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15 replies

notalwaysalondoner · 18/05/2021 17:58

DH and I don't know what we're having, and have a long list of names. Would appreciate suggestions of names in a similar vein.

Girls
Athena
Aurora
Bronia
Bryony
Camilla
Cassia
Cordelia
Cressida
Electra
Evangeline
Felicity
Freya
Florence
Imogen
Leonie
Lydia
Miranda
Ophelia
Persephone
Saskia
Thea
Venetia
Verity

For middle names we like Dido a lot.

Boys
Bartholomew (Tolly)
Conrad
Felix
Fergus
Hugo
Isaac
Jasper
Jasper
Jocelyn
Jolyon
Jonty
Justin
Kit (Christopher)
Leighton
Leo
Marcus
Monty
Rory
Rudi
Rufus
Theodore
Tristan
Xander

Our surname is a common one syllable British name.

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Awwlookatmybabyspider · 18/05/2021 18:13

Leilani
Athena
Adalia
Octavia
Aurelia
Cecelia
Elspeth
Eunice
Marcella
Mariella
Bridget
Nyree
Vanessa
Claudia
Rosabelle
Trinity

Casper
Finbar
Cedric
Wilbur
Maurice
Toby
Christian

notalwaysalondoner · 18/05/2021 18:16

I like Octavia, Aurelia, Cecelia!

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Bumzoo · 18/05/2021 18:18

Not dido. Too much like dildo. She'll hate you for it.

Fivemoreminutes1 · 18/05/2021 18:25

Ottilie
Madeleine
Meredith
Emmeline
Cassandra
Adelaide
Beatrix
Pandora

Fivemoreminutes1 · 18/05/2021 18:26

Cassius
Caspian
Gideon
Milo
Finnegan
Jesse
Rafferty
Barnaby

TatianaBis · 18/05/2021 18:51

Girls

Dido wins hands down.
Artemis
Callisto
Hero/Hera

Boys

Hector
Alexander
Aurelius
Cassius
Orlando
Cosimo
Raphael
Gabriel
Lysander

MooseMoose · 18/05/2021 19:42

Ariadne
Daphne
Persephone
Cleo

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 18/05/2021 21:48

Antonia
Celia
Coralie
Helena
Jessamine
Josephine
Julia
Juliet
Larissa
Linnea
Lilia
Mireia
Nerissa
Rosalie
Rosalind
Rosamund
Sylvie
Thalia
Viola

Caius
Corin
Elias
Elio
Evander
Heath
Inigo
Ivo
Leander
Lucian
Macsen
Magnus
Maxim
Nathaniel
Orrin
Orion
Xavier

Chunkymenrock · 18/05/2021 21:52

Dido is horrendous! Dildo.

TatianaBis · 18/05/2021 23:06

Dido is great.

You can do something rude with most names if you’re desperate.

bubblebath62636 · 18/05/2021 23:17

Please not Dido!!

Violetlavenders · 18/05/2021 23:26

Clara

Quentin

TatianaBis · 18/05/2021 23:33

Ignore the twits OP, Dido is beautiful.

Of the others my favs are Electra, Venetia, Ophelia and Imogen.

JoveWhenHeSawMyFannysFace · 18/05/2021 23:37

I like Minerva, and Jocelyn from your list although I’d use it for a girl rather than a boy.

Lysander or Hector for a boy.

partyatthepalace · 19/05/2021 00:01

Rosaria
Leonora
Seraphina
Adela
Diana
Iona
Augusta
Sybilla
Claudia
Thora
Oona
Lois
Ines
Frances
Ismene
Selene
Ione (these last 3 all 3 syllable)
Marianne
Genevieve

Nothing wrong with Dido, ignore the loons

Cassian
Caspian
Josiah
Isambard
Barnabas
Abraham
Moses
Kester (Scottish form of Christopher)
Alistair
Guy
Blaise
Linus
Jonas
Jethro
Jerome

Jonty - it's a nn for John or Jonathan, not a full name, Leo, Monty and Xander ditto all nns
Jocelyn - it was male, then unisex, but now almost exclusively for girls in the English speaking world, I like it for a girl though, makes a nice change from Evelyn (also an ex-boys name)

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