It's my turn! Baby names

mamatohne · August 2014

ds has a ridiculously long name i wish i not chosen, and I totally blame the morphine. His name is Hud.son J.oseph Tho.mas (Joseph is fil and Thomas is my dad) And my last name is a common men's first name. (Which is beyond annoying because Hudson is a common LAST name)
So far we have two names picked out for our girl and I think both of the first names go with Hudson. We are using Jo as a middle name because it was mil middle name and dh doesn't care to use her first name Debra (I don't mind it). So what do you guys think. I feel like both names with jo as a middle are so short compared to ds.
P.s. I'm super ocd that kids names have to "go together".

Kehlepop · August 2014

I love Norah! And prefer Jo to Debra.

MuchlyGen · August 2014

I think I like the sound of "Hudson and Norah" better than "Hudson and Reagan." But I like the sound of "Reagan Jo" more than "Norah Jo." LOL, super not helpful, right? Norah Debra is just a no for me - the double "uh" sound kills it.

If you're worried about the names not matching lengthwise, is there another name you could give your daughter? Anohter family member you want to honor, or another name you just particularly like? Norah Jo Blank Lastname, or something like that?

runningmama14 · August 2014

Will you be using both first and middle name when using your daughter's name? Just asking because I'm trying to hear it like you will usually say it :-)

mamatohne · August 2014

@MuchlyGen‌ I don't want to add a second name because I really want it to be about my mil.
@runningmama14‌ I feel like if it was Reagan jo or norah jo I would (not all the time but under certain circumstances yes) but with Debra as a middle name I would not.

MuchlyGen · August 2014

tarynleann said:

@MuchlyGen‌ I don't want to add a second name because I really want it to be about my mil. @runningmama14‌ I feel like if it was Reagan jo or norah jo I would (not all the time but under certain circumstances yes) but with Debra as a middle name I would not.

And the more I look at them, the more Norah Jo grows on me. And I still think "Norah and Hudson" is just a lovely combination.

So I retract my previous comment - Norah all the way!

PandaCon · August 2014

I also love Norah Jo. Flows together so well.

abbyful · August 2014

I love Norah Jo!
(Nora was briefly on my short-list until I realized it was too close to DS's name.)

Maelara · August 2014

I think Norah and Hudson go great together. I'm not a fan of Norah Debra but Norah Jo sounds very nice.

TC0514 · August 2014

Love love love Reagan!!!

lisaren · August 2014

Norah Jo!

mb314 · August 2014

lisaren said:

Norah Jo!

This. I'm too much of a liberal to ever like the name Reagan.

No one is ever really going to hear your two kids' full names together. They'll just hear "Norah and Hudson" or "Norah and Reagan" and the middle names don't matter. You're overthinking it

jess123456 · August 2014

I love Norah too. Norah Jo does remind me a bit of Norah Jones but I don't think that's a bad thing and I haven't heard much from her in a while.

DoubleUp8 · August 2014

I picked Norah Jo. I think with Reagan you would run in to the "It could be a last name" thing, though since this is a girl there would probably be less confusion than with Hudson.