Baby Names

magdaaaa

We’ve finally decided officially on Charlotte Wolfe “Lottie” for a girl, and Richard Davis (call him Davis) for a boy!

ksdelong20

@scatteringashes what middle names were you considering with Marjorie? I was briefly considering it because it's my gram's name and she recently passed away but just feel like it's "too old"

bserena

My grandfather (who was my father figure) passed away when I was younger and I have always known if I had a boy I would name him after my papa His name was Michael, I am liking Caden as a middle name but not 100% on that. For a girl, MH really likes Lily and it is growing on me. No idea on middle names for a girl.

surlyjaneausten

@magdaaaa I love the nickname Lottie. 

I have a very long list but one name we’ve been tossing around for a boy is Arthur. I know my mom HATES this name so if it is the one we use she won’t hear it until his birth. 

JEM525

I have two DS, so boy name is easy. If Baby #3 is a boy, his name is Jaxson Patrick. 

Girl names are more difficult. Right now my DH and I like Louisa and calling her Isa. Any ideas for a middle name I’m open for suggestion! I also like Arabella. But hoping more of you post because I want more cute ideas for a girls names!!! 

aveyc1986

@magdaaaa  I want a little “Lottie” too!!!! (short for Charlotte).  It’s on my list for girl names.... DH isn’t on board, but he wasn’t on board for Harper and that’s what we ended up naming our DD

scatteringashes

@ksdelong20 I hadn't gotten quite that far, tbh; we didn't have a middle name for AJ until about three days before she was born, lol. I do like a nice old-fashioned name, though.

antsangel1118

Now that DH finally knows, (he only found out last Friday after returning home from working in Indiana for 2 weeks, leaving home the day I found out!), and I mentioned still really liking the name Kenzie Grace (or Mackenzie, for formalities) for a girl, and he wasn't sure if he was still sold on it, so we downloaded this app just called Baby Name and you each go through and choose the names you like, and at the end, it will compile a list of names you both liked.  I also like Cora (even though my mom HATES  that name), and several other girl names. But regardless her middle name would be Grace. After 3 boys in a row I don't currently have any boy names I love,  except Samuel, which I have  always loved,  but DH has never been a big fan of.  

bellebaby221

**lurking**

@antsangel1118 I was in the same boat as you! We had 3 boys (Eli, Benjamin and Jack) before baby #4. If we had a boy it was going to be Samuel as well, literally the only other boy name DH and I could agree on!
We had a girl (Allison) but our other choices were Claire, Anna, Leah, Grace and Elizabeth. I love Cora. Would you use Coraline with the nickname Cora?

antsangel1118

@bellebaby221 haha I do love the names Eli and Benjamin, but I have a nephew and cousin with those names, though reusing my cousin's name wouldnt be out of the question for me as we don't see each other all that much. But I might consider different variations of Ben like Bentley or Bennett. But Samuel is at the top of my boy list still. I think if Cora would be a winner with DH, I would just want that and not Coraline. I know my mom would whine cause she is very critical of names she doesn't like... she is very open about hating one of my other nephew's names- Oliver... she refuses to ever call him that and will only call him Ollie (which everyone does, anyway). And with my current youngest, Aidan, I knew she wasn't a fan right away, but she doesn't hate it. But I know she hates Cora. "It's an old lady name"... oook. Lol that's what she said about Oliver, too. She thinks it's an old man name. But anywho, luckily I'm not worried about having her approval for a name, but I know she would remind me she hates it if we'd go with that. Lol

hedgepig

@antsangel1118 Your mom and I are on opposite ends of the spectrum - I love old lady names! And I love Oliver and Cora too 😉
Favorites include: Beatrix, Winifred, Octavia, Cecily, Millicent, Alice, Bernadette, Esther, Harriet, Myrtle, etc.
Eta: Boys names are so hard for me! I like old fashioned names, but so many seem too much like weird old men. I like: Paul, Henry, Neil, Cary, Bernard, Finnegan, Martin.
@ksdelong20 @scatteringashes I love Marjorie! I don't necessarily love Marge, but I do like Marjie.

krystrist2014

@hedgepig I love Octavia!!! MH won’t give for it though. I love girls names that start with less common letters like O, Q, X, and Z. 

Other names I love that MH won’t go for: Ophelia, Qinn, Quincy, Zinnia, Selah, Solana, Xiomara, Galilea, Maeve. 

moody_mommy

The names I like right now are Clark and Gloriana. Clark is the name of my husband's late uncle. But  l will likely change my mind many times in the next 8 months. I love Tilly, but my husband's cousin just named her baby Tilly Mae which is the same middle name I would have used as well! 

potofgolden

@moody_mommy Clark is a super cool boy name! And Tilly is adorbs too, I had a cabbage patch baby and her name was Tilly.

potofgolden

Right now we are we like Judge for a boy, but most likely as a middle name. We like Waylon and Wyatt for a first name, but I’m worried they are both getting way too popular.
For a girl we like Emmylou as a first name, but we aren’t sure what a good middle name would be. But I definitely would want a middle name and not Lou.

Ecat504

@potofgolden

so, my name is Emily. When I was 3 I met a little boy named Mark (and to this day, he’s my very best friend). We went to school together our whole lives and probably in kindergarten he learned that song “check yes or no” by George Strait and he has called me Emmylou ever since 😂 so I absolutely love it! 

Emmylou Mae
Emmylou Jane
Emmylou Grace

ETA: literally to this day, 20+ years later he still exclusively calles me that 

potofgolden

@Ecat504  I do like Grace and Mae! I’m considering Hayes... but that may be a little to  much like the song hahah.

Ecat504

@potofgolden I almost suggested it but didn’t. I think it’s, personally. 

dumbledoredies

I haven't even started thinking of names! We were team green the first time and we wanted to have 3 boy and 3 girl names picked out at the time of birth. Picking out names was the worst lol

windywoman

I think it’s harder the second time around because now I have to think of what goes nicely with our son’s name. We didn’t decide on his name until the day he was born. We are team green again this time so we still have our girls name. 

1MommyRunner

We’ve known our boy name is Nicholas Charles after the Grandpas, but we weren’t settled on a girl name. We chose Lena! We let our older 2 help decide. Of course, DD wanted Moana Miss Katenyn after the princess and her preschool teacher 😂 but she likes Lena too. It will be Lena Adaline, Lena Jane or Lena Rose. 🥰

@Ecat504 that is so sweet! I was raised listening to George so he’s my favorite singer everrrr! Now I will be singing check yes or no all day 😂💜

mimser

@1MommyRunner Lena is on my list! I think it's beautiful 

kelk5

@1MommyRunner and @mimser I also love Lena, it's just beautiful. I also found out it's my great great grandma's name. Sadly DH isn't a fan and vetoed it with DD.

potofgolden

@1MommyRunner and @mimser my sister in law is having her baby in July and naming her Lena Jean. It’s a beautiful name, she is naming her after her sister Celena. Or it could be spelled Selena.

1MommyRunner

@mimser it is such a beautiful name! 

@kelk5 @potofgolden I love the family name aspect! My grandfather’s sister’s name was Lena too. 💜

KateBee

We have an Avery Beatrice, Graham Everett, and an Aidan James. I feel like we used all of our best boy names. We are throwing around Anderson and Theodore for a boy. For a girl we like Charlotte and Madeleine, and I like Grace as a middle name because it was my grandma's name. Loving all of your name choices so far!

1MommyRunner

@KateBee I love Theodore! 😍 

name1109

@moody_mommy I am right there with you on changing 18 million times. Our track record has been finalizing the name two days after birth. 🤣🤣🤣🥰.

We’re expecting our fourth girl. We have Madeline, Zoey, Margaret. So not an M name. And we want a shorter name. I currently like Sloan and Quinn. Middle name will be a family name TBD. 

potofgolden

@name1109 I love Sloan, it’s actually a family last name and another family (first) name I found is Zadie. Which would go perfect with your 2 M’s and 1 Z! I’ve been searching through my tree for cool names.

hedgepig

@name1109 I like both Sloane and Quinn!

lurvleybunchococonuts

I'm so glad names are easy for us. So if boy/boy Reuben Lee & George Aaron. If girl/girl Georgina Rebecca & Dorothy Jo. If boy/girl Reuben Aaron & Georgina Rebecca.

hedgepig

@lurvleybunchococonuts Those are nice names! How did you decide do easily? Are you and YH just on the same page? Or are they family names?

lurvleybunchococonuts

@hedgepig TLDR version: family names 

Explaination in spoiler:

We both had great grandpa George's (my dad is also a George). Plus the idea of a little girl nicknamed Georgie just makes me 😍😍😍 and Rebecca was my sister's name that passed away this past summer. So I do really hope at least one of the twins is a girl ❤ Dorothy is my husband's grandma's name and Jo is his mom's name (JoAnne).
Reuben was his grandfather and Lee is his dad's middle name. Aaron is MH's middle name. 

We already have an Eilene Margaret Lynn (9yo SD) & Talulla Jean (17mo DD). 

Margaret Eilene was MH's grandmother (Reuben's wife) but she went by Eilene. So my SD is Eilene Margaret and goes by Maggie. Lynn is her mom's middle name. Talulla is an old irish name (MH is 100% Irish) and we wanted a "Lou" name for her. Interestingly we found out after she was born and I started calling her Lula that MH's great great aunt was named Lulla. And finally Jean is my middle name, my mom's middle name, and my grandma's middle name.

hedgepig

@lurvleybunchococonuts So much great family history there! I love it!

rosebud33343

We have decided on Henry for a boy with both our fathers names for the middle names (Peter James). My husband has two middles names as well so we thought it would be nice to carry on the tradition. If we have a girl though we haven't decided yet. Top picks are Isabelle, Claire or Vivenne so far. We have an Evelyn already so we definitely lean towards more classic names

dumbledoredies

@rosebud33343 Henry was one of our choices for a boy the first time that we didnt end up using! I love it. I also really adore the name Evelyn. We must have similar name tastes.

naumer

For girls we already have a Myla (my-luh) and Hayden. If this one is a girl, we will name her Blake or Lukah. 

Boy: we love Bowen or Boden  

jaclyn0405

We found out we are having a girl today. Her name will be Emerson. My favorite author is Ralph Waldo Emerson and my husband loves it, so it made it easy. Our DD has a one syllable middle name and I’d like to do the same again. That’ll be the next thing to work on lol. 

kelk5

@jaclyn0405 Emerson is beautiful!

jaclyn0405

@kelk5 thanks love! ❤️