My DS was named with my Mom's first initial cause she passed away and DH'S grandmothers name Lee as the middle name. Now DS wants to name the baby Kevin Stuart or Bob.... he is a little obsessed with Minions right now! I want to so a "J" name for my grandfather and Uncle and DH'S grandmother. But it cannot be any name that has Jack in it as our last name is Frost.
My best friend was going to name her daughter Jillian. She had a boy so went with Jay instead. Other J names could be: Boy: Jordan Joseph Jacob Jaime Jamison / James / Jimmy Jason Girl: Julia / Juliet / Juliana Joy Jane Jean Joanna June
That's just some ideas! I really like the name 'June' for a girl maybe bc I'm a Johnny and June fan.
My DS was named with my Mom's first initial cause she passed away and DH'S grandmothers name Lee as the middle name. Now DS wants to name the baby Kevin Stuart or Bob.... he is a little obsessed with Minions right now! I want to so a "J" name for my grandfather and Uncle and DH'S grandmother. But it cannot be any name that has Jack in it as our last name is Frost.
Our DD is Chloe Jane and DS is Elliot Vincent. Both middle names are family names. We've not discussed names much yet until we know the sex of baby but the top contenders are: Girl: Paige Roseanne Boy: Oliver
We really struggle agreeing on boys names but with girls we have too many names we like to choose from. Others on the list are Grace, Marina, Tabitha
Big thing for me is that I want a name that people can say in a Latin American country because that's where we live. They sometimes struggle with Chloe
@tattoosandlace Lux is hardcore hated on BNB. I fell in love with it while watching Life Unexpected. Later, I found out it was a name in Virgin Suicides, which I have never read or watched. I figure using Lucille, I could get away with using the nickname Lux, without using Lux as a legal name, while still honoring my grandma at the same time with the name Lucille.
@tattoosandlace Lux is hardcore hated on BNB. I fell in love with it while watching Life Unexpected. Later, I found out it was a name in Virgin Suicides, which I have never read or watched. I figure using Lucille, I could get away with using the nickname Lux, without using Lux as a legal name, while still honoring my grandma at the same time with the name Lucille.
I love it. I don't know why my reply button failed. You go, girl!
@TattoosandLace, I like Everett Boone! @MotherofDucks, Evander... oooh that's nice. @Natinat6, Liv!a Rose... I picked a family name for my son's middle name, even though I wasn't crazy about it. I'm still not crazy about it.... even though it's a family name. Go with what you like, is my advice. @austinjl, I don't think the same middle name is too much, as long as you confront the situation and bring it up, rather than let them find out through the grapevine or indirectly.
My question is... If we named a girl Elizabeth Ann T----... And her initials were "EAT"... is that too weird?
@dolewhipper I've been moderately obsessed with Lilou (French version of Lily pronounced Lee-loo).
Others on our list are: Boys: Julian (Jules), Finn, Max, Felix. I love Milo, Theo, and Louie but DH not so much. He likes Rex but all I can think of is Empire Records and Rex Manning. Girls: Dorothea (family name, Dot or Thea for short), Hattie, Violet, Tansy, Iris, Calla, Rosalie. I just realized that the last five are flowers, six if you add Lilou.
Lilou is the name of the Orange haired lady on 5th element, which I totally think is awesome.
For girls: Waverly Jane Emerson Grace Blythe undecided middle name Elloise undecided middle name
For boys: Reid Michael Everett Michael Warren Michael Easton Michael
Michael is my husband and brothers middle name and my fathers first name so were using that as a boys middle nmw. And our last name is Mc- which I find hard to flow things with...
My husband and I are having a terrible time agreeing so we likely won't even come close to choosing until we know what we're having that way we only have to argue one set and not two!
Well so far the app has given us two names Emmett and Brock but I don't really like Brock all that much and one of my good friends just had a baby yesterday and named it Emmett so back to the drawing board!
I love the name Elena. It works as an easy name that makes sense in Italian too. Which is a plus in my book. If the next one is another lady baby, I'm lobbying hard for that name.
Livia and Elena are sister names I could get behind!
@kim1989 we live in South Texas and many people have hard time with our daughters name. It wasn't something I thought about when we named her. This one is going to be just as bad, oh well.
I like Clayton and the nickname Clay. Clayton is such a nice full name. I would love that for a boy by it sticks out like a sore thumb with our very Italian last name
I love the name Elena. It works as an easy name that makes sense in Italian too. Which is a plus in my book. If the next one is another lady baby, I'm lobbying hard for that name.
Livia and Elena are sister names I could get behind!
Yes! My grandparents are from Italy, and my last name is Italian so Elena works beautifully. I haven't pitched it to H yet, but I hope it'll be a strong contender if we have a girl
@hannahmp My vote is for Lane. I went to high school with a Lane, and always thought his name was cool. But I cannot use it because I have two friends that have used Lane for both of their boys in the past year.
What do people think of the name Jack is it to plain or sound like a nickname? Our last name is two syllables so I wasn't sure if that sounded okay. Suggestions welcome I'm not totally sold on it
What do people think of the name Jack is it to plain or sound like a nickname? Our last name is two syllables so I wasn't sure if that sounded okay. Suggestions welcome I'm not totally sold on it
My cousin-in-law named her son Jack... It's adorable.
What do people think of the name Jack is it to plain or sound like a nickname? Our last name is two syllables so I wasn't sure if that sounded okay. Suggestions welcome I'm not totally sold on it
I really like Jack. It was our go-to boy name before we changed it to Max, another relatively simple name. The name Jack always reminds me of the boy from Hook, which I adore.
Alright, here's an update on my name dilemma. I know you were all waiting anxiously...
We're set on Max Robert for a boy. And we've agreed that if it's a girl, we'll go with Maxine. My husband originally just wanted Max for a girl, but I'm more comfortable with her having a full girl name and then Max as a nickname. I wasn't excited about Maxine initially, but then I started picturing a little chipmunk cheeked girl (what I looked like as a child) named Maxine, and it gets more adorable as a picture it.
The question is... Middle name? Any suggestions? Our last name is three syllables and starts with a U (it's a little rough), so nothing too long. I'm thinking 2 syllables might sound best. Or one, but I can't think of any one syllable girl names that go well.
What do people think of the name Jack is it to plain or sound like a nickname? Our last name is two syllables so I wasn't sure if that sounded okay. Suggestions welcome I'm not totally sold on it
Jackson was on my list so jack as a nickname, right up until I realized how many boys had it. I still love the name. Jack was the name of Robbin William's son in Hook, which is one of my favorite movies.
@DominiqueU naming a baby is so much harder than I thought! And knowing it's a girl hasn't made it easier. Naming a girl feels like trying to name myself. Nothing sounds right. I keep imagining myself telling people her name and I want to be proud and happy to say it. So far, no names feel that way. I've got names on my maybe list and I think "If I name her so-and-so, then so-and-so will think I've always loved her name, when I never gave her name a second thought." And then I think how can I name my daughter something I don't love?!? ...This is very hard.
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We've had the same girl name picked out for all our boys which is what we will use for this one, we find out in three weeks but the tech said baby looks girly. The name is Alice Catherine, Catherine being a family name. Dh has an older sister who was adopted, who we have become closer to in the last few years who sort of jokingly said we should name the baby after her. Her name is Julia. I have a lot of Julia's on my side of the family already, but I was thinking of maybe adding in Juliet. Alice Catherine Juliet S (one syllable last name). Too much? Not really honoring her? We have one other child with two middle names so I don't mind using two if they have significance.
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We haven't even started with names. Hopefully once we find out the sex we will start. My boys are James Mathieu (goes by Mathieu), Everett William, and Charles Gregory. Boy names will be hard this go around. Girl names have always been damn near impossible for us to agree on. This is going to be interesting for sure.
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@Lindsayleigh1989 - we are doing Jack and also have a two syllable last name. It's my grandfathers name and I love it for a little boy. Surprised it hasn't come up before now but im not complaining
Boy would be Jack Adrian
Girl - ? Rosalie We want to use his grandmothers name (rosa) somehow, but I'm not super into Rose as a first name plus Jack and Rose is very Titanic.
Alright, here's an update on my name dilemma. I know you were all waiting anxiously...
We're set on Max Robert for a boy. And we've agreed that if it's a girl, we'll go with Maxine. My husband originally just wanted Max for a girl, but I'm more comfortable with her having a full girl name and then Max as a nickname. I wasn't excited about Maxine initially, but then I started picturing a little chipmunk cheeked girl (what I looked like as a child) named Maxine, and it gets more adorable as a picture it.
The question is... Middle name? Any suggestions? Our last name is three syllables and starts with a U (it's a little rough), so nothing too long. I'm thinking 2 syllables might sound best. Or one, but I can't think of any one syllable girl names that go well.
Are there any family members or close friends on either side that you'd like to honor, or maybe build from there?
@Lindsayleigh1989 - we are doing Jack and also have a two syllable last name. It's my grandfathers name and I love it for a little boy. Surprised it hasn't come up before now but im not complaining
Boy would be Jack Adrian
Girl - ? Rosalie We want to use his grandmothers name (rosa) somehow, but I'm not super into Rose as a first name plus Jack and Rose is very Titanic.
Alright, here's an update on my name dilemma. I know you were all waiting anxiously...
We're set on Max Robert for a boy. And we've agreed that if it's a girl, we'll go with Maxine. My husband originally just wanted Max for a girl, but I'm more comfortable with her having a full girl name and then Max as a nickname. I wasn't excited about Maxine initially, but then I started picturing a little chipmunk cheeked girl (what I looked like as a child) named Maxine, and it gets more adorable as a picture it.
The question is... Middle name? Any suggestions? Our last name is three syllables and starts with a U (it's a little rough), so nothing too long. I'm thinking 2 syllables might sound best. Or one, but I can't think of any one syllable girl names that go well.
Love Maxine by the way
Maxine Claire Maxine Faye Maxine Adele Maxine Violet Maxine Lenore Maxine Thea Maxine Ava Maxine Jane Maxine Nora Maxine Willa Maxine Iris Maxine Renee Maxine Rachel Maxine Sybil Maxine Julia Maxine Vera Maxine Clarice Maxine Laurel
I'm somewhat jealous of those of you that have had discussions about names. My husband can't be serious about it long enough for us to have a real discussion. Last night, he looked at me and said "if we have a daughter, can we name her U.S.S. Enterprise?"
@Bringmemylongswordho and @PinkLady2015 My sister/best friend/other half is Renee and I was definitely considering Maxine Renee My husband isn't huge on using names of people know, but has pretty much deferred to me on the middle name for a girl since the boy middle name was his. Maybe we'll stick with that unless something else jumps out at us.
I'm somewhat jealous of those of you that have had discussions about names. My husband can't be serious about it long enough for us to have a real discussion. Last night, he looked at me and said "if we have a daughter, can we name her U.S.S. Enterprise?"
Uh, no, husband, we cannot.
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Don't feel bad. With DD, my husband spent the whole pregnancy avoiding the name discussion. We were Team Green and I wanted a set middle name for both sexes, and then two first names for each, and then pick out of the two in the hospital. It wasn't until third Tri that he gave me a (horrible) list of names, half of them I couldn't even pronounce, and half that he was just joking about. I felt like he was ruining any type of naming fun for me. We finally decided to each make a list of our top five names for a boy and girl, swap, circle our favorite two boy and girl names from the other persons list, then we would at least end up with four girl and four boy. Well he couldn't come up with a fifth boy name, he said he hated everything on my list, and I gave up. I was tired of trying to get him to be serious about it, and tired of feeling like I had to nag just to pick one. i figured maybe he would see what I went through during labor; and would just let me pick one. We walked into the hospital with almost 20 names. She was named in ten minutes, first name on his list, middle name not on either list, and I did get to pick the name. Turns out, she looked nothing like any of the names on my list.
This time, he said "I am not discussing names until we are in the delivery room." I am not putting it past him, it's totally something he would do.
What do people think of the name Jack is it to plain or sound like a nickname? Our last name is two syllables so I wasn't sure if that sounded okay. Suggestions welcome I'm not totally sold on it
Love the name! My cousins name is John but goes by Jack. My grandfathers name is John and goes by Jay. I think it's super cute
Re: The Names You Want Opinions On Thread
Other J names could be:
Boy:
Jordan
Joseph
Jacob
Jaime
Jamison / James / Jimmy
Jason
Girl:
Julia / Juliet / Juliana
Joy
Jane
Jean
Joanna
June
That's just some ideas! I really like the name 'June' for a girl
We've not discussed names much yet until we know the sex of baby but the top contenders are:
Girl: Paige Roseanne
Boy: Oliver
We really struggle agreeing on boys names but with girls we have too many names we like to choose from. Others on the list are Grace, Marina, Tabitha
Big thing for me is that I want a name that people can say in a Latin American country because that's where we live. They sometimes struggle with Chloe
@MotherofDucks, Evander... oooh that's nice.
@Natinat6, Liv!a Rose... I picked a family name for my son's middle name, even though I wasn't crazy about it. I'm still not crazy about it.... even though it's a family name. Go with what you like, is my advice.
@austinjl, I don't think the same middle name is too much, as long as you confront the situation and bring it up, rather than let them find out through the grapevine or indirectly.
My question is... If we named a girl Elizabeth Ann T----... And her initials were "EAT"... is that too weird?
For girls:
Waverly Jane
Emerson Grace
Blythe undecided middle name
Elloise undecided middle name
For boys:
Reid Michael
Everett Michael
Warren Michael
Easton Michael
Michael is my husband and brothers middle name and my fathers first name so were using that as a boys middle nmw. And our last name is Mc- which I find hard to flow things with...
My husband and I are having a terrible time agreeing so we likely won't even come close to choosing until we know what we're having that way we only have to argue one set and not two!
Edited because autocorrect and I can't spell
We found out it's a boy so we are going with Everett Gray, most likley. DH doesn't like anything else
Good list for one syllable boy names!
Livia and Elena are sister names I could get behind!
Lane Everett
Clay Everett
I vote Clay, but really because my association with Lane is a girl....
We're set on Max Robert for a boy. And we've agreed that if it's a girl, we'll go with Maxine. My husband originally just wanted Max for a girl, but I'm more comfortable with her having a full girl name and then Max as a nickname. I wasn't excited about Maxine initially, but then I started picturing a little chipmunk cheeked girl (what I looked like as a child) named Maxine, and it gets more adorable as a picture it.
The question is... Middle name? Any suggestions? Our last name is three syllables and starts with a U (it's a little rough), so nothing too long. I'm thinking 2 syllables might sound best. Or one, but I can't think of any one syllable girl names that go well.
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Boy would be Jack Adrian
Girl - ? Rosalie
We want to use his grandmothers name (rosa) somehow, but I'm not super into Rose as a first name plus Jack and Rose is very Titanic.
Maxine Claire
Maxine Faye
Maxine Adele
Maxine Violet
Maxine Lenore
Maxine Thea
Maxine Ava
Maxine Jane
Maxine Nora
Maxine Willa
Maxine Iris
Maxine Renee
Maxine Rachel
Maxine Sybil
Maxine Julia
Maxine Vera
Maxine Clarice
Maxine Laurel
Uh, no, husband, we cannot.
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This time, he said "I am not discussing names until we are in the delivery room." I am not putting it past him, it's totally something he would do.