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Hunnybunny 
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Posted: 27 April 2010 at 12:38pm |
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Ok so we don't know what sex baby is going to be, and we are kind of running out of time (I said I wanted a short list of names sorted by 30 weeks... Well, its nearly that!)
Our last name is Meijers- said as in Mike Myers (so same pronunciation, just Dutch spelling)
I also have a few rules (thanks weegee :P)
-We don't want any G names or C names as Dutchies can have trouble pronouncing them (EG the MIL can't say Craig or Greg- it comes out the exact same)
-Names can't have any Y's in them (simply cos of the Dutch alphabet!)
-We are unsure about some J names, EG Johannah. Here its Jo, but there it'd be said as in YohannaH, so still suggest them but we'll have to think about pronunciation.
-We don't want something too common-EG we like the name Jack, but its been in the top 10 for the past few years so is out.
-Not too keen on M names. DH is a MM and we don't really want a child With MM initials.
-We do like Dutch names, but not something TOO Dutch, IYKWIM.
So: HELP! Please... If you can... Throw some name ideas at me!
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Posted: 27 April 2010 at 12:59pm |
Hmmm... Half the names I like don't apply! 
Boys...
Eli, Shane, Thomas, Adam, Alex(ander), Fergus, Karl (or would this still be hard to pronounce?), Leon, Malcolm, Oscar, Quin, Peter, Ralph...
Girls...
Aimee, Amelia, Eve, Erin, Leah, Natalie, Nora, Nita, Marie, Maria..., Olivia, Rowan...
Sorry can't think of any more...!
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Posted: 27 April 2010 at 1:02pm |
Dylan, Noel,
Yolonda, Nova, Zoe, Bianca,
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Posted: 27 April 2010 at 1:32pm |
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Wow HB that narrows the choices down!
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Posted: 27 April 2010 at 1:45pm |
Boys - Jacob, Logan, Zane, Bryn, Lachlan, Preston,Spencer, Tobias, Tait, Darius,
Girls - Dina, Sabrina, Rosa, Anika
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Posted: 27 April 2010 at 2:01pm |
Odd the most popular dutch boys name I know is Christopher
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Posted: 27 April 2010 at 2:11pm |
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Posted: 27 April 2010 at 2:42pm |
Can you see why we are having so much trouble  It hard when you don't want a common name, but don't want something too unusual...
English names are ok. So likes of Grace, Heidi, Thomas, etc as long as they aren't too common... It doesn't HAVE to be a dutch name (we will be have one dutch-ish name, be it first or second it doesn't matter)...
It doesn't help both our families are HUGE and we don't wanna use a name that someone close already has, so although we've liked a few they are out as we have relatives too close with that name! Even though half them are on the other side of the world DH still doesn't wanna use the names...
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Posted: 27 April 2010 at 3:19pm |
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Boys - Jasper, Toby, Leo, Beau, Nico
Girls - Beau, Beth, Grace, Nova.
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Posted: 27 April 2010 at 3:28pm |
Elsa or Davina for a girl 
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Two little girls under 2!
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Posted: 27 April 2010 at 3:55pm |
Gilrs- Avalon , Phoebe, Arabelle or Arabella, Isla, Matilda, Greta, Clara, Estella, Abigail, Alexia, Natalie, Chloe, Jasmine, and i got these ones off a website stating they are popular girls dutch names : Anneka , Aleena , Lia , Mariela, Skyla, Skye, Marcia, Lorissa, Marika,
Boys- Cohen, Logan, Liam, Lachlan, Eli, Amon, Saxon , Finn, Oliver, Cole, Odin, Rowan, Brayden, and got these ones of the same website for dutch names- Van , Pieter, Vander.
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Posted: 27 April 2010 at 4:42pm |
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I'm big on Noah for a boy at the mo. It's not Dutch I just like it lol
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Posted: 27 April 2010 at 6:59pm |
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I LOVE the dutch name Famke for a girl. Can't think of any boys names at the mo.
My dads side of the family are all dutch, but most of the names are very different and my Dad changed his name when he was 5 as he got teased at school here in NZ.
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Posted: 27 April 2010 at 8:18pm |
I found this website that might help you out with names.
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Posted: 27 April 2010 at 8:53pm |
Jacob/Jakob, Logan, Nicholas, Tyler, Nicholas, Ryan, Ben/Benjamin
Olivia, Ava, Lauren, Elizabeth, Natalia, Danica, Annika, Isabelle,
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Posted: 27 April 2010 at 10:56pm |
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saskia is a cool name - i just saw it on that list of dutch baby names you put up .Mel . i really like Saskia , its pretty
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Posted: 28 April 2010 at 10:07am |
Oooh I showed DH this, and Julz he was stoked you put Pieter up.. If we have a wee boy it will be his middle name- its a family name thats been going in their family for generations (it swaps, will be Matthijs, then Pieter, then matthijs, then pieter... and so on!)
Well after reading through this thread last night, and another baby name book, we have a couple of names  thanks for the help guys!!
Now 10 weeks to go, to find out boy or girl!
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Posted: 28 April 2010 at 11:04am |
Pieter was going to be my suggestion too as the only Dutch person I know has that name! lol Oh actually I know someone of Dutch heritage.... Nicolaas ( I think that's how its spelt but he just gets called Nic).
i LOVE the name Saskia! Might have to put that on my list for future reference
Can't think of any others...... Julz pretty much covered all my suggestions. Love the name Isla by the way 
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