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VMumToBe's baby name shortlist

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VMumToBe · 03/04/2010 22:23

Here's the shortlist of baby names I'm considering that I generated with Mumsnet's Baby Name Finder. Let me know what you think.

Boys
Alec
Barnaby
Gavin
Gregory
Patrick
Stuart

Girls
Emily
Freda
Hannah
Alec0
Alec1
Alec2
Alec3

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VMumToBe · 03/04/2010 22:26

...and now I will actually write the list properly as the software seems to have gone kaput!! Would llove to hear your thoughts please!

Boys
Alec
Barnaby
Gavin
Gregory
Patrick
Stuart

Girls
Emily
Freda
Hannah
Holly
Imogen
Lucinda
Rosanna

  • would also like to say as someone with a really unusual first name please noone name your child anything too exotic, they will spend a lifetime spelling and repeating it to people!!
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iamwhatiamwhatiam · 03/04/2010 22:29

Alec - prefer Alex
Barnaby - don't really like it
Gavin - don't really like it
Gregory - hate it
Patrick - it's ok
Stuart - quite like it actually

Girls
Emily - lovely, everyone will say it's popular but I love it
Freda - prefer Freya
Hannah - nice
Holly - love this
Imogen - nice
Lucinda - really love this
Rosanna - don't like it

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VMumToBe · 03/04/2010 22:43

Thank you for your thoughts iam - tis tough this name game!! Holly is a clear favourite and myself and dh are both convinced we are having a girl...but will always need a boy back up just in case!

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janeite · 03/04/2010 22:48

I love Barnaby and Gregory and Emily.

lifeas3plus1 · 03/04/2010 22:54

I love Alec or Alex.

Freda and Holly are the best from the girls list.

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VMumToBe · 03/04/2010 22:59

Thank you both - I am glad there is more than one option from each of the lists from everyone's comments so far - phew! Off to take belly to bed now (oh yes, and the husband!)

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piscesmoon · 03/04/2010 23:14

Stuart and Hannah -but all OK but please, please NOT Freda. I know an old lady who has hated it all her life. At the age of 5 she tried to pretend on starting school that it was something else! She still hates it now.A dire name.(Like Elsie, Ethel, Mildred, Muriel and Hilda-they should never make a come back!)

janeite · 03/04/2010 23:16

Really, really dislike Gavin and Lucinda, sorry.

piscesmoon · 03/04/2010 23:19

Having said OK- I dislike Gavin and Lucinda too! Lucy is nice.

jabberwocky · 04/04/2010 02:15

Boys
I like Alec, Patrick and Stuart

Girls
I like Emily, Hannah,Lucinda and Rosanna

twosofar · 04/04/2010 07:44

Boys
Alec - very middle aged, reminds me of Malcolm
Barnaby - bit twee, esp if he turns out a bin man or a rugby player
Gavin - bit 70's /80's
Gregory - dislike
Patrick - love this, know a Patrick with Patch as a nickname
Stuart - again a bit 70's/80's

Girls
Emily - boring but nice
Freda - ooh love this
Hannah - boring but nice
Holly - boring, not nice
Imogen - pretty
Lucinda - pretty
Rosanna - very pretty and love Rose/Rosie as a nn

So Patrick, Freda or Rosanna for me!

WilloughbyWallaby · 04/04/2010 09:11

Love Imogan, really wanted it for DD but DH vetoed totally. Apparently Shakespeare made it up!

Not a fan of any of the boys names, and not especially keen on Freda, Lucinda or Rosanna.

Emily, Hannah, Holly and Imogen are all lovely but I'd start from scratch from the boys, TBH. When DH and I were chosing names we came across a book of names from 1913 and chose from that. Obv, there were lots of granny names like piscesmoon says, but there were also loads of really great, unusual names.

Hassled · 04/04/2010 09:13

Patrick or Alex and Freda or Rosanna.

notsochickchickchicken · 04/04/2010 09:24

I really like Gregory and Greg.

I love Imogen and Hannah.

Not keen on any of the others.

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VMumToBe · 04/04/2010 11:51

Wow guys what a great load of opinions - thank you very much for your input.

Especially love the idea of the 1913 book WW - do you still have it and if so could you tell me title / author etc? Would love to track it down.

You're right that the boy's list isn't as strong as the girl's - maybe that's because we are convinced that we are going to have a little lady!!

Would love some name suggestions on the boy front though - as you can see from the above we are on the more classic side of names and definitely something that is quite easy to pronounce - look forward to hearing from you!

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janeite · 04/04/2010 14:02

Boys' names that you might like:

Tobias
Thaddeus
Benedict
Gabriel
Vincent
Laurence

henry37 · 04/04/2010 19:57

Holly and Alex are lovely.

bubbles12 · 04/04/2010 20:08

Love the names Hannah and Emily. Alec is my favourite boys name from your list.
Gavin just reminds me of Gavin and Stacey! Think the programme is hilarious so cant work out if that is a good or bad thing!!

foxyD · 04/04/2010 20:21

Like Patrick and Hannah. Really not keen on Gavin or Gregory, others OK.

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VMumToBe · 05/04/2010 18:23

I love Tobias janeite but dh has a cousin he doesn't get on with of that name - isn't it funnny how people colour choice!
Hadn't thought of G&S bubbles v good point!!!

Thanks for your thoughts all x

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