Names you actually want opinions on

livinthesunnylife

@calimom2524 awe yay!  I'm going to buy her Riley the Roadster Racer when she turns 1. 

@elsieisamoocow I like Felix a lot!

derbysquirrel

Since I now know that I'm having a boy, I now also know the name. William Nicholas [Single syllable English last name]. Nicholas is what DH picked after his grandfather, but there is some debate about the spelling still. Her said he wanted "the Greek spelling" but then gave me the Latin spelling, so IDK. Going to have to check with MIL to get the real spelling. 

F47

Back with yet another name option. Thoughts on Vada? Or Veda? And how would you spell it? 

calimom2524

@f47 I love Vada, it reminds me of My Girl. I would spell it Vada.

jsnakehole

@F47 my first instinct was "as in Darth Veda?" Like a person with a super New York accent talking about Star Wars. 

Firemanswife11

I still don't know the sex of this baby but the other day I decided I liked the name "Tessa." It may be a guilty pleasure name, tbh, because I don't know how well-received it would be but I do think it's cute. 

legallykate

@Firemanswife11 I love Tessa! I have a cousin named Tessa and have always thought her name was super cute.

calimom2524

@firemanswife11 I like Tessa! 

F47

@jsnakehole DH thought Darth Vader, too, but he likes the name. It’s one of the first we agree on. 

@calimom2524 apparently My Girl is the only place it’s spelled Vada. I did a quick search of the name board and looks like Veda is the generally accepted spelling. Just wondering if people would always pronounce it “Vee-duh.”

livinthesunnylife

@F47 I would pronounce Veda "vee-da" and Vada just like it is written.  I guess it depends which you want?

juliebird6

@F47 How is it supposed to be pronounced?  If it was spelled Veda, I would pronounce it like Vay-duh.  If spelled Vada, I would pronounce it Vah-duh.

calimom2524

In My Girl it's pronounced Vay-duh which I'm assuming is what she's going for as well. 

legallykate

juliebird6 said:

@F47 How is it supposed to be pronounced?  If it was spelled Veda, I would pronounce it like Vay-duh.  If spelled Vada, I would pronounce it Vah-duh.

I agree and prefer Veda. 

F47

Yes, Vay-duh pronunciation, for sure. 

jsnakehole

@Firemanswife11 I like Tessa! There's this cheesy teen romance novel I read called 'Tess and the Highlander' and it makes me think of that. 

7425cait

@jsnakehole I thought the same thing! In my head it was "Dath (dah-th) Vada".
Neither options are my style, but if you like it, then go for it! 

livinthesunnylife

@Firemanswife11 I like Tessa too! 
I have to warn you though, I have a friend with a Tessa and I totally sing Tessa May, Tessa May oooh laaa la when I see her (like the Tresemme comercials?)  But her middle name is May too so it is just too suiting.  She laughs and smiles every time. 

Firemanswife11

Hahaha @livinthesunnylife that is perfect!!! We're thinking Ruth or June or something along those lines for a middle name. Now I have Tessa May, Tessa May, Oooo la la stuck in my head.

@F47 I like Veda! 

mbrowling

I like veda/vada, but  I would think veda  was pronounced vee-dah. I'm not great at pronunciations though

aj1327

I love the name Tessa @Firemanswife11!
 

elsieisamoocow

@F47 I've always seen it spelled Veda. I love that name. I also would pronounce it Vay-Duh. I love the name Vera too, if you want something similar. 

Tessa is my SIL's name and she's kind of a bitch so that name is ruined for me now I used to love it though! 

aj1327

@F47 I like Veda too. I missed that post somehow but I think it’s a pretty name

pghctwife

I like vada - there’s a vada (baby) on my June 15 bmb. Plus my girl. I say it vay-dah

i wouldn’t know how to say veda- veh-dah? I don’t recognize it either. 

Tessa is great!

F47

@elsieisamoocow I love Vera, but H doesn’t, sadly. It was even his grandmother’s name! 

elsieisamoocow

F47 said:

@elsieisamoocow I love Vera, but H doesn’t, sadly. It was even his grandmother’s name! 

Aw man! That would be so perfect. 

juliebird6

Help! Now that we are officially team blue, I need suggestions for traditional-ish one syllable boy names that we can use for a middle name.  I keep getting stuck on James and then can't think of anything else.  I say traditional-ish because we really like vintage/classic names, but the one syllable options are really limited so I'm open to hearing other suggestions too.  Not a fan of Cade/Cale/Jax style names, which seems to be all that I can find on google.  Hit me with your ideas!

mrsbubbles-2

@juliebird6 - John, Mark, Sean, Luke, Jack, Miles, Max, Joel, Grant, Dean, Finn

calimom2524

Dan
Nick
Finn
Cain
Chris
Tom
Joe

juliebird6

Is it weird to use a name like John/Dan/Tom and not the full version? I feel a little weird about using a shortened version as a middle name.

mrsbubbles-2

@juliebird6 - I personally don't think it's weird, especially the 3 you listed I think can stand strongly on their own. I do love a good classic name!

carrotsandpeas3

@juliebird6 i think John is okay as a full name, but i agree about Dan, Tom, Chris, Nick, and Joe. Somehow feels more informal to me as they seem like nicknames for longer names. I know people use them as full names, but that is NMS.

pghctwife

Brent
max
lee
lars
mark/Marc 
paul


i love James too!!! Personally I wouldn’t do Tom etc as a given. 1-syllable is hard! 

pghctwife

John is definitely a stand-alone given name though. Biblical! 

calimom2524

My brother and dad are both Daniel Joe and I think it sounds fine. Plus as mentioned before, how often does the middle name really come into play?

mrsbubbles-2

Here's why I don't go to babycenter: (c&p from the thread)

Can you help me come up with a list of strong/masculine names that are one syllable?  Which one(s) do you think are the most masculine? Here is what I already have:

Bridge

Car

Clide

Clive

Dean

King

Mac

Pace

Park

Price

Rock

Roone

Rye

Slade

Sly

Sy

Thor

Van

Vance

West

Win

Yai

Bridge and Car you guys.

juliebird6

@calimom2524 We do actually call DD by her first and middle name all the time, literally daily.  Her name is two syllables with a one syllable middle name, which is why we were trying to follow that cadence.  It might not work for a boy and that's okay, but just wanted to see what I can come up with as a place to start.

calimom2524

@mrsbubbles-2 I lol'ed for real at Bridge. 

I saw a post on FB the other day in one of my mom groups where the baby boy's name was Branch. Like, from trolls.

@juliebird6 I actually say DS2's full name all the time too but I just mean more like at school and stuff, most of their friends won't use it nor will their teachers. But I totally get it! I like my brother's name and always call him Daniel Joe, mostly because it annoys him. 

neeraja_k

@calimom2524 I've encountered a few Branch's out west, in Wyoming/Montana. It's also the name of a character in Longmire. It's certainly unconventional, but not too far out there. I wonder if it's a "frontier" type of name, like Wyatt, I don't encounter it too much over here east of the Mississippi either.

lolog531

We also use DS's first and MN a lot, so I get what you mean about wanting to follow suit @juliebird6.

I think John is definitely a stand alone MN. My co-worker just used Chris for her DS after her dad because he was just "Chris" not Christopher and I think that works, too.
I'm also a huge fan of James, but I'm biased because it was my grandpa and uncle's names (both deceased) and what we are using for MN this time around

Have you decided on a first name?

livinthesunnylife

@calimom2524 I have a friend with a Ridge, which I thought was weird at first but it seems cute now and suits him.  Bridge reminds me of like the dental guard kind of bridge, poor kid.