I have already 2 children but lately I’ve been toying with the idea having another baby. These are the names on my current shortlist & names that I think go with my children’s names.
These are just the names I would actually use. So there are some names I love on my top 10/20 list, but don’t fit my criteria (usually too popular) that I haven’t included.
I always think I don’t have a short list, but when it comes down to it, the list of names I’m likely to really use is a slim one. Most names don’t work in Norway, sadly.
For real babies, this is about it:
Idunn
[name_f]Liva[/name_f]
[name_u]Tora[/name_u]
[name_f]Rosa[/name_f]
[name_f]Signe[/name_f]
[name_f]Mari[/name_f]
Frøya
Bjørk
[name_f]Eir[/name_f]
[name_f]Erla[/name_f]
Vårin
I might go a different route, with more elaborate non-Nordic names:
[name_f]Lovisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Leonor[/name_f]
[name_f]Ofelia[/name_f]
Everild
Soleia
Ellisiv
Alvilde
[name_f]Margaret[/name_f]
Olava
Emerense
My shortlist is really quite short, actually, my long list isn’t much longer than my whole signature.
These are the names I can see myself using as first names:
[name_f]Rose[/name_f], [name_f]Alice[/name_f], [name_f]Flora[/name_f], [name_f]Clara[/name_f], [name_f]Jane[/name_f], [name_f]Ada[/name_f], [name_m]Edmund[/name_m], [name_m]Henry[/name_m], [name_m]Arthur[/name_m] & [name_m]Hugo[/name_m]
A few more: [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f], [name_f]Margot[/name_f], [name_f]Edith[/name_f], [name_f]Emma[/name_f], [name_f]Violet[/name_f], [name_m]Edgar[/name_m], [name_u]Elliott[/name_u], [name_m]Oscar[/name_m] & [name_m]Theodore[/name_m] ([name_u]Theo[/name_u])
I love a lot of names, but I wouldn’t ever use some of them in reality. The ones I would actually consider using on a real child:
~Girls~
[name_f]Elisabeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Sylvia[/name_f]
[name_f]Primrose[/name_f] (only as a middle)
[name_f]Felicity[/name_f]
[name_f]Juliet[/name_f] (probably as a middle)
[name_f]Faye[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]
[name_f]Margot[/name_f]
[name_f]Susanna[/name_f] (maybe…)
[name_f]Tess[/name_f]
[name_f]Helena[/name_f]
[name_f]Lily[/name_f]/[name_f]Liliana[/name_f]
[name_f]Cecilia[/name_f]
~Boys~
[name_m]Cedric[/name_m] (maybe…)
[name_m]William[/name_m]
[name_u]Sage[/name_u]
[name_m]Nathan[/name_m]/[name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m]
[name_m]Julian[/name_m]
[name_m]Forest[/name_m] (only as a middle)
[name_m]Edward[/name_m]/[name_m]Edmund[/name_m]
[name_u]Gale[/name_u]
[name_u]Rowan[/name_u]
[name_m]Ansel[/name_m]
[name_m]Wilhelm[/name_m] (maybe…)
[name_m]Anthony[/name_m]
[name_m]Alexander[/name_m] (I love nn [name_u]Sasha[/name_u] but would probably end up using [name_u]Andy[/name_u])
My short list is whatever is in my signature at the moment, and why I change it at least once a day… I make a joke that I’ll be going to the courthouse to change the kids names every single day, lol. Sounds bad, but I’m still young.
Sometimes I feel that the only name that will never be taken off of it is Arsinoë. [name_f]Violet[/name_f], [name_f]Serafina[/name_f], [name_f]Josslyn[/name_f], [name_f]Demetria[/name_f], [name_f]Aurora[/name_f], [name_f]Asia[/name_f], and [name_f]Erica[/name_f]/[name_f]Erika[/name_f] I’ve loved since elementary or middle school! About half the names in my longer list as well.
For boys… Bleh. Almost every boy name I like (and ALL the ones I “love”) are from fandoms. So I can’t really say here. From my current shortlist [name_m]Alec[/name_m], [name_m]Scipio[/name_m], [name_m]Demetri[/name_m], [name_m]Prosper[/name_m], and [name_u]Nico[/name_u] have stood the longest as favourites, all somewhere between elementary school and 8th grade.
Fn short list:
[name_f]Nora[/name_f]
[name_f]Ethel[/name_f]
[name_f]Seraphine[/name_f]
[name_f]Maeva[/name_f] Mn short list:
[name_f]Violet[/name_f]
Pond
Sea
Fn short list:
[name_m]Peter[/name_m]
[name_m]Oliver[/name_m]
[name_m]Nicholas[/name_m] Mn short list:
[name_u]Ocean[/name_u]
Tale
[name_u]River[/name_u]
Sadly, a lot of the names in my list are not usable in my country.
I have 3 clear candidates to be a first name for a boy: Alexander (which would mean Alexandra and Alexia are out), Gabriel (which would mean I would not use Gabriella) and Victor (which would leave out Victoria). Middle names are another story. I don’t really have any combos in my mind.
It is honestly so funny because there is just a few boy names that I truly enjoy but ironically that means I have more clear ideas what I would use on a boy than on a girl, where I have like a trillion of faves. I know that if I would use Elizabeth without hesitation, but aside from that I’m at a lost because I have too many faves.
Some of the names in my signature I probably wouldn’t use, or would only use as a middle, but the ones I just listed are the ones I’d want to use as a first name.