@chloe97 I'm not huge on family names, myself, so take this with a grain of salt. I don't like Noah Alfred and that's enough for me to nix it. I really like Noah Robert. We have 2 fewer generations but Robert is my brother's middle name and my uncle and grandfather's name. It literally just occurred to me that my brother's middle name is my Uncle Rob's name so I think that's NBD. My middle name is after my Nana whom I absolutely adore but I HATE my middle name. I'm sure it meant a lot to them but I'm the one living with it and I'm not a fan (literally no one is named this our age). I love my maiden name but I have a strained relationship with my dad and his side of the family - otherwise I would have loved to make my maiden name my middle. My cousin and brother both just named their sons with middle names after grandfathers and I hate how both of them sound (contemporary or even hippy name with a stodgy old man name). But that's just one girl's opinion.
@kvh22 Thank you! That is a great perspective. You’re right-DS is the one who has to live with it. Robert is a classic name that is modern enough. I think it would mean a lot to my family.
@chloe97 Oh good. After I wrote it I was worried it came off as harsh. My brother and cousin's kids were just born 8 and 9 weeks ago so it's very fresh and I've been thinking about this with my middle name lately.
@sleepy33 YES! I didn't even know how to pronounce it or for sure if I had a nephew or niece when I heard the name. I immediately went over to the FB group for my last BMB and asked what people thought, boy or girl. It's apparently pronounced ka-lay-oh. Would have been hilarious if it rhymed with paleo though. I was like "oh, Cal and Leo would be great nicknames" to DH.
Okay I need some name advice. I keep thinking of girl names I like and can’t decide on a favorite. Ideas? Or do I just work on narrowing my list and having a couple of names in mind if baby is a girl, and choosing after she’s born?
Names (so far) are:
Heidi
Caroline
Adelaide
Georgia
Anne
Stella
Middle name would be Kristina. DS is Rhett Wilder, baby will be Atticus if it’s another boy. We’re very into classic Southern names.
I personally feel like Stella Kristina, Georgia Kristina and Caroline Kristina don't have the best flow. Maybe it's too rhyme-y? Adelaide is a beautiful name! Heidi is super cute too. Just my two cents We waited to finalize DD's name until after she was here. You could always go in with a top 2.
@ashleaf2018 Love Southern names! I personally love Caroline (it’s our top girl name), but I’m not sure how I like it with Kristina. Adelaide is a really pretty name too! Stella Kristina would probably be my pick though. 🙂
So I'm slightly crazy and I know my husband is SUPER picky with names so I've created a running list for the past 6 months! Things get added or taken off as I change my mind/he vetoes it. Hopefully we agree on one by the end lol we already have two boys, Braedon and Conlan so I've inadvertently started a pattern....
I am so happy to say me and my husband were able to pick names without a hitch. We already knew that a boy would carry his first and last name but I didn't think he would let me pick the middle name. But he did, (he loves me) and then with the girl name, I was able to pick but he hated the middle name I picked (AVA) , so then I let him pick the middle name. I wanted the girl to have my initials, my name is Tameshia Alia, our 4 year old daughter name is Truth Amor. So if this baby is a girl, her name will be Trust Angel. And the boy name will be Basil True! since he will carry my husbands first and last, he will be a third, nick name Trey. So I win again, because if its a boy we will call him Trey, so "T" it is!! LOL
@Sarahbtek I said this somewhere up thread, but Alden is one of my favorites, but it doesn't work with other family names for us!
@truth_trust Truth is so cute to me. My grandmother was named Ruth, and Truth feels like a fresher version of that. Truth and Trust are really "matchy" but that works if that's what you're going for.
We are having the worst time with boy names. My husband and I do not agree and I don’t like popular names.
My list: Silas, Theo, Sutton, Wilder. His list: Ivan, Issac
@Sarahbtek I love last names first for boys so I like your list! I think Dawson, Griffin, and Nolan are cute! My favs from your girl list are Corinne and Gracelyn.
@ashleaf2018 I think your list is great! I love Heidi! I would just narrow as you go because you might change your mind on some or start to love certain ones more.
@brie_and_almonds thanks! I remember when I first said I would name her truth, everyone hated it. Now everyone says how cute her name is. And yes I want all my kids names to match. So, Truth, Trust, And True for the first born boy's middle name
Would love some opinions here. My husband and I are trying to select baby names from family names, and one that we really loved was his great-grandfather's name, Aleksander. He went by Elek. However, our last name is Braddock. To me, Elek Braddock sounded really ... sharp and rhymey? But friends of ours love it.
Thoughts on it? I'm trying to decide if it's just me and Elek Braddock sounds fine to everyone else.
@missmcgonnagal Maddox Braddock I would feel too rhymey about; Elek Braddock does have the ending "k" sound, but that's not a deal-breaker for me (DD1's first name and our last name have the same ending sound), especially since the longer name, which will most commonly be used in full with the last name doesn't have the same end sound.
Well, this is is where we are at (our last name starts with a K):
Girl: Beatrice Tennyson K. Tennyson Beatrice K.
Boy: Haakon Otis K.
Is there one that flows better for a girl? I’m a missing something funky for initials. I just don’t want initials that mean something bad like WTF or FUK or something. 😂😂
Also, this probably wouldn't be a dealbreaker for me, because it's very unlikely to ever come up and I think initials are a nonissue, but there is a famous murderer called the "BTK Killer" for his m.o. which was bind, torture, kill.
@brie_and_almonds our last name is 3 syllables. If we do Beatrice for a first name, her nickname would be Bea (Bee). Tennyson’s nickname would be Tenny. I googled BTK and that didn’t show up, so that makes me sigh a bit of relief.
@missmcgonnagal I think Elek Braddock sounds just fine! :-) Plus, most of the time, when his name is called, it would be his full first name, which doesn’t give off a rhymey vibe at all!
@mrskoz428 I think either of your girl names works, and it really depends on the "vibe" you're going for.
Beatrice is sweet, feminine, and old-fashioned (and I love it, one of my faves, if every one of my siblings didn't have B-names I probably would have named one of my DDs this).
Tennyson is gender-neutral and a bit spunky. I imagine people at the doctor's office, etc. will assume she is a boy (DD1 is named Linden and was often assumed to be a boy until her hair got long), but she might have a resume-advantage as well. Also, I'm assuming you're fans of the poet, Alfred Lord Tennyson, and I imagine people will ask you that as well (although maybe that's not fair, because we're not Lyndon Johnson fans, yet that's most peoples' association when they hear DD's name).
Re: Favorite Names Thread
Names (so far) are:
Middle name would be Kristina. DS is Rhett Wilder, baby will be Atticus if it’s another boy. We’re very into classic Southern names.
ETA @ashleaf2018
Married: Oct 2015
TTC #1: Sept 2016
BFP: 10/19/16 ~ blighted ovum ~ D&C 11/23/16
BFP: 3/24/17
TTC #2: July 2018
BFP: 8/26/18
Married: 8/10/13
BFP- 12/18/15, D&E- 4/8/16 @ 21w5d- confirmed Thanatophoric Dysplasia
BFP- 11/7/17, M/C- 11/18/17 @ 4w6d
BFP- 8/25/18 ~ EDD- 5/9/19 ~ DD born 5/2/20 *Lillian Hazel*
BFP- 10/9/20 ~ EDD- 6/21/21
Married: 8/10/13
BFP- 12/18/15, D&E- 4/8/16 @ 21w5d- confirmed Thanatophoric Dysplasia
BFP- 11/7/17, M/C- 11/18/17 @ 4w6d
BFP- 8/25/18 ~ EDD- 5/9/19 ~ DD born 5/2/20 *Lillian Hazel*
BFP- 10/9/20 ~ EDD- 6/21/21
Alden
Calvin
Dawson
Ethan
Grayson
Griffin
Holden
Jackson
Keegan
Kieran
Kohen
Lochlan
Logan
Mason
Nolan
Pierson
Quentin
Tiernan
Weston
Aven
Aislin
Aylin
Corrine
Coraline
Fallon
Gracelyn
Harlin
Kiran
Leighton
Lucine
Peyton
Rowan
Ryan
Teagan
@truth_trust Truth is so cute to me. My grandmother was named Ruth, and Truth feels like a fresher version of that. Truth and Trust are really "matchy" but that works if that's what you're going for.
Thoughts on it? I'm trying to decide if it's just me and Elek Braddock sounds fine to everyone else.
Girl:
Beatrice Tennyson K.
Tennyson Beatrice K.
Boy:
Haakon Otis K.
Is there one that flows better for a girl? I’m a missing something funky for initials. I just don’t want initials that mean something bad like WTF or FUK or something. 😂😂
Also, this probably wouldn't be a dealbreaker for me, because it's very unlikely to ever come up and I think initials are a nonissue, but there is a famous murderer called the "BTK Killer" for his m.o. which was bind, torture, kill.
@missmcgonnagal I think Elek Braddock sounds just fine! :-) Plus, most of the time, when his name is called, it would be his full first name, which doesn’t give off a rhymey vibe at all!
I love these boy names:
Griffin
Kieran
Kohen
Lochlan
Weston
I love these girl names:
Aislin
Gracelyn
Leighton
Lucine
You have an awesome list! DH and I really only agree on two names per gender! 😂😂
@mrskoz428 I like Beatrice Tennyson best but also thought of the BTK killer.
@mrskoz428 I also like Beatrice Tennyson. Love the nickname Bea and have never heard of the BTK killer. Though I'm gonna google it now.
Beatrice is sweet, feminine, and old-fashioned (and I love it, one of my faves, if every one of my siblings didn't have B-names I probably would have named one of my DDs this).
Tennyson is gender-neutral and a bit spunky. I imagine people at the doctor's office, etc. will assume she is a boy (DD1 is named Linden and was often assumed to be a boy until her hair got long), but she might have a resume-advantage as well. Also, I'm assuming you're fans of the poet, Alfred Lord Tennyson, and I imagine people will ask you that as well (although maybe that's not fair, because we're not Lyndon Johnson fans, yet that's most peoples' association when they hear DD's name).