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Naming inspiration--a place to pass along your "almost" names

KipperooKipperoo member
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NotAPlaya-JustCrushAlot had a great idea in another thread to start a place to put the names that you considered but aren't using...possible inspiration for anyone trying to come up with ideas! So...here it is! Maybe a little early, but it will likely keep rolling through the months...

I'll start with the boy names we were considering, had this baby been a boy (according to Panorama, it's a girl): Felix and Rowan were our top contenders.

Girl names that have been axed (mostly because of friends/family already used OR because my husband inexplicably hated them): Violet, Clara, Celese, Celine, Juliet, Marin, and Frances.  
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    mamatowildonesmamatowildones member
    Cool idea! Had this been a girl we would've used Juliana. It has sentimental meaning to us as a couple. If we have a girl one day we will be using that without a doubt. I also LOVE Vivianne. 

    We are still up in the air with this boy but we have recently gotten rid of Alexander, Julian, Thomas, and Nicholas. Naming this boy is tough!

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    emilyalsoemilyalso member
    These are names we both agreed on but didn't make it to the final cut. 

    Hadley
    Lane
    Elizabeth
    Riley
    Taylor
    Paige 
    Carlie 
    Kennedy

    Harrison (DS's mn but I would have LOVED as first!)
    Jacob
    Colin
    Brady
    Noah
    Wesley (I actually love this for a girl too - DH, not so much) 
    Henry
    Colton
    Kellen

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    ChristinaWildChristinaWild member
    If this baby had been a boy, we were going to name him Oliver. Instead, I'll be stalking this thread for girl names that y'all aren't using!! :)

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    vrj0522vrj0522 member
    We didn't get to discuss girl names since I had early testing but these are the boy names that have been

    Sawyer
    Seth
    Beckett
    Camden
    Parker
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    onebadmothaonebadmotha member
    Names that I love that either got vetoed, I changed my mind about, or are unusable because of family/friends:

    Josephine
    Julia/Juliana
    Magnolia (nn Maggie)
    Claire
    Hannah

    Oliver
    Julian
    Connor
    Benjamin
    Matthew
    Theodore (Theo)
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    chickyclgchickyclg member
    I absolutely loved the name Jillian for a girl but the boy name that made the final cut was Jackson.  So for their sake of not being a nursery rhyme reference, Jillian got cut. 

    Other names in the bank were 
    Mason
    Jefferson

    Madeline
    Mackenzie
    Kennedy
    Quinn

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    mamatowildonesmamatowildones member
    @kayemjay2 wow our taste is insanely similar. Juliana is our girl name. My oldest is Benjamin. And I suggested Matthew and Theodore this round! Maybe I should have you name my third boy!

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    mamatowildones said:
    @kayemjay2 wow our taste is insanely similar. Juliana is our girl name. My oldest is Benjamin. And I suggested Matthew and Theodore this round! Maybe I should have you name my third boy!
    Hahaha...I thought the same thing when I read your post- I love all of those names! Also, DS is Nicholas :) Boy names are so difficult- we are having a hard time coming up with a second boy name we love, I can't imagine how difficult it is coming up with a third!
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    onebadmothaonebadmotha member
    @Kipperoo - I have a slight obsession with the name Marin, but no one else (well, my husband and sister- the only people I speak to about names) gets it. It's so beautiful, and not too "out there"! 
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    kayemjay2 said:
    mamatowildones said:
    @kayemjay2 wow our taste is insanely similar. Juliana is our girl name. My oldest is Benjamin. And I suggested Matthew and Theodore this round! Maybe I should have you name my third boy!
    Hahaha...I thought the same thing when I read your post- I love all of those names! Also, DS is Nicholas :) Boy names are so difficult- we are having a hard time coming up with a second boy name we love, I can't imagine how difficult it is coming up with a third!
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    mamatowildones said:
    @kayemjay2 wow our taste is insanely similar. Juliana is our girl name. My oldest is Benjamin. And I suggested Matthew and Theodore this round! Maybe I should have you name my third boy!
    Hahaha...I thought the same thing when I read your post- I love all of those names! Also, DS is Nicholas :) Boy names are so difficult- we are having a hard time coming up with a second boy name we love, I can't imagine how difficult it is coming up with a third!
    I can suggest Bradley. Our Benjamin and Bradley duo is pretty awesome. Not a "B" thing. Just liked the name. He was a Nicholas until about 2 minutes after birth haha

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    MrsFox2008MrsFox2008 member
    Boy names that got vetoed by DH 

    Hudson
    Hayden
    William

    Girl names vetoed by DH 

    Harper
    Olivia 
    Addison 

    DH is very picky! Haha. 

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    cclaineDCcclaineDC member
    DH and I haven't even started discussing names yet, but here are some we can't use because they're taken:

    Claire
    Olivia
    Mabel
    Alexandra
    Courtney
    Rosalyn

    Everett
    Austin
    James
    Caleb
    Nathaniel
    Patrick
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    agt104agt104 member
    Names I love and he hates: 

    Ruby
    Stella 
    Joan
    Hazel

    Noah
    Rowan 
    Maddox 
    Patrick 
    Only one Love 
    Born in June, three weeks early 


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    starphish18starphish18 member
     @Kipperoo and @agt104 I love Rowen, too (but with an "e"). I'm surprised to see it's popular here!
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    starphish18starphish18 member
    Some names I love but won't be using because husband doesn't like them or other family members already picked them:

    Owen
    Oliver

    Adelaide
    Evelyn
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    achays11achays11 member
    Some names that we have nixed are: 

    Deacon
    Sawyer
    Nolan 

    Campbell
    Kaci (maybe still a contender) 
    Aubrey
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    Luckyu317Luckyu317 member
    edited November 2016
    Sharing both lists. We might end up using them, but sharing anyways :). We're 90% set on two girls names. ***Girls: Francesca, Charlotte, Eve, Gemma, Violet, Penelope/Poppy, Anastasia, Lucy, Marlowe, Tess/Tessa, Hazel, Amelia, Hadley, Stella. ***Boys: Elijah, Malcolm, Theodore, Elliot, Milo, Dorian, Emmett, Oliver, Ezra. ***DS's names are Alex & Isaac
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    Luckyu317Luckyu317 member
    edited November 2016
    @bacorrea, love Marlowe! It was in our list for a long time!
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    KMD1106KMD1106 member
    Nixed names here include:

    Girls-
    Zoey
    Emma
    Olivia
    Isla

    Boys-
    Isaac
    Gavin
    Henry
    Nolan

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    champhechamphe member
    edited November 2016
    Girl names in contention:
    Nora 
    Hadley
    Harper
    Savannah 

    Boy:
    Levi

    Our DS is Wyatt and we love Levi and Wyatt together. Really think we're having a girl so I'm sharing the name anyway. :) love everyone's lists!
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    nda_roxybabenda_roxybabe member
    We're team green and have a decent list for girls and boys, well, boys are hard! 

    We vetoed:

    Baldwin (boy) 
    Fallon (either)

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    RainyDays86RainyDays86 member
    @Kipperoo and @kayemjay2 I love Marin but my husband also doesn't get it. I also like Corinne (rhymes with Berlin, emphasis on the second syllable) but he vetoed that too.

    Other names we like but aren't using:
    Girl:
    - Elliott (Ellie for short, my favorite but vetoed by H for being a boy's name)
    - Avery
    - Juliette 

    Boy:
    - Jackson
    - William 
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    blissfulberryblissfulberry member
    We've just started discussing names recently but probably won't really take it seriously until we find out the baby's sex.

    Names that I love that we won't be using because family/friends have used (very few little boys around):
    Charlotte
    Eleanor
    Charlie
    Lillian/Lily
    Olivia
    Aubrey
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    psherman42wwsapsherman42wwsa member
    edited November 2016
    If this baby was a girl she would have been named Amelia... I also liked Elsie (family name ) my husband has liked the name Maximus for this boy but I've said no. He says it sounds like a super star athlete with our last name lol...
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    lrwardrop said:
    If this baby was a girl she would have been named Amelia... I also liked Elsie (family name ) my husband has liked the name Maximus for this boy but I've said no. He says it sounds like a super star athlete with our last name lol...
    I love Elsie!!
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    slam1110slam1110 member
    @bacorrea Do you by chance have Scandinavian or Norwegian roots?  Just curious by your name choices, DH is Norwegian and we have looked at some of those names too!

    Nixed names so far:
    Girls: Elise, Amelia
    Boys: Logan, Grant, Jackson

    And boy names we can't use due to family: Michael, Luke, James, Connor, Matthew, Jacob
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    bacorreabacorrea member
    @slam1110 not that I know of, we are pretty much all Irish on my side. DH is part Korean. 

    I mainly like names that can have a nickname and are unique (but legit names/legit spellings). My name is Brandyn so I've always had a different name. 
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    KipperooKipperoo member
    bacorrea , I loooove Lachlan and had it on my list (possibly for a girl), but we nixed it because my son is Sullivan and it felt a little too thematic/Irish for a family that isn't really Irish. :-) 
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    onebadmothaonebadmotha member
    @mamatowildones - Bradley is a great name! I dated a Brad back in the day (unfortunately) and DH and I agree that all ex names are out...haha

    @bacorrea - Your name list is so interesting! I'll admit, a few are NMS, but I really like most of them. Persephone, nn Effie, is adorable. 

    I have always loved Olivia, which I see on many lists, but it's way too popular these days in my area :( 

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    nda_roxybabenda_roxybabe member
    bacorrea said:
    I'm big into nicknames (I know not everyone is). If this baby is a boy he will be Sebastian Allen and we will call him Bash. Our DD is Peregrine and goes by Perrie. We have no girl names yet. 


    Girl Names: 
    Marlowe "Marty"
    Persephone "Percy" "Effie"
    Arden "Artie" 
    Aspen 
    Aeronwen 
    Eiddwen "Eddie"
    Arwen  
    Astrid 

    Boy Names not using:
    Finnegan "Finn" 
    Lachlan 

    I know my style is kind of out there, sorry! 
    Arden has been a maybe on our list, I love it! I've LOVED Aspen for years now, but I am thinking just as a middle name. I'm afraid of "ass" jokes coming out of it.
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    LCRbelleLCRbelle member
    Girl:
    Penelope
    Genevieve
    Felicity


    Boy:
    Phineas
    Sebastian 
    Ivan
    Ian
    Elliott
    Vincent

    Probably more but that's all I can remember for now!
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    pshaortaopshaortao member
    DD was almost Daphne. I had in my head that was going to be her name but we changed our mind after she was born. I don't think we will end up using it if we have another girl but I still think its lovely!


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    @kayemjay2
    I do really like Persephone, I just don't know if I can get over the Greek mythology and Effie people will see as a Hunger Games reference. 

    @nda_roxybabe ha I hadn't even thought about that. 

    I also love

    Thaddeus "Thad"

    Guinevere "Vera" 
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    LeilaD123LeilaD123 member

    If this baby was a girl:

    Camila (nn Mila)

    Francesca (nn Frankie)


    Since it's a boy, I'm listing what we're debating. Our DS's name is Sebastian Jude:

    Oliver

    Dominic

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    rebecca517-2rebecca517-2 member
    If it had been a girl we would have most likely went with Penelope. Having a much harder time with boys names. This thread was an awesome idea. 
    A few names we liked but aren't using are:
    Matthew
    Oliver
    Henry
    Ezekiel

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    NotAPlaya-JustCrushAlotNotAPlaya-JustCrushAlot member
    @LeilaD123

    Does your Sebastian go by a NN?

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    LCRbelleLCRbelle member
    @pshaortao I love Daphne! That's one I forgot on my almost list!
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    jasd33jasd33 member
    edited November 2016
    I love the names Harper and Scarlet but unfortunately we live in New England and although I pronounce my "r"'s my parents do not and many friends do not. All I can hear when I say them out loud is Haaahhpah and scahhlet

    DD is Victoria and if we have a girl we are thinking about Adeline 
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