I’m only 18 and a bit weeks, but we really struggled deciding on said Lucy’s name, so i think it will take us (me) from now until full term to make our minds up!
We hadn’t found out if we were having a boy or a girl, so we had sort of shortlists for both, but then she didn’t seem to look like any of the girl names (she is strawberry blonde and they all seemed like dark haired girls!) so we decided on Lucy (which hadn’t been on the shortlist) in a hurry in the end when we were discharged from hospital, mainly because my parents were getting antsy about her not having a name after 3 days 🙄
I do like the name and it suits her, but really I would have liked to choose something very slightly more interesting, although still classic and not likely to date too much. I also feel like I now need to go for something super conventional for number 2 otherwise it’ll seem weird!
Our surname is a very common one but is 3 syllables, so I’m a bit wary of longer first names to avoid giving the poor child a mouthful to learn when they’re little.
I am probably going to find out the sex this time, but would love some ideas to be going on with. I’ll list some names I kind of like below, but I’m totally open to suggestions- I think part of the problem last time was the we didn’t really love any particular names, just liked quite a few. Also it seems like such a huge responsibility to name a child!
Felix
Hector (I know this is divisive, but my dads side of the family was Scottish and this was my grandpa’s name - I like it a lot but not sure I dare really use it!)
Angus (was Hector’s brother)
Hamish (an ex colleague used this as she thought it worked in the nursery and the boardroom, and I can see her point)
James
Henry
George (last three too boring?)
Annabel
Clementine
Beatrice
Clara
Sophie
Violet/Viola
Ivy
Ottilie (but possible silly nickname with our surname)
Margot (Lucy’s middle name is Margaret after my mum, so might be odd?)
Cecelia/Celia (patron saint of music, which is significant to me)
Constance
Nancy
Flora
Iris
Sylvie (almost used this last time but chickened out)
Eva
Philippa (Pippa)
Claudia