We have [name]Eleanor[/name] [name]Grace[/name], 3, and [name]Simon[/name] [name]Paul[/name], 8 months. And a very surprise #3 due in [name]January[/name]! Of course, we’re already talking names.
We like old-fashioned, “nerdy”, old person names. I’m a huge English/Scottish history buff, so if a name has a historical connotation, so much the better ([name]Eleanor[/name] of [name]Aquitaine[/name] and Sir [name]Simon[/name] [name]Fraser[/name], for example). We do have some things to eliminate, though:
No A or L names. Would prefer no E or S names, although I’m hoping to talk DH around on [name]Stuart[/name] for a boy. Nothing in the SSA top 100. Last name is [name]Luther[/name].
Possible contenders right now for a girl: [name]Josephine[/name] [name]Anne[/name]. [name]Margery[/name] [name]Anne[/name]. [name]Matilda[/name] ?. For boys: [name]Stuart[/name] [name]James[/name]. [name]Malcolm[/name] [name]James[/name]. [name]Desmond[/name] ?. [name]Geoffrey[/name]. (those boy names were on the short list for [name]Simon[/name] and got rejected for one reason or another.) I love the name [name]Arthur[/name], but [name]Arthur[/name] [name]Luther[/name] just sounds ridiculous.
Thoughts?
[name]Daphne[/name] [name]Anne[/name]
[name]Daphne[/name] [name]Lucille[/name]
[name]Lucille[/name] [name]Dora[/name]
[name]Dorothy[/name] [name]Tabitha[/name]
from your list I love [name]Josephine[/name], [name]Malcolm[/name] & [name]Geoffrey[/name]. I like [name]Desmond[/name] but something about it is too similar to [name]Simon[/name], and [name]Stuart[/name] I think is wonderful but to avoid double initials…
Some other suggestions:
[name]Wallace[/name] ([name]William[/name] [name]Wallace[/name])
[name]Roger[/name] ([name]Roger[/name] Bacon)
[name]Peter[/name]/[name]Pierre[/name] ([name]Peter[/name] [name]Abelard[/name])
[name]Frederick[/name] ([name]Frederick[/name] Barbarossa)
[name]Robert[/name] ([name]Robert[/name] the [name]Bruce[/name])
[name]Edward[/name] ([name]King[/name] [name]Edward[/name])
[name]Matilda[/name] ([name]Matilda[/name] of Flanders, [name]Empress[/name] [name]Matilda[/name], [name]Matilda[/name] of Boulogne)
[name]Maude[/name] (good queen [name]Maude[/name])
[name]Philippa[/name] ([name]Philippa[/name] of Hainault)
[name]Heloise[/name] (Héloïse d’Argenteuil)
[name]Alice[/name] ([name]Alice[/name] Perrers, though maybe not the greatest namesake)
Thanks!
I really like [name]Wallace[/name], but don’t know if I can get DH on board with that one. I would also love [name]Edward[/name], but DH doesn’t like the Twilight connection and popularity factor. I’m trying to talk him around on [name]Edmund[/name], if he’ll go for another E name. I do like [name]Peter[/name], as well.
I love [name]Alice[/name], but my name is [name]Allison[/name] and that’s just too matchy-matchy. DH has a personal aversion to all things [name]Phillip[/name]-related names, so no-go on [name]Philippa[/name]. And I [name]LOVE[/name] [name]Matilda[/name]!
I’m gonna keep pushing for [name]Stuart[/name] and [name]Josephine[/name]. Hopefully, this baby sticks and this conversation will turn into more than just day dreaming.
Thanks again!
Congratulations!
I love [name]Desmond[/name]!! [name]Desmond[/name] [name]Luther[/name] sounds great!! For combos, maybe [name]Desmond[/name] [name]Thomas[/name] or [name]Desmond[/name] [name]Bruce[/name]?
Girls
[name]Marcella[/name]
[name]Mary[/name]
[name]Mavis[/name]
[name]Harriett[/name]
[name]Frances[/name]
[name]Florence[/name]
[name]Winifred[/name] - [name]Winnie[/name]
[name]Willa[/name]
[name]Edith[/name] - [name]Edie[/name] - I know you said no E’s, but [name]Eleanor[/name] and [name]Edith[/name] would be adorable!
[name]Sybil[/name]
[name]Clara[/name]
[name]Jane[/name]
[name]June[/name]
[name]Joan[/name]
[name]Jean[/name]
Boys
[name]Ned[/name] as a nn for [name]Edward[/name]?
[name]Edwin[/name]
[name]Gilbert[/name]
[name]Bertram[/name]
[name]Theodore[/name]
[name]Gregory[/name]
[name]Joel[/name]
[name]Warren[/name]
[name]Vincent[/name]
[name]Vaughn[/name]
[name]Graham[/name]
[name]Byron[/name]
[name]Niall[/name] (nile) or [name]Neil[/name]
I love your children’s names-- but I would have used [name]Simon[/name] de Montfort as inspiration (and interestingly, his wife’s name was [name]Eleanor[/name]). I like all of your girls names. What about [name]Matilda[/name] [name]Joan[/name] as a combination? Lots of historical Joans. For another boy, I like [name]Geoffrey[/name] and [name]Malcolm[/name] best to avoid having 2 S names.
Some other possibilities:
[name]Eleanor[/name], [name]Simon[/name], and
[name]Clement[/name]
[name]Donald[/name]
[name]Douglas[/name]
[name]Frederick[/name]
[name]George[/name]
[name]Gilbert[/name]
[name]Gordon[/name]
[name]Harold[/name]
[name]Howard[/name]
[name]Hugh[/name]
[name]Ivo[/name]
[name]Kenneth[/name]
[name]Montgomery[/name]
[name]Murray[/name]
[name]Nigel[/name]
[name]Patrick[/name]
[name]Percy[/name]
[name]Richard[/name]
[name]Robert[/name]
[name]Roger[/name]
[name]Roland[/name]
Rannulf
[name]Rupert[/name]
[name]Rufus[/name]
[name]Walter[/name]
[name]Beatrice[/name]
[name]Blanche[/name]
[name]Cecilia[/name]
[name]Cecily[/name]
[name]Clementine[/name]
[name]Constance[/name]
[name]Florence[/name]
[name]Frederica[/name]
[name]Frances[/name]
[name]Georgina[/name]
Hawise
[name]Jane[/name]
[name]Joan[/name]/[name]Joanna[/name]
[name]Judith[/name]
[name]Juliana[/name]
[name]Margaret[/name]
[name]Sybilla[/name]
[name]Victoria[/name]
[name]Margery[/name] [name]Anne[/name] is SOOO pretty!
I really like [name]Simon[/name] and [name]Eleanor[/name]. For boys I like [name]Malcolm[/name], [name]Desmond[/name], and [name]Stuart[/name]. I really like [name]Josephine[/name] and [name]Matilda[/name] for girls. Here are some other names that may work.
Girls
[name]Claudia[/name]
[name]Julia[/name]
[name]Gretchen[/name]
[name]Sylvia[/name]
[name]Claire[/name]
[name]Harriet[/name]
[name]Georgia[/name]/ [name]Georgina[/name]/ [name]Georgiana[/name]
[name]Susannah[/name]
Boys
[name]Howard[/name]
[name]Spencer[/name]
[name]Harrison[/name]
[name]Mitchell[/name]
[name]Russell[/name]
[name]Victor[/name]
[name]Hugh[/name]