Names you actually want opinions on

mrsbubbles-2 · February 2018

Spinning off from this week's FFFC...

This is the thread where you can post your baby names and get honest feedback.

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A few ground rules...
There's a fine line between being snarky and being mean. Let's try to keep things friendly
It's ok to offer up the same name with different spellings. You might get some snark though for things like extra vowels or intentionally incorrect spelling of a common name.
Make sure you're really ok with getting the group's opinion before you post! If you're in love with the name and dead-set on it, maybe just post in the original Names thread

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calimom2524 · February 2018

Omg I can't with that name board. Those aren't even names!

mrsbubbles-2 · February 2018

For a girl:
Matilda
Anne
Ramona

For a boy:
Spencer
Emmett
Simon

No middle names for any of them yet

lalala2004 · February 2018

What’s even more eye-roll worthy is that lady has a post about how to look picture worthy right after giving birth. These lifestyle bloggers drive me batty.

mrsbubbles-2 · February 2018

@calimom2524 I laughed and laughed and laughed...
I don't even know how to pronounce Lakynn (Lake-in? Lack-in?)
Plus my auto correct is having a seizure with it

marafox · February 2018

@mrsbubbles-2 I love Ramona and Emmett a lot!

princesslockness · February 2018

@mrsbubbles-2 I LOVE Emmett. Its on my short list if we ever go for #4.

princesslockness · February 2018

I have always loved the name Rainy Day lastname. Would that be a decent name for job interviews? I know if she were an adult today, it would be laughed at but in 15-20 years would it be that bad?

lalala2004 · February 2018

princesslockness said:

I have always loved the name Rainy Day lastname. Would that be a decent name for job interviews? I know if she were an adult today, it would be laughed at but in 15-20 years would it be that bad?

That’s a no from me.

Firemanswife11 · February 2018

@princesslockness I don't think Rainy is a "bad" name, per se, but it's definitely NMS. I know a Rainey. Not a fan of Day as a MN.

jsnakehole · February 2018

@princesslockness I mean, in 15-20 years it may be normal compared to a lot of names but right now, I'm not sure. Honestly, it sounds kind of like a burlesque name. And as much as I love all things burlesque, I wouldn't want to have my burlesque name be my real name.

juliebird6 · February 2018

princesslockness said:

I have always loved the name Rainy Day lastname. Would that be a decent name for job interviews? I know if she were an adult today, it would be laughed at but in 15-20 years would it be that bad?

Hard pass. Sounds like a stripper name to me. Sorry.

princesslockness · February 2018

I was thinking it would be more western/rancher style.

msmonalisavito · February 2018

princesslockness said:

I have always loved the name Rainy Day lastname. Would that be a decent name for job interviews? I know if she were an adult today, it would be laughed at but in 15-20 years would it be that bad?

Not sure if serious....

juliebird6 · February 2018

mrsbubbles-2 said:

For a girl:
Matilda
Anne
Ramona

For a boy:
Spencer
Emmett
Simon

No middle names for any of them yet

Love your boy names. Matilda isn't bad. Would you use a nick name? I'm not a huge fan of Ramona, but not because there's anything wrong with it, just not my style. Anne's okay - a little bland but completely normal and fine.

msmonalisavito · February 2018

@mrsbubbles-2 I love Matilda and Simon!!

princesslockness · February 2018

@msmonalisavito 100% serious. Its just an idea. I'm totally leaning more towards Fallon or Gwendolyn, but I still think about it regularly.

msmonalisavito · February 2018

princesslockness said:

@msmonalisavito 100% serious. Its just an idea. I'm totally leaning more towards Fallon or Gwendolyn, but I still think about it regularly.

In that case, I'd pass.

Although I love Gwendolyn!

juliebird6 · February 2018

I'll post here because I want legitimate responses. I know our old fashioned names aren't everyone's style, and that's okay. I won't be offended by a little snark if it's not your style. We aren't really discussing names very seriously until we know for sure if it's a boy or girl, but if we have another girl, I really like the name Mabel Jean. DH thinks the sib set is too much. What do you think? DD is Hazel Bea. (FYI, Bea and Jean are both family names.)

ashleyandjody · February 2018

princesslockness said:

I was thinking it would be more western/rancher style.

Stuck in a box...

I'm from a ranching family and it just sounds like the weather to me.

princesslockness · February 2018

That sib set would be too much for me, but old fashioned names also aren't my style.

msmonalisavito · February 2018

@juliebird6 I adore the sibset but separately, Mabel and Hazel are a little rhymey. But if that doesn't matter to you, I'd go for it.

mrsbubbles-2 · February 2018

@juliebird6 - I like Tilly for a nickname for Matilda. Is it weird? It definitely sounds more baby to me than a nickname she could grow up with...

@princesslockness - Rainy Day isn't my style. Nymbler spit out Rosalie and Violet as similar names.

ashleyandjody · February 2018

^WSS - They ryhme, which doesn't bother me (I don't know if it bothers you).

princesslockness · February 2018

@mrsbubbles-2 Rosalie and Violet are 'yuck, hard pass' for me. IDK why I just can't get that name out of my head.

juliebird6 · February 2018

@mrsbubbles-2 Love Tillie for a nickname. I think that's so cute.

@msmonalisavito I can't decide if the rhyming bothers me. I come from a family of rhyming names and it never bothered any of us, but I'm not sure I want to repeat the pattern. We still have time to decide since we don't even know if it's a boy or a girl.

neeraja_k · February 2018

I don't openly snark at anyone on the original names thread, not my style. But I may give you a serious case of Forrest Whitaker eye if it's weird vowel replacement, or any one of the Aiden/Caden/Braedon names. I have a cousin with three sons and she named all three of them some weird variation of the Aiden/Caden/Braedon thing and I just can't even.

That said, Rainy Day doesn't bother me in the least. And I almost hate to admit it, but I kind of like the "hippy granola sounding names" like, Sage, Willow, Rowan, Birch, Lily, etc. Then again I was named Misty Dawn, so...

calimom2524 · February 2018

@princesslockness when I hear the name Rainy I think of the Friends episode where Ross and Rachel are tying to think of names and Rachel suggests Rain. Ross says "Rain? Rain. Hi, my name is Rain. I have my own kiln and my dress is made out of wheat."

I don't mean that in a snarky way at all, I'm just a huge Friends fan so that's the first thing that comes to mind. It's a hard pass for me.

Ok so I feel the snark coming on for one of my girl names:

Eleanor
Cora
Evelyn
Raelynn

Middle name for a girl will be Joyce after my maternal grandmother. I have a Leo and and Ethan so I'm looking for something that fits when saying all 3 names.

mrsbubbles-2 · February 2018

@juliebird6 - love Mabel. I love that the old fashioned names are back now! But ditto @msmonalisavito , if the rhyming doesn't bother you than I say go for it

juliebird6 · February 2018

calimom2524 said:

@princesslockness when I hear the name Rainy I think of the Friends episode where Ross and Rachel are tying to think of names and Rachel suggests Rain. Ross says "Rain? Rain. Hi, my name is Rain. I have my own kiln and my dress is made out of wheat."

I don't mean that in a snarky way at all, I'm just a huge Friends fan so that's the first thing that comes to mind. It's a hard pass for me.

Ok so I feel the snark coming on for one of my girl names:

Eleanor
Cora
Evelyn
Raelynn

Middle name for a girl will be Joyce after my maternal grandmother. I have a Leo and and Ethan so I'm looking for something that fits when saying all 3 names.

Love all of them except Raelynn (which is the name I assume you were expecting snark for).

calimom2524 · February 2018

Yup! haha. I never would have even considered that name but I heard it the other day and I actually liked it. I can't tell if the spelling is right, I'm definitely one that hates the replacement of vowels and such, I hate weird unique spellings of names, so I'm just not sure. But when I say it together with my boys names I still really like it!

mrsbubbles-2 · February 2018

@calimom2524 Love Eleanor, Cora and Evelyn. Raelynn isn't really my style but I think all those names go well with you boys' names

princesslockness · February 2018

@calimom2524 I get that. Love Friends! I'm not that hippy at all, but can it happening from a kid of mine.

Personally I love Evelyn with your boys' names. Raelynn is also cute, but maybe doesn't fit as well.

delujm0 · February 2018

princesslockness said:

I have always loved the name Rainy Day lastname. Would that be a decent name for job interviews? I know if she were an adult today, it would be laughed at but in 15-20 years would it be that bad?

Might not be weird to use Rain/Rainn as a first name and then call them Rainy. I wouldn't do the MN though. I mean it flows, but most people find actual rainy days to be a total bummer, so I wouldn't want that to be the first thing they thought of when they heard my kid's name.

I do also agree that Rainy Day sounds like a stage name. I mean would it affect a job interview? Probably not, as most people don't include their MN on their resume, but I still think Rainn sounds more generally professional than Rainy as a FN. Or maybe Reina/Rayna for a girl with NN Rainy.

missybutler94 · February 2018

@mrsbubbles-2 I LOVE the name Ramona! That is so so cute.

@calimom2524 Cora is my favorite out of all those names! I rarely hear it and I think it is so cute.

we have a DD named Blake, and her middle name is Ashlyn (also my middle name)
we are expecting another girl and have her first name chosen, Evan, but my question is should we give her the middle name Ashlyn? Or is two girls and I with the same middle name just too much? I want her to have a feminine middle name and I just can't think of anything with meaning.

I also liked Evan Joan, Joan is my husbands grandmothers name. But my whole family is steering us toward using the name Ashlyn for her middle name again. Would you think its weird to share a middle name with your mom and sibling?

scottishlass1213 · February 2018

Okay I need opinion on this. We're debating Charles Frederick after both of our grandfathers. Mine was Charles and he just passed in November and we found out about baby 2 days before his funeral. My absolute favorite person. Would probably nickname Charlie as that's what my grandfather went by.

the problem? Well when I was 20, we got a cat that I still own and his name is Charlie. So he's 13 and will most likely die in up to 6-7 years. So is it weird to have a Charlie the cat and Charlie the kid? LMAO. I obviously wasn't thinking about potential kid names when I was naming a pet.

princesslockness · February 2018

Why Evan as a first name? Its way too masculine for me to put as a first. Middle, yeah ok, but not a first.

Also 3 Ashlyns in one house, middle or not is too much IMHO.

livinthesunnylife · February 2018

I don't love boy names used for girls. And I feel like Evan is a male.

juliebird6 · February 2018

missybutler94 said:

we have a DD named Blake, and her middle name is Ashlyn (also my middle name)
we are expecting another girl and have her first name chosen, Evan, but my question is should we give her the middle name Ashlyn? Or is two girls and I with the same middle name just too much? I want her to have a feminine middle name and I just can't think of anything with meaning.

I also liked Evan Joan, Joan is my husbands grandmothers name. But my whole family is steering us toward using the name Ashlyn for her middle name again. Would you think its weird to share a middle name with your mom and sibling?

I would not reuse a middle name. I think it's okay that you and your daughter share the name, but I would absolutely not give the same middle name to your next kid.

mrsbubbles-2 · February 2018

@missybutler94 - ditto @princesslockness. All 3 same MN is too much for me. Is there something similar that you could go with?
@scottishlass1213 - I say go for it. It's not like the cat will know and it'll be a funny story to tell the kiddo when they're older. My sister is Jessica and the next-door neighbors where we grew up had a dog names Jessica. So we always joke that our parents named her after the dog

delujm0 · February 2018

princesslockness said:

Why Evan as a first name? Its way too masculine for me to put as a first. Middle, yeah ok, but not a first.

Also 3 Ashlyns in one house, middle or not is too much IMHO.

I agree about Ashlyn...it seems weird to give the same MN to everyone. DD2 has my MN from birth (which I dropped when I got married), but DD1 has my grandmother's name as her MN. It's not weird that hers is different.

I am just not a fan of using male names for girls, but you already have a female Blake so it would be weird to go super feminine for your other daughter. What about something that is more unisex or just not as strictly feminine but still used mostly as a girl's name? Morgan, Paige, Sloane, etc?

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