Names

Gingersnap

We haven't talked about this yet? 
Let's get some ideas, opinions and inspiration! 

Gingersnap

DD is Violet, and keeps talking about us getting a baby girl named Delilah. She doesn't know we are having a baby, so that's weird. 
Anyhow, I like Delilah. So does H. IDK what mn I would put with that, we have an Irish last name. 
H likes Jameson for a boy but I just can't get on board, I just associate it with whiskey! 

peachesnbean

I mean there is a name board... 

Jk. I love names could talk about them all the live long day

Our boy name is set- Anders Jude, last name sounds like Cushion.
Girl name- no clue! Anya was our top choice but our best friends who are TYC and struggling are set on Anwen. They are family, so it would be like siblings having those names.

Gingersnap

I feel like the name board has their regs who do give great suggestions, but many of them are NMS. 
I like seeing what people have named their kids! 

angeltennis3

DD is Olivia. DH and I haven't seriously talked names because we want to know the sex first to narrow things down a little bit. I like the names Paige or Claire for a girl. I like the name Ethan for a boy (DH isn't a fan though). 

We do know middle names. A boys middle name would be Michael and a girls would be Michelle (after DHs dad - DD took my side of the family's middle name). 

PerraSucia

Unless something else magically happens to change my mind this guy will be Felix Gul. 

Gul means rose / flower in Farsi and Turkish and was H's grandpas middle name (I'm not naming a kid Mohammad so middle name it is) 

Xstatic3333

For a girl, we are pretty much decided on Lilia, nn Lily, a family name for H. Possible middle names include Evelyn (family name for me), Martha, Amelia, and Rose. Why yes, we were running through Dr. Who companion names, if you're asking ;-)

For a boy we're stumped. We both like "classic" names that most consider boring, but H hates all my suggestions and has none of his own. I like Henry but it was roundly vetoed. Boy mn would be Paul for H's deceased SB. 

In in general my guidelines are must be timeless and must have a nn option. My name doesn't and I always wanted one. 

poofwok

DS is Maxime (Max) and he's named after his grand father who's now deceased. 

We have a few ideas for girls and boys but still very undecided. Long way to go.

BumpasaurusRex

DS is James Daniel.  No real reason behind it, we just loved the combo.

We don't do family names but we like classics so we're probably going to go that route.

For boys, we like Alexander, Henry, and Benjamin.  For girls, we like Amelia, Elizabeth, Claire, and Josephine.

We're still going to keep tossing names around.  Did I mention that DH thinks 'Mister' is a great boy option?

::le sigh::

kirstynikole

Oh names!!

DS is Marshall Evans. His middle name was after my uncle who was killed in action a year prior to my son's birth, but before that happened we had talked about giving a boy my FIL middle name- Lee, or my husband's middle name Scott.

For a girl, we fell in love with the name Rowan. Possibly name Rowan Rae, Rowan Leigh, Rowan Marie, Rowan Nikole. We also used to love the name Emma back when pregnant with DS, but it's so popular I'm not sure if it's something we like anymore. 

For a boy we like the names Hudson Rhys, Ethan Scott, Emerson Scott, and we also like Rowan as well.

Then again, we haven't really discussed it too much, because we're waiting to find out what we're having to really start being selective. 

peachesnbean

peachesnbean said:

I mean there is a name board... 

Jk. I love names could talk about them all the live long day

Our boy name is set- Anders Jude, last name sounds like Cushion.
Girl name- no clue! Anya was our top choice but our best friends who are TYC and struggling are set on Anwen. They are family, so it would be like siblings having those names.

Our girls are Esme Julia and Phoebe Jane.  for a girl we are looking most likely at Mara or Tessa. 

kirstynikole

Gingersnap said:

DD is Violet, and keeps talking about us getting a baby girl named Delilah. She doesn't know we are having a baby, so that's weird. 
Anyhow, I like Delilah. So does H. IDK what mn I would put with that, we have an Irish last name. 
H likes Jameson for a boy but I just can't get on board, I just associate it with whiskey! 

I like Jameson but I also associate it with Whiskey. I'm seen it spelt differently and although it made me not think of whiskey right away, it made me feel like the spelling was very special snowflake.. 

kswiger06

son is named Taylor. Husband liked the name for a boy or girl so it was set no matter what, but since he's a boy we went with H's middle name of Lee.
Daughter's name is kayli I loved the name but H picked the spelling (we almost went with Brooke because we couldn't agree on the spelling lol) her middle name is same as my middle name Marie.
For the new little one we are set on the girl name, Lillian  (but will call her lily) we like lily but took Lillian from my great grandma. Then middle name Mae (@xstatic3333 I liked rose for the middle but H didn't want 2 flower names lol, and @gingersnap I wanted to use my great grandmas whole name of Lillian violet too but again 2 flowers lol)
For a boy we haven't agreed on just 1 yet I like both our names but husband's  leaning towards 1. We both like Austin Reid and I really like William August. I like Will for short. H is open to William but his older brothers MN is William and he doesn't want the connection. In the end we both have to agree.

srscott3

For a boy we like James Gregory (DH's and FIL's middle names are Gregory)

For a girl, choices are Hannah Rose, Olivia Marie, or Lucy Elizabeth. DH loves Hannah Rose, so that will likely be the one. Also, my mom is Rose. His mom is Rose. And it's my middle name, SIL's middle name, and a few of our cousins' middle names. 

Momma0528

DD is Delaney. I fell in love with the name the first time I heard it. MN Elizabeth-- Delaney Elizabeth is a mouthful, but H's grandmothers were both Elizabeth and it was important to him. We have a notoriously hard time with names- naming DD was a 9 month process and we fought a lot. We haven't gone near names this time around yet- we figured since we will know the sex earlier this time around (next week!) we will just wait to tackle it then. 

Starfish113

I think we're gonna wait until we know the sex of the baby... But maybe we will start kicking names around soon!

sunshine2417

Girls: Kailey Catherine, Isabella, Lucia (pronounced lu-chee-uh), Sophia, Adeline, and Lunella (it means little moon!), Savannah, Annalee, Charlotte, Olivia

Boys: STUCK!!! haha Maybe Julian or Joseph? We should find out if we're having a boy or girl in the next week or two, so if we're having a boy I'll need some help! Haha

I have a very Italian maiden name (it rhymes with spaghetti) and husband has a German last name. I would love to keep the Italian in there somewhere!

rachoochoo2

We haven't talked names much yet. My three daughters are Ava Grace, Olivia Noelle, and Eleanor (Nora) Rose. I love Hazel and Camille but DH doesn't. We both love the name Miles for a boy but I have always wanted to name a son after my grandpa who passed away when I was 15 so if we were to miraculously produce a boy after three girls, I think we will use Troy Gregory. Troy after my grandpa and Gregory after my dad. I would also like to keep it a secret from my family until birth.

rachoochoo2

PerraSucia said:

Unless something else magically happens to change my mind this guy will be Felix Gul. 

Gul means rose / flower in Farsi and Turkish and was H's grandpas middle name (I'm not naming a kid Mohammad so middle name it is) 

My sister is due any second now and they are using the name Felix.

MonaLisaRalphio

@TeacherMom2517 I have the same situation of a very Italian maiden name with a less distinct married name. My married name is about as generic as it gets, actually. I'm determined to use an Italian first name, especially for a girl! There are so many lovely ones!

PerraSucia

rachoochoo2 said:

PerraSucia said:

Unless something else magically happens to change my mind this guy will be Felix Gul. 

Gul means rose / flower in Farsi and Turkish and was H's grandpas middle name (I'm not naming a kid Mohammad so middle name it is) 

My sister is due any second now and they are using the name Felix.

I had a good friend when I was younger that was a Felix and passed away from diabeetz type 1 and am a HP nerd and like the idea of liquid luck. 

csenden

I love the name Shea Cecilia. Cecilia is my nana's name. And for a boy my husband picked Maximus Cesar. Maximus he's loved ever since he saw the movie gladiator and it takes a lot for him to be passionate about something. Cesar is after his father who passed away two years ago. 

jbuck909

We already have picked out names lol DS is Rogan Lee. 

Girl's name is Harper Virginia and boy is Maverick Robert. 

Aussie45

PerraSucia said:

Unless something else magically happens to change my mind this guy will be Felix Gul. 

Gul means rose / flower in Farsi and Turkish and was H's grandpas middle name (I'm not naming a kid Mohammad so middle name it is) 

I absolutely love Felix! If I could get DH on board I would name our potentially little boy that.

LC12261012

My DD is Amya (I STILL go back and forth on whether we should have gone with the more traditional spelling of Amaya but w/e). That was always my #1 girls name and there aren't very many others I really like so if this baby is a girl she will be Aaliyah. 
For boys there are a few I like favorites being Landon, Chase and Brayden. 

HeatSparks

Husband and I both love Charlotte for a girl, but it keeps rising in popularity and that stresses me out. I'm ok if it's commonish, but I aim to stay out of the top 10.  

Otherwise, we've got two to name and nothing we really agree on. The twins will be siblings to brothers Carter Patrick and Jack Michael. 

My SIL/best friend was killed in a car wreck last year. Her name was Megan (Meg) and I'd like to incorporate it. I don't love the name, but it's important to me. I have this pipe dream that the twins will be girls and I'll name them Charlotte and Margaret. I think those go nicely together.  

But, let's be serious. I'm a boy-making machine. So I'm not getting my hopes up. 

Aussie45

DD's name is Ashlynn. It was a play off of my maiden name that my mom found. Her middle name is Hope which is the same as mine.

We're toying with different names for girls. Willow, Bailey, Anika with Willow Rae being at the top for first and middle. For a boy, we're thinking Landon, Aiden, Lukas, or Braydon. Landon is my personal favorite out of those. We'll iron it out once we find out what we're having.

tclayton53

DD is Megan. We are thinking either Ella or Jane for another girl and Daniel for a boy (our original boy name the first time around). 

lap018

jbuck909 said:

We already have picked out names lol DS is Rogan Lee. 

Girl's name is Harper Virginia and boy is Maverick Robert. 

Maverick is my DS name, we love it!

Ryder0406

kirstynikole said:

Oh names!!

DS is Marshall Evans. His middle name was after my uncle who was killed in action a year prior to my son's birth, but before that happened we had talked about giving a boy my FIL middle name- Lee, or my husband's middle name Scott.

For a girl, we fell in love with the name Rowan. Possibly name Rowan Rae, Rowan Leigh, Rowan Marie, Rowan Nikole. We also used to love the name Emma back when pregnant with DS, but it's so popular I'm not sure if it's something we like anymore. 

For a boy we like the names Hudson Rhys, Ethan Scott, Emerson Scott, and we also like Rowan as well.

Then again, we haven't really discussed it too much, because we're waiting to find out what we're having to really start being selective. 

I LOVE the name Rowan!! It was between Rowan and Teagan when we had DD. In the end H liked Teagan slightly better. Rowan is still on my short list if this LO ends up with girl parts.

Partyof6?

We have had a hard time with names, so nothing discussed yet.  My older kids have long names but everyone in our fault has a nickname they go by so we have:

Margaret Jane (Maggie)
Benjamin Andrew (Ben)
Amelia Elizabeth (Mia) 

They all have some family connection except for my youngest.   Amelia came from a book. 

Mia would have possibly been Nathaniel Norman (DH's middle name) so that is still on the table. 

I have tossed around Jocelyn for a girl- could Josie be a nickname? 

Catherine, Ryan, Joshua, Aubrey and Parker have all been used by close family and our dog is Lily Mae.

MrsDrKirkpatrick

We like Nora Edith for a girl (DH Gma is named Edith) and Wesley John for a boy (There are several significant John's in my family and its DH dads middle name) 

imalwaysme79

I think names are going to be an issue. Traditionally for us, you're supposed to name after a deceased relative by using the name/initial. H's dad passed away in December and need to find an F first name with an L middle name. I haven't found any I love. I'm hoping that once we find out the sex, we can come up with something. 

Patience7150

Momma0528 said:

DD is Delaney. I fell in love with the name the first time I heard it. MN Elizabeth-- Delaney Elizabeth is a mouthful, but H's grandmothers were both Elizabeth and it was important to him. We have a notoriously hard time with names- naming DD was a 9 month process and we fought a lot. We haven't gone near names this time around yet- we figured since we will know the sex earlier this time around (next week!) we will just wait to tackle it then. 

I love Delaney Elizabeth and don't think it's a mouthful! I love the name Delaney, but we already have a niece named Delaney. 

Anyone have a Jr for a son? Our EDD is DHs birthday, and he's been talking about doing a jr. I can't do that, but tried to meet him in the middle with Jon Louis (fn - Louis is a family name) Matthew (mn), but I feel like I'd still just call them both Jon and feel the same frustrations as I would over a straight jr. 

For a girl, we love Rosemarie Louise, and a boy Roman Louis, nn Rolo for both. 

joyful08

We have been talking names for a while. For a girl it will definitely be Ariel Ruth (my grandmas middle name is Ruth). 
However we are so stuck on boy names and will take any suggestions. The middle name will be Ezekiel after dh's grandfather. Our top contender is James but I'm just not loving it. I like Sebastian but DH is strongly against. I'm just not finding a good first name. 

BrittRN+

I love names, it's going to take forever to narrow it down.

My style is pretty traditional. For girls I love Lydia, Cecilia, Lucille, Evelyn, Hazel, Mabel and Scarlett.
Favorite boy names are Calvin, Theodore and Reid. 

Hopefully we can find a family name that works for middle names.

Gingersnap

I love Hazel, but often wonder if Hazel and Violet are too matchy, both colors and both nature. 

BrittRN+

Yeah both Violet and Hazel are beautiful separate, but a bit much together. I think Emily Blunt just named her new baby Violet and she already had a Hazel. I will admit I side eyed her.

annewheeler2

DD is Kylie 

a girl will be Mackenzie 
i have three boy names we like: Colton, Gavin, grant. The middle name will be jay

Gingersnap

BrittRN+ said:

Yeah both Violet and Hazel are beautiful separate, but a bit much together. I think Emily Blunt just named her new baby Violet and she already had a Hazel. I will admit I side eyed her.

Yeah, that what made me second guess it. 
I do like Delilah, but am wondering what mn....
probably something simple like Jane, Rose...

MommaBean

Um, DS (7) doesn't yet know I'm pregnant, but he JUST asked when we can have another baby and suggested names. For a girl, he likes Rose/Rosa or Daisy and for a boy, Dalton. This is the second time in 3 days he's brought it up - I think he's picking up on the subtle conversations around him? Maybe we're not being that discreet after all?

H and I haven't talked names and I don't really plan to think about it until we know the sex. I think it's a girl and I have a few names I like, but lots of my faves are way too popular now