Agnes - I used to hate it, but it’s really grown on me.

Seraphina

Gervase

Carys
Georgia
Reese

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Anonymous wrote:One thing you can do, if you never had a "chance" to use your fave baby names, use them on your pets. That is what we have done.

Us too -- I'm a sucker for super-posh British names, so our dog is Clemmie (for Clementine) -- thinking about Rupert is we get another dog

Rupert May be the funniest dog name I’ve ever heard. There was a Rupert on “Survivor”; one season, a retired Navy SEAL in his 70s just couldn’t remember this guy’s name: he called his “Ruprecht.”

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love Georgia and Griffin

Funny I am in Boston and we know several Griffins and Georgias

Here too. I think OP meant they're too common.

Yes I know a ton of both as well.

Anonymous wrote:Svetlana. My DH couldn't pronounce it, my Russian family told me it was a hick name. (Sorry to all the Svetlanas here.)

I had a college classmate named Svetlana, also from a Russian family, and she was called "Svetie" with first the first e as a long vowel sound, so it rhymed with Sweetie -- cute and distinctive.

So many of the names here are lovely, including some that DH and I considered and then abandoned for names we considered more classic, though not too common. That was many years ago and now we are soon-to-be first-time grandparents. While we would never dream of commenting on the names that our children and their wonderful partners choose for their own babies, we do hope they'll go with something a little more out there.

To all you moms and moms-to-be, enjoy this (rainy) day of celebration of your love and nurturing!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love Georgia and Griffin

Funny I am in Boston and we know several Griffins and Georgias

Here too. I think OP meant they're too common.

Anonymous wrote:One thing you can do, if you never had a "chance" to use your fave baby names, use them on your pets. That is what we have done.

Us too -- I'm a sucker for super-posh British names, so our dog is Clemmie (for Clementine) -- thinking about Rupert is we get another dog

Petra
Yasmin

Anonymous wrote:Willow
Alessandra
Maya
Estella

My goddaughter is named Alessandra! I love the name.

Jenna
Aliyah
Yael
Elizabeth


Elliot
Eddie (Edward)
Ephram

Jemima
Adelaide
Daisy
Trudy

Gus
Conrad
Dennis
Declan
Mickey
Rafael

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Anonymous wrote:Calliope
Chlotilde
Elfiona

Sterling

God these are awful. How would you pronounce them?

NP. Not terribly well-read, are you?

Willow
Alessandra
Maya
Estella