Thoughts on our pick for girl name..

livrobb · October 2014

Sooo if this babe turns out to be a girl we have decided on Sawyer as her first name and possibly Elizabeth for the middle name. Thoughts? Any other suggestions for a middle name...needs to be one or three syllables to sounds right with our last name. Our dd is Kinley Lyne...Kinley and Sawyer

BananaLettuce · October 2014

Sawyer is masculine.

mustloveerica · October 2014

Not a fan of Sawyer for a girl. Especially since Kinley is so cutesy. Poor Sawyer will have a very masculine name compared to her sister.

I do like Elizabeth tho.

MissyCee · October 2014

I just do not like Sawyer for a girl.

Elizabeth is a beautiful middle name.

LNic5 · October 2014

Sawyer Elizabeth is nice

Sawyer Annalise (my fav)
Sawyer Emmeline
Sawyer Annabelle
Sawyer Madeline
Sawyer Eloise
Sawyer Louisa
Sawyer Amelia
Sawyer Abigail
Sawyer Alexandra
Sawyer Gabrielle
Sawyer Julianne
Sawyer Josephine
Sawyer Valentina
Sawyer Genevieve
Sawyer Adelaide
Sawyer Evangeline

BlueRidge8 · October 2014

Nope

livrobb · October 2014

we are not super set on it I guess...our other choice is Brooklyne. Actually the only Sawyers I know are girls so I am surprised by the responses. Thanks for your input anyways

LNic5 · October 2014

livrobb said:
we are not super set on it I guess...our other choice is Brooklyne. Actually the only Sawyers I know are girls so I am surprised by the responses. Thanks for your input anyways

I like Sawyer better than Brooklyne for what it's worth

I like different names so Sawyer on a girl doesn't bother me at all

capulet · October 2014

The occupational names, like Sawyer (literally "one who saws timber," which should be clear from the first syllable) are IMO pedestrian on boys and unattractive on girls. I don't care if other people name their girls Sawyer, it's not a nice name for a girl.

Are you pronouncing the second syllable of Brooklyne as LINE? I would assume that from the spelling. If you are pronouncing it like the borough in NYC, spell it that way. I don't care for it but at least it sounds more feminine.

Elizabeth is lovely. There are plenty of nickname options to personalize it and it is so much more feminine and classy than your other choices.

livrobb · October 2014

No it would be pronounced like the city but spelt with an E on the end as Kinley's, mine, my mother and my grandmother all have Lyne (pronounced Lynn) as our middle name and would like to keep the spelling that way for Brooklyne too. When I was naming Kinley I was also told it was a masculine name so I guess that is just my taste.

capulet · October 2014

livrobb said:

No it would be pronounced like the city but spelt with an E on the end as Kinley's, mine, my mother and my grandmother all have Lyne (pronounced Lynn) as our middle name and would like to keep the spelling that way for Brooklyne too. When I was naming Kinley I was also told it was a masculine name so I guess that is just my taste.

I think this spelling would be very confusing, especially for a first name. Middle names aren't used frequently, but your DD is going to have to explain the spelling/pronunciation every day if you go with Brooklyne as a FN. I wouldn't want to make the decision for another person that the spelling of her name will be something she has to explain all the time.

Name ideas (I don't care for all of them because boyish/unisex names for girls just aren't my style, but they are the more masculine style you seem to like without being screamingly boyish):

Teagan
Harper
Piper
Sydney
Morgan
Hadley
Harlow
Sloane
Shelby

WashingtonQueen · October 2014

Sawyer is really, terribly awful. Yuck.

saham07 · October 2014

I would name her Elizabeth and then have a cutesy nn for her. Kinsley and Betsy or Kinsley and Libby. At least she would have a grown up female name when she is an adult.

Helenahhandbasket · October 2014

I really would love the name if the two were reversed? Elizabeth Sawyer?

FTR, Sawyer doesn't really strike me as either masculine or feminine. It's a surname, which always feels genderless to me.

kmvisioli · October 2014

It's nms, but I really don't mind Sawyer Elizabeth. Brooklynne is ok too, but I pick Sawyer over Brooklynne.

blu-eyedwife · October 2014

My instant thoughts on Sawyer are:

Tom -

Lost -

Neither of these is especially feminine. And despite whether your background is literary or pop culture, one of these images is going to come to mind. It's a terrible name for a girl.

Also, some food for thought on Brooklyne - I imagine that's going to be a nightmare for pronunciation, because there is absolutely no word in the world where Lyne is pronounced "Lynn." The e at the end is a sign to pronounce that middle vowel as a long one. Also, my brother named his daughter Brooklyn and has been really disappointed in people's reactions. Bascially no one over the age of 30 likes it, and half the people they've told who are under 30 don't like it. So that's about 75% of the people they've told who don't like the name. Personally, I wouldn't want to have a name that a majority of people thought was awful.

nlscroggins · October 2014

Helenahhandbasket said:

I really would love the name if the two were reversed? Elizabeth Sawyer?

FTR, Sawyer doesn't really strike me as either masculine or feminine. It's a surname, which always feels genderless to me.

i second this. elizabeth sawyer is pretty!

BunnyBerry · October 2014

Another possibility...

My sister and I share a (beautiful, I think) middle name and have always loved it. It has a lot of meaning for the two of us. I love the idea of saving the "Lyne" for the middle name of both your girls.

Kinley sounds nice with Brooke.

If you like place and occupation names, perhaps there are other choices that would be more appealing to others and a nice fit with Kinley. Perhaps Paige or Harper. Eden, Bethany, Moriah.

4N6s · October 2014

I think sawyer is great for a boy.
What about a different unisex name?
Morgan. Taylor. Bailey. Riley. Etc.

livrobb · October 2014

I appreciate the input and will more than likely still be going with Sawyer. I think the name is very country not masculine and I think it will fit for my family. Thank you for the other suggestions the middle name will most likely be Elizabeth or Jade. While it may not be your name choice it is not very nice to call it awful.

mermaid1113 · October 2014

I am the one of the odd ones out (and I usually am with names) but I like Sawyer. Definitely over Brooklyne especially with that spelling. It would bug me.

catahoulatte · October 2014

There has got to be another choice, OP. What about Brooke, with MN Lyne, like another poster suggested? Or Elizabeth Sawyer? Sawyer isn't a super attractive name to begin with, and on a girl it's cringeworthy. Yeah, other people have done it, but other people have also used monstrosities like Nevaeh and Airwrecka. I don't think you can use that as a legit reason. There are gorgeous names out there for GIRLS. Maybe these aren't your style and maybe I'm talking to a wall, but names that I think go with Kinsley:

Marilyn
Harper
Elise
Ariana
Emma
Paige

Beevol · October 2014

This might be going against the grain, but I don't think Sawyer Elizabeth is that bad. It's nms, but so is Brooklyne and so is Kinely, and honestly? I like Sawyer better than either of those two names.

Sawyer Jade is less pretty though, I definitely prefer Sawyer Elizabeth - it flows better.

BananaLettuce · October 2014

MauiBliss said:
Dear Future Little Sawyer,

We tried.

Love and Kisses,

BNB

At least she's not Brooklyne. :-&

jordannpaige10 · October 2014

capulet said:
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Teagan
Harper
Piper
Sydney
Morgan
Hadley
Harlow
Sloane
Shelby

I like these suggestions. My DH also LOVES Sawyer for a girl, but my bestfriend's son's name is Sawyer.

deafy2006 · October 2014

I love the name. It sounds so cute.

llambrose · October 2014

I would never see Sawyer as a girl's name. I am not a fan of Brooklyne either but at least Brooklyn sounds a bit feminine. I don't think Kinley is masculine for what it's worth. How about just Brooke Lynn (Lyne)? I think that names like Piper, Harper, Sydney, Morgan, Taylor all have a similar feel to them as Kinley without being so masculine.

LNic5 · October 2014

I like Sawyer Elizabeth more than Sawyer Jade, Jade seems too blunt to me. Sawyer Elizabeth flows and sounds better, but that's just my opinion. Just throwing it out there

conradraging · October 2014

Sawyer is definitely better than Brooklyne, I'll give you that.

marym94 · October 2014

Out neighbor's daughter is Sawyer and she is precious. Only experience I have had with a Sawyer

sicaen · October 2014

Sawyer on a boy is awesome. On a girl it's butchery.

egen78 · October 2014

I love Elizabeth for a first name. Don't really like sawyer for a girl.

Workoutmommy · October 2014

I love Sawyer! I have friend who has a little girl named Sawyer and she is a doll.

queenbone · October 2014

My thoughts went from 'Ugh' (Sawyer) to a literal facepalm (Brooklyne.)

Another vote for Brooke Lyne. Or something else entirely.

EXL311 · October 2014

Sawyer is horrible, awful, terrible for a girl. I don't get the appeal when there are so many girl names to choose from.

magsugar13 · October 2014

Just no

crunchymamaof2 · October 2014

I have friends that named their children some awful names, in my opinion. Would I tell them that now? Nope. But you asked for thoughts, though you don't seem open to suggestions so I'm not sure why you asked to begin with.

FWIW, I don't like Sawyer on a boy or a girl. I do know a little boy named Sawyer. No girls with that name. I like the name Brooklyn, but I think it's becoming too trendy. Use Lyne as a middle name, but don't stick it on another name as it won't look or sound right.

Please use correct spelling. My name is Alycia, and while I've grown to like the spelling it was a bitch growing up. I've been called everything from Ashley to Allison. A-lish-a to al-eye-see-a. But the worst part was I could never get a pencil or little keychain with my name on it. Hmph.

Caraluvs · October 2014

All the Sawyers I've met are girls. I think it's cute and goes well with Kinley.

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