What You'd Really Name Your Nine

I wrote about this last night in the girl names section. In short, after my unborn children, I began to feel the need to name nine female children and nine male children. As an act of completion, somehow, I think. What I’d really name them if they suddenly appeared. Here they are. A healing naming ritual for me.

Edmund Auburn Ned/Neddy
Robert Caradoc Rob/Robbie
Linus Gordon. Li
Keir Kenelm. Keir
Nicholas Patrick Nick/Nicky
Clement Pascal Clem
Timothy Swithin Tim/Timmy
Davenport Fenton Dave/Davey
Bramwell Douglas Bram/Welby

It wasn’t until I did this that I got real about using Laurence/Laurie as a for sure first as Laurie is the name of my husband’s ex-wife. When I was just fantasizing about names, it didn’t matter, but I’d hate to give her the satisfaction of thinking we named a child after her!

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edmund auburn is just so sweet! i loved your girl names and i knew i’d love your boy names too! :grin:

i’d use:

thomas vincent
james raphaël
jesse zachary
declan ezekiel or declan yves
shepherd finch
rafe morgan
florian isaac
sidney philip
ivo theodore

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Thanks so much, [name_f]Daisy[/name_f]! Yours are lovely too.

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Such a beautiful list of names!

[name_u]Elliott[/name_u] [name_u]Robert[/name_u] [name_u]Henry[/name_u]
[name_u]William[/name_u] [name_u]Ezra[/name_u] [name_u]George[/name_u]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_u]Micah[/name_u] [name_u]Jude[/name_u]
[name_m]Thomas[/name_m] [name_u]Levi[/name_u] [name_m]Oren[/name_m]
[name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m] [name_m]Peter[/name_m] [name_u]Lyle[/name_u]
[name_m]Louis[/name_m] [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m] [name_u]Clyde[/name_u]
[name_m]Hugo[/name_m] [name_m]Gideon[/name_m] [name_u]Flynn[/name_u]
[name_m]Alexander[/name_m] [name_u]Noah[/name_u] [name_u]Jack[/name_u]
[name_u]James[/name_u] [name_u]Daniel[/name_u] [name_m]Byron[/name_m]

[name_u]Eli[/name_u], [name_u]Billy[/name_u], [name_u]Sam[/name_u], [name_m]Tom[/name_m], [name_m]Nate[/name_m], [name_u]Lou[/name_u], [name_m]Hugh[/name_m], [name_u]Alex[/name_u] & [name_u]Jamie[/name_u]

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Thank you, [name_f]Becca[/name_f]. So glad to see [name_u]Clyde[/name_u] on your great list!

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[name_u]Marlo[/name_u] [name_u]William[/name_u]
[name_u]Jori[/name_u] [name_m]Lewis[/name_m]
[name_u]Shaya[/name_u] [name_u]Francis[/name_u]
[name_u]Brio[/name_u] [name_m]Bernard[/name_m]
[name_m]Berwynne[/name_m] “Wynn” [name_m]Grant[/name_m]
[name_u]Alma[/name_u] [name_m]Pendleton[/name_m]
[name_m]Kendrick[/name_m] [name_u]Elm[/name_u]
[name_m]Gino[/name_m] Corduroy
[name_f]Bronte[/name_f] [name_m]Harmon[/name_m]

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i love clement pascal!

theodore fern teddy
wilbur cloud berry
jasper lee jay
eugene finch eugie
francis blythe fritz
perseus moon percy
hyacinth louis hy
caspian herb kit
benedict eris benny

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Yours are wonderful!! [name_m]Bramwell[/name_m] [name_u]Douglas[/name_u], [name_m]Linus[/name_m] [name_m]Gordan[/name_m], [name_u]Robert[/name_u] [name_m]Caradoc[/name_m] and [name_m]Clement[/name_m] [name_m]Pascal[/name_m] are especially lovely.

This is going to be tough I think, but I’ll say:

[name_m]Sholto[/name_m] [name_m]Felix[/name_m]
[name_u]Tristan[/name_u] [name_m]Rafferty[/name_m]
[name_u]Julian[/name_u] [name_m]Cosmo[/name_m]
[name_m]Forrest[/name_m] [name_u]Henry[/name_u]
[name_u]Atlas[/name_u] [name_m]Theodore[/name_m]
[name_m]Evander[/name_m] [name_u]Percy[/name_u]
[name_m]Ozias[/name_m] [name_u]Franklin[/name_u]
[name_u]Murphy[/name_u] [name_m]Silas[/name_m]
[name_u]August[/name_u] [name_u]Wilder[/name_u]

Not sure I’d ever be happy with nine boy combos as i find them so tricky

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[name_m]Ronan[/name_m] [name_u]Jack[/name_u]
[name_m]Soren[/name_m] [name_u]Leo[/name_u]
[name_m]Otto[/name_m] [name_m]Evander[/name_m]
[name_m]Talmadge[/name_m] [name_m]Thor[/name_m]
[name_m]Granger[/name_m] [name_u]Milo[/name_u]
[name_m]Seaton[/name_m] [name_m]Merrick[/name_m]
[name_m]Ansel[/name_m] [name_m]Jeffrey[/name_m]
[name_m]Jethro[/name_m] [name_m]Alexander[/name_m]
[name_u]Wilkie[/name_u] [name_u]Gus[/name_u]

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I love [name_m]Seaton[/name_m] [name_m]Merrick[/name_m], [name_m]Ansel[/name_m] [name_m]Jeffrey[/name_m], and [name_u]Wilkie[/name_u] [name_u]Gus[/name_u] the most!

[name_u]Maddox[/name_u] [name_m]Roger[/name_m]
[name_m]Chester[/name_m] [name_m]Glendon[/name_m]
[name_m]Nash[/name_m] [name_u]William[/name_u]
[name_u]Levi[/name_u] [name_m]Jeff[/name_m]
[name_m]Silas[/name_m] [name_m]Patrick[/name_m]
[name_m]Solomon[/name_m] [name_u]Timothy[/name_u]
[name_u]Wilder[/name_u] [name_m]Raymond[/name_m]
[name_u]Atlas[/name_u] [name_u]Cooper[/name_u]
[name_m]Forrest[/name_m] [name_m]Colton[/name_m]

The middle names are names in my family, just the way I like it :two_hearts:

[name_m]Amyas[/name_m] [name_u]Charles[/name_u]
[name_u]Skyler[/name_u] [name_u]William[/name_u]
[name_u]Britton[/name_u] [name_u]Oliver[/name_u]
[name_m]Warwick[/name_m] [name_u]Leslie[/name_u]
[name_u]Ellery[/name_u] [name_m]Thomas[/name_m]
[name_m]Orson[/name_m] [name_m]Louis[/name_m]
[name_u]Porter[/name_u] [name_u]George[/name_u]
[name_m]Lowell[/name_m] [name_m]Phineas[/name_m]
[name_m]Merrick[/name_m] [name_u]Clarence[/name_u]

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Peter Forest
Wesley Finch
Todd Bramble
August Henry
Timothy Kit
Philip Cosmo
Cedric March
William Penn
Finnian Poet

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This story… I’m both so very sorry for your losses of dear love, and so glad you’ve found some peace in these beautiful lists. I love your cozy names.

I think my nine would be…
[name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m] [name_u]Jay[/name_u]
[name_m]Theodore[/name_m] [name_u]Oliver[/name_u]
[name_u]Arthur[/name_u] [name_u]Laurence[/name_u]
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m] [name_u]Poet[/name_u]
[name_m]Otis[/name_m] [name_u]Alcott[/name_u]
[name_m]Peter[/name_m] [name_u]James[/name_u]
[name_m]Benedict[/name_m] [name_u]Edward[/name_u]
[name_m]Lewis[/name_m] [name_u]Henry[/name_u]
[name_u]George[/name_u] [name_u]Austen[/name_u]
[name_u]Nat[/name_u], [name_u]Teddy[/name_u], [name_u]Arthur[/name_u], Bazzie, [name_m]Otis[/name_m], [name_m]Peter[/name_m], [name_m]Ned[/name_m], [name_m]Lewis[/name_m], and [name_m]Geordie[/name_m] :teddy_bear::strawberry::fallen_leaf::rabbit2:

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It would be something along these lines: :blush:
-Seems like I like a lot of names ending in -s

[name_u]Miles[/name_u] [name_m]Arnold[/name_m]

[name_m]Finnian[/name_m] [name_m]Lucas[/name_m]

[name_u]Drew[/name_u] [name_u]Francis[/name_u]

[name_u]Seth[/name_u] [name_m]Tobias[/name_m]

[name_u]Kit[/name_u] [name_m]Lewis[/name_m]

[name_m]Reuben[/name_m] [name_u]Everett[/name_u]

[name_u]Curtis[/name_u] [name_u]Elliott[/name_u]

[name_m]Abel[/name_m] [name_u]Benjamin[/name_u]

[name_u]Henry[/name_u] [name_m]Malcolm[/name_m]

I find your names so sweet and sincere they are lovely and full of thought and meaning.

I think this is my list:

  1. [name_u]Oliver[/name_u] [name_m]Gilbert[/name_m] [name_m]Dixon[/name_m] (Ollie)
  2. [name_m]Ivan[/name_m] [name_m]Roger[/name_m] [name_m]Lloyd[/name_m]
  3. [name_m]Zebedee[/name_m] [name_u]Walter[/name_u] [name_m]Parson[/name_m] (Zeb)
  4. [name_m]Abel[/name_m] [name_u]Michael[/name_u] [name_m]Kenton[/name_m]
  5. [name_m]Reuben[/name_m] [name_u]Douglas[/name_u] [name_m]Wayne[/name_m] (Benny)
  6. [name_m]Nicodemus[/name_m] [name_m]Victor[/name_m] [name_u]John[/name_u] (Nick)
  7. [name_m]Ernest[/name_m] [name_m]Jeffery[/name_m] [name_m]Craig[/name_m] (Ernie)
  8. [name_u]Garnet[/name_u] [name_u]David[/name_u] [name_m]Peter[/name_m] (Gary)
  9. [name_m]Caspian[/name_m] [name_m]Martin[/name_m] [name_m]Fisher[/name_m] (Cap)
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Thanks, fellow [name_f]Lulu[/name_f].

I love so many of your names: [name_m]Gilbert[/name_m], [name_m]Roger[/name_m], [name_u]Walter[/name_u], [name_m]Parson[/name_m], [name_m]Reuben[/name_m], [name_m]Victor[/name_m], [name_m]Craig[/name_m] – all ones I almost added to my list.

Here’s mine:

[name_m]Alexander[/name_m] [name_u]Reese[/name_u] (Alexei)
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_u]Henry[/name_u] / [name_u]Henry[/name_u] [name_m]Samuel[/name_m]
[name_u]Cameron[/name_u] [name_m]Thomas[/name_m] / [name_m]Thomas[/name_m] [name_u]Cameron[/name_u] (Cam / Tommy)
[name_u]Jackson[/name_u] [name_m]Malachi[/name_m] (Jackie / Jack)
[name_m]Dominic[/name_m] [name_u]Ezra[/name_u] (Nicky) / [name_u]Ezra[/name_u] [name_m]Dominic[/name_m]
[name_u]William[/name_u] [name_u]Owen[/name_u] (Liam)
[name_m]Hadrian[/name_m] [name_m]Ethan[/name_m] / [name_u]Adrian[/name_u] [name_m]Ethan[/name_m] (Hadri / Adri)
[name_m]Benedict[/name_m] [name_m]Aaron[/name_m] (Ben) / [name_m]Aaron[/name_m] [name_m]Benedict[/name_m]
[name_u]Gabriel[/name_u] [name_u]Parker[/name_u]

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[name_u]Nicky[/name_u]!

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[name_u]Arthur[/name_u] [name_u]Kit[/name_u]
[name_m]Louis[/name_m] [name_m]Apollo[/name_m]
[name_u]Gabriel[/name_u] [name_u]August[/name_u]
[name_m]Malachi[/name_m] [name_u]Sage[/name_u]
[name_m]Alexander[/name_m] [name_u]Finn[/name_u]
[name_m]Edmund[/name_m] [name_u]Jasper[/name_u]
[name_u]James[/name_u] [name_m]Ronan[/name_m]
[name_m]Hugo[/name_m] [name_m]Caspian[/name_m]
[name_u]Leo[/name_u] [name_m]Felix[/name_m]

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