Birth Announcements from The Times

General Name Discussion
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Here are some recent birth announcements from The Times:

Girls
[name]Octavia[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] [name]Clementine[/name]
[name]Alice[/name] [name]Poppy[/name] [name]Belinda[/name]
[name]Elizabeth[/name] [name]Katherine[/name] (brothers [name]Daniel[/name], [name]Thomas[/name], and [name]Benjamin[/name])
[name]Esme[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name]
[name]Georgina[/name] [name]Charlotte[/name] [name]Grace[/name]
[name]Isabella[/name] [name]Anna[/name] (sister [name]Mila[/name])
[name]Emilia[/name] [name]Anna[/name] [name]Margaret[/name] (siblings [name]Alexander[/name] & [name]Cassia[/name])
[name]Freya[/name] [name]Eva[/name] [name]Arabella[/name] (siblings [name]Venetia[/name], [name]William[/name], and [name]Tristan[/name])
[name]Annabel[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] Jerwood (sister [name]Lauren[/name])
[name]Flora[/name] [name]Marie[/name] (brother [name]Otto[/name])
[name]Anna[/name] Sartori
[name]Lily[/name] [name]Grace[/name]
[name]Alicia[/name] [name]Lily[/name]
[name]Cressida[/name] [name]Iolanthe[/name] (sister [name]Genevieve[/name])
[name]Claudia[/name] [name]Mollie[/name] [name]Olympia[/name] (siblings [name]Sebastian[/name], [name]Miles[/name], and [name]Rosanna[/name])

Boys
[name]Louie[/name] [name]James[/name] [name]Leon[/name] Eakins
[name]Christopher[/name] [name]Henry[/name] [name]Leith[/name]
[name]William[/name] [name]Thomas[/name] Cremer
[name]Milo[/name]
[name]Hugo[/name] [name]Alexander[/name]
[name]Kit[/name] Hallifax
[name]Otto[/name] [name]Earnest[/name] Edgcumbe (brother [name]Cosmo[/name])
[name]George[/name] [name]Timothy[/name] (sister [name]Molly[/name])

Twins
[name]Alfred[/name] [name]Earnest[/name] [name]Aiken[/name] & [name]Joseph[/name] [name]Geoffrey[/name] [name]Auberon[/name]

Which are your favorites and least favorites?

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Wow, lots of double middle names and great uniqueness and diversity! [name]Lily[/name] [name]Grace[/name] is probably the plainest in the bunch for girls, and [name]William[/name] [name]Thomas[/name] for boys but even so, they are classy plain if you kwim.

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Favorites:
G: [name]Alice[/name] [name]Poppy[/name] [name]Belinda[/name], [name]Annabel[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] Jerwood, [name]Flora[/name] [name]Marie[/name] ([name]LOVE[/name] with [name]Otto[/name]!), [name]Cressida[/name] [name]Iolanthe[/name], and [name]Claudia[/name] [name]Mollie[/name] [name]Olympia[/name]
B: [name]Hugo[/name] [name]Alexander[/name], [name]Kit[/name] Hallifax, [name]Louie[/name] [name]James[/name] [name]Leon[/name] Eakins (a little long for my taste though), [name]Otto[/name] [name]Earnest[/name] Edgcumbe

Least favorites:
G: [name]Elizabeth[/name] [name]Katherine[/name], [name]Esme[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name], [name]Isabella[/name] [name]Anna[/name], [name]Lily[/name] [name]Grace[/name], [name]Alicia[/name] [name]Lily[/name]
B: [name]William[/name] [name]Thomas[/name] Cremer, [name]Christopher[/name] [name]Henry[/name] [name]Leith[/name] (bad associations with both fns, middles are fine)

Indifferent:
G: [name]Octavia[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] [name]Clementine[/name], [name]Georgina[/name] [name]Charlotte[/name] [name]Grace[/name], [name]Emilia[/name] [name]Anna[/name] [name]Margaret[/name], [name]Freya[/name] [name]Eve[/name] [name]Arabella[/name], [name]Anna[/name] Sartori
B: [name]Milo[/name], [name]George[/name] [name]Timothy[/name], [name]Alfred[/name] [name]Earnest[/name] [name]Aiken[/name], [name]Joseph[/name] [name]Geoffrey[/name] [name]Auberon[/name]

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Wow, these are gorgeous! My favourites would have to be [name]Octavia[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] [name]Clementine[/name] (though normally I hate [name]Clementine[/name], [name]Christopher[/name] [name]Henry[/name] [name]Leith[/name] and [name]Joseph[/name] [name]Geoffrey[/name] [name]Auberon[/name].

[name]William[/name] [name]Thomas[/name] Cremer reminds me of Archbishop [name]Thomas[/name] Cranmer, executed under [name]Queen[/name] [name]Mary[/name] I’s orders, so I wouldn’t use it… but otherwise it sounds lovely. I’ve seen so many [name]Elizabeth[/name] Katherines and probably a few [name]Hugo[/name] Alexanders in the Telegraph birth announcements so they no longer excite me, but still nice.

[name]Just[/name] checking, this is the [name]London[/name] Times, not the New [name]York[/name] Times, right? The naming style definitely feels more British to me.

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I always love reading these birth announcements! And I agree-this naming style is very British to me.

I love [name]Georgina[/name] [name]Charlotte[/name] [name]Grace[/name],[name]Alice[/name] [name]Poppy[/name] [name]Belinda[/name],[name]Annabel[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name],and [name]Emilia[/name] [name]Anna[/name] [name]Margaret[/name]! I want to love [name]Freya[/name] [name]Eva[/name] [name]Arabella[/name] (all of the names individually are beautiful)but all of those similar endings are a bit much. I also surprisingly love [name]Octavia[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] [name]Clementine[/name]. [name]Clementine[/name] isn’t my favorite but it works here.

I’d never be brave enough to use [name]Cressida[/name] or [name]Iolanthe[/name], but I think [name]Cressida[/name] [name]Iolanthe[/name] is fantastic. Claudie Mollie Olympia is intriguing as well.

I do agree that [name]Lily[/name] [name]Grace[/name] feels plain. I love both [name]Lily[/name] and [name]Grace[/name], and [name]Lily[/name] [name]Grace[/name] is beautiful, but it feels almost filler and rather plain compared to the usual names on these birth announcement lists.

As for the boys, [name]Louie[/name] [name]James[/name] [name]Leon[/name] is definitely a bit of a mouthful but I love it. I also like [name]Hugo[/name] [name]Alexander[/name] and [name]Milo[/name]!

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Nice names! [name]Kit[/name] Hallifax makes me smile :slight_smile:

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[name]Hugo[/name] [name]Alexander[/name] is so handsome, and I love [name]Cressida[/name] [name]Iolanthe[/name].

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I’m really not a fan of any. They’re either too classic/uninspiring or too vintage for my taste. :frowning:

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I like…

[name]Octavia[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] [name]Clementine[/name]
[name]Alice[/name] [name]Poppy[/name] [name]Belinda[/name]
[name]Esme[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name]
[name]Georgina[/name] [name]Charlotte[/name] [name]Grace[/name]
[name]Emilia[/name] [name]Anna[/name] [name]Margaret[/name]
[name]Cressida[/name] [name]Iolanthe[/name]

[name]Milo[/name]
[name]Hugo[/name] [name]Alexander[/name]
[name]Kit[/name] Hallifax
[name]George[/name] [name]Timothy[/name]

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[name]Hugo[/name] [name]Alexander[/name] was definitely my fave!