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Top name choices
Just curious what you all think of the top names we've narrowed it down to.
Girl
Ivory Noel
Emerson Lee
Tennyson Lee
Boy
Brander Jacob
Holden Jacob
Easton Merrill
Last name is Heimerl
Girl
Ivory Noel
Emerson Lee
Tennyson Lee
Boy
Brander Jacob
Holden Jacob
Easton Merrill
Last name is Heimerl
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Re: Top name choices
I'm a fan of Cather in the Rye, so I have a soft spot for Holden. I also kind of like Easton, but haven't really heard it used as a first name before.
Emerson Lee ... son on the end of a name means its a boys name.
Tennyson Lee ... see above.
Boy
Brander Jacob ... never heard of this.
Holden Jacob ... I like Holden, but not the alliteration with your last name.
Easton Merrill ... NMS, but probably the best out of your choices.
Love Holden! Emerson for a girl.
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All of this.
I don't care for any of the girl's names.
The only boy name that I like is Holden.
WTF is Brander? Like someone who brands cows?
I like Emerson too. I agree with maybe switching Ivory to Ivy. Ivy Noel sounds better to me!
Here's the issue. You're not the one living with the name. Your daughter is. She's the one who will have to explain to people that her parents obviously wanted a boy but were stuck with her instead. She's the one who will be called names and teased as she's trying to navigate that awkward and cruel phase known as "adolesence in high school."
Can you name one? I've never heard
of a name traditionally used for females that is now used for males. I can think of several names that have moved in the opposite direction, but they all sound really dated now and aren't currently used. How many Leslies and Carols under the age of 10 do you know?
I can respect that sentiment, in fact you'll find many women on this board who feel the same. But there's a difference between picking a unique name like Carys or Odin and picking a name that is made up or commonly used by the opposite sex.
Agreed
Nothing says cookie cutter like a trend on fire...that is what boy names on girls is...a blazing trend. If you want to be unique then you should probably look a bit more. I like different names but there is a difference between unusual and ridiculous.
Even if I chose to name my child something like Jonathan or Sara, they would probably still get teased in school because people who were not raised in a home where they were taught to treat others the way they would like to be treated, will always put others down. The prettiest of names means nothing if the person behind it has an unkind, ugly personality.
I wish nothing but the best on you, your pregnancies and your children, I appreciate the honest thoughts.
Emerson Lee: sounds masculine, my first guess would be it's a boy
Tennyson Lee: again, sounds masculine
Brander Jacob: like Jacob, wonder where Brander came from
Holden Jacob: Holden is a popular Australian-made car company and I can;t get past the car
Easton Merrill: Love Merrill, can tolerate Easton
:crickets:
So if you already made up your mind about some of these choices, why did you ask for opinions? No one is being rude. The posters are expressing opinions, which you asked for...
But you won't choose a classic girl name for your son. Though you claim it's happened, I can think of almost no cases of this, and I hear a lot of people say they want to give their daughters "strong" boy names but almost no one say they want to give their sons "sensitive" girl names or whatever. You know what those kind of names say to me? They say that the parents think masculine qualities are superior to feminine qualities, and that the way for a woman to succeed in this world is to take on the qualities of a man rather than realizing the full potential of her qualities as a woman. I'm sure you don't think it's sexist, but it screams sexist to me, and as someone who has a feminine name and gave her daughter one, that's not how I was raised and that's not how I'm going to raise my daughter. You seem like a very thoughtful person, so I hope you will think through what exactly you are telling your daughter and the world when you give her a masculine name. A name doesn't necessarily communicate the thing you were trying to say, it says what people understand it to mean.