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10.00pm
15 March 2010
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Hello Forum!
I'm Ellie, Joe's wife and occasional frequent Beatle widow 
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As you may know we're having a baby in May 
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We've recently found out we're having a boy and wondered if anyone could help us out in narrowing down a name choice. At the moment he's called Ringo 
(after Joe's favourite!*) but this is just a working title!
I wondered what suggestions Joe's fellow Fab Forum members could suggest – something Beatlesy – bu not obviously so! At the moment, Joe has put Bungalow Bill, Jude and Mr Kite on the list – not sure I can really endorse any of these.
Help !
Ellie XX
*not really
10.27pm
1 May 2010
Offline I think Harrison is a cool first name, or you could go with Johpaugeongo, either works. 
I sat on a rug, biding my time, drinking her wine
12.52am
1 January 2011
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Richard? It's like Ringo, only, you know, less obvious. 
12.53am
1 May 2010
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Hi Ellie!!!
Well I think Harrison is a cool name. I'm fond of John James or Richard James, or George Richard. I also like John's children names, Julian and Sean, and Ringo's kid Zak. And of course, they're not that obvious. 
Now if I ever had a kid I'd name him in a heartbit John Paul. The disadvantage? People might believe he was named after the late Pople John Paul II 
It's really nice to see you around Ellie!! Love your avatar pic, very appropiate 
Here comes the sun….. Scoobie-doobie……
Something in the way she moves…..attracts me like a cauliflower…
Bop. Bop, cat bop. Go, Johnny, Go.
Beware of Darkness…
4.53am
25 November 2010
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Yay, Ellie (and Joe)! A boy!
One of my friends has a boy named Jude. I rather like that name, because it doesn't seem that common (at least with those I grew up with.) Max might also do the trick if you're looking for something not so obvious. I'm not in that phase right now where I am thinking of baby names, but I have to agree that you couldn't go wrong with Harrison, or even Lennon, as…was it Liam? Gallagher did. Although, you never know, there may be a lot of Harrys in his school, because of that famous boy wizard. 🙂
5.31am
1 May 2010
Offline StarWisher said:
Yay, Ellie (and Joe)! A boy!
One of my friends has a biy named Jude. I rather like that name, because it doesn't seem that common (at least with those I grew up with.) Max might also do the trick if you're looking for something not so obvious. I'm not in that phase right now where I am thinking of baby names, but I have to agree that you couldn't go wrong with Harrison, or even Lennon, as…was it Liam? Gallagher did. Although, you never know, there may be a lot of Harrys in his school, because of that famous boy wizard. 🙂
Well, but imagine this conversation.
– “Oh so you're Harry. Like Harry Potter”
– “Well not really, my name is Harrison”
– “Oh, like Harrison Ford?”
– “No, like George Harrison ”
Cue to ooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhs.
Note to Ellie : If you say Joe that I vote for the name Harrison, he might say “Go figure”. I'm a huge George fan.
Here comes the sun….. Scoobie-doobie……
Something in the way she moves…..attracts me like a cauliflower…
Bop. Bop, cat bop. Go, Johnny, Go.
Beware of Darkness…
8.14am
31 March 2008
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I like Harry at the moment, but Ellie's less keen as it's quite common here in the UK. There's the Harry Nilsson connection, of course, and also he'd be Harry Son.
I found this on another site, obviously for both boys and girls. Not sure about some of them (VeeJay? Britain?).
1. Abbey
2. Alan
3. Allen
4. Anna
5. Apple
6. Asher
7. Barbara
8. Beatrice
9. Belle
10. Billy
11. Blue
12. Bonnie
13. Boyd
14. Brian
15. Britain
16. Carol
17. Charles
18. Chuck
19. Cynthia
20. Dakota
21. Daniel
22. Dave
23. Derek
24. Desmond
25. Dhani
26. Doris
27. Ebony
28. Eleanor
29. George
30. Georgia
31. Harrison
32. Heather
33. Henry
34. Holly
35. India
36. Ivory
37. Jackson
38. James
39. Jane
40. Jason
41. Jet
42. Joan
43. John
44. Johnny
45. Jo-Jo
46. Jude
47. Julia
48. Julian
49. Kate
50. Klein
51. Lane
52. Lee
53. Lennon
54. Lizzie
55. London
56. Louis
57. Lucille
58. Lucy
59. Mae
60. Maggie
61. Martha
62. Martin
63. Mary
64. Mary Jane
65. Matt
66. Maxwell
67. McCartney
68. McKenzie
69. Michael
70. Michelle
71. Millie
72. Molly
73. Mona
74. Nancy
75. Neil
76. Nina
77. Pam
78. Patty
79. Paul
80. Penny
81. Pete
82. Rain
83. Ringo
84. Rita
85. Robert
86. Rose
87. Sadie
88. Sally
89. Sean
90. Shea
91. Sky
92. Stella
93. Stuart
94. Sullivan
95. Taylor
96. Teddy
97. Tony
98. Valerie
99. VeeJay
100. Vera
101. Walter
102. Wilson
103. Zak
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9.46am
8 April 2010
Offline I say have a kid called Eric, and then make him name his kid Sony.
Then it'll be Sony, Eric's son. 
Okay, sorry for that. I like Harrison too, but if that's out.. Neil is a good one.
Oh, and I like number 38, too. Brilliant name, that one.
12.15pm
Reviewers
14 April 2010
Offline Hello Ellie,
Yesterday , as I was getting ready to log off this site (I didn't want to, but the drive home from work pretty much necessitated it!), I thought I saw you logged on but thought maybe Joe was tinkering with something behind the scenes. It's great to hear from you. I echo mithveaen's applause over your choice of avatars – very cool.
As for the topic at hand… One could make an argument for the name Elvis, because as John has stated, “without Elvis…” – you know the rest I'm sure.
But I think, if you are looking for something a tad less obvious, I submit Carl Henry. George and Ringo both loved Carl Perkins and John sang of Henry the Horse dancing a waltz.
In any event, my wife and I wish you and Joe nothing but the best.
Peace and Love
*9*
To the fountain of perpetual mirth, let it roll for all its worth. And all the children boogie.
2.36pm
25 November 2010
Offline Joe said:
I like Harry at the moment, but Ellie's less keen as it's quite common here in the UK. There's the Harry Nilsson connection, of course, and also he'd be Harry Son.
I found this on another site, obviously for both boys and girls. Not sure about some of them (VeeJay? Britain?).
Blue?! Kids have been named odder things, I suppose.
I like the way Asher sounds, and maybe Shea, but save Ringo for your next cat. 🙂
I hadn't known my name was connected to a Beatles song (or rather, a song covered by the Beatles) . *No one* should want to shimmy like me, unless they are hoping to frighten people. 
4.08pm
4 December 2010
Offline John-Paul. If it's good enough for Popes…
I told her I didn’t
5.05pm
25 November 2010
Offline It's also good enough for bass players in Led Zeppelin.
*9* <– See, the universe agrees with me.
5.32pm
1 May 2010
Offline Perusing the list of Beatles songs, it seems like they have more names for girls than boys. You could go with Maxwell, but who knows what that kid could get up to. 
I agree with Jude, I like that one, but it might be a bit obvious. You could go the George route and use a common name just with a different spelling like Jhohn.
I sat on a rug, biding my time, drinking her wine
6.41pm
1 May 2010
Offline Joe said:
I like Harry at the moment, but Ellie's less keen as it's quite common here in the UK. There's the Harry Nilsson connection, of course, and also he'd be Harry Son.
ROFLMAOOOO!! That and Eric's son truly made my day.
Ok so no Harrison. Well. . How about Corelle? It means Ring Star in Elvish!! 
Ok no. Bad idea. 
. How about Macca? 
Ok no.
Well from the list, MacKenzie is a first name. And if you use it as a middle name would be cool. John MacKenzie sounds cool.
And I add my wishes to Zig's for you and Joe.
Here comes the sun….. Scoobie-doobie……
Something in the way she moves…..attracts me like a cauliflower…
Bop. Bop, cat bop. Go, Johnny, Go.
Beware of Darkness…
6.52pm
1 December 2009
Offline Hi Elllie, glad you could finally show up here!
Don't think that my advice will be of any use whatsoever, since I have to say that neither John, Paul nor George is a name that I particularly care for, personally. And Ringo is pretty obviously out of the question, although I think Richard is ok. (I hate “Richie”, however, for some reason.)
How about Winston? I think that has a nice ring to it, although “Win” or “Winnie” would probably invite ridicule.
(Curious omissions from that mammoth list of Joe's: Linda, Maureen, Mal, Prudence, Loretta, Rocky, Pablo. Unsurprising omission: Yoko. Most wtf?: Klein)
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BeatlebugGEORGE: In fact, The Detroit Sound. JOHN: In fact, yes. GEORGE: In fact, yeah. Tamla-Motown artists are our favorites. The Miracles. JOHN: We like Marvin Gaye. GEORGE: The Impressions PAUL & GEORGE: Mary Wells. GEORGE: The Exciters. RINGO: Chuck Jackson. JOHN: To name but eighty.
10.47pm
15 March 2010
Offline Wow – thanks guys! Some interesting suggestions – and some good ones. And I agree that Ringo is best as a cat's name.
Also thanks for all the hellos – it's really nice to make your acquaintances.
Currently I'm trying to persuade Joe that “Pepper” is a really, really cool middle name. We shall see.
I think we'll have to meet him (or possibly her – you never know perhaps the scan lady misconstrued certain artefacts on the screen…) and then decide. We've got 16 weeks or so to go so I'm sure Joe will keep you posted.
Ellie XXX
12.33am
7 August 2010
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12.50am
13 November 2009
Offline Hi Ellie! Hmm, Pepper as a middle name… I like it. 
Girl: India or Penny
Boy: Neil or Lee (These probably won't go with Pepper.)
Ad hoc, ad loc, and quid pro quo! So little time! So much to know!
1.19am
1 May 2010
Offline I agree with von, Winston is a pretty awesome name, I think my kid will at least have that for a middle name. Harrison Winton Leg-thigh, I hope my future wife is cool with that.
I sat on a rug, biding my time, drinking her wine
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