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  • #202
    embee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,890 ✭✭✭embee


    Hate to be a stick in the mud, but why on earth do people spell the name Cillian with a K?

    I've seen it done too with Cian..... WRONG WRONG WRONG!!!

    They both begin with C, not K. That sorta stuff really annoys me :(


  • #203
    Quackles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,484 ✭✭✭Quackles


    embee wrote: »
    Hate to be a stick in the mud, but why on earth do people spell the name Cillian with a K?

    I've seen it done too with Cian..... WRONG WRONG WRONG!!!

    They both begin with C, not K. That sorta stuff really annoys me :(

    C is better, you're right. The Kian thing bothers me, Killian.. not so much... I also don't like Y's instead of I's.. Like Bryan.


  • #204
    Grawns
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,169 ✭✭✭Grawns


    Quackles wrote: »
    C is better, you're right. The Kian thing bothers me, Killian.. not so much... I also don't like Y's instead of I's.. Like Bryan.

    Or I's instead of Y's... Like Kerri, Cindi, Mandi etc. Chav-tastic :P


  • #205
    Melion
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    Names are finalised i think.

    Naomi for a girl and either Jayden or Rhys for a boy, she likes Jayden and i like Rhys.


  • #206
    duploelabs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,716 ✭✭✭✭duploelabs


    Ok, Got a bit of a naming quandry.

    Ever since we found out we're pregnant (due in mid-march) we've had two boys names short-listed and it's been set in stone (unlike the girls names, but that's a different post).
    We haven't told a soul, until herself said it to my mum the other night. To which she said that we couldn't name our child with those names as they were my cousin's two boys names, who are about 4 and 6 years old.
    The problem being is that I have a very unusual surname and a name that my son would obviously carry, it is also the surname of my cousin and his two boys.
    My cousin lives within about 4 miles of me so they may be going to the same school. But I don't really have much contact with my cousin (obviously otherwise I would've reckognised his two boys names).

    Any recommendation or experience on this matter would be appreciated


  • #207
    embee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,890 ✭✭✭embee


    duploelabs wrote: »
    Ok, Got a bit of a naming quandry.

    Ever since we found out we're pregnant (due in mid-march) we've had two boys names short-listed and it's been set in stone (unlike the girls names, but that's a different post).
    We haven't told a soul, until herself said it to my mum the other night. To which she said that we couldn't name our child with those names as they were my cousin's two boys names, who are about 4 and 6 years old.
    The problem being is that I have a very unusual surname and a name that my son would obviously carry, it is also the surname of my cousin and his two boys.
    My cousin lives within about 4 miles of me so they may be going to the same school. But I don't really have much contact with my cousin (obviously otherwise I would've reckognised his two boys names).

    Any recommendation or experience on this matter would be appreciated

    There's no rule that says you can't choose a name just because it's already been used in your family. I didn't want to use a name already used in the family, but that was just me. Will your new baby (if it is a boy) be in the same class as these other boys? More than likely not if these other kids have already been born. It doesn't matter a damn - pick a name for your child that you feel comfortable with, to hell with anyone else! My daughter may not be the only Rhiannon in her school (or even her class... I think she might but there's no way of knowing) but it doesn't do a child any harm if they're one of two or three Lukes, Seans etc in a class.

    You have an unusual surname, that will make your child stand out. My daughters name is not so common but her surname is (I think) the second or third most common surname in this country.

    So... what's the issue with girls names? You didn't go into it? Here's the place, tis the baby name thread!


  • #208
    duploelabs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,716 ✭✭✭✭duploelabs


    embee wrote: »
    There's no rule that says you can't choose a name just because it's already been used in your family. I didn't want to use a name already used in the family, but that was just me. Will your new baby (if it is a boy) be in the same class as these other boys? More than likely not if these other kids have already been born. It doesn't matter a damn - pick a name for your child that you feel comfortable with, to hell with anyone else! My daughter may not be the only Rhiannon in her school (or even her class... I think she might but there's no way of knowing) but it doesn't do a child any harm if they're one of two or three Lukes, Seans etc in a class.

    You have an unusual surname, that will make your child stand out. My daughters name is not so common but her surname is (I think) the second or third most common surname in this country.

    So... what's the issue with girls names? You didn't go into it? Here's the place, tis the baby name thread!

    We've a shortlist of about 8 girls names which fluctuates weekly/daily/hourly... It's a daily ritual that we (I say we but it's really her) go through movie credits/names from 'Gracia' magazine/back of shampoo bottle to come up with ideas.
    Her thinking is that we're having a boy as it was easy to pick for a boy from day one.


  • #209
    Quackles
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    duploelabs wrote: »
    Ok, Got a bit of a naming quandry.

    Ever since we found out we're pregnant (due in mid-march) we've had two boys names short-listed and it's been set in stone (unlike the girls names, but that's a different post).
    We haven't told a soul, until herself said it to my mum the other night. To which she said that we couldn't name our child with those names as they were my cousin's two boys names, who are about 4 and 6 years old.
    The problem being is that I have a very unusual surname and a name that my son would obviously carry, it is also the surname of my cousin and his two boys.
    My cousin lives within about 4 miles of me so they may be going to the same school. But I don't really have much contact with my cousin (obviously otherwise I would've reckognised his two boys names).

    Any recommendation or experience on this matter would be appreciated

    I'll give you my honest opinion here - if the boy names you've picked are highly unusual, I'd change them. If they were fairly common, I wouldn't be too concerned, regardless of how unusual your surname is. I do feel your pain - I had to change our wee man's name the day I was brought in to be induced as a neighbour called her child the same thing two weeks earlier and I'd only found out that day. Like I said, I wouldn't have bothered if it wasn't an unusual sort of a name, a small town, and they'd be the same age.


  • #210
    G&T
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    Think you should think about changing your mind,
    I would be put out if I was the cousin tbh

    My cousin and I had Alan's within 2 day's of
    each other, we never even talk so it was a fluke,
    they have different second names so its not a problem
    Alan M and Alan C

    Your kid would end up needing to tell a short story
    every time someone wanted to know his name.

    There must be another name ye like,
    go on to

    [HTML]http://babynamesworld.parentsconnect.com/name-wizard[/HTML]

    it's worth a look.


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  • #211
    Grawns
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,169 ✭✭✭Grawns


    Well she won't be here until Thursday but all the same. Very interesting article on the name and tradition here from yesterdays Irish Times

    " One thing that is widely accepted is that the celebration of St Brigid on February 1st replaced the Spring festival of Imbolc, the first of four major feasts in the Celtic calendar (the others are Bealtaine, Lughnasa and Samhain). This practice of replacing a pagan festival with a Christian one was both common and clever. It helped Christianise a pagan people and allowed them to carry over some of the rituals into their new religion. And so it is that St Brigid’s Day is associated with the coming of spring and new life."

    Very Appropriate :D


  • #212
    Quackles
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    Exciting stuff! You're so nearly there!

    My 7 year old nephew woke up this morning and told my mother it was the first day of spring, asked if he'd grown because everything grows in spring, and asked if his uncle would take him outside to play football now that winter is over :) If only we could just flick a switch like that, kiddo...


  • #213
    Grawns
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    Out of the mouths of babes :) Well at least poxy January is over with. That was the longest gloomiest month ever :eek: ( excepting birthdays of course)


  • #214
    Quackles
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    Grawns wrote: »
    Out of the mouths of babes :) Well at least poxy January is over with. That was the longest gloomiest month ever :eek: ( excepting birthdays of course)

    February is birthday month in our house - I turn 30 next week, my hubby turns 29 the following day.. my little toyboy ;) The only birth we had in January seemed pretty long and gloomy to me! You all good to go on Thursday? That's the 5th, isn't it? Another good day for me, it's the anniversary of the day we got engaged, 7 years ago this year.. I love February!


  • #215
    wolfpawnat
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    We had to come to a compromise.

    The boys name goes without saying, it is my partners fathers name (Aidan) as he died and then I discovered I was pregnant so naturally we didn't even consider any other boys names.

    But girls names was an open debate and it was very long. At first my OH wanted Caoimhe at first but we mentioned that to a person my OH knows who is Canadian and she said that in Canada it is a nasty and hurtful word to children so that got that out of his head. We then were arguing because I love Clodagh and he loves Aisling (which I like too but I prefer Clodagh) but I'm ot telling him that:) So we decided on an unusual name for an Irish Saint of February (Caoilfhinn) that we found in an old Irish names book.

    His mother is going mental because she doesn't like our chosen names and since she doesn't like them she thinks she should decide. She got 2 words out of me! My baby, my decision. She is demanding something like Valerie or Molly and anything but Aidan for a boy (Jealous that we wanted to commemorate Aidan):rolleyes::)


  • #216
    Grawns
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    Quackles wrote: »
    February is birthday month in our house - I turn 30 next week, my hubby turns 29 the following day.. my little toyboy ;) The only birth we had in January seemed pretty long and gloomy to me! You all good to go on Thursday? That's the 5th, isn't it? Another good day for me, it's the anniversary of the day we got engaged, 7 years ago this year.. I love February!


    That's so funny. I wanted to have the section on the 4th as it's 3 years since my husband first told me he loved me at my friends 30th Birthday, ( will always remember her birthday). We had met 5 weeks earlier on New Years Eve. My only Niece is Feb 18th. So lots of important dates in Feb for me too! My hubby is 2 years younger than me - hee hee :D

    Am pretty much set for Thursday. Will do a big post about it soon as a good thread on elective sections is needed.


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  • #217
    Quackles
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    Grawns wrote: »
    That's so funny. I wanted to have the section on the 4th as it's 3 years since my husband first told me he loved me at my friends 30th Birthday, ( will always remember her birthday). We had met 5 weeks earlier on New Years Eve. My only Niece is Feb 18th. So lots of important dates in Feb for me too! My hubby is 2 years younger than me - hee hee :D

    Am pretty much set for Thursday. Will do a big post about it soon as a good thread on elective sections is needed.

    I'll look forward to reading it - I'd say the elective section is a different ballgame altogether to the emergency sections I'd have heard about before. I hope you get the birth experience you want!

    Also, I must have been langered when my husband first told me he loved me, as I don't have a clue when it was :)


  • #218
    Grawns
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    wolfpawnat wrote: »
    We had to come to a compromise.

    The boys name goes without saying, it is my partners fathers name (Aidan) as he died and then I discovered I was pregnant so naturally we didn't even consider any other boys names.

    But girls names was an open debate and it was very long. At first my OH wanted Caoimhe at first but we mentioned that to a person my OH knows who is Canadian and she said that in Canada it is a nasty and hurtful word to children so that got that out of his head. We then were arguing because I love Clodagh and he loves Aisling (which I like too but I prefer Clodagh) but I'm ot telling him that:) So we decided on an unusual name for an Irish Saint of February (Caoilfhinn) that we found in an old Irish names book.

    His mother is going mental because she doesn't like our chosen names and since she doesn't like them she thinks she should decide. She got 2 words out of me! My baby, my decision. She is demanding something like Valerie or Molly and anything but Aidan for a boy (Jealous that we wanted to commemorate Aidan):rolleyes::)

    My mother doesn't like bridget - jaypers it's not as if you picked Britney or something. How do you pronounce Caoilfhinn? Is it like quayveen or quayfen? Aiden is a really nice name and it's a wonderful tribute to your Father in law.

    ps. My niece is Aedeamair ( which is another irish feb saint).


  • #219
    wolfpawnat
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    Yes getting really close now Grawns, sitting around the house myself doing nothing great as I am terrified of going into labour while my OH is in the gym or something.

    Ya Feb is a big month in my life too, my bday the 8th (prob will go into labour that day:)) the baby is due the 12th and the grandmother is the 14th. So forget busy Feb, busy week i the middle of Feb:):D Also I have friends born on both the 17th and 18th of Feb:)

    Its pronouced Quale-vin. the irish saint of the 3rd of Feb, I just liked it because it was unusual but sounds alot like Caoimhe.


  • #220
    Quackles
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    wolfpawnat wrote: »
    Yes getting really close now Grawns, sitting around the house mysef doing nothing great as I am terrified of going into labour while my OH is in the gym or something.

    Ya Feb is a big month in my life too, my bday the 8th (prob will go into labour that day:)) the baby is due the 12th and the grandmother is the 14th. So forget busy Feb, busy week i the middle of Feb:):D Also I have friends born on both the 17th and 18th of Feb:)

    I'm the 9th, hubby is 10th, room mate from college is 13th, niece is 25th :) Go February!!

    I just looked it up - I got off lightly on the name department, I was born on the feast of St. Appolonia!! Deirdre never looked so good to me!


  • #221
    wolfpawnat
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    Quackles wrote: »
    I'm the 9th, hubby is 10th, room mate from college is 13th, niece is 25th :) Go February!!

    I just looked it up - I got off lightly on the name department, I was born on the feast of St. Appolonia!! Deirdre never looked so good to me!

    Yes I thankfully got off lightly with Natalie. The grandmother is the 14th of Feb (Valentines day) and is livid she wasnt called Valerie, so now she wants our baby to be Valerie, all I can think of is Amy Winehouse when I hear that name! Or Valentine for a boy. Since Boards does not permit bad language I cannot repeat the words I said to her! It is the one time I actually got upset, the babies name is very important to any mother, people are not allowed butt in, as the baby's aunt said, short of Britney or Miley or something like that she can't wait to hear the final decision. (to be taken when baby is born):)


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  • #222
    marti101
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    Now i have to agree what you call your baby is up tp you.I hate the way people but in as if its anything to do with them.:DJust tell the oul mil to but out.She had her choice of names and now this your choice.So she either likes it or lumps it.


  • #223
    wolfpawnat
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    Yes I will never understand why people name a baby and then a few years later said they never liked the name to begin with. I really don't get that, my attitude is don't ever let anyone elses opinion cloud your own when it comes to naming your child. If you like it and it will not shame your child to within an inch of its life then thats your perogative!


  • #224
    Melion
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    I have a friend called caoilfhinn. Its pronounced Keel-Inn


  • #225
    aoibhebree
    Closed Accounts Posts: 467 ✭✭aoibhebree


    Melion wrote: »
    I have a friend called caoilfhinn. Its pronounced Keel-Inn


    Yes that's how I thought it would be pronounced too. And is that not a boy's name??


  • #226
    embee
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    February seems to be a bumper birthday month - Rhiannon will be a whole 3 years old next Wednesday 11th.

    My childminders grandson is called Keelin, nice name.


  • #227
    G&T
    Closed Accounts Posts: 303 ✭✭G&T


    My family has load's of feb birthday's too,
    my dad,niece and nephew
    brother in law and father in law,
    we are alway's broke in Feb.

    My mother in law want's a say in everything
    to do with my kid's,she even had her own list of name's.
    I thought it was sweet at first but her interest is shallow,
    she talk's to all her friend's about the kid's like she is the best nana
    in the world,but only want's to see them for an hour on Sunday.


  • #228
    LordSutch
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    Melion wrote: »
    I have a friend called caoilfhinn. Its pronounced Keel-Inn

    But might people struggle with Caoilfhinn ??? I worked with an 'Aoife' in England, & every day was a battle for her to correct people who inveriably called her 'Aiffe' or A-O-fie or anything except Eifa (Aoife).


  • #229
    gkellett
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    getz wrote: »
    i being a bronte fan have always loved the girls names anne,emily,and charlotte, but at the end of the day i had a boy and called him simon
    I actually named my twin daughters Bronte & Bracken. My son's name is Ryan.


  • #230
    the glass woman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 361 ✭✭the glass woman


    Melion wrote: »
    Names are finalised i think.

    Naomi for a girl and either Jayden or Rhys for a boy, she likes Jayden and i like Rhys.

    I adore the name Rhys but unfortunatly it doesnt suit our surname :(


  • #231
    jellybaby21
    Registered Users Posts: 535 ✭✭✭jellybaby21


    aoibhebree wrote: »
    Yes that's how I thought it would be pronounced too. And is that not a boy's name??

    Caolfhionn can be used for a boy or for a girl.
    There's s girl I know called Caoilfhionn, and as far as I know it can be used for a boy also

    On another note people struggle with most names anyway I have a relatively common simple surname yet people still get it wrong all the time.

    I wouldn't be worried about that.


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  • #232
    wolfpawnat
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    Camelot, that is the problem with anyone choosing a name from their own country for a child, people in other parts of the world always find it hard to pronounce it, I once worked with Irish, Polish, Swedish, Spanish and British people all in the one job, and it took weeks for everyone to try and learn each others names. Sadly didnt get to learn everyones! :)

    Jellybaby21 my OH surname (which will also be baby's surname) is Cahill, but recently people have started to pronouce it Kay-hill, it drives my OH mad!:):pac:


  • #233
    Melion
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    the glass woman wrote: »
    I adore the name Rhys but unfortunatly it doesnt suit our surname :(

    My grandmother is welsh, i got a welsh name so id like my son(If it is a boy) to have one too. The only thing going against it is the girlfriend had a dog called Reese when she was younger.


  • #234
    LordSutch
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    wolfpawnat wrote: »
    Camelot, that is the problem with anyone choosing a name from their own country for a child, people in other parts of the world always find it hard to pronounce it,

    I actually meant that many Irish people would struggle with 'Caolfhionnn', never mind people in other countries :))

    But at least I now know its pronounced 'Keelinn' ............


  • #235
    wolfpawnat
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    Well I can well and truly say that whatever name I chose for a girl will be an Irish one, I think we have the nicest girls names. I have it narrowed to Caolfhionn, Aisling and Clodagh!, Clodagh being my favourite, my OH giving out because its the name of a river, I dont care I'm the one who goes through the pain so I get to have final say!!!!!:):D


  • #236
    LordSutch
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    Whatever name you choose, i'm sure it will be the right one.

    By the way, I think most Irish names are lovely.


  • #237
    the glass woman
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    Melion wrote: »
    My grandmother is welsh, i got a welsh name so id like my son(If it is a boy) to have one too. The only thing going against it is the girlfriend had a dog called Reese when she was younger.

    Ah right, you might be able to talk her round though!
    My son is called Samuel, and once on the beach last year he was toddling over to a dog, and both me and the dogs owner called "Sam!" Ha ha!


  • #238
    wolfpawnat
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    I love Irish names. And as you said Camelot, no matter what you choose it suits the baby. Sure we can only wait an see, nothing is final til the hospital anyway:)


  • #239
    Missy Moo
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    We have Sam or Darragh picked for a boy,for girls I love,Ava and Lily,though dh hates Lily,so I think Lily is pretty much out.


  • #240
    duploelabs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,716 ✭✭✭✭duploelabs


    the glass woman wrote: »
    Ah right, you might be able to talk her round though!
    My son is called Samuel, and once on the beach last year he was toddling over to a dog, and both me and the dogs owner called "Sam!" Ha ha!
    Sam's on our list of possibles, which was also the name of my first dog when I was a kid.


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  • #241
    LordSutch
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    Really looking forward to our first scan next week, is it a Boy ? is it a Girl ?

    Then we can really start concentrating on choosing the Name :))


  • #242
    Melion
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    Totally finalised on the names(for now :D ), Rhys for a boy and Leah for a girl.


  • #243
    Salome
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by adrieanne__x viewpost.gif

    Yes, I am crazy... but out of those names I really like Addison and Grace for a girl and Luke and Ben for a boy. But they're all in the running!!

    A grey's anatomy fan no doubt...

    Seattle "grace" and "Addison" Shepard?

    Must admit, I thought that myself!!! I remember chav-tastic council estates having an influx of "Crystal's" and "Alexis's" in the '80's when Dynasty was the programme-du-jour!


  • #244
    January
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    Salome wrote: »
    Quote:

    Must admit, I thought that myself!!! I remember chav-tastic council estates having an influx of "Crystal's" and "Alexis's" in the '80's when Dynasty was the programme-du-jour!

    Ta so, I'm a chav!!

    Melion, I love Rhys!!


  • #245
    Melion
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    adrieanne__x wrote: »
    Melion, I love Rhys!!

    Delighted i managed to talk her around to it. As i said before, i got a welsh name due to family so im delighted to be able to give me son one(if its a boy)


  • #246
    killwill
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    My daughter's name is Penny Aisling. If I have another girl her name will be Leila or Layla. The missus does not know this yet!!!! As for boys names I don't have a clue.


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  • #247
    LordSutch
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    As a metter of interest, is it the fathers choice, the mothers choice, or should it be a joint decision on the babies name?

    I presume its the 'joint decision' - just asking.

    P.S. I love the name 'Penny' :) but err indoors doesnt :(


  • #248
    marti101
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    I picked my first two babies names.The third baby we all picked cause out nothing else suited him.Its really down to the people involved who wants to pick and if it suits baby.


  • #249
    LordSutch
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    I was just wondering, are there many 'Unisex' names available so we can start choosing one now before we discover the sex of our baby.

    Example;
    Robyn = Girls name
    Robin = Boys name

    Thats the only unisex name I can think of ...............


  • #250
    Quackles
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    Camelot wrote: »
    I was just wondering, are there many 'Unisex' names available so we can start choosing one now before we discover the sex of our baby.

    Example;
    Robyn = Girls name
    Robin = Boys name

    Thats the only unisex name I can think of ...............

    Francis/Frances
    Addison, I've heard that for boys or girls but it's all girl in my head.
    Can't think of any more right now with my addled from lack of sleep mind.


  • #251
    MrsA
    Closed Accounts Posts: 321 ✭✭MrsA


    There are loads of unisex names, too many to list to be honest :D

    Get a good baby name book and work from there - I have a great one called "The brilliant book of baby names" and while they are listed by male and female there are symbols next to each name as to whether they are exclusively used for that sex or if they are unisex.

    Good luck in your choice.

    We use the bible to name ours - it's the only use it gets in this house ;)

    M


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