Siblings for Lauren

LaurensMomma1105 · July 2013

A little back story... my husband mis-pronounces LO's name. Her name is Lauren and he calls her Laren. We named her after she was born and couldn't agree with a girls name to save our lives. I was coming off severe meds and LONG STORY and a lot of fighting later... he still calls her La-ren. Dumb a$$,

Anyway, we want to have a second baby and I don't want him butchering the name this time around. I also want to close the deal on a name ASAP so we're not put in that position again.

Here are some thoughts for girls names: Jillian, Jocelyn; Audrey; Evelyn

Boys: Seth, Thomas, Knoll, Joshua.

caittozer · July 2013

Love Jillian and Audrey. Nothing against Jocelyn or Evelyn.

Like Thomas and Joshua. Prefer Joshua probably. Never heard of Knoll and not a fan or Seth.

StickyBaby · July 2013

Of the names you listed Evelyn seems like the most difficult name to mess up.

My friend has a dd Lauren, she calls her Laren.

StickyBaby · July 2013

Joshua or Thomas for a boy.

bumpuser9353653 · July 2013

I've never heard of anyone pronouncing Lauren as La-ren... did your DH grow up with a La-ren?

On the names, I like Seth or Joshua for boys. And for the girls, I like Audrey the best.

Not a big fan of matchy matchy names, and Jillian, Jocelyn, and Evelyn are a little too close to Lauren in pronunciation for my taste.

LaurensMomma1105 · July 2013

RugbyMamma:
I've never heard of anyone pronouncing Lauren as La-ren... did your DH grow up with a La-ren?
On the names, I like Seth or Joshua for boys. And for the girls, I like Audrey the best.
Not a big fan of matchy matchy names, and Jillian, Jocelyn, and Evelyn are a little too close to Lauren in pronunciation for my taste.

No, Nick's from PA and he thinks that my pronouncing it "Lauren" is because I'm from Jersey. Like how I pronounce Coffee and Dog. You know what I mean? I have an aunt Dawn and he calls her "Don" because he doesn't understand the "Aw" sound. It seriously makes me want to slam my face into a wall.

Helenahhandbasket · July 2013

Are you and your H from different parts of the country? If yes, it sounds like this could be an accent thing. I say Lauren as Law-ren, while my H says it more like your H does.

Annnyyywayyy....

For a girl I really like Jocelyn with Lauren and for a boy my favorite on your list is Joshua.

Edit-- just saw your response. It's regional.

caramia582 · July 2013

I like all your girl names... other suggestions:

Elisabeth

Vivian

Catherine

For boys I like Seth and Joshua. Thomas bores me and Knoll is a little strange, reminds me of a grassy knoll. Other suggestions:

Cameron

Colin

caramia582 · July 2013

LaurensMomma1105:
RugbyMamma:
I've never heard of anyone pronouncing Lauren as La-ren... did your DH grow up with a La-ren?
On the names, I like Seth or Joshua for boys. And for the girls, I like Audrey the best.
Not a big fan of matchy matchy names, and Jillian, Jocelyn, and Evelyn are a little too close to Lauren in pronunciation for my taste.
No, Nick's from PA and he thinks that my pronouncing it "Lauren" is because I'm from Jersey. Like how I pronounce Coffee and Dog. You know what I mean? I have an aunt Dawn and he calls her "Don" because he doesn't understand the "Aw" sound. It seriously makes me want to slam my face into a wall.

LOL, maybe you shouldn't let it bother you so much... people pronounce things differently depending on where they're from, I'm sure he can't help it!!

Edit: I'm from Massachusetts so you would probably HATE the way I say most words.

LaurensMomma1105 · July 2013

No, it's not that. He knows of another Lauren (our neighbor... we moved in after we had the baby) and he calls her by her correct name. He's just positive that it shoild be Laren. It does bother me because that not her name, he can say it correctly, and that's not the name I agreed on. I spent 9 months baking her, I had a 3rd degree tear from having her... I feel like I get to have a say on the way her name is pronounced.

sunlavender · July 2013

I think Jillian and Seth are easy to pronounce.

alohamora · July 2013

I like all your girl names except Jocelyn. For the boys, I really like Thomas and Joshua. Knoll is not good.

FWIW I feel you - one of my favorite girl names is Cecilia and my H pronounces it seh-SILL-yuh instead of seh-SEEL-yuh. It drives me crazy.

Purelife21 · July 2013

I have a niece named Lauren and her brother's name is Shane. Can't really mess up that pronunciation. As for the girl names, I think Evelyn is the least likely to be messed up, followed by Jocelyn, and then Jillian and Audrey are tied for last. He can't possibly screw up any of the boy names you listed unless he tries...

LindsayDesigner · July 2013

My youngest sister is named Lauren and our grandpa calls her Loren all the time. It's funny because everyone else calls her Laurren.

BirdieToldMe · July 2013

Lauren is a name that is definitely pronounced differently depending on what part of the country you're in. It's my MN. In the south, the typically say La-ren. Everywhere else, they seem to say Lor-en.

I love the name Sawyer but DH says Saw-yer and I say Soy-er so it was out. Lauren got tossed for the same reason. I think both are completely correct but I just wanted to agree on how to pronounce them.

I feel like Jocelyn is a name that can have a few pronunciations so I would avoid that. Is it Joss-lyn? ... I would automatically say it like that. Is it Jose-a-lynn? Joss-a-lynn? It's mostly a 2 or 3 syllable thing. That would drive me nuts.