Traditional names for next baby

General Name Discussion
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My husband and I are trying to conceive again, so, of course, I am thinking about names already.

I am really stuck on [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] if we have a girl, but hubby isn’t sold on it. Our son’s name is pretty traditional ([name_m]Alexander[/name_m]), so I wanted to stick with something traditional for the next baby.

I really like [name_m]Benjamin[/name_m] or [name_m]Bennett[/name_m] for a boy, but hubby doesn’t like those names either.

HELP! I can’t find one traditional name that hubby will agree to put on our list.

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Traditional Girl’s Names

[name_f]Victoria[/name_f]
[name_f]Emily[/name_f]
[name_f]Caroline[/name_f]
[name_f]Teresa[/name_f]
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f]
[name_f]Bethany[/name_f]
[name_f]Marie[/name_f] or [name_f]Maria[/name_f]

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Traditional Boy’s Names

[name_u]James[/name_u]
[name_u]Michael[/name_u]
[name_m]Henry[/name_m]
[name_m]Jack[/name_m]
[name_m]David[/name_m]

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[name_m]Zachary[/name_m]
[name_m]Lucas[/name_m]
[name_m]Joseph[/name_m]
[name_m]Joshua[/name_m]
[name_m]Jacob[/name_m]
[name_m]Robert[/name_m]

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Could you give us a little more information about why you both liked [name_m]Alexander[/name_m] or what your hubby doesn’t like about [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] and [name_m]Benjamin[/name_m]/[name_m]Bennett[/name_m]? What about [name_f]Eliza[/name_f] or [name_f]Elise[/name_f] instead of [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]?

Some other possibilities:

[name_m]Alexander[/name_m] and

[name_f]Catherine[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]
[name_f]Esther[/name_f]
[name_f]Felicity[/name_f]
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f]
[name_f]Helena[/name_f]
[name_f]Julia[/name_f]
[name_f]Juliet[/name_f]
[name_f]Laura[/name_f]/[name_f]Lauren[/name_f]/[name_f]Laurel[/name_f]
[name_f]Lillian[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucy[/name_f]
[name_f]Margaret[/name_f]
[name_f]Matilda[/name_f]
[name_f]Natalie[/name_f]
[name_f]Olivia[/name_f]
[name_f]Phoebe[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosemary[/name_f]
[name_f]Sarah[/name_f]
[name_f]Susannah[/name_f]
[name_u]Vivian[/name_u]

[name_m]Charles[/name_m]
[name_m]Edward[/name_m]
[name_m]Frederick[/name_m]
[name_m]George[/name_m]
[name_m]Isaac[/name_m]
[name_m]John[/name_m]
[name_m]Malcolm[/name_m]
[name_m]Marcus[/name_m]
[name_m]Matthew[/name_m]
[name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m]
[name_m]Oliver[/name_m]
[name_m]Peter[/name_m]
[name_m]Philip[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m]
[name_m]Simon[/name_m]
[name_m]Theodore[/name_m]
[name_m]William[/name_m]

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[name_f]Amelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Anne[/name_f]
[name_f]Ada[/name_f]
[name_f]Alice[/name_f]
[name_f]Audrey[/name_f]
[name_f]Abigail[/name_f]
[name_u]Clare[/name_u]/[name_f]Clara[/name_f]
[name_f]Cecilia[/name_f]
[name_f]Cecily[/name_f]
[name_f]Dorothy[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleanora[/name_f]
[name_f]Elisabeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Edith[/name_f]
[name_f]Emmeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Frances[/name_f]
[name_f]Grace[/name_f]
[name_f]Gwendolen[/name_f]
[name_f]Helen[/name_f]
[name_f]Hannah[/name_f]
[name_f]Helene[/name_f]
[name_f]Jane[/name_f]
[name_f]Jacqueline[/name_f]
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f]
[name_f]Katherine[/name_f]
[name_f]Leah[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucy[/name_f]
[name_f]Lydia[/name_f]
[name_f]Louisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Louise[/name_f]
[name_f]Lillian[/name_f]
[name_f]Madeleine[/name_f]
[name_f]Marguerite[/name_f]
[name_f]Miriam[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f]
[name_f]Marianne[/name_f]
[name_f]Naomi[/name_f]
[name_f]Penelope[/name_f]
[name_f]Philippa[/name_f]
[name_f]Ruth[/name_f]
[name_f]Rachel[/name_f]
[name_f]Rose[/name_f]
[name_f]Rebecca[/name_f]/[name_f]Rebekah[/name_f]
[name_f]Sylvia[/name_f]
[name_f]Susanna[/name_f]
[name_f]Theresa[/name_f]
[name_f]Vivienne[/name_f]
Wilhemina

[name_m]Andrew[/name_m]
[name_m]Caleb[/name_m]
[name_m]Christopher[/name_m]
[name_m]Daniel[/name_m]
[name_m]Franklin[/name_m]
[name_m]Gabriel[/name_m]
[name_m]Gregory[/name_m]
[name_m]Nicholas[/name_m]
[name_m]Paul[/name_m]
[name_m]Philip[/name_m]
[name_m]Patrick[/name_m]
[name_m]Richard[/name_m]
[name_m]Thomas[/name_m]
[name_m]Timothy[/name_m]
[name_m]Vincent[/name_m]

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I love [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]. There are so many variants that your husband might like one. Here are just a few:

[name_f]Elisabeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Elsbeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Lilibeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Elizabet[/name_f]
Elisabethe

Here are some other suggestions:

[name_f]Juliette[/name_f]
[name_f]Georgette[/name_f] / [name_f]Georgina[/name_f]
[name_f]Johannah[/name_f]
[name_f]Francesca[/name_f]
[name_f]Rebecca[/name_f]
[name_f]Lilith[/name_f]
[name_f]Gwendolyn[/name_f]
[name_f]Kathleen[/name_f]
[name_f]Josephina[/name_f]
[name_f]Willamina[/name_f]
[name_f]Imogene[/name_f]

Boys:

[name_m]Abraham[/name_m]
[name_m]Harvey[/name_m]
[name_m]Graham[/name_m]
[name_m]Wilhelm[/name_m]
[name_m]Paul[/name_m]
[name_m]Theodore[/name_m]
[name_m]Arthur[/name_m]
[name_m]Frederick[/name_m]
[name_m]Lewis[/name_m]

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Names that immediately come to mind with [name_m]Alexander[/name_m]:
[name_m]Allan[/name_m]/ [name_m]Allen[/name_m]
Angelica
Anthony
[name_f]Bridget[/name_f]
Camilla
[name_f]Caroline[/name_f]
Cassandra
[name_f]Chloe[/name_f]
Christina
Christopher
[name_u]Dorian[/name_u]
Eleanor
[name_f]Emeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Evangeline[/name_f]
[name_u]Evelyn[/name_u]
[name_u]Everett[/name_u]
[name_m]Findley[/name_m]
[name_f]Gabriella[/name_f]
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f]
[name_m]Hamish[/name_m] (a form of [name_u]James[/name_u])
[name_f]Isabelle[/name_f]
Jacqueline
[name_f]Jessica[/name_f]
Katherine
[name_f]Julia[/name_f]
[name_f]Lillian[/name_f]
Maximillian
[name_m]Maxwell[/name_m]
[name_f]Melisande[/name_f]
[name_f]Melissa[/name_f]
[name_f]Mercedes[/name_f]
[name_u]Meredith[/name_u]
[name_f]Natasha[/name_f]
Nathaniel
[name_f]Noelle[/name_f]
Peter
Sebastian
[name_u]Stanley[/name_u]
Veronica
[name_f]Zoe[/name_f]

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While [name_m]Alexander[/name_m] is traditional, it does have a bit of a kick to it with the X. So I might go more in the direction of traditional and slightly eccentric.

What are his suggestions? no suggestions no vote! that’s what I say.

With [name_m]Alexander[/name_m] I’d probably go with:
[name_m]Nikolas[/name_m]
[name_m]Maxwell[/name_m]
[name_m]Quentin[/name_m]
[name_m]Felix[/name_m]
[name_m]Xavier[/name_m]

[name_f]Jacqueline[/name_f]
[name_f]Beatrix[/name_f]
[name_f]Veronica[/name_f]
[name_f]Izabel[/name_f]
[name_f]Roxanna[/name_f]
[name_f]Suzannah[/name_f]