Need classic/traditional Boy and Girl names

[Periwinkle]

We're not finding out the baby's sex so need 1 boy name and 1 girl name.

Last time, our runner-up name for dd was Clara and our runner-up for ds was James, but now I'm not so sure whether we will use these or not.

Please help! :)

[paniscus]

:lurk:
We tend to like classic/traditional names also. We don't really have names that we are in love with so I am really interested in your replies. This is what we have so far.

Girl:

Audrey
Ashley
Lauren
Elizabeth
Kate

Boy:
Nathan
Jack (maybe Jackson)

[Periwinkle]

Ooooh Audrey is pretty! :)

[MotherEden]

Tradition Boy's names:
William
Andrew
Edward
Robert
Stephen/Steven
Phillip
Frederick
George

Traditional girl's names:
Elizabeth
Julia
Grace
Catherine
Felicity
Marge
Victoria

[Quirky]

Well, you know how I feel about Clara ;) but I also like Annika a lot. I like names that are not easily nick-nameable (unless you really like the nickname). So that counts out 3 out of your 4 boy names for me unless you're going to insist on no nicknames. I like James, but not Jim, Philip, but not Phil, William, but not Billy or Bill (Will is OK, I like Liam better because a) I'm an Anglophile and b) it's more unusual).

Other classic names I like:

Alice (my sister's name, and I think it's so pretty)
Beatrice
Cora
Gemma
Lydia
Meredith

Granger
Holden
Porter

[crayon]

I saw that some of you put Audrey- My niece is named Aubrey (with a B) everyone loves it and it is unique yet classic :)

[crayon]

Me again :innocent

I saw Robert too... That is my dads name and I love just :love that his mom and his grandma call him Bobbie! I think it is so cute. I also went to high school with a Robert and we called him Rob and I like that too...

[LoveChild421]

I voted for Neil and Annika. I love Neil since it's classic but not too common.

I also like Audrey, Julia, Charity (great-grandma's name), Olivia, Josephine (Josie), and Emma (but Emma is #1 in popularity right now so I wouldn't pick that!)

For a boy I like James too but I must say I'm sold on Charles ;) since that will be my baby's first name (but we're going to call him Grey since his Grandpa goes by Charles)

[crayon]

I was just thinking and I thought about Nellie That is classic :)

[Fernie]

My girls are named Natalie and Michaela. We also thought of Sophia, Anne, Ella, Gabriela

if they were boys, it would have been Miles, Kyle or jason

[ajsgirl]

I voted James, because it's my ds' middle name and I just LOVE how it sounds. And Clara, because it sounds so classy and old fashioned. I just can't see a "Clara" being a hell-raiser. She sounds more like an artist...

[sweetfeet]

My dd's name is Sophie Claire. I liked both Sophia and Clara on your poll but chose Sophia.
For the boys name I picked William. I just love that for a boy.

[controlfreak]

I am terrible with boy's names, but I love classic girl names! We named our daughter Eliza as a classic, with a slightly more modern feel. I also love Clara and Stella. Beautiful!

[Mommay]

I picked Philip and Frances. I like classic names too, but only if they're not too common. I don't want to pick a name that everyone has, but I also don't want one that no one in the world has ever heard of. I also steer away from names that have common nick names, which is why I didn't choose "Jim" or "Bill" (To me Phil isn't so bad). KWIM?

I have a friend with a daughter named Auden. I thought that sounded classic without being too far afield. I think boys names are harder. I can't think of a really great one.

I think I know the names I want, but I'm strangely superstitious about telling them in advance. I was the same way with #1 too.

[Periwinkle]

You ladies are soooo good. :) I like these other names tooo....

Audrey (thanks Paniscus!) & Aubrey (crayon) is gorgeous too
Julia - beautiful! (thanks MotherofEden!)

Controlfreak - Oh Eliza is so pretty!

Goepark - I think we're the only once who love Frances. :) I think this name is so pretty but the nickname thing has me worried, e.g., Fanny :eek

[ani'smama]

:thumb My 5 year old dd's name is Annika. My husband is Norwegian, one reason for choosing the name. I also love the name Ani(as in Defranco, of course), so we call her Ani for short.

I like James for a boy, but it would have to JAMES, not Jim, Jimmy, etc.

Angie

[atomicmama]

Neil and Annika! :thumb

[mazajo]

Boys:

Samuel
Curtis
Henry
Wesley
Oscar
Owen
Peter
Theodore

Girls:

Molly
Faith
Lucy
Charlotte
Willa
Claudia
Helen
Evelyn

[Quirky]

Peri, I PROMISE I have no ulterior motives in saying this, but I just saw mazajo's post and I think Lucy would be so pretty with your last name and would also go well with the twins' names! (Unless you don't want two female Ls.)

[Periwinkle]

I love it too.

Evelyn is pretty. What does everyone think of nicknames... Eve, Evie etc?

Cr*p. I'm so NOT a nickname person. WEll ok, I love Jim but that's it!

[Periwinkle]

Oooh ooh ooh! What about Ned... short for Edward?!?! :love

(or is that too Leave It to Beaver LOL)

[thismama]

I voted William and Annika. Good luck deciding! :thumb

[Quirky]

I like Ted better than Ned, myself...Teddy is a very cute nickname for a boy (although I'm not generally a nickname person).

Theodore and Thaddeus are also both great classic boys' names - Tad is a cute nickname for Thaddeus. Perhaps a bit more elaborate than your other kids' names, though.

Darnit! on Lucy - I think it sounds really good! Maybe you should get a new boss. :)

[andreac]

What about Margaret? So many great nickname possibilities!