Nothing goes with my last name! Nelson!

mallorynelson

So we're finding out the sex of our baby in 3 weeks, and we want to have a name for each sex picked out so we can immediately start calling him/her by their name. We've got a great girl's name--Adley Grace.  But we're stuck with boys names.

 

We feel like everything either somewhat rhymes or just plain doesn't flow with our last name which is Nelson.  We like names along the lines of Mason, Jackson, and such, but they kind of rhyme with Nelson. Also, so many names end with N, and I read somewhere you're never supposed to name your baby a name where the last letter of their name is the same as the first letter of your last name--in our case, N.  

 

Please help!! We like unique names, more different than Justin and James, but don't prefer the super unique names like Phinneas and those kind.

 Thanks! 

abaslittlegirl@yahoo.com

Can't say that my last name was easy, but it came down to picking a great first and middle, and went from there.  Find a name you love and it will be great. 

Manderlin923

Well, we definitely don't have the same style but I'll try to suggest some

I think you just need to find a name that doesn't end in "son" so it doesn't sound rhyme-y

Grady, Wyatt, Matteo, Kai, Luca, Jude, Philip, Patrick, Silas, Hugh or Henry

 

 

Lambie.

Harry?

Tmakes3

What about Grant or Graham? Caleb? Reid?

sugarpumpkin716

luca nelson is nice!

carter

blake

tyler

Mrs.BigCountry

Have you consider other surnames as a first name?

 

Everett Nelson

Spencer Nelson

Reid Nelson

Wesley Nelson

Bennett Nelson 

ces25c

I don't think the problem is that they end with the same letter your ln begins with, it's that they have the same final 3 letters and rhyme, Johnathan Nelson or Aaron Nelson sound fine to me just as an example.  Skip all the ____son names.

Try going to nymbler.com and putting the ___son names you like in to see what suggestions it gives you with other endings.  Carter, Isaac, Caleb and Walker were a few that came up for me.

ubermoose

I think anything with the -son sound (or names that end with "n" in general, will not sound the best with Nelson. So honestly, I would suggest not using Jackson or Mason.

I was going through the SSA list, and thought these might have a somewhat similar feel:

Liam

Caleb

Lucas

Jack

Carter

Connor

Cole

Levi

strangebird

Search engines are your friends. There's a great one at babynamewizard.com.

Three-plus syllable boys' names that don't start or end with N are here. 

One-syllable boys' names that don't start or end with N are here.

Really, you just need to look for names that don't start or end with N and it would be better if it wasn't also two-syllables, like your last name. It's not as hard as you're trying to make it.

 

rkto

since you have a first name last name (your last name could be a first name) try to chose a first name that is obviously a first name - like Philip or Richard.

If his name is Maxwell Nelson people will always wonder if it is reversed or not.  So they wil also call him Nelson Maxwell. 

HannahO28

Calm down Mallory! Geeze... My name ends in "N" as well...I've had to give up Evelyn and Vivienne, two great names. It happens. 

Boy's names that end in "N" are crazy trendy right now. I'm kind of glad they don't flow well with my LN so I can use that as an excuse if anyone ever suggests them.

So you seem to be into LN's as first names.... How about...

Fletcher

Parker

Tucker

Griffin

Chandler

Cole

Porter

Grady 

COMomma81

The first name that popped into my head was Trevor. I'd definitely stay away from names ending in "n".

There's also:
Bennett

Liam

Grant

Garrett

Oliver

Conor

Grady

Asher

And lots, lots more...  

Moxie27

owen, chase, spencer, elliott, jude, eli, jacob, kyle.

MelleTX

Patrick Nelson

Elliot Nelson

Carter Nelson

Everett Nelson

Gabriel Nelson

Chase Nelson

 

 

 

MrsB*7*21

Some of the boys/men I know that actually have the last name Nelson are...

Luke

Lance

Rowan

Cooper

Aaron

David

Jerad

Aside from avoiding first names that end with -son, I don't think it's that difficult to work with.

2bmrs.g

We have a last name that ends in -son as well, and we ran into the same problem.  We ended up having 2 girls, so it didn't matter.  But here were our boys' names...I think they would work for you:

Gavin

Garrett

Graham

Everett

Adam

Isaac

Quinn

JessandJeremy

I knew a Carter Nelson

AwBeth

I think you're overthinking it.  I know a guy (our age) named Landon Nelson, and I've never thought his name was weird or rhyming.  Find a name you love and go with it! 

AsOctoberFalls

I have a last name that's similar in sound to Nelson, and I've run into the same things.  In other posts I've had people suggest Nolan and Lucien, neither of which flow with our last name.

Just avoid names that ends in an "on" sound and you'll be fine.

babiesrabies

Miles Nelson

Alexander Nelson

Henry Nelson

Oliver Nelson

David Nelson

Ralph Nelson

Scott Nelson

Rupert Nelson

Cornelius Nelson (hehe, just for fun)