HELP WITH NAMES - Due in 5 weeks

[BWilliams95]

Hi All,

Due first baby in 5 weeks and the pressure is getting real lol.

Last name is Williams, we don't know the gender.

Thoughts on some names we have below and if they go with last name etc

Boys (open to middle name suggestions)

Ralph
Kit
Navy
Isaac
Jude
Elijah
Sonny

Girls (thinking of Jane as middle name, family name)

Rosie
Dulcie
Dottie
Goldie

Thanks all! :)

I think the longer boys’ names go better with your surname (although I love Jude!). I like all of them except Navy.

I’m personally not so keen on your girls’ names but they go well with your surname. From your list I prefer Rosie and Dulcie — the others sound more like nicknames to me.

Isaac and Jude are nice.
Navy is awful - is this a name?
Ralph makes me think of Forever by Judy Blume. 😂

Rosie and Dulcie are both very pretty.
Dottie and Goldie sound like names of pets to me - in fact, I’ve had chickens called both.

Apart from Rosie I’m personally not a fan of the other girls names their too cutesy which is fine when they are little.

Ralph- like it
Kit-meh
Navy- a colour
Isaac- love it
Jude- love it
Elijah-my favourite and goes well with your last name - Elijah Jude Williams
Sonny- nope

why not Jane as a first name- it’s my favourite
Rosie- like it
Dulcie- nope
Dottie- nickname so nope
Goldie- sounds like a dogs name

That has made me laugh! Rosie and Dulcie and for sure the front runners 😂

I much prefer your boys list, although personally I'd give Navy a very wide birth.

Kit, Isaac and Jude are my favourites.

Dulcie is the only one I like from your girls list, although it doesn't usually go down very well on here. Rose nn Rosie is ok, but I personally can't get on board with Rosie as a given name.

Navy and Goldie aren't great - there are much nicer colour names if that's appealing to you. Navy is especially strange.

The others are all fine, Elijah and Isaac are my favourite of the boys and Rosie for a girl.

I actually like Navy but agree Elijah Jude is really nice together and that’s what I’d go with, love both these names.
None of the girls names would be any I’d use but still lovely names, I would go with Rosie or Dottie. I prefer Hattie which is similar sort of style.

Boys

Love - Isaac
Like - Jude, Elijah
Ok - Kit, Ralph
Not keen - Sonny, Navy

Girls

Love - Rosie
Ok - Dulcie
Dislike - Dottie, Goldie

You aren’t seriously proposing to call your children navy, sonny or Goldie are you?

If I was you I’d decide whether I preferred Navy or Goldie, as you can’t have siblings Navy & Goldie (colours) surely.
I once had to say the same to someone who was considering both Martha and Arthur (rhymes) 😆.
Although I also know a family with a Henry and a Harriet, which are essentially the same name, so some people don’t care about those things I guess.

In my opinion:
Ralph - bit boring, some people will insist it’s ‘Rafe’, others ‘Ralph’
Kit - nice
Navy - not for me
Isaac - boring
Jude - quite popular round here but makes me think of Judith
Elijah - meh
Sonny - bit tryhard

Rosie - boring
Dulcie - nice
Dottie - cool
Goldie - perfect

My mother was a primary school teacher and still feels guilty about the time she rigged the competition to name the class hamster because she couldn’t face having yet another hamster called Goldie 😀

Ralph - middle name Vaughan? no
Kit - no
Navy - absolutely not
Isaac - ok
Jude - not keen
Elijah - not keen
Sonny - no

Jane as middle name - a filler middle name for those of us over 45 years of age
Rosie - fine
Dulcie- dreadful
Dottie - Dot is good
Goldie - no

Could you use Jane as a first name?

My favourite of your boy's names is Isaac but I can't unsee 'i suck willy'. Sorry.

I like Ralph and Rosie

Isaac is indeed teased with I Suck, and having Williams as a surname only invites more teasing!

I like kit, and Dottie (though prefer Christopher and Dorothy as longer versions with the nn)

kit alexander
kit sebastian
kit oliver
kit apollo
kit harrison
kit barnaby
kit elias

dottie juliet
dottie marigold
dottie beatrix
dottie matilda
dottie violet
dottie eloise
dottie pearl
dottie eliza
dottie mabel

Congratulations! I’m rubbish at thinking up similar names so I’ll just rate the ones you like.

Ralph- not a fan
Kit- I like it
Navy- hate, sorry
Isaac- Like
Jude- love!
Elijah- like
Sonny- wouldn’t be a name I would choose but I actually really like it

Girls (thinking of Jane as middle name, family name)
Rosie- love!
Dulcie- don’t like at all, sorry
Dottie- love!
Goldie- I hate it. I think it’s because I had a bird called Goldie as a child though so feels like a bird’s name to me

My choices would be.

Isaac Charles Williams
Ralph Michael Williams
Rosemary or Rosie Jane Williams
Dulcie Jane Williams

Boys second name options ..
Hanry. Alexander, Patrick, Charles, Michael, family names ..

Isaac and Elijah are very nice - I personally prefer Isaac as it feels slightly more classic to me but both are good picks. Sorry not keen on your other boys choices as I don’t like trendy names like Jude, Sonny or Kit (they will likely date), Ralph always reminds me of vomiting, and Navy sounds silly to me (although I admit I do really love Kit as a nn for Christopher).

I’m afraid I also dislike your girls choices as they feel like pets names to me, apart from maybe Rosie (which can be shortened to Rose as an adult if she wants something more elegant sounding imo) - so that would be my pick of those.

Babies called Navy in England & Wales since 1996
It is a name apparently, but seems very new, and unisex.
Is there a reason why it came into use?

Ralph - not keen. Some people also seem to want to pronounce it Rafe which is weird.
Kit - like it as a nn for Christopher. Not sure about it as a standalone.
Navy - I have never heard this used as a name. But I have heard several other colours and shades so I guess there's no reason why not. I'm not that keen on it thogh.
Isaac- really like it
Jude - like it
Elijah - really like it
Sonny - like it. It seems a bit nicknamey but I don't know what the long version would be.

Rosie - really like it. I might be tempted to put Rosanna, Rosalie or Rosemary on the birth certificate but Rosie is very cute and pretty as a standalone too.
Dulcie - really like it. Cute but also a bit quirky.
Dottie - like it as a nickname for Dorothy but don't really like Dorothy. I don't think Dottie on its own is really a name though.
Goldie - I have heard this as a name but only from the 1920s/30s. It's cute though, I quite like it. Probably a bit nicknamey.

I actually think pretty much anything goes with Williams.

Wow! It’s a good job this was spotted..!

That's what we're here for, @JillyGiraffe . Most threads focus on first names or first and middle names, but IRL it's Firstname Surname and initials that matter.
And regardless of the posters who say children don't make fun of names, I don't think they'd not notice something like Isaac Cox, Thomas Watt or Ewan Kerr.

Boys (open to middle name suggestions)
Ralph Wreck It
Kit Kat
Navy GOD NO
Isaac i suck a willy
Jude its ok
Elijah basic but nice
Sonny chavy
i would have Reid Williams

Girls (thinking of Jane as middle name, family name)
Rosie sweet Rosie
Dulcie coffee machine
Dottie not keen
Goldie golden retriever

I dislike the boy names Ralph and Navy. Rosie is the only girl name that doesn’t sound like a pet name.

Kit, Isaac, Rosie, and Goldie are my favourites.