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crazy2000 · 2007-10-08 22:45:45

hi everyone, I am having trouble deciding on a name for my baby, which by the way is due in 2days:confused: Can anyone help me find a unique/ relatively nice name for my baby. I am not sure of the gender of the baby so I need both boy and girl names. If anyone has any websites that you think would be usefull to me could…

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08-10-2007 11:45pm

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crazy2000

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hi everyone,

I am having trouble deciding on a name for my baby, which by the way is due in 2days

Can anyone help me find a unique/ relatively nice name for my baby.

I am not sure of the gender of the baby so I need both boy and girl names.

If anyone has any websites that you think would be usefull to me could you leave a message.

Thanks a million guys...

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#2 08-10-2007 11:47pm
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Hi, there's a Parenting forum where I'm sure they know all about this. Here

OT, Stephen Bantu Biko is my suggestion. Best of luck with the baby!

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#3 08-10-2007 11:54pm
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andrew ftw

or sínead.

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#4 08-10-2007 11:56pm
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i now you are looking fo websites but i dont know any. I like the names Phoebe and Sinead for a girl and Oisin for a boy. Just 3 suggestions.

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#5 09-10-2007 12:04am
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i always thought Saoirse was a lovely girls name.

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#6 09-10-2007 12:07am
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violet
ruby
vera
mollie
elodie

fiachra
finian
charlie
cassius (cass for short - after cassius clay)

britney
justin

ok the last two were jokes.

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#7 09-10-2007 12:16am
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My own top 5 girls names were

Rhiannon, Imogen, Matilda, Lois and Eabha. Chose Rhiannon in the end.

Only boys names I had picked were Rhys and Conall.

http://www.babynames.com

http://www.babynamesnetwork.com

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#8 09-10-2007 12:20am
cazzy

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Conal is a nice name

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#9 09-10-2007 12:29am
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i always loved the name manu for a boy...its german for matthew!
poppy and heather are nice girls names!!

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#10 09-10-2007 12:32am
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Just dont name your kid something that they have to spell every time someone asks them their name. I recommend Tom, its always done me well.

DeV.

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#11 09-10-2007 12:38am
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embee wrote:

My own top 5 girls names were

Rhiannon, Imogen, Matilda, Lois and Eabha. Chose Rhiannon in the end.

what the?! why not Haemoglobin too weird name.. anyway, Rhi is a good name

Only boys names I had picked were Rhys and Conall.

a weird name my cousin named his child was 'Skye' or if male, it was planned 'Skylar'

anyway.. Is bhfearr liomsa ainm gaeilge

best of luck with the name/baby!

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#12 09-10-2007 12:51am
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tyranis wrote:

i always loved the name manu for a boy...its german for matthew!
poppy and heather are nice girls names!!

So what's Matthias then?
I thought that was the German for Matthew?

Anyhow, Maia is nice for a girl and goes with most surnames, Joe is nice and simple for a boy.
Conor is also an understated name.
Ehm, I like Eleanor. A weird one I heard recently is Beibhinn, pronounced Bay-veen. I always thought that meant baby pig. Apparently not.

Then again I was going to be called Rebecca, until I was born and my mother said that after looking at me, it didn't suit me, and picked the name of a boat she saw a few weeks previously in a harbour.
Maybe you'll get a similar intervention.

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#13 09-10-2007 1:48am
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Always likes Evan, Ryan or for a girl, Ava or Eva.

Nothing too complicated!

Mad Men's Don Draper : What you call love was invented by guys like me, to sell nylons.

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#14 09-10-2007 4:07am
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Myself and the Sis love Irish names even though no one in our family has one or is there any history of them (actually come to think of it, it's the only thing we agree on ) She lives in Switzerland with her Swiss German husband and her two kids are called Oisin and Aoife. I just love the whole history and romance of the Irish names.

http://www.babynamesofireland.com/
http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/iri.php
http://www.ireland-information.com/heraldichall/irishfirstnames.htm

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#15 09-10-2007 7:40am
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Seanies32 wrote:

Always likes Evan, Ryan or for a girl, Ava or Eva.

Nothing too complicated!

I prefer the irish version of ava, Aoibhe(pronounced the same)

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#16 09-10-2007 10:22am
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Now you see, wasn't there a very good reason for the tradition of naming eldest boy/girl after their paternal/maternal grandparents!

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#17 09-10-2007 11:26am
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what about Serena or Letha for a girl?

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#18 09-10-2007 2:53pm
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dade wrote:

what about Serena or Letha for a girl?

Seriously? Thinking butch tennis player.

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#19 09-10-2007 3:12pm
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What about Elizabeth or Louise for a girl? They're not all that common now. Look back at your family tree and pick something from years back. I can't bear all these Rhiannons and Sians-we're not Welsh for God' sake. The worst I've heard recently are Poppy and Jayden-that's a boy's name by the way!
My girls are Louise and Elizabeth and the lads Kevin and Gearoid. Uncommon enough but not too way out.

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#20 09-10-2007 3:15pm
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Max.

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#21 09-10-2007 7:36pm
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yvonne for a girl. (its my own name and i managed to go through all of school without anyone having same name! unlike the 5 amys in my class!!)

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#22 09-10-2007 9:49pm
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arkadia, amelia, ildiko, tessa for girls
oden, griffen,noah for boys

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#23 10-10-2007 1:11am
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Ciara, Aoife, Megan, Kathryn, Fern for girls
Ethan, Thomas, Dylan, Kevin, Ryan, Adam for boys

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#24 10-10-2007 8:25am
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Unfortunately I can't be of any help to you as I was in the same position 3 years ago. We had no girls names and only one boys name (rhys) - thankfully we had a boy.....

Best of luck with the remainder of the pregnancy & birth. Don't forget to post again in a few weeks with pics & the name you finally choose.

All the best

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#25 10-10-2007 12:19pm
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Apologies to any Ryans (or their parents) reading, but it brings Mr. "Breastfeeding in public is like p*ssing in the street" Tubridy to mind :eek:

We were thinking about Ronan for a boy's name, but (a) we remembered about Mr. Keating (b) Mr. O'Gara didn't exactly cover himself in glory in the rugby world cup!!! so we're back to square one. At least we have until March. Not sure of baby's gender yet but thinking of asking at the later scan.

The Dublin Airport cap is damaging the economy of Ireland as a whole, and must be scrapped forthwith.

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#26 10-10-2007 12:30pm
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Mr. "Breastfeeding in public is like p*ssing in the street" Tubridy

Gah please tell me did not say that !!!!

I do believe that names should have a reason and a story behing them.

Both mine have names taken from the Táin and I tell them the stories of thier names.

Names that are kept in the family are lovely too but not if they are going to cause stress.

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#27 10-10-2007 3:11pm
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I've named my little boy Naoise, but also really like Oisin, Ruadhan and Fionn. For a girl I had picked Laragh and Sionna. All irish but also uncommon enough to avoid having many kids in the classroom with the same name!

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#28 11-10-2007 12:03pm
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#29 11-10-2007 10:53pm
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Lizzykins wrote: »

What about Elizabeth or Louise for a girl? They're not all that common now. Look back at your family tree and pick something from years back. I can't bear all these Rhiannons and Sians-we're not Welsh for God' sake. The worst I've heard recently are Poppy and Jayden-that's a boy's name by the way!
My girls are Louise and Elizabeth and the lads Kevin and Gearoid. Uncommon enough but not too way out.

The OP wants a unique name. I wouldn't have said Elizabeth or Louise were unique in the slightest.

My daughters name is Rhiannon. Its Welsh. Could it have occured to you for even a second that perhaps I have Welsh ancestry? Yeah, we're not all Welsh. Here's a heads up - we're not all Irish either.

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#30 12-10-2007 4:11am
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Thaedydal wrote:

Gah please tell me did not say that !!!!

Yes, he did, the Broadcasting Complaints Commission didn't uphold the complaint because it was supposedly 'humorous' :rolleyes:

The Dublin Airport cap is damaging the economy of Ireland as a whole, and must be scrapped forthwith.

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#31 12-10-2007 6:25pm
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how do you say that name Rhiannon -- is it ree - annon ???
im not due my lil sprog for 4 months

so far i have caitlin or katy for short, bronwyn (welsh)

and i havnt a clue for a boy, - maybe ciaran or summit irish

(sorry im really bad at spelling)

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