindsey
Lorna
Laura
Lois
Loretta
Molly
Mary
Marissa
Malinda
Matilda
Meredith
Megan
Millicent
Natasha
Nancy
Nicola
Nicole
Norah
Natalia
Natalie
Ottilie
Ophelia
Orla
Olivia
Penelope
Pandora
Rebecca
Rachel
Samantha
Susannah
Sophia
Sophie
Sally
Thea
Trinity
Tamsin
Vivienne
Violet
Victoria
Yvette
Yvonne
Yasmin

Polly
Sadie
Eva
Evelyn
Hazel
Caitlyn
Bethany
Sylvia/Sylvie
Holly
Maisy

Mark
Marcus
Jonah
Michael/Micah - so many potential shortenings
Sean
Jarrod
Finn
Liam
Jude

Madeleine or Sarah
Matthew or Nathan

Claudia
Stella
Alice

Vincent
Magnus
Hector

Well I LOVE Martha for you. It's classic, classy, not faddish yet seems fitting for 2019, feminine, underused, easy to spell, goes beautifully with Edward, goes well with a W surname (eg. Martha Wilkinson; Martha Wells) AND was the name of the sweetest girl in the Sound of Music. I'm not sure why other girls' names are being suggested when you've found the perfect one already.

I think Thomas is indeed a bit boring and less striking than Edward, but it does go well with Edward and a W surname. I don't love it though and would avoid if your surname is also quite common though. William with a W surname is ok but it sounds like it doesn't wow you much. You obviously like strong classic English boys names with continuing popularity over the ages, so I'd have a consider of David, Alexander, Matthew, Daniel, John, all of which I'd say are in the exact same family as Thomas, Edward and William. Some of them like John and David sound really fresh and different these days and Alexander is a grand stylish name however often it's been used.