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Which would you choose from our final Top 2?

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MamaLoLo1 · 20/12/2025 22:01

Baby is nearly here and we don't know if it's a boy or a girl. This is our third. Our older two don't have any kind of theme in their names and neither name is in the Top 100 for the UK - not that that's a requirement this time!

Our top choice for a girl are Nancy and Celeste.

For a boy, it's Rudy and Lucien.

What are your thoughts? Which would you choose?

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Threesmycrowd · 20/12/2025 22:02

Nancy and Rudy. Congratulations!

whyyyyyisitmonddayy · 20/12/2025 22:02

Oh gosh
neither for the boy. Nancy is tolerable.

HomeStress · 20/12/2025 22:02

Lucien and Celeste. I love those.

Babynamehelp8 · 20/12/2025 22:03

Rudy and Nancy

Ikeameatballs · 20/12/2025 22:03

Nancy and Rudy

DirtyGertiefromno30 · 20/12/2025 22:03

None of them tbh

hakunamatata20 · 20/12/2025 22:04

Celeste and Rudy ❤️

IceyBisBack · 20/12/2025 22:06

Rudy & Nancy

DarkEyedSailor · 20/12/2025 22:06

Lucien and Celeste.

ReturnToRiding · 20/12/2025 22:10

Celeste and Rudy

Roleonspring · 20/12/2025 22:11

Nancy is lovely.
At a push Rudy.

Moreteaandchocolate · 20/12/2025 22:12

Nancy and Lucien.

SwedishEdith · 20/12/2025 22:12

Celeste and either of the boy's names.

Alpacajigsaw · 20/12/2025 22:13

I like Celeste but don’t like either boys name

LighthouseLED · 20/12/2025 22:15

Nancy for a girl.

Rudy & Lucien both have unfortunate associations for me, so I can’t choose which is preferable.

CheeseWisely · 20/12/2025 22:17

Nancy for a girl. Rudy I’ve only ever heard as a name in the Cosby show so I associate it with a girl, Lucien just reminds me of someone I knew that was such a raging dickhead we called him Lucifer. Probably not helpful.

CardigansOfTheGalaxy · 20/12/2025 22:17

Isn’t Celeste a contraception brand?

MamaLoLo1 · 20/12/2025 22:23

Well this is a split reaction 😆

I've never met anyone with these names or really know of any famous ones. Nancy from Stranger Things is all I can think of. I hadn't thought of Lucifer being similar to Lucien, I love saying the name aloud

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tinyspiny · 20/12/2025 22:26

Not keen on any , if pushed Celeste and Lucien but along the same lines I’d go for Esther and Julian .

IggyAce · 20/12/2025 22:27

Love Lucien, plus you can’t really call a Christmas baby Rudy because Rudolph springs to mind and kids can be cruel.
Celeste is my favourite of the girls name.

GG300 · 20/12/2025 22:28

Rudy and Celeste!

Bournetilly · 20/12/2025 22:29

Lucien, I don’t like either of the girls names.

Giraffehaver · 20/12/2025 22:31

Nancy and Rudy

RudolphRNR · 20/12/2025 22:31

Nancy and Lucien

Nancy is cute, Celeste not to my taste but it’s a perfectly reasonable choice.

Rudy, I just hear as someone being called rude! Or maybe a nickname for Rudolph, which is unfortunate timing if your baby is imminent. Lucien is beautiful.

jackstini · 20/12/2025 22:34

None of them are awful, but not what I would choose - however, I think it really depends on your associations!

Celeste - Marie Celeste = abandoned weirdly
Nancy - abused girlfriend of Bill Sykes in Oliver
Rudy - can’t not hear ‘rude’
Lucien - keep thinking Lucius = devil