Baby names

[snowboarder]

I love Meredith. Unfortunately we used it up on our (male) ginger cat some years ago!! Could kick myself (well...no girls eiither...small prob...I wouldnt use it on a little boy!).

[Earl Aelfheah]

Thanks for all your comments and suggestions. Other names we're considering are Laine, Megan, Holly and Charlotte. What do peeps think?

[Fuschia]

Laine I like bit wouldn't go with all surnames

The others ate all very popular .. Likely to be others in her class with the same name do she would be 'Megan S' for eg

[EDmummy]

Would definitely agree with getting a short list of 2 or 3 and trying them out when baby is born. DS1 had one name for a week, another for two weeks, tried the first one again then decided on the second. It absolutely works for him much more than our other name. DS2 went without a name for about a month whilst my husband and I 'argued' over our favourite names. Again, the name that suits him best won. Don't feel pressured to decide before bub is born.

[bluesuperted]

Snowboarder: My inlaws do my head in by using up good names for their dogs... (they have many, many dogs) So this means very nice names like Cordelia, Noah and Grace are out of bounds for any future babies!

[Helen GV]

Love the name Noah for a girl or boy!

[Fuschia]

Bluesuperted does that mean you could get away with rover or spot?!

[Alan Medic]

I like Laura, Emer, Niamh, Siobhan and Lola.

[Otta]

Jane Roulston Wrote:

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> i have 2 girls and my mum name one of them because

> she was her 1st grandaughter after 7 grandsons.her

> name is tammy louise.and my other daughter is

> jodie rosina

Good work to your mum, our daughter is called Tami. Different spelling, but sounds the same :-) we're having another girl in the summer. Have a name picked out, which is quite unusual, and from a famous novel.

[bluesuperted]

Fuschia I have been known to say through gritted teeth, if you want any more beautifully named grandchildren call the next mongrel Rover!!

[duchessofdulwich]

what do people think of the name "India" ?

[Belle]

bluesuperted - i love old testament names too, and ironically my husband who actually is Jewish, has vetoed most of them. My fave is Elijah but he's said no.

[Fuschia]

I like India but it reminds me a little of chick lit

[Ruth_Baldock]

Belle; didn't know Mr Belle was Jewish! So me and Apenn are NOT the only jews in the village!!!

My husband hated all the names I liked when I was preggers with Cheeky S (Sebastian). I liked Atticus, Jude, Jesse and Kiefer. He hated them all except Kiefer. This time round, he decided he DEFINITELY didn't like Kiefer, but it's a girl and our last so we'll never have to worry about it.

I like India, personally.

Fuschia; must say, I LOVE all the names you're LOs have :)

[Pickle]

Lots of lovely name suggestions on this thread. I'll always remember the night hubby and I sat down and each compiled a list of names we liked before the birth of our first child. I was obviously having a patriotic "I'm an antipodean" night, and hubby a Scottish one - my list read like the cast of Home and Away and his Monarch of the Glen

We had three names picked out for our son, and actually ended up with the 3rd choice as it suited him best when he arrived. When I was little my best friend at primary school was Emily, and I have always known that if I had a daughter that would be her name (although she never actually gets called Emily, she very quickly became a Millie).

I think choosing names gets harder the more children you have, as no matter how hard you try you will always have heard the name being shouted out at a playground! That's where the benefit of uncommon names (yours are lovely Fuschia) comes in to it I guess.

[Fuschia]

I like Jude

And Callum

And emer (isn't it eomer though, and with an accent?)

[snowboarder]

I thought we had chosen a slightly unusual name for baby no. 2. Then a random stranger in a coffee shop told me she knew two children with our name already. Devastated.

Ruth - I love Atticus!

[Helen GV]

Fuschia I love the names you gave your kids too

Ruth I didn't know you were having a girl congrats

Pickle I had a list of Maori names for my little girl, hubby vetoed all but a couple and then only as a middle name:)

My best friend has a cat named Oliver, which she regretted when she had a boy! I like Olivia too, but hubby's ex is called that so no go...

India is nice..

[Ruth_Baldock]

Many exes have ruined lovely boy's names for me!

Yep, Helen- one of each. Can stop here, phew, not doing this pregnant and Mum to toddler thing again. Ever. Baby has a uncommon but not unheard of first name, and the name my family call me as a second name (no one in my extended family has ever called me Ruth, very very odd...)

SB: I remember talking about the name Atticus with you when Baby SB v 2.0 was still in utero! Good taste :) Love love LOVE his actual name though, and he's the only one I know so there :P

[Helen GV]

I'm with you on the stopping front Ruth, am happy with my beautiful kids and though I would have been happy with either gender the second time round I am happy not to have any pressure to try for a third :))

I am now very curious about your new bub's name SB!

I like the name Ruby...

[snowboarder]

Ha it's all getting a bit cryptic now isn't it!

[snowboarder]

ps for girls I like Anouk - quite unusual and can shorten to Ani. And Tabitha. Both vetoed by husband. I like names you can shorten but still use the long version too. My all time favourite girls name which I've always thought would be my choice for my daughters name is now sooo popular I don't know whether I would chose it. Or whether there will ever be a daughter...!!

I would def after 2 babies have a few options up until baby is born. It's not so much that they come out looking like a particular name it's more that all of sudden it's very real!

[bluesuperted]

I love Atticus too! Oooo I love baby names!

[Ruth_Baldock]

Baby's first name a secret until she makes an appearance- middle name Ruby though, Helen, good guess work!!!!

[minder]

It's just me but I think of Bailey and Langley as surnames rather than first names.