Baby names!

knottieamusements

lest12 said:

Oh and more random thoughts... sibsets are super hard.  I also loved the name Layla for DD. 

But our son was already Luka, and I mentioned Layla to ONE person and they said 'Oh, would it be like a Star Wars thing?" and after that, that was all I could think of and the name was ruined for me.

One of the names I really like is Morgan, but when I put it with my last name, I just couldn’t do it- my name is too close to Freeman. Completely ruined it for me as all I could think of was the actor. 

bethica83

DH and I picked out names last night. I was expecting this to be a struggle for some reason, that we'd probably go back and forth a bit for the next several months but no... we were thinking along the same track. I asked DH if he had any names in mind and he said... "Maybe. I don't know." I knew that was a "yes" - so I asked him what he had in mind.

We both were apparently looking at using family names because he immediately said he'd thought about using his grandfather's name for a boy - which was exactly what I'd been thinking. I tossed out my grandfather's name as a middle name and he liked it. So that's settled for a boy.

I asked about girl names and he didn't have any for a girl so I suggested his grandmother's name and two middle name options I liked - my mother's middle name and my sister's middle name. He liked the first name and picked the middle name he liked the best (my sister's which is also a family name on his side) and so that's settled too.

At least until we meet this baby and decide if the names fit anyway

Boy: Malcolm Duane
Girl: Betty Jean

I don't think we'll be sharing our name selections with our families and friends until baby arrives but was really excited that we were so in tune on the names and wanted to share with my fellow moms here!

Lisa3379

The other day, we came up with our girl name. It was unbelievably simple. We like German names, so I googled, said one name to DH, he liked it, done.

BabyRobbinsAdventure

We still have the boy name that we picked last time, and girl name was ridiculously easy this time around. Glad to not have to worry about it the rest of the time! 

eireyes

I have a boy first name I like, but it is our nephew's middle name, so I don't know if we'll use it. I'm having trouble coming up with names that will work well with the two we already have. Add to that the fact that both my sisters are due this summer (June and August), so I figure I'm not going to have anything picked out before September at the earliest.

princessandthegator

So DH is starting to come around to talking about names again. My sister ruined Nora for him, but DD has a slavic name and found Anya which we both kind of like so it's now on the maybe list. And Mason is back on the table since it's died out in popularity over here...still no secure names yet though. 

norahkate

SweetSweetTooth said:

We have chatted a little about names and this is going to be heck. He likes classic/common and I like short and not common. I like Norah or Nora but popularity has risen and I don't want my kid to have to go by their last name or a nickname as there are three other in their class. 

I was always the only Norah (or even Nora) growing up...except that sometimes I would hear "that was my great-grandmother's name." Now I tend to hear it where there are young children around.

sammierose464

norahkate said:

I was always the only Norah (or even Nora) growing up...except that sometimes I would hear "that was my great-grandmother's name." Now I tend to hear it where there are young children around.

My sorority sister named her daughter Nora. I love it.

amama3

For a girl we like Aniyah, Niya, Arabella, Thalia, Maria, or Maya... And Kendrick or Annix for a boy. 

britstew42

Right now it's Amelia Rose and Liam Alexander. They seem to change every couple of months (I've thought about this for a while) so we'll see!

sparklingwhit

We settled on DS’s name at the hospital, the day after he was born. I’m sure it will be similar this time. I don’t like many names and DH doesn’t like the few that I like. Soooo.....

DunkinDecaf

Honest thoughts. Does Solomon Thomas have too many “o” sounds?

wolfpackgrl718

We went through hundreds of names when we had our daughter and didnt even choose one until I was holding her right after labor. There were only a handful of girls names we would even consider (I also work in education and it takes a lot of names off the table!), we had a boy named picked out last time but I'm not sure if I like it anymore. haha! I imagine we'll have the same struggle this go around. Naming someone is just so hard!! It's a lot of pressure. lol

missmaehurt

DunkinDecaf said:

Honest thoughts. Does Solomon Thomas have too many “o” sounds?

Stuck in a box: I don’t think it sounds bad, I love the name Solomon!

chopchop25

@DunkinDecaf I like that name! I don't even think the 'O's crossed my mind. Just as long as your last name doesn't start with a D...

kylaoneill

We are really struggling with a boys name.  For girls there are a few we like
Ivy
Macie
Heidi 
Holland

Our two year old is Kennady Elizabeth 

nayyohme

@DunkinDecaf I questioned the same thing with the first and middle names I chose as they both end with "ah" and decided that the first and last name are not often used together so it wouldn't matter even if it was repetitive. So, sounds good to me!

DunkinDecaf

Hahahaha @chopchop25 thank you for that! No, last name doesn’t start with D. It does have an “o” sound at the end though so I’m not sure.

midwestmom12

Tonight DH said “not bad” to Adeline which is pretty big bc he vetoes everrrrything. I love the name, but I’m very concerned about popularity.  Is it crazy popular in your areas??

nayyohme

@midwestmom12 it's not a common name in my area and I don't think I know anyone with that name at all  

macheno

@sammierose464 Charlie Rose is a television political news correspondent 

DunkinDecaf

macheno said:

@sammierose464 Charlie Rose is a television political news correspondent 

^and a creepy gropeyface, too.

also @midwestmom12 I know two toddler Adeline’s. I’m in the northeast.

purple_2012

We were discussing baby names this morning. I think we have decided on a girl name, but can't come to an agreement on a boy name. 

tropical1982

We've agreed on Elaina (Elena) for a girl.  Not sure if it'll be first or middle name.

Boys are hard since we've used up our names on the first two boys.  DH keeps nixing my suggestions and I don't like any of his - Jake, Cain, Charlie.  I'd go for a Jacob or Elias and he's not having it.  It's going to be a long 9 month battle if this is another boy!!

theglitteredpterodactyl

We settled on Ezra Huckleberry as the name super easily. Our first one is Ziggy (Sigourney Marlene, but she's always just been Ziggy). Ezra is one of my partners middle name ( the non bio partner, and we love it as an inclusive nod to their role) and then both my partners are obsessed with Huckleberry as a middle name and i have none opinions on it. Baby Ezzie it is! I thought there was going to be a lot more back and forth, especially since Ziggy wasnt decided until the third trimester but whatever, I'm not gonna complain :-)

DunkinDecaf

Leaning toward Ivy for a girl or Issac for a boy now. 

mytrueloves

DunkinDecaf I just love the name Ivy! It would be on my list but we just recently had a baby with that name born into the family.

drurose

I think we've come close to a girl name, almost... we both really like Amelia, nickname Millie. I worry it's too common and wanted to use Emilia instead, but my mom is convinced she's just going to be called Amelia her whole life anyway. We like both, so I'm not sure which way we'll go yet. 

muchwanted

If we really have to come up with two names (boy and girl, we think) this time, we are completely $#%&ed. I was about 8 months along with DD before we agreed on her name. I was convinced that, if she had been a boy, I was going to have to wait until DH was asleep post birth and fill out the birth certificate on my own. We could.not.agree.

muchwanted

+1 to liking Ivy. If I hadn't done battle with it so many times in the garden, I might steal that.

princessandthegator

@theglitteredpterodactyl I love that name!

sliztee

I feel super selfish, but I don't feel like sharing my names with anyone 

knottieamusements

@stithof - I’m the same way.  My Mom is the only person I’m discussing it with and even she won’t know the final set, although she is itching to name the baby- I figure she has already named two of her own.  She did give me what I will probably use for the middle name. 

I’m enjoying everyone else’s discussions, but I don’t want the “oh- ever person I’ve ever known named XXXX was annoying” or “But I was planning to name my baby XXXX” or “I know five kids named XXXX so you should pick another name.”

Admittedly, I’m trying to avoid Top 10 names altogether, and Top 100 generally.  

I’m also probably going to go in with 3-4 names, and decide when I see baby. 

cdepperschmidt

@drurose I like Amelia. As A teacher, I’ve only ever had 1 and I have 400 students every year.

mytrueloves

@stithof I absolutely do not want to reveal our name until it's on the birth announcement and in the mail. I just don't want to hear anyone's opinions or objections. 

BabyRobbinsAdventure

@drurose I love Amelia!! (So much it’s DD’s middle name). I agree with @cdepperschmidt that it’s not very common, also a teacher and I’ve only had 1. 

rc-cola

@drurose I like Amelia a lot! Plus you can read the Amelia b Delia (sp?) books which is fun. My favorite book as a kid had my name in it. I also have a friend named Amaleia which is a nice twist too. 

We like Islay (pronounced il-la) but im nervous about the spelling. It’ for the Scottish island pronounced and spelled the same way. My husband is Scottish so it’s a nice nod to his heritage. But is the spelling too confusing?

knottieamusements

rc-cola said:

We like Islay (pronounced il-la) but im nervous about the spelling. It’ for the Scottish island pronounced and spelled the same way. My husband is Scottish so it’s a nice nod to his heritage. But is the spelling too confusing?

Even people with common names still run into spelling issues.  My first name is commonly spelled 3 different ways.  

I think as long as you don’t mind correcting people the first time “Il-la- like island”, people will get it. The mispronounciation that comes to mind is “is-lay”, which doesn’t seem terrible, just awkward. 

rc-cola

@knottieamusements yes that’s what’s im thinking/hoping. I also kind of like that it spells out “I slay” haha.

pebbledam

@stithof, @mytrueloves - my main reason for not wanting to share a name is because I'm afraid we might change our minds after meeting the babe! 

I think it's silly when people tell others that they don't like a name because they have a specific negative connotation with it. Has absolutely no bearing. But it makes sense if you are talking about names you're ruling out for your own kid. 

Our biggest obstacle with coming up with names is that our last name ends with and 'ee' sound, so that rules out a lot of names (and names that have an 'ee' nickname like Charles to Charlie).