Time for a new approach?

Name Advice
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Hey All! I’ve been a berry for years and years (since 2011 I think), and TTC for a long while AND STILL DON’T HAVE ANY BABY NAMES.
At this point if I had a baby tomorrow, I’d panic name like I panic order in a restaurant, and likely end up with some regrets.
Maybe it’s the timeline, and I’ve loved and lost love for a lot of names over the years. I feel like it’s been forever since I heard a new name.

So I’m hoping you all can help me try a different tactic! I’m going to briefly describe myself and my partner, both in appearance and personality/interests. And I’m hoping you can throw some suggestions for both boys and girls names at me.
The only things to consider are that I love an unexpected first name with accessible nickname AND that my partner will not go for anything too out there! (No baby [name_f]Apple[/name_f] for us!)
Last name will likely be hyphenated or maybe just 3 syllables and start with Z

Me - [name_u]Early[/name_u] 30s, college educated in Design and spent several years as a Lead Designer/Manager before quitting my job, currently I’m hoping to write my first novel. I love books, reading, Nintendo Gaming specifically, I’m definitely creative, shy and bookish, but also have a personality that draws others in. I have long dirty blonde hair, wear glasses and have green eyes. Tattoos but not covered in them. Heritage is Indigenous, [name_u]Irish[/name_u], Scottish and Swedish.

Him - Late 30s, [name_u]Dark[/name_u] [name_m]Brown[/name_m] Eyes, [name_u]Dark[/name_u] but Salt and [name_u]Pepper[/name_u] hair. Very analytical, logical and intelligent, works primarily with numbers and spread sheets. Big Sci Fi nerd (we both are!) and PC gamer. Very straight edge as an adult but was a bit of a troublemaker in his youth. Fit but not sporty, makes friends easily but is introverted. Heritage is primarily Ukrainian.

What are we introducing our baby as?

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First thoughts these probably aren’t new to you but may work for you?

Girls:
[name_f]Alara[/name_f] nn [name_f]Ally[/name_f] or [name_f]Lara[/name_f]
[name_f]Elora[/name_f] nn [name_f]Elly[/name_f]
[name_f]Cosima[/name_f] nn [name_u]Coco[/name_u] or [name_f]Cosy[/name_f]
[name_u]June[/name_u] nn [name_f]Juni[/name_f] or [name_u]Juno[/name_u] ( I prefer the nn on these ones but your partner may prefer the more traditional name…)
[name_f]Etoile[/name_f] nn [name_f]Ettie[/name_f]

Boys

[name_m]Lachlan[/name_m] nn [name_m]Lockie[/name_m]
[name_m]Luke[/name_m] or [name_m]Lucas[/name_m]
[name_u]Arlo[/name_u]
[name_m]Ford[/name_m]
[name_u]Sterling[/name_u]

All the best

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[name_u]Blythe[/name_u]
[name_f]Bryony[/name_f]
[name_f]Daphne[/name_f]
[name_f]Dulcinea[/name_f] “Dulcie”
[name_f]Estella[/name_f] “Essie, Stella”
[name_f]Gloria[/name_f] “Glo, Rory”
[name_f]Guinevere[/name_f] “Guin, Evie”
[name_f]Isadora[/name_f] “Izzy, Sadie”
[name_f]Jessamine[/name_f] “Jessie, Minnie”
[name_f]Leona[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucinda[/name_f] “Indie”
[name_f]Maeve[/name_f]
[name_f]Ramona[/name_f] “Romy”
[name_f]Rowena[/name_f] “Winnie”
[name_f]Seraphina[/name_f] “Sadie, Finn”
[name_f]Sybil[/name_f] “Billie”

[name_m]Ansel[/name_m]
[name_m]Casper[/name_m]
[name_m]Caspian[/name_m]
[name_m]Cedric[/name_m]
[name_m]Cormac[/name_m] “Mac”
[name_m]Cyrus[/name_m]
[name_m]Dashiell[/name_m] “Dash”
[name_u]Jasper[/name_u]
[name_u]Leander[/name_u] “Lee, Leo”
[name_m]Lucian[/name_m] “Luc”
[name_u]Oberon[/name_u] “Bear”
[name_m]Orson[/name_m] “Sonny”
[name_m]Phineas[/name_m] “Finn”
[name_u]Quentin[/name_u] “Quinn”
[name_m]Torin[/name_m]
[name_m]Winston[/name_m] “Win”

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You guys sound hot! Geez!

Cute gamer/ techy / nerd / arty names:

Winry
Astrid
Calla
Esther
Tabitha
Ida
Martha
Hermione
Flora
Naomi
Willamina
Betty
Bridget
Freida
Ingrid
Juno
Erin
Adelaide
Maggie
Greta
Norah
Frets
Frances
Audrey
Valerie
Thea
Peggy
Aria

Will post boys in a bit :wink:

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Boys:

Albert
Winston
Wilfred (one of my faves!)
Arthur
Ronan
Hugh
Cyrus
Edmund
Phillip
Callum
Anders
Axel
Patrick
Silas
Hugo
Rory
Lorcan
Tiernan
Borys / Boris
Elias
Sebastian
Magnus
Oliver
Leif
Artemis
Simon
Valeriy

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BOYS:
Wren
Enoch
Vincent
Rook
Cassander
Alcott
Winter
Cornelius
Raphael
Oren
Ignatius
Llewyn
Amias
Ivo
Jorah
Aurelius
Calcifer
Eliseo

GIRLS:
Rune
Vellozia
Talwyn
Opa
Arwen
Cleotha
Fern
Theora
Pamina
Lotus
Cherith
Idalia
Merrigan
Augusta
Coral
Nymphaea
Apolline
Linnea

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[name_f]Girl[/name_f] names:

[name_f]Winona[/name_f]
[name_f]Irina[/name_f]
[name_f]Mabel[/name_f]
[name_f]Julia[/name_f]
[name_f]Susanna[/name_f]
[name_f]Clara[/name_f] // [name_f]Klara[/name_f]
[name_f]Rose[/name_f]
[name_f]Uliana[/name_f]
[name_f]Ofelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Nina[/name_f]
[name_f]Katherine[/name_f]
[name_f]Olga[/name_f]
[name_f]Nadia[/name_f]
[name_f]Vita[/name_f]
[name_f]Larissa[/name_f] / [name_f]Larisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Sofia[/name_f]
[name_f]Hanna[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleonora[/name_f]
[name_f]Diana[/name_f]
[name_f]Anastasia[/name_f]
[name_f]Magdalena[/name_f]
[name_f]Antonina[/name_f]
[name_f]Daria[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f]
[name_f]Marta[/name_f]
[name_f]Frances[/name_f]
[name_f]Natalia[/name_f]
[name_f]Olympia[/name_f]
[name_f]Raisa[/name_f] / [name_f]Raissa[/name_f]
[name_f]Aliona[/name_f] // [name_f]Alina[/name_f]
[name_f]Ivanna[/name_f]
[name_f]Lilia[/name_f]
[name_f]Alexandra[/name_f]
[name_f]Veronica[/name_f] // [name_f]Veronika[/name_f]
[name_f]Albina[/name_f]
Tamila
[name_f]Alisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Yana[/name_f]
[name_u]Maria[/name_u] // [name_u]Marie[/name_u]
[name_f]Inessa[/name_f]
[name_f]Eva[/name_f]
[name_f]Luisa[/name_f] // [name_u]Louise[/name_u] // [name_f]Louisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Angelica[/name_f]
[name_f]Vira[/name_f]

[name_m]Boy[/name_m] names:

[name_m]Adam[/name_m]
[name_u]Claude[/name_u]
[name_m]Vasil[/name_m]
[name_u]Francis[/name_u]
Aleks// [name_u]Alex[/name_u]
[name_u]Joseph[/name_u]
[name_m]Stepan[/name_m] / [name_m]Stephen[/name_m]
[name_u]Franklin[/name_u]
Ruvim/ [name_m]Ruben[/name_m] / [name_m]Reuben[/name_m]
[name_u]Charles[/name_u]
[name_m]Marco[/name_m]
[name_u]Sasha[/name_u]
[name_u]Nil[/name_u]
[name_u]Edward[/name_u]
[name_u]David[/name_u]
[name_u]Benjamin[/name_u]
[name_m]Anatoli[/name_m]
[name_m]Oliver[/name_m]
[name_m]Edmund[/name_m]
[name_m]Roman[/name_m]
[name_m]Artem[/name_m]
[name_m]Stas[/name_m]
[name_m]Vitali[/name_m]
[name_m]Augustin[/name_m]
[name_m]Lorenzo[/name_m]
[name_m]Alexander[/name_m]
[name_u]Niall[/name_u]
[name_m]Eugene[/name_m]
[name_m]Miron[/name_m] // [name_m]Myron[/name_m]
[name_m]Taras[/name_m]
[name_m]Alistair[/name_m]
[name_u]Darren[/name_u]
Artur// [name_u]Arthur[/name_u]
[name_m]Valentin[/name_m]
[name_m]Maxim[/name_m]
[name_m]Petro[/name_m]
[name_m]Theodore[/name_m]
[name_m]Ivan[/name_m]
[name_m]Danilo[/name_m]
[name_m]Fedir[/name_m]

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Isolda/Isolde ‘Izzy’
[name_f]Estella[/name_f] ‘Stella’
[name_f]Antonina[/name_f] ‘Nina’ ‘Annie’
[name_f]Elodia[/name_f] ‘Ellie’ ‘Edie’ ‘Lola’
[name_f]Embla[/name_f] ‘Emmy’

[name_m]Solomon[/name_m] ‘Sonny’ ‘Sol’
[name_m]Cosmo[/name_m] ‘Ozzy’
[name_u]Dorian[/name_u] ‘Rory’ ‘Ian’
[name_m]Duncan[/name_m] ‘Danny’
[name_m]Stellan[/name_m]

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[name_f]Aiyana[/name_f] [name_u]June[/name_u]
[name_f]Daniela[/name_f] [name_f]Bindi[/name_f]
[name_f]Natalya[/name_f] [name_f]Dyane[/name_f]
[name_f]Edina[/name_f] [name_f]Blithe[/name_f]
[name_f]Inna[/name_f] [name_f]Daphne[/name_f]
Kalyna [name_f]Gwendolyn[/name_f]
[name_f]Katerina[/name_f] [name_f]Guinevere[/name_f]
[name_f]Larissa[/name_f] [name_f]Maeve[/name_f]
[name_f]Mariska[/name_f] [name_f]Esther[/name_f]
[name_f]Orinda[/name_f] [name_f]Ingrid[/name_f]
[name_f]Svetlana[/name_f] [name_u]Rune[/name_u]
[name_f]Anastasia[/name_f] [name_u]Tau[/name_u]
[name_f]Valentina[/name_f] Balwyn
[name_f]Winona[/name_f] [name_u]Fern[/name_u]

[name_m]Adriel[/name_m] Locklin
[name_m]Lucius[/name_m] [name_m]Anakin[/name_m]
[name_f]Calais[/name_f] [name_u]Harlow[/name_u]
[name_u]Marlowe[/name_u] [name_u]Dakota[/name_u]
[name_u]Jalen[/name_u] Fords
[name_m]Ansel[/name_m] [name_u]Kai[/name_u]
[name_m]Silas[/name_m] Kisumu
[name_m]Caspar[/name_m] [name_m]Lars[/name_m]
[name_u]Mika[/name_u] [name_m]Caspian[/name_m]
[name_m]Cedric[/name_m] [name_m]Mikhail[/name_m]
[name_u]Rodin[/name_u] [name_m]Cassius[/name_m]
[name_m]Cormac[/name_m] [name_m]Simon[/name_m]
[name_m]Dashiell[/name_m] Toklas
Tomasi [name_u]Sterling[/name_u]

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Hopefully these aren’t too out there for your partner :sweat_smile:

[name_f]Andromeda[/name_f] ‘Anya’
[name_f]Calliope[/name_f] ‘Callie’
[name_f]Claudine[/name_f]
[name_f]Elestren[/name_f] ‘Ellie’
[name_f]Elora[/name_f]
[name_u]Indigo[/name_u] ‘Indie’
[name_u]Jupiter[/name_u]
[name_f]Larissa[/name_f]
[name_f]Sophronia[/name_f] ‘Sophie’
[name_f]Winona[/name_f] ‘Winnie’
[name_f]Yvaine[/name_f]
[name_f]Zelda[/name_f]

[name_m]Benedict[/name_m] ‘Ben’
[name_m]Danilo[/name_m]
[name_m]Dashiell[/name_m] ‘Dash’
[name_m]Evander[/name_m] ‘Van’
[name_m]Felix[/name_m]
[name_m]Gregory[/name_m]
[name_m]Henrik[/name_m] ‘Hank’
[name_m]Isidore[/name_m]
[name_m]Orson[/name_m]
[name_m]Ossian[/name_m]
[name_u]Ridley[/name_u]
[name_u]Quentin[/name_u] ‘Quinn’

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Fun idea!

You’ve had lots of fabulous suggestions so count any repeats as me being in agreement with the berries…

You:

[name_f]Amara[/name_f]
[name_f]Nahla[/name_f]
[name_f]Elara[/name_f]
[name_f]Amalia[/name_f]
[name_u]Christo[/name_u]
[name_f]Imogen[/name_f]
[name_u]Juno[/name_u]
[name_f]Anouk[/name_f]
[name_f]Anaya[/name_f]
[name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_f]Dahlia[/name_f]
[name_f]Marielle[/name_f]
[name_f]Atarah[/name_f]

Him:

[name_m]Tobias[/name_m]
[name_m]Gideon[/name_m]
[name_m]Jonas[/name_m]
[name_m]Winston[/name_m]
[name_u]Gabriel[/name_u]
[name_u]Jude[/name_u]
[name_u]Beck[/name_u]
[name_m]Ambrose[/name_m]
[name_m]Abel[/name_m]
[name_u]Pascoe[/name_u]
[name_u]Sterling[/name_u]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m]
[name_m]Reuben[/name_m]
[name_m]Jeremiah[/name_m]

[name_f]Hope[/name_f] this helps

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Sorry for any repeats!

[name_u]Abilene[/name_u]- Abby/Lena/Billie
[name_f]Abrial[/name_f]- Abby/Bree
[name_f]Adalet[/name_f]- Addie/Lettie/etta
Adelaise- Ada/Lacy
[name_f]Alzophine[/name_f]- Allie/Zoe
Belatrice- [name_f]Bella[/name_f]
Demarest- Demi/marie
Domenie- [name_f]Minnie[/name_f]
Edesie- Edie/Dessy
[name_f]Edurne[/name_f]- [name_f]Edie[/name_f]
Eleontine-Ellie
Esperie- Perry/Essie
[name_f]Evora[/name_f]- [name_f]Evie[/name_f]
Florabel- Flora/Bell/Ellie
[name_f]Fiorella[/name_f]- Fi/Ella/Ellie
[name_f]Fioralba[/name_f]- Fi/alba/allie
Floremonde- [name_f]Flora[/name_f]
Gwenonwy- [name_f]Gwen[/name_f]
Idelinde- Ida/Lindy
[name_f]Iphigenie[/name_f]- Effie/Genny
[name_f]Ismerie[/name_f]- Izzy/Mae/Marie
[name_f]Liriope[/name_f]- Liri/Poppy

Amsel
[name_m]Aristides[/name_m]- [name_u]Ari[/name_u]
Denston- [name_u]Denny[/name_u]
[name_m]Eneko[/name_m]- [name_u]Niko[/name_u]
[name_u]Evren[/name_u]
Finlo-Finn
[name_m]Gresham[/name_m]- [name_u]Grey[/name_u]
[name_m]Halloran[/name_m]- [name_m]Hal[/name_m]
Iker-Ike
Kairos-Kai
Kenedur-Ken/Ned
Leveson-Levi

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So many wonderful responses so far!! Thank you! I intend to write up a proper reply as soon as I’m at my laptop, so much easier than on my phone! :two_hearts::two_hearts:

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