Baby Name Rules

[KnitterNotTwitter]

I'm pregnant with DC2 and have started having name conversations with DH. I've realised that I have some 'rules' that names must comply with and wondered if other people had the same/different rules - or thought that mine were bonkers...

1, no alliteration i.e. Martin Morris is out

2, no rhyming i.e. Doris Morris is out

3, no nicknames on the birth certificate i.e Nicola not Nicky

our bonkers rules are;
mustn't contain the letters R, Z, W, X, Y, or TH,
mustn't start with H,
mustn't end with O, E, D, K, P
etc etc
but that's because DH is Italian and don't want half the family pronouncing it wrong, ie i can't stand the english pronunciation of italian names ending in O like 'Fabio'.

I like having an alliterated name - gained it on marriage, but I think it might be hard to give up if you changed your name on marriage.

The only rule I have so far is that for a girl only one name can end in a "a" sound and one in an "ie" sound - so not "Amy Sophie" or "Clara Flora" as examples.

• only one name (no middle name)
• "classic" name
• not in top ten of uk and home country
• pronouncable in uk and home country
• no family member with same name
• no shortened/nick name
• not ending with same sound as surname starts

very similar to most above plus:
must not be a common dog name/the name of a dog I know (Lucy, Susy, Lily, Ellie, Norman, Stan, Jack, Jasper, Jimmy, Sam, Dylan). I do know more people with dogs than with children though.
And must not rhyme with any of my dogs' names: Maisy being one which rules out Daisy.