R names...boy and girl

cakebatter27

Hi ladies,

I'm hoping you can provide some R names for me! DH and I share the same initials RV. Our last name is Italian, 4 syllables.

Names out because of family are Ryan, Rebecca, Renee, Rae and Rachel.

DH would love for our kids to share initials with us. We are not finding out the sex. My DH loves the name Ryder. It has grown on me since he suggested it. The only R name I care for is Reagan.

I've looked on a lot of websites and they offer very strange names. We don't want anything too popular or trendy and definitely nothing youneek. I work in the education field so I also have a lot of name associations!

We are also considering names not starting with R. The only girl name we both like is Stella.

DH's MN is Walker. It's a family name and he'd like to pass it onto a boy. I'm okay with that if I get to pick the first name. In a perfect world, DH would pick a boy FN and I'd pick a MN and vice versa and the same for girl names. Then we'd have 2 sets of each to narrow it down to.

Names I like but DH hates are Sawyer and Finn, and Evelyn is my front runner for a girl.

Names are tricky because of our LN. If you have any suggestions on R names boy or girl, or names that mesh well with a long last name I'd love to hear them. DH tried to nix Evelyn because of the 3 syllables but I reminded him my name has 3 syllables so he lost that argument :-)

TIA! !

emmy236

DS is Reed
Robert
Rowan
Ralph
Ronald
Richard
Rhys
Raymond
Russell
Rory
Ross

Rhiannon
Reese
Roxanne
Ramona
Rory
Rowena
Rosalyn
Rosalie
Rosie

FakeFinn

Rose, Rosalie, Rosemary, Róisín, Rosa, Rosalind, Rue - Rafferty, Rasmus, Rhys, River, Rory, Russell, Rowan, Ronan, Roland, Robin, Roman, Ross, Reuben, Rhett. Ryder is very much NMS. I don't care for Reagan. I like Sawyer, Finn and Stella and love Evelyn. Other suggestions: Violet, Margot, Eleanor, Georgia - Marius, Boaz, Vincent.

cakebatter27

LMvW85 said:

. Ryder is very much NMS. I don't care for Reagan. I like Sawyer, Finn and Stella and love Evelyn

This is exactly why we have this problem!! DH and I are so different with what we like.

kanga1622Wed220857

I was supposed to have been Reed or Reagan but was instead given another R name.

The only boy R names that come to mind: Reed, Rhys, Richard, Randy, Randall, Raphael, and Reginald.

The only girl R names that come to mind: Rhonda, Reagan, Rosemary, Rosanne, Rose, Roslynn, Raelynn, and Rosaria.

I think Rhys and Rose are my personal faves. I really wanted to use Rhys as a mn with DS2 but DH didn't agree.

Jags8

1) Please don't purposely give your child a name just because it starts with the same letter as yours. It's so cheesy. And why limit yourself?

2) I love Finn, Stella, and Evelyn.

Dr.Loretta

cakebatter27 said:

Our last name is Italian, 4 syllables. Names out because of family are Ryan, Rebecca, Renee, Rae and Rachel. My DH loves the name Ryder. It has grown on me since he suggested it. The only R name I care for is Reagan. MN is Walker. It's a family name and he'd like to pass it onto a boy. Names I like but DH hates are Sawyer and Finn, and Evelyn is my front runner for a girl.

Boy: Randall, Rex, Robert, Roy, Rocco, Romeo

Girl: Rose, Rosa, Ruth, Roxanne, Ruby (love!), Renata

2ndGeneration

I think it's fine to give a child a name starting with the same letter as yours. I did this with my girls and they love their  names!

 Being familiar with long Italian last names, I'd probably stick with a one or two syllable name. Anything longer and it'll get nicknamed, especially if it's a boy.

 I'm partial to Raymond.
 
                    Ronen

                    Rocco (for an Italian name).



girls              Rena

                    Rose

                     Roxanne

Ana139

Boy:  Randall, Richard, Russell, Reginald, Radley, Ramon

Girl: Rosella, Raquel, Rose, Randi, Ramona, Ramsey

cakebatter27

Jags8 said:

1) Please don't purposely give your child a name just because it starts with the same letter as yours. It's so cheesy. And why limit yourself?

2) I love Finn, Stella, and Evelyn.

These are part of my arguments. Plus there's not enough R names for more than one child I like to use later.

2ndGeneration

 Why not just name a boy after DH? That way you only have to come up with a girls name. I only named my girls with my initial-one boy is a third and the others have different initals.

cakebatter27

CabbageCabbage said:

Whatever you do, do not name your son Ryder Walker. 

And this is why I want DH to come up with a FN and MN to match my FN and MN. So we each get a say. If we would go with Ryder I would be able to pick the MN.

I never even thought of Walker as walk along with Ryder as ride until you said that. Walker was just always the boy MN in DH's family from the family LN.

cakebatter27

2ndGeneration said:

 Why not just name a boy after DH? That way you only have to come up with a girls name. I only named my girls with my initial-one boy is a third and the others have different initals.

DH is Ryan and neither of us like the idea of a baby having our names. I'm not even super keen on it sharing a MN.

cakebatter27

Thanks everyone. You suggested some great names. I think I just need to try to get DH on board with a non R name!

nittanyllama

I don't like Ryder or Reagan.

Sorry for any duplicates--

Rowan

Ronan

Rhett

Reed

Rhys

Roman

Rory

Rocco

Russell

River

Reuben

Rita

Reese

Regina

Robin

Ruby

Rosalie

Rosalind

Ruth

Ramona

Rowena

plus12012

Boys:

Rhys

River

Randy

Raymond

Randall

Rocky

Rowan

Riley

Rogan

Rory

Girls:

Rachel

Rae

Ramona

Raina

Rebecca

Robin

Ruby 

Rose

Love2RunJ

Ana139 said:

Boy:  Randall, Richard, Russell, Reginald, Radley, Ramon

Girl: Rosella, Raquel, Rose, Randi, Ramona, Ramsey

Love the suggestion Rosella. It's my middle name so I am biased, but it goes great with Italian last names. (it's derived from Rose Stella).