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Pick a name off the list

132 replies

SoonToBeDad30 · 05/09/2020 15:00

Hello, my wife and I are expecting and are having difficulty whittling down our choices. For boys we like:
Jules
August
Forrest
Devon
Clay
Caspian
Fox
Orion
Woody
Bear

For girls we like:
Heather
Paloma
Storm
Marina
Adelaide
Rosemary
Mango

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CuppaZa · 05/09/2020 15:02

Heather is ok. The rest are diabolical

joystir59 · 05/09/2020 15:04

Heather or Rosemary are ok. The rest are unacceptable.

Goostacean · 05/09/2020 15:05

Interesting list and harsh first response! For girls I like Marina, Heather, Rosemary and Paloma- in that order. Not too keen on most of your boys names, but would use Caspian- very cool.

joystir59 · 05/09/2020 15:05

I mean, Mango? Really?

New2thismumthing · 05/09/2020 15:05

I like Adelaide

KurriKawari · 05/09/2020 15:05

Boy: Forrest
Girl: Mango

joystir59 · 05/09/2020 15:06

I know several nice dogs called Bear, and an horrendous terrier called Woody who had to be pts

BingoGo · 05/09/2020 15:07

August is a very normal name where I'm from (Denmark). Lovely. So I'd pick that one 100% for a boy.

Storm is mostly a boy's name to me though. So I'd also pick that one for a boy.

Not keen on your girls names.

hnhvt · 05/09/2020 15:07

Rosemary is ok, the rest are awful. Sorry

mylittleavalon · 05/09/2020 15:07

Caspian, Marina. Please not mango.

KurriKawari · 05/09/2020 15:08

Actually how did I miss Clay? Could be unisex too. Go for it. I think depending on your surname it could sound quite grand "Clay Montague".

DramaAlpaca · 05/09/2020 15:09

Heather or Rosemary.

I'm far too polite to say what I think of the rest.

But - Mango??? I'd blame pregnancy hormones for that but you say you're the dad.

augustusglupe · 05/09/2020 15:12

Not keen on any. I mean Forrest? That whole child’s life would be quotations from the film.

DuckonaBike · 05/09/2020 15:13

Your first few boys’ names would work quite well for a girl actually. I was at school with a girl called Devon, I thought it was quite a cool name.

Caspian is OK.

Please, do not use Mango. Or Forrest (Forrest Gump?).

Chocolatedeficitdisorder · 05/09/2020 15:15

Heather, Marina, Jules and Woody.

Mango makes this womango ouch!

SummerSummerSummertime · 05/09/2020 15:17

Where do you live @SoonToBeDad30 ?

SummerSummerSummertime · 05/09/2020 15:18

Please don't call a child Mango.

SummerSummerSummertime · 05/09/2020 15:18

I'd go with Devon & Paloma

TwelvetyOClock · 05/09/2020 15:19

Was that meant to be Margo, by any chance?

TwelvetyOClock · 05/09/2020 15:20

Heather is nice.
For boys, August is best.

sheetspread · 05/09/2020 15:21

Jules, August, Forrest and Woody are the nicest of your boy names.

Paloma, Marina and Adelaide are very nice too. (Nicer, I think, than they best of the boys' names).

MarshaBradyo · 05/09/2020 15:21

Rosemary

AdaColeman · 05/09/2020 15:22

Orion or Bear, Mango or Storm are my faves hun. xx

TenThousandSpoons · 05/09/2020 15:36

Woody but as a nickname for Edward.

I’m not keen on any of the girls’ names I’m afraid. Lots of them seem quite old fashioned whereas the boys’ names are quite...modern.

MrsTerryPratchett · 05/09/2020 15:37

@TwelvetyOClock

Was that meant to be Margo, by any chance?
Margo is nice.