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Please suggest something sane for me!

32 replies

Moook · 12/04/2010 17:06

Name change as I haven't told my mn/real life friends I'm expecting yet. I know some of these names are a bit unusual. Please suggest something similar but more sane / tell me which ones I wouldn't be mad to use.

For a girl:
Adriana
Aemilia
Alicia
Amelia
Beatrice
Bryony
Cressida
Esme
Harriet
Hermione
Luciana
Lyra
Niamh
Rosalind
Rowena
Sienna

For a boy:

Hero
Hugo
Jake
Leo
Lewis
Lucas
Oliver
Oscar
Piers
Rupert
Tobias
Toby

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Ivykaty44 · 14/04/2010 20:47

cedric so sexy

janeite · 14/04/2010 20:47

Girls: Amelie - ok
Bryony - ok
Claudia - ok
Henriette - dislike
Juliet - lovely
Lily -ok
Madeline -lovely
Ophelia -bit much
Simone - dislike but like Simeon for a boy
Sylvie - like

Boys:
Atticus - like a lot
Cedric - ok
Felix - dislike
and suggested Lewis - ok

LadyCressida · 14/04/2010 23:38

I like lots of your girls names! You have similar taste to me (lots of shakespearean influences!)

Adriana - not convinced, sounds a bit too masculine
Aemilia - love it but they wouldn't thank you for always having to spell it
Alicia - like but not so much if it's pronounced ali-sha
Amelia - like but v popular
Beatrice -love. nn Bea is so sweet.
Bryony -love
Cressida - this is my name so obviously the best one!
Esme - okay
Harriet -like
Hermione - love
Luciana -okay
Lyra -okay
Niamh - prob would have to spell a lot
Rosalind - like (also like Rosaline)
Rowena -like
Sienna - bit trendy

For a boy:

Hero - girls name?
Hugo - nice
Jake - okay - better if short for Jacob
Leo -okay
Lewis -nice
Lucas - nice but trendy
Oliver - nice but popular
Oscar - okay
Piers - nice but a bit rah - depends what type of school they will go to! In general i think girls can pull of unusual names more easily.
Rupert - ditto.
Tobias okay
Toby -nice

bruffin · 14/04/2010 23:58

Would like Briony but not Bryony

GladioliBuckets · 17/04/2010 17:12

Would think girl for Hero (it's in Shakespeare folks!), boy for Hiro. I like both.

MartinlovesDebi · 17/04/2010 22:53

Yes, agree Hero is used in Shakespeare for a girl (one of his slightly wet ones, but still, good name) - I really considered it for a middle name.

I like

Sylvie and Atticus best.

Great names.

I also like Vita for a girl, but that's not on your list. Just sayin'

MartinlovesDebi · 17/04/2010 22:55

and Viola? Viola fab.

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