Baby names!

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sashafierce wrote: »

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Em, isn't Jude a boy's name?

Jane - totally depends on surname but sonething like Sophia or Elizabeth , I do like eve or Eva also!

sashafierce wrote: »

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Well mine certainly is! You have to admit though, as a first name Jude could cause confusion, especially with it being a famous song, book and saint.

Do those three women not get people presuming them to be male all the time?

sashafierce wrote: »

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I don't see the difference between calling a girl Michael or Jude. To the majority of people they are both male names. It's like the recent trend for calling girls Naoise, when that too is a male name. In my opinion, you lose the meaning and origin of the name by giving it to the opposite gender.

However, I suppose there is a difference between picking a name knowing a bit about it and just blindly picking a name because it sounds nice.

Each to their own I suppose.

LordSutch wrote: »

Anyone ever come across Val as a boys name? I must admit, when I first it I presumed my friends had given birth to a baby girl Valerie.

Well there is the actor Val Kilmer


I'd imagine in some cases Val is short for Valentine.
The name Valentine is quite common in France for a boy:)

My aunt is married to a Val. Again, I think it's short for Valentine.

I think I've changed my mind on the name Frieda... I'm worried it's too old fashioned and too "heavy" a name. So we've come up with Rebecca Marie for a girl, and Robert John (same as it's always been) for a boy. I feel kinda bad for changing my mind as it's my oh's grandmothers name (different spelling) but Robert is his father's name and he's convinced it's gonna be a boy anyway.

Our name for a girl is Elizabeth Jane. We would call her Beth for short however I'm going to go with Elizabeth so she'll have a choice when she's older. Both of the names are after my sisters - each one is the middle name of each of my 2 sisters.

Boys name is a bit out there so would welcome feedback - Fraser.

I like the idea of strong names for boys - my 2 year old is Pearse. However I don't know if Fraser is too weird - my husband loves it too but we're worried it's just a bit too 'left!' I used to work with a Fraser - man in his 50s - and as soon as I was introduced I thought - what a cool name - but now that it's crunch time I'm kinda bottling it.

Honest opinions please - my hubby and I have an agreement not to discuss names with family as to be honest they can influence too much - made the mistake on my son and then as soon as we decided on Pearse we told no one!!

If I ever have kids these are the names I would like in particular Irish names!
I often change my list from time to time, just going with names I like at the moment for a girl and a boy.

Girls names:
Adrianna
Laoise
Saoirse
Roisín
Isabelle/Isabella
Ameilia
Amiee
Aobh/Aoibh
Sara
Sarah
Eve
Doreen
Emma
Carmel
Caroline
Sinead
Caoimhe
Alish/Aleesh
Aileen
Louise
Brianna

Boys Names:
Aodán
Cillian
Damien
Donal
Fionn
Darragh
Darran/Darren
Noel
Padraig
Stephen

highly1111 wrote: »

Our name for a girl is Elizabeth Jane. We would call her Beth for short however I'm going to go with Elizabeth so she'll have a choice when she's older. Both of the names are after my sisters - each one is the middle name of each of my 2 sisters.

Boys name is a bit out there so would welcome feedback - Fraser.

I like the idea of strong names for boys - my 2 year old is Pearse. However I don't know if Fraser is too weird - my husband loves it too but we're worried it's just a bit too 'left!' I used to work with a Fraser - man in his 50s - and as soon as I was introduced I thought - what a cool name - but now that it's crunch time I'm kinda bottling it.

Honest opinions please - my hubby and I have an agreement not to discuss names with family as to be honest they can influence too much - made the mistake on my son and then as soon as we decided on Pearse we told no one!!

I really like Fraser! It's nice to have unusual boys names. Too many Daniels and Daraghs and Fionns running around!

Love Devin, I know a guy called Dev, but I thought it was after De Valera. Ismay is also lovely for a girl but I'm in the market for a boys name.

highly1111 wrote: »

Our name for a girl is Elizabeth Jane. We would call her Beth for short however I'm going to go with Elizabeth so she'll have a choice when she's older. Both of the names are after my sisters - each one is the middle name of each of my 2 sisters.

Boys name is a bit out there so would welcome feedback - Fraser.

I like the idea of strong names for boys - my 2 year old is Pearse. However I don't know if Fraser is too weird - my husband loves it too but we're worried it's just a bit too 'left!' I used to work with a Fraser - man in his 50s - and as soon as I was introduced I thought - what a cool name - but now that it's crunch time I'm kinda bottling it.

Honest opinions please - my hubby and I have an agreement not to discuss names with family as to be honest they can influence too much - made the mistake on my son and then as soon as we decided on Pearse we told no one!!

Fraser is a lovely name and as already mentioned it's common enough in Scotland and the north of England but not here.

Devin is a nice name. My little sister is Devlin. It's in the baby book as a boy's name, but it's also my gran's maiden name, and mum chose it when she was pregnant, whether it was going to be a girl or boy. I only think of it as a girl's name now but it'd be lovely for a boy too. I think it's quite nice, rather sickened mum thought of it!
My girl's names are Kate/Katie, Kimberley, Ella and Sophie.
I'm having to go back to the drawing board with my boys names though: I always loved James but that's my OH's name and I don't want to do the naming after daddy thing; Michael was another one but the OH has too many family members with that name; and Luke doesn't go with OH's surname. So much for all those!