just want to know what u all think!

[ellenjames]

hi am pregnant with dc 3 and just wanted to know what u think to our name choices! For a boy we can only agree on rafe alexander, and for a girl i like naomi, Angeline or sadie ( no middle name yet!) Any input much appreciated. Already have a phoebe and henry.

Don't like Rafe or Angeline at all.

All good!

Sadie is lovely!
Like your boys choice too!

Sadie is nice - Alexander too - Rafe sounds a bit pretentious. (Phoebe & Henry are lovely)

I'm not mad about Angeline, altho it is pretty, I would think of Angelina Jolie. all the rest lovely.

Angelica?

Isn't rafe that word that means part of a penis?

Sorry

And it's spelt Ralph when it's a name i think?

Rafe isn't spelt like that - it is Ralph

I like Alexander a lot and prefer Sadie to Angeline

dh isnt keen on how rafe 'looks' but have checked and it is spelt like that. Don't know bout the penis thing, think will check first! Rafe is the only name we can agree on though! I also like Alexander Jude but dh not so keen. Naomi or Sadie are my faves for a girl, that he likes as well! My daughter really wants sadie, but thats cause she has a sadie in her nursery class! Personally i think dh is being rather hopeful in him getting a say I like claudia, but he hates that, Elizabeth but he's not to keen and Alexandria for a girl. I really like thomasina for a girl and he just laughed and walked off!

I like Sadie, love Claudia too.

Jude is a great name. It was my maiden name and is DS2's middle name

To the best of my (limited) knowledge, the name spelt r-a-l-p-h can be pronounced as ralf or rafe. I suspect that the spelling r-a-f-e has just been made up to fit the pronunciation (like Emilee).

Of all the names you mention, I think Naomi and Alexandra (not so much Alexandria) are the best matches with your other children's names.

what about Rafferty ?

Not sure if Rafe is part of a penis, but Ralph was definitely the name of the penis in Judy Blume's Forever. Anyone of my generation may well snigger inwardly at anyone called Ralph.

]]en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphe Here ya go]]

although pronounced differently to what I thought.

It can be spelt Rafe, you're right - the name I mean.

Here ya go
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My name is Angeline and I love it. It's unusual enough but not so unusual that no one knows how to spell it. And lots of lovely nns you can use - Angel, Ange, Angie (not keen on this one personally). My French teach used to call me ON-je-leen, which is very classy. Can you tell I am bias?

I always thought Ralph Fiennes was a tosser. Why couldn't he pronounce his name the way the rest of the world does - it's ralf isn't it?

Rafe and Sadie or Angeline are great names. I am not keen on Naomi.
I would not associate Rafe with a penis!

I adore Elizabeth too, and Thomasina is lovely

Sorry but I don't like Sadie, but I love the other girls' names. Sadie reminds me of that film with Jodie Foster where she gets raped.

I really like all of your choices.

Love Naomi.

Don't like Rafe (and it should be Ralph) or Sadie at all, sorry.

Angeline not to my taste but tis okay.

Cheers ladies just wanted an overall view of what people thought. I know that family will prob think Rafe is poncey! Will prob keep that one as secret and just announce it when its born if its a boy! still dont know bout girls name will have to keep thinking those ones over!

Rafe? how is that the same as Ralph?

Because Rafe the medieval pronunciation of the name Ralph