I think we have finally decided on Tucker Scott (DD is Clara Grace). We aren't going to tell anyone until he's here, we are tired of everyone's opinions.
@MrsFreeman2010 , I LOVE Tucker! That was our top choice if this baby was a boy and now I'm a little sad that we won't be able to use it. Also, love Clara--it was on my short list for this girl!
I am really struggling with girl's names. My favorite names are Elliott and Clare but H vetoed Elliott for a girl and doesn't love Clare. We agree on Paige and Hailey but I am not crazy about Hailey and Paige doesn't work with either of our middle name choices (Jean and Darr, I don't like having a one-syllable first name with a one-syllable middle name). I like Kenna but H doesn't think it is a real name (it may not be). We also both kind of like Scarlett but don't love it. Anyone have any ideas that are similar to these? I'm starting to worry that we'll end up with a girl and she won't have a name for like the first week.
@RainyDays86 I'm biased, because I have a Paige but I love it! And she's Paige Leigh so I have no issues with single syllable first and middle. And to throw it even more off our last name is single syllable! Between your two middle names I'd go with Paige Jean.
I also like Hailey! But I have a Halle which is close but slightly different and less common. I don't see anything wrong with Hailey Jean or Hailey Darr.
Kenna is not my style. I tend to agree with your DH that it's a more of a nickname for McKenna.
Married 03.09.09 Sweet Baby H 12.21.11 Sassy Baby P 03.26.14 Little Brother Due 05.22.17
Yall...I really can't decide between Hadley and Grace. DS is Wyatt. It would be Hadley Grace or Grace Patricia or Grace Lynn (both family names). We'd probably call her Gracie. Please tell me which you prefer! DH likes both so he's kind of leaving it up to me.
@RainyDays86 - I am a huge fan of both Clare and Paige, but I understand the one syllable dilemma. Hailey and Scarlett are not my style, but are solid choices. Suggestions: Violet, Juliet, Charlotte, Hannah, and Hazel. Out of curiousity, is Darr a family name? I've never heard of it, and it's rather awesome for a middle.
@champhe - Of the two, I'd definitely vote for Grace. I have a difficult time picture an adult, professional woman named Hadley. Grace is a beautiful name, which I think ages well.
Fur daughter: 02/2011 Human sons: 11/2015 & 05/2017 *formerly kayemjay*
Thanks for the input everyone! @kayemjay2 Darr is H'a grandmother's name. Her actual name was Dorothy but she went by Darr only her whole life. It's a little weird but I like it for a middle name.
@champhe My vote would be for Grace Lynn. Just because if she does go by Gracie it doesn't flow as well with Patricia. Hadley Grace is a little more trendy but if you still love Grace/Gracie she could decide to use her middle name into adulthood as I know many adults who go by nn/mn in their professional lives.
We are the kind of people who keep the list of names private from friends and family and then finalize at birth. DD is Ariana Soleil. Our last name is really Hispanic so we're trying to keep the names easily pronounced in Spanish and English. The list for this LO so far is:
Violet - (I keep thinking of her as Violet but actually don't love the name) Mila Wren - (DHs fav so far but I'll have to convince him on keeping MN) Emilia - (too popular or weird sibling set) Belle - (maybe more of a MN?)
@MrsFreeman2010 and @nda_roxybabe We made the mistake of telling our possible names to our families early on, and not everyone was super enthusiastic (fortunately they didn't say anything negative, but we could just tell). So we've decided not to reveal the "final" name until it's born--although I think they all know that we're going to do what we were going to do anyways, because that's how we roll!
@erinh2005 I love Mila Wren as well! I also like Emilia and don't think it would be a weird sibling set, but I really like Mila.
@RainyDays86 I was trying to think of some names similar to Scarlett and came up with a couple that @kayemjay2 listed...I second her suggestions!
H and I have always liked Ivan for a boy, and it goes great with our last name. (The initials also give a great nickname that some of our friends have already taken to calling the baby, even though we don't know yet if it's a boy!) H is definitely set on Ivan and I'm on board. The only thing that bothers me is whether it will now be associated with Ivanka Trump. Would anyone else worry about this? Am I overthinking it (like I do everything else)?!
I think the difference between EYE-van and eee-VAHN-kah separate those two names enough. You said you've loved the name Ivan for a long time, so I'd stick with it. (Also, if any babies in the past 8 years were named Sasha, I really wonder how many people go around saying "oh you named that after his kid"; I think it's far enough removed from your everyday life to not matter.)
@SKZW and @erinh2005 Great points! Thanks for the input. I'm not sure if it would change our minds (H is really excited about the name and I'd hate to take that away), but always good to be prepared--hopefully for nothing, like you said!
Joseph John is the name we are going with. Joseph for my husband, his father, and his grandfather. John is for both of my grandfathers and my husband's other grandfather. My dad's middle name is John, too.
I love seeing the names that everyone is choosing!
@achays11 I somehow missed your suggestion until just now (bumping at the laundromat...alone - so basically on vacation!) but yes! I thought of that one I was just contemplating whether her name would be seen as a literal object "purple colored chiming object" or if I was overthinking it lol
So, as previously posted, we've had some drama with the baby's name. We've decided to find a couple that we like and will maybe tell people those but not the final name until baby is here! So far we know the Tyberius will be the middle since H loves it but understand that I'm having a hard time with it as a first name. The 2 top contenders for first names are Oliver and Griffin I'm glad we've been able to figure most of that out with little to no drama between H and I and he's really been awesome with his mom and shutting her down when she gets attitude about it lol
"A day without laughter is a day wasted." ~Charlie Chaplin
Wow its like you copied my baby name list! Hubby isnt thrilled with any of them and gives me the dumbest suggestions. Its like he is trying to annoy me but swears he is serious.
DD3 is Harper and DD1 & DD2 were born on Long Island with DD1 maintaining a pretty strong east coast accent even though we are now back in the Midwest. So DD1 pronounces Harper as "Harpah" and everyone just finds it adorable. But if anyone else says it "Harpah" DD1 will tell you that you are saying it wrong.
Our names are: DD1 (5 1/2) is Carsyn Marie DD2 (4) is Zoey Grace DD3 (2) is Harper Lynn DS will be Dalton William
@lilbeautysxt: This is just one person's honest opinion, you can take it or leave it! Kolt or Kaden: I really dislike "C" names spelled with a "K." I prefer them spelled like Colt and Caden. The K is too trendy, almost looks like a mistake. Try to imagine your child's name on a professional resume! Also, my first impressions are that Colt is a little country, if that matters to you, and Caden is quite popular now (almost overdone), again, if that matters to you.
@lilbeautysxt: This is just one person's honest opinion, you can take it or leave it! Kolt or Kaden: I really dislike "C" names spelled with a "K." I prefer them spelled like Colt and Caden. The K is too trendy, almost looks like a mistake. Try to imagine your child's name on a professional resume! Also, my first impressions are that Colt is a little country, if that matters to you, and Caden is quite popular now (almost overdone), again, if that matters to you.
I'm with you on this. Kaden doesn't bug me as much, but Kolt I'm not wild about that. What I realllllly hate is when people name businesses things like "Kate's Kupcakes" I just want to be like, you could have spelled that correctly! They still make the same sound!
Hi everyone, I am looking for help with names. We haven't really given it much thought and because we're team green we need male and female names.
We would like a name that doesn't cause people to think up nicknames for it. In other words, we want a non-nickname-able name. Or at least one that doesn't have such obvious nicknames that people are always trying to inflict said nicknames on the kid. At the same time we don't want a name that is already a nickname of something else as the formal name (e.g. Kate -- a lot of people are given the name Kate, but people assume it's short for Katherine even when it is not. We would like to avoid names like Katherine, which people like to shorten to Kate/Catie without permission, as well as names like Kate.)
DS's name is like Katherine -- it is one of those that everyone just assumes should be shortened. Think Benjamin. Everyone will call your kid Ben, even if he wants to go by Benjamin. DD's name is exactly what we're looking for. There isn't really a nickname for it even though it's three syllables. So people call her the correct name every time. It's also a bit unusual but still well-known -- not one you'd mistake as a made-up name. We'd love to think of another name like that.
Our front-runner girl name was Cassandra for a long time, and perhaps it still is, but when DH said this nickname thing I was like, "we totally can't do Cassandra" because she will definitely be called Cassie, Cass, or Sandra.
@kat81 - I agree that Cassandra would inevitably become Cassie. Some suggestions for non-nickname able names that aren't themselves nicknames that I am a fan of....
@kat81 DD has one of those names that could be a nickname, but isn't. No one has assumed is was short for anything. We also have friends that named their son a name that could be shortened and they just told everyone that they would not be using a nickname and only call him by his full name.
You can definitely use names the way that you want. You just have to be vocal about it.
@kat81 DD has one of those names that could be a nickname, but isn't. No one has assumed is was short for anything. We also have friends that named their son a name that could be shortened and they just told everyone that they would not be using a nickname and only call him by his full name.
You can definitely use names the way that you want. You just have to be vocal about it.
I understand, but it has been a huge annoyance for DS who is special needs in the first place...so it's just one hassle I wish he didn't have, even though I REALLY love his name (the full version!) You can use it how you want but some names get forced into nicknamehood more so than others and there is only so much you can do. People will still do what they want to do, too. This is why we might still go with Cassandra, but I really do think that a name like Benjamin is one of those ones that people will just shorten for you as the default, whether you like it or not. I'm prepared to correct right and left when the kid is a baby but I don't know what my kid will be like and whether I want him/her to have to take on that burden, just like may people on here don't want their kid to have a name that gets mispronounced or misspelled right and left. Obviously it's not the biggest deal in the world, but I'm open to name ideas that people won't screw up.
I totally get the non nicknames thing! That's one of our criterias as well. My name is actually just Katie, and I hated that I was one of six Katie's in school and not a single one of them was actually named Katie, it was just their nickname.
DD1 is Halle. DD2 is Paige
Names we are considering for this baby boy are Ryan, Levi, Luke, Eli, Grant. None of which can be shortened to nicknames!
Married 03.09.09 Sweet Baby H 12.21.11 Sassy Baby P 03.26.14 Little Brother Due 05.22.17
We have family who insist on adding an e sound to the end of names ( Matt becomes Matty...Jenna becomes Jenny) which annoyed my MIL enough she didn't name her children anything that could be made that way (ex. Natasha...). We also did this with out daughter and now they call her by her middle name with an extra e- Rosie. Grrr. I have corrected over and over again (to no avail) especially because she is first named for the matriarch of the family.
I get the nickname thing too. There are a couple of girl names I really like but I don't like their nicknames at all so we've vetoed them to avoid that risk. @kat81 I don't know how many of these will be your taste but in addition to ideas people have already given, I had the following non-nicknameable ideas: Emma, Emily, Nora, Hailey, Zoe, Scarlett, Erin, Margo, Avery. Hope that helps!
@hp_momma we've talked about this before but I LOVE Paige! It's a front runner for us for sure if this one is a girl.
Re: Baby Name Choices & Discussion!
1st Baby 5/12/17, Henry
I am really struggling with girl's names. My favorite names are Elliott and Clare but H vetoed Elliott for a girl and doesn't love Clare. We agree on Paige and Hailey but I am not crazy about Hailey and Paige doesn't work with either of our middle name choices (Jean and Darr, I don't like having a one-syllable first name with a one-syllable middle name). I like Kenna but H doesn't think it is a real name (it may not be). We also both kind of like Scarlett but don't love it. Anyone have any ideas that are similar to these? I'm starting to worry that we'll end up with a girl and she won't have a name for like the first week.
I also like Hailey! But I have a Halle which is close but slightly different and less common. I don't see anything wrong with Hailey Jean or Hailey Darr.
Kenna is not my style. I tend to agree with your DH that it's a more of a nickname for McKenna.
Sweet Baby H 12.21.11
Sassy Baby P 03.26.14
Little Brother Due 05.22.17
@champhe I am a fan of Hadley Grace. A close friend just had a Hadley Mae and I think Hadley is just such a sweet name and Grace is always lovely.
DS2 5/17
#3 Due 9/20
@champhe - Of the two, I'd definitely vote for Grace. I have a difficult time picture an adult, professional woman named Hadley. Grace is a beautiful name, which I think ages well.
Human sons: 11/2015 & 05/2017
*formerly kayemjay*
Violet - (I keep thinking of her as Violet but actually don't love the name)
Mila Wren - (DHs fav so far but I'll have to convince him on keeping MN)
Emilia - (too popular or weird sibling set)
Belle - (maybe more of a MN?)
@erinh2005 I love Mila Wren as well! I also like Emilia and don't think it would be a weird sibling set, but I really like Mila.
@RainyDays86 I was trying to think of some names similar to Scarlett and came up with a couple that @kayemjay2 listed...I second her suggestions!
H and I have always liked Ivan for a boy, and it goes great with our last name. (The initials also give a great nickname that some of our friends have already taken to calling the baby, even though we don't know yet if it's a boy!) H is definitely set on Ivan and I'm on board. The only thing that bothers me is whether it will now be associated with Ivanka Trump. Would anyone else worry about this? Am I overthinking it (like I do everything else)?!
I love seeing the names that everyone is choosing!
"A day without laughter is a day wasted." ~Charlie Chaplin
Our names are:
DD1 (5 1/2) is Carsyn Marie
DD2 (4) is Zoey Grace
DD3 (2) is Harper Lynn
DS will be Dalton William
You can't make this sh*t up
1st Baby 5/12/17, Henry
I am looking for help with names. We haven't really given it much thought and because we're team green we need male and female names.
We would like a name that doesn't cause people to think up nicknames for it. In other words, we want a non-nickname-able name. Or at least one that doesn't have such obvious nicknames that people are always trying to inflict said nicknames on the kid. At the same time we don't want a name that is already a nickname of something else as the formal name (e.g. Kate -- a lot of people are given the name Kate, but people assume it's short for Katherine even when it is not. We would like to avoid names like Katherine, which people like to shorten to Kate/Catie without permission, as well as names like Kate.)
DS's name is like Katherine -- it is one of those that everyone just assumes should be shortened. Think Benjamin. Everyone will call your kid Ben, even if he wants to go by Benjamin.
DD's name is exactly what we're looking for. There isn't really a nickname for it even though it's three syllables. So people call her the correct name every time. It's also a bit unusual but still well-known -- not one you'd mistake as a made-up name. We'd love to think of another name like that.
Our front-runner girl name was Cassandra for a long time, and perhaps it still is, but when DH said this nickname thing I was like, "we totally can't do Cassandra" because she will definitely be called Cassie, Cass, or Sandra.
1st Baby 5/12/17, Henry
Girls: Ivy, Bridget, Hannah, Hazel, Greta, Halle, Lauren, Mira, Paige
Boys: Otis, Joel, Reed, Carter, Ross, Declan, Soren, Rowan, Cole, Roman
Human sons: 11/2015 & 05/2017
*formerly kayemjay*
You can definitely use names the way that you want. You just have to be vocal about it.
DD1 is Halle. DD2 is Paige
Names we are considering for this baby boy are Ryan, Levi, Luke, Eli, Grant. None of which can be shortened to nicknames!
Sweet Baby H 12.21.11
Sassy Baby P 03.26.14
Little Brother Due 05.22.17
@hp_momma we've talked about this before but I LOVE Paige! It's a front runner for us for sure if this one is a girl.