@jwhite3116 Jace is trendy and James is traditional. It depends on the vibe you're going for. Do you have other LOs to reference for their names and how well they go together?
@jwhite3116 I think James sounds better with Thomas and also seems to "fit" more with the sibling names. Jace strikes me as a more "trendy" name while James is more timeless.
@kdale2613 Good choices for girl names; both Rosemary and Edith were on our list of options for DD. What sort of older boy names do you not like? Older being like Walter or Henry (like grandpa/great-grandpa names) or like Ebenezer and Cassius (more obscure biblical/classical names)?
Just a general tip for anyone who likes classic names, I found searching for "top names 1880" (or 1910 or any random year, I don't think there is data prior to 1880 though) and checking the lists can be a fun place to start.
Basically all boy names. I don't know why. DH likes names like Louis, Eugene, and Allen. Where as I don't mind those names, I refuse to have a "louie" or an "al". And Eugene just doesn't sit right. I tried to look into some more obscure names and biblical names. But DH doesn't like any of those. Looking for something that cannot be shortened. As I love Thomas, Timothy, Johnathan, Theodore and such but I can't stand the shortened versions. Right now we are kind of thinking Atticus, Robin, Angus. But we just don't love any of them. I'll try the top name search!
@kgrgreen my older two boys are Sam (Samuel) and Will (William).
@kdale2613 If you like those names just don't let people shorten them. I have a student named William and I asked him what he liked to go by and he said William so that's what I call him. People should respect the name you give your baby. I'm the complete opposite though. I love shortened boy names and I can't find a girl name I like to save my life. Good thing I don't have to worry about it I guess
@jwhite3116 its the damndest thing. My son is Daniel. We planned on calling him Daniel. Everyone always called him Daniel.
He now refuses to answer to Daniel. He will only answer to Danny. If you ask his name he will say its Danny. If you tell him its Daniel he argues and tells you know its Danny.
No clue why. He started this back in like July.
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Since my name is Samantha, would it be weird to name a son Samuel? I don't prefer to go by Sam but that doesn't stop people from calling me that. ETA I wouldn't want people to think I named the baby after myself because that's not what I would be doing! I just like Samuel
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@jwhite3116 I love James! It's more traditional so depends on what you want. You can always shorten James to Jace, too @kdale2613 I love Edith! I agree boys names are so much harder
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I kinda think that even if you don't want your kid to have a nickname/use a shortened version of their name, all bets are off once they go to school. Kids like to experiment especially when they have peers with their name who go by nicknames, and they have opinions on what they want to be called. My brother has gone from Daniel to Danny to Dan, and now at 29 he wants to be Daniel again. I have a name that has no nicknames, so I was always a bit jealous of him and my sister that they could change their names so easily.
@kdale2613 some classic boys names that are unlikely to be shortened are: George, Edgar, Harvey, Miles, Gordon, Lionel, Elias, Owen, Oscar, Neil, Clark, Roman, Aaron, Ian
@samsonator I wouldn’t do it, but I know a good amount of men name their babies after themselves so there’s no reason a woman can’t. I just wouldn’t name a baby after my H either.
@roo_baby FWIW, my little BIL is a Gordon. Everyone calls him Gordie. He's now to the point where he'd actually like people to call him Gordon, and we're all like, "No, you're Gordie." 😂
My name is Maria and my friends and family call me Ria as a nickname. Bria is one of top choices for a girl's name. I also really like Bella and if we go with that I want Maria to be the middle name because Bella Maria is a nice Italian name. I think it's okay to use a name similar to your own whether you name your child after you or even if you just like it!
@jwhite3116 I prefer James, especially given your other boys’ names! I think the three of them sound great together and all have a classic feel!
I agree with everyone who finds boy’s names harder. I have two girls and didn’t have any trouble choosing names ... we are team green this time around so we’ll have to come up with both a boy and girl name and there are no boys names I like! Haha! Even a girl name this time around is getting hard since we already have two and I want them to “go” together
Thanks @laur84ns and everyone else who chimed in. I think James is definitely our front runner and unless something else amazing comes along will be what we go with. Sam,our oldest, was sort of our deciding factor. He said he really likes James and can't wait to call him Baby James and it was just so sweet. It would be hard to go with something else now.
@gomillis Ok now I want a steak! My 3.5 up’s suggestion is “Rainbowish.” On the plus side we are team green and I suppose that could work for a boy or a girl...
For the what feels like 1000th time since finding out we were expecting my father in law has suggested we name the child "Gregory Junior" after him. It's fine if you like the name Gregory.. I'm just still salty about how he behaved when we named our daughter. Luckily my husband knows in order to name our child after his father he'd have to kill not only me, but my SIL, my mother, and at least 4 of our close friends before they'd allow him to write that name on the paperwork.
We don't even know what kind of genitals this child will have yet jeez.
I finally picked out a boys name, I found it a lot more difficult than picking a girls name. I had a huge list of girls names (and my first is a girl and just assumed I’d have another girl lol) and then found out this baby was a boy and had like one name picked out. Ha Naming is so stressful!
haha @laur84ns@gomillis...kids responses!!! When we first told DS I asked him what the baby's name should be and he said "Green'....I said, no baby we don't usually name children after colors & and he just looked at me......
His name is Grey🤦🏼♀️....also, not the first time I have been outsmarted by my 3yo🤷🏼♀️
We've pretty much decided on Everett & DS says, no mom it's "Everest" (paw patrol)....so this is going well😂
I have no idea where my son came up with it but he’s been referring to his imaginary brother PK for over a year now. Whenever we attempt to discuss names my son says, “he already has one, PK.”
He just might end up being PK at this rate. We still can’t discuss names without frustration from both sides.
If I let my sn choose it would be Baby or Toothless I think we are mostly settled on Maevis Eliza for a girl and Maverick Alexander for a boy. I love having options for nicknames because my DS is Oliver but we call him everything but that...
Ds1 who's 4 told me yesterday that he wanted to name the baby Snickers, so there's that I guess. Since H and I can agree on nothing, it may be Snickers, lol.
Yall, today DD told me "Whorvy" was a good name for a sister. I asked her what she thought of "Silas" for a baby brother and she followed up with that gem. I'm gonna go ahead and solid pass on that one.
Other recent gems: "A sister could be Nophia, like my Aunt Sophie, but not. Or a brother could be Boyphia like a boy Aunt Sophie." I guess this means she really does love her Aunt.
@RedBaramid I hope you have a boy just so FIL doesn’t think the only reason you didn’t choose Gregory is because of the sex!
@tyrion_ it would be super cute if you chose a name with the initials PK. Like Paul Kendrick or Phillip Kyle. Those are the only P and K names I can think of atm, but with some effort maybe you can find something better.
We have been trying to stay open minded for new names but we always came back to Emilia Marie - we finally made the decision that it's coming back for a reason and "Emilia Marie" it is. 😍
@catana15 I love Quinn and wish I didn’t have a good friend with that name already!
My husband reeeaally doesn’t want to talk about it until we find out boy/girl. He even swears it gave him a headache the last time I tried to talk about names. 🙄 He’s “lukewarm” on everything I suggest, so that’s fun.
Anybody considering giving their kid their own last name (if you didn’t change it like me)? We’re both pretty feminist, and his last name is super common and boring while mine is very unique. Definitely not hyphenating. We probably won’t, mostly because we don’t want to deal with people asking why, haha. Also I’m sure he’d have a harder time with a different last name from his child than I would.
We are 99% sure that baby boy's name is Benjamin. Ben or Benny for short. Still working on a middle name. My only request is that it not start with a J, for obvious reasons lol. We're toying with Henry or Elliott, but I am open to suggestions!
@viola_mama and @wednesdaygirl1019 I just had a dream last night that I named my baby that. So, I feel like my dreams are trying to tell me something. Ever since I woke up it just stuck with me. Which I'm surprised because I've had a hard time liking any names.
I’ve been enjoying using the Nameberry website, where you type in a few names you like and it gives you a bunch of suggestions for others it thinks you might also like, if that’s useful to anyone.
@viola_mama we had to make a last name decision since we have different names. I would also describe us as pretty progressive/feminist, but I made the decision to give the baby his dad's last name. For me a big factor in the decision is that my last name is about as common as they come, and while I'm really close with my brothers and my dad's family, our dad isn't in our life, so I don't feel particularly attached to my last name. I think if my last name was more unique/part of my identity it would have been more of a conversation for us. That said, the hardest thing for me was knowing the baby and I wouldn't share a last name. His dad's last name is a big part of his identity so I knew it was important to him, but he surprised me by indicating he was willing to talk about the baby having my last name instead, so maybe your husband might be more open than you think.
I also wasn't interested in hyphenating, but did consider using my last name as his middle name, but ultimately I'm not attached to it enough to do that. I do want him to have my mom's maiden name as a middle name though. I have a friend who gave her daughter her last name and friends that made a hybrid last name for their daughter. I do think this is an area that's changing and a wide variety of naming conventions are becoming more common. It might be hard to see bc the kids are younger, but I think when our kids are in school it will be clear that there are lots of ways families are handling this.
In terms of getting the message out at the top of the registry it says Baby Last Name's registry. People will definitely have opinions they want to share, but I think that's true about every decision we will make as parents, so as a person who is sensitive to this I'm working on developing a thick skin and confidence that I know what's best for my family. I think the right answer here is whatever feels best to you and your husband.
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Basically all boy names. I don't know why. DH likes names like Louis, Eugene, and Allen. Where as I don't mind those names, I refuse to have a "louie" or an "al". And Eugene just doesn't sit right. I tried to look into some more obscure names and biblical names. But DH doesn't like any of those.
Looking for something that cannot be shortened. As I love Thomas, Timothy, Johnathan, Theodore and such but I can't stand the shortened versions.
Right now we are kind of thinking Atticus, Robin, Angus. But we just don't love any of them.
I'll try the top name search!
@kdale2613 If you like those names just don't let people shorten them. I have a student named William and I asked him what he liked to go by and he said William so that's what I call him. People should respect the name you give your baby. I'm the complete opposite though. I love shortened boy names and I can't find a girl name I like to save my life. Good thing I don't have to worry about it I guess
He now refuses to answer to Daniel. He will only answer to Danny. If you ask his name he will say its Danny. If you tell him its Daniel he argues and tells you know its Danny.
No clue why. He started this back in like July.
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ETA I wouldn't want people to think I named the baby after myself because that's not what I would be doing! I just like Samuel
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@kdale2613 I love Edith! I agree boys names are so much harder
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@samsonator I wouldn’t do it, but I know a good amount of men name their babies after themselves so there’s no reason a woman can’t. I just wouldn’t name a baby after my H either.
I agree with everyone who finds boy’s names harder. I have two girls and didn’t have any trouble choosing names ... we are team green this time around so we’ll have to come up with both a boy and girl name and there are no boys names I like! Haha! Even a girl name this time around is getting hard since we already have two and I want them to “go” together
Thanks @laur84ns and everyone else who chimed in. I think James is definitely our front runner and unless something else amazing comes along will be what we go with. Sam,our oldest, was sort of our deciding factor. He said he really likes James and can't wait to call him Baby James and it was just so sweet. It would be hard to go with something else now.
We don't even know what kind of genitals this child will have yet jeez.
Naming is so stressful!
His name is Grey🤦🏼♀️....also, not the first time I have been outsmarted by my 3yo🤷🏼♀️
We've pretty much decided on Everett & DS says, no mom it's "Everest" (paw patrol)....so this is going well😂
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Other recent gems: "A sister could be Nophia, like my Aunt Sophie, but not. Or a brother could be Boyphia like a boy Aunt Sophie." I guess this means she really does love her Aunt.
@tyrion_ it would be super cute if you chose a name with the initials PK. Like Paul Kendrick or Phillip Kyle. Those are the only P and K names I can think of atm, but with some effort maybe you can find something better.
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My husband reeeaally doesn’t want to talk about it until we find out boy/girl. He even swears it gave him a headache the last time I tried to talk about names. 🙄 He’s “lukewarm” on everything I suggest, so that’s fun.
Anybody considering giving their kid their own last name (if you didn’t change it like me)? We’re both pretty feminist, and his last name is super common and boring while mine is very unique. Definitely not hyphenating. We probably won’t, mostly because we don’t want to deal with people asking why, haha. Also I’m sure he’d have a harder time with a different last name from his child than I would.
@strawberryfields82 That is a beautiful name! I feel like if you keep coming back to it then it's the right choice.
@catana15 Quinn is my favorite from your list.
We are 99% sure that baby boy's name is Benjamin. Ben or Benny for short. Still working on a middle name. My only request is that it not start with a J, for obvious reasons lol. We're toying with Henry or Elliott, but I am open to suggestions!
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I also wasn't interested in hyphenating, but did consider using my last name as his middle name, but ultimately I'm not attached to it enough to do that. I do want him to have my mom's maiden name as a middle name though. I have a friend who gave her daughter her last name and friends that made a hybrid last name for their daughter. I do think this is an area that's changing and a wide variety of naming conventions are becoming more common. It might be hard to see bc the kids are younger, but I think when our kids are in school it will be clear that there are lots of ways families are handling this.
In terms of getting the message out at the top of the registry it says Baby Last Name's registry. People will definitely have opinions they want to share, but I think that's true about every decision we will make as parents, so as a person who is sensitive to this I'm working on developing a thick skin and confidence that I know what's best for my family. I think the right answer here is whatever feels best to you and your husband.