Weekly names thread

HoosOnFirst

Would you rather ask semi-strangers here instead of total strangers on the official Names Board? Post here!

MamaBish

Not our name choice but just curious as to what people thought of naming a girl Relic? I know a girl who just named her daughter this and while I can't say I'm super surprised as she and her husband are fairly alternative as far as lifestyle, I was still taken aback by it. I can't decide how I feel about it, lol.

Your thoughts?

KaLikeAWind

Relic. Something old and rediscovered. Hmmm. I'm a fan of alternative / hippy names, but I can't decide on this. I'm not sure if it passes my 'a grown up adult will wear this name' test, but it doesn't flunk outright, either. Tough...

saraelizabeth33

We are having a girl and are having such a hard time coming up with anything that we both like! I keep heading over to the names board hoping someone will be thinking of girl names and I'll just love one of them. A lot of the people over there are naming their kids crazy things!

momtobeobrien

I love this family and their kids but the name of their youngest son is a little out there (and he happens to be in my step sons class in school) his name is Volks. And his middle name is Wagon. Hes a great kid, with a quirky name

karaelaine1991

momtobeobrien said:

I love this family and their kids but the name of their youngest son is a little out there (and he happens to be in my step sons class in school) his name is Volks. And his middle name is Wagon. Hes a great kid, with a quirky name

Oh my gosh that poor child!

mccall35

Question for any ladies who are interested.

Gwyneth Joy (nn either Gwynnie or Winnie)

Or

Winnie Joy

DH loves Gwyneth and I love Winnie, but I also like Gwyneth. So I'm not really sure where I'm going with this... Haha

kristinabeans90

I love Rutledge with all my heart, but my family hates it. Also, people look at me funny when I tell them what I am thinking. That is what my first sons name was going to be but we settled on Kade.

HoosOnFirst

mccall35 said:

Question for any ladies who are interested.

Gwyneth Joy (nn either Gwynnie or Winnie)

Or

Winnie Joy

DH loves Gwyneth and I love Winnie, but I also like Gwyneth. So I'm not really sure where I'm going with this... Haha

Would Wynnie be short for anything? If not, it might be a common question your daughter gets asked which could get annoying. I do like it though! My husband used to wear a "Free Winona" t-shirt all the time. I'm frankly surprised he hasn't suggested the name.

MamaBish

mccall35 said:

Question for any ladies who are interested.

Gwyneth Joy (nn either Gwynnie or Winnie)

Or

Winnie Joy

DH loves Gwyneth and I love Winnie, but I also like Gwyneth. So I'm not really sure where I'm going with this... Haha

I vote gwyneth!

KaLikeAWind

mccall35 With Gwyneth you still come out with nn Winnie, so you both kinda win (haha) there. I agree 'is it short for something?' may be a question just plain Winnie is asked as she goes thru life.

kristinabeans90 Rutledge. I keep saying it out loud. I'm not sure how I feel about it. Not badly, just NMS. If you love it, go for it is my rule. Maybe pair it with an easier (more common) middle name that he could use if he didn't like using his first?

ETA - @'s

sharice111

@mccall35 I have a niece Gwyneth spelled the same and she gets called Gwynnie sometimes so Winnie isn't far off. I love Gwyneth! Everyone calls my niece Gwyn though.

@kristinabeans90 ya I'm not a fan of Rutledge but I always say if you love it go for it. It doesn't matter what other people think if you love it! Unless of course it's Voltz Wagon..... That's just harsh... Lol Kade is super cute too. @MamaBish Relic is an artifact and I just can't stop picturing a museum full of stuff when I hear the name... I don't picture a sweet little girl... However again, to each their own and if someone in the world loves it why not. When I try to picture it as a name I also see a picture of a boy in my head not a girl. However I'm crazy and have named my kids some different names so who am I to judge.

mccall35

Thanks for the replies ladies. It would be just Winnie (we toyed with Winifred, but felt it was just too big of a name). I think we're leaning towards Gwyneth, because I do have reservations about giving my kids names that are nicknames. I just needed to hear it again from some internet semi-strangers!

Thanks again.

RheAar

I like the name Relic, but then again I'm a fan of off the wall names. I'm having a boy and was thinking about the name Rhetoric. Ha, it's been shot down numerous times, so I was thinking about Rhedan or Rhedian. What do you gals think?

finchfeeder80

Team Green, and we're still not decided on a girl's name. My latest combo is Evelyn Deborah (both are moms are Deborah/Debra). I still like Jeannette a lot, just haven't sold myself on a middle name for it. We're going to end up at the hospital with our 20+ name list and it will end up being a boy and all this strife would have been for nothing.

alcrimmins

kristinabeans90 said:

I love Rutledge with all my heart, but my family hates it. Also, people look at me funny when I tell them what I am thinking. That is what my first sons name was going to be but we settled on Kade.

I like Rutledge! Just remember, this is your child. Your family has ether had their chance to name a child or will eventually have the chance. Do what is best for you and your immediate family. Your family will love him no matter what his name is. I bet the name grows on them as soon as they see him :x

Knottie64157109

My husband took the lead on this one and so far I'm good with it. Our girl is Sadie Mae.

HoosOnFirst

RheAar said:

I like the name Relic, but then again I'm a fan of off the wall names. I'm having a boy and was thinking about the name Rhetoric. Ha, it's been shot down numerous times, so I was thinking about Rhedan or Rhedian. What do you gals think?

What about Rhodes or Rheese? Keeps the "Rh" element but a but more typical name?

HoosOnFirst

I'm doing the hard sell on DH for Ramona Pearl. Ramona we agree on mostly, and I like Pearl for a June baby.

finchfeeder80

hoosonfirst said:

I'm doing the hard sell on DH for Ramona Pearl. Ramona we agree on mostly, and I like Pearl for a June baby.

I like Ramona. It's on my list, too. 

mjschenk

Ok does anyone know the link to the full baby name board tried to search but was hard to find?

KaLikeAWind

@mjschenk

https://forums.thebump.com/categories/baby-names

NotISaidtheCat

We're going with Fox Orion for our son We've gotten a lot of people who react with "Oh that's...weird" but we don't care. He's our baby, we'll name him what we like!

vamaca

I'm thinking Gael for my boy.

HoosOnFirst

NotISaidtheCat said:

We're going with Fox Orion for our son We've gotten a lot of people who react with "Oh that's...weird" but we don't care. He's our baby, we'll name him what we like!

As a Fox Mulder fan, I'm on board. Love Orion too!

devyns2nd

I met a girl named aspen today. It's different but it fit her perfectly. It reminds me if a Disney princess.

sls2015

We have decided on Wolfgang, and affectionately refer to him as Wolfie. @NotISaidtheCat I can relate on the weird looks/animal name similarity haha. We, like you, also don't care, and love it We're having a tough time coming up with a middle name though, if anyone has any suggestions, send them my way!

CurlyMom78

We are undecided: Alexandra (Alex), Josefina or Josephine (Josie) or Caterina. Middle name is decided as Ann (mine and my moms).

cperkins6251

I now feel very old fashioned with Nicholas Patrick, but as with all of your names they are beautiful names for beautiful babies.

HoosOnFirst

@cperkins6251 I love Nicholas (Nick). We are having a girl but it was on my Boy Name list. Nothing wrong with traditional in my book!

murray1234

My name is Abbott

do you think its out there? I like names that are not heard 3-5 times in the same class but Im not sure if its too uncommon compared to my other kids names

Garrett
Makenna (Kenna)
Jordynn
Madilynn (Madi)

dirtymartini

Team Green!

Camden (Cam), Jack, Luke, or Cooper for a boy (Middle name Philip)

Probably Claire Elise for a girl.  We can't agree on much else, but I do love it. 

karaelaine1991

dirtymartini said:

Team Green!

Camden (Cam), Jack, Luke, or Cooper for a boy (Middle name Philip)

Probably Claire Elise for a girl.  We can't agree on much else, but I do love it. 

I think Camden Philip and Claire Elise are adorable! Though, I am partial to spelling it Elyse because that's how my sister does it

shaleneann

I choose the name Addilynn I haven't really herd it before I kinda just came up with it on my own

amespey

I don't know where you live, but Addilynn (Adalynn) is one of the most popular names in my area of Florida. Of course being a teacher, I hear oodles of names all day long. (Which has made naming my own girl a challenge- name association is tough to get past). Love that name though! Beautiful choice.

laurendutch

Addilynn is popular here too. With a nickname of Addie

upandbelow

devyns2nd said:

I met a girl named aspen today. It's different but it fit her perfectly. It reminds me if a Disney princess.

I love the name aspen!

We had decided on Lincoln for a boy (my DH is related to John Wilkes Booth so I picture our boy doing his family tree in grade school, figuring out where he got his name and just being like 'those jerks!' Also, it's cute heehee!

We're having a girl though so we're pretty set on Mackenna Jane. DH is already calling her 'baby Mack' and I'm cool with it as long as she doesn't get called 'big Mack'. I like the idea of calling her Kenna (both our dad's names is Ken.)

rrcameron21

We finally decided on a name!

Blake Allen

I love it so much. :x

Emilywooddesign

My best friend is Julia and I want to call my son Julian, do you think that's weird?

saraelizabeth33

@dirtymartini I have a Cooper! So obviously I think you should choose that. I do love all the names on your list though!

@shaleneann Addilynn is pretty popular here in Utah, too. I do love it though!

aj1327

@Emilywooddesign I don't think it's weird, and I really like the name Julian.