Baby names!

Xdancer · 10-02-2014 11:25am

I was told at 20 weeks that I was having a girl. At the 32 week scan, I was given a picture of her genitals to prove it

Penny Dreadful · 10-02-2014 12:15pm

wolfpawnat wrote: »

Happened to the lady in the bed next to me when I had Aidan, she had all blue bought for her son, only he turned out to be her daughter.

January wrote: »

I think the first outfit shall be neutral just in case!

I love blue. Its my favourite colour so no matter whether my little apple seed turns out to be a boy or a girl its going to have a lot of blue (and pale yellow and green) in its life......until it can voice an objection.:P

Chattastrophe! · 10-02-2014 12:27pm

My cousin gave me some brand new unopened packets of 0-3 month vests that she had left over from her little girls, she wasn't going to give them to me just because they're pink! I was like, he's a baby, he's not going to know or care that pink is a "girls" colour!

He actually has very few blue clothes anyways.

wolfpawnat · 10-02-2014 1:23pm

Penny Dreadful wrote: »

I love blue. Its my favourite colour so no matter whether my little apple seed turns out to be a boy or a girl its going to have a lot of blue (and pale yellow and green) in its life......until it can voice an objection.:P

I have my little girl in a lot of blue, there are loads of lovely blue dresses all the time. I also get a lot of oatmeal colours with blue ribbons and the like. Girl doesn't immediately equate to pink (thank goodness, I am not a fan)

pwurple · 10-02-2014 1:37pm

wolfpawnat wrote: »

I have my little girl in a lot of blue, there are loads of lovely blue dresses all the time. I also get a lot of oatmeal colours with blue ribbons and the like. Girl doesn't immediately equate to pink (thank goodness, I am not a fan)

Me too. Don't think pink ever did anything for my colouring. She is currently expressing wishes for black clothes at the moment. Black is the current 'favourite colour. no idea why, but it's proving almost impossible to find black clothes for a 3 year old. I have one black dress and a black pair of shoes for her. That's about it.

wolfpawnat · 10-02-2014 1:59pm

pwurple wrote: »

Me too. Don't think pink ever did anything for my colouring. She is currently expressing wishes for black clothes at the moment. Black is the current 'favourite colour. no idea why, but it's proving almost impossible to find black clothes for a 3 year old. I have one black dress and a black pair of shoes for her. That's about it.

My boy is 5 next week, and he is obsessed with yellow! Where am I supposed to get yellow clothes. I am lucky his dad is from Clare, he loves his Clare jersey!

dubstarr · 10-02-2014 2:24pm

I find it very hard to dress the boys.Its all teh same wiht skull or monsters.Luckily 2 love Spiderman and the other loves Batman so i keep my eye out for that kind of stuff.

ShaShaBear · 10-02-2014 2:27pm

I'm going for my gender scan in two weeks and I'll be asking for the potty shot as one of my prints. I have a few friends who would be sonographers and if there is unanimous confirmation, then I'll buy by colour. Dying to know so I can start knitting!

wolfpawnat · 10-02-2014 2:32pm

dubstarr wrote: »

I find it very hard to dress the boys.Its all teh same wiht skull or monsters.Luckily 2 love Spiderman and the other loves Batman so i keep my eye out for that kind of stuff.

Tesco is great for these things thankfully.

It's the only place I have found Minions.

dubstarr · 10-02-2014 2:43pm

Asda as well are great,i got a georgous Spiderman jacket for the youngest at Christmas.

LegacyUser · 17-02-2014 1:52am

LordSutch wrote: »

Teenagers being teenagers, she might well end up being called 'Cameleon' in a few years time? and as for travelling abroad, it migh be a pretty impenetrable name to many ?

Just a thought.

My name is Caoimhleann and after living 17 years with such an 'impenetrable' name, it's safe to say I've never been called 'Cameleon'..

emz8 · 22-02-2014 11:36am

What's everyone's thoughts on Camille? It's my OH's first choice. I hated it initially but for some reason I keep saying it, think it's growing on me.

Xdancer · 22-02-2014 6:02pm

emz8 wrote: »

What's everyone's thoughts on Camille? It's my OH's first choice. I hated it initially but for some reason I keep saying it, think it's growing on me.

Such a pretty name

and I should imagine not very common.

Moonbeam · 22-02-2014 6:10pm

insultedteenager wrote: »

My name is Caoimhleann and after living 17 years with such an 'impenetrable' name, it's safe to say I've never been called 'Cameleon'..

Caoilfhionn is my husbands favourite girls name and Caolán for a boy.
He got his Caolán though.

ncmc · 27-02-2014 9:57am

I'm leaning towards Fionn or Fionnan for a boy, does anyone know if there should be a fada in Fionnan?

Lucuma · 27-02-2014 9:59am

Yes there would be a fada on the last a because it's Fionn-awn so the a is elongated therefore a fada:
Fionnán (cntrl+alt+a)

ncmc · 27-02-2014 10:27am

Lucuma wrote: »

Yes there would be a fada on the last a because it's Fionn-awn so the a is elongated therefore a fada:
Fionnán (cntrl+alt+a)

Thanks Lucuma, that's what I thought but I wanted to make sure I was spelling it right. It's a pet peeve of mine when people choose Irish names and then spell them the angliscised way.

On the same theme, I was looking Fionn up on an Irish baby names website and they were pronouncing it Finn, I would have pronounced it 'Fyun'. Are both correct pronounciations?

wolfpawnat · 27-02-2014 10:39am

ncmc wrote: »

Thanks Lucuma, that's what I thought but I wanted to make sure I was spelling it right. It's a pet peeve of mine when people choose Irish names and then spell them the angliscised way.

On the same theme, I was looking Fionn up on an Irish baby names website and they were pronouncing it Finn, I would have pronounced it 'Fyun'. Are both correct pronounciations?

Yes, both pronunciations are correct

Suucee · 27-02-2014 9:14pm

Dylan and Luke have been our names now for months but lately im really liking the name Dara. OH thinks its ok.
I keep saying it in my head. What do people think. Also which way would you spell it Dara or Daragh or should that be Darragh.

wolfpawnat · 27-02-2014 9:16pm

Suucee wrote: »

Dylan and Luke have been our names now for months but lately im really liking the name Dara. OH thinks its ok.
I keep saying it in my head. What do people think. Also which way would you spell it Dara or Daragh.

I myself like Daragh more, but Dara is short and most people will assume it to be that. I think it's a lovely name

Synyster Shadow · 27-02-2014 9:28pm

We're committed to Luke and Katie now.
Luke since the start but Katie is new

January · 27-02-2014 9:30pm

Bumpy is Luke too

Popular name!

We've been told it's a boy, so no girls name picked but himself is hell bent on Clara if it does turn out to be a girl.

January · 27-02-2014 9:30pm

I prefer Darragh by the way... but would probably go with Dara because it's the most commonly spelled way and people will assume it is that spelling.

Sligo1 · 27-02-2014 10:25pm

Luke's a lovely name for a boy.

Suucee · 27-02-2014 10:29pm

Ah ye have not helped much. Synyster funny we had Katie or lily picked for our daughter and shee ended up aoife.
Think we will have to wait and see what he looks like. We knew our daughter wasnt a katie or lily even though we were so set on those names all through the pregnancy.
Yea think spelling wise we would probably go with Dara. OH has a unusual name and it has to be spelt every time for everything so he is not very keen on anything unusual

Pang · 27-02-2014 10:47pm

January wrote: »

We've been told it's a boy, so no girls name picked but himself is hell bent on Clara if it does turn out to be a girl.

Adore the name Clara! So pretty and feminine.

Chattastrophe! · 27-02-2014 11:13pm

Suucee wrote: »

Dylan and Luke have been our names now for months but lately im really liking the name Dara. OH thinks its ok.
I keep saying it in my head. What do people think. Also which way would you spell it Dara or Daragh or should that be Darragh.

I'd spell it Darragh for a boy or Dara for a girl? Maybe that's just the Darraghs/Daras I've known though!

ncmc · 27-02-2014 11:47pm

I would always spell it Daragh, any Daraghs I know are spelt that way. The only exception I can think of is Dara o'Brien and I thought he just changed it when he went to the UK. I'd personally go with Daragh, think Dara looks a bit incomplete or something!

implausible · 27-02-2014 11:56pm

The Irish word 'dara' means oak. Another Irish spelling of it is Daire. Any anglicised spelling of it I'm familiar with has a double 'r' in it - Darragh. I always think that the -agh at the end would make people pronounce it "Darrach".

It's a great name - simple and pronounced the way it's spelt, unusually for Irish names.

Hank Schrader · 28-02-2014 12:03am

implausible wrote: »

The Irish word 'dara' means oak. Another Irish spelling of it is Daire. Any anglicised spelling of it I'm familiar with has a double 'r' in it - Darragh. I always think that the -agh at the end would make people pronounce it "Darrach".

It's a great name - simple and pronounced the way it's spelt, unusually for Irish names.

The literal translation is 'second or second son'

My daughter (17) is called Dara and this spelling is generally(not exclusively) used for female form in modern era

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