2nd Guessing Boy Name

peachesnbean

Hi all! We find out the sex of our baby in 9 days. We've had the name Anders Jude "Cushion" picked out since like week 6/7, but I am second guessing it now. 

Could you throw me some uncommon but known names? I prefer 2 syllables and for it to sound good with MN Jude. Baby's older sisters are E$me and Ph0ebe.

TIA

thatcma

Ethen/Ethan Jude
Quinten Jude
Ellison Jude
Baxtor Jude
Orson Jude
Rafferty Jude

bbiutmcph

Alton
Adrian
Trent
Warren
Edwin
Simon
Spencer
Reid
Felix
Seth
Donovan
Milo
Micah
Marshall
Marcus
Abram
Malcolm
Alec
Arlo

kimikimi

Amos, Theodore, Shane, Paul, Samuel, Drew, Gage, Cade, Raymond, Xavier, Louis, Leon, Elijah, Hugo, Ian, Gus, Nigel, Rudy, Callum, Aaron, Harvey. 

sqfibemom

Arlo Jude
August Jude
Avery Jude
Langston Jude
Hendrix Jude
Lennon/Lennox Jude
Poet Jude
Orion Jude
Memphis Jude
Simeon Jude
Titus Jude
Gabriel Jude
Talon Jude
Oakley Jude
Anchor Jude
Archer Jude
Thatcher Jude

FreshBakedBrownies

Maybe deciding on 2 or 3 name options and waiting until he's born to pick? (If baby is a he, of course!)

This might be a weird thing to bug me, but I avoid choosing names that end in "s". I can never decide how to write or say either Anders's or Anders' when needing a possessive form.

Isaiah Jude
Caleb Jude
Kellen Jude
Ronan Jude
Desmond Jude
Asher Jude

SnarkasaurusRex

Is there a particular reason why you're second guessing it? I kind of love Anders, personally, and I think it goes nicely with your sibset. I also like PPs suggestions of Asher, Archer, and Arlo (I'm stuck on the A names, for some reason ). 

peachesnbean

FreshBakedBrownies said:

Maybe deciding on 2 or 3 name options and waiting until he's born to pick? (If baby is a he, of course!)

This might be a weird thing to bug me, but I avoid choosing names that end in "s". I can never decide how to write or say either Anders's or Anders' when needing a possessive form


@SnarkasaurusRex a few reasons! What @FreshBakedBrownies said, and it suddenly feels like the epitome of hipster names. Also, we have a very good friend who's baby is named Asher. We see them 2-3x a week, I am wondering if its too similar.

kimikimi

I agree that Anders is quite nice despite your reservations. Are you looking for a Scandinavian names in particular?

SnarkasaurusRex

I would skip Asher then if you truly do see those friends 2-3 times a week.

FWIW, DS is James and I originally thought the possessive form would bother me, but it really doesn't. Both forms are grammatically correct, and I usually use James' because it looks cleaner to me.

peachesnbean

kimikimi said:

I agree that Anders is quite nice despite your reservations. Are you looking for a Scandinavian names in particular?

Not particularly, but they have been appealing to me more so than most other categories. the girl name we have picked is Heidi Josephine.

@SnarkasaurusRex - thanks for the input! Do you say "James-es thingamajig" or do you just assume people know its possessive when you say "James thingamajig"?

SnarkasaurusRex

@peachesnbean I still say "Jamses."