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eyescreamcone wrote: »Cooper is very popular in Australia.
We're narrowing between Cameron and Hugo I think. Both are a little unusual, without spelling or pronunciation problems.
Hugo is really growing in popularity amongst people I know. It's a cute name though
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I'm having a baby girl at the end of January and myself and the OH are having trouble agreeing on a name. I've been trawling the most popular names of the 1800s as I love traditional names but anything I pick, OH says is either too common (even though none of them are currently popular), more suitable for a cat or else it rhymes with something awful which, in his mind, is going to mean eternal trauma in the playground (I suggested Helena but he's afraid she'll be forever known as Smellina :rolleyes: ) Problem is, he doesn't like any name I pick but when I ask him to suggest a few, he can't or won't. It was the same when I was pregnant with our son and in the end the only thing we could agree on was to name him after my dad. We've made a maybe list that we both think are ok but I don't particularly love any of the names on it
I love Ivy but his complaint about that is that it's flowery :rolleyes: Please tell me I'm not the only one with this problem! 0 -
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eyescreamcone wrote: »Any thoughts on these boys names?
Cameron
Hugo
Carter
Cooper
Thanks
My boy is Hugo And NOT because of Made in Chelsea!! It wasn't on the CSO top 100 for 2013 or 2014, I don't think. 0 -
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Closed_Account wrote: »I'm having a baby girl at the end of January and myself and the OH are having trouble agreeing on a name. I've been trawling the most popular names of the 1800s as I love traditional names but anything I pick, OH says is either too common (even though none of them are currently popular), more suitable for a cat or else it rhymes with something awful which, in his mind, is going to mean eternal trauma in the playground (I suggested Helena but he's afraid she'll be forever known as Smellina :rolleyes: ) Problem is, he doesn't like any name I pick but when I ask him to suggest a few, he can't or won't. It was the same when I was pregnant with our son and in the end the only thing we could agree on was to name him after my dad. We've made a maybe list that we both think are ok but I don't particularly love any of the names on it I love Ivy but his complaint about that is that it's flowery :rolleyes: Please tell me I'm not the only one with this problem!
I'm having the same problem with my other half. She is coming up with loads of names but I don't like most. I do suggest some but I only suggest ones that I really like so there aren't a whole lot!0 -
My boy is Hugo And NOT because of Made in Chelsea!! It wasn't on the CSO top 100 for 2013 or 2014, I don't think.
Sorry - I didn't mean to offend with my Made In Chelsea comment.
The name Hugo would remind me of the guy off the show, but will mean nothing to the other 99% of the population that have never watched it. Sorry again - I didn't mean to offend.
Names are so personal that it's hard to say you prefer one over another without causing offence.0 -
Closed_Account wrote: »I'm having a baby girl at the end of January and myself and the OH are having trouble agreeing on a name. I've been trawling the most popular names of the 1800s as I love traditional names but anything I pick, OH says is either too common (even though none of them are currently popular), more suitable for a cat or else it rhymes with something awful which, in his mind, is going to mean eternal trauma in the playground (I suggested Helena but he's afraid she'll be forever known as Smellina :rolleyes: ) Problem is, he doesn't like any name I pick but when I ask him to suggest a few, he can't or won't. It was the same when I was pregnant with our son and in the end the only thing we could agree on was to name him after my dad. We've made a maybe list that we both think are ok but I don't particularly love any of the names on it I love Ivy but his complaint about that is that it's flowery :rolleyes: Please tell me I'm not the only one with this problem!
Only recently pregnant but this is definitely going to be a problem. OH doesn't like any of the names I pick he wants harsh sounding (weird spelling) irish names but for no apparent reason. Reckon since I do most of the work (incubation, labour, bf, etc) I get the final say
Reckon that's wishful thinking though !!0 -
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We don;t know the gender - but I'm convinced since very early on we are having a little boy
It seems we have no problems with girls names but the boys names are proving harder to agree / find.
Any thoughts on Larry?
Its old school, cute (I think!) , would suit a baby to an adult and you really dont hear much / if anyone called it anymore. I like it....0 -
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We don;t know the gender - but I'm convinced since very early on we are having a little boy
It seems we have no problems with girls names but the boys names are proving harder to agree / find.
Any thoughts on Larry?
Its old school, cute (I think!) , would suit a baby to an adult and you really dont hear much / if anyone called it anymore. I like it....
I hate to say it, but when I see that name, Larry Murphy is the only thing that springs to mind for me.
Maybe that's just me, though, I haven't ever known/known of any other Larrys.
Would you call him Lawrence (or similar), and Larry for short? Or just Larry?0 -
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Aaaaghhh now I feel horrible for ruining your name. It's probably just me that thought that!
In fairness, we named our baby William - plenty of people warned us before and after the birth that he'd be teased with "Willy" - I still have no regrets. We loved the name, still do, and it suits him perfectly! So don't put too much thought into what anyone else thinks (especially randomers like me on the internet!!!) 0 -
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I have an unusual first name and surname so I'm not into anything complicated either. I love Sive (the John B Keane version of Sadhbh) but the OH doesn't..... I know there's plenty of time to decide but it's disheartening when he says no to every name, as if they were outlandish 0
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madeinamerica wrote: »Arrrghhhh! I had a baby boy five weeks ago in the USA. We called him Rían, with the fada. Put it on all the paper work in the hospital and it came up in conversation with some staff there. We got his birth cert and social security number in the post: Rian. We thought it was a mistake and intended to submit a correction but just learned that the US social security numbers and birth certs don't allow diacritical marks (also learned that word). I'm not bothered about the SSN but am livid about the birth cert as I think it will used for his Irish paperwork and he'll officially be Rian forever, and will be called Ryan. His name is not Ryan
Edit to say: I meant that the hospital staff didn't say anything when the fada was brought up, and we had to submit the paper work in the hospital. Kinda surprised no one told us.
The correct spelling is Rian in Irish - no fada! I think people make the mistake of adding the fada because they think it needs to be there in order to generate the ee sound. However "ia" together in Irish is pronounced "eea". Its the same with the name Cian, pronounced KEEAN. Or take even the very common word "iad". Likewise for the names Ian (pronounced EEAN), Niamh (NEEAV), CIARA (KEEARA) and Niall (NEEAL).
forvo.com/word/cian/#ga
forvo.com/word/iad/#ga
So Rian is pronounced "REEAN". The old spelling for the name was Ríán - two fades. "Rí" means king and "án" is found at the end of a lot of Irish names and is equivalent to the "y" or "ie" in names like Tommy, Johnny and Seanie.0
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