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High9 
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 Posted: 24 June 2010 at 8:48pm |
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Oscar - Oz...
Reuben - Ben (guy at our school had that for a nick name) or Roo
Just to throw one out there...
Malcom - Mal
Richard - Richie, Rich
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KiwiL
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Posted: 24 June 2010 at 9:16pm |
Some great suggestions here!
I do like Oliver... Olivia would have been our girl's name... but not sure I am in love with it. I like Ollie.
With lots I like one or the other (eg the long or the short, but not both)... eg I like Ben but not Benjamin, Dan but not Daniel, Charlie but not Charles, Ritchie but not Richard, Harry but not Harrison, .....
For the vetoes:
I like Dominic, Cameron, Ashton, Nathan, Elijah,... but DH doesn't (Grrrr... men!)
I like Ethan, Liam, Jeremy, Bryce but no short versions
I like Alexander, but it's my stepdad's name and don't want to name bubs after him
Zachary and Jackson no good (Zac & Jack)
Don't want anything with 'son' on the end (Jackson)
Michael no good (Michael/Jackson) 
Here would be my list so far (that we agree on):
* Oliver
* Thomas
Only two!! And neither I am totally in love with.
This is so hard!! I had girls names totally sorted.
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Posted: 24 June 2010 at 9:20pm |
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Anton?
Lucas?
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Two little girls under 2!
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tictacjunkie
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Posted: 24 June 2010 at 10:02pm |
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That sounds like us, there's a few names we like, but none that we love. I'm even slightly starting to doubt our girl name too. There seem to be a few good websites but they're tiresome to look at! I'll keep your asks in mind when I start looking again, but I have promised myself I won't til after the scan. =)
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SpecialK
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Posted: 25 June 2010 at 7:42am |
hey kiwi I was the same as you - like lots of shortened versions... we went with Harry. Not Henry or Harrison, just Harry. Haven't regretted it! 
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Bizzy
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Posted: 25 June 2010 at 8:47am |
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with our second child i told my husband he could name him... after several months he came to me and said we were going to call him toby francis - francis after his grandad. i thought oh, not what i would have chosen, but i did say he could do it. in the end it really grew on me and i cant imagine him being anything other than toby!
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IVFGirl1111
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Posted: 25 June 2010 at 9:34am |
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Congratulations on another wee boy!
Willam (Will, Willy, Billy)
Lachlan (Lockie - not sure how you would spell that)!
Out of interest what where the girls names you liked?
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Peanut
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Posted: 25 June 2010 at 11:01am |
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If I was going more traditional with my names I really like Samuel (Sam) and Joesph (Joe). Clean simple and strong. My ultimate was Sebastien (Seb) but DH really hated it.
DS1 has a long name that we have shortened and I wanted the same for number 2 but gave up and he now has a name that can't be shortened at all. Its actually works.
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mummy_becks
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Posted: 25 June 2010 at 11:09am |
Andrew - can be Andy or Drew (althou I have an Andrw and he does not like it shortened)
Dominic is nice too.
William
Jeremy can be shortened to Jer, or as we call out friend Jermy 
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?Lolly?
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Posted: 25 June 2010 at 11:39am |
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Jeremy can end up as 'Jerry' too, I don't really like that.
I like Nathaniel - Nate for short.
I tend to make my kids names longer tho haha so I have Ethan Peethan, Erynn Merin, and Violette Piolet heh
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Posted: 25 June 2010 at 11:53am |
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If you like a shortened version of a name why not go with it? Do you HAVE to have a long and short version?
I like William but probably not William Winter.
Joshua or Jacob?
oops, just remembered you didn't want another J name.
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Posted: 25 June 2010 at 5:06pm |
Bizzy, I was the driver behind calling JJ Jackson, so part of me almost thinks DH can name this one. If I say that, I know we'll end up with Joshua....
I guess I would be ok with that. Don't really want another J name, but at least then one of us would be fully satisfied!!!
For girls, it was either going to be:
Olivia Jasmine or Katelyn Jasmine
As for the long/short thing, I would prefer that just because I like the choice it gives the child later on.
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