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    #842
    LordSutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,078 ✭✭✭✭LordSutch


    'Imogen' has now been added to our baby girl list of names.

    Haven't heard that name for a while . . .


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    #843
    liliq
    Registered Users Posts: 2,242 ✭✭✭liliq


    I think Rory is now top of the "Boy" list I have...

    Hmm... that is now the only list I have :P


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    #844
    Twee.
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 9,715 Mod ✭✭✭✭Twee.


    LordSutch wrote: »
    'Imogen' has now been added to our baby girl list of names.

    Haven't heard that name for a while . . .

    I was almost Imogen :) Think it's a lovely name. Also on the list was Ingrid, if you're into "I" names!


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    #845
    January
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,865 ✭✭✭✭January


    LordSutch wrote: »
    'Imogen' has now been added to our baby girl list of names.

    Haven't heard that name for a while . . .

    Was on my list for number 2 :)


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    #846
    Winnie
    Registered Users Posts: 457 ✭✭Winnie


    LordSutch wrote: »
    'Imogen' has now been added to our baby girl list of names.

    Haven't heard that name for a while . . .

    My partner has a daughter called Imogen, lovely name, although everyone calls her Midge!


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    #847
    positron
    Registered Users Posts: 6,283 ✭✭✭positron


    LordSutch, Imogen is a lovely name - but reminds me of the diarrhea med of the same name, but that's just me.


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    #848
    Pythia
    Registered Users Posts: 7,469 ✭✭✭Pythia


    positron wrote: »
    LordSutch, Imogen is a lovely name - but reminds me of the diarrhea med of the same name, but that's just me.

    Isn't that immodium?


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    #849
    positron
    Registered Users Posts: 6,283 ✭✭✭positron


    Pythia wrote: »
    Isn't that immodium?

    Yeah, that too - probably the same thing though. :)

    http://www.drugs.com/cons/imogen.html


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    #850
    LordSutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,078 ✭✭✭✭LordSutch


    Pippa for a girl?

    Any thoughts? (its short for Phillipa).


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    #851
    EdgarAllenPoo
    Registered Users Posts: 2,686 ✭✭✭EdgarAllenPoo


    I'm Irish and my wife is Chinese, she's 18 weeks(having the scan at 22) we're both convinced it's a boy and the only name we can think of is Oisin? Never thought we'd give the baby an Irish name but there ya go.


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    #852
    SarahC11
    Registered Users Posts: 114 ✭✭SarahC11


    we've decided on Aoife but need a middle name, any suggestions on what would be nice with Aoife?


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    #853
    EdgarAllenPoo
    Registered Users Posts: 2,686 ✭✭✭EdgarAllenPoo


    Marie


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    #854
    lolli
    Registered Users Posts: 1,173 ✭✭✭lolli


    EdgarAllenPoo wrote: »
    I'm Irish and my wife is Chinese, she's 18 weeks(having the scan at 22) we're both convinced it's a boy and the only name we can think of is Oisin? Never thought we'd give the baby an Irish name but there ya go.

    I really like the name Oisin but its becoming increasingly popular. This year of the 7 baby boys born recently, three were called Oisin, two were called Tristan and two called Jack.

    While I love the name just be careful your baby doesnt end up in classroom with ten other Oisins.


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    #855
    jw297
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    Squiggler wrote: »
    Emme/Emmy is cute. My niece is called Emily and she used to call herself Emmy.

    But I wonder what it would be like as a name for a grown woman...

    Bit late responding to this post, but only started reading this thread now. My grandmother is Emma, but has always been known as Emmy (she's Dutch, though I'm not sure if that's a typical Dutch thing to change Emma into Emmy). Anyway, it works fine on her, doesn't sound like a childish name at all, when addressed to a 90-year-old! I think it helps a lot when it's said in a grown-up tone of voice. At the same time, I think it would fit quite nicely on a child as well.

    On a separate note, I've always liked Emma and said that if I ever had a girl I would name her Emma for my grandmother (and mother and aunt who have it as a second name). Trouble is, over the years I've come across loads and loads of other Emmas, and a couple that both myself and the husband don't like at all, so Emma has been spoiled a bit for us. Bit sad about that, as I would have liked to have had a name with a family connection. It's also unlikely that a boy would get a name from the grandparents, as we don't like any of those names either. So much for good intentions to be traditional/sentimental!

    So far, Amy and Sean have cropped up a few times. We'd like an Irish name, but will probably go for something that would be familiar outside Ireland as well, as I have an unusual surname and have always found it a pain in the backside to explain (both in Ireland and abroad).


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    #856
    LessMass
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    LordSutch wrote: »
    Pippa for a girl?

    Any thoughts? (its short for Phillipa).

    I logged in here tonight to check if anyone else was thinking what we were thinking....we're expecting our third child and second girl in a few weeks time and have been trying for ages to find a girl's name we both like....then of course up pops Pippa in the Royal Wedding and we both really like it but are a bit concerned a lot of people may go for it now. What does anyone else think?

    I really like Phillipa too though so I'd leave it at that for the first while before shortening I think.....


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    #857
    admiralofthefleet
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    well, after much discission and finding out we are having a boy we have decided on Fintan Leon


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    #858
    RachaelVO
    Registered Users Posts: 3,108 ✭✭✭RachaelVO


    admiralofthefleet wrote: »
    well, after much discission and finding out we are having a boy we have decided on Fintan Leon

    I LOVE that! It's got such a strength about it.


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    #859
    CathyMoran
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 7,458 Mod ✭✭✭✭CathyMoran


    Can say her second name now as another cousin of hers has the same second name: Catherine (shortened to Cathy). We know that this is our last child so have all the names picked from childhood (well one when I met her daddy first). I am tempted to give her a 4th name, it is probably too much but there has been a midwife that I want to thank for supporting us - is that a bad idea - have been thinking about it.


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    #860
    Twinkleboots
    Registered Users Posts: 127 ✭✭Twinkleboots


    I love Pippa too I think it's gorgeous!:D But I'm having a boy :) My OH and I have decided on Joshua James however our parents have already started calling him Josh and he's not even born. Is this the price you have to pay when calling your son Joshua- that it will forever be shortened to Josh?? :rolleyes:

    I'm also wondering whether to put Oliver as a third name or maybe that would be too much?? decisions decisions!!:D


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    #861
    carolinespring
    Registered Users Posts: 2,166 ✭✭✭carolinespring


    Twinkleboots wrote: »
    I love Pippa too I think it's gorgeous!:D But I'm having a boy :) My OH and I have decided on Joshua James however our parents have already started calling him Josh and he's not even born. Is this the price you have to pay when calling your son Joshua- that it will forever be shortened to Josh?? :rolleyes:

    I'm also wondering whether to put Oliver as a third name or maybe that would be too much?? decisions decisions!!:D

    No go for it!!! You can never have to many names.

    I am 16 weeks but afraid to start thinking of names yet but dying to!!!!


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    #862
    carolinespring
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    CathyMoran wrote: »
    Can say her second name now as another cousin of hers has the same second name: Catherine (shortened to Cathy). We know that this is our last child so have all the names picked from childhood (well one when I met her daddy first). I am tempted to give her a 4th name, it is probably too much but there has been a midwife that I want to thank for supporting us - is that a bad idea - have been thinking about it.


    I dont think it is a bad idea at all. If you want to then go for it. Her name will have a nice story to it.


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    #863
    cynder
    Registered Users Posts: 4,128 ✭✭✭cynder


    LessMass wrote: »
    I logged in here tonight to check if anyone else was thinking what we were thinking....we're expecting our third child and second girl in a few weeks time and have been trying for ages to find a girl's name we both like....then of course up pops Pippa in the Royal Wedding and we both really like it but are a bit concerned a lot of people may go for it now. What does anyone else think?

    I really like Phillipa too though so I'd leave it at that for the first while before shortening I think.....

    When someone says Pippa the first thing i think of is Pippa off home and away, I think with the queen to be sister then it makes Pippa more attractive.

    I think calling your one year old daughter pip would be so cute (of course that may or may not stick) i remember calling my lady samantha spud up until she was 5 or 6,


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    #864
    -Corkie-
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,025 ✭✭✭✭-Corkie-


    We are expecting a baby girl and we are calling her Saoirse. Its Irish for Freedom..:)


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    #865
    January
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,865 ✭✭✭✭January


    -Corkie- wrote: »
    We are expecting a baby girl and we are calling her Saoirse. Its Irish for Freedom..:)

    Saoirse is a fantastic name :D


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    #866
    -Corkie-
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,025 ✭✭✭✭-Corkie-


    January wrote: »
    Saoirse is a fantastic name :D

    Thanks!!. It is very nice I must admit as we want all our kids to have Irish names!!. Its not very common either..


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    #867
    January
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,865 ✭✭✭✭January


    -Corkie- wrote: »
    Thanks!!. It is very nice I must admit as we want all our kids to have Irish names!!. Its not very common either..

    We have two mammies of Saoirse's that we know of here :) Myself and another poster, they were born a month apart I think!


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    #868
    liliq
    Registered Users Posts: 2,242 ✭✭✭liliq


    January wrote: »
    We have two mammies of Saoirse's that we know of here :) Myself and another poster, they were born a month apart I think!

    If I had a girl in there she would have been Saoirse- fab name :D


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    #869
    LordSutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,078 ✭✭✭✭LordSutch


    There's been quite a lot about the name Saoirse in the forum, it seems to be a very popular name amongst a few of the regulars here, so out of curiosity I Wikkied the name & its meaning > http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_does_Saoirse_mean

    Interesting pronunciation, I always thought its was Saar-sha, but its actually Seer-sha. I wonder is Sorcha the male form?


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    #870
    xXxkorixXx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 438 ✭✭xXxkorixXx


    Fintan for a boy, i think its a beautiful name


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    #871
    Moonbeam
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,953 Mod ✭✭✭✭Moonbeam


    -Corkie- wrote: »
    Thanks!!. It is very nice I must admit as we want all our kids to have Irish names!!. Its not very common either..

    It is currently one of the most common baby girls names in Ireland.

    All our kids will have irish names too,we have a Dearbhail and a Caoimhe, Caoimhe nearly got ruled out because there seemed to be a surge in usage of the name a few years ago but it doesn't seem to be too common and we love the name:)


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