Who's already thinking about names or has finalists? I'm obsessed...

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FreddyisReady · October 2014

@collers4‌ @mermomo5‌ Ryan is a second choice for our girl.

Instead we are going with

Alice Snow (nn Ali)
Xavier Mack

Mack is a family name on DH side.

SassyPants150 · October 2014

amelandre said:

Our girl name is Agatha Laurel or Agatha Violet. Boy name hasn't been as easy to agree upon. I always wanted an Aden after my grandfather, but I don't want to add to the Haden, Jaden, Braden, Caden crowd. Have even heard a couple Raidens and Zaydens recently. Urgh.

I grew up with a friend named Jaden (girl). She was named after a soap opera character named Jade and mother added the n. She always got so many compliments on her name so my sister named her daughter that 13 years ago. I was mind blown to see Jaden on the top ten boys names when I was pregnant with DD! Such a bummer that it's no longer unique!

Oreo646 · October 2014

Girl name: Kayleigh Madison
Boy name: Elijah William Wayne

mpiemont · October 2014

Oh names....a tough topic in our house. DS1 is Dean Samuel. DS2 is Hudson Jay (both middle names are my/DH's dad's)

I like:

Girl- (Grace was my grandmother who passed away last year, Lena is my other grandma's name)
Callie Grace
Lena Grace
Elsa Lena (Elsa was my #1 girls name since I first got pregnant in 2010- then Frozen came out and now I feel like I can't use it!)
Ellis Grace
Maggie Grace

Boy-
Bennett
And that's all I got for boys....

TarheelMama202 · October 2014

We only do family names.

Our girl name is Mary Frances

Boy names are Staten Thomas or Hampton Paul

TarheelMama202 · October 2014

DawnLilly said:

DS is Henry Lloyd Brother would be Martin Scott Sister would be Leona Mae

My DS is Henry James! Love a Henry.

TarheelMama202 · October 2014

ramy3 said:

My name list is in my sig.

Top girl name is Freya Imogen. It used to be Beatrix Imogen, but DH objected. Imogen is my grandmother's first name. DD is Iris Wilhelmina. Wilhelmina was my other grandmother's name

Boy will possibly be Gideon Benjamin.

All of my kid's first names are mythological/legendary.

You have some badass family names, my friend. I would love a Wilhelmina or Imogen in my tree.

tinalovescauliflower · October 2014

Pintobean39 said:
Whenever I hear the name Ashley for a boy I can't help but think of "Gone with the Wind". Oh Ashley!!!!

I have an Ashton, he was called Ashley quite a few times as a baby because people didn't understand that name. Thankfully Ashton Kutcher became famous and now people understand it.

I really like to imitate Vivien Leigh saying "Ashley..." in that breathy drawl.

RustyGirl3 · October 2014

We have had our boys name picked practically since day 1. He will be named after DH...

Edward William (he will also be the fourth")

For a girl we are stumped, we have our 2 favorite girls names- Emily and Abigail. So we have by trying to figure out something that flows nice with those names.

I love the name Charlotte but my BIL recently named a dog that name so that would be weird. Lol.

My list for girls names is Alice, Harper, Olivia and Avery. Middle name would be Anna after my Grandmother.

DH likes Ashley and Eleanore

wingardium3 · October 2014

We have decided if it's a boy Oliver Michael Girl Olivia Michelle (Michael and Michelle are my parents names.

We also liked for boy: William nn Liam, Levi, Theodore nn Theo, Owen
Girl: Charlotte, Amelia, Julia, Joslyn,

DawnLilly · October 2014

TarheelMama202 said:
DawnLilly said:

DS is Henry Lloyd

Brother would be Martin Scott

Sister would be Leona Mae

My DS is Henry James! Love a Henry.

It got very popular very quickly. Henry is DH's grandfather and Lloyd is my father. Martin is my grandfather and Scott is DH's father. Leona is after my great grandmother and Mae is a family tradition. It's my middle name.

DH's family doesn't care for Leona. MIL said a DD better be pretty with a name like Leona. It hurt because I love my grandma and I think it's pretty. We paid homage to his family with DS leave me alone.

j3nnyb3nny · October 2014

We found girls names really easy and agreed on Poppy May (May is the middle name of a grandmother of both sides of the family).
Boy names were much harder. DH has 'rules' he wants first names that have more than one syllable and that can be shortened. They also can start with an H because of surname.
So far we like Sebastian, Zachary and Oliver for first names and either James or John for the middle names (again both middle names are family names)

Pintobean39 · October 2014

ramy3 said:

tinalovescauliflower said:

Pintobean39 said:
Whenever I hear the name Ashley for a boy I can't help but think of "Gone with the Wind". Oh Ashley!!!!

I have an Ashton, he was called Ashley quite a few times as a baby because people didn't understand that name. Thankfully Ashton Kutcher became famous and now people understand it.
I really like to imitate Vivien Leigh saying "Ashley..." in that breathy drawl.

Me too.

That's one of the reasons why I love it so much.

I love everything about Gone with the Wind. We actually named our second girl that we lost last year Scarlet.

I also had 2 dachshunds years ago named Mammy and Prissy. They were Chocolate and Black and Tan.

OnceInLoveWithAmy · October 2014

We are very much into family names as well, especially for middle names. Hunter's middle name comes from my husband's grandfather's middle name.

If it's a boy, his middle name will be James, after my brother Andrew James. So far we have:

Alexander James

Xavier James

Zachary James (the hubs is still iffy on this name)

Girls.. we are all over the place. I would love love love to name to honor my grandmother Elsie Mae somehow. We would also like to try to include Diane, after my husband's aunt who passed about 10 years ago. We originally wanted Harper, my other grandmother's last name, but that is off the table because it's so stinkin popular now.

Anyway... this is what we have for girl names:

Paige Harper

Zoe Diane

Elsie Diane

Diana Mae

Harper Diane.

OnceInLoveWithAmy · October 2014

ramy3 said:

My name list is in my sig.

Top girl name is Freya Imogen. It used to be Beatrix Imogen, but DH objected. Imogen is my grandmother's first name. DD is Iris Wilhelmina. Wilhelmina was my other grandmother's name

Boy will possibly be Gideon Benjamin.

All of my kid's first names are mythological/legendary.

I FUCKING love Imogen. Such a gorgeous name. However, it would sound horrendous with our last name.

I love Gideon too. It was my grandfather's name, but again, it would sound awful with our last name.

OnceInLoveWithAmy · October 2014

sarahchrismck said:

I'm late to the name-party, but we have a list:

Girls: Amy, Megan, or Lauren (MN for all would be Elizabeth)

I 100% approve... as this is my name

blastocarrier30 · October 2014

collers4 said:

We are all over the place with names. We are trying to use family names and original names. Girl: Ryan Ruby Mae (with or without the Ruby. And go ahead and flame away about using Ryan for a girl, we love it. ) Sienna Mabel Lillian Marie Boy: Jacob Cruz Lucas Edward Our list keeps changing the more we talk about them.

I was friends with twins named Lucas and Edward in college--they're great names together. I especially love Edward, but dated (a different!) one in college, so that's a no go.

We haven't completely decided, but are leaning toward girl: Gwendolyn (my mom's name) Grace, NN Wendy and boy: Henry Atticus or Henry Solomon (my grandfather's MN).

I love so many of y'all's names! I avoided this thread for a long time out of fear, but I'm glad I finally took the plunge

sarahchrismck · October 2014

OnceInLoveWithAmy said:

sarahchrismck said:

I'm late to the name-party, but we have a list:

Girls: Amy, Megan, or Lauren (MN for all would be Elizabeth)

I 100% approve... as this is my name

@Onceinlovewithamy I've had this name picked out since the TV show Everwood several years ago. DH loves it too, so right now, it's our first choice for a girl. But we're more comfortable having a few more on the name list, just in case.

Anyone else a fan of the show? I think it was on between 2003-2006. LOVED it.

DawnLilly · October 2014

veenie2009 said:
@bearvg, I want to like Dutch names because DH is 100%, and I think it would be a cool way to honor his family. But, I haven't found any that I like. Care to share some of your favs?

DH is only 2nd gen Dutch. His grandpa, great uncles and uncles all rotate names. Henry, Benjamin, Donald, Arne, Richard, Abram.

Our community is very Dutch. Some of the family names and older women I know have names like Reka, Rebecca, Gerda, Marion, and Alberdina.

kj808 · October 2014

So I was lurking on the baby names board and people seem to hate the name Jace! I've learned that apparently it's the name of a kid on Teen Mom (which i've never watched before) and I also know it's the name of the guy on Duck Dynasty (which i've also never watched).

Besides those two things and the fact that it sounds like a nn of Jason I don't understand what people find so wrong with it. I think i've come across maybe only 3 people with that name, it's not common here at all.

I'm actually surprised people hate it so much, and a little bummed because it's my top boy name at the moment. Can someone enlighten me as to why it's so disliked?

kj808 · October 2014

carriet2018 said: all i think of is Janelle from 16 and pregnant she named her son this....her second son kaiser...if that tells you anything. Janelle is a total fuck up and on drugs and crazy and nuts. so it just has left a bad taste in my mouth. but that being said if that is the name you want go for it, 10 years from now ppl probably wont associate it with teen mom.

Ugh! I hate when people ruin perfectly good names!

But I don't want to automatically rule out a name I love just because some fuck up from a show i've never watched named her kid that.

TarheelMama202 · October 2014

DawnLilly said:

DawnLilly said:

DS is Henry Lloyd Brother would be Martin Scott Sister would be Leona Mae

My DS is Henry James! Love a Henry.
It got very popular very quickly. Henry is DH's grandfather and Lloyd is my father. Martin is my grandfather and Scott is DH's father. Leona is after my great grandmother and Mae is a family tradition. It's my middle name. DH's family doesn't care for Leona. MIL said a DD better be pretty with a name like Leona. It hurt because I love my grandma and I think it's pretty. We paid homage to his family with DS leave me alone.

Yep, I've kind of been disappointed in how popular it has gotten. We named DS after my grandfather and DH's grandfather (both Henrys) and my mother's maiden name, brother's middle name, and my favorite uncle (James).

deafy2006 · October 2014

We're doing Luna Harper for a girl and Brody Wade, I think, for a boy. H isn't sold on Wade. I'm hoping for a girl, girl names are easier right now lol

raejessica · October 2014

There were a lot of names that I really liked, while going through this post. I like the older names like Eleanor, Ruby, Mallory, Beatrix and William. I have always wanted my children to have names that are different, not one where they know another five of them. DH and myself are Jacob & Jessica, so we have well-used names. I wish our families had more interesting names, but that is not reality. Jeff, Debra, Mary, Harvey, Raymond, Dorothy, Brian & Erica. I can't even really play with the names. I like Olive, but a friend used Olivia. I also really like Winter. So pretty!
So our favorites as of now:
Boys:
Dean Jameson
Troy Jameson
Nixon Stone
Girls:
Emerson Lana
Lana Sterling ("Lah-nah")
Karolina("Karo-lena")Sterling

I may have a problem with "N's"

rositalynda2014 · October 2014

I've picked Jenica Lamar for a girl. ANd heaven help me if it's a boy, DH wants Malaki Mac McIlvain....ahhh.

rositalynda2014 · October 2014

Love River for a girl.!

rositalynda2014 · October 2014

I've never heard of Ashley being a boy name o.O

locdglory · October 2014

I think I'm set on Olivia or Naima for a girl and idk....Malik for a boy? Boy names are so hard. Maybe Elijah? Good thing I have so much time to think it over lol.

MooByrd · October 2014

ktzen3 said:

We are struggling. This is our list as of today.

Girls:

Penelope (Nell), Josephine, Evangeline (Eve), Violet, Charlotte, Lucy, Genevieve (Eve), Louisa, Tess,Hazel

Boys:

Larson, Lander, Finn, Tate, Oliver, Rowan, Henry, Howard (Howie), Samuel (Sam), Abel (Abe)

My DS is Rowan Alexander. It's a great name, and we never hear anyone else with it

MooByrd · October 2014

If it's a girl (which DH SWEARS it's not) she will be Lila (pronounced Lie-luh) Raine. DH always liked the name Raine, so I agreed on it for a middle name

We're struggling with boys names. I adore Riley James, and I especially like that Riley is a unisex name just like our DS's name, Rowan. However, DH refuses refuses refuses so I'm kind of at a loss. He really likes Gavin, I don't hate it but I don't love it either. Boys names have always been so hard for me.

khan08 · October 2014

We're thinking Brooklyn Michelle and Troy Hubert. We need to think of back up names in case baby doesn't look like a Brooklyn or Troy

2undertwo2bee · October 2014

We decided long before I was ever pregnant. If it's a girl Parker Leigh and if it's a boy Duncan Jamal. Leigh is a family name on my moms side and Jamal is my husband's middle name. I personally now like Isaiah for a middle name. I had a dream the night before I found out I was pregnant and had a dream of having a baby boy and naming him Isaiah. Which means from the Lord. So to me that's perfect. We will see if we end up using.

happy924 · October 2014

We are thinking Brooklyn Paige and Corbin Graham.

annerz22 · October 2014

I'm late to this game, but I am loving te style on this board!!

Our boy name is August Elliot or Felix Elliot

Girls are so much harder. We like Penelope, Hazel, Kate, and Eleanor

My favorite girl name is a Yiddish name; Baila (pronounced Bay-lah). I'm just afraid of her always having to correct people on the pronunciation. I really don't want to use Bayla/Beyla because to me that looks like a made up name.

MAdams728 · October 2014

kj808 said:
So I was lurking on the baby names board and people seem to hate the name Jace! I've learned that apparently it's the name of a kid on Teen Mom (which i've never watched before) and I also know it's the name of the guy on Duck Dynasty (which i've also never watched).

Besides those two things and the fact that it sounds like a nn of Jason I don't understand what people find so wrong with it. I think i've come across maybe only 3 people with that name, it's not common here at all.

I'm actually surprised people hate it so much, and a little bummed because it's my top boy name at the moment. Can someone enlighten me as to why it's so disliked?

It's pretty common in my area.

I dislike it because it sounds incomplete, made up, and really trendy. It just doesn't "look" good on a professional, adult man. If you love it, name him Jason so he will have a mature name, and use Jace as a nickname.

JenGrl8503 · October 2014

Our names are fairly trendy and somewhat made up but we love them

And my husband is very hardcore about naming your kid what they will be called...I have a common name that has several common nicknames and it didn't bother me but it was important to him so we went with it.

DD1 is Carsyn Marie - Carsyn is a boy's name (Carson...specifically relating to Carson Palmer the NFL quarterback) that we made feminine because we literally couldn't agree on a single other name for a girl at that time...we liked Bailey and Brooklyn but our last name starts with a J and DH refused to give our daughter "bj" initials so Carsyn was all that was left. Also Marie is my mn and my mom's mn.

DD2 is Zoey Grace - again only girl name we could agree on....came from my husband's love of Zooey Deschanel.

If this baby is a girl I have no idea what we'll go with...it might turn into a big battle...oy. If this baby is a boy he'll be Dalton William (yes Dalton as in Andy Dalton another NFL quarterback - it was suggested as a joke but we really like it and it sounds great with our last name). William is my husband's middle name as well as FIL's mn, my grandfather's first name and my cousin who passed away at 18's first name.

Also, it wasn't why we chose the names but worked out cool...Carson/Carsyn means Christian and Zoey means Life

OnceInLoveWithAmy · October 2014

yesterday my brother text me the name Dairmaid (apparently pronounced Dare-mid).

I WISH I could tell you all my last name so you could how this sounds like something out of either Harry Potter or the Hunger Games. It's horrible.

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texasmama15 · October 2014

deafy2006 said:

We're doing Luna Harper for a girl and Brody Wade, I think, for a boy. H isn't sold on Wade. I'm hoping for a girl, girl names are easier right now lol

Wade is my DH's middle name and I love it! I think it's so unique yet simple.

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