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My sister is pregnant, and still has a long way to go, but is already picking out baby names.

For a boy, she likes Henry Philip, since those are the middle names of her father in law and our father, respectively.

My gauge for popularity of names has been off lately, but it seems that Henry's been having an upswing recently.

For a girl, she currently likes Nora Elisabeth. Elisabeth with an 's' because that's how our mother spells it.

Thoughts?

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I think Nora's an extremely pretty name. Granted, I'm biased since it's my little sisters name. I kinda like Elisabeth with the "s."

Nora Elisabeth is okay. I associate Nora with two recent TV characters.

Henry is one of my most hated named. Philip is pretentious to me.

I LOVE the name Henry. I probably wouldn't use it because it doens't fit in well with my other names and I don't like any of the nicknames for it, but I do absolutely adore that name. I have heard a few people using it lately, but the name is still relatively "unique" while still being traditional, if you know what I mean. It's not THAT popular and even with it's recent resurgance, it's unlikely that he'd run into another Henry in one of his classes when he starts school. Henry Philip has a really nice ring to it and I love the connection the name has.

Nora Elisabeth is a great name, too. Nora's cute for a little girl but grown-up enough that she'd able to fit in as a lawyer or doctor someday without people rolling their eyes and thinking "wtf?" And although I don't usually like when names differ from traditional spellings, I prefer Elisabeth with an S to Elizabeth with a Z. It just flows better in my opinion :).

She has great taste in names.

henry phillip sounds very regal, royal even.

If I'm not mistaken, both names are on the upswing. However, they're fabulous names that should stand the test of time no matter what. Your sister has great taste! :)

As others have said, Nora sounds a little like a little girl's name - maybe Eleanor or another longer name that it could be derived from?

I don't like Henry, but I LOVE Nora. I don't think it sounds too young at all. It works for young girls and older women. Great name.

Looooooooove Nora. I think the S is just fine since it really does make the name sound different & nice.

Henry Philip sounds like a normal name to me.

I love them both! They are both very sweet and refreshing!!

i know two baby Henry's, so it seems as though it is rising to me, at least in the UK.

I think both are nice choices. Both are names getting more recognition lately, but they are not at risk of being overused or too common, not yet anyway.

This is off topic but your icon is awesome. Haha.

"I want to get married and have 100 kids so I can have 100 friends and no one can say no to being my friend."

At least I think that's the right quote. LOL.

Love them both. Gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous.

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