How is the process going? Anyone still deciding on names? I know everyone has their own style/taste, but what makes you choose a name? Do you and your partner have certain rules or traditions you follow?
My/our rules are pretty simple:
1. No ukneeque or trendeigh names or spellings
2. Must be classic/timeless -- Victorian, Edwardian, Regency era, from classical literature, poetry, film or music -- the arts (but still able to be easily pronounced and spelled)
3. Two middle names (started it with my eldest, and it only made sense to continue the tradition)
4. Must match the general tone and feel/vibe of the other kids' names
5. There must be at least one family member's name
Kids' full names:
Grace Elizabeth Katherine
Evangeline Lily Marie
Duncan Lewis Garibaldi
Henry Allen Greyson
And this little one, Ruby Eléonore Rose.
Ruby after a maternal great-grandmother, and it's also DH's birthstone, and red is our favorite color. I've always adored the name Eleanor, but love the French spelling. Rose is just classic and timeless, and I fell in love with it after I saw Titanic. Had she been a boy, Theodore Westley Corgiat. I have been reserving Theodore for years now, and Westley is the main protagonist in The Princess Bride, one of my and DH's favorite movies. Corgiat is a family surname. The naming process has always been easy and quick. We were pretty set on Ruby when we found out the sex at 11 weeks.
G 12.04 | E 11.06 | D 11.08
| H 12.09 | R 11.14 | Expecting #6 2.16.18.
Re: Baby naming...
No rules, except I'd like it to go well with my middle name: Christine. I think we have a winner : )
Our boys are....
-James Mathieu (he goes by Mathieu since H is James. So after H and my dad)
-Everett William (after H's best friend and H's family)
-And baby boy #3 is Charles Gatlin nn Charlie. Gatlin is a little iffy for me, I wanted Charles Gregory, but H was obsessed with Gatlin so I gave it to him since it's technically a family name (nickname from his side of the family). Charles is after his grandpa.
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My daughter is Alivia and middle name is Mya. She was due on the day the Mayan calendar was "ending". She didn't come that day but we liked that little historical peice.
I'm having a difficult time getting hubby to talk names. For boys I love Everett Forest. mn was my grandpas name. I also like Chase for a first name, and James.
For girls I like Piper, Hanaha, Emma and with any of those Jane as a middle name. That was my grandmas mn.
DD#1 December '12
DD#2 New Year's Baby '15
Married 07/09
4. Bilingual (English/French). The name must be spelled the same in English and French and easily pronounced by people of both languages.
Other than not wanting it to be a top 10 name, we don't have any real rules. DH use to say there must be a possible nn derived from the name, so DD is Eliana (Ellie). He hasn't said a word about that so called rule this time around. At this rate, we'll be lucky if we can commit by the time she is born.
Right now Avery Elizabeth is the front runner, but we're also discussing Alexis Noelle.
BFP #1 5/12/12; EDD 1/20/13; Eliana Grace born 1/25/13
BFP #2 12/11/13; EDD 8/23/14; M/C 6 weeks
BFP #3 4/3/14; EDD 12/13/14
BFP #1 5/12/12; EDD 1/20/13; Eliana Grace born 1/25/13
BFP #2 12/11/13; EDD 8/23/14; M/C 6 weeks
BFP #3 4/3/14; EDD 12/13/14
I wanted something timeless, not trendy; not too common (no one had my name growing up) and preferably after a relative. We went with AnaSophia (no middle name). It was my great-grandmother's name. We call her Sophie.
TTC since 11/2011 Me: Hypothyroid & PCOS DH: 0% morphology IVF #1 - transfer on 4/2/14 BFP 4/11/14 beta 161 EDD: 12/19/14 It's a GIRL! AnaSophia (Sophie; Soph the Loaf)
TTC since 11/2011 Me: Hypothyroid & PCOS DH: 0% morphology IVF #1 - transfer on 4/2/14 BFP 4/11/14 beta 161 EDD: 12/19/14 It's a GIRL! AnaSophia (Sophie; Soph the Loaf)
@courtneylovesjason2 - Love your names. We are having a girl, but before we knew, our top two boys names were Griffin and Ryder.
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So far we have it narrowed down to 2. We will decide when we see her.
Married: 5/21/05 **~** Emery Aylin 6/30/12
BFP#1-11/5/10- Surgery for ectopic pregnancy 11/15/10 BFP#2-11/1/11 Due 7/8/12 Born 6/30/12
Oops we did it again... BFP 03/23/14 Due 12/6/14 Nora Born 11/23/14
To answer the question, no specific rules except must have 2 middle names (DH has 2). So far their first names have meant something special to us, and their middle names are family names. Still struggling with a first name for Baby Boy!!
We have:
Aveline Brianna Renee
Brielle Megan Christine
Baby Boy's middle names will be David Alan...first name undecided.
BFP #2 - 6/24/09-mc 7/25/09 @8wks
6/09 Dx w/PCOS--Metformin & Progesterone
8/09 Dx w/Compound Hetero MTHFR--Neevo, Metanx & BA
BFP #3 - 1/11/10 - DD1 born 9/16/10 @39w4d, 8lbs 14oz & 20in.
Heparin from BFP to 34wks.
BFP #4 - 10/4/11 - DD2 born 6/2/12 @38w1d, 8lbs 11oz & 21in.
Same med protocol as last time, but heparin continued until delivery.
BFP #5 - 3/30/14, EDC 12/10/14!!
Beta #1-76 (12dpo), Beta #2-238 (14dpo)
A lot of them are yuck like fatima, Gul, kader...
Married: 5/21/05 **~** Emery Aylin 6/30/12
BFP#1-11/5/10- Surgery for ectopic pregnancy 11/15/10 BFP#2-11/1/11 Due 7/8/12 Born 6/30/12
Oops we did it again... BFP 03/23/14 Due 12/6/14 Nora Born 11/23/14
We're having a girl and her middle name will be Benita after my maternal grandmother who I'm incredibly close to. If it was a boy it would've been Luis. If we have a 2nd son or daughter, the tradition may end lol... I don't know if I would want to give my LO any of the other names!
We like 3/4 syllable first names and short 1 syllable middle names
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FET #1-BFN
FET #2-BFP baby girl born Dec 2014
FET #3-Sept 2017 BFP but miscarried at 6 weeks
IVF cycle 2 (Oct 2017)- freeze all again d/t OHSS
FET #1 BPF, pregnant with a singleton due Sept 2018
Those are pretty but Nora is one of the 2 we are debating on so it would be too many Ah's. Names are hard!
Married: 5/21/05 **~** Emery Aylin 6/30/12
BFP#1-11/5/10- Surgery for ectopic pregnancy 11/15/10 BFP#2-11/1/11 Due 7/8/12 Born 6/30/12
Oops we did it again... BFP 03/23/14 Due 12/6/14 Nora Born 11/23/14
During the naming process there were family member jokes left and right with crazy middle name suggestions like yoyo and yoshi due to the fact that our last name starts with a Z and people wanted the initials to be X Y Z. For a while they would refer to LO as yoyo since they all thought it was hilarious, which at first it was. I think after all the joking my son will be unfortunately stuck with the nickname, yoyo.