Name Suggestions?

Laney916

I'm editing and expanding on my list and I need some help.  lol

Girls:

Lilia/Lilija Genevieve McDonald

Paulina Rose McDonald (Nina)

Maia/Maija Elizabeth McDonald

Zoya Madeleine McDonald

Stephanie Alessandra McDonald

Geneva Katherine Rose McDonald (Evie)

Irēna Judith McDonald

Vera Josephine McDonald

Katarina Rose McDonald

Noelle Katherine McDonald - Not sure of this one.

Thea Rose McDonald

Arielle Jade McDonald - I'm not really crazy about Jade so I'm looking for something else.  I hate Marie, Lynn, Grace, and Faith too.

Annika Mireille McDonald

Fiona Audrey McDonald

Vada Elizabeth McDonald

Xanthe Rose McDonald

Susanna/Zuzanna Audrey McDonald

Zaida Ruby McDonald

Nadia Mireille McDonald

Aislinn Jane McDonald

Evelina Rose McDonald (Evie)

Tessa Caroline McDonald - Love this one, but concerned that Tessa is getting too popular.

Daphne Rebecca McDonald

Maeve Alexandra McDonald

Magnolia Jane McDonald (Maggie)

Aviana Mae McDonald (Avi) - maybe add something else on to Mae or use an entirely different middle?

Gabrielle Rose McDonald

Estrella Madeleine McDonald

Anneliese Claire McDonald - does Claire flow okay?  This name is a difficult one to pair up.

Erica Rose McDonald

Calla Vivian McDonald

Ksenia/Ksenija Violet McDonald

Lyra Natalie McDonald

Cassia Noelle McDonald

Seren ____________ McDonald 

I also love Phoebe, Niamh/Neve, Michaela/Mikaela, Lorelei, Giselle (love it as a FN or MN), Catriona/Caitriona, Karenna, and Seraphina.  Middle names I'm considering are Valerie, Amelia, Victoria, Audrey, Caroline, Aurora, Athena, Julia, Vivian, Kimberly (a family friend's daughter), Ivy, Melody, Leilani, Rebecca, Vanessa, April (after a family friend), Janet (my mom)/Jean (paternal grandmother.  Her name was Regina but she went by Jean or Jeannie.  Jean is fine as a MN too), Astrid, or Carys (I love it as a first name, but one of my cousins is Kara which sounds too close so it'll have to be in the middle).

 

Boys:

Eamon Francis McDonald

Rhys Alfred McDonald

Lachlan Elliot McDonald

Ronan Jesse McDonald

Dmitri James McDonald

Alton Gregory McDonald

Damon Merritt McDonald - Not sure.

Andrejs Benjamin McDonald

Abram Vincent McDonald

Ephraim Zachary McDonald - ??

Conrad Jensen/James McDonald - Jensen is growing on me.  Do the middle names work together when combined or should I just go with one or the other? Conrad is growing on me as well.  I don't love it, but it's not bad.

Cassius Bryan/Brian McDonald - Debating between spelling Bryan or Brian.

Henriks Joseph Dylan McDonald  (Erik, Hank, Hal)

Stellan Bradley McDonald

Dario ___________ McDonald - I just can't think of anything.

 

I'm considering Raphael (FN or MN), Konstantin (as a MN.  It's pronounced like Constantine), Ira (as a MN), Rory, Salvatore (MN), Hiro (It's Japanese, so not the same as Hero, but pronounced the same), Tennyson (MN, but not completely opposed to it as a FN), Magnus (MN), Lorenzo (MN.  I worry that it's getting too popular for a FN), or Vincenzo. 

 

Feel free to match some of the girls' and boys' names up and make more suggestions.  I prefer classics and international variations of classic names (Irish, Latvian, and Scottish especially), maybe a bit unusual.  Gender specific is a must and preferably nothing in the top 200 (if it is, no top 100's or rapidly rising names.  I hesitated to keep Tessa and Thea on the list because they are both gaining. I'm just not ready to drop them right now.  Waiting for the ssa website to release the names for 2016), creatively spelled, trendy like Harper, Harlow, Mason, or Jayden, or obviously made up.

  

Alessandra is pronounced AH-less-ahn-dra.

Irēna is pronounced Ih-ree-na.

Mireille is Meer-AY.

Xanthe is ZAN-thee.

Aislinn is ASH-lin.

Estrella is Es-STRAY-ah.

Ksenia/Ksenija is something close to Ka-sen-ya.  The Ks is pronounced almost like it's one syllable though.

Lyra is Leer-ah.  LIE-ra is okay too, but I prefer the softer -ee sound to prevent people from calling the kid 'liar'.

Seren is Seh-REN, like Serenity, but without the ending.

Andrejs is like the Spanish Andres.

Abram is AH-bram.

Cassius is CASS-ee-us.

Dario is DAR-ee-oh.

holli0801

That's a lot so I'm sticking with my very favorites... Fiona is one of my favorite names of all time. I like it with Audrey, as well as Rose and Jane. I also love Lorelei. I like Lorelei Jane or Jade. I also like Maeve. Like Nina but not a fan of Paulina.... I like Lachlan and Rhys. Prefer Rowan to Ronan. I would absolutely avoid Stellan bc I think of Stalin. 

lm45678

Vera or Maeve and Lachlan are my faves, but I've got to be honest in that I didn't read the entire post

Bringmemylongswordho

Love
Irena 
Vada
Lyra

Alton 
Conrad
Cassius 


The rest, enh.

KyleeWaller

Aislinn (pronounced "Ash-lynn) is one of my all-time favorites. 

Thea was a close second from your list.

The majority of your boy names are NMS. My favorite is Lorenzo as a FN

Mamabeagle

How many children are you having?

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LoveLee85

I would give anything to LOVE three girl names!  Hahaha At least you aren't picky?!

I suggest narrowing the list with names that have special meaning/family ties to you? Or, put all these names in a hat and draw a few out! Have fun!

saladflambe

strawberrytree

Since your list is so long, I would start by eliminating any names you have any reservations about or whose pronunciation might prove difficult for English speakers (Ksenia, Andrejs, etc).

I think Nadia and Conrad are my faves. Both uncommon in usage but well known and easy to spell and pronounce.

virginiaunicorn11

I know a Xanthe and think it's an awesome name!!

Ejjaba2009

KyleeWaller said:

Aislinn (pronounced "Ash-lynn) is one of my all-time favorites. 

Thea was a close second from your list.

The majority of your boy names are NMS. My favorite is Lorenzo as a FN

Aislinn was my first pick for a girl before we knew for sure we were having a girl. We had a boys name picked already and it wasn't until after our scan that DH told me he wasn't a huge fan of it. We have changed it since (now we have a name we both love) but Aislinn will always have my heart!