Baby Names
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Answered - Thanks for your input
becky3211
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Looking for honest opinions. DH and I will be having our baby via C-section in 10 days. We don't know 100% that baby is a girl but we can't seem to find the right name.
We seem to be drawn to names that start with K or D and won't consider names beginning with J or L because too many family members have names with those letters. I really love more boyish names that can grow with them and not sound too little girl (my girl dogs are Riley and Dakota) and our family have recently named little girls Emery, Avery, Rylan, Sawyer, and Kendall. DH likes the idea of Jalyn for a middle name since it is a combination of our MN's. Any suggestions? Current ideas are:
We seem to be drawn to names that start with K or D and won't consider names beginning with J or L because too many family members have names with those letters. I really love more boyish names that can grow with them and not sound too little girl (my girl dogs are Riley and Dakota) and our family have recently named little girls Emery, Avery, Rylan, Sawyer, and Kendall. DH likes the idea of Jalyn for a middle name since it is a combination of our MN's. Any suggestions? Current ideas are:
Baby Girl Names 176 votes
Kaley (worried people wont pronounce it correctly)
2%
4 votes
Kailey (alternate spelling to Kaley)
5%
9 votes
Devon
11%
20 votes
Raeana
3%
6 votes
Mason (we love this as a boy name but might like it as a girl's name)
2%
4 votes
Kelsey
30%
54 votes
Kyla
33%
59 votes
Kylie
11%
20 votes
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Re: Answered - Thanks for your input
I voted for Devon, but I prefer the Devin spelling.
BFP 1- EDD 2/09/11 Missed MC DX @11 weeks D&C- 7/25/10 BFP 2- EDD 12/22/11 Natural MC @ 5w 2d BFP 3- EDD 1/25/12 DD Josephine born 1/16/12
Suggestions: Kendra, Davina, Cameron.
I'm sick of Mason even on boys - please don't do that to your daughter.
What about Kiera?
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Due again: 1/17/18
How about Kiera, Kara, Lilah, Molly, Mila, Mia, Maya, Clara
The hard part is getting DH to agree to a name. His top 3 contenders are Kaley/Kailey, Kylie and Kelsey. I'm not a fan of the MN Jalyn and I don't think that it goes with the names that we have but I'll worry about that after we have a first name.
Maybe you ladies can tell me if I'm wrong:
I feel like Kyla sounds like you had a lisp and meant to say Kayla but it was something different than Kylie that DH loves.
Raeana sounds pretty but I agree it looks funny on paper. I knew a girl in college with that as her name and it sounded so pretty but DH thinks it is too girly and doesn't like a NN of Rae.
Mason has been my boy name since I was in high school and it was awesome that DH loves it too but I agree it is better suited for a boy and I'm disappointed in how popular it is online although I don't know any Masons IRL.
Kailey/Kaley is a name that I don't love or hate. I worry though that it sounds too much like a little girl.
Really looking for advice on a name that will transition well through life without being too girly or too weird. Help!
Instead of Kyla: Myla
Instead of Raeanna: Rayna
Instead of Mason: Morgan or Maren
Instead of Kaley: Keeley or Chelsea
BFP 1- EDD 2/09/11 Missed MC DX @11 weeks D&C- 7/25/10 BFP 2- EDD 12/22/11 Natural MC @ 5w 2d BFP 3- EDD 1/25/12 DD Josephine born 1/16/12
I voted Kelsey, but I'm not loving any of them. As far as unisex names (if that's what you're looking for specifically), I like Devin, Morgan, Avery, Taylor (though I would never use these myself). I feel like there are a lot of beautiful girl names out there and surely you could compromise with one of them. I honestly don't mind Kelsey, but feel it's a little dated.
PLEASE do not use Mason on a girl. Mason doesn't get a lot of love on this board, but I actually like it for a BOY.
Instead of Kyla, what about Lila/Lilah?
Kaley/Kailey will be one of those names dated to a specific generation. Plus I feel it's too cutesy and won't age well.
I like Kylie, but I feel it won't age well either.
Not sure what Raeana is, but it sounds and looks all wrong.
Suggestions: Mia, Mila (pronounced mee-lah), Hadley, Kendall, Katherine nn Katie or Kate, Natalie, Mallory.
Mason and Devon/Devin are boy names. Not unisex. Slapping on them on a girl just means a girl with a boy name.
The Ky-names aren't atrocious they're just nms at all. I lump them with a bunch of other cutesy names without real meaning.
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Who voted for Mason?!
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I voted Kelsey, and it's an alright name. If you like "unisex" how about Cameron or Casey? I, in general don't like unisex, but these are okay options.
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