Baby names!

amiable · 31-03-2011 10:54am

Silcocky wrote: »

Hey Guys,

26 weeks today and think we have it narrowed down to the last four or five names for each sex. Presumably it'll be decided depending on what he/she 'looks' like!

The boys names are (in order of preference):
Max
Cole
Ollie
Tommy
Spence(r)

Girls:
Connie
Rae
Victoria
Nicole

What do ye think? We're getting mixed reviews for Connie, our favourite girls name....

First of all congrats. Its a great exciting time.:)

Of the names i like Ollie and Max. I also like Nicole.
But that's just me and my personality and your decision should reflect yours imo.

carolinespring · 31-03-2011 11:53am

Pick what you like best.

I love Connie, such a aweet name, pretty name but had not heard it in years.

Out of the boys names Ollie and Max would be my fav.

Best of luck!!!

Moonbeam · 31-03-2011 1:10pm

Silcocky wrote: »

Hey Guys,

26 weeks today and think we have it narrowed down to the last four or five names for each sex. Presumably it'll be decided depending on what he/she 'looks' like!

The boys names are (in order of preference):
Max
Cole
Ollie
Tommy
Spence(r)

Girls:
Connie
Rae
Victoria
Nicole

What do ye think? We're getting mixed reviews for Connie, our favourite girls name....

We have very different taste in names but I do love Nicole.

chillywilly · 01-04-2011 12:50am

My girlfriend is nearing 17 weeks and I think we have already decided

What do y'all think of Lily for a girl and Shea for a boy?

Lily has always been my girlfriends choice and Shea happened to pop up on the credits of a TV show and I really liked it :P My Grandad was James so it's also a nice link to him.

Twee. · 01-04-2011 1:43am

chillywilly wrote: »

My girlfriend is nearing 17 weeks and I think we have already decided What do y'all think of Lily for a girl and Shea for a boy?

Lily has always been my girlfriends choice and Shea happened to pop up on the credits of a TV show and I really liked it :P My Grandad was James so it's also a nice link to him.

My brother is called Shay. I think it's a lovely name

He was born in April, as was my uncle Seamus, so when the last male cousin was born in April, he got Seamus as a middle name!

amiable · 01-04-2011 7:58am

chillywilly wrote: »

My girlfriend is nearing 17 weeks and I think we have already decided What do y'all think of Lily for a girl and Shea for a boy?

Lily has always been my girlfriends choice and Shea happened to pop up on the credits of a TV show and I really liked it :P My Grandad was James so it's also a nice link to him.

I really like both names. Especially Lily. Very pretty and simple imo:)

carolinespring · 01-04-2011 9:39pm

chillywilly wrote: »

My girlfriend is nearing 17 weeks and I think we have already decided What do y'all think of Lily for a girl and Shea for a boy?

Lily has always been my girlfriends choice and Shea happened to pop up on the credits of a TV show and I really liked it :P My Grandad was James so it's also a nice link to him.

Shay is lovely, never came across the Shea spelling before.

SarahJ · 02-04-2011 8:16am

The only thing with the name Lily is that I reckon that it's gona be like the name Mary, ie; hoards of them walking around!

chillywilly · 02-04-2011 11:26am

carolinespring wrote: »

Shay is lovely, never came across the Shea spelling before.

Ye we thought about the spelling. Shea is basically short for Seamus, I've seen it around a few times.

chillywilly · 02-04-2011 11:27am

SarahJ wrote: »

The only thing with the name Lily is that I reckon that it's gona be like the name Mary, ie; hoards of them walking around!

A bunch of Lilys:D which reminds me, it's Mothers Day tomorrow

Gumbo · 03-04-2011 9:27pm

the GF is due on the 20th April.........
I think were nearly 99% settled on

Girl : Ruby
Boy : Lucas

Edit - Wahoo, 5000th post

chillywilly · 03-04-2011 9:52pm

Ye I like both of them! I wouldn't go for Ruby for my child though as my surname is Walsh

Oral Slang · 03-04-2011 11:04pm

Vico1612 wrote: »

Does Sorsha exist ? [ with this spelling ? ]

If I heard that name in ireland though - I'd be thinking of the man's name George. http://www.behindthename.com/name/seoirse

Cat Melodeon · 04-04-2011 2:53pm

Do ye think it's important to have siblings names complement each other? Our son has a fairly classic name that's a bit 'trendy' at the moment. We chose it because it travels well - my husband isn't Irish and there's a good chance we'll end up living in a non-English speaking country in the future. Anyway, we're expecting again and I keep being drawn to all the 'old-fashioned' names in our family, like Tommy, Paudie, Joe, Bridget, Maggie, Nell etc. These absolutely don't 'go' with our son's name (unless we use Margaret in full, which is a bit much for a lickle baby). The older names have really fallen out of use - I don't know when the last Mary went through our local primary school and there used to be at least 3 in every year!

So, do you think sibling's names should match?

carolinespring · 04-04-2011 4:42pm

Cat Melodeon wrote: »

Do ye think it's important to have siblings names complement each other? Our son has a fairly classic name that's a bit 'trendy' at the moment. We chose it because it travels well - my husband isn't Irish and there's a good chance we'll end up living in a non-English speaking country in the future. Anyway, we're expecting again and I keep being drawn to all the 'old-fashioned' names in our family, like Tommy, Paudie, Joe, Bridget, Maggie, Nell etc. These absolutely don't 'go' with our son's name (unless we use Margaret in full, which is a bit much for a lickle baby). The older names have really fallen out of use - I don't know when the last Mary went through our local primary school and there used to be at least 3 in every year!

So, do you think sibling's names should match?

I am 11 weeks gone and afarid to start taking about names but lately I have started thinking of Bridget or Maryrose. As you said names you That you hardly ever hear now. I also love Delia as a old lady called Delia was so lovely to us as children. For a boy I like simple old fashioned names like James, Hugh, oliver

Nell and maggie are really cute but you could always put the full name on the birth cert so she can use it later if she wants to. Joe and Tommy are nice but have a block about paudie!!!

I dont think it really matters if names match. I see a lot of families in my pre school with non matching names.

LordSutch · 05-04-2011 11:31am

carolinespring wrote: »

I am 11 weeks gone and afarid to start taking about names but lately I have started thinking of Bridget or Maryrose. As you said names you That you hardly ever hear now. I also love Delia as a old lady called Delia was so lovely to us as children. For a boy I like simple old fashioned names like James, Hugh, oliver

Love your choice of names, we also have Delia, James, Hugh, & Oliver on our latest list, which keeps changing as the weeks tick by . . .

Haven't heard of Maryrose, apart from King Henry VIII's flagship

anplaya · 05-04-2011 6:19pm

DetectivFoxtrot wrote: »

Does anyone like Emme (pronounced Emmy) for a girl? It's really growing on me - a twist on the more classic 'Emma'.
I also like Keema (I need to stop watching The WIRE).

My traditional choices are:

Kate (after my maternal grandmother)
Danny (after OH's paternal grandfather)

emme is estonian for mama (ema means mother)

wmpdd3 · 05-04-2011 6:50pm

Cat Melodeon wrote: »

Do ye think it's important to have siblings names complement each other? Our son has a fairly classic name that's a bit 'trendy' at the moment. We chose it because it travels well - my husband isn't Irish and there's a good chance we'll end up living in a non-English speaking country in the future. Anyway, we're expecting again and I keep being drawn to all the 'old-fashioned' names in our family, like Tommy, Paudie, Joe, Bridget, Maggie, Nell etc. These absolutely don't 'go' with our son's name (unless we use Margaret in full, which is a bit much for a lickle baby). The older names have really fallen out of use - I don't know when the last Mary went through our local primary school and there used to be at least 3 in every year!

So, do you think sibling's names should match?

I have a freind who's partner is French speaking. Her 1st has a french name andher second has an Irish name. They thought that would be fair.

She's has often been asked if they have the same father :eek:
I suppose because they aren't married but are together over a decade.

Even though they are the image of each other.

I know i sound like my mother, but as soon as I saw you post I thought of her.

egan2020 · 06-04-2011 3:44pm

Have just under four weeks to go. Me and my daughter are in charge of girls name and OH is picking if it's a boy. So far I've come up with Lexie or Lucy and my daughter likes Kayla or Rebecca. OH is settled on Caleb with Matthew as a second name for a boy.

Morag · 06-04-2011 6:38pm

Connie as in short for Concepta or Constance?

Silcocky · 07-04-2011 10:42am

Hi Sharrow,

It wouldn't be short for anything, we'd christen her Connie...

LordSutch · 07-04-2011 1:08pm

Sharrow wrote: »

Connie as in short for Concepta or Constance?

Connie is usually an abbreviation of Constance.

KayTee · 09-04-2011 8:39pm

TE=anplaya;71542885]emme is estonian for mama (ema means mother)[/QUOTE]

Really pretty name.

I love Livia for a girl and am also considering Elizabeth shortened to Libby. Haven't considered any boys names yet but a long way to go so plenty of time!

admiralofthefleet · 12-04-2011 6:53pm

we are liking the name noah now

Cat Melodeon · 13-04-2011 2:12pm

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

we are liking the name noah now

Well, it'll tie in with your user name!

Bride2012 · 13-04-2011 5:05pm

Vico1612 wrote: »

Morning,

We are expecting baby 2 in June and are looking for girl names [ boy name is ok :-) ]

I like Saoirse but my wife isn't too keen on the pronunciation Sear-Shah. [ and also because our familiy in France still can get to grips with Caoimhe ]

Does Sorsha exist ? [ with this spelling ? ]

We also like Sheena and a colleague's wife is called Sheena, with the following spelling : Síona but I haven't found much info about this spelling.
Is it an uncommon name ?
Thanks
Mr P

Just be warned that Seoirse is pronounced the same way and is a boy's name, Irish for George.

Winnie · 15-04-2011 9:50am

What do people think of these:

Boys:
Daniel
Alex
Ben
Sam

Girls:
Lucy
Erin

TT92 · 15-04-2011 1:32pm

Hi Winnie!
I have to say I love the name Erin! It the name we have picked too if we have a girl!

admiralofthefleet:
I adore the name Noah! It was on my list but hubby wont agree as he know a guy called Noah that he doesnt like!:( I wouldnt mind, he wouldnt see this guy from one end of the year to the next!

Storminateacup · 16-04-2011 1:43am

I love the name Lucy, as it was my daughters name.

deisemum · 16-04-2011 9:31am

Winnie wrote: »

What do people think of these:

Boys:
Daniel
Alex
Ben
Sam

Girls:
Lucy
Erin

I love Alex and it was a strong contender when we were expecting our first lad but we went with Adam in the end despite calling the bump Luke through most of that pregnancy.

Second time round I knew it was a boy and my 2 favourite names during the pregnancy were Elliot and Zac but a couple of nights before he was born I was watching tv and 3 programmes after another featured a character called Nick/Nicholas so when sproggy was born he was named Nicholas Elliot.

I also like Noah, Ben, Sam.

I love the name Lucy and as I will not be having a girl I named one of my cats Lucy. Erin reminds me of compost and soup.

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