Baby names!

thegoodgirl

Not anywhere near using them but my top names would be

Girl:
Lexie
Grace
Amielia
Sofia

Boy:
Lucas
Jack (very comman but has family ties)
James
Ryan

BlackForestJule

We've finally settled on a name: Mattis Rupert
(Rupert is for my late dad who was always talking about grandchildren and didn't get to see his, and also, it reminds me of Rupert Everett - not a bad association :cool:)

Mattis is a character in an Astrid Lindgren novel (the dad in Ronia the Robber's Daughter). She's a children's author I adore and I just read that one of her middle names was Emilia, which is my daughter's name, so I'm pleased with the coincidence!

Do you think the think the name Mattis will work here? There are no alternatives, but I'm still interested in opinions.

implausible

BlackForestJule wrote: »

Do you think the think the name Mattis will work here? There are no alternatives, but I'm still interested in opinions.

I think Mattis is lovely. It's got your heritage in it and isn't difficult to pronounce or spell. Beware that people may call him Matt or Mattie though!

?Cee?view

Would you consider Matthew which has the same hebrew meaning and origin as Mattis, but would be much easier when it comes to pronunciation etc?

***Sorry, I didn't notice deemark's reference to your heritage until now. Obviously if your heritage/family background is Swedish, then the Astrid Lindgren influence makes more sense than using Matthew

carolinespring

BlackForestJule wrote: »

We've finally settled on a name: Mattis Rupert
(Rupert is for my late dad who was always talking about grandchildren and didn't get to see his, and also, it reminds me of Rupert Everett - not a bad association :cool:)

Mattis is a character in an Astrid Lindgren novel (the dad in Ronia the Robber's Daughter). She's a children's author I adore and I just read that one of her middle names was Emilia, which is my daughter's name, so I'm pleased with the coincidence!

Do you think the think the name Mattis will work here? There are no alternatives, but I'm still interested in opinions.

I think it is a lovely name and congrats

yungwan

mozattack wrote: »

Hi all,

We don't know the sex of the baby yet but after considering every possible name ever invented, we have come up with a final list.

Hope someone can help us choose the best???...

Boy

1. Ombud
2. Toshibu
3. John
4. Hoffman
5. Cometine

Girl

1. Maggie
2. Jetsa
3. Nutmegan
4. Sequoia
5. Fruitiella

Not sure at the moment, our parents are edging towards Toshibu and Nutmegan but we are not sure.

Thanks for your help.

Regards.

Can you imagine if you werent kidding on this!? Jesus some people really go with such ridiculous names! They give their children no chance at all!

I knew I was having a boy when I had my son who I called Nathan. I had his name picked out at about 6 months preggers.

I think if you like a name, you like it, I dont really get this whole "it doesnt suit" him lark, a baby is a baby, no?

If I have any more kids I dont know what I will call him or her! I regularly hear a name and think "oh thats a good name" and then forget it! But I love Ruby for a girl, its so sweet.
Also the childs surname will have some say in your choice obviously. Some first names sound ridiculous when paired with the surname!!

?Cee?view

yungwan wrote: »

Can you imagine if you werent kidding on this!? Jesus some people really go with such ridiculous names! They give their children no chance at all!

I knew I was having a boy when I had my son who I called Nathan. I had his name picked out at about 6 months preggers.

I think if you like a name, you like it, I dont really get this whole "it doesnt suit" him lark, a baby is a baby, no?

If I have any more kids I dont know what I will call him or her! I regularly hear a name and think "oh thats a good name" and then forget it! But I love Ruby for a girl, its so sweet.
Also the childs surname will have some say in your choice obviously. Some first names sound ridiculous when paired with the surname!!

Mozattack gave birth to Dara in early April. Somewhat less creative than she's suggested above, but at least Dara should survive the playground

BlackForestJule

Thanks deemark and carolinespring!

churchview wrote: »

Would you consider Matthew which has the same hebrew meaning and origin as Mattis, but would be much easier when it comes to pronunciation etc?

***Sorry, I didn't notice deemark's reference to your heritage until now. Obviously if your heritage/family background is Swedish, then the Astrid Lindgren influence makes more sense than using Matthew

My family background is German (Astrid Lindgren books were merely my trusted friends throughout childhood), so Matthew would be too difficult to pronounce for my side of the family. The challenge was to find something that's easy for both sides and Mattis is used in the north of Germany, so it's not too far-fetched from that point.
Also, Matthew's dosn't really grab me. It's in the same category as Thomas, not quite this coming generation maybe...

?Cee?view

BlackForestJule wrote: »

Thanks deemark and carolinespring!



My family background is German (Astrid Lindgren books were merely my trusted friends throughout childhood), so Matthew would be too difficult to pronounce for my side of the family. The challenge was to find something that's easy for both sides and Mattis is used in the north of Germany, so it's not too far-fetched from that point.
Also, Matthew's dosn't really grab me. It's in the same category as Thomas, not quite this coming generation maybe...

Mattis seems perfect then! Easy for the Irish side to pronounce (who may struggle with [and correct me if I'm wrong] Matthias as more commonly used in Germany), and yet easy for the Germans as well. Sounds great - best of luck.

*Have to say, I think Thomas sounds lovely though. I'd shorten it to Tom in use probably. Same (kind of) as John and Jack - I can never understand how people register the name Jack when it's just a nickname for John. Sure, call the kid Jack and use that name, but for God's sake the real name is John, so register that name on the paperwork! Each to their own I suppose.

January

yungwan wrote: »

Can you imagine if you werent kidding on this!? Jesus some people really go with such ridiculous names! They give their children no chance at all!

I knew I was having a boy when I had my son who I called Nathan. I had his name picked out at about 6 months preggers.

I think if you like a name, you like it, I dont really get this whole "it doesnt suit" him lark, a baby is a baby, no?

If I have any more kids I dont know what I will call him or her! I regularly hear a name and think "oh thats a good name" and then forget it! But I love Ruby for a girl, its so sweet.
Also the childs surname will have some say in your choice obviously. Some first names sound ridiculous when paired with the surname!!

I get the "it doesn't suit him/her" lark because it happened to me. I was all set to call my second daughter Phoebe, had the name picked from when I found out I was pregnant, even went as far as to tell everyone "yep, her name will be Phoebe."

So when I rang my family with the news that baby Saoirse had arrived they were all surprised and it took some getting used to because they had even started calling my bump Phoebe.

Truth is, she just didn't "look" like a Phoebe...

Yve

For a Footballer: Eunan

For a Tiny Dancer: Teagan

Be lovely to have twins named these.....

xzanti

For a girl I have chosen Robyn, I love the name plus she will be born at Christmas time

For a boy I have Zilch, zero, nada.. Sweet FA

lonestargirl

xzanti wrote: »

For a girl I have chosen Robyn, I love the name plus she will be born at Christmas time

For a boy I have Zilch, zero, nada.. Sweet FA

We have loads of nice girls names (due in Jan) but are also finding it hard with boy ones. I don't want one too common and there seems to be less boys names overall they get too unusual very quickly.

xzanti

lonestargirl wrote: »

We have loads of nice girls names (due in Jan) but are also finding it hard with boy ones. I don't want one too common and there seems to be less boys names overall they get too unusual very quickly.

Yep definately harder for the boys.. The few that I like are already 'taken' by friends etc.. I love Aaron but I know 2 girls who've named their baby Aaron in the past year alone..

Quality

I have started to think of names again!! Even though I have no plans to get pregnant again ... Well not in the immediate future.

Anyhow for a girl I really like Juliette And for a boy xander!

Grawns

Going to start trying again soon. I'm still hoping for a Kathleen ( aka Kitty) I just love that name.

ani_mal

we are Polish-Irish couple and we think of double names, Polish and English/Irish
some of them are:
Girl:
Ellie
Colleen
Pola (Polish name short form of Apolonia)
Alina
Kyle (I had a dream where baby said that to me )
Milly
Anika (Swedish)
Maia (Maja in Polish)

Boys:
Joshua
Benjamin
Jonathan
Ethan
Błażej (Blaze I think in English )
Henry
Aleksander (Polish version of Eng.Alexander)


still thinking, 3 days to go

xzanti

Ok after some thought I've come up with the following:

Girls
Robyn
Ava
Aoife
Carla

Boys
Andrew
Max
Ben
Mathew
Cormak
Evan

Leaning towards Cormak for a boy the last few days.. I expect that will change another million times in the next few months though :rolleyes:

So hard to decide..

NextSteps

xzanti wrote: »

Leaning towards Cormak for a boy the last few days.. I expect that will change another million times in the next few months though :rolleyes:

So hard to decide..

Would Cormac not be the more usual spelling?

xzanti

NextSteps wrote: »

Would Cormac not be the more usual spelling?

Probably

Chuchoter

Kade or Cody for a boy, Jamie or Alex for a girl

January

If (IF!!!) I were to go again it would be Connor for a boy and Grace or Emily for a girl.

HerbertGirl

Boys:
Ollie
Bobby
Joey
Louis

Girls:
Daisy
Libby
Anabel
Abigail
Ellie

At the moment Joey and Ellie are both my favourites, but keeps changing regularly!

hacked

HerbertGirl wrote: »

Boys:
Ollie
Bobby
Joey
Louis

Girls:
Daisy
Libby
Anabel
Abigail
Ellie

At the moment Joey and Ellie are both my favourites, but keeps changing regularly!

I named my little girl Isobel in the end, but for the longest time I was convinced I would name her Annabelle. Such a beauitful name.

Word to the wise...if you do like annabelle, don't tell anyone that you will name her that. It got ruined for me...but i wont tell you how. Just keep it to yourself!

HerbertGirl

hacked wrote: »

Word to the wise...if you do like annabelle, don't tell anyone that you will name her that. It got ruined for me...but i wont tell you how. Just keep it to yourself!

Oh no, I'm so curious now... how was it ruined for you? It's not near my top out of them anyway, so would love to know how it was ruined... PM me?!

Grawns

maybe annabelle the cannibal

knipex

Dont make it complicated.

Boy

Karl

Girl

Carroll.

Moonbeam

I have noticed a lot of odd spellings of names here and some 1st names been spelt like traditionally the way the surnames would?
Is this on purpose?Why did you choose the different spellings?
I am just interested.


I don't think I will ever be able to decide on a boys name ever..

Cormac
Setanta
Tadhg (I had typo'd but it is apparently spelt Tadgh
and Tadhgh too)
Oisin
Donal
and then I get stuck!

For girls -

Dearbhail (oh how I love this name)
Caoimhe
siofra
Laoise


I normally have lists for girls but for some reason can't think of them atm.

I can't type fadas atm so I am aware of my above spelling issues:)

ThePiedPiper

Moonbeam, was your spelling of "Tadhg" a typo or a bit of irony considering the question about strange spellings?

I think people often want to try and put some kind of an Irish spelling on what is a non-Irish name, I've seen and heard of this loads. When we were naming my daughter, there's really only one way that her name is spelt, yet people were asking would it be spelt in various different ways to make it look like an Irish name.

Also, I think plenty of people possibly don't really find out for sure how exactly to spell a name. When we were getting our baby's name registered, a couple were insisting that their child should be named TJ. Not Thomas Joseph, or anything else, TJ only!!! Madness.

Next thing, we'll have Destiny Murphy and Moonlight O'Sullivan.

?Cee?view

There is supposedly a Megastar O'Sullivan in Dungarvan!

Agree with Moonbeam on the odd spellings. Connor for Conor etc.