Girl name opinion...

KariChadDora · June 2011

The husband and I are having a hard time agreeing on a name. I have a favorite but I am not sure I am going to win him over on it, nor do I know if I want to "win" him on it, I would rather he love the name as much as me. So currently we are considering the following names, please share your opinions. Older sibling is Calvin Michael and our last names starts with a P and is 3 syllables. We would like to use the middle name Elizabeth but will not depending on what first name we choose since it doesn't go well with all the choices. So really, MN's are still completely up in the air, as just deciding on a first name is our priority currently.

Claire

Clara

Stella

Gwyneth (NN: Gwen)

Elena (NN: Ella or Ellie)

Ella or Ellie as a stand alone first name

Paige

CantWaitforBaby · June 2011

I love Claire! It was our daughter's name for a while in the beginning, but our last name is one syllable so we decided against it. It's beautiful and if you have a long last name, it's perfect!

BabyBurns · June 2011

I like all of the names except Paige (I like Paige, but think it sounds better as a mn.)

Claire

Elena

Stella

Ella/Ellie

Clara

Gwyneth

AllieBelle1 · June 2011

My order of preference pretty much matches the order you listed them in, but depending on flow with your LN, I might prefer Clara to Claire. I'm not really a fan of Ella or Ellie as a NN for Elena and I have never really liked Paige. I think the first 4 are good matches with Calvin and are pretty.

KariChadDora · June 2011

AllieBelle1:
My order of preference pretty much matches the order you listed them in, but depending on flow with your LN, I might prefer Clara to Claire. I'm not really a fan of Ella or Ellie as a NN for Elena and I have never really liked Paige. I think the first 4 are good matches with Calvin and are pretty.

I am having a bit of hard time making the NN connection with Elena also. DH really likes either Ella or Ellie as a first name but I feel like they would need a more formal first name and he doesn't like Eleanor or Ellen. I am not sure those NN's would actually stick with Elena.