opinions please!

J&B2010

Hi, I don't post much but I want some honest opinions on the baby names we've picked out.  We're not finding out if we're having a boy or a girl, and we are keeping the names a secret from everybody, although my mother is pretty sure she knows what the girl name is (I've told her she's semi-correct).

 

Boy:  Carlin Hayes

Girl:  Coraline Jeannette

 

Thanks in advance!

magsugar13

Girls name is nice

ToBeMrsT

I like Coraline

Not a fan of Carlin at all. 

Sandram4

I like Jeannette and Hayes. If I read Carlin, I would think it is a girl.

CTri17

Coraline is nice, Carlin I'm not a fan of

J&B2010

thanks guys.  We've both been leaning away from Carlin for awhile (thinking a nickname would be Carl - we don't like that at all).  We're thinking of Christopher instead.  & I agree that Carlin sounds more like a girl's name but apparently is unisex.

krissyh21

Coraline looks like you were typing Caroline too fast, is that what happened?

Carlin sounds like a trendy girls name. 

Tulips114

I LOVE Coraline!!

 Carlin is NMS, but not bad.  I agree I may think it's a girl if I just saw it in writing.

J&B2010

krissyh21:

Coraline looks like you were typing Caroline too fast, is that what happened?

Carlin sounds like a trendy girls name. 

 

Nope, Cora was my Grandfather's (Hayes) mother's name.  My cousin told me recently I should use the name since she never got to (she only had boys)  & there was a movie that came out a couple years ago "Coraline" and I've loved the name ever since.

LittleMiss84

Carlin does kind of look like a girl, but I love Hayes! It's my DS's middle name!

JessandJeremy

Not horrible, but nms either.

J&B2010

Thanks everyone.  You've confirmed exactly what we were thinking  We've decided to scratch Carlin and go with Christopher (after his brother).  So now all the names have a family meaning which makes me very happy. 

LMS05

J&B2010:

Thanks everyone.  You've confirmed exactly what we were thinking  We've decided to scratch Carlin and go with Christopher (after his brother).  So now all the names have a family meaning which makes me very happy. 

Christopher is MUCH better. Nice choice! 

Bubbalub

Christopher is a great name, much better than Carlin.

 I also love Coraline. Good choices!

 

 

BlueRidge8

Bubbalub:

Christopher is a great name, much better than Carlin.

 I also love Coraline. Good choices!

 

 

Ditto. 

iLikeSloths

Love the girl name.

The boy name is bad, to be honest.  Like the PP's said, Carlin sounds like a girl.  I like your other choice for a boy name (Christopher) better.

Tannaw16

I may not be pronouncing it right, but when I see Coraline I see "coralline" which is a type of algae that grows in salt water aquariums (my husband has one). It's a good kind of algae, but I can't think or anything but that when people mention that name for a person!

Tannaw16

I just looked it up and apparently it is pronounced the same. Cora-line (I thought it may be Cora-lyn). Definitely can only associate it with algae now.