Any suggestions?

A family from my church are expecting their fourth child after [name]Christmas[/name] and were puzzling over names at a recent meeting, so I told them about Nameberry and said I would ask for suggestions from all of you lovely people.

Their three older children are [name]Oona[/name], [name]Esme[/name] and [name]Otto[/name], and they won’t know the gender of the baby until the birth.

We live in [name]England[/name] and they have Irish roots, although it is not important to them to honour those roots. They would like to avoid another [name]German[/name] name, or one beginning in E or O.

They would prefer a two-syllable name ending in a vowel sound.

Any suggestions? Currently they are considering [name]Sorcha[/name] (for a girl) and [name]Hugo[/name] (for a boy). The last time I mentioned the name [name]Hugo[/name] to an American I recieved a very strange look, so I feel I should mention that it is a perfectly ordinary name over here (in fact, I know three)!

Lets [name]Oona[/name], [name]Esme[/name], [name]Otto[/name], and

Girls - for now

[name]Anja[/name] - might be too close to [name]Oona[/name]
[name]Ayla[/name]
[name]Ara[/name]
[name]Aura[/name]
[name]Bela[/name] - pronounced bay-lah
[name]Cara[/name]
[name]Capri[/name]
[name]Cora[/name]
[name]Chloe[/name]
[name]Clio[/name]
[name]Cameo[/name]
[name]Dana[/name]
[name]Delia[/name]
[name]Drea[/name]
[name]Daphne[/name]
[name]Darby[/name]
[name]Daisy[/name]
[name]Dorie[/name]
[name]Flora[/name]
[name]Ida[/name]
[name]Isla[/name]
[name]Irie[/name]
[name]Ivy[/name]
[name]Juno[/name]
[name]Jetta[/name]
[name]Kira[/name]/[name]Keira[/name]
[name]Lilou[/name]
[name]Lana[/name]
[name]Leia[/name]
[name]Lara[/name]
[name]Lila[/name]
[name]Lela[/name]
[name]Lola[/name]
[name]Mara[/name]
[name]Marla[/name]
[name]Margo[/name]
[name]Mari[/name]
[name]Mia[/name]
[name]Maya[/name]/[name]Maia[/name]

I’m American and I adore the name [name]Hugo[/name] :slight_smile:

As for name ideas, I know its very popular where you are, but [name]Isla[/name] would definitely fit in that trio. More ideas that have not been mentioned:

[name]Esme[/name], [name]Otto[/name] and [name]Oona[/name]

[name]Cleo[/name]
[name]Cora[/name]
[name]Dora[/name]
[name]Flora[/name]
[name]Iole[/name]
[name]Leda[/name] ([name]LAY[/name]-dah)
[name]Leta[/name] ([name]LEE[/name]-tah)
[name]Lila[/name]/[name]Lilah[/name]
[name]Maeva[/name]
[name]Mira[/name]
[name]Nia[/name]
[name]Nola[/name]
[name]Peta[/name]/[name]Petra[/name]
[name]Rhea[/name]
[name]Sophie[/name]
[name]Zilla[/name]

Fun! :slight_smile: What cool names! :slight_smile:

[name]Oona[/name], [name]Esme[/name], [name]Otto[/name] and…

[name]Ailsa[/name]
[name]Calla[/name]
[name]Daphne[/name]
[name]Ivy[/name]
[name]Isla[/name]
[name]Lola[/name]
[name]Mireille[/name]
[name]Phoebe[/name]
[name]Ruby[/name]
[name]Saoirse[/name]
[name]Stella[/name]
[name]Tessa[/name]
[name]Vera[/name]
[name]Willa[/name]

[name]Arlo[/name]
[name]Asa[/name]
[name]Alexei[/name]
[name]Benoit[/name]
[name]Darby[/name]
[name]Dougray[/name]
[name]Harvey[/name]
[name]Leo[/name]
[name]Laszlo[/name]
[name]Milo[/name]
[name]Murray[/name]
[name]Theo[/name]

My apologies for repeats! :slight_smile:

Good luck to your friend! :slight_smile:

P.S. I love [name]Hugo[/name].

[name]Sorcha[/name] and [name]Hugo[/name] are wonderful names!

More Names:

Girls
[name]Aiko[/name] - a Japanese name
[name]Anya[/name]
[name]Calla[/name]
[name]Delia[/name]
[name]Freya[/name]
[name]Gemma[/name] - love
[name]Isla[/name]
[name]Keira[/name]
[name]Lila[/name]
[name]Maya[/name]
[name]Mira[/name]
[name]Nina[/name]
[name]Nola[/name]
[name]Pippa[/name]
[name]Selah[/name]
[name]Tova[/name]
[name]Tula[/name]
[name]Vera[/name]
[name]Willa[/name] - soft
[name]Zia[/name]
Zuma - a beach in [name]Venice[/name], [name]CA[/name]

Boys
[name]Aldo[/name]
[name]Arno[/name]
[name]Bruno[/name] - love
[name]Carlo[/name]
[name]Cosmo[/name]
[name]Django[/name]
[name]Fargo[/name] - I wouldn’t use this in [name]America[/name], but in [name]Britain[/name], it might be kind of cool. Of course, I wouldn’t know.
[name]Ivo[/name]
[name]Kenzo[/name] - a Japanese name
[name]Micah[/name]
[name]Milo[/name]
[name]Noah[/name]
[name]Paolo[/name]
[name]Remy[/name] - love
[name]Rocco[/name]
[name]Roscoe[/name] - love it
[name]Viggo[/name]
[name]Vito[/name]

They are just the cutest names together, heres a few suggestions apologies if there’s repeats.

Girls:
[name]Ali[/name]
[name]Ava[/name]
[name]Della[/name]
[name]Lila[/name]
[name]Mira[/name]
[name]Peta[/name]
[name]Kara[/name]
[name]Luna[/name]
[name]Ada[/name]
[name]Jaya[/name]
[name]Tia[/name]
[name]Veta[/name]
[name]Rhea[/name]
[name]Cleo[/name]
[name]Mika[/name]
[name]Elodie[/name]

Boys:
[name]Milo[/name]
[name]Louis[/name]
[name]Arlo[/name]
[name]Archie[/name]
[name]Rory[/name]
[name]Kai[/name]
[name]Enzo[/name]
[name]Nico[/name]
[name]Rio[/name]
[name]Theo[/name]
[name]Shia[/name]
[name]Joshua[/name]
[name]Eli[/name]
[name]Levi[/name]
[name]Iggy[/name]

Thank you all very much! I put your suggestions to them today, and they loved several of them! (Unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately as it means that I could use them in the future, they couldn’t be swayed to three of my favourites, [name]Ivy[/name], [name]Luna[/name] and [name]Selah[/name].)

Their list, as it stands, now looks like this :
Boys :
[name]Hugo[/name]
[name]Louis[/name]
[name]Milo[/name]
[name]Cosmo[/name]
[name]Leo[/name]

Girls :
[name]Sorcha[/name]
[name]Petra[/name]
[name]Anya[/name]
[name]Freya[/name]
[name]Ailsa[/name]
[name]Isla[/name]
[name]Hebe[/name] (inspired by the suggestion of [name]Phoebe[/name])
[name]Flora[/name]
[name]Margot[/name].

They will probably take a selection of names with them to the birth, and decide once they have seen him/her - of course, I will keep you all updated!

[name]Just[/name] for interest’s sake, the middle names are fixed, and they are not worried about the flow of the names - it will be [name]James[/name] [name]Patrick[/name]/[name]Patrick[/name] [name]James[/name] or [name]Louisa[/name] [name]Margaret[/name]/[name]Margaret[/name] [name]Louisa[/name], depending on the fn picked. They are all family names, I believe.