help with names

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Registered: 10-20-2006
help with names
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Fri, 10-20-2006 - 5:55pm

We are expecting our third child soon. We like older, traditional names and already have 2 girls: Tess and Lucy. I'm looking for opinions on the names we're leaning toward.

Boy - Finley Michael

Girl - Belle Marie OR Ruby Jean

What are your thoughts? Regarding the girls' names, I like both for a little girl, but have concerns about the names for an adult woman. Any feedback is appreciated.

Kelly

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Sat, 10-21-2006 - 3:19pm

thanks for your help. i relly do appreciate your comments. so far everyone is in agreement with you... i think we'll go with ruby.

kelly

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Sat, 10-21-2006 - 3:20pm

thanks for your help. i really do appreciate your comments. so far everyone is in agreement with you... i think we'll go with ruby.

kelly

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Sat, 10-21-2006 - 3:21pm

btw, do you have boy names that you like better with tess and lucy? we're looking for something old and classic and not too common.

kelly

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Registered: 12-09-2005
Sat, 10-21-2006 - 3:52pm

Here are some ideas with Tess & Ruby:

Colin/Collin

Isaac

Adam

Elliot

Griffin- could also use nn Finn for this

Henry

Jonah

Gregory/Rory/Gregor

Timothy

Benjamin/Benjie

Truman

Dexter/Dex - kinda cute?

Felix

Dashiell/Dash

Charles/Charlie/Chaz

Tucker

Miles

Alastair

Julian

Simon

Tobias/Toby

Calder/Calman/Cal

Everett/Rhett

Quentin

Oscar

I really like Jonah and Julian with Tess & Lucy.

-Nikki


                             
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Registered: 06-26-1999
Sat, 10-21-2006 - 6:33pm

Hi there, & congrats on #3! Tess & Lucy are such great names. Here are my thoughts on your choices:

Boy - Finley Michael-I honestly love Finley, but do prefer Finlay. However, it's starting to get a bit dangerous to use on boys on account of people calling girls this. It's clearly a boy name, but some people can't figure out the difference. What about just Finn Michael? I love Finn w/Tess & Lucy.

Girl - Belle Marie OR Ruby Jean-I adore Belle. That's very sweet w/Tess & Lucy. Ruby is okay, but it's not my personal favourite. I really don't see too much of a problem w/either of these as adults.

Hope this helps!

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Registered: 05-29-2003
Mon, 10-23-2006 - 8:52am
LOVE Ruby-- to me it suits a sister to Lucy and Tess far better than Belle does (and Belle seems like a little girl's name or a little old lady's name, but not for a woman in-between). I think Ruby is more versatile. It has spunk!
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Mon, 10-23-2006 - 11:17am

Thanks for all the suggestions. You should become a baby name expert :)

Kelly

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Registered: 10-20-2006
Mon, 10-23-2006 - 11:19am

Thanks for your suggestions. Finley will most likely go by Finn... we'll just see what happens.

Kelly

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Registered: 10-20-2006
Mon, 10-23-2006 - 11:20am

Thanks for your feedback. Overwhelmingly, we've received pro Ruby responses, so I think we'll go with Ruby Jean. I appreciate your help.

Kelly

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