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well I'm due in mid December, and my husband and I are really starting to freak out about names. We really haven't found the one yet. We have found out that we are expecting a boy!
We already have a little girl, her name is Miranda. Can you please offer some suggestions that you think may suit our style?
Our current boy list is Callum, Damien, Reuben, Gareth, Edward & Duncan.
Out of these my favourite is probably Reuben, but I've been having doubts about it as it is a biblical name and my husband and I are not very religious. I think my husband's favourite is Duncan, but to me it kind of reminds me of the word "dunking" like dunking biscuits in hot milk, I don't know if I can get past the association!
Names that I like but my husband doesn't like: Sebastian, Tristan, Ivan, Ronan, Casper, Dean.
Names my husband likes that I don't: Dante (there's more but I never wrote those down )
Some other names we liked but we crossed them off our list for various reasons: Desmond, Rasmus, Kai, Armand

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We got really good feedback for our daughter's name, people still comment on how beautiful & unusual it is, which I like. I wish I could find a "male equivalent" to Miranda - something unusual but not unheard of or bizarre, sounds nice, has a classic appeal. (Miranda is very uncommon in Australia, I think it's a lot more common in the US) So far we've only had negative feedback on our male names.

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So, any comments/suggestions? Thanks in advance xox

This message was edited 10/19/2008, 10:16 PM