Baby names!

pooch90 wrote: »

I'd be worried that if I had a girl called Nell and she went through my really fat teenage phase she would end up Nelly the Elephant or Smelly Nelly or something.

Really struggling with boy names and 9 weeks to go. Just don't love any.
Thinking maybe Leo/Aidan but don't think hubby likes those or any others!!

Do kids still know the lyrics of Nelly the Elephant

Leo was on my list of boys names, some others were

Lucas
Oliver
Patrick
Robert
Jacob/Jake
Rowan
Conal
Billy/Will/William
Sam
Freddie
Joel
Gus
Saul
Louie
Stan/Stanley

Oliver had been the front runner until Husbands cousin had a baby boy 6 weeks before us and used it, so it would most likely have been Billy/Will/William.

What about Eily? A cutie modern version of Eileen. Similar sounding name to your original choice.

What about Eilidh? It's Scottish and pronounced Ay-lee, I think it's beautiful and in a similar vein to the name mentioned

I have a Maisie so I'm partial to it lol.

Any tips with boys names? I like Ollie but it's too ie With Maisie. Is Alex really common?

ShaShaBear wrote: »

Nope, little girl called Abigail :pac:
Boy's name for future is set in stone as Elliot, which is why we had to negate on Ellen. OH didn't think when he picked it So a surprise boy popping out would indeed solve all of our problems :P

How about Elodie or Judith ?

ShaShaBear wrote: »

Both suggested at the start and he didn't like either :pac:

If it makes things any easier, I've gone through 9 different websites with lists of "old English names" for girls. So I've pretty much had them all turned down at this stage! Due in less than two weeks (actually closer to a week now) so I've formally given up.

she's going to end up being called after the midwife that delivers her so! :P
I have my baby's name 100% picked out but am telling hubby I haven't a clue when he asks me about names....I don't want to take the risk that he might try to block it so am going to wait til after labour and then spring it....he can't argue with me then

Diamond Doll wrote: »

How about Portia?

Not big on names starting with P to be honest!
We did have Poppy shortlisted for Abigail for a while, but it feels more like a dog's name than a girl's name now! I love Lilah but OH thinks it's a stripper name. I've told him I'm not picking any more names and he'll have 24 hours to agree to one in the hospital after I give birth :cool:

dori_dormer wrote: »

What about Delilah or Layla?

Delilah is a big enough no for me as it's my mother's classic karaoke pub song :P But in any case OH said it would just get shortened to Lilah anyway. There's a canine Layla in the family, so that's out too.

Galego wrote: »

Does anyone know anyone called Cadan? Is Cadan a real name and not made up?

Seen it today under boy irish names but not sure it is pronounce the same than Kaiden/ Kaden which seem made up names.

Honestly it looks more like a made-up spelling to Kaden/Cayden/Kaiden and if I saw it written anywhere, I'd assume it was pronounced Cad-Ann!

Diamond Doll wrote: »

Cecelia, Anastasia, Juliana?

We'll fine a name for this baby yet! :pac:

Too many syllables :pac:
Julie/Julia/Judie/Judith/Jenny were all choices of mine - himself was having none of it!
Honestly wouldn't care if all the pink things I bought had to go in the bloody bin, a surprise boy would be a lifesaver now :pac:

Sittingpretty wrote: »

Pull rank on the naming. I did, for each of mine. I carry them, give birth to them so I get to name them.
With himself coming up with names like Brittany and Crystal it was a foregone conclusion he wouldn't have any say in the matter

Ah in fairness, his suggestions (however few) have been darling and its mostly been an unfortunate agreement between us both that the baby would be named after no-one and that there are certain kinds of names neither of us like.
He suggested the first and middle name for our first daughter and I loved it, and has suggested Molly, Katie, Lucy, Ellen, Hayley, Georgia, Georgina and Willow
We agreed no family names, no place names, no gemstone names, no dog names and no "Destiny/Hope/Treasure" type names either. We also ruled out obvious unisex names as we have found it frustrating enough with people approaching our bald daughter and instantly assuming she is a boy Also, most names beginning with "R" are out for both genders, as the surname makes them sound very gritty!

borderlinemeath wrote: »

How about

Biba
Erica
Freya
Hella
Stella
Edith
Louisa
Millicent/Milly (I think Abigail and Milly sound lovely together )
Roberta/Bobbie

I love Freya and Edith but himself isn't too keen! Not sure about Milly at all, I know too many woofy Milly's
OH suggested Lauren last night, it's growing on me :pac:

toadfly wrote: »

Stella is lovely!

I love Stella, but himself vetoed it! In fairness it sounds far better with my surname than his.

ShaShaBear wrote: »

Not big on names starting with P to be honest!
We did have Poppy shortlisted for Abigail for a while, but it feels more like a dog's name than a girl's name now! I love Lilah but OH thinks it's a stripper name. I've told him I'm not picking any more names and he'll have 24 hours to agree to one in the hospital after I give birth :cool:

It'll be Lilah then, I'd put money on it :rolleyes:
I know a little girl calle Lilah. It's lovely but will be forever mis-pronounced/mis-spelled. Which is not something ye would have encountered with Abigail. I don't think that's a reason to not pick a name you love though, my daughter has one of those lifetime of being mis-pronounced/mis-spelled names!

toadfly wrote: »

Has Faye been suggested?!

And rejected lol, fussiest dad going!

Ok, both of you write down a list of names, no more than 10. Names that you love. Then you each take turns crossing off you least favourite name. Whatever's left is what you name your child!

detoxkid wrote: »

Thoughts on the name Hugo for a boy? My husband isn't mad keen but I don't think its too out there? I don't want to give our child a name that makes him or her a target for teasing.

I think Hugo is a cool name. Definitely not too out there. Im biased though, my name is Hugh

I feel like my names are very boring compared to what's being suggested here. We just found out that we're having a girl so our names so far are meabh, Aoife, Einin, aoileann. Sorry, phone refuses to do fadas!

ChewChew wrote: »

I'm totally biased here but 100% Meabh

That's the preferred name here too. Meabh Brid after my mum