bronze Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Ok which do you like best? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 All good names, but I do like Joel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickvic Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 I like Elijah John the best - when are you due Bronze? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted April 5, 2009 Author Share Posted April 5, 2009 In about 3 weeks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickvic Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 How exciting! I remember the countdown well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 I like them all, but voted for Gideon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susanbb Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 All lovely names but I voted for Joel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 I like Elijah . It's difficult to choose, isn't it Bron. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 I voted Elijah. Gideon came a very close second. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Elijah for me - Gideon always reminds me of those Bibles you got at school Elijah is a lovely name - so soulful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaireG Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 I voted Elijah. I like Joseph to and think it would go well with your other threes names Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizzle Knit Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 I'm biased - I chose the name that's the same as one of my 3 boys. Anyway, I think you should choose the name that feels right to YOU (which I'm sure you will) - and you might not even decide that until once the baby is born. Good luck and keep us posted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 I "teach" an Elijah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyber Chook Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 I'm not the best person to ask, having tried to find a name we all like for our new rescue cat for the past 3 weeks. But Elijah is nice, I think, just that bit different. For your baby, not our cat. What a lovely time of year to be giving birth to new life, Bronze. Wishing you all the very best and keep us posted And please help me name my tabby if you've nothing better to be doing Caroline Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A chickychickychick-ENN!! Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 (edited) I love Elijah but voted Joseph on the basis it's less weird if he wants a 'serious' job when he's big. We (OH and me) are arguing about potential baby names and I'm not pregnant. I like quirk, he wants straight, his reason being that we don't grow up with a kid who hates their name. You've got to pick the name YOU love best really - and one that suits them when they pop up. He might be a John now, but an Elijah when he pops out. Edited April 6, 2009 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 I like Joel or Joseph on the basis that he could shorten them to Joe (although both full names are really good too!) Voted Joel in the end! Good luck, not long to go now . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Pudding Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 I'm plumping for Joel or Joseph - lovely names. Unfortunately like Pengy, Elijah is associated with a child I have taught and it's not a positive association... although it shortens really nicely to Eli... Naming my own was a nightmare, but these four names are all lovely so I'm sure one fo them will suit him when he arrives! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 I like all of the names but I think it is a good idea to have good old conservative name like John as a middle name, then if he doesn't like his first name when he grows up he has something else to choose from. Rona is my middle name and I changed to it when I left home in my teens as I hated my first name when I was growing up, although I like it now. It is, or rather was, Faith and I always got teased about it, probably because it was different from the Margarets, Elizabeths, Marys etc that seemed to be the norm then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted April 6, 2009 Author Share Posted April 6, 2009 Funny I don't mind unusual names but then I'm Bronwen and love it. Dhs name is much more 'normal' and hes much more conservative than me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyber Chook Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 I like quirk, he wants straight I like unusual names as much as anyone, but poor Quirk and Straight would have quite a hard time at school, don't you think? Caroline P.S. I wondered if you were a Bronwen, Bronze - my niece is a Bronwyn and a Bronze, Bronzey and not forgetting The Bronzoid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Looney Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Wait and see what the little fella looks like! I like all the names. We had a favourite name for Bogwoppit and were 99.9% sure when he arrived that it was the right name, but still didn't tell anyone for two days just in case we changed our minds! An unusual surname made it more difficult. (Obviously Bogwoppit isn't his real name!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyber Chook Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Obviously Bogwoppit isn't his real name! Why 'obviously' - it's a perfectly nice name? With your, er, interesting imagination, Looney, you surely MUST be able to help me with choosing my cat's name? (OOooh, sorry though for hijacking the thread, Bronze, . I'm getting desperate, we're up to two names a day now, up from one a week, then one a day, so I hope you'll forgive me). Caroline Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted April 6, 2009 Author Share Posted April 6, 2009 Go for it. Names are so hard. we've never been a look at it and decided couple. The other three were already named before they were born and I'm getting a bit weird now calling it the baby and not by a name. Plus we need to decided quickly as the thing needs a passport sorted as soon as possible. I can see us still arguing about it when I'm supposed to be flying out. We are just nowhere near having a name that we agree on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 . (Obviously Bogwoppit isn't his real name!) James was "Gizzy" before he was born. My mates son was 2 and when I arrived for the first visit with James he hugged him and said "Gizzy". James was always going to be James Philip OR Philip James. My dad was Philip and it was a year after he died when I had James. I said if he was born on the "anniversary" he would be Philip James. He was born by C section a few days before the anniversary so was James Philip. I still can't quite describe the night I chain smoked through outside the hospital - we were in the childrens ward with bad jaundice and it was a year since I watched Dad die and I actually couldn't be in the room with my sick baby for fear I would watch him go too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A chickychickychick-ENN!! Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 I like unusual names as much as anyone, but poor Quirk and Straight would have quite a hard time at school, don't you think? Arf! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
