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Emerald27 · May 2014

We don't find out if baby is a boy or girl until June, but DH is in a hurry to settle on a name for either ASAP. Our original plan was Cora for a girl and Mark for a boy, but DH told me today that he isn't sure about Mark anymore.

I'm stumped! We looked at some name websites and browsed through lots of options, but I haven't found a name that would really be a great fit yet.

DS is Henry, and we prefer traditional, classic names. This is my "list" of names that I came up with today, that I think are cool but that I'm just not sure about:

Cedric
Cornelius (nn Neil)
Elliot
Gabriel
George
Rodney
Roger
Rupert
Russell
Wyatt

Care to share your list? Just looking for more ideas! ;;)

ETA: Why is naming kids so hard? And not only do you have to choose a first name, but then you have to find a suitable match for a middle name?! Oy...

Lele74 · May 2014

Gabriel and Russell are on my list too

Jennifer18131 · May 2014

James Philip

lrobi13 · May 2014

Well we are using Bryan as it was DH's dad's name. But not sure if it is going to be the first or middle name.

Our moms were throwing out names the other night. I like traditional names as well but I am having trouble finding what flows well with Bryan (other than Luke )

Here are some:

Greyson

Jameson

William

Elliot

So far nothing has seemed right. This little boy may not have a name until he is born!

Emerald27 · May 2014

@Irobi13 I love that you have a name for DS with special meaning. That's super sweet.

Here are a few ideas:

Bryan George
Bryan Scott
Bryan Paul
Bryan Thomas

Daniel Bryan
Michael Bryan
Andrew Bryan
Walter Bryan

Good luck!

Emerald27 · May 2014

@sweetadeline31‌ I LOVE Eamon!!! DH doesn't think it goes well with Henry.

pushgal84 · May 2014

DH and I are pretty decisive people. We're set on Willa Renee and Cal Enzo. We should find out on mother's day! Happy deciding

lrobi13 · May 2014

Emerald27 said:

@Irobi13 I love that you have a name for DS with special meaning. That's super sweet. Here are a few ideas: Bryan George Bryan Scott Bryan Paul Bryan Thomas Daniel Bryan Michael Bryan Andrew Bryan Walter Bryan Good luck!

I like Andrew Bryan / Bryan Andrew but my hairdresser and husband of my first boss is named Bryan McAndrew so that one is too close to that.

DH makes fun of me because I want a name that no one else has but that is not super unique! I am really starting to think thT Bryan might be the first name because it flows better in the front.

I go by my middle name and have hated having to clarify my name all the time so I don't want to use the middle name over the first.

As a kid I never thought it would be this hard! But then again I have dozens of girl names that I love

Emerald27 · May 2014

pushgal84 said:
DH and I are pretty decisive people. We're set on Willa Renee and Cal Enzo. We should find out on mother's day! Happy deciding

Cal Enzo is a really cool name! And I love the name Renee. That was DH's aunt's name, and we considered using it with Cora (Cora Renee) instead of using Frances, but we weren't sure which would sound better.

Emerald27 · May 2014

sweetadeline31 said:
Yeah, I've been on the fence about Eamon because I don't actually know anyone with this name, but it's a solid Irish name that's growing on me!

I recently met an Eamon, but got the idea of naming a kid Eamon after we went to a restaurant in Alexandria called "Eamon's" ...it was delicious (fish'n'chips) and fun, and I was like; "I love that name!"

kmgriff0709 · May 2014

Out of the list above I like Wyatt and Elliot the best. We are having a girl but these were on my list of boy names. Hamilton Cayden Phillip Joseph Thomas Kenneth Mitchell Nathan Grayson Oliver Jackson Troy David Lucas Ryker

narabug · May 2014

If ours is a boy we're going with Leo Alexander.

Some others I like are Frank, Johnathan and Stanley.

ladybug0088 · May 2014

I love the name George! I babysat 10 years ago for a Matthew George and he was so stinkin' cute so it has a great connotation to me.

ScientistLibrarian · May 2014

I love Elliott. Our other boy options were Charlie, Henry, and James.

vrj0522 · May 2014

We already know we are having a girl so we've stopped thinking of boys' names but here is a small list that we were considering:

Andrew

Kyle

Bradley

Colin

Landon

Joshua

Eric

Matthew

Timothy (Timmy)

loopybaby · May 2014

I'm team green and my boy list so far: Declan, Leland, Aaron, or Thomas. I'm not 100% committed to any yet (for various little reasons) so we'll see. The right name might still be out there:) I also love the name Simon but it's my brothers name so I think that would be a bit weird:)

JessAnnJ · May 2014

We will most likely use Jared William if we have a boy which are family names. I also love the name Blake for a boy.

I posted about the SSA popular names list on another thread, but when searching for names for DD I liked scrolling through the top 500 names to make sure I wasn't missing anything. I figure if it's not in the top 500 it's probably not a name I would use.

elsie2014 · May 2014

sweetadeline31 said:
Other names that I absolutely love but cannot/won't use for various reasons are:
Noah
Ethan
Aidan
Finn
Oliver
Max
Dexter

Ethan is our top pick if it's a boy!

Our list for boys is one - Ethan Wayne. Wayne is the middle name for both DH and his dad, so though it wouldn't be a middle name I would pick, I kinda don't really have a choice on that one.

We are really struggling with a girls' name, but here is our small list:

Madelyn (the front runner)
Olivia
Ava

DH doesn't love the last two, but we both feel pretty good about Madelyn.

Emerald27 · May 2014

@JessAnnJ‌ That's a great idea! I'll check out the top 500 too.

IrishHoney123 · May 2014

We're set on a girl's name

Boy's name short list:

Neil

Wade

Luke

Dean

Everett

Rhett

Tristan

Clark

c&bmama0911 · May 2014

We have a girls name.. but no boys name.. so it will probably be another boy and he will never have a name.. it was bad enough naming our first two (colin & brock)

good luck on the name hunt!

jcsumm0 · May 2014

If it's a boy, I think it will be Marshall Edward or Marshall Oliver

other boy names we like:
Callum
Nathaniel
Finn

We are both very picky about names so the list we agree on is very short

BreandMikewedding · May 2014

I knew someone named Emmett and I thought that was a cool classic name.

Jellybean813 · May 2014

For boys names our list includes

- Jack

- Everett

- Henry

Middle name will be Stanley, after my father

@elsie2014 - I love Madelyn! Other names on our short list for girls are

- Evelyn

- Eleanor

- Olivia

- Ava

Middle name for a girl will be Scarlett, which is a family name

Emerald27 · May 2014

@amcclindon‌ Would your DH like Flynn? Kind of incorporates the L and the Y from Finley but sounds more like Finn. :P

ashcakes921 · May 2014

We have one name per gender

Levi Owen
Elizabeth Grace

Owen is DH's middle name and a family name

MelanieAdam0707 · May 2014

Girls name- Noelle for sure no mn yet but we also considered:

Gemma
Scarlett
Sloane
Harper
Kendall
Charlotte
Cora

Boys names are a huge challenge to agree on or both of us being in love with.

Harrison
Beau
Everett
Beckett
Holden

pushgal84 · May 2014

Emerald27 said:

pushgal84 said:
DH and I are pretty decisive people. We're set on Willa Renee and Cal Enzo. We should find out on mother's day! Happy deciding
Cal Enzo is a really cool name! And I love the name Renee. That was DH's aunt's name, and we considered using it with Cora (Cora Renee) instead of using Frances, but we weren't sure which would sound better.

Renee is a family name on my mother's side. My great-grandma, grandma, mother, and sister all have it as their MN. My sister had decided not to have kids, so I'd like the tradition to continue into the next generation.

Leysin97 · May 2014

We are going with Ellie for a first name and Grace for MN. Some other girls names were:

Grace

Isabel or Isabella

Mya

Annabelle

Chloe

Kayleigh

Mia

Avery

If we had a boy we were going to name him Parker for a first name and Daniel for a mn.

Edit: format

pushgal84 · May 2014

@BobKat22‌ so glad to see Willa on someone else's list! I've never known anyone with the name, but absolutely adore it

elsie2014 · May 2014

Jellybean813 said:
For boys names our list includes

- Jack
- Everett
- Henry

Middle name will be Stanley, after my father

@elsie2014 - I love Madelyn! Other names on our short list for girls are

- Evelyn
- Eleanor
- Olivia
- Ava

Middle name for a girl will be Scarlett, which is a family name

We must have similar tastes in names, we have a couple of the same names on our lists!

Sockgnome78 · May 2014

DH and I were sitting down one night last week. I told him I wanted to start thinking about names. I came up with Alvin (DH dad is named that) James (my dad is Jimmie and DH brought up that both his and my only brother middle names are James. ) So we are set. Since we found out last Friday that it was a boy with about 75% right. We have our A/S on June 27th. So back to names. We will call him AJ for short. I love it and have already got ideas for his nursery.

angeltennis3 · May 2014

Names are so hard! I don't think we will make the decision til the baby is actually here! But here is our short list!

Boy:
Austin Michael
Carson Michael
Jayden Michael

Girl:
Olivia Kay
Blair Kay

We are having a harder time with girls names than anything!

KingsDaughter76 · May 2014

We have Ryder James picked out for a boy and Scarlett Grace picked out if its a girl. Sonogram is monday so hopefully we will find out what the baby is! :-)

jlz32185 · May 2014

Maxwell Robert for a boy and Madison Rose for a girl. Matching initials were definitely not planned, we just loved those names. Also love Emma but my cousin already used it.

melaniedel · May 2014

lrobi13 said:

Well we are using Bryan as it was DH's dad's name. But not sure if it is going to be the first or middle name.
Our moms were throwing out names the other night. I like traditional names as well but I am having trouble finding what flows well with Bryan (other than Luke )
Here are some:
Greyson
Jameson
William
Elliot
So far nothing has seemed right. This little boy may not have a name until he is born!

My H is Brian Patrick. Sounds nice! OP, if we had a third boy, we liked Jackson (kinda popular now), Sebastian, Tyler, and my DS1 middle name is Charles for my dad. I love that name and think it helps every first name sound amazing and gives a little strength to it. gL! Maybe consider a family name?

bumpuser10309732 · May 2014

We've 100% picked a girls name but we're having a really hard time with boy names. If it's a boy it's probably going to be one of those things that he doesn't even have a name until he gets here. So far we have

Rowan

Dominic

Damon

and we've tossed around Asher

But I haven't seen one that I'm absolutely in love with and DH seems to think Rowan sounds like a girl. Lol- not sure why he thinks that...

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