Names!

cpocks · November 2015

I love Luke too. It's a runner up after Jack!

FiancB · November 2015

megstervt said:

Boys are SO much harder for us for some reason. Partially because I work with kids, the majority being boys, so I have a lot of associations with a lot of names. We both like Mason, but don't love how it sounds with our last name. Other than that...nothing. Hoping to get some good ideas

Same here. H is a teacher and every name I suggest has some association with it. I really want Arya Mae Longpolishname for a girl. No idea about boys. I suggested Adrian last night and he started yelling ADRIAAAN like Rocky. I give up. Hopefully it's a girl.

LittleLunarMouse · November 2015

mckcak23 said:
We are thinking Margaret A for a girl. Margaret is a family name. We like Mack for a nickname (our last name starts with a k.) and sh like Rayland for a boy. I'm not sold.

My cousins name is Ryland, pretty close! She's a girl though, but I think it would make a great boys name!

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We had our names picked out long before we were even married haha. I came into the relationship with a girls name I absolutely wouldn't budge on and hubby LOVED it, so that one is set in stone! It will be Eden Ann. Ann was my mothers middle name and I wanted to honor her in some way.

As for the boys name, I also brought a boys name that I really loved and hubby also loved! It's Kale, but I think I would spell it Kael instead, so as not to be confused with the vegetable lol. However, years later, I'm definitely open to change. I'm really liking Kellen these days; He's not totally in love with it but also likes it. Hubby's middle name is Kristopher, and so would baby's, so both Kael Kristopher and Kellen Kristopher flow really nicely.

I also like Noah, but Hubby doesn't TwT. Basically any boy names I've offered other than Kael and sorta Kellen, he doesn't like, lol.

Mrsbmw0924 · November 2015

Willow Hayden for a girl, and Liam Ray for s boy :-)

susykat77 · November 2015

For a boy, his name will most likely be Oscar (family name) for middle names we have quite a few A names for some reason...

Atlas, Arlo, Ari, Alistair, Atticus, August as well as Henry (family name), Frank (family name) and Otto.

For a girl we have quite a few more... Katherine (family name 3 times over), Frances (family name), June, Aria (guilty pleasure name), Clementine, Beatrice, Cora, Clara, Matilda, Ruby, Josephine, Cecilia, Juliet, Eloise, Louise, Rosalie, Simona, Caroline, Hazel and Corinne.

I love the baby name game!

mrslesp · November 2015

We can't agree. It was easy with the first (Braylin Avery) but holy cow this is a struggle. My husband is a third and is dead set on a boy being the fourth...I think 4 Joels in the family is a little much. And girl names seem to be even more difficult. My favorite name is his sister's name (Leah) and my second favorite name is one he can't stand (Grace). Once we know the sex we might just throw some names in a hat and pick.

KK1033 · November 2015

I think if it's a boy it will be Charles Robert after out grandfathers but we would call him Charlie.

For a girl I was Alice James after my grandmother and grandfather and call her Ally or AJ. Hubby isn't sold but we shall see.

sboston06 · November 2015

@mrslesp - DH is a fourth, and I'm so glad he wants to forgo naming our potential son the fifth. I'm really hoping he doesn't change his mind between now and then. I kind of feel like I don't have a say in it though - like if he wants to name our son the fifth, I have to go along with it because it's his name. Does that make sense?

DobbysSock · November 2015

I have a list miles long for both sexes. DH has vetoed almost all of them! Middle names are all family names.

We've decided on Isla Joan for a girl.

Other names I had on my girl list that DH vetoed or didn't like as much as Isla:

Audrey, Charlotte, Daniella, Genevieve, Josephine, Lucy, Margaret (Maggie), Mila, Penelope, Rosalie, Vivienne

Boys are harder, so far we like: Harrison, Julian, Miles, Adrian, Logan, Liam

(middle name options Curtis, Anthony, David or Paul, depending on first name choice)

Boy names I have on my list that DH isn't sold on:

Rowan, Avery, Theodore, Reid, Nathaniel, Gavin, Damian

jlgriff11 · November 2015

This may sound terrible but I love hipsterish names. I'd love a Wyatt or a Atticus, but DH says they are way too out there. I almost had him sold on Wyatt but then the next day he didn't like it suddenly. We love Killian, but one of my nephews is Kellen, and we think it's too close, and I like Oliver, but my other SIL says she wants that if SHE gets pregnant again, and she's got a Maddox Odin, so I don't want a "bob" or something plain.

Hilariously, I had a cousin who named their daughter 'Margaret" and called her "Meg", and then a few years later another cousin had a daughter and named her "Megan" and she doesn't exactly go by "Meg", but my first cousin was mad about it. It was such gossipy drama. Then we have one Anne and one Anna. I told my mom I should name my daughter "MegAnna" and make everyone mad.

And today I told my DH that if we had a daughter on the 4th of July I wanted to name her Liberty. lol.

trucksntutus · November 2015

I love baby names!!! Girl name is yet to be decided. But my SO is very passionate about the name Holden for a boy. Or William Holden (first and middle.) I'm not 100% sold on it yet, but perhaps I'll warm up to it. lol!

quartz02 · November 2015

Husband vetoed:
Tamsin
Viviana
Grier
Kenna

We both like:
Jillian
Jenna (of course there's the problem of the association many people think of with this name, Jenna Jameson. Ugh)
Callie (DD)

Boy name (100% would use this): Vincent Michael

acadia07 · November 2015

oandmplus1 said:
ok, this is a good time to get opinions on the girls name DH likes....

We both like the name Amelia, and I want to use the MN Irene after my Grandmother, but he wants to spell Amelia with an E.

Is Emelia a real spelling of the name or is he just a special snowflake that likes youneek spellings?

Boy names we haven't even come close to figuring out. I have a list, but DH doesn't like any of them.

Emilia is an entirely different name, different origin, different pronunciation. It's of Latin descent and pronounced Em-uh-LEE-uh.

Amelia is an English variant of the German Amalia. Pronounced Uh-MEEL-ee-yuh.

jlgriff11 · November 2015

@hallgire

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Holden

I love William Holden. I hope this doesn't ruin it for you- but I mostly just love William Holden.

I have kind of thing for the golden age of Hollywood..

trucksntutus · November 2015

Oh man!!! lol! He's a handsome devil though.

acadia07 · November 2015

Our boy name has been chosen for, like, ten years. Jack Alexander. This is our last, and I highly doubt it's a boy. Sooooo back to the drawing board! Girl possibilities:

Faye, Mabel, Catherine, Fiona, Audrey, Agnes, Adelaide. I'm sure it'll change a zillion times before we decide.

jlgriff11 · November 2015

@hallgire Think of all the vintage cred you'll get though.

trucksntutus · November 2015

@jlgriff11 You make a very valid point!

TrckzR4Chckz · November 2015

Haven't thought too much about it, yet...

Spencer came to mind earlier today and hasn't left. My DH randomly shouted "MAVERICK" tonight but then quickly vetoed it.

With our DD we had it narrowed down to Savannah Rae (my grandfather's middle name, spelling and all) & Brennan Marie(my middle name) - when she was born, she became Savannah Rae

TattoosandLace · November 2015

@quartz02 hey now! I'm a Jenna and no one ever brings up Jameson or associates her with my name.

Trsahm0121 · November 2015

We've had our girl name picked out for probably about a year, but we can't seem to agree on a boy! If I have a girl, we have decided on Cecilia Rose. Rose is my middle name as well as my grandmothers and my sisters.

I really like Aiden Joseph for a boy, but I haven't even brought that up to the hubs yet

PinkLady2015 · November 2015

Oh I could play this game all day long. For boys:
Christian Daniel
Oliver Joseph
Jacob Daniel

For girls:
I'm super protective of our top pick bc we love it and it's not even in the top 1000 names and I irrationally don't want it to become popular! But middle name would be Lynn (family name)

Rosalind, Evelyn and Eleanor are faves as well.

Anewman1985 · November 2015

Ok, so we have three boys. I do not even want to think up a boys name.

But, I have a list of girls. I have been waiting for years to use these girl names.

Emmalyn Olivia
Catelyn Willow
Jocelyn Rosalee
Charlotte Annmarie

susykat77 · November 2015

PinkLady2015 said:
Oh I could play this game all day long. For boys:
Christian Daniel
Oliver Joseph
Jacob Daniel

For girls:
I'm super protective of our top pick bc we love it and it's not even in the top 1000 names and I irrationally don't want it to become popular! But middle name would be Lynn (family name)

Rosalind, Evelyn and Eleanor are faves as well.

Now I really want to know!!

KesTom0906 · November 2015

Maria Ann or Stella Ann

Lucas Matthew
Boy names are sooooo hard for us. DH says he wants a junior and I'm like noooo way!!!

oandmplus1 · November 2015

acadia07 said:

ok, this is a good time to get opinions on the girls name DH likes....

We both like the name Amelia, and I want to use the MN Irene after my Grandmother, but he wants to spell Amelia with an E.

Is Emelia a real spelling of the name or is he just a special snowflake that likes youneek spellings?

Boy names we haven't even come close to figuring out. I have a list, but DH doesn't like any of them.
Emilia is an entirely different name, different origin, different pronunciation. It's of Latin descent and pronounced Em-uh-LEE-uh. Amelia is an English variant of the German Amalia. Pronounced Uh-MEEL-ee-yuh.

Thanks for the input ladies. Now that I know its a real name, I am a lot more willing to consider it.

brielle330 · November 2015

oandmplus1 said:

acadia07 said:

oandmplus1 said:
ok, this is a good time to get opinions on the girls name DH likes....

We both like the name Amelia, and I want to use the MN Irene after my Grandmother, but he wants to spell Amelia with an E.

Is Emelia a real spelling of the name or is he just a special snowflake that likes youneek spellings?

Boy names we haven't even come close to figuring out. I have a list, but DH doesn't like any of them.
Emilia is an entirely different name, different origin, different pronunciation. It's of Latin descent and pronounced Em-uh-LEE-uh.

Amelia is an English variant of the German Amalia. Pronounced Uh-MEEL-ee-yuh.

Thanks for the input ladies. Now that I know its a real name, I am a lot more willing to consider it.

This is a region in Italy, and there it is pronounced EH-mee-lia. Love the name.

megstervt · November 2015

@quartz02 I associate Jenna with Jenna Bush (can't remember her married name right now). Didn't even think of Jenna Jameson until I read it.

Msbean22 · November 2015

You guys, picking a baby name will likely be what kills me. My husband hates everything that isn't what he calls "normal." It's infuriating.

Our little girl is Evelyn Sparrow (we call her Evie, pronounced Ee-vee)

I like the following:

Aurora Jane (called Rory, and I have an aunt on either side with the middle name Jane.)

Journey Rose (yeah right, husband will never buy it.)

Nathan Richard (Nathan is a family name on my side, FIL is named Richard)

Richard Brannen (Brannen is my maiden name)

So, I dunno. This could be rough for us.

JGomez54 · November 2015

We've had our baby names set for awhile now, I'm 4w2d along.
Ava Lia for a girl (one of my favorite book characters was Eva & it's just stuck with us) & Richard Benito for a boy (my father's name & my husband's father's name).

emnoahmom · November 2015

Great names ladies, I see some Alice's too! We've had Alice Catherine picked out for all five of our boys, and that is still the name we are going with this time. For a boy we are going with Ezra James Hutchings.

drea1016 · November 2015

A few years ago (preTTC) I came across Elena and told DH I love that name. He agreed and I always thought of that as our future daughter's name.

Now that I'm pregnant I mentioned that and he doesn't remember the conversation and no longer agrees! I feel like it is a girl, so I refer to baby as Elena to him sometimes... Maybe he'll warm up to it again

ShanMV513 · November 2015

DH and I have had names planned for a while because we couldn't agree on ANYTHING. Finally narrowed it down to Abigail Mary for a girl and Benjamin John for a boy.

WVUPetunia · November 2015

We are both teachers, so our "NO!!!!" lists are much bigger than our yes ones.

If it's a girl, it will be Natalie Belle. If it's a boy, I don't know. We like Jackson as a middle name (it's a nod to his grandfather, Jack)... Actually, I like it as a first name, but he doesn't. We like Alexander, but I think Alexander Jackson sounds too much like a war hero. Our DS is Lucas Scott (which I guess is someone's name on One Tree Hill, but we had no idea about that).

LAC84 · November 2015

If it's a boy, the name will probably be James Anthony Laurie (first is DH's maternal grandfather, middle is DH's dad, second middle is MIL's maiden name, which DH and his brother have as a second middle name).
I also like Luke or Benjamin for a boy.

DH won't pick out a girl name because he wants it to be a boy, but I have lots of girl names

Number one choice is Sophia Marie Anne (love the first name; middle is the middle name of DH's aunt who passed away; Anne is mine and MIL's middle name).
I also like Katherine, Audrey, Mia and Charlotte.

AccountantMommy · November 2015

I've had a girls name picked out since we even thought about TTC: Isabella Josephine. My great grandmother's name was Josefina and I was very close to her, but I prefer the English spelling and pronunciation of Josephine better than the Spanish one of Josefina.

Boy names have been a total nightmare, but we're sorta settled on John Lucas or Joshua Lucas. I also like the name Mateo, but trying to find something to go with it.

At least we have about 8 months to think about it and decide if it's a boy!

gracetag · November 2015

I currently have twins girls named Faith Evelyn and Hope Elizabeth, if I have another girl I will do Joy Eliana for a boy Christian Elliot=)

abushelandapeck · November 2015

I love thinking about names!! DD is Lilah Ann - we didn't think about names till after we found out she was a girl so we had no boy names. For this little squish I'm liking Cadence Alyssa for a girl and for a boy I have no idea LOL boy names are so hard! I love tons of celctic boy names but they are very popular in our area right now. Still might have to go with one though.

mbr3 · November 2015

I'm totally stuck on names but they need to be some type of flower name or such. My oldest is Meadow and my middle child is Briar Rose. So I'm thinking maybe Lilly,

purelex · November 2015

DH and I picked out names before we actually decided we wanted children. For a girl, we are thinking Abigail Leigh (Abby) and then a boy, Alexander Dale (Alex or Xander). Dale is a family name.

After reading through this list, though, I kind of want to consider others! Not to mention, someone I once knew in high school named her daughter the same thing and I just happened to catch wind of it... it isn't a huge deal because we aren't friends and don't live in the same town, I just feel like my thunder was stolen, haha.

Back to the drawing board!

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