Baby 4 - thoughts please

[telllaura]

Currently keeping baby 4 a secret after two long years of recurrent loss, but need to do something to get excited ahead of my 20 week scan in 2 weeks.

We both work in education so want to avoid popular names and will have odd associations with otherwise lovely names. Tend to go for Hebrew/Germanic names. Some obvious ones I’ve used for my big boys.

Girl forerunner: Noa Violet - Violet a family name
Boy forerunner: Herbie (but Herbert, also a family name) Jack (family name too!!)

Any suggestions or thoughts welcomed!

I prefer Noah with an H but that’s probably because the couple of girl Noahs I know are spelled that way. Violet is nice.
Love Herbert nn Herbie. And it goes well with Jack. It’s probably an old fashioned way of thinking but I consider Jack a nickname for John rather than a name in its own right. Just as Harry is a nickname for Harold or Henry. Or Ted is for Edward or Theodore.

Very old fashioned given my 84yo grandfather is Jack and was registered Jack, not John 😂

Love Violet & Jack. Not keen on Noa. Herbie as a nn is Herbert is nice.

congratulations on your pregnancy!

Noa Violet is beautiful.

I'm not keen on Herbert, but how about
Vincent
Stanley
Walter
Quentin

I love Violet and Jack, not keen on Herbert and Noa. I once knew male Noa - it was variation of Noah in his language. Also, it's name that became used very recently... I feel like there's not much adult woman Noas, as there's babies Noa.
Herbert seems too old, but I like Herbie...

other ideas:
Nimue
Kaia
Cordelia
Winifred
Melusine
Dorothea

Hero
Hebe
Hermes
Nestor
Ludwig
Jasper
Marco
Jory

Thanks all!

The Jack who the family name is for died last year at 96, so happy that it is traditional enough.

Noa, with that spelling, is an Old Testament name, so also very traditional and for a woman.

Some nice suggestions, but nothing knocking off the top spots. Names I have gone for previously are Isaac, Nancy and Otto, if that helps.

I like Noa Violet.

I also like Herbie Jack, but am not a massive fan of Herbert. However, I do like a longer name on the BC (I'm one of those people) so would probably use Herbert. I just like a formal option.

Other options;

Boys;

Francis
Wilfred
Jasper
Gabriel

Girls;

Esther
Miriam
Rebecca
Verity

Noa is definitely 100% a girl's name!

I know several women Noa.

Felicity
Harriet

I love Noa, it’s so pretty. Would it be an issue as you already have an N name in the family as things like post might get muddled. If that’s not an issue though definitely go for that.

Herbert/Herbie isn’t to my taste but it’s not unpleasant

Dislike Noa. There are so many male Noahs at the moment I don't know why you'd want to throw a female Noa into the mix.
Violet - nice but getting popular as a first name. Good as a middle.

Herbie - not my taste but original at least.
Jack - too popular as a first name but a nice middle name.

Ruth
Lydia
Esther

Since you also like Otto, I just mention that my grandson is named Otis. I love his name! It's derived from Otto but he's named after the great Otis Redding , you know, "Sitting on the dock of the bay....🎶🎵"

I love the second names that are special.
Herbert Jack sounds good.
I also love Hubert Jack- Hugh or Bertie
Noa Violet is sweet.
Other ..
Clemency Violet
Natalie Violet
Chloe Violet
Zoa Violet
Abbey Violet

Noa is lovely but I really don't think any child would thank you for Herbert!

What about:
Hugh
Laurence
Hugo
Levi
Tobias
Magnus
Andreas

Jack and Violet are lovely
Noa and Herbie awful 😖

Love both. What lovely choices.

Noa Violet is gorgeous! I love it!

On the other hand, while Herbie is cute... Herbert (with all respect to your family) ...I hate it so much lol

Other ideas you may like:

Annika Violet
Meg Violet
Kezia Violet
Talia Violet
Belle Violet
Eden Elizabeth
Davina Dov
Shay Cassidy
Natalie Noa
Alina Herbie (would be a pretty cute story actually haha)
Josephine Jack nn Josie, JJ, Josie J lol

Zane Herbert
Davis Herbert
Neil Herbert
Lance Herbert
Ethan Jack
Bellamy Jack
Jesse Jack
Dorian Jack nn Rory
Aaron Herbie
Flynn Herbie
Asa Matthew
Camden Isaac
Kieran Noah
Alexander Gideon
Sander Jordan nn Andy if he likes
Elliot Micah

Noa Violet is beautiful, what a lovely choice!
If you like Noa, you may also like Zoe or Nora.

Herbert Jack also lovely, though I much prefer Bertie to Herbie it that's just personal preference. Alternatives - Albert or Noah.

Noa is beautiful with a very rich history.

Would it be prudent to propose an additional appellation, perhaps Louisa or Aviva, to complement the given name?

I don’t like Noa. I’ve only ever heard it for a boy.
Herbie is ok, reminds me of the car though.
Jack is fine but quite common if you don’t mind that.

Keziah/Kizzy
Rachel
Esther

Thinking Jewish Germanic, I really like Judith nn Jude or Judi.

Abraham (Abe or Bram)
Solomon
Saul
Maccabee
Edmund
Kit
Augustus nn Gus

We had Otto on our possible list, and also Rollo! Could be an issue with puppy fat though!