[name]Hi[/name] everyone,
It’s been so long since I’ve been on the forums. It’s so strange… ever since I became pregnant I’ve become LESS obsessed with names. Who would have thought??
I have been bouncing ideas around in my head, though. It seems ever since choosing a name becme ‘real’, my tastes have changed slightly. Perhaps I’m less adventurous than I thought, but I’ve been thinking of names that are more familiar and classic. Of course, I still like I bit of spunk.
Before conceiving, my faves for girls were:
[name]Eulalie[/name], [name]Penelope[/name], [name]Mirabelle[/name], [name]Clementine[/name], [name]Viola[/name], [name]Beatrix[/name], [name]Harriet[/name]
Boys were:
[name]Theodore[/name], [name]Dashiell[/name], [name]Edmund[/name], [name]Oscar[/name], [name]Henry[/name], [name]Frederick[/name], [name]Hugo[/name], [name]Barnaby[/name]
I’m basically set on [name]Hugo[/name] if we have a boy. I love it. I can totally visualise my son being [name]Hugo[/name]… whereas the longer names I just can’t see in reality. I’m even preferring [name]Theo[/name] over [name]Theodore[/name]! And I’m not usually a nicknamey type of girl.
Similar thoughts with girls.
[name]Audrey[/name] has sprung out of nowhere to the # 1 spot. Although I’ve always loved her, I completely dismissed her due to popularity.
I’m starting to think popularity doesn’t matter to me as much as choosing a beautiful, classic name.
My name is [name]Claire[/name], and even though I have met my fair share of [name]Claire[/name]/[name]Clare[/name]/[name]Clair[/name] 's, I still love that my name has that classic, timeless feel. I would like to give my children the same.
So this is where I’m at. [name]Audrey[/name] and [name]Hugo[/name]. What do you think?
Can you suggest others? What about middle names? So far I have…
[name]Audrey[/name] [name]Juliet[/name]
[name]Audrey[/name] [name]Maeve[/name]
[name]Audrey[/name] [name]Mae[/name]
[name]Audrey[/name] [name]Clementine[/name]
[name]Audrey[/name] [name]Alice[/name] *honours
[name]Audrey[/name] [name]Edith[/name] *honours
- I still adore [name]Eulalie[/name] and [name]Penelope[/name] but they don’t seem as timeless.
[name]Hugo[/name] [name]Patrick[/name] (would honour his Dad)
[name]Hugo[/name] [name]William[/name]
[name]Hugo[/name] [name]Timothy[/name] *honours
[name]Hugo[/name] [name]Frederick[/name]
Would love your feedback!
[name]Claire[/name] x