I'm having such a hard time with names and often love the names my friends come up with but could never use because, well, they're my friends. So... because I don't know any of you in real life, want to share your running name lists?
I'll start, so far I like:
Dorothea
Chloe
Piper
Clara
Poppy
Miles
Gabriel
Quinn
Re: can everyone just list ALL their names?
Kaitlyn (or Kaitlin) Elaine
Ian, Isaac, Patrick, Silas, MN would be James.
Corinne, Madison, Brenna
Tanner, Eli, Lucas, Landon
Some favorites of ours...
Agnes, Josephine, Jolie, Dillon
Martin, Dean, Thomas, Xander
We are having a harder time with girl names for some reason.
Girls:
Violet
Sloane
Boys:
Owen George
Hunter George
Mason George
Brock George
Zoe, Penelope (Poppy) middle names: Claire, Elizabeth
Luke, Grant, or Grey
If this baby had been a girl, her name would have been Clara Grace.
But, it's a boy and we are still trying to decide on names! He'll either be:
Carter Colden
Carter Patrick
Carter Edward
Carter Kristoffer
natural m/c and d&c at 10 weeks - 1/24/2014
DX w/ hetero C677t and A1298C MTHFR - 3/4/2014
Hudson Grey or Hudson James
Isabelle May or Isabelle Jean, Harper May
Girls: Gwyneth, Gwendolyn (any version of Gwyn), Caroline, Catherine, Bridget, and Emmeline/Emeline
Boys: William, Jack
Looks like we're going with Caroline Patrice and William Patrick (middle name is for my godmother/aunt - Patricia - who passed away tragically a few years back)
Good Luck in your search!
Girls:
Vivienne Elise (top girls choice)
Lucy
Charlotte
Boys:
Harrison
Benjamin
(middle name will be Ryan after DH)
Girls: Lyla, Charlotte, Olivia, Ava, Evie
Boys: Jack, Charles (Charlie)
Lucas, Brian (MN James or John)
Allison, Elise, Jocelyn (MN Mary or Mae)
BFP 12/10/10 - DD1 8/16/11
BFP 10/29/13 - c/p 11/2/13
BFP 11/29/13 - DD2 7/18/14
BFP 3/20/18 - DS1 due 12/2/18
Allison, Grace, Emma, Ava, Brielle
Nolan, Ethan, Carter
We have decided on Halle Ann for a girl or Cooper Anthony for a boy.
Other names that we liked were
Micah and Ava for girls
Hudson for a boy.
We didn't take too long to decide so our lists aren't very long!
We can't agree but here are some that were brought to the table by each of us:
Amelia, Anna, Aubrey, Riley, Avery
(Amelia is my fave and I'm still trying to talk DH into it)
Landon, Levi, Wyatt, Nolan
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This exact name was on our short list had DS been a girl. It's still a contender, but I am really liking Lilian Faye, too. DH made up a song about his little girls when I was pregnant with DS about Eleanor and Emily running down the street.
Girls (MN will more than likely be Faye):
Lilian
Emily
Audrey
Genevieve - nn Ginny
Boys (MN will be David):
Oliver
Geoffrey
Claude
Anthony
I don't remember all the names we liked... But these are our final picks:
Girl: Eva Tomlin (MN = family name)
Boy: Levi Taylor (MN = family name)
If we are having a girl it will be: Heidi Ann
For a boy it will be: Daniel Thomas
LOVE the name Amelia! Hope you can persuade your dh to go with it for a girl!
Girl: Claire Elizabeth
Boy: WAY harder! We don't have a short list yet, but some we've both liked when reading the name book:
Maximillian (Max)
Alan (DH's middle name)
Jack (but my Dad and brother are named Jack, so might be too confusing)
Grant
Ryan
Jason (Jay)
...MH wants a "power" name for a boy, whatever that means? Men are so strange sometimes.
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DS1 born 08.02.11
DS2 born 12.05.13
Our girls MN will most likely be Faye too! It's my grandma's name. Her maiden name was actually Faye Martin, which is one of the reason Martin is on our short list for a boy.
Anyway, just excited to see all the Faye's. I hadn't heard it coming back at all and have always wanted to use it as a MN b/c of my grandma.
Girl: Piper Laurie
Boy: Bernard Oliver(family name, really NMS but he'll go by Oliver which I love)
Girls: (are a little harder for us) Annabelle, Brianna, Shyler
Lucia - Lucy
Adelaide - Ada
Eloise - Elsa, Elsie
Eleanor - Nora
Ramona
Beatrice
Abram
Desmond
Felix
Judah
Jonah
Miles
Sebastian
Boys
Sawyer Quinn
Asher Quinn
Declan Asher
Girls (Middle name will be Lenore, she'll be the 7th generation with this mn)
Kendall
Avery
Finley
Quinn
Audrey
Current front runners:
Girl: Elena or Elaina (undecided on spelling)
Boy: Benjamin (Ben)
Olivia, Layla
Jackson
Our boy name: Keegan Patrick
Girl Names we are debating on:
Claire Elisabeth
Amelia Reese
Reese Mackenzie
and we both love Zoe
Our boys name: Charles David (Charlie)
Another one I like is James Philip, nn Jamie, but DH said no so I have until boy #2 comes along (if ever) to convince him
Girls: Alison Thayer (both are actually old family surnames)
Catherine Anne, nn Cate or Catie (mother's name and sister's name)
Our list is not final... we still have some discussion, and since we are finding out the sex in a few weeks, we will just wait to narrow it down until then.
Favorites for girls so far: Lillian Marie (Lily), Madeline Grace (Maddie), Taylor Ann, or Taylor Marie
Favorites for boys so far: Ryder David, Tyler David, or Brayden David
All MN's are in the family, so those are not as flexible.
DS#1- Born August 2011
These have ended up on my list?. Some of them I know I will scratch though:
Abigail
this one? I have no idea.
Ava
Kara
Morgan
Noel
Carolina
Delaney
Savannah
Isabella
Adrianna
Avery
Kambryn
Gabriel
Cooper
Carter
Greyson
Landon
Owen
Liam
I am SOOOOOO torn on names. I am at a loss =( With my son I KNEW his name would be Logan
I agree with the PP...with our first, we had her name before I got pregnant. We never had a back-up! So with this one, we are grasping at straws it feels like...
It is a girl, so here is our top 3....
Lyda Gray
Amelia Gray
Lola Gray
First of all, I don't think anyone has the "rights" to a name. The only names I wouldn't use are the names of my nieces and nephews. If my BFF named her kid Annabelle tomorrow and we have a girl I am still using Annabelle!!
That being said the names we considered were:
Girl: Annabelle, Chloe, Sophie, Norah and Lucy
Boy: Jonah, Micah, James, Adam and Joshua
Jacob 3.23.08 * Grace 7.22.09 * Eli 7.26.11 * Annabelle 1.18.14
We have similar taste in names! Amelia is one of our top two girl names (the other is Ivy) and Wyatt and Nolan are our top two boy names.