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MissAngel 
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Posted: 16 January 2008 at 12:50pm |
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See, due to murphy's law and all that rubbish, I'd picked a girls name for if we were having a girl, and neglected to pick a boys one - and what's happened - we're having a boy LOL.. No-one told me how hard it is to choose a boys name (morelike pick one that we both like) that's not something from the movies or lord of the rings (BF thinks its a good idea when it's not) So i've come up with Thomas Matthew (after his dad) What do we think? I quite like it - my sister hates it as her favorite cats name is Thomas, mother wants me to name him something way out and rediculous, dad doesnt care etc.. tell me what you think please!
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Posted: 16 January 2008 at 1:01pm |
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I think it's a lovely name too. Are you happy with the nickname of Tom, because it will happen.
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Posted: 16 January 2008 at 1:04pm |
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we have only told a few people the names we have picked for the twins for that exact reason......
as was said before-its YOUR baby and you could call him teapot if you wanted too......
i think its a great name!!!
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Posted: 16 January 2008 at 1:05pm |
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I lke both names. I know alovely boy named Thomas - my cousin is also Thomas but the less said about him the better. in all honesty, it doesn't matter what you name your little boy, SOMEONE will comment negatively on it "oh" screws up face" you want to name him THAT?". so please yourself and your DP and name whatever you like. family will get used to it.
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Posted: 16 January 2008 at 1:07pm |
i think it's a great name.......and yes, he is YOUR son so you get to name him what you want 
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Posted: 16 January 2008 at 1:51pm |
Thomas Matthew is a lovely name 
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Posted: 16 January 2008 at 2:14pm |
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Yeah I agree with the girls above, he's your little person, and the name is lovely. Choose what you want, not what everyone else wants, if that were to happen the poor child would never have a name!
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Posted: 16 January 2008 at 2:29pm |
We never told anyone the names we had selected so when the baby was born it was given the chosen name by us and no one has even dared mention whether they like it or not, I didn't ask for there opinions, too late the babys been named already and we like it, thats all that mattered to us!!
I think its a nice name and I agree boys names are very hard, if we had had a boy he would probably still be nameless as we couldn't agree on anything, as for girls names, we had 10 that we really liked
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Posted: 16 January 2008 at 2:32pm |
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It is a nice name but I do have to agree with your sister I know a lot of cats named Thomas including our next door neighbours.
Unfortunately I don't like the name Matthew as all the men I've met with that name have been quite arrogant and its put me off.
Depends on how it goes with your family name.
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Posted: 16 January 2008 at 2:36pm |
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Yep we did the same as peachy. Chose the name long before she was born, but didnt tell anyone. We had told people names we likes and everytime someone had a negative comment, and so we were put off lots of the names.
We still get some funny looks when we tell people Isla's name, or they see how its spelt and think it is said Iss laa (its Eye-la by the way!!), but people tend to be kinder when its actually someones name, rather than just an idea!
I like the name u have chosen,..but are u happy with Tom?
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Posted: 16 January 2008 at 3:56pm |
I think Thomas Matthew is a great name  . I agree with what everyone else has said, he is your son, so go with what you like.
Congrats on the boy by the way, boys rock!
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Posted: 16 January 2008 at 4:52pm |
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I'm like the only person in the world who found a boys name easy:) !
And when i tell people what we have chosen I either get 'oh' or 'that's a great name'...so many times I wanna say 'umm did i ask for your opinion':) but never mind ditto what everyone else has said..as long as you like Tom as well as Thomas I say go for it:)
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Posted: 16 January 2008 at 4:54pm |
We were the opposite DH was adamant we were having a boy ... so we had the boys name all picked out ... then anatomy scan day ... wham ... its a girl lol.
We actually settled on a girls name that very day (as we walked out of the hospital) 
Oh and I like Thomas Matthew ... although he will get called Tom so as long as you are ok with that, there were lots of boys names I didnt like because of what they could be shortened to.
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Posted: 16 January 2008 at 7:05pm |
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Hi, I happen to agree. He is your little man and people will comment.
We were going to call our DD Hugh if she had been a boy and the amount of people who asked what her name would have been if she was a boy and then laughed or said things like "just as well you had a girl then!" it has made me more determined to call the baby a name that we like and not that everyone else approves with.
I have a UK friend who had twins one of which she called Ursula. Again not everyones favorite name but it really suits that little girl.
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Posted: 16 January 2008 at 7:22pm |
I found boys names easy  .
I like the name you have chosen and at the end of the day it is yours and your BF choice.
I love the old school normal names. You can get so much stuff with their name written on it.
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Posted: 16 January 2008 at 7:59pm |
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I like it, it's simple and classic.
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Posted: 16 January 2008 at 8:03pm |
I love the name Thomas- if our next child is a boy that is what he is going to be called (DH doesn't like it, but I don't care....he isn't the one who has to give birth). I really like the more classic names for boys.
we found chosing a boy's name harder than a girls- we had heaps of choices for a girl, but couldn't agree on a boys name- just as well we had a girl.
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Posted: 17 January 2008 at 9:22am |
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yeah you don't want him to have to go through his life going 'K-E-R-R-I ..yes that was two R's ...hyphen (they normal say what? so I say dash - capital A - N- N- E (yes two N's and an E....
I've spelt it every day of my life and it drives me insane! :) no wonder i didnt get a middle name!
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Posted: 17 January 2008 at 9:59am |
I like it too.... Thomas Matthew - sounds like a strong boys name!
We found boys names really easy and with only 3 weeks to go are still unsettled with the girls name. But like a lot of people are keeping the names a secret.
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Posted: 17 January 2008 at 10:31am |
It's a lovely name. My cousin named her little boy Thomas, and no one would dare call him Tom or Tommy! He's never been called anything other than his full name, so it really is a reflection on what the parents and close families call them as to what 'sticks' and what's not allowed LOL.
We had a list of boys and girls names when pg with Ashlee, but found out at the anatomy scan that she was a girl so it was down to only 2 names that we absolutely loved. Really though, I think she was probably always going to be an Ashlee We're pretty set on a boys name if we happen to have a boy next time around. Back to square one with the girls names though!
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