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Names - Inspiration for those of us that are struggling - what have you/are you calling yours?

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Hopeitwontbebig · 27/05/2007 20:03

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nappyaddict · 08/02/2008 23:50

kobe and hudson for a boy

kenya, briar and ripley for either.

larissa/larisa(lar-ee-sa) for a girl.

china11 · 09/02/2008 00:02

We have 3 sons
Ashley Michael
Austen Robert
Adam Jeremy

so as long as they use their middle name initials they will keep their post private

If I ever have a girl I would like
Tallulah Belle

Parofleurmapu · 09/02/2008 09:37

Havent trawled through all posts but so far havent seen the name we like.
Our little newborn will be called Fleur.

mum2fred · 09/02/2008 12:42

DS is Fred

Number 2 (on the way) is going ot be:

  • Bill
  • Syd
  • Lucy
  • Edie (love Edie, but not too sure about Edith..hmmm)
nappyaddict · 09/02/2008 18:29

i don't think giorgio or billy have been mentioned for a boy.

nappyaddict · 11/02/2008 23:39

my cousin's just had a baby called emille. i think that's lovely. she's proud to be a bit of a chav so was pleasantly surprised when she picked such a lovely name.

themildmanneredjanitor · 11/02/2008 23:41

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nappyaddict · 11/02/2008 23:48

emilie

nappyaddict · 11/02/2008 23:50

i do like emil for a boy though. and the name it comes from - Aemilius

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nappyaddict · 12/02/2008 00:47

and from another thread ciara, ione and keziah (kizzy), eliza (pron e-lie-za) and elisa (e-lee-za), chiara (italian version of clara), mila (short for amelia/emilia), clair, sorrel, dorothea (dot), theodora, marianne/marianna/marian, alexandra, verity, araminta, aminta, lilith, elspeth, rosalie, paulina/paula, elewyn for a girl.

casey/kasey, sacha or rowan for a boy or a girl.

mateo, rudi or sonny for a boy.

nappyaddict · 12/02/2008 02:31

there's an MNer naming hers myrtle

it made me think of marcus, marshall and mars for a boy.

ninedragons · 12/02/2008 03:24

We had settled on Hamish for a boy. I wanted Flora for our DD when she was born because she was all pink and curled-up like a little spring flower, but DH couldn't get past the margarine thing.

I also wanted Ursula because her fuzzy black hair made her look like a little bear cub, but it's only a lovely name if it's pronounced Ur-soo-la, not Ur-shula. I think I may still have been a bit stoned from the epidural when I suggested it.

When I was pregnant I lobbied heavily for Yael but husband said it's too Jewish to give to a 100% Anglo-Saxon/Celtic baby and sounded ridiculous with our McSurname. I did a poll among our Jewish friends and sadly they all sided with him. Mind you, DH suggested Noor. Yael Noor would have had a very balanced view on Palestine.

I've kept the name list we drew up. It'll be interesting to look at it when she's 16 and see if I can imagine her as a Yael or an Ursula. When we really couldn't agree we added some pretty out-there options so I can show it to her and say look, darling, aren't you pleased we didn't call you Aida? (only because she would have spent her life explaining it's Ai-eda, not I-da).

nappyaddict · 12/02/2008 12:32

aida is lovely though for a girl. i like noor too actually . it can be used for either sex too. is yael prononced how it is spelt? if so you have another fan here.

ninedragons · 12/02/2008 23:04

I didn't know that about Noor - I thought it was just a girls' name.

Yael is Ya-el (it should have a diarisis over the e but I don't think I have one on this keyboard).

I also had Juno on my list from the moment I peed on the stick back in early summer, but then that bloody film came out and I thought bugger, cult film, it'll be the new Amelie.

agirlandtwoboys · 13/02/2008 09:09

I have
Lily
Thomas
Ned

Just found out expecting no4

Girls
Martha
Isobel
Imogen
Harriet
Phoebe
Lydia

Boys
Will

thepappysapgotlicked · 18/02/2008 13:45

i like ned and juno.

also like romy for a girl. it is short for rosemary.

nappyaddict · 18/02/2008 13:47

i like ned and juno.

also like romy for a girl. it is short for rosemary.

fiona76 · 18/02/2008 13:48

My DD Anabel Ruth

I like-
Reuben

Hannah Louisa

nappyaddict · 18/02/2008 13:49

i would pronounce it yale .. is that right?

also like lydia and nikita for a girl.

nappyaddict · 18/02/2008 13:52

i like that but prefer it spelled annabelle. also like arabella.

VictorianSqualor · 18/02/2008 13:56

I like Arabella, have a friend called Arabella but we call her Bella.

nappyaddict · 19/02/2008 17:13

bridget, nina, althea, seraphina, drusilla, gabriella, dolores, zula, valda, valencia, guinevere, kaimana, virginia, ginny, ellen, helen, eleanor, susan, elewyn, elspeth are all nice girl's names.

phoenix, ash, li are nice for either i think.

nappyaddict · 19/02/2008 18:04

nora, josephina, tasha, tania, charlotta, carlyn, kaia, pippi, cecilia, celina, celina are all good for girls too.

i like ronnie for either - shortened from veronica for a girl or ronald or ronaldo for a boy.

canaan for a boy is nice too.

nappyaddict · 19/02/2008 18:06

oops one of those should be celine