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[frankmancini.livejournal.com]

hello all!
i really need help picking out baby names! i am due january 8th, and my fiance and i have a "veto policy" (to which my favorite name, Vivian, was lost) and here are the names that have made it through the many difficult rounds:

boy names so far:
Oliver
Elliott
Ambrose
Milo
Finn (Finnegan)

girls so far:
Edith
Esther (fiance pushing this one, IDK...)
Nora
Ella, because my great grandmother was named Ella, until I found out everyone in the world is naming their kid Ella.

we will soon find out if it is a male or female, so that should help. also, my last name is diamond, so this will be the child's middle name (and i will retain it as my last name).

what do you think? suggestions welcome!

Comments

[laminy.livejournal.com]

I like Ambrose and Milo. Esther is the only one of the girl names that I kind of like.

[winninghearts.livejournal.com]

I like Milo and Nora best. I also think Milo Diamond and Nora Diamond sound good.

[sian-y.livejournal.com]

my birthday is January 8th, it's a good day to be born :)

i really like all of your boys names apart from: Ambrose.

and i from your girls list i'd pick Esther or Nora. I do like Ella maybe as a nickname for something (Gabriella or Annabelle) rather than a full name becasue your right its veryyy common lol.

[piercedlovex.livejournal.com]

I personally love Oliver & Finn. (: If we ever have a boy I have hopes to name him Felix [/random]. Out of the girls, I like Esther.

[esilva7.livejournal.com]

I like Elliott & Finn the best for boys, and Nora for a girl.

[familyrodriguez.livejournal.com]

I love Milo & Elliott but prefer Elliot.

I love Edith (I'm still trying to convince my husband to use it for our daughter due in September) and Esther.

[solitudete.livejournal.com]

I like: Oliver, Elliott, and Finn and Nora, Ella

Elliott > Elliot IMHO.

[eeangel44.livejournal.com]

Finn! And I like Ella or Nora.

[mrssubee.livejournal.com]

a last name might help- to see how it sounds...
I like Nora and Ella the best for a girl and Oliver, Milo and Finn I'm kind of on the fence about (depending on your last name and how it flows)
but, due to popularity- you can always use Ella as a middle name..you do still have time- you can always come up with more I'm sure
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we were set on a name for my daughter (Eden) until I was like 5 or 6 months pregnant and then I started disliking it and when I told my husband he agreed he no longer liked it and we had to start the name search again

[krysteener.livejournal.com]

I love Finn, Oliver.
Like Elliot, Nora, Ella.
Do not like Ambrose or Esther.

[monkey-fruit.livejournal.com]

Oliver and Milo are currently on my boys' list, so they get my vote. I also really like Finn, though I'd never use it.

Elliott...*sigh* Elliott, Elliott, Elliott... Umm, I'd never use it, because this name fluctuates a lot with me- sometimes I like it and sometimes I don't. ^^;

I'm not a fan of any of those girls' names, but I like Nora the best. I really don't like Edith or Esther (this one really makes me think of old women/gray hair).

[lilacmermaid.livejournal.com]

I like:

Oliver
Elliott*
Nora*

[arbus.livejournal.com]

oliver is our number one boys name, love it!

i also really like... elliott, milo, finn, esther and ella.

i feel like ella has run its course, fwiw.

[lind-saay.livejournal.com]

he vetoed vivian?!!! no!!! it's gorgeous.

i'd go with elliott or oliver. ambrose is too out there, i think, and i could see it being too close to amber for a little boy. finn is okay, and so is finnegan, but i think oliver and elliott grow up better. milo makes me think of a dog. i love miles, but milo is just...ehhh.

for a girl, i'd go with nora, though i'd personally spell it norah. i also like edith and esther, but i think nora(h) is nice and classic without being 'old.' ella is too trendy.

[ochenpryatna.livejournal.com]

Esther Diamond sounds adorable. I think Nora would work, too.
I'm kind of surprised to find that I like Ambrose, and Elliott is good also.

[samaside.livejournal.com]

I don't like any of those girl names. Way too old fashioned. Esther in particular is way too dated and I don't see it coming back.

Also, I wouldn't used Finnegan unless it was a family name. I don't like surnames as first names unless their is a reason.