Forum Baby Names

What would you do?

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DominiqueGuest ·
Hi ladies (and gentlemen),

I'm already 29 weeks pregnant with our little one, but my partner and I can't seem to agree. My partner's name is Rens, and he likes modern names. I'm Dominique, and I prefer classic and old-fashioned names. This is our first baby, and we don't know if it's a boy or a girl yet.

If it's a boy, he has these names in mind: Kay, Yannick, Silvijn, Max, Julian, and Milas. I don't like any of them at all, except Milas, which I'm okay with. I'm thinking of Joep, Guus, Rijk, Bjorn.

For a girl, he's considering Romy, Nina, Liv, Evi, Lotus, Lynn, Tess, or Fenna. They're decent names, but they feel like they belong to someone else. I'm thinking of Julie, Marleen, Marloes, Lena, Wies, but Rens doesn't like any of those either.

Advice is very welcome, whether it's other options or just opinions.

Thanks in advance,
Dominique

Replies

  1. Emily Guest #2

    Oh, tricky!
    Nice boy names:
    Julian, Guus, and Bjorn
    Nice girl names:
    Nina, Fenna, Julie, Marloes

    Other ideas:
    J: Ferre, David, Eloy, Thijmen, Dani
    M: Kirsten, Sophia, Nynke, Karin, Sanne

  2. Linda #3

    I really like the name Julie for a girl; our daughter is going to be called Jolie. Just a little bit cuter!
    For a boy, I heard the name Rein recently, I think that's nice too!

  3. Irma 1987 #4

    Tough, huh?
    Kay, Joep, and Julian
    Fenna Tes (Tessa)

  4. Irma 1987 #5

    Lena is also beautiful and you don't hear much about it.

  5. Anonymous Guest #6

    This is the site I mean: first name guide

  6. ano Guest #7

    The link isn't working. Try this instead: http://www.naamkunde.net/?page_id=295

  7. ii Guest #8

    Silvijn is pretty chic, isn't it?

    Or maybe Alex?
    Emma?

  8. Dominique Guest #9

    Thanks in advance for the replies. Indeed, our tastes differ a lot; it's really a challenge. But once the little one is here, we'll hopefully be sure that we've thought it through well and found a beautiful name.

    We both really like Jolie, good tip, thank you. A bit different from Julie, but still classic. But, it doesn't feel like the name for us. We're quite picky, sorry...

    Other new names on our joint list (which we've now compiled):
    Girl: Fenne, Romée, Jolie and Nanja
    Boy: Rein (cool, thanks for that), Milas and Alain.

    I also saw the name Nim come up. Not really classic or old-fashioned, but I thought it sounded nice.

  9. Willemijn Guest #10

    Julynn for a girl? (combination of Julie and Lynn)
    Silvan or Silvano for a boy? (sounds like Silvijn and isn't very modern)

  10. Mie Guest #11

    For a boy's name, I immediately thought of Julius or Milan.

    For a girl, I'm thinking of Juline—it's not very common, but I really think it's a beautiful name! And it sounds like a combination of Julie and Lynn Other girl names you might like: Jozefien, Suzanne, Emilia, Marthe?

    From your list, I'd go with Milas and Julie.

  11. Smama #12

    J: Sepp. Jax. Joep. Jouk. Jonas. Rein. Tijl. Thijmen. Thijs. Teun. Timo.

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