Help me create a name from tricky family names...

LO95 · January 2013

Hey All,

I really want a perfect name, but as a teacher, I feel like I've seen too many "trends" over the last few years. I always feel badly for the five kids who share the same name or variation of the same name in my classroom. I would also like to honor some family members who are dear to us. I don't want to pick a trendy name and then regret it 20 years later. These are just a few names I'm playing around with....

Thanks for helping!

Female Family Names:

Lynne (More of a tradition than a name I'm fond of)

Ruth Alice (Allison/Allie?)

Male Family Names:

Barry

Cy

Ryan

Conrad

Graham

Seth (Family name is Selathuel)

Names I like without any particular family connection

(Choosing a name without significance makes me nervous... If only I could talk to future self...)

Elena/ Laney

Adalyn

Lynlee

Elijah/ Eli

plunderb · January 2013

I don't think you'll regret a lovely family name like Ruth Alice. Just say no to Adalyn, though ? it is definitely trendy and has the highest potential for future regret.

I love your family names for boys. I like:

Seth Ryan

Seth Conrad

Conrad Graham

Graham Selathuel

LadyXaverian · January 2013

Elena Ruth would be really pretty. I also love Alice.

From your boy list, I like Elijah, Ryan, Conrad, Graham, and Seth. I think you have a lot of good choices there.

thetheisens · January 2013

I like Seth Elijah and Elijah Ryan. I love the name Alice. I don' t like the girl names you have listed that aren't family names, sorry.

CeCe8579 · January 2013

Allison Ruth and Graham Ryan maybe?

kayjay10 · January 2013

To me, Lynne is boring. But I could get behind it in the mn spot.

Not a fan of Ruth or Alice either, but love Allison. I do love family names though.

Allison Lynne?

I don't care for Barry, Cy or Conrad. But I love Ryan and Graham.

What about Ryan Graham?

GWUAlum · January 2013

I'm not big on family names. I go w/ names I like. I'm not gonna use a name I'm not a fan of just because its on the family tree.

kateb171 · January 2013

Seth Conrad or Elena Lynne

platypusbaby · January 2013

Love Alice!!

From your boy list I like Graham and Seth the best.

RealityJunkie · January 2013

For a girl, I love your choices of Lynn and Elena. For a boy, Cy seems refreshing. I like it.

cakergirl · January 2013

I think you could make Adalynne or Lynnlee a play on the family name pretty easily.

Mochadoodle · January 2013

Boy

Elijah Graham

Elijah Seth

Eli Graham

Eli Seth

Girl

Elena Ruth

Elena Lynne

mynxx321 · January 2013

Elena Ruth is my first choice. Adalyn is nice, I'd maybe use a different spelling to incorporate Lynne like pp said. Alice/Allison are good for fn. I thought extracting Sela as a girl's name from Selathuel would be cute, but not sure if that would impress your family. Ruth would work as mn for all, but I like Grace or Marie as well.

For boys, Elijah Conrad would be my top choice. Ryan is really nice and so is Graham, but not sure on middle names. Cy sounds like a great nickname, but like something is missing...Cyrus or Cyril maybe?

tmrchi · January 2013

For the boys, Ryan and Graham seem classic enough to last through trends.

For the girl names, I'm not a huge fan of them for first names, but Lynne is an easy go to middle name that works with almost anything.

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