O/T - baby names!

We are trying for a baby and OH is dying for a boy!

Boy- we both agreed on Ewan- always loved it

A girl- we'd argue here, OH doesnt like anything- I like either Poppy, Daisy, Freya or Olive

Awwww, good luck! Hope it all works out for you both!

I'm liking Ewan and Olive! xx

Aww me and OH would like to start trying round xmas but cant really agree on many names..

I like chloe/lilly/summer/ella for a girl.. he thinks its okay but he likes lucy and bethany

I like jack/alfie for boy.. he likes liam and josh..

dunno how we will decide lol

x

These are my two fav ?

I love Ava and Olivia for a girl, boys names not too sure about!

Aww best of luck for the baby trying

I like Finlay but then i do have a nephew named finlay lol

My two are called Megan & Ethan both welsh names (oh is welsh)

i like Isabel too it's cute

I did want Charlie for my son but OH said no ☹️ but it is his middles name ?

Girls - Eoife, Astrid, Ana. Vaguely tempted to find a pretty word that's a medical/anatomical term and see how that works out.

Boys - Jack, Harry, much more trad.

Megan is nice. Only Ethan I know is a bit of a brat so that's put me off it slightly. Do others find that their taste in names is coloured by people you know with that name?

Absolutely- I also have what I personally think of as 'naughty names' that I associate with naughty children

Also, can I recommend a book called Freakanomics, especially the section on baby names. It discusses how names say so much about you and your character before you even start (socioeconomic background etc). Also, it talks about how names move "down" through the classes, using Brittany as an example - Brittany used to be a "posh" name but now it's trailer trash. The last part of the section is the author's predictions for the newest popular names that would indicate "poshness". Various Shakespearean names that have so far gone under the radar were touted, as were musical terms. Also, mythological gods/goddesses are pretty much the reserve of the upper class.

If anyone's interested, apparently the following names are the epitome of white, middle-class: Sarah, Caroline, Catherine, Emma, Helen.

Also agree, don't know any other ethan! But my Ethan is good ?

There are a set of twins in my family (my little cousins) the girl is called Devon and the boy is Bronson...yup as in Charles ? but not named after him !

We like:

Boys: Aidan, Aaron and Sabin ( Aidan and Aaron are so popular in our area tho)

Girls: Ava, Eva and Alys

The children in my family are called Emilia and Eduarado (father's portugese) AND Thomas and Elliot on the other side.

We have picked all our names including middle names each, ( there's a chance we could have twins.)

BOYS: William Peter (William is a famous greatbatch name, Peter is Grandad's name and FIL2B middle name) , Jack Edward, (Both just love Jack and Edward, also my brother's middle name.) Also likes James.

GIRLS: Lilly Josephine (My Dad's mum's name + my mum's mum's name), Ruby Louise (Love Ruby and Louise my middle name.) Maybe Grace or Molly

I love all the traditional names i.e James, george, grace, emily.

We like Henry and Arthur for a boy, but not come up with a girl's name yet - I like Lucy but it wouldn't work with our surname and also Megan - but that's my best friend's name!

If I'd have had a boy, he was going to be either Aidan Carl or Timothy Patrick but if I had a girl and she was going to be Suzannah Adele then changed to Felicity, then changed altogether when she was born to Alexandra Jenny Louise! I hate my name (Brenda) and neither me or my brother (Roy) were given middle names or, as my Mother thought, names that could be shortened so we had to be called what she wanted us called! However, she didn't get her way with me because everyone calls me Bren ! I was determined to give Alexandra 3 names so she could choose which she wanted and also names she could shorten if she wanted - she's known to all as Alex.

I've always loved Lily (or Lily-Mae) - OH keeps saying no as he just thinks of Lily Savage!

We like Jack, Mitchell, Abbie, Megan, Rosie.

We're going to start trying from the wedding onwards and OH has said if we are lucky enough to catch on honeymoon and have a girl, we should call it Havana!!

There's a chance i could have twins (but i'm trying not to think about it). There are names that i just wouldn't call my kids, mainly due to little brats i've taught.

I like Jenson for a boy but OH said no

I think probably Ellie Rose for a girl. (Combines my mum's first name (Elizabeth - also my middle name) and OH's mum's name (Rosemary))

Here's some inspiration for any of you who may be stuck http://uk.lifestyle.yahoo.com/family-parenting/man-names-his-firstborn-daughter-‘facebook’-blog-17-yahoo-lifestyles.html

Lol cb!

My boys are called Joshua and Matthew. M was going to be called Benjamin up until a day before he was born when h2b changed his mind! I also like Alexander, Elliot, Joseph and Joel for boys.

For girls I like: Hannah, Anna, Annie, Grace and Katie. x

It's safe to say that our children will have quite unusual names. Our favourite for a boy is Harrison, but we also love Lars, Strummer and Milo (all members of our favourite bands!). For a girl we love Nyx- the Greek goddess of the night and the daughter of Chaos. Quite fitting for any child of mine really!

I used to work with a girl who named her first daughter Terra (as in Earth). At first I was very unsure about it, but over time it's grown on me. Now that she's a toddler, she definately suits it and gets "OOh you little Terra" all the time.

'Facebook' Oh good grief!

Though I have heard of twins being called Benson & Hedges! I knew a Richard Head once and a Dwayne Pipe (seriously!!)

There is a little girl who was infamous on the streets of Liverpool before she was even born. Her name? Snow White.

Seriously.

Oooohhh....my other half wants babies now but i still feel young! (22) hes 30! so i suppose i've gotta think about him too!

It's a tradition in his family for boys to have the name James in whether it be first or middle name, i really really like 'Jake McKenzie James Algar' & for a girl i'd like 'Emily Jayne Algar'

Our friends named their little boy Milo last year.... we have seen lots of duplicates over the last 2 years with our circle of friends - lots of Jack, Harry, Henry and Charlie!

There is only one name that we have discussed and that is Peter for a boy, it was the name of OH's best friend and is my daddy's name.

I used to work with a Fiona Friend... genius!

I already have Oliver.

But we also had- Theo and Seth picked out. I also like Dexter and Reuben but OH said no...

Girls I like - Iris, Gracie, Harriett, Flora, and Alice.

I know an Ian Dolittle whose email address is *********@***********.***

Strangely, I really really really like all of your choices for boys....

.......but really really dislike all of your choices for girls.

How mental is that??

My ex was I. A. Pratt

The clues were always there..... ?

JezVonSavage- (I don't know how to quote)

To be fair I am pleased you like my boys choices, nearly everyone I know hates all my choices, bar Oliver!

Austin is a lovely name! Mr CB would veto this as he doesn't like Austin Healy though!

Me and my OH are hopefully gonna start trying for a family after the wedding - I wanted a name that had meaning (like a grandad's name etc) but my Grandad's name has been taken by my cousin and my other grandparents names are old fashioned IMO; so thinking Maisie (OH's grandma's name) and Ethan just coz we like the name (actually from the film Due Date!!) but like a lot of other names too - Alfie is a lovely name but the name of my godson; Charlie is lovely too (and my Grandad was Charles) but my nephew and other godson has this name....this is what u get from being one of the last ones getting married and having children!!?

I really like Valentino, Rossi and Angelos but I think you'd have to have a suitably exotic surname for them to work!! (please tell me you have/will have!)