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I think this was why I joined BB so many years ago - to talk names!
So here are my favourites. Would love comments and suggestions for more! DP doesn't really like many of the names I like, but says its my choice, as long as the child goes for North Melbourne :rolleyes:
Matilda
Harriet
Stella
Violet
Nora
Rose
Olivia
William
James
Thomas
Benjamin
Spencer
Callum
Ethan
Jacob
Simon
Patrick
Would love your opinions - like/dislike?
Always had a soft spot for Olivia and Callum.
Where's Rafferty?
I quite like Patrick, it's on our list for this baby. And Spencer (not on our list though)
I like all the girls names. Harriet is on our list too. I'm thinking Harriet Hazel. Too H-ey?
Love Violet and Rose, but can't convince DH around to any flower names. Sigh.
Lil Miss H is Harriett so we LOVE that name
And Lil Miss Z's middle name is Olivia! two fantastic names ;)
:lol: you don't forget anything do you?!:
DP looked at me like I was a freak when I mentioned Rafferty. Then asked me if I was serious :o. Umm yes.
Love Matilda and Olivia. For the boys I love William but cant use it actually all of them except simon only because it makes me think of a creepy ex:
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Can we have a baby together??? Naming a baby with you would be sooooo easy. I love just about all the names on your list, but particularly Matilda and Olivia on your girls' list. Every one of the names on your boy list was on my unrequired boy list except for Spencer.
My only pause would be with Stella because I always link it to A Street Car Named Desire thanks to a friend (who is a complete clown) that called his cat Stella. He took great pleasure in standing on his front porch and yelling "Stellllllllllaaaaaa" at the top of his voice nightly, whether the cat was already inside or not!
Nora is a crazy stalker.
Omg that is pretty much my names list! I have always loved William especially, cept I'm married to someone with a last name starting with Wi.... I can't use it!
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YES!!!! :rofl::
Nope. Except where I put my keys.:
I love Simon, but it reminds me of an imperial Leather soap ad from the 90s - "Siiiiimon; Tahiti" I don't think that wou;d stop me using it though.
Great names! I love Matilda, Stella & Rose from your girls list & James, Thomas & Ethan from your boys list.
I'm also a fan of Emily & Hayden :P
But my favourites were Amelia & Cooper. DH didn't agree :wall:
:rofl: I just laughed out loud in my office!!!:
I just found the ad on youtube, and lol'd so hard I have to share it on my FB wall.
I like Stella, but I like Starla better... probably because I'm a big pumpkins fan :D. Love Spencer too! But Rose feels a bit outdated to me.
LOVE Stella. Tie between Spencer/Callum :D
I love Stella so much I just suggested it to DH. He looked at me like I was nutso and said "Steellllaaaaaaaaa!!!" :lol:
I love your taste in names :). I really like all of them.
Matilda, Violet and Rose are my favourites for girls (DD's middle name is Rose).
William, Benjamin and Thomas are my favourites for boys (DS's middle name is Thomas), LOL.
love patrick and matilda
Matilda is currently number 1 in my girls list, followed by Stella and Violet so I love those ;)
From your boys names I like Thomas, Callum and Jacob.
Matilda LOVE IT was 1 of my favs on list
Harriet Love it a mothers group friends DD name
Stella NOPE sorry
Violet Very cute but DH doesnt like flower names
Nora BLODDY NORA LOL sorry nope
Rose LOVE it
Olivia Another fav was on my list
William Very nice and classic
James Very nice but I couldnt use as 2 close friends have DS's
Thomas Very nice but close friends have son
Benjamin Its ok
Spencer I really like this
Callum Yes don't mind it
Ethan I like it but very popular
Jacob LOVE it DS1 name
Simon sorry outdated 70 - 80 name
Patrick like it was on my list
Poppy and Honor are my current fav girls and Tobias and Luca fav boys.
Eta which pretty much has nothing to do with the thread as they aren't any of your names at all lol!
From your list I love(d) Olivia and Thomas for many years,however had bad work related experiences with them and so they are now off the list forever!
Oooh I love Poppy!!!
Added to the list ;)
Poppy, Violet, Thomas and Patrick are my faves from your list!
Love talking names!! My opinions on your suggestions below:
Matilda - love but quite common
Harriet - no
Stella - no
Violet - don't mind
Nora - no
Rose - love
Olivia - love but too common
William - love
James - love but recent cousin called their baby boy James
Thomas - love but my ex was a Tom and also Thomas the tank engine has ruined it for us
Benjamin - love
Spencer - oooo new one for me and love
Callum - love but a cousin is named callum
Ethan - no
Jacob - no
Simon - no
Patrick - no
Matilda and Olivia would be my faves from that list. When looking at them I immediately saw 'Matilda Rose' as a name. I think that would be beautiful (although DH would never let me use Matilda :()
Matilda - i think it's cute but seems pretty popular thesedays, which for me is a turn off
Harriet - love it ... but i do think of that line from Miss Congeniality... Dirty Harriet lol
Stella - love it!
Violet - love it too, suggested it for dd but Dh wasn't a fan... men!
Nora - not a fan
Rose - as a middle name veyr pretty
Olivia - have a friend of this name and she's so sophisticated and gorgeous! so love the name
William -always loved it
James - dh's name, ds's middle name :)
Thomas - my grandads name but dh wasn't a huge fan. i would have named ds that otherwise
Benjamin - lol i see a theme here... another immediate family member's name!
Spencer - LOVE LOVE love this name.
Callum - meh not a huge fan
Ethan - see callum
Jacob - cute but i don't love it
Simon - mmm sorry not a fan, i just think of that horrid simple simon ryhme, which the child woudl probably get.
Patrick - yeah, anotehr possible for us! lol
What about Paul for your boys' list? it's classic and strong name? I really like cooper too but my dh's reaction was "isn't that a surname'' pft!
We have an Imogen, maybe that would go for your girls list?
You obviously have a very classic taste :)
Oh, another name i thought you might like.... it's a bit 'old fashioned' is Tess? I love Tess and Meg as names, DH hated them.
gee if I could get full naming rights like you do you lucky thing!!!
Lucky you having full naming rights! Love most of your names and our list for both DD and DS had quite a few of those on there!
My favourites from your list are Olivia, Stella, William and Ethan (DS is Ethan so I'm a bit biased lol!).
Other names on our list were Alyssa, Genevieve, Ivy, Eva, Sophie, Hannah, Lucas, Zac, Hamish, Daniel.
I have a feeling full naming rights will be revoked - "come on Amy, I didn't ACTUALLY mean it" :rolleyes:
I'd love some more suggestions - especially for girls.
I absolutely LOVE Penelope. But it's my brothers fiance's name, and while I ADORE her, I couldn't use it.
From everyone else's suggestions, I love Meg, Eve/Evie, Sophie/Sophia (can't use either though), Poppy and Imogen I LOVE but my ex-H loved that name so much so I'd feel weird using it.
I absolutely LOVE Rose as a first name, but would probably use it as a middle name (Matilda Rose is my all time #1 favourite name). However, middle name will likely be Catherine, after DP's sister who passed away as a baby.
Other names I'm throwing around are:
Grace
Florence
Charlotte (although it's very popular!)
Lucy
Josephine (I LOVE Jo or Joey as a nn)
Pippa (although I'm not mad on Phillipa and have a thing about using nicknames as full names IYKWIM)
Boys are way too hard. So many to choose from, so many combinations, but I don't have my heart set on any! Isn't that always the way? :lol:
I don't see a problem with naming a child a name that is a nickname. A lot of nicknames have become names anyway. I like Pippa as a name better than Phillipa. I like Josie as a nn for Josephine.:
I'm not a fan of Grace personally. Lucy's nice.
Hazel
Evelyn
Caitlyn
Esmae/Esme
Nancy
Nina
Miriam
Talia
Mali/Marley
Estella/Estelle
I like pretty much all your girls names. Though I'm not mad on Olivia as I seem to know so many little Olivia's now. I also prefer Nina to Nora. How about Alice?
Boys names I like Spencer and Benjamin from your list. How about Timothy? I LOVE Timothy and it's not popular at the moment like most of your suggestions.