Baby names!

ElleEm

Chattastrophe! wrote: »

We called our little boy William Arthur.

That is the most wonderful name, classic, uncommon and strong. I love it!

Chattastrophe!

ElleEm wrote: »

That is the most wonderful name, classic, uncommon and strong. I love it!

Thank you.

He's a very little boy for such a big name, but I think it suits him!

SusieBlue

Chattastrophe! wrote: »

Thank you.

He's a very little boy for such a big name, but I think it suits him!

Gorgeous name! I love those kinds of names, the way I look at it is that they'll be adults for far longer than they'll be tiny and cute.. William Arthur is a name that would suit a baby, a boy, a teen, a student, an adult and a gentleman. Perfect!

Fairie

Aw I love the name William too! It's top of our boys name list if we ever have a boy!

pwurple

I have Alice on my list too... just love it. But anyone I say it too sings that annoying song to me. Living Next Door to Alice.

I know you can do that with any name, but I really hate that song!

John Mason

pwurple wrote: »

I have Alice on my list too... just love it. But anyone I say it too sings that annoying song to me. Living Next Door to Alice.

I know you can do that with any name, but I really hate that song!

Yeah, it was on list as well until my friend started signing the Donegal version.

it has been completely scrapped now.

Tombo2001

Fairie wrote: »

Aw I love the name William too! It's top of our boys name list if we ever have a boy!

Our son is William also. He likes his name but he is very sensitive about it being shortened to Willie, doesnt like that at all, for obvious reasons.

Chattastrophe!

Tombo2001 wrote: »

Our son is William also. He likes his name but he is very sensitive about it being shortened to Willie, doesnt like that at all, for obvious reasons.

Yeah that's the one thing that made me a little hesitant about choosing the name. Hopefully it won't be too much of a problem though.

The thing is, no matter what you call them, if kids are going to be cruel they will find something to tease other kids about ... if it's not their name, they'll always find something else!

We just loved the name, it's a family name on both sides, in fact my uncle William has always been known as Willie and nothing else, and he's survived OK! So I decided not to let myself be put off by that.

Fairie

Tombo2001 wrote: »

Our son is William also. He likes his name but he is very sensitive about it being shortened to Willie, doesnt like that at all, for obvious reasons.

Aww hopefully his name won't be shortened so

pwurple

You can always cut that off at the pass by picking your own approved short version up front. We have some William's in our extended family, and they are known as Will, Liam and Billy. Not a Willie in sight.

Chattastrophe!

I like Will, I quite like Billy but I'm not sure it suits him ... he might suit it in a couple of years though! Not a fan of Liam myself.

dubstarr

I wouldnt think Liam being the short version of William.I like Will but to be honest i dont like the name William.

Pipmae

I don't like the name William at all. However I LOVE the name Arthur.:)

Pang

Arthur is an amazing name. I love it, especially when shortened to Art.

Vinz Mesrine

So we had settled on Emma but as expected it changed as it's just too common. At the moment, and for the last 5/6 weeks it has been Leah. We both really like it and so does my daughter from a previous relationship so that's very important too

dubstarr

Dont like Arthur either.

Moonbeam

Leah is lovely:)

ShaShaBear

So, we're still stuck like glue to Elliot for a boy, but now we're trying to think of another girl's name beginning with "E" that would sound nice with it. Partner likes Eden (it's slowly growing on me) and said he's heard worse than Edith. Neither of us like Elizabeth, my name is Alisha so all the E versions of that are out, and there are several Emilys and Emmas already in the family.

Merkin

ShaShaBear wrote: »

So, we're still stuck like glue to Elliot for a boy, but now we're trying to think of another girl's name beginning with "E" that would sound nice with it. Partner likes Eden (it's slowly growing on me) and said he's heard worse than Edith. Neither of us like Elizabeth, my name is Alisha so all the E versions of that are out, and there are several Emilys and Emmas already in the family.

Eve and Esther are nice

Moonbeam

I really do not like Edith,it makes me think of little old ladies,I don't like Eden either but it is better then Edith.
Eadaoin,Erica,Eleanor,Estelle,Eabha,Evan,Eva that is all that I can think of:)

ShaShaBear

Moonbeam wrote: »

I really do not like Edith,it makes me think of little old ladies,I don't like Eden either but it is better then Edith.
Eadaoin,Erica,Eleanor,Estelle,Eabha,Evan,Eva that is all that I can think of:)

I like Erica but he doesn't :P Neither of us are a fan of Irish names, and my best friend has two girls named Eleanor and Eve.
I thought Evan was a boy's name
E could be harder than I thought!

c68zapdsm5i1ru

Vinz Mesrine wrote: »

So we had settled on Emma but as expected it changed as it's just too common. At the moment, and for the last 5/6 weeks it has been Leah. We both really like it and so does my daughter from a previous relationship so that's very important too

Leah is a lovely name. Emma is also nice but has kind of become the Mary or Ann of the current generation.

c68zapdsm5i1ru

ShaShaBear wrote: »

So, we're still stuck like glue to Elliot for a boy, but now we're trying to think of another girl's name beginning with "E" that would sound nice with it. Partner likes Eden (it's slowly growing on me) and said he's heard worse than Edith. Neither of us like Elizabeth, my name is Alisha so all the E versions of that are out, and there are several Emilys and Emmas already in the family.

Ellen, Ella, Eliza, Eloise, Esme?

ShaShaBear

Ruben Tiny Comet wrote: »

Ellen, Ella, Eliza, Eloise, Esme?

I love Esme, for the name, but I feel the Twilight thing might overpower it, Eliza is too close to my own name
Just saw Amelia somewhere and it struck a little heartstring :P

ncmc

ShaShaBear wrote: »

I love Esme, for the name, but I feel the Twilight thing might overpower it, Eliza is too close to my own name
Just saw Amelia somewhere and it struck a little heartstring :P

My sister in law is Emilia with an 'E', it's not spelt like that as she's Lithuanian, but that could be an option if you wanted to stick with 'E'. My sister has an Ellen and an Eve. I quite like Edith, wouldn't be mad on Eden to be honest. It sounds a bit like a glamour model name to me!

Sligo1

I love Amelia. If you want to stick with E, I think Ella is quite sweet. Not gone on Edith.

Chattastrophe!

ShaShaBear wrote: »

I love Esme, for the name, but I feel the Twilight thing might overpower it, Eliza is too close to my own name
Just saw Amelia somewhere and it struck a little heartstring :P

I think Esme and Amelia are both gorgeous. Didn't know there was any Twilight link! Anyways I'm sure (I hope!) the whole Twilight thing will be long forgotten by the time the baby is growing up.

How about Edwina? Kind of a love it or hate it name, I quite like it though! Elaine ... Elise ... Elma (although I knew an Elma, she always got called Elmo!) Elsa. Eve is lovely, or Eva, although I prefer the Irish version Aoibhe.

dori_dormer

Another nice name with the E sound is Illona, dont think its too common either. Dislike Esme myself, love Ellen and Ella. Know a lot of baby Amelias, all born in the last 18 months. At least 3 of them!

ShaShaBear

Chattastrophe! wrote: »

I think Esme and Amelia are both gorgeous. Didn't know there was any Twilight link! Anyways I'm sure (I hope!) the whole Twilight thing will be long forgotten by the time the baby is growing up.

How about Edwina? Kind of a love it or hate it name, I quite like it though! Elaine ... Elise ... Elma (although I knew an Elma, she always got called Elmo!) Elsa. Eve is lovely, or Eva, although I prefer the Irish version Aoibhe.

His goddaughter is Eve, so that's out, and neither of us are a fan of Irish names at all!
I love the old fashioned named, but I'm trying to pick more adult ones - I know so many Ellas, Elles, Ellies and Elloises all under 3.
Only names I was able to get any interest from with my partner was Alexis, Eden and Hayley. Not a fan of Alexis though.

Sligo1

dori_dormer wrote: »

Another nice name with the E sound is Illona,

Have you been watching Dracula???! Lol. i like this name aswell.