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Please could you help to name our baby?

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Bubblebox · 12/09/2020 21:27

Dc2 is due in November and we have no names on the list. Not a single one.
We don’t know the sex of the baby so would love suggestions for both.

I work with children and have a huge family which is not helping as it knocks lots out of the running. DH is clueless.

  • Dd1 has a classic name that was uncommon when we named her but has risen in popularity. I seem to like classic girls names.
  • I would prefer less popular but recognisable.
  • I seem to be drawn to biblical boys names but am open to ideas. Again, prefer underused but not too out there.
  • Any name must have good nickname options. I know that mumsnet is often against preplanning this but every name gets shortened in my family and I want to make sure that it is to something that I like.
  • surname is Evan so needs to go with that.


I know that I sound really awkward and probably am but any ideas would be appreciated. Smile
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Tillygetsit · 13/09/2020 00:29

Judith and Solomon

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Bubblebox · 13/09/2020 09:01

I posted last night and promptly fell asleep on the sofa.
Thank you all so much. I am going to stay going through the suggestions once dd is occupied for a bit. Smile

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ILoveStickers · 13/09/2020 09:16

Jane Austen characters are good for classic girl names:

Harriet
Emma
Caroline
Catherine
Elinor
Marianne
Maria

Biblical boys

Asher
Jeremy
Isaac
Nathan

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Beekeeper1 · 13/09/2020 09:20

I too love biblical names and some lovely ones have been mentioned so far. My favourites:

Hepzibah
Kizzy
Keziah
Bathsheba
Matilda
Rebbeka
Rachael

Ambrose
Isaac
Israel
Solomon
Caleb
Gabriel
Ezekiel
Job

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Tweetypietwo · 13/09/2020 10:55

Abigail (Abby)
Daphne (Daffy)
Lucy (Lulu)
Saffron (Saff/Saffy)
Isobel (Izzy/Belle)
Alice (Ali)
Valerie (Val/Ree)
Matlida (Tilly)

Theodore (Theo)
Harry
Oscar (Ozzy)
Tobias (Toby)
Hugo (Hugh)
Samule (Sam)
Benjamin (Benji)

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TinaTraybake · 13/09/2020 11:06

Abel (Abe)
Abigail (Abby)
William (Will)
Delilah (Lilah)
Louis (Lou)

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Ellmau · 13/09/2020 11:12

Alexandra
Cassandra
Miranda
Rosalind
Lydia
Felicity
Charlotte
Diana
Gabriella

Gabriel
Adam
Joel
Daniel
Joshua

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len1234 · 13/09/2020 11:26

Elijah - Eli
Ezekiel - Zeke
Abram - Abe
Abel - Abe
Isaac - Zac

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TinaTraybake · 13/09/2020 15:47

Hezekiah (Kiah)

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Bubblebox · 13/09/2020 20:55

Yes @Standrewsschool they are definitely along the right lines.
I have started a list from here in the hope that one of the names starts to grow on me. I like lots of them. But don’t LOVE any of them yet.
Dd’s name was so easy. I heard it and knew. I don’t think I am going to feel the same about this baby’s name. Which makes me a bit sad.
On the like, but not quite love list are
Jonah
Joel
Jude
Caleb
Casper
Asher
Daniel, Isaac, Eli, Noah, James - love lots of these but can’t use as is a close family member
Abel- wrong with surname
Atticus, Ezekiel- love but maybe too out there for us. I don’t think that I’m brave enough.

Jemima
Annabel
Clara
Rosalind
Rosalie
Elizabeth, Beatrice- close family

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Bubblebox · 13/09/2020 20:56

Thank you all so much. I really do appreciate you taking the time to help.

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Krazynights34 · 13/09/2020 22:08

Try not biblical boy’s names...?

Elliott
Ellis
George
Rowan
Wilbur
Charles
Francis
Dominic
Blue
Ciaran
Tadgh
Bernard

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Bubblebox · 13/09/2020 22:18

I quite like Elliot but it doesn’t have a shortening really and it is unavoidable in my family.

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17caterpillars1mouse · 14/09/2020 18:51

Tobias
Solomon
Isaiah
Nathaniel
Peter
Patrick
Nicholas
Abel

Rachel
Susannah
Talitha
Naomi
Hannah
Laurel
Esther
Perdita
Emmelne
Bethany
Natasha
Natalie
Rebecca
Melissa
Holly

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Runforwine · 14/09/2020 19:10

nathaniel/Nate
Caleb
Seamus
Joseph
Adam
Zachary/Zac
Adrian/are

Adeline
Evelyn/eve/Eva
Ruth
Abigail/Abbi
Dinah
Dianna
Eden

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1940s · 14/09/2020 20:16

Adam

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Bubblebox · 14/09/2020 21:01

I quite like Tobias and Emmaline too.
Please keep them coming. It is such a big help.

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Bubblebox · 14/09/2020 21:02

Adam is a family member too.

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Bubblebox · 15/09/2020 19:13

We’ll dh doesn’t like any of the suggestions. So far he has suggested Dexter and George.
And Eve or Luna.
I don’t like any of those. Sad

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Bubblebox · 15/09/2020 19:15

Just to say that they are all perfectly nice names but they are either too closely connected to children that’s I have worked with or are just not my taste.

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Somethingvague · 15/09/2020 19:17

Zachary and Claudia

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LittleTiger007 · 16/09/2020 16:40

There are so many lovely biblical boys names that aren’t too common: Jonah, Reuben, Malakai (Mally, Kai) Gabriel, Raphael (Raff, Raffy), Elijah (Eli), Asher, Caleb, Thaddeus, Tobias, Toby, Zachary, Lucas, Nathaniel (Nate), Phineas (Finn), etc...

Girls the only biblical ones I like are Shiloh, Grace, Phoebe, Naomi & Jemima.

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LittleTiger007 · 16/09/2020 16:48

Malachi even. Oops.

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GreenJellyBean · 16/09/2020 16:53

Not biblical but Amora is unusual and gorgeous for a girl, heard this the other day Smile

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LunaNorth · 16/09/2020 16:56

We call our Elliot ‘Ells’.

You say you love Atticus and Ezekiel. Use them! They’re not that out there! Atticus in particular is gorgeous.

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