Names you actually want opinions on

neeraja_k

I love Rowan, and it's on my short list. We have a Scandinavian last name, so I think it'd go really well with it. 

@calimom2524 I'm not too fond of Cora, but maybe because it's like that totally wtf movie "Coraline". I really like Piper though. I knew a fun girl in school named that and her personality was just so bubbly and she was so nice to everyone I assume anyone else named that will similarly be a good soul. heh

Ayla is a nice name, it's strong but still feminine sounding imho. *The more you know...(hand swish)* It's the main female character from Jean M. Auel's "Clan of the Cave Bear" series of books. She was a badass ahead of her time. It was pronounced "ay-lah". 

dirtanddiamonds

What was the really really really sad song that Taylor Swift wrote about the little boy who died of cancer. It was something like Rowan??

F*ck cancer. 

vinerie

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mrsbubbles-2 said:

@calimom2524 - love Fiona, Piper and Eloise! I think those are names that DH and I matched on the swipe app too!   Lina, Emmy and Callie are a bit too much like a nickname for me but they're pretty

How is Isla pronounced? I see it on a lot of the BMBs Birth Announcement threads but I don't know how to pronounce it

I pronounce it like island only without the nd. So aisle-ah

I should add that I pronounced it "Eye-SLA" in my head and couldn't figure out your note about the spelling preference your DH has. 

He believes Ayla and Isla are pronounced the same "eye-la" and I think Ayla would be pronounced "ay-la" like the end of hay without the h. That name will probably be cut from the list because we can't agree on spelling and I also don't want baby to have to deal with explaining it their whole life either. 

I did watch OITNB and to be honest I forgot her name was Piper lol 

Oh, I see now! And I realized I typed out my reading of the name wrong. I pronounced it "EEE-SLA" in my head. I guess my mind went to a spanish pronunciation because isla means island in spanish. Yeah, I think you'd run into pronunciation issues with that name...

elsieisamoocow

dirtanddiamonds said:

What was the really really really sad song that Taylor Swift wrote about the little boy who died of cancer. It was something like Rowan??

F*ck cancer. 

Ronan.

hezzer78

@calimom2524 I love Piper. I always think of Charmed - she was one of my favorite characters on that show.

jsnakehole

@calimom2524 Ayala is the Hebrew spelling. DH and I were considering it. 

dirtanddiamonds

vinerie said:

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vinerie said:

calimom2524 said:

mrsbubbles-2 said:

@calimom2524 - love Fiona, Piper and Eloise! I think those are names that DH and I matched on the swipe app too!   Lina, Emmy and Callie are a bit too much like a nickname for me but they're pretty

How is Isla pronounced? I see it on a lot of the BMBs Birth Announcement threads but I don't know how to pronounce it

I pronounce it like island only without the nd. So aisle-ah

I should add that I pronounced it "Eye-SLA" in my head and couldn't figure out your note about the spelling preference your DH has. 

He believes Ayla and Isla are pronounced the same "eye-la" and I think Ayla would be pronounced "ay-la" like the end of hay without the h. That name will probably be cut from the list because we can't agree on spelling and I also don't want baby to have to deal with explaining it their whole life either. 

I did watch OITNB and to be honest I forgot her name was Piper lol 

Oh, I see now! And I realized I typed out my reading of the name wrong. I pronounced it "EEE-SLA" in my head. I guess my mind went to a spanish pronunciation because isla means island in spanish. Yeah, I think you'd run into pronunciation issues with that name...

Me, too. Too much Spanish in my head to say it any other way. Lol. 

riverbed

@missybutler94 I like the name Evan for a girl! I agree though that giving the same MN is too much. What about your maiden name as mn? I like Joan, too! 

pghctwife

Depending on your area I doubt isla would be a problem. My oldest has a crush on an isla in his class lol, and seems like it’s bren fine for her. It’s gaining popularity lately and it’s easy to say once you know how (eye-luh is how I’ve always heard it). Isn’t there some actress named isla too? 

But those are all cute names!!

kc0711

Isla Fischer I believe. She was in definitely maybe, super cute movie. 

calimom2524

She was the crazy chick in wedding crashers haha. Also in now you see me which is an awesome movie. She’s adorable. 

ecwk

pghctwife said:

Depending on your area I doubt isla would be a problem. My oldest has a crush on an isla in his class lol, and seems like it’s bren fine for her. It’s gaining popularity lately and it’s easy to say once you know how (eye-luh is how I’ve always heard it). Isn’t there some actress named isla too? 

But those are all cute names!!

Yup! Plenty of Islas around here too! 

livinthesunnylife

We are completely stuck.  What websites/apps/whatever are you guys using to find good names? 

calimom2524

@livinthesunnylife we use BabyName

lolog531

Boy we are pretty set on Leo James. Both are family names and it flows well with our last name and DS’s name.

Girls it is a whole different story. We want to use the MN LouAnn after DH’s late mother. That plus or last name makes it hard to find a name that flows well. 
I love the name Lucy, but not sure I love Lucy LouAnn. Other contenders that have been discussed:
Claire
Clara
Eleanor
Audrey
Emily (always have loved it, but I think it’s too common/popular for me)
We are all over the place - any suggestions or opinions are welcome! 

calimom2524

@lolog531 I'm completely biased because I have a Leo also but your boy name is on point. I love Clara LouAnn, I think that's really sweet! Also, Emily isn't popular at all with babies I don't think, it's more common among people our age haha. I've always loved the name Emily. 

elsieisamoocow

@lolog531 I also think Clara LouAnn has a nice flow to it! And I agree with @calimom2524, babies these days are more Emmas and Ellas, not so much Emilys. Emily LouAnn is nice too. 

ecwk

@lolog531 Leo is so great, it was a contender for DS1! 

I like Clara and Audrey the best with LouAnn 

elsieisamoocow

We haven’t even started talking about names yet. I have been saving a few on my list, and we still have a list from our previous pregnancies, but I need to start talking to DH about it soon. Even though we have like 25 weeks to go hopefully

ecwk

elsieisamoocow said:

We haven’t even started talking about names yet. I have been saving a few on my list, and we still have a list from our previous pregnancies, but I need to start talking to DH about it soon. Even though we have like 25 weeks to go hopefully

I always used to think your name was Elise Is In Moscow. I’m finally starting to get it right. 

lolog531

@elsieisamoocow and @calimom2524 I agree about Emily, as I don’t hear many babies with the name, I just see it on most of he top 10-20 lists and freak out! Ha! 
Thanks for the love on the boy name. We are in love with it, so it’s part of the reason I’m hoping this is boy #2! 

Clara was our top girl name for DS, but DH doesn’t like it as much anymore. He’s set on Lucy, but I’m not 100% sold on it! I keep wavering. 

elsieisamoocow

ecwk said:

elsieisamoocow said:

We haven’t even started talking about names yet. I have been saving a few on my list, and we still have a list from our previous pregnancies, but I need to start talking to DH about it soon. Even though we have like 25 weeks to go hopefully

I always used to think your name was Elise Is In Moscow. I’m finally starting to get it right. 

Bahahahahahaha that is amazing. Yeah and my real name isn’t even close to Elsie so it’s even more confusing  It’s a loose reference from the Broadway musical Rent. 

derbysquirrel

I like the name Leo, but I think of it as an abbreviated form of Leonard or Leopold. It's odd to me on it's own. I had a friend just name her baby Leo, and I thought she was just being different, but I guess it's actually fairly common to have nick names as proper names now? I'm not sure that I'm on board with this trend, but I'm sure I'll get used to it in time.

pghctwife

derbysquirrel said:

I like the name Leo, but I think of it as an abbreviated form of Leonard or Leopold. It's odd to me on it's own. I had a friend just name her baby Leo, and I thought she was just being different, but I guess it's actually fairly common to have nick names as proper names now? I'm not sure that I'm on board with this trend, but I'm sure I'll get used to it in time.

Leo is also a stand-alone name, not just a nickname that has evolved

lolog531

pghctwife said:

derbysquirrel said:

I like the name Leo, but I think of it as an abbreviated form of Leonard or Leopold. It's odd to me on it's own. I had a friend just name her baby Leo, and I thought she was just being different, but I guess it's actually fairly common to have nick names as proper names now? I'm not sure that I'm on board with this trend, but I'm sure I'll get used to it in time.

Leo is also a stand-alone name, not just a nickname that has evolved

DH’s grandpa was Leo, just Leo, and not short for anything, which is why we would do it stand alone. I also thought it’s usully a nickname, but I It is also a stand alone name like @pghctwife said. 

pghctwife

and I really like Leo!!! Just Leo - don’t live the longer versions. Fil is Leonard though and we aren’t looking to name after him, so it was never an option for us

elsieisamoocow

Guys. In a non-pregnancy related fb group there was a post about boy names. These were the real winners I found, just for you. 

Atlee

Beniah

Hosea

Jaymes

Destry

derbysquirrel

@elsieisamoocow
HA! At least Hosea and Beniah are actual biblical names, I don't know about the rest of them. Jaymes almost seems like an attempt at feminizing James?

elsieisamoocow

@derbysquirrel shows how much I know about the bible It was a thread for boys though! Just adding a Y to James because they want to be unique. And annoying. 

My favorite was Destry because autocorrect keeps correcting it to Destroy and that’s such a wholesome baby name, right?

derbysquirrel

Destroy is a much better name!

elsieisamoocow

Another comment on the thread. Man I wish I could snark in that group! 

“I have a Talan, Reme and Cullan.”

mrsbubbles-2

@elsieisamoocow - I don't even know how to pronounce half of those!

So we're having actual name conversations now that we know the sex. Well, trying to. DH likes Fern but I'm 90% sure that's going to be a veto from me. Any thoughts on Margot?

carrotsandpeas3

@mrsbubbles-2 I love Margot! Fern would be a definite no for me too.

K here goes. I'm struggling a lot more with boy names.

Girl: Alice Rosemary

Boy: Daniel Aaron
Isaac Michael
Jeffrey Thomas


Our last name is 3 syllables and starts with T. Rosemary is a play on both of our mother's names. 

mrsbubbles-2

@doctormom33 - omg I love the name Alice so much!!! It was a hard veto from DH, that one hurt. But Alice Rosemary is lovely

Your boy names are wonderful, so classic! Daniel Aaron is my favorite because that's my cousin's and DH's first names lol!

ETA: cousin, not DS. WTF is wrong with my brain this morning? Where's WTF wednesday lol!

aj1327

@mrsbubbles-2 I love Margot! Fern is NMS

lakesideknitter

@mrsbubbles-2 I actually LOVE Fern! Margot is super cute too.
@doctormom33 love the girl name! The boy names are classic Daniel Aaron is my favorite combo from your list.

pghctwife

doctormom33 said:

@mrsbubbles-2 I love Margot! Fern would be a definite no for me too.

K here goes. I'm struggling a lot more with boy names.

Girl: Alice Rosemary

Boy: Daniel Aaron
Isaac Michael
Jeffrey Thomas


Our last name is 3 syllables and starts with T. Rosemary is a play on both of our mother's names. 

My second is Isaac Michael! We struggled on his first name but he is the sweetest nicest boy ever!

carrotsandpeas3

I have just been struggling with not feeling "excited" about my boy names like I am with my girl name. They are very traditional, but I feel even worse about more modern names! I thought about Graham for about a minute, but my sister's son is Grant, and I think that would be confusing.

Do any of you with young kids feel like Daniel Tiger would ruin the name Daniel at all? My nephews are obsessed with watching "Daniel" so that's my only reservation with that name!

dirtanddiamonds

doctormom33 said:

I have just been struggling with not feeling "excited" about my boy names like I am with my girl name. They are very traditional, but I feel even worse about more modern names! I thought about Graham for about a minute, but my sister's son is Grant, and I think that would be confusing.

Do any of you with young kids feel like Daniel Tiger would ruin the name Daniel at all? My nephews are obsessed with watching "Daniel" so that's my only reservation with that name!

I don’t associate Daniel the Tiger with the name Daniel. 

mrsbubbles-2

@doctormom33 - not at all. I think the name Daniel is classic and fantastic!
I get struggling with feeling excited. We are going to "try on" different names for a few weeks each to see if they fit, know what I mean? So if this week we call the baby Fern (lol no!) then in 2 weeks we will switch to Penelope. I like to see how it fits, if it's something I can see myself using all the time, etc. IDK if that makes sense but it helps us to start to associate the name with the baby rather than just read a list of names.