My sister is pregnant..........

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My sister is pregnant..........
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Sun, 04-30-2006 - 1:21pm

Yah, yah yah! My sister and brother-n-law are finally expecting after about 5 years of TTC. Very happy for them!

Anyway--its a good thing my DH and I chose to not use Nicholas because they had "reserved" the name for themselves, because its now one of their boy name choices!!!!

My sister wants to use the names Claire for a girl and Nicholas for a boy. He wants Devon for a girl and David for a boy. (David is his Dad's name.) My sister does not want to use David as a first name at all, but really likes Nicholas David. He said he does not like Claire at all. So what does everyone else think?

Claire or Devon
Nicholoas or David

Theresa

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Sun, 04-30-2006 - 1:56pm

Nicholas David is a nice fn/mn combo! Claire is a lovely name. Devon sounds exotic and as such, is less like Claire than almost any name I can think of. If she likes Claire, maybe she'll like (and he might too!):

Lauren
Elise
Caroline/Carolina
Leah
Hope
Grace
Clara
Brooke
Claudia
Anna
Cecily
Cecilia
Emily
Chloe
Christina
Faith
Catherine

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Edited 4/30/2006 2:07 pm ET by cantrellja
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Sun, 04-30-2006 - 2:02pm

I would definitely choose Devon over Claire. As for Nicholas or David, I don't like either but if I had to choose I'd vote for Nicholas. Congrats to you and them!

Terra.

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Sun, 04-30-2006 - 4:16pm
I like Nicholas David. Sounds great. For girls, I like Claire better than Devon. Hopefully they will work out a compromise that they both love.
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Sun, 04-30-2006 - 5:58pm
I definitely like her choices better. Nicholas David sounds nice and would be a nice compromise. I just don't like Devon at all - I think more boy b/c I know a Devitt that's a boy. And, I don't think I like Claire Devon too much. But, if they are now just announcing they are pregnant, it probably is somewhat early and she has some time to convince him (Claire) or they may come up with something entirely different that they both love.
Hope
Congrats to you and them!
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Sun, 04-30-2006 - 8:34pm
I like names that are more different so I like Devon better then Claire, but I like Devon spelled Devyn for a girl, because it looks more girly. I saw that someone said
Claire Devon didn't sound right, but Devyn Claire is really cute.

 

 

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Sun, 04-30-2006 - 9:40pm
Cantrellja,
What a great list of suggestions! I like almost all those names and I love a few which are on my current list for this baby. (carolina & catherine).