Baby names!

newtoboards · 07-05-2014 8:03pm

No I'm not a fan of Lacie and I heard a baby called Lexi too recently and I really don't like it. I heard a baby being called Walter in the local shop today which I had on my list of boy names and was surprised to see it attached to a tiny boy. Strange when you hear it being used how you can react to a name that you really like.

Chattastrophe! · 07-05-2014 8:31pm

My son is William Arthur. I have decided that I shall have twin girls next time, and they shall be called Amelia Rose and Alice Catherine.

And then I'm done!

newtoboards · 07-05-2014 8:35pm

Chattastrophe! wrote: »

My son is William Arthur. I have decided that I shall have twin girls next time, and they shall be called Amelia Rose and Alice Catherine.

And then I'm done!

How lovely - I have Arthur on my list too. Don't normally like William but love the double barrel with Arthur; very fancy. Love Amelia Rose especially.

Sligo1 · 07-05-2014 8:39pm

Chattastrophe! wrote: »

My son is William Arthur. I have decided that I shall have twin girls next time, and they shall be called Amelia Rose and Alice Catherine.

And then I'm done!

You like the double names!

. I love love love Amelia Rose!! Permission to steal please??

Lisha · 07-05-2014 8:52pm

Chattastrophe! wrote: »

My son is William Arthur. I have decided that I shall have twin girls next time, and they shall be called Amelia Rose and Alice Catherine.

And then I'm done!

Sounds like an excellent plan

Moonbeam · 07-05-2014 8:57pm

I love Amelie,Amelia and Eloise,really not a fan of Maud or Mabel.
Lexi might be a shortened form of Alexis which doesn't sound as bad.

bstar · 07-05-2014 9:18pm

WhiteRoses wrote: »

I really love Amelie. Elsa is nice but it'll surge in popularity this year because of Frozen.

If I'm being very honest I don't love Leon but its a perfectly good name, its not a bad name and it doesn't have any bad points per se, its just not to my personal taste. Sorry!

Heard of a baby girl named Lacie recently, thoughts? I'm not a fan at all!

I know a grown up lacey and she is lovely so I would have positive opinion on the name.

E names are soo popular- I have 12 friends pregnant and all of them are considering some version of Eloise, Ella,Elsa, Emilie etc. Alexander/alexandra are super popular to or else just in my friends.

pwurple · 07-05-2014 9:28pm

Oh I really like maud and mabel. pretty vintage tea sets and running around like mad things in the woods came into my mind when I read them. Adorable girl names.

Sittingpretty · 08-05-2014 10:15am

Damn! Elsa is popular?

Showing my age now but that's been on my girls list since I saw the film Born Free with Elsa the Lioness.

It's a beauty of a name.

Penny Dreadful · 08-05-2014 10:21am

Chattastrophe! wrote: »

My son is William Arthur. I have decided that I shall have twin girls next time, and they shall be called Amelia Rose and Alice Catherine.

And then I'm done!

I really like William but only if it stays at William or Will. Actually I love Will. I would hate the child to be called Willy though. Arragghhh it annoys me already

I've been convinced of late that we're having a boy (having spent the first trimester thinking it was a girl) and have really fallen for Simon in a big way.
Husband not overly keen on it though.

Penny Dreadful · 08-05-2014 10:22am

Sittingpretty wrote: »

Damn! Elsa is popular?

Showing my age now but that's been on my girls list since I saw the film Born Free with Elsa the Lioness.

It's a beauty of a name.

I like Elsa. It makes me think of the character Elsa Schnider in Indiania Jones and the Holy Grail:P I love those Indiania movies though.....showing my age there aren't I?

Roesy · 09-05-2014 1:04pm

Penny Dreadful wrote: »

I really like William but only if it stays at William or Will. Actually I love Will. I would hate the child to be called Willy though. Arragghhh it annoys me already

I've been convinced of late that we're having a boy (having spent the first trimester thinking it was a girl) and have really fallen for Simon in a big way.
Husband not overly keen on it though.

We had the same issue with Will/William. I love it but we live in the country and my husband reckoned that if it was a boy it would definitely end up being called Willy. I floated Simon passed him too and his reasoning for not picking that was 'Simple Simon'. If I was pregnant again I wouldn't even run names passed him. He knocked back sooooo many that by about month 7 we stopped coming up with any. She was named about 3 hours after she was born after some intense internetting and looking at her and trying out different combinations of names in the delivery suite. The midwives were in stitches!

Hello Lady! · 09-05-2014 1:06pm

Penny Dreadful wrote: »

I really like William but only if it stays at William or Will. Actually I love Will. I would hate the child to be called Willy though. Arragghhh it annoys me already

I've been convinced of late that we're having a boy (having spent the first trimester thinking it was a girl) and have really fallen for Simon in a big way.
Husband not overly keen on it though.

I like Billy as a diminutive of William though....I always have a mental picture of a little cheeky chappy with a name like Billy!

Chattastrophe! · 09-05-2014 1:37pm

My dad always calls him Liam, it's about the only shortened version of it I don't like. My younger sister calls him Wills! My uncles call him Willie, I don't actually mind it when they do it. He's just William to myself and his dad and everyone else for now, I quite like Bill and Billy but William suits him!

nc19 · 09-05-2014 4:39pm

MissFire wrote: »

What are your kids names?

Confusious and Alowishus

madeinamerica · 09-05-2014 7:52pm

nc19 wrote: »

Confusious and Alowishus

And you are spelling them that way?

nc19 · 09-05-2014 7:59pm

madeinamerica wrote: »

And you are spelling them that way?

No. The first one is spelt with a k and 2 silent Ys

madeinamerica · 09-05-2014 8:06pm

nc19 wrote: »

No. The first one is spelt with a k and 2 silent Ys

silent, and invisible.

January · 10-05-2014 2:18pm

Ok guys, lets get back to the topic at hand and ignore the troll.

Sligo1 · 13-05-2014 8:51pm

Just came across this name for a female: Auriel/Aurielle. What do people think? I think i might like it...

madeinamerica · 13-05-2014 11:13pm

Sligo1 wrote: »

Just came across this name for a female: Auriel/Aurielle. What do people think? I think i might like it...

ooh, like the portuguese girl in that film Love Actually? I like it! That's the only place I've hear Aurielle (or was it just something close to Aurielle?)

shortstuff! · 14-05-2014 8:01am

My other half really wants Will for a boy but that would give him the same name as a very famous actor, don't think that's good? I also hate to think of it being changed to Willy... We're also thinking of Joe, opinions? He's also thrown in Arthur & Walt

For a girl, I like Erica, Alicia, (he doesn't like it) Ailish (worried about spelling) or Alison. He's convinced its a boy so he doesn't have any names picked! I really love the name Allie but not sure if it's best kept as a nickname...

Colser · 14-05-2014 8:41am

shortstuff! wrote: »

My other half really wants Will for a boy but that would give him the same name as a very famous actor, don't think that's good? I also hate to think of it being changed to Willy... We're also thinking of Joe, opinions? He's also thrown in Arthur & Walt

For a girl, I like Erica, Alicia, (he doesn't like it) Ailish (worried about spelling) or Alison. He's convinced its a boy so he doesn't have any names picked! I really love the name Allie but not sure if it's best kept as a nickname...

I love Alison...I would pick Joe from your boy list...How about James as your OH seems to like more traditional names?

AlanS181824 · 14-05-2014 8:43am

One name I can't stand is Trevor... Due to a personal experience but it sounds like a car to me!

AlanS181824 · 14-05-2014 8:45am

shortstuff! wrote: »

My other half really wants Will for a boy but that would give him the same name as a very famous actor, don't think that's good? I also hate to think of it being changed to Willy... We're also thinking of Joe, opinions? He's also thrown in Arthur & Walt

For a girl, I like Erica, Alicia, (he doesn't like it) Ailish (worried about spelling) or Alison. He's convinced its a boy so he doesn't have any names picked! I really love the name Allie but not sure if it's best kept as a nickname...

My dog is called Ali :P

I love the name too!

Allie looks a bit weird spelling wise to me but I've seen it spelt Ally or Aly with the most common being Ali.

ElleEm · 14-05-2014 9:00am

shortstuff! wrote: »

My other half really wants Will for a boy but that would give him the same name as a very famous actor, don't think that's good? I also hate to think of it being changed to Willy... We're also thinking of Joe, opinions? He's also thrown in Arthur & Walt

For a girl, I like Erica, Alicia, (he doesn't like it) Ailish (worried about spelling) or Alison. He's convinced its a boy so he doesn't have any names picked! I really love the name Allie but not sure if it's best kept as a nickname...

I love Walt and Arthur. If I am thinking your surname is Smith, those names would be perfect with it. I have also recently become a fan of Frederick (Freddy).
I know an Ali and it is a really cute name on her. It is just Ali though, it's not short for anything.

Sligo1 · 14-05-2014 9:21am

madeinamerica wrote: »

ooh, like the portuguese girl in that film Love Actually? I like it! That's the only place I've hear Aurielle (or was it just something close to Aurielle?)

That's what I was thinking... It's rare enough. Hard to find names that aren't on the popular list lately! Lol. The one on love actually I think was called aurelia.

Sligo1 · 14-05-2014 9:23am

ElleEm wrote: »

I know an Ali and it is a really cute name on her. It is just Ali though, it's not short for anything.

My SIL's name is Aleena. Everyone calls her Ali for short.

shortstuff! · 14-05-2014 12:12pm

Colser wrote: »

I love Alison...I would pick Joe from your boy list...How about James as your OH seems to like more traditional names?

I love James too, its actually my grandfathers name though we never met but other half wasnt keen.

AlanS181824 wrote: »

My dog is called Ali :P

I love the name too!

Allie looks a bit weird spelling wise to me but I've seen it spelt Ally or Aly with the most common being Ali.

Wasnt sure of the spelling myself, Ali would probably be best so, thanks:) Have had to spell my name for people for year even though I have a common enough name so should probably try get this right!

ElleEm wrote: »

I love Walt and Arthur. If I am thinking your surname is Smith, those names would be perfect with it. I have also recently become a fan of Frederick (Freddy).
I know an Ali and it is a really cute name on her. It is just Ali though, it's not short for anything.

Spot on ElleEm:) Its my favourite for a girl, but do you think Ali as a name would grow ok into adulthood?

ElleEm · 14-05-2014 12:20pm

shortstuff! wrote: »

I love James too, its actually my grandfathers name though we never met but other half wasnt keen.

Wasnt sure of the spelling myself, Ali would probably be best so, thanks:) Have had to spell my name for people for year even though I have a common enough name so should probably try get this right!

Spot on ElleEm:) Its my favourite for a girl, but do you think Ali as a name would grow ok into adulthood?

Arthur Smith sounds like a famous author or something.

I wondered about the transition of Ali but I have known her since she was a baby and she is about 11 now and it is growing with her. I know two Allysons (mother and daughter) and the daughter has been Ally since she was a child. She must be 40 now but again it just suits her.

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