I named my daughter Vivienne. We call her Vivi and she is vivacious and full of life. She was 6 years in the making with IVF so the meaning of “life” really was everything to us!
"Darcy means dark and she has a slightly dark sense of humor" Me: *has flashbacks to Darcy's 10th birthday where she described the world rotting away* Yeah makes sense
For anyone with concerns like Louise that you won't like a name over time, I suggest not worrying about that! Number one when you give a child a name, that name sort of stops being a nebulas concept and instead becomes representative of that person. Over time they're name becomes theirs and you won't think of it as 'what I named my child' and will instead go 'my child's name'. Number two, any issues and names can be changed! It's pretty common now to change your name officially, unofficially, doesn't matter! Names are as important as we make them and the individual eventually gets control over that so no issue! I personally changed my name several times over my life and it's never distressed me!
I completely agree! My sister and I have both changed our nicknames from the ones our parents initially picked for us, and it felt so freeing to be able to say "no, this is my name now". I've also known people who choose to go by their middle names instead of their first, etc.
Obviously I’m obsessed with this video! 😍 I can see you with a Percy Pentland! I’ve always loved that name & love it with your surname. Vivienne is stunning too -
I haven’t had any children yet, but as a teacher I am already genuinely finding it hard to make a list of names. My partner is also a teacher so any name is related to one of the hundreds of children we’ve once taught 😂
I'm a teacher too and we found it hard to pick names as I couldn't have some names as they were linked to students I had. We found out at 20 weeks what we were having so we only had to pick one gender which made it easier.
Violetta reminds me of my beloved childhood favourite ice cream Viennetta 😍 the world started to go to shit when everyone stopped serving that at parties
@@JKMA818 I have always thought about naming a baby girl Heaven-Leigh...I thought it was absolutely unique and beautiful!!! It's cool to see someone else who thought the same!! :)
Filling in the rest of the Penelope story. Our Sadie was going to be named Penelope as well. We also called my bump Penelope/Penny/Poppy. Ultimately it didn’t feel right for our little girl either. It kinda felt like I was forcing it but it just wasn’t right, and we went with Sadie June. There was a tiny part of me that mourned the loss of that whimsical story book little Penelope but I was happy to pass it on to Louise instead. When she decided to go with Pearl (which I loooove so much), It made me feel oddly like we had made the right choice with Sadie as well. I also love that we both have these vivacious toddlers with little old lady names. 🥰
Louise that green top looks SO gorgeous on you, it really brings out the colour of your eyes! I don't remember seeing you wear green before but it is definitely "your colour" 💚
I’ve always wanted to name my baby girl something Irish as it’s where I’m from, and I’ve always been in love with the name Cora - also Titanic is my favourite film and in Titanic, that’s the little girl Jack Dawson dances with and says ‘you’re still my best girl Cora’ before dancing with Rose 😊 for a boy I love Levi and Leo!
Atlas too was a greek titan and he was condemned to hold up the sky for eternity. he was later turned into stone forming the atlas mountains of north africa
I’ve just named my 1 month old “Maisie Joy” to go with her brother “Llewyn Mathew” ... both where nameless for days! SO incredibly hard to name a human!! X
It’s so cool to hear people actually appreciate the name Florence. As someone with that name I love hearing people talk about it Cus it’s not very common!
My ancestors that were sisters had beautiful unique names Florence Ollie, Susie Belle, Della Evelyn, Rebecca Arnetta. Very pretty. :) I really liked your list for girls a lot. I've always loved gemstone names too, like Opal. I like Rosalie a lot as well.
My great-grandpa's middle name was Knight. I always thought that was really cool. He was born in the 1890s, and they were pretty creative and trendy with names back then. His sister-in-law was named Zulieme, which I do not like but can appreciate its uniqueness.
In terms of changing your mind over time, I don't think you would ever dislike the name you ended up choosing because it's attached to your child. So even if you wouldn't choose it anymore, you're still associating it with someone you love!
My dogs name is Vivienne and it suits her so much, she’s not old but her mannerisms are that of a distinguished lady dog (if that makes sense?). She’s also a rescue dog after being used for breeding so although her circumstances were horrible I like to think that she gave life, and now she gets her life. She’s also beautiful and so sweet 🐾 Thank you for telling me what her name means ❤️
Not with a dog, but my late kittycat acted like a little lady when we first adopted her! She used to sit like a lady and had the prettiest looks! We even called her Lady though and I'd never call a baby that...I do have a real love for L names though!
I honestly feel like lots of children are very accepting of other peoples names especially in primary school, they don’t really question it until a lot later I think.
I really like Percy Pentland. Reminds of Sir Pervival Blakeney from the Scarlet Pimpernel ( dashing, heroic). Atlas Pentland is so metaphorical and adventurous sounding. Walt Pentland is lovely too. Makes me think of a tall, kindly Scottish writer that smells like wool and pine needles. Love Florence (Florrie, Flossie, cute!), Quinn Pentland.
ha I'm sure you couldn't start hating a name you'd given your child, you'd have all the positive associations with the child! I have cats called Apollo and Artemis 💛
I love so many old-timey names; Emilia, Luna, Sophia, Florence, Alicia, Aurora, Aurelia, Persephone, Ophelia etc but I will not share my ultimate favourite name on the internet because I feel like that is bad luck
My nephew's name is Quinn and I just think it's such a flattering, easy, dignified name for both boys and girls. I love the way it sounds. One of my niece's is called Lacey and I just think it suits her so much. Feminine, Rosey and again really easy and dignified. Clearly my family has very similar tastes in names as Louise. I love it
My other niece is named Olive which I think is a very cute old english sort of name. We've been calling her Oli as a nickname which I think is really lovely name for a girl.
Randomly watching this video (29/03/2024), this video was uploaded a month before I gave birth to my now toddler.. I never see her name in any of these types of videos so was so excited when her name was in your list! Her name is Quinn and we do use the nickname Quinney! Such a hard name to shorten to a sweet nickname so Quinney it is, lol! xxx
My daughter is called Lilia, she’s nearly 13 and I still love it. Others we considered were Ophelia (decided it was too tragic,still love it though). I really love the names Logan and Aaron for boys x
If I have a little girl, her middle name will be Rosalie but I go back and forth on if I would want it to be the first name. I love it so much and can just picture myself calling her Rosie for short
My names Darcy and my mum was always asked if she fancied Mr Darcy, and now I always get asked ‘as in Darcy bussel?’ But my mum chose the name 10 years before she had me from a Virginia andrews book, but everyone links it to those!
Lavender is so beautiful - reminds me of the little girl that Matilda meets in school! Funny how names stick with you... As soon as I heard Vivienne, I thought "oh no" because I think of the sneaky posh woman engaged to Warner in Legally Blonde hahaha! But as a name by itself, it is lovely x
"Wanky posh" hilarious!! 😂😂 I like it, along with Aspen and Jett. Love love love Florence, also like Lyla, Opal, Lavender. Think I like Quinn for a boy rather than a girl. I have Harrison (with family middle names- Andrew David) and Lottie Primrose. We know a Jett and a Lacey. My mum is also called Jane. Xxx
I love Vivienne & Florence so much! They're both on my potential kids list. Florence Ada was my great grandmas name and I just adore it. I also really like Opal. I'm a big fan of gem names as well, Ruby being my ultimate favorite girl name.
I loved a lot of your choices! I think we have quite similar taste in names, though I have a few more unusual girl names that I really like. As a teacher I find it very hard finding names I've not already encountered! I don't want children, but picking names for pets is super fun. If I ever get a female pet, maybe a dog, I think Nova is such a cool name.
Araminta, Evangeline, Poet, Opal, Quinn, Margot, Ingrid, Maeve, Lavender and Frankie, Marigold, Scout, Dusty, Matilda, Hyacinth, Dorothea “Dot”, and Ruthie are some of my favorite girl names on my own list I’ve had since I was pregnant with my son lol and these and the boy names I love if I ever have a second boy! Wolfgang, Rockwell, Abraham, Ziggy(kinda like ziggy for a girl too), Hugo, Raphael, Bear, Caspian, Theodore, Alfred, Calhoun, Buzz, Walter, Sonny, Malachi, Silas 💕 Hope you like some of these!
As much as I also ADORE the name Percy, I can’t help but think of the number of people who would say ‘isn’t that Zoe’s guinea pig?!’ 🤣 love the idea of Percy and Darcy, totally a matching names person too!!xxx
I love baby name videos. I also don’t think you would end up hating the name or going off it because the name would become a part of who they are and this little child that you love
Does anyone else really DEEP all the names in these lists, haha? I'm like: "does this sound nice with my boyfriend's surname? Would I ever use that name? Can I imagine having a little baby *insert name*?"😂 Xx
These videos are 100% part of my weekly routine, there is nothing quite like preparing for the week ahead with Louise while getting ready on a Sunday morning 🥰
I love Opal & Percy so much ❤️ I just think of Enid Blyton books when I think of the name Percy which is absolutely wonderful because I adored Enid Blyton books!
I am obsessed with the name Penelope. I don’t even know why, I just love it! I would never have thought of the name Knight but I actually think it’s really cute. The majority of the names you gave, I really love💕
I love the names Quentin and Florence and I tend to like more unusual names. I never liked my name and it's been shortened to Cindy throughout my life, but at nearly 50 I'm finally growing into it! Helped somewhat by hearing about Jacinda Ardern. I think some names age better than others but I think once you call your child a name it stops being just a name and becomes the person.
My grandma is called Rosalie and I've always thought if I ever have a girl I'd love that to be a middle name, plus there don't seem to be too many around ☺️ (unlike Olivia, my name, which is EVERYWHERE!)