I think we’ve got our final lists! Team green so we need names for both sexes. We have 3 for each and I think we are finally done looking and thinking.
@Puddlewonderful My middle name is Jean and I was named after my grandmother so when I found out I was having a girl it was a no brainer. If Jean has family significance then it makes sense to me to use it! I also think Anna Jean sounds good together... just like my Charley Jean.
ETA- I think AJ is a cute little nick name too. My husband already calls our baby CJ.
@Puddlewonderful I loooove Anna Elizabeth, it’s so pretty! My DD is Anna (middle name Charlotte) so I’m on board with that name choice — BECAUSE MY OPINION TOTES MATTERS
I've become obsessed with E names for baby girl but I'm having a hard time finding one that works. Ellie is my favorite but is also the name of DH's ex-gf so it's definitely out. I like NNs like Elle, Em, Elsie, etc., but none of them as a stand-alone name. I like Emilia but DH isn't crazy about that spelling. Any favorites you ladies can recommend?
We're having trouble coming up with girl names. The only name we both kinda like is Emma, but it's so popular, that I'm having second thoughts. DS is Wyatt Reece (Reece is his middle name), and I'd like a name that sounds good with Wyatt. What do you all think of Teagan or Quinn for a girl name? I might like Quinn more, but am not sure about middle names that go well with it. Thoughts/suggestions?
@irenejean I like Quinn! I'm having the same problem with the name Emma even though I love it.
Okay so I was about to say any middle name pairs with Quinn and to suggest Quinn Elizabeth...which I then heard in my head as Queen Elizabeth. So yeah, maybe middle names are tricky with that one!
@kaymaroo what about Everly? A friend of ours just named their baby girl that and I think it is lovely. Could be shortened to Evie or Eve.
@irenejean I love Quinn so much. I would pick it for our DD, but a close friend of ours named their DD Quinn, so it's out. It is hard to think of a good middle name to go with it. What if you lengthened it to Quinnley or some other form? A middle name might go better with a longer first name.
We are leaning towards Bexlie Brynn right now. But I told my DH that we have to wait until she's born to make a final decision.
@kaymaroo I think Everly is a great name! I don't think it would be too much with a long last name that starts with V. How many syllables is your last name? I know a last name with 4 syllables that starts with a V, and when I think of Everly with that last name, it doesn't seem too long to me.
It sounds like DH prefers Teagan to Quinn. I suppose we could always go with Teagan Quinn for a first and middle name. I was kinda liking Quinn Ivy for a minute.
@kaymaroo I actually think it would go cute with a "V" last name since there is a "V" in the first name. Our DS has a first and last name with the same sound and we love it. However, I don't know your last name so you would know better if it goes together!
Some other E names I had on my list were (spellings negotiable): Elowyn/Ellawyn, Ellison, Emery and my DH liked Emerson.
@irenejean I love both Teagan and Quinn! They were both on our short list. I was actually going to suggest Teagan Quinn, but I like Quinn Ivy too. Also- I love your DS's name!
@kaymaroo I love Everly as well - one of my close friends named his daughter that and I just thought it was so beautiful! Eloise is on our list as well. Ellie would be the nickname we’d use, but you could always use Lo or Elsie as the NN instead. I also love the nickname Emme (pronounced Emmy), could be short for Emmeline which is similar to Emilia. Esme was also on my list but DH nixed it. I had a thing with E names too at the beginning!
Thanks guys! Everly has a lot of common sounds with our last name so the more I think about it the more I'm leaning towards no, although I do LOVE the name. Emery and Elise are pretty too--you guys have such great suggestions!
I've become obsessed with E names for baby girl but I'm having a hard time finding one that works. Ellie is my favorite but is also the name of DH's ex-gf so it's definitely out. I like NNs like Elle, Em, Elsie, etc., but none of them as a stand-alone name. I like Emilia but DH isn't crazy about that spelling. Any favorites you ladies can recommend?
I taught a little girl named Ellery one year! I always thought it was such a pretty name, and you could use the nn Elle then! Her sister’s name was Erelyn, which I also found to be very pretty, but still similar enough to more popular names like Evelyn.
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I should stop looking at names but I came across Callahan for a boy and I think that's a nice name. DH forgot that we chose our name already and asked me what we picked lol
@kaymaroo my daughter's name is Emmeline (i pronounce it that the last syllable rhymes with pine but i think it is supposed to rhyme with bean). we call her emmy or emmylou for short. I liked that it was a common and easy nickname with a more unique full name,
We picked out our little boy’s name super early in the pregnancy. It’ll be Atlas Myles! I told my husband he could name the boy’s name if it ended up being a boy, he loved the name Atlas for some reason, I have no idea where it came from. But I did help him out with the middle name because he was stuck, I suggested Miles, but I like different spelling for names so I swapped the i for a y
Really struggling with girl names. Top choice right now is Mia Isabella. Middle name is definitely going to be Isabella after my mother. Other options are Aria and a name we kind of like is Raelynn or Raylee. Any suggestions?
@mommyandshell I really struggled with girl names too. I always think of weird letter and sound constrictions. I like all your name suggestions but here are my thoughts... Love Raelynn but the flow with Isabella is a little hard. Mia and Aria have the same ending a sound as Isabella. suggesting: Alice Isabella, Ivy Isabella, Zoey Isabella, Kylie Isabella, Grace Isabella, Bree Isabella, Jade Isabella.
Our girl names are down to Nora and Catherine (Kate for short). I like both but I'm slightly partial to Catherine/Kate, whereas DH is pretty dead-set on Nora.
I'm avoiding picking a boy name because DH and I are in complete disagreement. He's always wanted to name a son Russell, after his grandpa. I like the name Russell, but my oldest son is Jack. Anyone else think Jack and Russel call to mind the dog breed? Or am I over-thinking it?
I agree with the dog breed - that's definitely the idea people will get.
Re: The Great Name Thread
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EDD: 3/29/18
Maxwell (Max), Henry (Hank), William (Will)
Beatrice (Bea), Darcy, Eloise
Game-time decision!
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EDD: 3/29/18
Thoughts on:
Anna Jean
Anna Elizabeth
Anna Teresa
Anna Virginia
Anna Olivia
???
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EDD: 3/29/18
ETA- I think AJ is a cute little nick name too. My husband already calls our baby CJ.
Okay so I was about to say any middle name pairs with Quinn and to suggest Quinn Elizabeth...which I then heard in my head as Queen Elizabeth. So yeah, maybe middle names are tricky with that one!
@irenejean I love Quinn so much. I would pick it for our DD, but a close friend of ours named their DD Quinn, so it's out. It is hard to think of a good middle name to go with it. What if you lengthened it to Quinnley or some other form? A middle name might go better with a longer first name.
We are leaning towards Bexlie Brynn right now. But I told my DH that we have to wait until she's born to make a final decision.
Some other E names I had on my list were (spellings negotiable): Elowyn/Ellawyn, Ellison, Emery and my DH liked Emerson.
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@irenejean - Teagen Quinn is cute!
Mama to Rowan Sebastian and baby boy coming in April!
@irenejean Teagan Quinn is so cute!
I should stop looking at names but I came across Callahan for a boy and I think that's a nice name. DH forgot that we chose our name already and asked me what we picked lol
Married: 10/3/15
TTC: May 2017
BFP: 7/20/17
EDD: 3/29/18
I really struggled with girl names too. I always think of weird letter and sound constrictions. I like all your name suggestions but here are my thoughts... Love Raelynn but the flow with Isabella is a little hard. Mia and Aria have the same ending a sound as Isabella.
suggesting: Alice Isabella, Ivy Isabella, Zoey Isabella, Kylie Isabella, Grace Isabella, Bree Isabella, Jade Isabella.