Help us blend our naming styles

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DH and I have very different naming styles. I tend to prefer more common, traditional names. He leans heavily toward unique and trendy names. We've always had a hard time agreeing because he thinks my names are boring and I think his are too trendy. Our two sons are Carson and Dylan. Carson is after my grandfather so it was very meaningful for me and was trendy enough for him. Dylan was another compromise because he loved the name and I felt it was the only good and solid and not too unique/trendy from his list. So, I need help with some suggestions that blend our naming styles, because this time around we are really stuck on even coming up with ideas we both would consider. I think we need something classic, but not too popular? He loves the unisex/boy name for girl trend. I don't hate that trend, but I already have two boys so I would prefer a name people would understand right away that this is a girl. He doesn't like overly long or feminine names. To give you an idea, here are a few names from each of our lists:

ME:

Henry

Caleb

Samuel

Drew

Mia

Claire

Noelle

Elise

DH (these are just the ones I wrote down because many were too unique for me to even add to our list):

Devon (boy)

Alek

August

Theo

Kendall (girl)

Reese (girl)

Quinn (girl)

Our compromise list - neither of us are crazy about these:

Adeline (except we have 2 Madeline's in the fam)

Maya

Silas

Shane

bbiutmcph

Girls:  Kendra, Audra, Cara, Clara, or maybe a name that has a boyish nn, Miranda nn Randy, Francesca nn Frankie, Alexandra nn Alex, JOsephine nn Joey, Samantha nn Sam

Boy:  Nolan, Victor, Elliott, Calvin, Owen, Dean, Micah, Gavin

Latina211508

You could have one of you pick the first name and the other pick a middle name. I like Elise but I'm being bias because that is my middle name. I like Theo and Mia out the two lists.

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Latina211508 said:

You could have one of you pick the first name and the other pick a middle name. I like Elise but I'm being bias because that is my middle name. I like Theo and Mia out the two lists.

We will do a family mn because we have done that with both of our boys, so that is probably not going to be very hard to decide. We have a few chosen, but it will depend on the first name and what flows well with it. 

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bbiutmcph said:

Girls:  Kendra, Audra, Cara, Clara, or maybe a name that has a boyish nn, Miranda nn Randy, Francesca nn Frankie, Alexandra nn Alex, JOsephine nn Joey, Samantha nn Sam

Boy:  Nolan, Victor, Elliott, Calvin, Owen, Dean, Micah, Gavin

This is kind of funny because Nolan, Owen and Elliot were all on my original list and veto'd by him. Gavin is on his list, but I am not a fan. 

wassuphoes

Honestly, your boy names and his boy names are pretty similar in style, it's only the girl names that deviate. 

Suggest

Vincent

Thaddeus

Gideon

Jameson

Sloane

Maeve

Rosalind

Frances

Shana

LoveIsOwlYouNeed

I agree that you seem to have fairly similar boy tastes. Weighing in with some girl names:

-Astrid
-Isla
-Sloane
-Paige
-Audra
-Bryn
-Regan

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CherylAnn789 said:

I agree that you seem to have fairly similar boy tastes. Weighing in with some girl names: -Astrid -Isla -Sloane -Paige -Audra -Bryn -Regan

Love Isla and Brynn, The rest are good too. I will run these by DH! Thanks!

breezycat

These girls names are feminine but not to frilly.

Mila (similar to Mia and Maya)
Cora
Zoe
Laurel
Margot
Anya
Bridget

Marcus
Maxwell
Blake
Ryan
Justin

letyourheartbeyourguide

What about Eloise instead of Elise?
Eleanor
Hazel
Matilda
Violet
Alice
Pearl
Nora

Boys:
Daniel
Theodore
Ari
Tyler
Kyle
Justin

benmel31

From your list I love: Claire, Elise, Caleb, and Samuel.

From his list I love: Theo.

I agree that your compromise list is just ok.

Suggestions:

Boys:

Asher

Brandon

Bryce

Elias/Eli

Gavin

Logan

Miles

Oliver

Girls:

Adele

Brynn

Cora

Evelyn

Iris

Jillian

Juliet

Kyla

Mila

Piper

Stella

Valerie

LoveIsOwlYouNeed

2-Step said:

CherylAnn789 said:

I agree that you seem to have fairly similar boy tastes. Weighing in with some girl names:

-Astrid
-Isla
-Sloane
-Paige
-Audra
-Bryn
-Regan

Love Isla and Brynn, The rest are good too. I will run these by DH! Thanks!

Oh good! I will be interested to hear how he reacted!