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Topic: Yet another ’help w baby name’ thread :-)
Posted By: weegee
Subject: Yet another ’help w baby name’ thread :-)
Date Posted: 04 April 2010 at 8:24pm
Hi folks 
Ok so NO, we don't know what sex sibling JJ is getting, but I'm only asking about boy names cos I'm pretty sure we've got girl names sorted (NO, I'm not telling  ).
A slightly strange request: I'm after uncommon but not unusual boy names. JJ is Jeremy John, which is a perfect example because Jeremy is not an unusual name at all but it wasn't even in the top 100 names in 2008. (NB for anyone interested, the link to the Excel file giving the top 100 baby names in NZ for both sexes since 2004 is http://www.dia.govt.nz/pubforms.nsf/URL/Top100BabyNamesNewZealand.xls/$file/Top100BabyNamesNewZealand.xls - here .) Ideally names won't be in that list at all, but at the moment I'd settle for not in the top 30 
Some constraints for you, just to make life more difficult. Our last name is Dutch, starts with an O and ends with an -an sound. That means several points: - Nothing too obviously ethnic, of any description. Some of the Gaelic names just seem like a mishmash of cultures when mixed with a Dutch surname, and a Dutch name just seems too, well, Dutch! - Initials have to be classroom taunt proof. So no names starting with B, F, H, or P. - Final sounds of the names are important as well. With a surname that starts with a vowel sound, there are several names that just don't roll off the tongue (eg Louis, Theo). Ditto - but I feel less strongly about this - first names that end in an '-an' type sound and kinda rhyme may well be out (eg Colin, Lachlan). - We'd also prefer to avoid names starting with the same initials as ones we already have in the house, which means ideally no D, J or R names either. I know that doesn't leave many letters! Anybody got any bright ideas? ------------- 
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Posted By: weegee
Date Posted: 04 April 2010 at 8:24pm
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Here's last year's top 100 boy names
Rank Name Number 1 Jack 345 2 Oliver 342 3 James 337 4 Joshua 327 5 William 326 6 Samuel 313 7 Liam 312 8 Benjamin 285 9 Daniel 265 10 Thomas 254 11 Lucas 254 12 Riley 253 13 Ryan 247 14 Ethan 246 15 Jacob 242 16 Noah 239 17 Hunter 221 18 Max 212 19 Alexander 209 20 Jayden 208 21 Connor 199 22 Matthew 196 23 Cooper 190 24 Tyler 185 25 Blake 180 26 Isaac 179 27 Dylan 177 28 Lachlan 171 29 Luke 171 30 Logan 164 31 Caleb 159 32 Joseph 152 33 Charlie 151 34 Xavier 147 35 George 146 36 Levi 143 37 Jackson 137 38 Nathan 130 39 Michael 121 40 Oscar 121 41 Harry 119 42 Harrison 118 43 Toby 118 44 Alex 112 45 Jake 102 46 Jesse 102 47 Cameron 102 48 Leo 99 49 Ashton 95 50 Finn 94 51 Jordan 89 52 Luca 87 53 Jamie 84 54 Mason 84 55 Cody 83 56 Sam 83 57 John 81 58 Elijah 81 59 Seth 81 60 David 81 61 Henry 80 62 Aidan 79 63 Zachary 79 64 Kingston 77 65 Joel 77 66 Angus 76 67 Flynn 76 68 Carter 75 69 Charles 73 70 Lincoln 73 71 Sebastian 72 72 Hamish 72 73 Aiden 71 74 Nicholas 71 75 Reuben 69 76 Phoenix 67 77 Adam 67 78 Callum 67 79 Quinn 66 80 Ben 66 81 Gabriel 66 82 Hayden 65 83 Felix 63 84 Tyson 63 85 Mitchell 63 86 Ryder 61 87 Cole 60 88 Christian 59 89 Zion 59 90 Chase 58 91 Edward 58 92 Andrew 56 93 Roman 56 94 Troy 56 95 Austin 55 96 Tristan 55 97 Christopher 54 98 Louis 54 99 Brooklyn 54 100 Hugo 53 -------------
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Posted By: Raspberryjam
Date Posted: 04 April 2010 at 8:35pm
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Oliver is what we would have called Milla and Porscha had they been boys - it dosent seem to break any of your rules but if you dont want 'OO' then what about Nathan(iel), or Adam , Luke, or Noah ------------- http://lilypie.com] 
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Posted By: weegee
Date Posted: 04 April 2010 at 8:44pm
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I like Oliver but it's too popular - number 2 last year Noah's too popular as well. Adam is a definite possibility but we have quite close friends named Nathaniel and Luke so they're off the list -------------
Mum to JJ, 4 July 2008 & Addie, 28 July 2010 |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 04 April 2010 at 8:45pm
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Cameron is one I like, sits well with that you want. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: fire_engine
Date Posted: 04 April 2010 at 9:08pm
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Geez, so demanding
Bob. ------------- Mum to two wee boys |
Posted By: weegee
Date Posted: 04 April 2010 at 9:11pm
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You see why I need help!
LOL Bob it is -------------
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Posted By: minik8e
Date Posted: 04 April 2010 at 9:13pm
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If we had boys, we were going to have Max and Harry (well, I liked Harry, I was convincing DH it was a cool name too - his grandfather's). My sis has just had a little boy, Oliver Joe, and all it reminds me of is my cat that Mum and Dad had until it died a year or so ago - his name was Oliver Murphy.
Otherwise there's Mark (goes with Jeremy too!!), Shaun/Sean, Chris, Shane, Andrew, David, Matthew...I like Camero too. |
Posted By: Raspberryjam
Date Posted: 04 April 2010 at 9:18pm
haha ok JJ and Bob then - Milla loves that name - thats what she calls our lawn mower man 
Before we found out that Porscha was a girl we thought twice about Oli too, since it is so common, but even though it was number 2 it still is only a small number is comparison to how many boys babies were born that year so we would have just gone with it I loove Adam though, but my cousin has a boy called adam I really would love to have my first choice be Jasper, which I know you dont want to use but its soo cute Weegee!! Cameron does go well with Jeremy - 'JJ and Cam' has a cool ring for brothers ------------- http://lilypie.com]
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Posted By: fire_engine
Date Posted: 04 April 2010 at 9:27pm
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Posted By: weegee
Date Posted: 04 April 2010 at 9:43pm
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You know my style Fliss The latest two I decided I liked were Dominic and Reuben (even though they break the same first initials rule).
Kate, thanks for the great list - DH is a David
I quite like Cameron but I'm a bit iffy about the rhyming thing... -------------
Mum to JJ, 4 July 2008 & Addie, 28 July 2010 |
Posted By: ?Lolly?
Date Posted: 04 April 2010 at 9:44pm
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I can't be much help as the name I would want to call a boy my sister is using! (I swear I didn't talk her in to it - much) She is calling him Keet, which is my Grandma's maiden name. Although I think I prefer the spelling Keate, like the poet.
Just as side note, my Mother was going to call my sister had she been a boy 'Jeremy John Caleb' Caleb is another name I just love but it's in the top 100 so off your list. Hmmm ok heres some ideas? Sean
Elias Gorge (I know this one seems old fashioned but I think little boys named Gorge are always so cute) Jensen (A friend of mine just named their little boy Jensen, I didn't like it at first but its grown on me) I like Felix too but it's an F lol Tobias?? Malcolm (Not sure I like that name either but thought I'd throw them in there for good measure!) ------------- Captain Chaos (5) & the Trouble Monsters (2!) 
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Posted By: weegee
Date Posted: 04 April 2010 at 9:55pm
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LOL Em I love your blinkie
I loved Caleb too, but it's off our list not because it's in the top 100 but for much sadder reasons. Firstly one of the teachers at JJ's daycare had a stillborn little boy named Caleb a year or two back  That would have been bad enough but then the next Caleb to come along at the same daycare died (very recently) of a brain tumour at about 10 months old So really Caleb isn't an option for us -------------
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Posted By: ?Lolly?
Date Posted: 04 April 2010 at 10:02pm
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jeez, that's really sad. Good thing I wont be having any more babies as I would be tempted to use that name.
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Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 04 April 2010 at 10:09pm
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My favourite dutch boys name is Keyes, realise that doesn't fit in with the rules.
The option is to consider last names as first names. - Fletcher, Fraser, Campbell, Mitchell How about Mark/Marcus/Marco That list is frustrating the two boys names we like have been in the top 10 for over 100 years. Robert, Simon, Paul or Peter ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">   [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: Raspberryjam
Date Posted: 04 April 2010 at 10:39pm
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Funny Weegee, I was going to be cheeky and say Dominic as that is DHs name - but everyone calls him Dom
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Posted By: Kallie
Date Posted: 04 April 2010 at 10:51pm
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Campbell is cool! i think it goes well with your last name too.
Sorry i dont have many suggestions... we already have a boys name picked out but others i liked were Ashton, Dallas, Elisha.. not sure if they break the rules!
just had a look at the list i love Ryder and Zion too, i wouldnt have thought they were that popular! |
Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 04 April 2010 at 10:57pm
Well personally I don't know whats wrong with Little Bolter , I really liked that name  ------------- 
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Posted By: mamanee
Date Posted: 04 April 2010 at 11:22pm
Jamie! 
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Posted By: mamanee
Date Posted: 04 April 2010 at 11:23pm
| Just kidding! I thought little bolter was awesome too! |
Posted By: WestiesGirl
Date Posted: 04 April 2010 at 11:59pm
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Hmm we also struggled with boys names. I like your 'rules' it makes it easier to eliminate
Matthew or Charles. I know you didnt like Caleb but what if it were spelt Kaleb? Augustus Xavier Lawson Addison Oscar Levi Carter Zane Cooper Dior Charlie ------------- Our Angel July 08  Gone but not forgotten
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Posted By: kiwikid
Date Posted: 05 April 2010 at 12:14am
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Hmmmm I can see your 'problem' (not that it is but YKWIM) a lot of names dont sound quite right with your surname.. Toby, Campbell, Dominic, Fletcher, Mark - all have the 'right' sound but most of them break your 'rules'!!!
Bryce, Lance, Simon, Taylor, Harrison, Lucas, Fergus, Glen, Blake, Issac, Michael - few recent friend / family additions! Oooh I like Timothy but perhaps a bit sing-songy with Jeremy
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Posted By: weegee
Date Posted: 05 April 2010 at 7:53am
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I like Fletcher, but it has the FO problem, and close friends have twins called Fletcher and Makaela. JJ's other shortlisted names were Isaac and Oscar and damn I just seized momentarily on Blake... but BO -------------
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Posted By: _H_
Date Posted: 05 April 2010 at 7:55am
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i love Ryder or Isaac- im not very helpful because people have already said those names! ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: rachelsea
Date Posted: 05 April 2010 at 9:10am
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I think Mark sounds great with your sirname!! Have you chosen a middle name?
Good point about the initials too - the boys name I like starts with B so his initials would be BS... Hmm will have to rethink that lol. (And his middle name would be Joseph - BJ doesn't look very good either does it?
What about Thomas? Can't remember if I read that on the top 100 list on the previous page, if so then ignore that
Probably not very helpful but there you go! ETA ok Thomas is number 10, lol, which makes my post even less helpful  ------------- DD 4yrs DS 2yrs http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 05 April 2010 at 9:17am
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Got the baby name book out how about some of these:
Alistair, Arden, Carter, Conrad, Craig Earl, Ewen Griffith / Griffin Hadrian, Hamish Kendale, Kingsley Lance, Lloyd, Logan Marshall, Maxwell, Nicholas, Obidiah, Owen Patrick, Rafferty, Rohan, Ronan, Rory, Ryan Samuel, Sebastian, Tristian, Troy Vincent Wallace, Wyatt, Zachery ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: kiwi2
Date Posted: 05 April 2010 at 9:56am
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We had a friend whose son was Elijah. Thought that had a nice ring to it.
My son is Anthony so of course I like that name but everyone forgets the th part and it becomes antony. Or Anton. Christian, Christopher, Gregory, Trey, Timothy, Tony, Preston, Taylor (however people will invision a six pack of abs before becoming a werewolf) Or Edward (Nice name just not sure about that alabaster skin tone and freaky eyes in the movie - not very cutesy babyish) Samuel (sam for short - do you think I am a twilight fan lol) Kipling, Kyle, Carter, Not sure how many are on the top 100 but thought I would just do a bit of brainstorming for you. |
Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 05 April 2010 at 10:18am
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whats wrong with BO as initials? if he has a middle name surely that will help.
cale is nice ocean sage oscar was one of my faves when pregnant and oliver too. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 05 April 2010 at 10:20am
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actually when you think of initials it is an adult perception you are putting on them and by the time our kids are at school there will be a whole different set of initials meaning silly things... and BJ and BS may not even be "funny"... ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker">
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Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 05 April 2010 at 11:29am
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I do think kids will find ways of making fun of each other no matter what you call them, that's just kids. As long as their initials aren't FQ I think you'll be sweet. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: WestiesGirl
Date Posted: 05 April 2010 at 11:32am
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Yeah initials are pretty important. We also have a Dutch name starting with an O so I know the feeling I love Oscar too!! ------------- Our Angel July 08 Gone but not forgotten
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Posted By: Febgirl
Date Posted: 05 April 2010 at 3:55pm
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Someone already listed it but I was going to suggest Vincent - I love that name! ------------- Two little girls under 2! 
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Posted By: music_mummy
Date Posted: 05 April 2010 at 4:13pm
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When we were trying to decide on names and got to stale mate DH would always throw in Boaz and thought it was hilarious, even when we were trying to think of girls names....men!?! -------------   
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Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 05 April 2010 at 4:30pm
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I think Mark sounds nice with your last name
Cadens initals are CAR "Caden Alexander Raynes" - Which is very appropriate for my family, all car crazy and car is Cadens fav word hehe ------------- |
Posted By: fire_engine
Date Posted: 05 April 2010 at 6:54pm
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Yeah, Dan is DOB. My family always comment on it - "haha date of birth haha". Yeah, whatever. ------------- Mum to two wee boys |
Posted By: Hunnybunny
Date Posted: 05 April 2010 at 7:40pm
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Ooooh I wanna know what your last name is now!! We are battling with the Dutch last name problem aswell...
Although, we are also struggling, as we will NOT have any names with the "y" in it (cos theres no y in the alphabet..) And DH doesn't want a name that sounds like a word that translates into something different (eg saying the name and them hearing the word "bread" or something silly!) Dutch names are difficult to work with Glad we aren't the only ones struggling (oh, we have to do boy AND girl still!)
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Posted By: AuntyAndrea
Date Posted: 05 April 2010 at 8:00pm
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I found Aunty Jen's list from Christmas!
It was: Caleb Calum Dominic Elliot Ewan Ethan Isaac Kieran Leon Liam Oscar Otis Samson Sebastian Tobais Vaughn Some I like, others just remind me of childhood movies (Neverending Story for one). Along those lines... Westley
Also some don't work so well with your surname. And can I please put in an anti-vote for Sean. Don't get me wrong, I love the name, I'd just prefer to only have one nephew called Sean! edited to add: Although I've mentioned names to you in the past that we like you're welcome to any of them... lets be honest, we're unlikely to reproduce any time soon and even if we do we will more than likely change our minds about names. Plus we have an easier surname to match! |
Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 05 April 2010 at 8:39pm
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I wouldn't worry too much about names that come from movies, my name comes from a movie that came out in 1972, I've never seen it and its only older people that remember, no one of my generation or younger has any idea.
Hansel and Gretel - great dutch names! ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: ?Lolly?
Date Posted: 05 April 2010 at 8:40pm
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Oh!! I LOVE Wyatt. Okay, IF my some miricle me and DP decide to have another that name goes RIGHT to the the top of the list! Oh and it goes fantastic with DP's surname. oh and it also goes really well with my other kids names! Ethan, Erynn, Violette and Wyatt! oh love it! Might have to another one now! ------------- Captain Chaos (5) & the Trouble Monsters (2!)
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Posted By: julz85
Date Posted: 06 April 2010 at 12:57pm
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I love coen or (cohen) ( i think thats gonna be my boys name if i ever have one), Vinnie, Archie, Xavier, Blake, Harlan, Adam , Scott, Billy , Cole, Charlie and louie (sp). ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: Mucky_Tiger
Date Posted: 06 April 2010 at 1:19pm
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i know it sounds kind of morbid, but take a wander through a cemetery. theres some unique, odd and different names in there.
we walked back home through the cemetery after our walk yesterday and we just about decided on names. we liked ones like george, jack(son), or henry, or thomas, with william james for middle name. and hazel is definalty a middle name for a girl |
Posted By: T_Rex
Date Posted: 06 April 2010 at 1:45pm
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how about nicolas or carlos? ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 06 April 2010 at 6:47pm
LMAO I have a CAR as well. But I was going to suggest Alexander? ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com"> 
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Sheza wrote:Posted By: ?Lolly?
Date Posted: 06 April 2010 at 7:22pm
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My sisters son's initials are going to be KFC On purpose! ------------- Captain Chaos (5) & the Trouble Monsters (2!)
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Posted By: weegee
Date Posted: 06 April 2010 at 9:28pm
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On purpose Em!
Thanks so much for all your help everyone  - keep them coming! Unfortunately Alexander is off the menu, we have a nephew called Alex.
To help with the other names, I don't really like surnames as first names, just to be a pain. And when a name is shortened I have to have the long version as the actual name, and have to like the long version as well - for example, I like Charlie, but don't like Charles, and Charlton doesn't go with our surname. (HB - you were curious about our surname - go look me up in our Due July Facebook group )
I LOVE Archie (would have Archer as the 'long' version, not that it's any longer but ygwim) but it's a bit 'out there' for my conservative DH (he vetoed Jasper when we were shortlisting names for JJ). I'm working on him He doesn't like Seb/Sebastian either. Or Edward! (I quite liked Teddy.)
Deb - even if he doesn't get made fun of, if we called a boy BO I would see 'Body Odour' when I looked at my son's initials
Oh, something else I thought of - a name we tossed around when looking for JJ's name was Gareth, which I still like, but I don't think it 'goes' with Jeremy. How important do you think it is for sibling's names to 'go together'? Middle name - undecided but probably Francis or William (both family names). -------------
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Posted By: weegee
Date Posted: 06 April 2010 at 9:29pm
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Oh and special thanks to Fleur and her baby book, and I plan to take a stroll through a cemetery soon, thanks for the idea (although I still remember strolling through Symonds St cemetery once and seeing the gravestone for Dorcas, who was shot on the way to Sunday School - let's just say Dorcas isn't on the list) -------------
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Posted By: weegee
Date Posted: 06 April 2010 at 9:30pm
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Serial posting - I think Christopher is top of DH's list at the mo... -------------
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Posted By: julz85
Date Posted: 06 April 2010 at 9:32pm
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i think Gareth and jermey go well together
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Posted By: ?Lolly?
Date Posted: 06 April 2010 at 9:45pm
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Dorcas??? I was doing some family history research and found a whole bunch of interesting names from the 1800's and early 1900's and some plain Chavtastic ones even for the early 1900's a baby christened Faith Hope Charity topped my list of silly things to name a baby even for back then.
Check the site out, I thought i had some good idea's for names. http://gypsyjib.wetpaint.com/page/Holybourne+Baptisms - http://gypsyjib.wetpaint.com/page/Holybourne+Baptisms ------------- Captain Chaos (5) & the Trouble Monsters (2!)
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Posted By: ?Lolly?
Date Posted: 06 April 2010 at 10:03pm
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What about Evan? I think it goes really well with O surnames. ------------- Captain Chaos (5) & the Trouble Monsters (2!)
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Posted By: WestiesGirl
Date Posted: 06 April 2010 at 11:08pm
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On the topic of initials our neices initials is HERO! ------------- Our Angel July 08 Gone but not forgotten
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Posted By: kiwikid
Date Posted: 07 April 2010 at 8:25am
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What about Patrick or Miles? -------------
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Posted By: ?Lolly?
Date Posted: 07 April 2010 at 9:02am
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Okay so I went and had a look at your surname (not exactly sure how to pronounce it) but I take the Evan back as I see that it maybe rhymes a bit too much?
Rianna, hero? thats kinda cool! Both Ethan and me have the same initials, And if Erynn had the same surname as us she would also have the same initials lol At my folks house they Mum Dad and my sister have the same initials so it makes mail really fun when they have no idea who it's for! ------------- Captain Chaos (5) & the Trouble Monsters (2!)
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Posted By: Raspberryjam
Date Posted: 07 April 2010 at 9:10am
Yes yes!! 'like' I love Miles (but we already have an 'm' in the house) and patrick is my ex husbands name - dont think that would work and for the record i Hate Gareth - its my brothers name. I dont know what my mother was thinking when she named us I dont know that its so important that they match Weegee, as long as they dont clash - like we couldnt have Molly or Bella, I cant actually think of much that sounds wrong with Jeremy - but I wouldnt think youd want a CJ or AJ now you have a JJ - wouldnt really go with something like Benji either - although its a good name I like Archer - JJ and Archie - cool ------------- http://lilypie.com]
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Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 07 April 2010 at 9:15am
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Archie is short for Archibald and it seems to be one of those grandpa names that has become popular again. Christopher is a popular dutch name - I know a few dutch guys called Chris. Personally I think sibling names shouldn't be similar - My brother is Blair and I'm Fleur and both ending in that R sound made it problematic for my mother when she was calling us and we thought she wanted the other one - or we deliberatly ignored her. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: weegee
Date Posted: 07 April 2010 at 9:45am
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I refloated Archer with DH last night, pretending I couldn't remember what he'd said about it and he didn't totally veto it this time so maybe it's back on the list (I know Archie is usually short for Archibald but I don't like the 'bald' part
LOL at you and your brother's selective hearing Fleur
KK, you've been watching too much Home and Away again
RJ, instead of Porsha you should name #2 Molly, then you have to have a third girl and name her Amanda (Milla, Molly and Mandy )
My brother is Stephen and yeah, pretty much anything that ends with an -on, -an or -en (including Evan) rhymes with our last name - it doesn't totally rule it out but makes me go a bit 
I've relayed this joke on here before but when we were naming JJ we told our families a boy was going to be "Edward Ian Ewan Ivan" (EIEIO) -------------
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Posted By: Raspberryjam
Date Posted: 07 April 2010 at 9:51am
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Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 07 April 2010 at 9:58am
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How about Kyler? Its dutch for Archer. Realise you didn't want anything particularly dutch, thought that was quite cute. I can see the problem with most dutch names would be the spelling. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: Joscia
Date Posted: 07 April 2010 at 10:09am
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Antony? Or Anthony?
Rohan? Quentin? Joseph? Kennedy? ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com"> 
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Posted By: ?Lolly?
Date Posted: 07 April 2010 at 11:27am
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lol @ eieio! I kept telling people I was going to call Ethan 'Nathaniel Samuel Daniel' got a few odd looks. ------------- Captain Chaos (5) & the Trouble Monsters (2!)
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Posted By: fire_engine
Date Posted: 07 April 2010 at 11:29am
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I like Archer ------------- Mum to two wee boys |
Posted By: AuntyAndrea
Date Posted: 07 April 2010 at 2:40pm
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Me too, I like Archer
I also still have a vote in for EIEIO
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Posted By: ?Lolly?
Date Posted: 07 April 2010 at 3:09pm
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I also like Archer! Although it makes me think of the alchopop Archers and Addison's brother from Greys ------------- Captain Chaos (5) & the Trouble Monsters (2!)
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Posted By: weegee
Date Posted: 07 April 2010 at 3:11pm
Much as I hate to admit it came from TV, it was Addison's brother that gave me the idea in the first place  I figure everybody will have forgotten him by July anyway...-------------
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Posted By: fire_engine
Date Posted: 07 April 2010 at 3:34pm
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Don't worry - my girl's name was a contestant on Top Chef! ------------- Mum to two wee boys |
Posted By: Kallie
Date Posted: 07 April 2010 at 9:07pm
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Asher is also quite cool, kinda similar to Archer...
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Posted By: scribe
Date Posted: 07 April 2010 at 10:30pm
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I like Archer (and Archie) too ... and Asher, I know an Asher and he's the sweetest little boy!
And I think Jeremy and Gareth go together, but then I would because DH has a brother called Jeremy ... not sure if I like the actual name though, but I never do when they're associated with someone else (which makes picking a boy's name hard!)
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Posted By: ?Lolly?
Date Posted: 07 April 2010 at 10:39pm
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I don't like the name Gareth, but I think it's one of those names that would grow on you. I know a boy called Asher, he was a little demon lol.
I thought of another name this evening but it went out of my head. What about Elliot? ------------- Captain Chaos (5) & the Trouble Monsters (2!)
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Posted By: kiwikid
Date Posted: 08 April 2010 at 12:55am
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Miles = guilty on the Home and Away front Patrick was Greys LOL
I keep coming back to Michael I must admit, I think it sounds nice with your surname. Archer is very cool, dunno about Archie though personally, a bit too close to the 'chav' (a bit like the UK version of bogan maybe??) obsession with Archie / Alfie etc But then most names take on the little persons personality quite quickly, I thought Lance was a little unusal at first when our good friends named their first baby but its a lovely name for a lovely little boy. Henry was the other one I thought of last night, I think its very sweet. Is two Y ending names a bit sing-songy thou?? -------------
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Posted By: weegee
Date Posted: 08 April 2010 at 8:06am
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LOL I thought Patrick might have been a Home & Away/McLeod's Daughters crossover thing Funny how I went straight to H&A when there's a Miles on Lost too (but I remember Hayden dancing to H&A credits).
See the fact that I'm now teaching is another complicating factor, someone suggests a name and I go hrmm, no, I teach a *insert names that Em and KK may or may not have just suggested* and he's a lazy little so and so! Plus we have reasonably close friends who have a Henry (they call him Harry though) so it kinda takes it off the list. (Max is off for a similar reason, plus are there any 12th man fans out there? His father would be forever saying "ohhh Max!" in an annoying pseudo-Australian accent.) Sorry, I don't mean to be so negative all the time! I truly appreciate everyone's suggestions!
Anna do you mean your DH has a brother called Gareth?
Asher is a good suggestion I know somebody through another forum who has two little boys called Aiden and Asher, both names I like, I should ask her what other names were on her list!-------------
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Posted By: ?Lolly?
Date Posted: 08 April 2010 at 8:38am
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I read a chicklit book and it had a little boy in it called 'Grayer'
We were at a complete loss when we were trying to name the girls. I really wanted Violet as a name for one of the girls as it's my grans name but DP didn't like it as he said whenever he saw it written down he saw 'Violent' which is why we changed the spelling to the French way. Erynn was finally named after DP listed the same of every girl he had EVER met! We changed the spelling from Erin to Erynn because I was once married to an Eric and when written down they look very similar (Eric/Erin) My sister is a teacher so any other names that were suggested were quickly shot down by her if she had had a horrible kid by that name! ------------- Captain Chaos (5) & the Trouble Monsters (2!)
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Posted By: ?Lolly?
Date Posted: 08 April 2010 at 8:41am
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There is always Garth as opposed to Gareth? ------------- Captain Chaos (5) & the Trouble Monsters (2!)
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Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 08 April 2010 at 10:46am
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Posted By: ?Lolly?
Date Posted: 08 April 2010 at 12:24pm
lol ------------- Captain Chaos (5) & the Trouble Monsters (2!)
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Posted By: Raspberryjam
Date Posted: 08 April 2010 at 12:40pm
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Asher is cool Kiwikid you have wrecked archie for me .. um i was thinking too, what about Kurt? ------------- http://lilypie.com]
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Posted By: ?Lolly?
Date Posted: 08 April 2010 at 12:50pm
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I have heaps of family in England who have called there boys 'Alfie' geez they must be chavtastic! ------------- Captain Chaos (5) & the Trouble Monsters (2!)
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Posted By: Kallie
Date Posted: 08 April 2010 at 1:22pm
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I like Garth better than Gareth because it reminds me of Garth Brooks!! :)
What about Jacob/ Jakeb? Jake for short.. oh wait just realised then you would have too starting with J that was a rule my bad!!
Ive always liked Matthew, with Matty for short. just let JJ name him/her! Then you'll set something real cool like Blue or Iggle Piggle haha maybe even Nemo?
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Posted By: weegee
Date Posted: 08 April 2010 at 1:32pm
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LOL yep Nemo would definitely be on JJ's list at the moment, that or Turtle (or his favourite words which are Bubble! and Noodle!) When we've been throwing names around the only name JJ parroted was Dominic (well, "Dom" anyway) so maybe we could take that into account.
People I knew once let their little boy, who was called Thomas and was a Thomas the Tank Engine nut, name his little sister, and he came up with Annabelle (cos it was a mix of Annie and Clarabelle, Thomas' carriages) - they got lucky on that front I guess, could have been a lot worse. I instantly thought "Wayne's World" with Garth too, and Kurt makes me think of Glee
ETA: or is the Glee kid Kirk? Kurt reminds me of Sound of Music too. -------------
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Posted By: TheKelly
Date Posted: 08 April 2010 at 1:36pm
The Nanny diaries ?
Michael ? Mikey for short ? Archer is cute Asher I like tho it reminds me of that song "Brimful of Asher " Nathaniel ? -------------
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Posted By: TheKelly
Date Posted: 08 April 2010 at 1:38pm
haha ! my friend has a Thomas and said if she had a girl she would call her Annabelle for the same reason (tho there are actually a few girl names, eg Emily ) and when I said "what if you have another boy " she said "ah, I'll call him the fat controller " Kurt just reminds me of Kurt Cobain -------------
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Posted By: Raspberryjam
Date Posted: 08 April 2010 at 1:46pm
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Kurt was a boy at primary school that I had a crush on
Maybe Milla has been having words with JJ Weegee - she copies me when I yell out to Dom, is so cute I know a guy called "grey' I thinks that hot - just obviously not with our surname ------------- http://lilypie.com]
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Posted By: ?Lolly?
Date Posted: 08 April 2010 at 1:54pm
YUS! ------------- Captain Chaos (5) & the Trouble Monsters (2!)
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Posted By: weegee
Date Posted: 08 April 2010 at 2:16pm
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Damn Kelly there goes Asher (and thanks, now I have that in my head! Everybody needs a bosom for a pillow!) -------------
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Posted By: rachelsea
Date Posted: 08 April 2010 at 2:20pm
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Hehe, when I was pregnant my neice (who was 2.5yrs at the time) wanted me to name my baby "Boyfriend" I told her it was nice but didn't really go with our last name
And I have Brimful of Asher stuck in my head now too! ------------- DD 4yrs DS 2yrs http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: BugTeeny
Date Posted: 08 April 2010 at 3:40pm
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ooh this thread is giving me ideas, thanks for starting it, weegee
Although, I think we're pretty much decided on a name (which hasn't been mentioned here, yay!), but it's nice to have back-ups in case we oss it aside in the next 4 months. ------------- 
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Posted By: scribe
Date Posted: 08 April 2010 at 4:19pm
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Yep, oops Weegee, my brain is total fuzz at the moment, especially in the evenings!
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Posted By: weegee
Date Posted: 08 April 2010 at 4:27pm
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I feel your pain! -------------
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Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 08 April 2010 at 4:38pm
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See what happens when you miss hear songs - Its brimful of Asha and the only Asha I know is an indian girl.
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Posted By: weegee
Date Posted: 08 April 2010 at 4:43pm
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Nope, will find out sometime in July (or maybe August I spose if it decides to be tardy, not that I really know what tardy means for this one) -------------
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Posted By: TheKelly
Date Posted: 08 April 2010 at 6:28pm
yeah , that wouldn't surprise me, I miss hear a lot of songs, i thought "lips of an angel " was "lips of an asian " and "Take me to the clouds above " was "take me to the parking lot " (sorry , offtopic ) -------------
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Posted By: ?Lolly?
Date Posted: 08 April 2010 at 6:39pm
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A another name that is growing on me is Alistair. I didn't use to like it but I think I am changing my mind. ------------- Captain Chaos (5) & the Trouble Monsters (2!)
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