The Names You Want Opinions On Thread

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• PinkLady2015 member

  January 2016

  Yay, this makes me giddy!

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• MotherOfDucks member

  January 2016

  Good! Can I also use this to request suggestions after I've posted some "maybe" names? Because that would rock.

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• mandyjulie member

  January 2016

  I don't really have a list of names to share yet, but feel free to tell me what girl names you think sound good with Norah (DD1). I just don't really like top 10 names, but other than that, I'm open to ideas.

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• ellou05 member

  January 2016

  I'd love to hear what you think some "short, strong" names are. I've been hung up on Elle for a very long time.

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• TattoosandLace member

  January 2016 edited January 2016

  I'm currently struggling with boy names. DH is adamant that if baby is a girl she will be Amelia Anne.
  
  Debating between
  Easton Boone (previously agreed upon name from first pregnancy)
  Easton Everett
  Everett Boone
  Everett Marshall (Marshall was my dad's middle name)
  
  DD's name is Blakeley Dawn.

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• TattoosandLace member

  January 2016

  MotherOfDucks said:

  Good! Can I also use this to request suggestions after I've posted some "maybe" names? Because that would rock.

  Heck yes!!

  PinkLady2015 said:

  Yay, this makes me giddy!

  I'm seriously so excited about this thread. I love names.

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• MotherOfDucks member

  January 2016

  Ok. My older 3 have some unique names. My oldest especially... hers is an African boy's name apparently. And nobody else in America has it according to Social Security. So I don't want anything on the top 100. But I do like the following boys names (haven't run them past DH) and need suggestions:
  
  Eamon
  Ennis
  Evander
  Galen

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• thebigoaktree member

  January 2016 edited January 2016

  I love the unique names, I had one requirement that we stay away from top 15 for the past 5 years. DH actually picked the first name I and got middle.
  Atm, we're going with Ronan Laurence. Laurence is my gramps first name, my dad's middle and my mom's name is Laurie so the fem version. I tried to kill as many birds with one stone as I could ha.
  I do know when people find out we're naming him Ronan I'm going to get some side eyes, but don't really care.

  
  

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• thebigoaktree member

  January 2016

  TattoosandLace said:

  I'm currently struggling with boy names. DH is adamant that if baby is a girl she will be Amelia Anne.
  
  Debating between
  Easton Boone (previously agreed upon name from first pregnancy)
  Easton Everett
  Everett Boone
  Everett Marshall (Marshall was my dad's middle name)
  
  DD's name is Blakeley Dawn.

  I like Easton a lot, and Amelia was on my list if we had a girl too.

  
  

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• PinkLady2015 member

  January 2016

  @ellou05 Nell, Eve, June, Wren
  @MotherOfDucks loving Galen
  @TattoosandLace I love honoring family members so I'm partial to Everett Marshall

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• MotherOfDucks member

  January 2016

  thebigoaktree said:

  I love the unique names, I had one requirement that we stay away from top 15 for the past 5 years. DH actually picked the first name I and got middle.
  Atm, we're going with Ronan Laurence. Laurence is my gramps first name, my dad's middle and my mom's name is Laurie so the fem version. I tried to kill as many birds with one stone as I could ha.
  I do know when people find out we're naming him Ronan I'm going to get some side eyes, but don't really care.

  My best friends son is named Ronan. He's one. So it seems it might just be coming around.

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• thebigoaktree member

  January 2016

  The other thing I didn't realize that was important was how names are pronounced and if they're spelled a different way the name completely changes. I liked the spelling Ronin, but made it Japanese and not Irish, then looked up how to pronounce Ronan and was pleased to find it pronounced Ro*nun. Just something to think about.

  
  

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• ncm1919 member

  January 2016

  @TattoosandLace thanks for doing my dirty work!
  
  We are decided on a first name- Livia. Ancient Roman married to the emperor and great grandmother to the guy who burned Rome. not made up and also Tony Soprano's mother on the show.
  
  I am stuck on middle names. It's either:
  -Liv!a Rose
  -Liv!a Margaret
  
  I hands down think Liv!a Rose is a better name. I dont care that Rose is popular- we both watched Golden Girls with our grandmothers. If it wasn't the most popular name right now, baby would be Sofia Rose.
  
  Margaret was my grandmother- not my favorite name but my favorite person who would have loved this baby to pieces. Margaret isnt a bad name but wouldnt be my choice with all things being equal.
  
  Thoughts?
  PS added the !!! To avoid having her full name floating around/being searchable.

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• MotherOfDucks member

  January 2016

  @Natinat6 I like Rose. Classic and feminine.

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• Weville member

  January 2016

  @TattoosandLace I love Everett Marshall. I am partial to middle names honouring people and memories.
  
  @MotherOfDucks I think Evander is a great name. I think today I might just really like the letter E
  
  For a boy we are torn between
  Duncan Arthur
  Duncan Harold
  
  Duncan is for my grandpa, the middle names are my husband's grandfathers

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• Taymiller member

  January 2016

  @TattoosandLace - I love Easton and Everett. My DH doesn't like Everett and when I brought it up he started naming other cities in Washington, he sucks.
  
  Our girl name is Finley and we are considering Finn for a boy but DH thinks it needs to be Finnegan and just call him Finn. I disagree. And we don't even completely agree on that name.

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• mckcak23 member

  January 2016

  For a boy DH likes Easton Alan. I am not completely sold on it yet, but it's growing on me. I also like Lincoln Alan.
  
  For a girl first name will be Margaret (family name) we are thinking Ann as a middle and Mack as a nickname (last name starts with a K). I would like a different A middle name but I can't think of anything that sounds good.

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• rakel88 member

  January 2016

  If you could somehow write it out, how would you guys pronounce Sóley?
  
  I'm Icelandic and my husband and I are both pretty set on an Icelandic name. Think we know the boy name (team green though), but was curious how people here would pronounce our top girl name.

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• thebigoaktree member

  January 2016

  MotherOfDucks said:

  @Natinat6 I like Rose. Classic and feminine.

  My sister's middle name is Rose, def a classic.

  
  

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• fleurdelakeview member

  January 2016

  Just a request - please look at your kids initials before you decide on names and make sure they don't spell anything. My initials spelled a sound and while it was cute the first time someone pointed it out the millionth time was irritating. I embraced it (and it became a nickname) but I know others with terrible initials (A.S.S., F.A.G., K.N.T.).
  
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• MotherOfDucks member

  January 2016

  rakel88 said:

  If you could somehow write it out, how would you guys pronounce Sóley?
  
  I'm Icelandic and my husband and I are both pretty set on an Icelandic name. Think we know the boy name (team green though), but was curious how people here would pronounce our top girl name.

  I would guess like Soleil. Like as in "cirque de..." But that's just me.

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  @TattoosandLace - I love Easton and Everett. My DH doesn't like Everett and when I brought it up he started naming other cities in Washington, he sucks.

  Ok. This has me laughing. Washington has some pretty funny cities. Puyallup. Sequim. Issaquah. Skookumchuck. Not great baby names....

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• PinkLady2015 member

  January 2016

  Rose is perfection! It's our middle name pick!

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• rakel88 member

  January 2016

  @MotherOfDucks thanks! That's basically how you say it in Icelandic, the accent makes it a tiny bit different

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• austinjl member

  January 2016

  Question- my gma died last July and we had a letter placed in her casket with what our daughters name would be (my gma's name being the middle). My bro and SIL had a daughter in October and gave her my gma's name as a middle name. Would it be weird if my kid and my bros kid has the same middle name? Is there a way this would be offensive to bro and SIL?

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• TattoosandLace member

  January 2016

  rakel88 said:

  If you could somehow write it out, how would you guys pronounce Sóley?
  
  I'm Icelandic and my husband and I are both pretty set on an Icelandic name. Think we know the boy name (team green though), but was curious how people here would pronounce our top girl name.

  SO - lay ? More emphasis on the first part because of accent mark?

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• PhoebeJune1984 member

  January 2016

  fleurdelakeview said:

  Just a request - please look at your kids initials before you decide on names and make sure they don't spell anything. My initials spelled a sound and while it was cute the first time someone pointed it out the millionth time was irritating. I embraced it (and it became a nickname) but I know others with terrible initials (A.S.S., F.A.G., K.N.T.). Please, think of the children!

  Word. My husbands cousin is KKK. How they didn't notice that, is beyond me. And maybe after they noticed it, they figured she would eventually get married and the last initial would change? But she never got married....so she is a 40-something year old, with the initials KKK. 

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• maddmama member

  January 2016

  @austinjl I don't think that would be weird at all.. Or offensive. My father passed away and if/when I have a boy my father's name will definitely be his middle name. My sister wants to do the same for her future son. I like connection to family in names, and especially because my dad was so important to us. I told her I definitely think she should use the same middle name -- they will be cousins! They will share a grandfather in my case, and a great grandmother in your case .. If she was important to you and you want to use that middle name do it!! I think it would be weird if your brother and his wife were offended!

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• PhoebeJune1984 member

  January 2016

  
  

  MotherOfDucks said:

  If you could somehow write it out, how would you guys pronounce Sóley? I'm Icelandic and my husband and I are both pretty set on an Icelandic name. Think we know the boy name (team green though), but was curious how people here would pronounce our top girl name.

  I would guess like Soleil. Like as in "cirque de..." But that's just me.

  @TattoosandLace - I love Easton and Everett. My DH doesn't like Everett and when I brought it up he started naming other cities in Washington, he sucks.

  Ok. This has me laughing. Washington has some pretty funny cities. Puyallup. Sequim. Issaquah. Skookumchuck. Not great baby names....

  Hey you know what though....if they name their kid Spokane and they correctly pronounce it, they are okay in my book! Say it with me now......SPOH-CAN!

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• PhoebeJune1984 member

  January 2016

  
  

  austinjl said:

  Question- my gma died last July and we had a letter placed in her casket with what our daughters name would be (my gma's name being the middle). My bro and SIL had a daughter in October and gave her my gma's name as a middle name. Would it be weird if my kid and my bros kid has the same middle name? Is there a way this would be offensive to bro and SIL?

  No. First off, your bro and SIL don't own the name, nor do they have rights to your grandma's name. I just wouldn't bring it up, and if it does come up, I would tell them that you have always wanted to name a little girl after grandma and that wasn't going to change even if someone else used the name.
  
  In my family, we have a lot of people named after the same people. Several of my male cousins have the middle name (or first name) of John or Edward. Family members can be loved by more than one person. 

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• MotherOfDucks member

  January 2016

  PhoebeJune1984 said:

  
  

  
  

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  rakel88 said:

  If you could somehow write it out, how would you guys pronounce Sóley?
  
  I'm Icelandic and my husband and I are both pretty set on an Icelandic name. Think we know the boy name (team green though), but was curious how people here would pronounce our top girl name.

  I would guess like Soleil. Like as in "cirque de..." But that's just me.

  Taymiller said:

  @TattoosandLace - I love Easton and Everett. My DH doesn't like Everett and when I brought it up he started naming other cities in Washington, he sucks.

  Ok. This has me laughing. Washington has some pretty funny cities. Puyallup. Sequim. Issaquah. Skookumchuck. Not great baby names....

  
  

  Hey you know what though....if they name their kid Spokane and they correctly pronounce it, they are okay in my book! Say it with me now......SPOH-CAN!
  
  Haha. Do people actually mess that one up? Are your from WA? I'm from Puyallup. Nobody says that one right! And there's even a song! Ok... it's for the fair. But it's still a song. Speaking of songs... See the video for Macklemore's Downtown? All filmed in Spokane.

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• thebigoaktree member

  January 2016

  On the gma topic, I didn't realize my cousin James had my grandfather's first name as his middle too, still don't care, still going to use Laurence. 

  
  

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• jen11797 member

  January 2016

  @Natinat6 I have never before seen the name Livia, and it may be the first name I've ever seen and instantly fallen head over heels in love with!! We already have a different girls' name chosen, and it's a family name that we adore, but if it wasn't, I might have to switch.

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• PhoebeJune1984 member

  January 2016

  @MotherOfDucks I am in Clark County, WA (waves at you from down south!). And yes....they miss pronounce it all of the time on tv shows, the news, etc. They call it Spo-cain. Just like a lot of people (from outside) call the Willamette River "the Willa-met" (its actually Will-am-ette).
  
  My brother lived in Puyallup for a handful of years. Even though we know how to pronounce it, we always joke around and call it Polly-oop. 

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• rakel88 member

  January 2016

  @TattoosandLace yea pretty much, emphasis on the first part and the 'ley' part is pronounced like lei, like the Hawaiian flower things

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• TattoosandLace member

  January 2016

  rakel88 said:

  @TattoosandLace yea pretty much, emphasis on the first part and the 'ley' part is pronounced like lei, like the Hawaiian flower things

  

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• juliagulia38 member

  January 2016

  @TattoosandLace I love Everett Marshall! I also love your DD's name!
  
  I'm having trouble with a name for this baby.
  DS is Mason Coulter
  DD is Morgan Mae
  I didn't plan on the 'M' theme and also didn't plan on a third. I hate all the other girl m names. I LOVE Harper but DH doesn't like it. We have Emery on our list but it's DHs favorite band. We are both picky and don't want names of people we know. It makes things more difficult. Is Harper popular right now?!

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• afrazer521 member

  January 2016

  I've always been a huge Alice in Wonderland fan so even before kids it was kind of a given that Alice is on the table, but lately I've really been liking Ophelia and Rowan for girls. It would probably be Alice Carol (Carol for moms mom) and I might use Petra as a middle for Ophelia and Rowan, (uncle Peter who passed that I was very close to). Thoughts? I brought up Ophelia and hubs instantly popped out "oh I'll feel ya" -_- I don't want to name my kid something that will haunt them and the speed in which he came up with that is scary...he must have been the bully in school...
  
  For boys I like Milo and Theo but neither mom or hubs like them but I can't seem to think of other boys names
  
  Open for suggestions ds is Finn ( @Taymiller )

  
  
  

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• Heathereaddy member

  January 2016

  @juliagulia38 I love the name Harper also and yes it's pretty popular. It's in the top 20.

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• nopegoat member

  January 2016

  @juliagulia38 Harper has been extremely popular with my circle of friends. I can think of 4 that have been born within the last year or so.

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• thebigoaktree member

  January 2016

  juliagulia38 said:

  @TattoosandLace I love Everett Marshall! I also love your DD's name!
  
  I'm having trouble with a name for this baby.
  DS is Mason Coulter
  DD is Morgan Mae
  I didn't plan on the 'M' theme and also didn't plan on a third. I hate all the other girl m names. I LOVE Harper but DH doesn't like it. We have Emery on our list but it's DHs favorite band. We are both picky and don't want names of people we know. It makes things more difficult. Is Harper popular right now?!

  Harper was top 10 in 2014, if that helps.

  
  

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