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I have a great-aunt named Osie (OH-see) born in the 1920s. That is her complete first name, not short for anything. So I think of it as an sweet old-fashioned name.

Oh, please use Bruno! It's so unexpected.
Most of the other first name options are ones I see a lot here on Nameberry, so they're not quite as interesting. I do love many of them, though,...

That's a beautiful list!

My favorites are:
Peregrin nn Perin (I strongly dislike Perry)
Bram
Merritt, et al
Merrick (except I think Rick is a tired name/nn)
Caspian

For a byzantine baby Blade...

Sly (nn for Sylvester or ?)
Wiley/Wily

My thoughts? I wouldn't consider re-using a name; there are so many other lovely names. And Grace is well-used. I met a wee Faith lately...

However, that's just my personal opinion. I think...

I really, really like Cyprian. However, if the baby's surname starts with Na- it may not work.
From your list, Sergius is my next pick.
Leander, Malcolm, Lionel, Edmund, Gerard and Victor seem a...

I'm another one who loves the name Portia.
I've only met one and that was a tiny feisty girl in Africa, who made me fall completely in love with the name.

I agree!

I met a baby named Zeke the other day. It has the Z beginning, like Zachary does. I like it, or the full Ezekiel.
Abram/Abraham has also been suggested; I am really loving them right...

This is very interesting to me, as I have three daughters followed by a son. And that is a pattern for at least three generations on my maternal side- my grandmother, mother and I all had three...

I agree with you that it's too common. I would be so disappointed to find out that the little sister of Lyrik and Ledger was named Lauren. A pp suggested Linden; I like it. It may not be as unusual...

This baby girl was named Harlow three years ago. OP hasn't posted for over a year, when she was asking for name ideas for her fifth child, a boy. Wish she'd let us know what his name is!

Yes.

I can add nothing; everyone else said it well.

I prefer Primrose. I doubt if any of the Rosies I know are named that, but I know a number of Virginias. I love it when I meet someone with a name I've never seen IRL before. Rosie is a sweet nn.
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I was induced for my first and fourth child, both about two weeks past my due date, and I don't have anything positive to say about it, especially my fourth child. By then, I knew my body, knew that...

This is fantastic, Blade. Thanks. I found a couple new ideas that I haven't tried on my little girl. She's nearly 20 months so these are just right for her.

I have to say I missed you. So much that, a day or two ago, I checked to see if you'd posted lately. A big part of it was curiosity about how the baby and you were doing. Happy to hear the good news...

Very funny, Blade. Gave me a good laugh.

1. I don't remember; my son is ten years old and my memory is failing. I think I cut it short when he was very young because after having three girls, I...

I know a couple of women named Nina who pronounce it to rhyme with Dinah. I do believe it is either because of not knowing the correct pronunciation, or an attempt to English-ize (Canadian-ize?) it....

This happened to me when I was expecting our fourth child. We had three girls and were having great difficulty coming up with a fourth girl's name. Well, I was; my husband isn't particular about...

Whenever I see this thread, I think "Kate and Duplicate" or maybe Dupli-Kate! Not helpful, I know, just an old twin-names joke.
I like justadeltagirl's suggestion- Margo.

We eat most evening meals together as a family, usually at 6 or 7pm. Most of my bio children have been fairly picky eaters, but, as with the pp, we had them at least taste the main dish. Now in...

After all my children were born, I realized the three girls all had names I'd loved since my teens or early twenties, for at least ten, or maybe fifteen, years. This worked for us because my husband...

I was very surprised when a relative named his son Dean a few years ago; I hadn't realized it was back in style. Little Dean is now about three years old and the name suits him. It's cute!

I like Waverly.
It reminds me in a few ways of where Beverly was fifty or seventy years ago, not that I like Beverly.

1. it could be unisex in the same degree as Beverly- I've met many many Bev/...

It's certainly not popular in my Mennonite culture; people are still using Hannah, also Ellie and variatons. Locally, here in my part of Manitoba, Canada, I don't see many of them in birth...