Getting waaaaay ahead of myself here I know! BUT...........

[ready4motherhood]

Just wondered if anyone else is like me and DH and have been thinking about baby names?? We can't agree on girls, but boys we find easy... we could have a bunch of boys and agree on every name!!

I know I shouldn't be thinking of names when I am not even pg, but I can't help myself!!Anyone got any cool name ideas?? Promise I won't steal any of them I'd love to hear what other people are thinking... or am I the only one mental enough to think this far ahead??

oops meant Ethan not Etham (that can't be a name surely??)

And my half Irish half English comment looks bizarre, but it was in reference to Mellowma's mum being English and not liking Ethan

my aunts just had a baby boy, Ethan Jack

LARGEGINAND TONIC - I beleive that Nigella Lawson's daughter is called Cosima and Nigella calls her Mimi.

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LOL at Lambo

Off the top of my head my current likes are

For boys:

Lisle/Lyle think it can be spelt either way

Lance

Sonny

Syd

for girls:

Esther

Hazel

Helen

Jane

Julia

Lydia

Althea

oh and Wesley!

I quite like Linus (the cute one in peanuts, who dragged his blanket around)

Cosima, i like that thank you Speckledhen!

LG&T your names are lovely. My ds is called Jack and we have pretty common names lined up for this one. Either George or Ella.

Speaking of funny names i went to school with a girl and her and her siblings all had bizarre names:
Rain
Cloud
Happy
Toggle

I'm sure there are some i have missed!

Sunny was another

hi i am only 6 weeks pg and we have names sorted im lucky dh seems to agree with all the ones i like he he

girl:
lacie hope or sienna

boy:
tommy lee ( after my grandad so that was aeasy one)
really like josh but dh has 2 boys from previous relationship called josh and evan so couldnt have another josh xxx

aprilmeadow - LOL @ Toggle - goodness me!!

DH and I started thinking about names v.early on. Funnily enough, we never really agreed on any girls names, but we have always had Arthur Benjamin for a boy. We also like Pip, Wilbur, George, Gilbert and a few others I can't remember - boys names have never been a problem!! ...and low and behold, we ended up with two girls!!!!

We have a Katherine Deborah and a Sophia Helen-May.

This time we sat down and decided on a definite girl's name (I'm due end of April next yr), which is Phoebe Elisabeth Joan.

You must be v.excitied ready4 - congratulations!!

Am 12wks pg tomorrow and haven't officially started thinking about it as won't really believe this is going all the way until after the scan tomorrow.

However, DH has already thrown a name in the ring:

Kitty - he had an Aunty Kitty and loves the name. I however am worried about cat connections. What do you all think?

I love Scarlett and also Isobel. Haven' thought further than that.

BTW - if it's a boy we're screwed as we've both only thought in girl terms so far. LOL!

Natty - how about Patience. I think you've shown amazing amounts of that so far in your quest

JL - i am liking that 'patience' think it would be a nice middle name.

Good luck tomorrow let me know how it goes

Ready4motherhood - much better to occupy the ttc time with nice things like names than all the trials and tribs involved in the waiting game.

Your time will come. xx

Thanks JuicyLucy.. Congrats to you by the way!! How very exciting

I'm currently 14wks pg and we're having:

For a boy: Finnigan (and then Barnaby (Barney Rae for not-so-short) or Seth if we have any more)

For a girl: Mathilda Rose (also love Iris and Hazel for future use)

I know siblings called Phinnibus, Elphin and Merlin. They are all, obviously, effortlessly cool.

Ok, Ready I've come over here because you asked me. Last time I went on a name thread and said my preferences I got absolutely slated (I wasn't alone though) so here goes and then I'll duck behind the monitor -

Girls:

Mia
Leah
Anna
Kathryn

Kayjo - we are Scottish as well . As you can see, we have a Mc surname so think Mia would sound good. We have a cat called Tia though so DH is not convinced . I also Like Leah.. again, the Tia issue!! The cat is actually named after the a child I did an adoption case for when I first qualified as a solicitor! DH has no thoughts yet on girls names.

Boys - now hear me out!! DH loves these names but I am not sure but I am warming to the first one. We are moving to Spain to live so these names wouldn't be so unusual there:

Xavier
Issac
Zeus
Benitio (not with a Mc surname though!!)

I love a lot of Scottish names like Innes, Euan, Callum, Jamie etc but seeing as we are almost the last of our friends to consider having kids, a lot of the good names have already been used!

MrsMc - Please tell me you didn't get slated for your choice of names???????? I am thoroughly disgusted Those people should be ashamed!! Understandably not everyone has the same tastes, but surely if you want to comment on others choices, tact and diplomacy is key.... I really hope I have not said anything unkind about another person's choice of name (best check the thread - eeeek!)
I wondered why you had not posted. (((hugs)))

Well...where do I start. Mia Mc would be wonderful, don't let the cat name be an issue. Leah and Anna are on DHs list, and I like them both, but know a rather unsavoury girl from school (yeah I know, get over it Ready) named Leah, so not sure I could have it, and with Anna I am drawn to Hannah if we went down that route. Kathryn is very pretty, and love the spelling too!!!
LUUUUUURVE Xavier (DH would never let me go for anything that unique ) would it be pronounced Havier?? Nickname Xavi??? It doesn't matter actually, both ways are cool!! How are you pronouncing Issac?? Am I being fick?? I am thinking Isaac??? Which I just adore, very manly!!
Have to confess I am not sure about Zeus sorry... but I would never slate it!! Still disgusted by those nasty people!!
Benitio is really cool, but agree that you would need a more continental last name!! How about Ben?
Innes is very cute, I have never heard that before! Love Euan and Callum. Know too many Jaimie.
What is the etiquette with friends going first?? Especially if you had loved a name since you were a girl????

Hello MrsMc - Think Mia's pretty, but now have 3 friends with a daugther with that name, so it's sort of worn out.

Love Xavier - is it pronounce Havier? or Zavier. Think Havier is muy macho. Me likes.

Need to seriously start thinking about boys names as I keep dreaming it's going to be a boy.

In fact... scrap what I said... I think Benitio Mc would work. Love it. When I said it out loud I thought it was really cool!!

whoops x posted -

Well how is it pronounced MrsMc

Just checked the thread and realise that PMSL laughing is kinda slating so I want to apologise sincerely for my laughter towards the names Toffee Wolf, Diesel, Suede, Denim and Velvet. Whilst I would not choose them for my children, I most definitely should not have laughed at them.

Very sorry.

Sorry, Ready, but all you CAN do is PYSL at names like that - they're having a bubble! Unless they want their sons to be stuntmen!!!