Since this is our third time I figured we've been through all the names and it would be easy. No.
For a girl I'm set on Sage Abigail (my grandfather's name was Albert and went by Ab)
For a boy we loved Sawyer Douglas (Douglas was my other grandfather who just passed away last year), but there are so many Sawyer's in my newsfeed right now and I don't think I can do it.
I decided names before I even got pregnant as crazy as that sounds. Although, this will be my first so I think it's easier to find those two *perfect* names that you like. Boy would be Gabriel Michael, girl would be Cheyenne Austin. No true meaning behind either one but my FIL's name is Michael. I just like the name Michael.
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This will be our first child and I feel like picking a name is so hard!! I want the name to be strong and have a meaning behind it. So far we like Leah for a girl and Aiden, or Keegan for a boy. But we're not 100% sold on them either. Lord help us!
Fun names! I'm loving the old fashioned family names too. For a girl, I like Eleanora, Johanna, Jeanetta. For a boy, John, Stuart, or Gerald/Gary as a middle name. I have no idea what DH thinks of any of this. ;-)
we had our names picked out as soon as we decided to try, Charlotte Noelle and Charley Wayne I have always loved Charlotte, it came in only second to my DD's name Audrey, it's also the top sibling name to go with Audrey. DH picked Noelle, he picked DD's middle name as well so it fits. Charley is DH's grandpa's name that he was super close with and Wayne was my dads name. oddly enough before I even met DH i heard someone with the name Charley Wayne and absolutely loved it,so it's just the perfect name.
We are family name folks, as well. Ruby Jane for a girl and Everett James for a boy - all four are grandparent's names. Same with DD, Charlotte Elizabeth.
We've had our names picked out for a very long time. For a boy we're going with Ethan Michael and for a girl, Adelaide Ann. The first names were my husband's top choices. I was more set on the middle names. Michael for my dad and Ann is my middle name as well as my MIL and my mom. You can't have that many Ann's in one family and not keep it going!
@OctoberLove13 we are going with Gabriel Michael for a boy too! My husbands been wanting that name for a boy since before we even started dating. Not the name I would have chosen but it's still a nice name and biblical like my husband wanted.
For a girl we are going with Andriana Pearl. Andriana is the female Greek version of Andreas (Andrew) which is my dads middle name and his birth fathers name. Pearl is the name of my great grandma on my dads side and my new due date is only two days before my ggmas bday, so if it's a girl that'd be perfect coincidence!
We've had these names picked since we had our son 3 years ago! My son is MJ (Michael John jr) so I didn't really get to "pick." My husband always wanted a JR so I agreed.
For a girl it will be Taylor Elaine (Elaine was my grandmothers name) and a boy will be Noah Lee (Lee is my dad's name, and my middle name is Leigh)
@kjd291 I'm with you I need to know gender first! I'm really big on name meanings so even if I think it sounds good, if I don't like the meaning it's out. I have a feeling I'll be reading an entire baby book with a highlighter...
Oh the name game - this is stressing me out already.
DD1 is Stella Frances, DS1 is Sebastian (Seb) Oliver, and DS2 is Augustus (Gus) Dashiell. Trying to pick a name that fits well with my first 3 kids is proving to be difficult. For a girl we really like Beatrice - maybe with the middle name Delphine.
For boys we are completely lost. I tend to like longer boy names with short nicknames and we have already established that pattern. I really like the name Beau, but I feel like it doesn't fit because it isn't a nick name for a longer name. Completely silly, I know! If this little one is a boy it will probably end up like the first two and not be named until a few days after birth!
We love Norah Jane or Penelope Jane (nn Poppy) for girls. Jane is my grandmas middle name. We were set on Norah until I mentioned loving Poppy as a nickname. And if we have a boy, he'll be Miles Otto-Miles is DHs middle name and Otto is my grandpas middle name.
I think either way, the names all go with DS, Emmett James.
I've started a list.... However I'm planning on waiting until after birth to decide this time. My DD is Autumn Noelle, I want something that goes well but haven't quite found anything I love. Boys names are hard! Since we are team green this time, I'm really loving the unisex names though! One in particular Jasper, but I'm not a huge fan of the names with rising popularity.
Right now I'm liking Joanna Leigh (nn Jojo or Jolie) for a girl and Joseph Henry for a boy. My grandmother is Joan and Leigh is my middle name. Joseph is DH's grandfather figure's name and Henry is a family name on both sides.
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DH and I batted names around when we were just TTC. We settled on Grace Elizabeth for a girl and Andrew Wyatt for a boy. Though once we know the baby's sex, we will probably revisit this. I'm not 100% on the girl's name and DH isn't 100% on the boys name.... We both have very different tastes in names.
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DH and I batted names around when we were just TTC. We settled on Grace Elizabeth for a girl and Andrew Wyatt for a boy. Though once we know the baby's sex, we will probably revisit this. I'm not 100% on the girl's name and DH isn't 100% on the boys name.... We both have very different tastes in names.
A girl I work with just named her daughter Grace Elizabeth! I love how it sounds when you say it!
I am a huge believer in trying names on for size. I stand in the yard and call the names. First, first middle and full on first middle last, to see how they sound. With DS I had no real choice in naming him...he's the fifth. But for this baby I'd like to go with something different, something that doesn't remind me of any students from hell, and if it happens to have a family tie, great.
Boy or girl, no matter what, we'd like to use Ryan as a middle name. DHs best friend passed away at age 32 after a battle with melanoma. My top picks at this moment are Benjamin Ryan or Marjorie Ryan. I also love Griffin, Ruth (but with Ryan is to Rrrr), Asher and Layla.
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We aren't talking seriously about names until after we know the baby's sex. But right now we really like Ivy for a girl and possibly Oliver for a boy, although we are kind of lukewarm on Oliver because of popularity. All the girls on mine and my DH's side have Ann as a middle name, including his mom who has passed away. So we will probably do Ivy Ann.
So our DS has my dad's middle name as his middle name - Kent. If we have a boy for number two it will be Joseph bc that's my husbands/FILs middle name no questions.
For a girl though..... I thought we'd use my MILs middle name Lynn buuut... our niece's middle name is Lynn after my MIL already. And my niece is the type to take it to her head. (My DS was born on her birthday and she was LIVID - at 16) I'm undecided if that is enough to deter me from using the name. Alternatively I was thinking my middle name which I love - Rae. But my mom came up wit the name and let's just say my mom was a toxic person unfortunately. I know it's my name and perhaps I should try to add something more positive to it but I'm afraid that I'll think of her often if it's my DDS birthday.
Tons of time to consider the options though since I'm team green lol.
I am going to struggle so hard this time. I'm just meh about all names, really. DS is Wesley Emerson, which we came up with and agreed upon within hours of my a/s. I don't see that happening again.
I kind of like the nickname Evie (rhymes with Stevie) for a girl. I just don't know what I'd use for the full first name. Evelyn (then will people pronounce it Eh-vie?)? Genevieve?
For or a boy, Benjamin is okay. DH has suggested Kenneth (inspired by the name of the lake we were staying at when we conceived), but that is so 70s to me. I vetoed that.
My daughters name is Penelope Rose, Penelope because we like it and Rose was my grandmothers name. For this next baby, a boy will be John Henrik. John is my husbands name and Henrik is some hockey player he likes, lol. I like the name and it makes him happy. If it's a girl she'll be named Juliana Morgan, Juliana was my husbands grandmothers name and Morgan is my maidian name
I am so glad to be a March mama! So far only one name made me go "whut?" which is a Bump record! For a boy we're going to use Michael John (family names) and for a girl we are stuck between Helena/Helene and Elizabeth. Any thoughts on the Helena vs Elizabeth debate? I'm very open!
My husband picked the girls name when we started TTC and is firm about it - Eleanor Louise. I really like the nickname Ellie, but may have preferred Eloise.... I'm not sure. I'm excited that DH is so passionate about the name, so it's his. I have a "feeling" that we are having a boy though, which we've never discussed. My current ideas are Donovan, Miles & Daniel.
@chrlyr DH really likes the NN Evie too! I wish I could sell him on Genevieve.
I'm having a hell of a lot of trouble with girl names. I sort of like Ariel; DH doesn't. He likes Evelyn (Evie), but that feels too popular to me compared to the other two we have (both in the 400s).
For boys I like Tobias; DH doesn't. I kind of like Anderson (NN: Anse, Anders), but DS's middle name is already Alexander.
Naming is going to be a challenge this time around, I can already tell.
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I really like Jane Larkin ( my great grandmothers name) or Harper Madison. DH likes neither of those names naturally. He likes Hannah Katherine which I like those names, It just doesn't have a good flow to me. We both like Samuel David for a boy. We named our DS after both of my Grandpas, and they were old timey names. We both want to stick with a name that's not really heard much these days without our child being teased for such a crazy name.
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If if a boy it's William Christopher. Both names are deceased grandpas names
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I have always loved Charlotte, it came in only second to my DD's name Audrey, it's also the top sibling name to go with Audrey. DH picked Noelle, he picked DD's middle name as well so it fits.
Charley is DH's grandpa's name that he was super close with and Wayne was my dads name. oddly enough before I even met DH i heard someone with the name Charley Wayne and absolutely loved it,so it's just the perfect name.
It's a BOY!!
For a girl we are going with Andriana Pearl. Andriana is the female Greek version of Andreas (Andrew) which is my dads middle name and his birth fathers name. Pearl is the name of my great grandma on my dads side and my new due date is only two days before my ggmas bday, so if it's a girl that'd be perfect coincidence!
For a girl it will be Taylor Elaine (Elaine was my grandmothers name) and a boy will be Noah Lee (Lee is my dad's name, and my middle name is Leigh)
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DD1 is Stella Frances, DS1 is Sebastian (Seb) Oliver, and DS2 is Augustus (Gus) Dashiell. Trying to pick a name that fits well with my first 3 kids is proving to be difficult. For a girl we really like Beatrice - maybe with the middle name Delphine.
For boys we are completely lost. I tend to like longer boy names with short nicknames and we have already established that pattern. I really like the name Beau, but I feel like it doesn't fit because it isn't a nick name for a longer name. Completely silly, I know! If this little one is a boy it will probably end up like the first two and not be named until a few days after birth!
I think either way, the names all go with DS, Emmett James.
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Benjamin for a boy. That one is set in stone
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I am a huge believer in trying names on for size. I stand in the yard and call the names. First, first middle and full on first middle last, to see how they sound. With DS I had no real choice in naming him...he's the fifth. But for this baby I'd like to go with something different, something that doesn't remind me of any students from hell, and if it happens to have a family tie, great.
Boy or girl, no matter what, we'd like to use Ryan as a middle name. DHs best friend passed away at age 32 after a battle with melanoma. My top picks at this moment are Benjamin Ryan or Marjorie Ryan. I also love Griffin, Ruth (but with Ryan is to Rrrr), Asher and Layla.
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For a girl though..... I thought we'd use my MILs middle name Lynn buuut... our niece's middle name is Lynn after my MIL already. And my niece is the type to take it to her head. (My DS was born on her birthday and she was LIVID - at 16) I'm undecided if that is enough to deter me from using the name. Alternatively I was thinking my middle name which I love - Rae. But my mom came up wit the name and let's just say my mom was a toxic person unfortunately. I know it's my name and perhaps I should try to add something more positive to it but I'm afraid that I'll think of her often if it's my DDS birthday.
Tons of time to consider the options though since I'm team green lol.
@kacw1025 our top choice for a girl is Adelaide Wren! Second to that is Avalon Jade.
We are having more trouble with boy names. So far we like Milo and Liam
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I kind of like the nickname Evie (rhymes with Stevie) for a girl. I just don't know what I'd use for the full first name. Evelyn (then will people pronounce it Eh-vie?)? Genevieve?
For or a boy, Benjamin is okay. DH has suggested Kenneth (inspired by the name of the lake we were staying at when we conceived), but that is so 70s to me. I vetoed that.
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@sschapman I know a William that goes by Beau!
Set on Cecelia Isabel for a girl. Both maternal grandmothers middle names.
Boy proving more difficult! Top contenders are Benjamin, Jacob, William and holding on to Robert but I'm not loving it paired with our last name.
I have a "feeling" that we are having a boy though, which we've never discussed. My current ideas are Donovan, Miles & Daniel.
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I'm having a hell of a lot of trouble with girl names. I sort of like Ariel; DH doesn't. He likes Evelyn (Evie), but that feels too popular to me compared to the other two we have (both in the 400s).
For boys I like Tobias; DH doesn't. I kind of like Anderson (NN: Anse, Anders), but DS's middle name is already Alexander.
Naming is going to be a challenge this time around, I can already tell.