Need Thoughts/Suggestions

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Need help and/or more suggestions. I love my name choices, but DH hates them. We have had four sons: Caleb Ryan, Benjamin Stephen, Nathaniel William and Samuel Luke. I tend to like more old-fashioned/biblical names and DH likes more trendy/80's inspired names. We both have unusual names, and have wanted our kids to have easily recognizable names boy/girl.

So far my list that he has nixed (I realize some of these are turning more trendy now):
Girls:
Lydia
Cora
Clara
Charlotte
Evelyn (Eva)
Violet
Abigail
Amelia
Carys (just added this, haven't run by DH, thoughts?)

Boys:
Elliot
Noah
Josiah
Jonah
Micah
Simon
Nicholas
Seth
Theodore

We had originally decided on Lillian for a girl, but my sister used this name last year.

DH's suggestions:
Laura - I don't like
Ava - I like, but super popular right now

Carson - I don't hate it, just doesn't seem to fit with our other sons.

If a girl, we're leaning towards Lorraine as a middle name after my grandma, or possibly Grace (again, I know super popular). Otherwise, we're fresh out of ideas. Is Ava Lorraine or Ava Grace too trendy right now? I hate that we cannot agree on anything this time around

Helenahhandbasket

Going off of your DH's suggestions-

What about instead of Laura:

Aurora

Laurel

Lorena

Lorna

Instead of Ava:

Ada

Alma

Eva

Ara

 

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bromios said:

I vastly prefer your style and I particularly love Clara, Violet, and Elliot. Suggestions:

Girl:

Eleri (eh-LAIR-ee)

Lyra

Johanna

Aurelia

Noelle

Ariadne

Evangeline (the meaning seems very appropriate to your circumstances)

Beatrix

Alice

Mira

Miranda

Isadora

Theodora

Thea

Anthea

Althea

Petra

Livia

Boy:

Isaac

Aaron

Ezra

Peter

Raphael

Gabriel

David

Scott

James

Jonathan

Evangeline was top of my list for a long time. It's another one DH hated. I know, I love my naming style....how do I get him to agree with me? lol).

4N6s

Girls:
Clara
Violet
Carys - love!

Boys:
Elliot
Jonah
Theodore

Eva sounds like good Ava and Evelyn mixture/compromise

JMU_Bride09

All great choices. Ava Lorraine is fine, but I do think that Ava Grace is very common (still pretty, though). Other ideas:

Annabel
Camilla
Caroline
Frances
Ivy
Linnea
Marilyn
Mary
Rosa
Samantha
Seraphina
Sophie

Adam
Charles
Eleazar
Eli
Isaiah
Leonard
Nelson
Reuben
Thomas
Zacharias

benmel31

Girls:

Ava is popular but also very pretty.  I like it with Lorraine.  

You and I have very similar tastes in names.  I have an Evelyn and if this little one is a girl, she will be Lydia.  

Suggestions: Adele, Camille, Elise, Mia, Maya, Stella

Boys:

I don't love Carson, but I do like it as a middle name.  

Suggestions: Andrew, Asher, Elias, Gabriel, James, Marcus, Phillip

BananaLettuce

My H sounds like yours. I got him to agree on Catherine nn Kate, Alice, Elena, Caroline, Olivia, Ruby, Claire for girls.

Boys are harder for us. I'll suggest Elias, Abram, Henry, Frederick, Gabriel, Isaac, Ian, Marcus, Oliver, Owen, Peter, Patrick, Quinn, Rory, Sebastian, Theodore

Dr.Loretta

I really like Ava Lorraine or Ava Grace. Other options for girls could be Lauren, Laurel, Claudia, Augusta, Eleanor, or Elizabeth.

Silas is another boy option

360blessings

Thanks you guys for the suggestions. It's hard having a name (or a few) that I love but DH doesn't. I want to have a name that we both love, not just one that I "like" and am settling for, kwim? Wish I could get him on board with some of my favorites.