Thoughts on our names

duffmaker · January 2013

Here's our current name list... (our ln is two syllables and begins like "rough" but with a D and DD#1 is Maya Marie, just liked the fn and mn is a family tradition on DH's side)

Our top boy and girl names:

Samuel (Sam) Joseph (fn after my grandfather and mn is both DH's mn AND his dad's fn)

Lillian (Lily) Elisabeth (no real reason behind fn, I just really like it. Elizabeth is my mn but I don't like that spelling) + Would it be bad to use just Lily as a fn?

Other contenders:

Boy -

Maxwell Tyler (mn is DH's fn) or Maxwell Joseph or Maxwell Samuel Joseph (surprisingly the double mn doesn't bother me and normally I'm not a fan of them, maybe it's just because of the family significance)

Carter Samuel or Carter Joseph

Girl -

Emily Catherine or more likely, Emily Elisabeth (normally alliteration is NMS but it was inevitable with M's name and I grew to really like it! Lily Elisabeth also has that same alliterative flow)

Anna Elisabeth

DaisyZH · January 2013

These are all great names. My favorites are Samuel Joseph or Carter Samuel and Emily Catherine.

heddy79 · January 2013

I love your top 2. They're perfect.

PunkyBooster · January 2013

I really like them all with Samuel Joseph (Sam) being my fave boy name and Emily Catherine being my fave girl name.

knicole818 · January 2013

I like your top two choices, though I personally prefer Lily over Lillian, so I think it would be just fine to use Lily as a fn.

duffmaker · January 2013

Yay! Glad they are going over so well I know there's some serious popularity issues with several of them, well like all of them, but they're all so classic that it doesn't bother me. Other tops girl names from our list for M were Charlotte, Lorelei, Olivia, Sophie/Sophie, Madeline (but pronounced Madelyn), Abigail... but none of them, except maybe Abigail (Abbie), are clicking with me this time.

I forgot about Emily Elizabeth from that series, I don't think it would be a big deal though but absolutely something I'll keep in mind. Thanks for pointing it out!

I'm normally a fan of longer names too, I think we'll stick with Lillian as a fn just so she also has that option as she ages.

ariaforte8 · January 2013

I like your top 2 best. I just still think Elizabeth with a s looks overly cutesy with Lillian.

swimiz500 · January 2013

PunkyBooster:
I really like them all with Samuel Joseph (Sam) being my fave boy name and Emily Catherine being my fave girl name.

This for me too.

orleyl · January 2013

I like your top two choices best. I like Lillian with the nn Lily. I love Lily, its my DD's mn but like the option of a more formal fn. And Elizabeth if my other dd's mn. I prefer it spelled with a Z especially since that is how yours is spelled.

Bride-hilda · January 2013

Why don't you like Elizabeth spelled in the traditional way? Seeing it spelled "Elisabeth" hurts my brain. If I saw "Elisabeth" on a piece of paper, I'd pronounce it ENTIRELY different than I'd pronounce "Elizabeth." It's a different name!

CeCe8579 · January 2013

All of them are good but I like your top picks best!

alohamora · January 2013

I prefer Maxwell to Samuel, though Sam isn't a bad name. I also like Anna better than Lillian (I'm just over Lily).

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