DC 4 on the way!

[Lovelyflower]

I already have 3 DS named
Barnaby James
Montgomery Jude
Benedict (Ned) Michael

Me and DP are struggling with names for our next DC (we don’t know the gender yet and will be keeping it as a surprise till birth)
We have a short list for both genders but we are not 100% on any of our boy names
(Loads of people have said how our dc names have a slightly pretentious feel about them and we do slightly agree to be honest but all the other children at our dc school have names similar like Cosmo and Jago)

boys:
Hugo
Titus
Alfred
Fraser (my favourite)

girls:
Margot
Xanthe
Belle

I like your boys names other than Titus. I think Sebastian would go well.

I agree with most of others about your girls names. My suggestions are
Harriet / Henrietta
Arabella
Hermione / Helena
Diana
Elouisa
Clara
Maud
Romilly

Hugo and Margot from your List.

Frieda
Daphne

Raymond
Alpheus
Francis

I don't think that your name options really 'go' with your current children's names (except Alfred which I don't love. It's a bit dull in comparison to your other children's names). I think you need something old and long with a nickname potential. Something like:

• Augustine/Augustus (nn Gus)
• Maximilian (nn Max)
• Cassian/Caspian/Cassius (nn Cass)
• Phinneas (nn Phin)
• Alexander (nn Xander)
• Nathaniel (nn Nate)
• Albert (nn Bertie)
• Laurence (nn Laurie)
• Wilfred (nn Wilf/Fred)
• Leopold (nn Leo)

Or for girls:

• Beatrice/Beatrix (nn Bea)
• Josephine (nn Josie/Posey/Effie)
• Jemima (nn Mimi/Minnie)
• Hermione (same nicknames as Jemima)
• Katherine (nn Kitty)
• Elizabeth (nn Betsy/Lizzie/Eliza etc)
• Seraphina (nn Sephy)
• Evangeline (nn Lena)
• Tabitha (nn Tabby/Tibby/Tiggy)
• Cecily/Cecilia (nn Cece)
• Winifred (nn Winnie)
• Susannah (nn Sukey)
• Constance (nn Connie)

I do like Margot, Hugo and Titus but I think they'd sound odd with your other children's names, as they have a different 'feel' and while that only matters for a short time, it still matters for a short time.

I don't like Fraser (like a pp said, it's got a 'downmarket' vibe in my hometown) and Xanthe is just a bit 'meh' to me. Belle is done to death and terribly dull now, especially next to your other children's more interesting names. I think I'd feel short changed to be a Belle.

Me and dp have been talking and he has got two new names that he wants to put on the list and they are Atticus and Lennox
i don’t know how well they fit with our other childrens names but I do love the idea of Lenny as a nickname for Lennox (Leonard wont work)