Would love some perspective. DH and I recently realized we both love the name Evelyn. It fits our criteria of traditional but not too popular.
The only potentially weird thing is that DH's aunt by marriage is named Evelyn, but she has never gone by it and goes by Lynn.
We are trying to keep potential names a secret, but if you were us, would you give the aunt a heads up? Ironically she does not like the name which is why she's never used it in full. We would not shorten it to Lynn for our daughter. It would also mean there are two Evelyn "Smith"s in the family. Is that too weird? (Ps last name not actually Smith but you get what I mean).
We think it's probably all fine but I'd love some outside perspective.
I don't think I'd worry about telling her. She's 2 generations removed from your LO and doesn't go by the full name so I doubt she'd be upset by it (and if she were, would you reconsider using the name?). Every family is different of course, though - in mine sharing names is not a big deal at all so I didn't give it a second thought when we chose to give our baby the same first name as one of my cousins.
Another thing to consider is if you tell the aunt, chances are other people will find out the name. If you want to keep the baby's name a secret until she's born, all the more reason to not give a head's up.
ETA also, yay for potentially finding a front runner for the name! I know you guys had been having trouble finding something you both love now... do you still need a middle name, or have you had one picked out?
Thanks! I don't even know what might go with Evelyn. It's tough bc the "Lyn" part of the name already sounds like a middle name. So it needs to flow. I'll probably still lobby for Pearl since it's my fave but DH is not for it - and it's s meaningful name for a June baby!
As for the name being a secret, it's really only because my family is super-duper opinionated so we are trying to avoid that mess
Would love some perspective. DH and I recently realized we both love the name Evelyn. It fits our criteria of traditional but not too popular.
The only potentially weird thing is that DH's aunt by marriage is named Evelyn, but she has never gone by it and goes by Lynn.
We are trying to keep potential names a secret, but if you were us, would you give the aunt a heads up? Ironically she does not like the name which is why she's never used it in full. We would not shorten it to Lynn for our daughter. It would also mean there are two Evelyn "Smith"s in the family. Is that too weird? (Ps last name not actually Smith but you get what I mean).
We think it's probably all fine but I'd love some outside perspective.
I don't think I'd worry about telling her. She's 2 generations removed from your LO and doesn't go by the full name so I doubt she'd be upset by it (and if she were, would you reconsider using the name?). Every family is different of course, though - in mine sharing names is not a big deal at all so I didn't give it a second thought when we chose to give our baby the same first name as one of my cousins.
Another thing to consider is if you tell the aunt, chances are other people will find out the name. If you want to keep the baby's name a secret until she's born, all the more reason to not give a head's up.
ETA also, yay for potentially finding a front runner for the name! I know you guys had been having trouble finding something you both love now... do you still need a middle name, or have you had one picked out?
Thanks! I don't even know what might go with Evelyn. It's tough bc the "Lyn" part of the name already sounds like a middle name. So it needs to flow. I'll probably still lobby for Pearl since it's my fave but DH is not for it - and it's s meaningful name for a June baby!
As for the name being a secret, it's really only because my family is super-duper opinionated so we are trying to avoid that mess
Ooh Evelyn Pearl is really pretty! I hope you can talk him into it!
Since she doesn't even like the name, I don't think she is going to care if you use it or not. Besides, she is the aunt 'by marriage' so she technically isn't a relation at all. And PP had a point - if she did mind, would that honestly make you decide to not use it? It's a nice, classic name and I think it's lovely
Would love some perspective. DH and I recently realized we both love the name Evelyn. It fits our criteria of traditional but not too popular.
The only potentially weird thing is that DH's aunt by marriage is named Evelyn, but she has never gone by it and goes by Lynn.
We are trying to keep potential names a secret, but if you were us, would you give the aunt a heads up? Ironically she does not like the name which is why she's never used it in full. We would not shorten it to Lynn for our daughter. It would also mean there are two Evelyn "Smith"s in the family. Is that too weird? (Ps last name not actually Smith but you get what I mean).
We think it's probably all fine but I'd love some outside perspective.
I don't think I'd worry about telling her. She's 2 generations removed from your LO and doesn't go by the full name so I doubt she'd be upset by it (and if she were, would you reconsider using the name?). Every family is different of course, though - in mine sharing names is not a big deal at all so I didn't give it a second thought when we chose to give our baby the same first name as one of my cousins.
Another thing to consider is if you tell the aunt, chances are other people will find out the name. If you want to keep the baby's name a secret until she's born, all the more reason to not give a head's up.
ETA also, yay for potentially finding a front runner for the name! I know you guys had been having trouble finding something you both love now... do you still need a middle name, or have you had one picked out?
Thanks! I don't even know what might go with Evelyn. It's tough bc the "Lyn" part of the name already sounds like a middle name. So it needs to flow. I'll probably still lobby for Pearl since it's my fave but DH is not for it - and it's s meaningful name for a June baby!
As for the name being a secret, it's really only because my family is super-duper opinionated so we are trying to avoid that mess
My cute 3 yr old neighbor girl is Evelyn but we call her Evie. She is adorable! And according to her, I'm going to be her MIL since she is going to marry both my boys
Our little boy is going to be Henry James. Henry is my dad's first name and James is FILs first name. Both of them go by their middle names, but we liked those together. He'll be the first grandson on both sides
Our little boy is going to be Henry James. Henry is my dad's first name and James is FILs first name. Both of them go by their middle names, but we liked those together. He'll be the first grandson on both sides
Hooray to traditional, cute names! And after a great author, too!
Our little boy is going to be Henry James. Henry is my dad's first name and James is FILs first name. Both of them go by their middle names, but we liked those together. He'll be the first grandson on both sides
Hooray to traditional, cute names! And after a great author, too!
Thanks, @amark11! We both love traditional, family names. For a girl we had picked Nora Elizabeth after one of my great grandmothers and Elizabeth was my granny's name. It's also my middle name and my neice's middle name. My sister and I agreed to use it as a middle name for our daughters so if we are blessed with a little girl one day, I already know what her name will be.
Help me out here. My husband is in love with the name but I am having a hard time wrapping my head around it. I just don't know how I feel about having my daughter be a clever play on words for a city in New York (Brooklyn). Am I being picky or is it actually nice? (I like Brooke and Lynn individually)
Help me out here. My husband is in love with the name but I am having a hard time wrapping my head around it. I just don't know how I feel about having my daughter be a clever play on words for a city in New York (Brooklyn). Am I being picky or is it actually nice? (I like Brooke and Lynn individually)
I agree with you 100%, all around. It is personally not my style. But if you can't change DH's mind and you're ok with it, at least Lynn is the actual middle name, rather than a double first name. So she would most often just be Brooke, which is pretty. (And with the traditional E.)
I kept torturing DH that I liked the name BerLynn, since we are currently living in Germany (like the city Berlin). Was totally kidding, but many people like these names...
@mvargas12, I usually don't comment about names since its so subjective, but I think you have valid hesitation about the name combination. One thing I'd suggest is to make sure your spouse is also thinking of how its very likely your daughter will hear the Brooklyn comment each time someone learns of her middle name (not like that's often in life, but still). Either way you go, of course you'll want to make sure you both enjoy whatever names you two go with.
@mvargas12 just as much as the whole Brooklyn thing for me is that both names are one syllable- doesn't really "flow". Maybe you can sell DH on something close to Lynn like Evelyn or catelyn?
Help me out here. My husband is in love with the name but I am having a hard time wrapping my head around it. I just don't know how I feel about having my daughter be a clever play on words for a city in New York (Brooklyn). Am I being picky or is it actually nice? (I like Brooke and Lynn individually)
Definitely understand your hesitation. Brooke Lynn is actually one of the few city-inspired names that I like (though, if I were to use it, I think I'd go with the spelling Brookelynne with a completely different middle name - I really like e's at the end of names haha). That being said, I would only use a geographically-inspired name if I lived in that location or had some special tie to it. Otherwise I think it would feel ingenuine. So, to answer your question, while I do like the name, I don't think you're being picky. If your gut says veto it, do it!
@mvargas12 I agree with above posters. If you guys have an attachment to the city of Brooklyn, go for it, but if not, I'd avoid it. She will literally get that question for the rest of her life.
We are doing Roman Glenn. Glenn after my dad who was named after my great uncle. I've had several people actually tell me no don't use Roman because they don't like the name. Everyone in my family loves it but this one friend is really trying to change our minds
Umm.. I like the names seperatly... kids could be mean and even though we should teach our kids to be strong individuals, do we really want to give our kids reasons to get picked on? I agree follow your gut feeling.. I definitely love Brokee..
I know a lot of girls named Brooklyn and not once have I ever heard them get made fun of or asked about the city of Brooklyn. It's a pretty common name and most people don't even think of it in the form of the city when it's someone's name. if you want your kid to be Brooke Lynn then go for it. It's not like everyone will know her middle name anyway.. I think it's pretty.
Vera Eviana. I have had such a hard time deciding, but I think this is finally it. I wanted unique, not in the top 100, without any family names. I kept sharing my choices with family and friends and realized it was making it harder for me to decide bc of judgements. This one I am keeping to myself until she is born!
Re: names?
Thanks! I don't even know what might go with Evelyn. It's tough bc the "Lyn" part of the name already sounds like a middle name. So it needs to flow. I'll probably still lobby for Pearl since it's my fave but DH is not for it - and it's s meaningful name for a June baby!
As for the name being a secret, it's really only because my family is super-duper opinionated so we are trying to avoid that mess
Help me out here. My husband is in love with the name but I am having a hard time wrapping my head around it. I just don't know how I feel about having my daughter be a clever play on words for a city in New York (Brooklyn). Am I being picky or is it actually nice? (I like Brooke and Lynn individually)
I kept torturing DH that I liked the name BerLynn, since we are currently living in Germany (like the city Berlin). Was totally kidding, but many people like these names...
It's so hard being team green, but so exciting at the same time
We both loved Braydon, and James is DH first name.
This baby will be Nora Grace.