I do hope you are all well. We’re expecting again, due in [name]July[/name]. Complete surprise but there you have it! So, the fun (agony…!) of name selecting starts again! He/she joins [name]Kaia[/name] [name]Felicity[/name], [name]William[/name] ([name]Will[/name]) [name]Arden[/name], [name]Oliver[/name] ([name]Ollie[/name]) [name]Kendell[/name] and [name]Alfred[/name] ([name]Al[/name]) [name]Harley[/name] and our surname is [name]Green[/name]. I have resurrected our old lists of names as a starting point. Some of these we really aren’t necessarily that excited by anymore but I’ve left them on anyway. Chosen middle names are family ones. So, I challenge you to work your collective magic again! Suggestions, comments, critiscism (seriously be as brutal as you like!) all very welcome.
Girls: (middle name will be [name]Imogen[/name] or [name]Evelyn[/name] - eh-veh-lin)
[name]Piper[/name]
[name]Sadie[/name]
[name]Lucy[/name]
[name]Phoebe[/name]
[name]Erin[/name]
[name]Sophie[/name]
[name]Bridget[/name]
[name]Briony[/name]
[name]Arla[/name]
Boys: (middle name to be either [name]Calvin[/name] or [name]Francis[/name] or [name]Peter[/name])
[name]George[/name]
[name]Jonathan[/name]
[name]Theo[/name]
[name]Declan[/name]
[name]Callum[/name]
[name]Thomas[/name]
[name]Benjamin[/name]
[name]Lucas[/name]
[name]Elliot[/name]
[name]James[/name]
[name]Joseph[/name]
[name]Tobias[/name]
[name]Alexander[/name]
[name]Nicholas[/name]
[name]Frederick[/name]
[name]Edward[/name]
Thankyou all so much!
[name]Dahlia[/name]
PS: I apologise in advance for any delay in responding to posts as I have 3 toddlers to chase around!
Gosh, I love your names! Nothing to be brutal or negative about here! And congrats on a new baby!
To go with [name]Kaia[/name], [name]William[/name], [name]Oliver[/name] & [name]Alfred[/name]…
Girl: [name]Sophie[/name], [name]Lucy[/name] or [name]Erin[/name]. I love [name]Phoebe[/name] too, but I think these three will be perfect.
Boy: [name]Thomas[/name], [name]Lucas[/name] & [name]Elliot[/name].
Congratulations! What fun to start the process again, hm?
For a boy, I think something classic is in order, in keeping with [name]William[/name], [name]Oliver[/name] and [name]Alfred[/name]. I think [name]George[/name], [name]Frederick[/name] and [name]Edward[/name] are the best picks; I’d love to meet a baby [name]George[/name]! I like southern.maple’s suggestions of [name]George[/name] [name]Francis[/name] and [name]Frederick[/name] [name]Peter[/name], and I also like [name]George[/name] [name]Calvin[/name] and [name]Edward[/name] [name]Francis[/name]. I also [name]LOVE[/name] [name]Tobias[/name] (nn [name]Toby[/name] is so cute, too!) [name]Tobias[/name] [name]Calvin[/name] would be very handsome.
For a girl, I’m with ottilie–I think [name]Erin[/name], [name]Sophie[/name] and [name]Lucy[/name] are all just right–classic, but with a bit of modern spunk and cuteness, like [name]Kaia[/name]. [name]Phoebe[/name] would work, too. I also like [name]Briony[/name], but it isn’t as good a match, nor does it pair well with [name]Imogen[/name] or [name]Evelyn[/name]. The only name on your girls’ list I dislike is [name]Piper[/name]. It’s too cutesy for my taste and is going to date badly, I think. [name]Erin[/name] [name]Imogen[/name], [name]Sophie[/name] [name]Evelyn[/name], [name]Lucy[/name] [name]Evelyn[/name] or [name]Phoebe[/name] [name]Evelyn[/name]? I’m liking [name]Lucy[/name] [name]Evelyn[/name], myself. It looks and sounds harmonious.
I think [name]Lucy[/name], [name]Sophia[/name] or [name]Phoebe[/name] would be a good girl choice and [name]Theo[/name] or [name]Elliot[/name] for a boy.
My favourites are [name]Lucy[/name], [name]Phoebe[/name], [name]Bridget[/name], [name]Briony[/name], and [name]Piper[/name] (even though it often gets a bad rap here) for girls, and [name]Theo[/name], [name]Thomas[/name], [name]James[/name], or [name]Alexander[/name], to go with the classic style of your other sons’ names. Great Choices!
[name]Hi[/name] [name]Dahlia[/name], congrats on your pregnancy! With your word surname, I would avoid another word for a first because the name may end up sounding like a description of the THING rather than a [name]PERSON[/name] (eg. [name]Piper[/name] [name]Green[/name]).
With [name]Kaia[/name], [name]William[/name], [name]Oliver[/name] and [name]Alfred[/name], I would choose…
I love [name]Alexander[/name] but you call [name]Alfred[/name] “[name]Al[/name]” so it may get confusing. I would eliminate [name]Frederick[/name] because it’s too similar with [name]Alfred[/name].
[name]Arla[/name]- Namberry says that it’s from [name]Arleigh[/name] which is a modern invented name, but I’d poke a guess that [name]Arla[/name] is a fem. form of [name]Arley[/name]. [name]Love[/name] the name [name]Arla[/name]! It’s spunky yet beautiful.
[name]Bridget[/name] is also a gorgeous name.
[name]Phoebe[/name], [name]Erin[/name], [name]Briony[/name], and [name]Lucy[/name] are fine but just not my taste.
[name]Sadie[/name] and [name]Sophie[/name] are too nn sounding [name]IMO[/name].
And [name]Piper[/name] always reminds me of the Pied [name]Piper[/name] who stole all the children, plus it’s not a very pretty name.
Thankyou all! I’m sorry I don’t have time to respond to you all individually
ottilie: that’s very sweet of you to say: we love them!
mischa: Our surname is a pain! I hadn’t noticed the ee thing… Also very good points about [name]Frederick[/name] and [name]Alexander[/name]! [name]Peter[/name]'ll be so disappointed! Haha!
anajo: [name]Peter[/name] is loving your picking out [name]Arla[/name] - that was his contribution in the first place!
Has anyone got any other ideas of names we may like?
Girl:
[name]Imogen[/name] – Ok
[name]Thea[/name] – Like. Have you thought about it as a nn for [name]Theodora[/name]?
[name]Piper[/name] – Like.
[name]Bridget[/name] – Like.
[name]Briony[/name] – Is this pronounced [name]Bree[/name]-oh-nee?
Boy:
[name]James[/name] – Nice, realize he might be called [name]Jamie[/name] or [name]Jim[/name] by friends.
[name]George[/name] – Ok and different.
[name]Elliot[/name] – Girls are getting names this now, but still a good boy’s choice.
[name]Tobias[/name] – It’s a little much, but I still like.
[name]Barnaby[/name] – Very Victorian – not sure if a modern baby/child could pull this off
[name]Henry[/name] – Cute, but popular.
[name]Theo[/name] – Cute, but I prefer the full name of [name]Theodore[/name].
[name]Thomas[/name] – Ok.
[name]Benjamin[/name] – Cute.
[name]Joseph[/name] – Cute.
[name]Edward[/name] – Like a lot.
Other options [name]Benedict[/name], [name]Bennett[/name] or [name]Beckett[/name] for [name]Benjamin[/name]. Since you had a few Biblical names how about – [name]Simon[/name], [name]Jude[/name], [name]Phillip[/name], [name]Seth[/name], [name]Abram[/name], [name]Asher[/name], [name]Gabriel[/name]???
Thanks for your input! [name]Briony[/name] is BR(EYE)-oh-nee. I’m not a huge fan of [name]Theodore[/name]/a but I do like the short versions! [name]Barnaby[/name] is not normally the sort of name I like but did catch my eye out of a list of suggestions! Thanks for the ideas - none really doing it for me though - but thankyou!