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3 syllable names - please help

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Amanda78 · 04/11/2008 20:31

I am due in just over a week and can not decide on names. We do not know what we are having so need help on both boys and girls names please!

I already have DD - Annabelle.

Ideally I would like a name with 3 syllables (hence the use of Annabelle for dd) as our surname is short.

Boys and girls suggestions please.
At the moment I like Eloise for a girl and Matthew Thomas for a boy - I know Matthew is only 2 syllables!!! Really not keen on Sebastian, Christopher, Cameron or Alexander (no offence) and Jonathan is OK.
We do have an Irish connection but then also looking for something that works with Annabelle i.e something traditional.

Any help, much appreciated.

Thanks

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ketal · 05/11/2008 14:11

My DD1 is Eloise and my DD2 was going to be Annabel all the way through my pregnancy (I think the two names go really well together!) But someone pointed out that Annabel really didn't go with our surname... so that was the end of that one. Love the name though and think they go really well together - both have french roots, from the same era and both have quite a history to them, without being too boring! HTH

ketal · 05/11/2008 14:13

P.S. DD2 was going to be Annabel Sophia, but ended up Katherine Susannah - don't know if any of those help! (We also have the short surname problem, hence our quite longish names!)

Liffey · 05/11/2008 14:51

Paloma
Octavia

smartiejake · 05/11/2008 15:02

Nicolette
Eleanor
Melinda
Melanie
Natalie
Sophia
Sabeira
Alanya

Nicholas
Dominic
Oliver
Mackenzie
Macauley
Elliot

jeanjeannie · 05/11/2008 16:14

Natasha
Verity
Alistair

mrsmortenharket · 05/11/2008 16:19

francesca

KatieMorag · 05/11/2008 18:39

oh Verity is lovely

hard to shorten too

Claire236 · 05/11/2008 20:45

Briony
Rhiannon
Emily
Jemima
Jacqueline

fin42 · 05/11/2008 21:49

Naomi

firststeps · 05/11/2008 21:58

Christina
Emilia/Amelia
Olivia

loler · 05/11/2008 22:06

Romilly
Josephine

Ptolemy (never come across this name before a Tolly started at dds school)
William
Oliver

There aren't many long boys names are there?

girlandboy · 05/11/2008 22:13

My name has 3 syllables but doesn't ever appear on peoples suggestions

I obviously have a really out-dated name that is no longer fashionable

Liffey · 06/11/2008 13:29

Vanessa?

Melissa?

BlueChampagne · 06/11/2008 14:57

Belinda

girlandboy · 06/11/2008 15:46

Are these guesses at my name? Or suggestions for the op?

scorpio1 · 06/11/2008 15:48

One of dd's names is Jessamy

mrswoolf · 06/11/2008 16:51

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nailpolish · 06/11/2008 16:58

Natalie
Natasha
Lucinda
Tamara
Samantha
Constance
Matilda
Deborah
Katherine
Caroline

CountessDracula · 06/11/2008 16:59

Constance???
That is 2 shurely

Bubbaluv · 06/11/2008 17:04

Ramona
Sybilla
Katrina/ Catriona
Marisa (pronounced Mar ee sa)
Marissa
Camilla

Boys are too hard.

nailpolish · 06/11/2008 17:04

hmm yes i think you are right CD

Bubbaluv · 06/11/2008 17:04

Oh, Alistair.

nailpolish · 06/11/2008 17:05

Christopher
Nicholas

boys are difficult i agree

purplejeans · 06/11/2008 17:10

Found this website with Irish names for boys and girls. Though it might be helpful.
Fiona

purplejeans · 06/11/2008 17:13

so sorry, forgot to put the website address in,here it is:

www.babynamesofireland.com/index.htmlhe