Hey all,

I'm having fun thinking about baby names for #2 (not yet conceived)... I haven't got a single boys name in mind, as my DS is Xander and there's just no other boys name that speaks to me... so any suggestions would be welcome.

I also have a heap of girls names that I like or don't like for various reasons as I've written below. I love names with a bit of a "fantasy" twist, nothing too conservative (definitely NOT allowed to be top 30 in popularity), and preferrably fairly simple with straightforward spelling... my rule of thumb is this: if a person was to be transported to a magical fantasy land, they shouldn't sound like they're out of place. Tehehe.

Incidentally DH has many rules re no surnames as first names, or place names, or president names etc! Oh and our surname sounds like Lock, so names with lots of "L"s tend to send a bit odd (as do one syllable names).

  • Alannah - friends of friends have a girl called this, and it doesn?t sound great with our surname, but we both like it
  • Amber - I've always liked this but thought DH didn't, but now he tells me he "quite" likes it.
  • Jenna - not so keen on the shortening of Jen, but like it otherwise
  • Rhianna - put off because of singer
  • Rhiannon - not sure what to shorten this too
  • Sasha - DH likes this more than me
  • Sienna - put off because of famous actress
  • Ysanna - too unusual? I rather like it tho! Wonder how Aussies might massacre this...

Would have liked Hannah but that's already taken by a close family member.

TIA,
Belfie