I'm NOT pregnant, so tell me what you think of these before I am hormonal please.

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Boys:

Emmanuel (manu)
Jesse
Elmo
Alfred (alfred)
Barnabas

Girls:

Ana (our surname starts with a vowel though...)
Analia (as above)
Amelie (Milly)
Edie
Jane
Mathilda (Tilly)
Poppy

Any other sugestions along these lines?

mmanuel (manu) NO
Jesse NO
Elmo NO
Alfred (alfred) NO
Barnabas NO

Girls:

Ana (our surname starts with a vowel though...) YES
Analia (as above) NO - starts with anal
Amelie (Milly) - like it
Edie - McCredie
Jane - yes
Mathilda (Tilly) - yes
Poppy - bit twee

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Not Elmo, sorry he's a shaggy red muppet.
And I prefer matilda without the 'h'.

And manu would make me think you named him after the team.

...lucky I am not hormonal mama G!

Elmo is an old name, the muppet stole it!
See what you mean re 'analia'. shame though, its so pretty (spanish name)

Manu is 'Manoo', not 'man-you'

maybe I should avoid baby names threads!

no its fine, I did aSK! What do you like then?

Emmanuel - love it, but are you religious? it has incredibly Christian connotations for me.

Jesse NO
Elmo HELL NO
Alfred (alfred) NO
Barnabas HELL NO

Ana - Pretty
Analia - no, looks like 'anal' when written down
Amelie (Milly) - nice, but incredibly common (that's not necessarily a problem, just as long as you're aware
Edie - sweet, but hate the name Edith
Jane - NO NO NOOOO
Mathilda (Tilly) - same as Amelia/Milly
Poppy YUK

I ahve to say, for boys names I'm very boring

Harry
Joe/Joseph
Jacob
Sebastian

etc

I didlike SOME of the girls names! If I have another DS, he will be Harry

Emmanuel (manu) - like Manu Chao? - bit exotic
Jesse - NO
Elmo - NO!!!
Alfred (alfred) - No
Barnabas - NO!!

So none of them, I'm afraid

Girls:

Ana (our surname starts with a vowel though...) - OK
Analia (as above) - OK
Amelie (Milly)- Yes (but not Millie)
Edie - YES
Jane - YES
Mathilda (Tilly)- NO
Poppy - Agree, very twee

Boys:

Emmanuel (manu) - yes like this - my SIL's DH's name
Jesse - not sure
Elmo - too cartoony
Alfred (alfred) - bit old
Barnabas - like that - but shortened to Barny/

Girls:

Ana (our surname starts with a vowel though...)
Analia (as above)
Amelie (Milly)
Edie
Jane
Mathilda (Tilly)
Poppy

Not sure on Edie - but the others are all ok

I like Jesse & Ana

Emmanuel - why not, has a nice ring to it
Jesse - not so keen
Elmo - makes me think of sesame street
Alfred (alfred) - nice
Barnabas - no

Ana - nice
Analia - love it
Amelie - nice
Edie - very nice
Jane - why not, can't be that many babies called Jane around these days!!
Mathilda (Tilly) - no
Poppy - no

Like Amelia, Millie.

DD due in 10 weeks is going to be a Millie. (she will be registered Millie too)

Boys:

Emmanuel (manu) - Like it but not sure it works in England as well as in France and there are footballer connotations so could be considered a bit chavvy?
Jesse - Yes, like it
Elmo - NO NO NO NO
Alfred (alfred) - not sure, Freddie is a cute nickname though
Barnabas - prefer Barnaby

Girls:

Ana - Yes but would spell it Anna. Depends which vowel your name starts with
Analia (as above) - No agree re Anal
Amelie (Milly) - Gorgeous, love it
Edie - not sure
Jane - No
Mathilda (Tilly) - again, gorgeous, love it
Poppy - Nice for a small girl but not for a grown up

Not sure on Edie - but the others are all ok

oops, clearly c&p from FAQ! At least we agree on Edie

Emmanuel (manu) - no
Jesse - love it, was on my shortlist for this lo
Elmo - no way
Alfred (alfred) - cute, but will be alfie and there are lots of them around now
Barnabas - like that - but shortened to Barnie

Girls:

Ana (our surname starts with a vowel though...) ok
Analia - no because of the 'anal'
Amelie (Milly) - lovely
Edie - no
Jane - no
Mathilda (Tilly) - lovely, prefer without the h
Poppy - cute, ok

I'm going to swim against the tide, I LOVE Elmo!!!! It's cute (might not be so good when little one get's above about 5!) but it's connection to the muppets is just too strong for me to actually go with it, but I do love it!!!!

just realised my Alfred (alfred) mistake, was meant to say (alfie).

glad someone likes elmo! I'm not sure we'd ever do it, but I do love it

thoughts on Jonah?

(and yes, someone asked if I'm religious - I'm a Christian. Emmanuel mean 'God with us' )

Emmanuel (manu) No
Jesse No (it is a slang term for someone who is gay round with us)
Elmo (red thing on TV)
Alfred (alfred) No, little old man name
Barnabas OK at an absolute push, but there are nicer names IMHO

Ana (our surname starts with a vowel though...) No, I dislike odd spellings of name
Analia (as above) Teachers will miss spell it and yuo will spend hours on MN compaining, save yourself the hassle, no
Amelie (Milly) No
Edie No
Jane No (plain)
Mathilda (Tilly) No
Poppy no,

Soz!

Manu fab
Jane fab

Ana is a normal variation of Anna isn't it? I thought Ana was the original (hebrew?) and Anna was anglo version.

thanks everyone...so glad I am doing this before being preggers again though!

If you are living in Israel, then I'm sure Ana would be fine. Use it in the UK and in 5 years I bet that you will be complaining that everyone spells the name wrong!

Jonah!

Love amelie (gorgeous film, amelia nice too) - & milly shortening, and Matilda (Tilly).
Not keen on Analia, Jane, poppy, jesse (my cat) or elmo, but everything else nice.
I've always thought Benedict (Ben) a really good alternative to benjamin (can't bear).

of your names I like Jesse, (but the child will get 'ooh, ya great Jessie' and 'ooooh that's postman pat's cat) but I think it's cool for a boy. I also like Alfred.

i also like Edie but as a shortening for Edith, I think that's a gorgeous name. Also like Matilda as Tilly and Matty are lovely.