Baby Names!

L1C4gal

Based on discussion today in the weekly check-in, I figured I’d start this thread to carry us through all things name-related! Anyone have names picked out yet? Ideas you want to toss around? Input you’d like to have? Tell/ask away!

L1C4gal

For a girl, I really like Marlowe (nn Marley) and I think my husband is on board. It goes really well with our daughter’s old-timey actual name as well as her nickname. But Juliet/Juliette (nn Jules) and Ivy are also contenders.

For a boy, I have no idea! Maybe Brooks? Doesn’t go particularly well with our daughter’s name, but I can’t think of much that does (and that isn’t super popular like a lot of old-timey boy names are right now). My husband really wanted Axel (not old-timey), but his cousin just took it. Basically, this kid better be a girl 🤣 but since we’re staying Team Green, we’ll need to figure something out for a boy anyways!

tmoreno93

We haven’t found out the gender just yet! 

But our top names are Scout for a girl, and Jones for a boy. 

I LOVE Loula Scout- pronounced Loola but my husband isn’t 100% on board with that just yet 😂

beccahoehn

We are struggling with girl names. Our possibilities right now are Blakey (Blake), Ava or Addison. For boys we really like Luke and Cohen. 

footdrbritt

We had some top contenders for names (Elena, Giana, Tessa)
Since we know we’re team pink (transferred our female embryo) finally decided on Savannah Rose—just moved from Savannah GA/where we did IVF, Rose is a family name. 

My oldest actually brought it up when we were talking the other night and it fit. He previously wanted to name the baby Gwen Stacy or MJ for Spiderman 🤣

@beccahoehn love Ava and Cohen!!

@tmoreno93 scout is such a cute name 

@L1C4gal  one our friends has an Axel, Atlas and Aries and they are the CUTEST boys. But I like Marley as a girls name

bwow615

@footdrbritt I really like Tessa! 

@beccahoehn our son is Blake I also always loved the name Luke.

@tmoreno93 scout is super cute! 

 @L1C4gal axel was my great grandpas name, Finnish ancestry, I know only of one other new baby named axel. Sorry your relative took it. 

We already have a son named Blake and a daughter named Taylor so wanting something similar for this baby…
My boy names so far are Evan, Owen, Lukas, and girl names are Summer, Sarah, Sadie or possibly some variation of Skye… these will likely evolve. Hoping we find out in the next 2-3 weeks the sex of the baby so we can start calling this baby by his or her name 

thankfullyamama

If this baby turns out to be a girl it’ll be
Sophia Dawn
Emilia Dawn 
(Dawn is a family middle name my mom and I both share ) 

If this is in fact a boy I am liking
John Mark
James Mark 
Hunter Mark 
Walter Mark 
Charles Mark 
(mark is my fathers name and our son how my father in laws name for a middle name) 

footdrbritt

@tryingktogku my husband LOVED Hunter but our last name is Green and Hunter Green is a color and I couldn’t do it 😅

jessicadmillard

We love the name Meadow Ann or Rebel (no middle name yet) for a girl. We have a 2 year old named Willow Darlene. And for a boy the first name will be Everek but are deciding between Atto or Jase for the middle name. We find out the gender in 3 weeks and are super excited!

dckfer

For a boy I really like Gavin Daniel. I dont think my husband is in board with Gavin. Daniel is his dad's name. We haven't come up with any girl names yet. Our 2 year old daughters name is Amelia Jolynn. Jo is my mom's middle name and Lynn is my husband's mom's middle name. 

thankfullyamama

@footdrbritt okay yeah Hunter green I could see why that wouldn’t work hahahaah I don’t mind Hunter BUT our neighbours dog is named Hunter so I’m kind of like ehhhh kind of a dog name ahhh

cc_clark

@jessicadmillard oh I love that! Willow and Meadow just sound so beautifully whimsical together.

@L1C4gal all pretty choices, Ivy especially has such an easy, timeless sort of grace to it


We haven’t found out gender yet, but we both grew up having soooo many classmates with our same name. So it’s become important to me that their name is a little more unique.

I’ve always loved Fitzgerald for a boy, nn Fitz. Never been certain about middle names, but we lost an uncle named Charles on his side in the last year, and I think that could work. We’re not super into passing on family names, though.

For girls, I was initially really drawn to Zelda, which he’s not against but not excited for. Now we’re leaning toward Winry (sort of a take on Winifred) but coming up blank on middle names so far.

Also, I was sweating posting this here 😅 I’m very careful not to share names irl or with friends because I’m so (irrationally) worried someone in our family will provide their forceful and unsolicited opinions 

jennifer_louise

@cbhclark don't worry, this is a safe space! (Or at least I don't feel like I know you all well enough to flame you yet haha). DS has a daycare classmate named Fitz (short for Fitzgerald) and I LOVE it. I think that's a winner, personally, but I also have a soft spot for literary names.

I think this baby needs to start with an L just to balance out our family's initials a bit. For boys, this leaves us some great options: Luke, Lucas, Lee, Leon, Lane, and Leo (my favorite of which is the last one, fitting right into my literary soft spot 💜). Not quite so sure on girls yet so I'll be peeping this thread looking for L ideas. I like Leah but we have a semi close friend with that name.

littlekck

@jennifer_loise I love Leon as well as Lionel which has the potential for Leo as a nn. For girls I once knew a Liette and always thought it was pretty and different. Also love Layla or Lyla. 

zamoraspin

I love hearing everyone’s name ideas! 

I’m kind of stumped at the moment myself. I have a list but nothing’s standing out. Also DS’ middle name is Tiger and we like an animal middle name but have used Tiger, Fox and Bear and I’m having trouble coming up with another good middle animal name. I was thinking maybe Phoebe for a first or middle name, but I’m not sure (Phoebe is also a bird).

L1C4gal

Apologies in advance for a long thread full of tags...

@tmoreno93 I love Scout for a girl!

@beccahoehn One of my college friends has a daughter named Blake, and I think it's lovely.

@footdrbritt Ooooh I love Savannah! It would probably be a top contender (with nn Savvy) if a close family friend hadn't recently taken it...dang!

@tryingktogku Am I remembering from another thread that your son's name is Jack? (If so, I swear I'm not a creeper, I just have a really good memory ) If so, I really love how John and James ring with Jack!

@jessicadmillard Willow and Meadow are a lovely combination

@cbhclark Fitz and Winry are such fun, unique names! I also worried about putting my names on here. And I also for some reason panicked about putting my daughter's name out there, even though (a) I probably have no reason to worry (not unique enough for anyone to track us down  ) and (b) it could help with naming advice.

@jennifer_louise lololol at your flaming comment I love Leo! That might actually be a boy contender for us--it consistently comes up as a "match" with our daughter's name (Naomi), though I'm not 100% convinced of that. For a girl, maybe Leona? My BFF was going to name a daughter that after her grandma (but then she only had boys) and I've always thought it was a pretty name.

@zamoraspin Not sure on animal names for boys, but for a girl, Wren could be another pretty option!

cc_clark

@zamoraspin oh I agree with @L1C4gal Wren is a great animal name contender for a girl. So many good bird names, Robin too. 

beccaneu

We are still working on names but so far I’m partial to Emily or Eloise for a girl and my husband likes Mary or Josephine, which are family names.  For boys we are having a harder time.  So far we have Steven, David and Luke as possibilities.

klamsb5

John Wayne for boy - it's a combo of my SOs dad and my dad
Girl were stuck on... Delores wil be her middle name (my SOs moms middle name and my grandmother's 1st name) but we disagree on every first name so far. 
I LOVE Tessa! Also Vanessa, Sabrina,  Clara, and Jolene. Tessa is my aunts name but he doesn't want any -Esa. I don't want anything ending in -ly. I have 4 kids and he has 2 and this is our first (and only) child together. Im 40 and hes 44. We find out sex in 4 wks.

jesofthenorth

We’re sold on Wyatt Cormac for a boy, Evangeline Ruby for a girl. Trying to go somewhere between classic and old-school without landing on octogenarian. The first names DH and I just love, and the middle names are after my husband’s favorite author (Cormac McCarthy) and my favorite color (red, but make it fancy).

greenbean88

Like @cbhclark , I'm nervous about posting on here. We've finally decided names this weekend. 😊 We're sticking with L names as we both have L names (oddly similar to each other too). A boy will have his middle name and a girl will have mine. Additionally, I have an unique, non-gender specific name and we've decided to continue that with any girl(s) we may have. 

sophisticatedkayla

I love the name Blossom Marie ❤️

thankfullyamama

@jesofthenorth we love ruby too! If we had a little girl with red hair my husband reallllly wanted to name her ruby lol (his mom has beautiful red hair)

thankfullyamama

I think we have settled on John Mark for a boy and Sophia Dawn for a girl (my son is Jack Thomas) and I know Jack and John are like the same name hahaha but we just can’t agree on anything else and I love how  John Mark flows (mark is a hard middle name to be paired with) 

maplemom12

I don't know the gender yet. I really like Hailey Elizabeth for a girl & Tyler James for a boy my boyfriend's name is James and he really likes Elizabeth so I chose it for a middle name. What do you think? 

maplemom12

@tryingktogku I love Sophia Dawn it's very pretty and I agree John Mark has a very nice flow to it 

hewg1287

We have a few female names (Amelia, Elizabeth, Stevie), but are having a hard time with male names.

We like Oliver and Archer so far. Maybe James to call him Jamie. Our last name is a long, complicated Polish name, and we have a 2 year old daughter named Frannie. 

We will find out the gender in about 2 weeks (did the genetic blood test on Thursday!)

The hardest thing is that my husband and I are both teachers, so we have lots of names that we associate with students, and that tends to eliminate them. 

3loves2here

Our baby boy will be Zev! 

tszary

We're having a girl. 🎀 My husband's top pick is Lyra, mine is Liliana. But Lyra is growing on me too. My name rhymes with it (Tara), so I'm unsure on how I feel about that. Also, I grew up with a short name that didn't have a good nickname & I feel like Lyra would have that problem as well. For middle names, we're thinking Grace or Ann. Ann was my mother's middle name, so it would be nice to honor her but Grace also has the same meaning as Ann so both might do the trick. 

cc_clark

I know it’s an older thread, but we have finally decided on a name for our lil potato, and I’m just so excited!
Holden Charles 💙

jesofthenorth

@cc_clark Holden is such a wonderful name! It always reminds me of The Catcher In The Rye. Our former neighbors had a son named Holden and he was the most outgoing little bookworm I’ve ever met. Amazing kid. No doubt your Holden will be amazing, as well! ❤️

hewg1287

We found out we are having a girl and are trying some names on. Our 2 year old's name is Frannie. We are thinking Abigail June for our new girl. We have a long Polish last name, so short and sweet is important. 

Thoughts on Frannie and Abby?

jesofthenorth

@hewg1287 my maiden name was Polish, and they’re hard to pair with for sure! Abigail is a sweet name, so is Abby as a nickname. 

I have to say though, “Franny and Zooey” was the first thing I thought of (another J. D. Salinger classic). 

As for our girl, we need a new middle name to go with Evangeline, because our cousins just named their daughter Ruby and we really don’t want to mimic them in any way! 😂 DH is a fan of Jett (as in Joan) and I’m partial to Rose, after my aunt, but we’re on the hunt for monosyllabic middle names!

mommadix

Our last name is a struggle - Dix - so we’re really making sure whatever we pick has the least amount of variations to make fun of her. It will be relentless at some point in her life. Please feel free to offer suggestions!!! 

Autumn is a top contender but we’re really struggling. Is it weird to name a baby Autumn when she’s born in the middle of winter? 

Someone said Hailey - I like Hailey a lot and that name isn’t in my giant family yet. 

I like Jane for a middle name but that would likely cause some family drama. One of my nieces is named Jane and she’s amazing, but I think others would be jealous / uncomfortable about us using that name. 

jesofthenorth

@mommadix Autumn is a beautiful name no matter when she’s born. ❤️

cc_clark

@mommadix Autumn is a beautiful name! I don’t think I’ve ever known one actually born in fall, or like an April born in April, etc.
Could you do a variation or similar to Jane? Maybe something like Jean?

willrunforcookies

@mommadix I like Autumn!
Do you have other meaningful reasons for using Jane as a middle name? It's not like it's going as the first name. 

mommadix

Whenever I think about the name Jane - I envision an awesome woman throughout all stages of her life. Like every older woman named Jane I’ve looked up to, peer woman named Jane are go getters and amazing at whatever they’re doing and lil Jane’s are firecrackers! 

ravenhairedgirl83

@tmoreno93 - Scout is lovely. A wonderful nod to Scout Finch in 'To Kill A Mockingbird.' 

maplemom12

I'm having a boy I'm 17 weeks and it's been so hard settling on a name so far we like Cameron James or Tyler James. We like James as a middle name since it's my SO and his dad's first name. Which one would you pick? Thanks so much and congratulations to all of you mommy's to be!! 💙💜💛💚

cc_clark

@maplemom12 both are great choices! If you’re polling for opinions though I think Cameron is less common than Tyler. I don’t know if that matters to everyone, I like the idea of having more unique names