Tessa and Thomas

[kmini]

Hello!

We have a Tess and Tom and are expecting DC3 shortly. I don't know whether its 3rd baby fatigue, but I just feel completely perplexed by what to call this next little one.

My preferred name for a boy is Kit (Christopher on BC - this requires a whole other post of using this on BC :)) - but DH just doesn't seem excited by it. DH quite likes two names for boys which two aunties have the female version of these names. I just feel like this is a bit meh and a shame to use a name already used in the family. Doesn't seem very special.

For a girl we both like Clara and kind of like Annabelle (but I can't really get excited by this). These are both fine, but I just can't get super excited by them.

So I would love your boy and girls names suggestions. General comments:

• No more T names :)
• I love that Tess is known but really uncommon. We much more open to an unusual girls names, but nothing too trendy or out there.
• I love that Tom is strong and classic but that you don't meet too many of them around surprisingly (well at least we've never had any in any of his classes).

Any help is very appreciated.

Gemma
Lara
Bethany
Stella

Jacob
Lucas
Daniel
Matthew
Peter
Michael

I should also say. Daniel, Michael, Jack, Samuel, Joseph, Louis and Benjamin/Benedict are all out unfortunately.

How old are ex you DC? Could they have some input? They may come up with things you hadn't thought of

6 and 3. DD has come up with Bella (which is sweet when she says it) - she is also in a rhyming phase - so Chella and Wella also came up!! DS has come up with some absolutely doozies!!

Nell
Fern
Hazel
Cerys

Max
Owen
Felix
Luke

I know you said no more T’s but I think Thea sounds lovely with Tess and Tom, it’s short like the other names and not an obvious link as it the Th sound rather than a hard T.

I really like Thea too @cbeebiesrehab - but almost everyone in my family would say Fea and not Thea. Not ideal!! :)

Stella
Nancy (cd be nn for Annabel)
Nell
Cleo
Zara
Jessie / Jessica
Meg / Margaret
Eliza/Elizabeth
Gwen/doline
Emmeline
Annabeth
Caroline
Robin
Mary
Kate (or Kitty) / Katherine
Sadie / Sarah
Susannah
Ellen
Josie / Josephine

I know you said no Ts but Tess, Tom and Tilda (Matilda nn Tilda) is nice

I like Clara also

Nat or Nate / Nathaniel
Jerome
Jethro
Laurie / Laurence
Gabe / Gabriel
Robbie / Robert
Joel
Miles / Milo
Jim / James (I just remembered when I was little we had lovely neighbours Tom and Jim)
Rufus
Frank / Franklin or Frances
Max
Kester (Scottish form of Christopher, you could use Kit as a nn)
Alistair
Patrick
Jonah
Guy
Hugo
Rafe
Zackary
Luke / Lucas
Elliot
Leon
Hector
Hal / Henry or Harold
Eli / Elijah

I like Kit, but it has a slighter feel than Tom and Tess

Erin was my first thought. Other thoughts:
Beth
Mara
Meg
Rosa
Lara
Kate
Emma
Ruth
Leah
Zara
Zoe
Sara

@partyatthepalace

Stella Nancy (cd be nn for Annabel) Nell Cleo Zara Jessie / Jessica Meg / Margaret Eliza/Elizabeth Gwen/doline Emmeline Annabeth Caroline Robin Mary Kate (or Kitty) / Katherine Sadie / Sarah Susannah Ellen Josie / Josephine

I know you said no Ts but Tess, Tom and Tilda (Matilda nn Tilda) is nice

I like Clara also

Nat or Nate / Nathaniel
Jerome
Jethro
Laurie / Laurence
Gabe / Gabriel
Robbie / Robert
Joel
Miles / Milo
Jim / James (I just remembered when I was little we had lovely neighbours Tom and Jim)
Rufus
Frank / Franklin or Frances
Max
Kester (Scottish form of Christopher, you could use Kit as a nn)
Alistair
Patrick
Jonah
Guy
Hugo
Rafe
Zackary
Luke / Lucas
Elliot
Leon
Hector
Hal / Henry or Harold
Eli / Elijah

I like Kit, but it has a slighter feel than Tom and Tess

I love the idea partyatthepalace had:

"I know you said no Ts but Tess, Tom and Tilda (Matilda nn Tilda) is nice"

So no T names and fairly classic style with potential nicknames like your other DC:

Rosalie/Rosanna (Rose)
Evelina/Evelyn (Eve)
Cordelia (Cora),
Marianne/Maria (May),
Marina (Mina)
Antonia (Nina/Anya)
Juliet (Etta?)
Lydia (Lydie)
Sylvia (Sylvie)
Helena/Eleanor (Nell)

Edward (Ed/Ned),
Henry (Hal),
James (Jem),
Charles (Cal),
Joseph (Joe),
Alexander (Lex/Xan),
Samuel (Sam),
Daniel (Dan),
Jacob (Jake,)
Nicholas (Nico/Cole),
Robert (Robin),

Oh that’s a shame @kmini! Although I think my family would have the same issue!

Martha
Laura
Flora
Effie
Lotte
Harriet
Susannah
Helen
Sara
Lilah
Dinah
Kate

Sam
Joel
Jake
Alexander
Alexis
Marcus
Patrick
Peter
Hugh
Robert
Fred

Thank you for all your replies. Still no light bulb moment, but food for thought nonetheless!

I love Tess

How about
Audrey
Lucy
Greta
Holly
Verity
Jemima

Boys: love Kit, I'd stick with that if not how about
Eric
Tristan
Ellis

Anya?

Tess, Tom and Toby (I know you said no T's but it flows well!)

Or

Tess, Tom and Rory
Tess, Tom and Lucas
Tess, Tom and Sebastian (Seb)
Tess, Tom and William (Bill/Billy)

Tess, Tom and Matilda
Tess, Tom and Eva
Tess, Tom and Nancy
Tess, Tom and Phoebe

Max
James

Lucy
Laura
Anna
Rowan

Leah
Faye
Hannah
Ria
Grace
Sophie
Claire
Alice

Ray
Leo
Acer
Saul
Adam
Rex
Isaac
Sam

I think Kit sounds nice with Tess and Tom because it still has the hard t sound, but at the end rather than the beginning. So how about:
Janet / Janette
Juliet
Annette
Bridget
Scarlett

Robert
Emmett
Rhett
Elliot
Stuart

Connie
Sadie
Nina
Lydia

Luke
Angus
Finlay
Oscar

Maeve
Astrid
Shona
Carrie
Nina

Zachary
Billy
Peter
Isaac
Jake

Faye
Rachel
Kate/Katie/Katherine
Victoria
But actually I really like Clara with your other names for a girl

Seth
Joel
Saul
Lucas
Alex/Alexander
Zachary
Oliver
Isaac
Hugo
Robert
Max
Nicholas
Elliott
William
Joshua
Jacob

I think you should go with a T name you obviously like them and that's why you are struggling. I'm always drawn to B names.

Tara
Tia
Tasmin
Tina
Tilly
Tabitha

My DD was going to be a Tess (but I can't stand Tess Daley - I know that is shallow and I don't have great memories of doing Far from the Madding Crowd in my GCSE!)

My DS's middle name is Tom so I think we are on a similar wavelength!

In the end we went with Esme

But other names on our list:
Violet
Isla
Iona
Thea
Cerys
Hono(u)r - this was DH's idea!!

Boys:
Kit
Euan
Ned
Ed