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Still can't pick a name, need suggestions please.

39 replies

JustAnOrdinaryHuman · 04/05/2026 14:04

Baby will be here in less than a month & I'm still not 100% on our name choices. Don't know what we are having so need a boys name & girls name.

Boys names we like:

Wilfred
Wilbur
Frederick
Henry
Joseph
Edmund
Hugo
Humphrey

Girls names we like:

Penelope
Elspeth
Florence
Edith
Clementine
Elowen
Evelyn
Matilda

What other names might we like if we like these lists? Thanks

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Thewalrusandthecarpenter · 05/05/2026 14:07

Rufus
Miranda

IthinkIsawahairbrushbackthere · 05/05/2026 14:18

Alaric
Abner
Barnaby
Gideon
Gordon
Jonty (Diminutive of Jonathan)
Kester
Kit (Diminutive of Christopher)
Malakai

Clementine is my favourite girl's name
Hester
Isolde
Wren

As someone with 5 adult children who plays no part in the naming of my grandchildren I have far too many opinions!

Floppyearedlab · 05/05/2026 14:21

Boys names we like:
Wilfred - nice
Wilbur - no
Frederick - NO (you can guarantee he won’t be Frederick for long)
Henry - great
Joseph - great
Edmund - do you want the poor kid to be bullied?
Hugo - no
Humphrey - only the guy from Beyond Paradise can pull this off

Girls names we like:
Penelope - no
Elspeth - no
Florence- yes but not Florrie
Edith - lovely
Clementine - yes but not Clemmie
Elowen - no
Evelyn - nice
Matilda - yuck

others

Sebastian
Nathaniel
Felix
Nicholas

Camille
Elizabeth
Julia

JustAnOrdinaryHuman · 06/05/2026 14:00

Thanks for all the suggestions so far, some really nice ones on the lists.

@Floppyearedlab sorry if I wasn't clear, the names I've suggested we love, just not 100% sure, so not looking for people's opinions on them, not fussed whether other people like them, just wanted some more suggestions of a similar vibe. Thanks for the extra suggestions though.

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bridgetreilly · 07/05/2026 01:16

Richard
Edgar
Hereward

Winifred
Dorothea
Rosalind

mathanxiety · 07/05/2026 03:50

I love Joseph, Edmund, Elspeth, and Clementine.

Henry and Elowen are lovely too.

Suggestions:
Ivo
Clement
Ambrose
Patrick

Merryn
Harriet
Emmeline
Lara

garlictwist · 07/05/2026 04:40

Not Humphrey!

NamingNoNames · 07/05/2026 09:55

i like Humphrey. It's distinguished and a bit different.

Humphrey Bogart, Sir Humphrey Appleby, Humphrey Lyttleton.

bridgetreilly · 07/05/2026 10:19

Humphrey is lovely. All squashy and silly and fun.

Crew20 · 07/05/2026 10:45

I think you’ve got all my DC names and middle names either on your list or suggested by others!

in addition:
Alice
Marianne/a
Jemima
Olivia

Charles
Jude
Inigo
Ivo

Eenameenadeeka · 09/05/2026 09:03

I love Wilbur so much. I vote for Wilbur.
Or Florence, if it's a girl. You've got lovely names on your list! I'd just look at baby when they arrive and see which one they suit.

user1492757084 · 10/05/2026 15:21

Elowen
Matilda
Bridget

Henry
Edmund
Stewart

Brownbear8 · 11/05/2026 19:49

Alternative suggestions;

Cedric
Walter
Theodore

Sybil
Agnes

Ottilie

Out of interest if you choose Elowen will you be using the traditional Cornish pronunciation or the more popularised pronunciation? If the latter I prefer Elowyn as a spelling.

HighburyHope · 14/05/2026 17:30

How about:

Guy, Jonas, Laurence

Eloise, Honor, Martha

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