My husband and I got a BFP today and waiting on HCG results to determine official due date. However, I’m guessing 10/18. Of course we don’t know the gender, but I’m still excited to start looking at name ideas!
We have a 21 month old daughter named [name_f]Agatha[/name_f] [name_f]Daisy[/name_f].
I tend to like “old lady” names (see: [name_f]Agatha[/name_f]) or word name (i.e. [name_u]Dove[/name_u], [name_f]Daisy[/name_f]).
He tends to like more classic names. Think [name_f]Catherine[/name_f]/[name_m]Alexander[/name_m].
I prefer names outside of the top 1000 and the rarer, the better. He’s hard to please but can be totally surprising about what names he likes (for example, he’s the one that came up with [name_f]Agatha[/name_f] out of the blue).
Bonus points for names that have video game or animated movie references. For example, he likes [name_f]Astrid[/name_f] because it’s from [name_m]How[/name_m] to Train Your Dragon and [name_f]Zelda[/name_f] because of [name_u]Legend[/name_u] of [name_f]Zelda[/name_f].
[name_f]Merida[/name_f] (love this, trying to decide if I can see it as a name outside of Brave)
[name_f]Ardith[/name_f] (love this, never heard it before)
[name_f]Ferelith[/name_f]
[name_f]Millicent[/name_f] (I’m constantly on the fence, but this may grow on me)
[name_f]Elspeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Mavis[/name_f]
[name_f]Zinnia[/name_f]
[name_f]Leonore[/name_f]
[name_f]Constance[/name_f] (I like, but I dislike [name_u]Connie[/name_u] as a nickname)
[name_f]Eulalie[/name_f]
[name_f]Bridget[/name_f] ([name_f]Birdie[/name_f])
[name_f]Edith[/name_f]
[name_f]Ingrid[/name_f]
[name_f]Lark[/name_f]
[name_f]Olive[/name_f]
[name_f]Winifred[/name_f] ([name_f]Winnie[/name_f]/[name_u]Freddie[/name_u]) – (I like [name_f]Winnie[/name_f] but not [name_f]Winifred[/name_f]?)
[name_f]Dorothy[/name_f] (love this name but we’ve got an Aunt [name_f]Dorothy[/name_f])
[name_f]Miriam[/name_f],
[name_f]Cordelia[/name_f],
[name_f]Daphne[/name_f],
[name_f]Fern[/name_f],
[name_u]January[/name_u],
[name_f]Felicity[/name_f]
[name_f]Agatha[/name_f] [name_f]Daisy[/name_f] is so cute. I like [name_f]Agatha[/name_f] and [name_f]Zelda[/name_f] together. [name_m]How[/name_m] about [name_f]Zelda[/name_f] [name_f]Josephine[/name_f]?
The problem with most video game names is that they aren’t usually particularly “old lady” or “old man”. That said:
[name_f]Zelda[/name_f]
[name_f]Lorna[/name_f] ([name_f]Lorna[/name_f] Crowley from Warcraft)
[name_f]Liliana[/name_f] ([name_u]Magic[/name_u] the gathering)
[name_m]Cecil[/name_m] (Final [name_f]Fantasy[/name_f] IV)
[name_f]Lara[/name_f] (Tomb Raider)
[name_f]Ada[/name_f] (Resident Evil)
[name_f]Aveline[/name_f] (Asassin’s [name_m]Creed[/name_m] 3)
[name_f]Clementine[/name_f] (Walking Dead)
[name_f]Judith[/name_f] (Walking Dead)
[name_f]Vella[/name_f] (Broken Age)
[name_m]Miles[/name_m] (Sonic the Hedgehog)
[name_m]Jacob[/name_m] (Halo)
[name_m]Gordon[/name_m] (Half-Life)
[name_m]Thane[/name_m] (Mass Effect)
[name_m]Marcus[/name_m] (Gears of War)
[name_m]Leon[/name_m] (Resident Evil 2)
[name_f]Agatha[/name_f] always goes with [name_f]Margery[/name_f] in my head (two favourite classic mystery writers being [name_f]Agatha[/name_f] [name_u]Christie[/name_u] and [name_f]Margery[/name_f] Allingham).
But I have to say I [name_u]LOVE[/name_u] [name_f]Zelda[/name_f] for you guys. It has the video game connection, it has the roaring 20s. If it’s not quite old-lady enough for your tastes you could combine it with an extra-clunky middle name. [name_f]Zelda[/name_f] [name_f]Ursula[/name_f] perhaps, [name_f]Zelda[/name_f] [name_f]Thomasine[/name_f], [name_f]Zelda[/name_f] [name_f]Margery[/name_f] (coming back to that one again).
