Favorite Names Thread

peachy13 · September 2018

I know it's early but we all have our favorite names! Let's hear them!

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sleepy33 · September 2018

Ours are Sylvia Kay and Beckett Tomas. Probably. This week, anyway. Well, Sylvia is a lock for sure.

peachy13 · September 2018

Ours are Winnie Marie or David Roger.

@sleepy33 I love Sylvia!

nopegoat · September 2018

H is dead set on Joseph Lafayette for a boy. I love Joseph but not sold on Lafayette even though it's a family name.

I kind of love Astrid Pearl for a girl. H likes it but it doesn't have any family meaning behind it so he's not sold.

Neither one of them work with our no repeating initial rules. That rule may go bye bye.

expandcontract · September 2018

Leighton, Grace, Idris.

sleepy33 · September 2018

nopegoat said:

H is dead set on Joseph Lafayette for a boy. I love Joseph but not sold on Lafayette even though it's a family name.

I kind of love Astrid Pearl for a girl. H likes it but it doesn't have any family meaning behind it so he's not sold.

Neither one of them work with our no repeating initial rules. That rule may go bye bye.

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LAFAYETTE! NEEDS TO HAPPEN!

mrskoz428 · September 2018

For a girl, we are going with Beatrice Annemarie. For a boy, we are stuck between Esias Obert (pronounced E-sigh-es) or Haakon Allen (pronounced Hawk-in). All our names aren’t fairly unique so I’m a teacher. Definitely don’t want to name my baby bear after one of my kiddos at school.

nopegoat · September 2018

@sleepy33 he'll probably win if it's a boy. We are at a complete standstill on everything else we have come up with

fatmonica · September 2018

Our girl name with be Zoey Grace. We've loved it for years, but when we had DD we couldn't agree on the spelling so we went with a different name. I think I finally caved though. We don't have a boy name yet.

knottie0d8cc4d43bacc09f · September 2018

Names are SO hard. @nopegoat I like them to have some family meaning, if it works, but then I always feel like someone will be hurt/upset if they aren't included.

My daughter is Lily (Liliane) and it fits her perfectly. No idea about baby #2. We are trying to be Team Green, so will need 2 names picked out. Loved Charlotte for a girl, but it is so popular now. Maybe Theodore or Luca for a boy. @jarethinafrock @misskimsue I'm sure you feel my pain about picking French names that won't totally be butchered in the US (or vise versa). It's hard!

chloe97 · September 2018

My favorite girls name is Isla or Ella and DH loves Bella. Our issue is that her middle name has to be Marina (since we used DHs grandmothers name for DD we have to use mine). I don’t like Isla Marina (sounds like a beach bar) or Bella Marina. I feel like the first name HAS to not end with an a. Going to use this list for inspiration.

For a boy we like Noah and Henry and the middle name will be Robert after my Grandpa.

knottie0d8cc4d43bacc09f · September 2018

@chloe97 I love all those names. So classic. What if you did Marine instead of Marina? Or would that lose some of the meaning if it's altered?

megsb615 · September 2018

@secicc12 I agree. Names really are so hard! I love Charlotte for a girl name too! I wish I didn’t like “popular” names, but I guess there’s a reason they are.

@sleepy33 I still love Sylvia Kay!

@expandcontract I’ve always like Leighton for a name too.

@nopegoat I like those names! Family names are always a plus for me too!

For a girl, I really love Emma Caroline (both family names). Some of our friends have a little girl named Emma though, so I’m still somewhat torn. I’ve thought about doing Caroline for a first name also, but I’m not sold.

For a boy, I really have no idea. I would like to use Robert (after my dad) as a middle name bc I’m not crazy about it being a first name even if we went by the child’s middle name (like we do with DS), but it’s so hard to find something that goes well with it being a middle name. 🤷🏼‍♀️

peachy13 · September 2018

@secicc12 it's so hard when that happens! I love Charlotte too but you're right that it's so popular now.

chloe97 · September 2018

@secicc12 I feel like it has to be her actual name. If anything I would use her middle name Ramona instead. My grandma always hated both her names so I can imagine her rolling in her grave, but this isn’t for her, it’s for my mom who just lost her mom this year. When we announced DDs name after she was born, both sets of our parents were together in the waiting room and MIL bawled and bawled and bawled she was so touched (her mom died 3 years before). My grandmother was alive still and Jews don’t reuse names of the living, so we couldn’t use it yet (DH is a Jew, I am not). I know my mom wished we would have though.

knottie0d8cc4d43bacc09f · September 2018

@msb615 @peachy13 Part of me just wants to use it anyways. I'm sure the popularity will die down in a few years!

knottie0d8cc4d43bacc09f · September 2018

@chloe97 That's beautiful. I can see why you'd want it to be the exact name. For what it's worth, I think Ella Marina is lovely! Unless you plan on calling her the full name, I think it works great. You don't want to sacrifice the first names you love just to make it work with a middle that might not get used.

megsb615 · September 2018

@secicc12 I feel the same way about using Emma, but I feel like you should use what you love. I remember growing up with other girls with my name in my class along with Ashley’s and Katie’s, and it really wasn’t that big of a deal. 🤷🏼‍♀️

peachy13 · September 2018

(from BabyCenter):
https://www.babycenter.com/top-baby-names-2018.htm

Top 10 Girls Names so far in 2018:

1- Emma
2- Olivia
3- Ava
4- Isabella
5 - Sophia
6- Amelia
7- Mia
8- Charlotte
9- Harper
10- Mila

Top 10 Boys Names so far in 2018:

1- Liam
2- Noah
3- Oliver
4- Mason
5- Lucas
6- Logan
7- Elijah
8- Ethan
9- James
10- Aiden

keighty80 · September 2018

We only have one boy name that we can agree on. Girl names, we have two so far that we like.

Boy:
Jack Travis (middle name for his brother who passed away)

Girl:
Alice Jeanne
Rowan Jeanne

megsb615 · September 2018

Is it weird that I feel like most people don’t use the “top 10 names” because they’re on the list, so really, how popular are they?

Seriously though, I’m just trying to make myself feel better about my girl name being in the #1 spot 😂

knottie0d8cc4d43bacc09f · September 2018

@msb615 I feel like it depends on the region/area too. I don't know one Emma where I'm from (granted I don't have school-aged kids yet), but you know they're out there! I think the SS website has the top names by state.

poshspice · September 2018

We could barely agree on DD’s name. Idk what we’re going to do this time. There’s a baby name app that works kind of like tinder and then shows you your match list once you have some. We’ll probably use that again once we find out the sex. DH refuses to spin wheels on names before we find out. 🙄

aels12 · September 2018

Jealous of you guys that already have favorites! We can’t even discuss names until we know the sex, there are just too many options!

jarethinafrock · September 2018

My husband and I haven’t officially had a conversation about names since my BFP, but in the past we have discussed Sylvie as a very strong possibility if we were to have another girl.

sleepy33 · September 2018

jarethinafrock said:

My husband and I haven’t officially had a conversation about names since my BFP, but in the past we have discussed Sylvie as a very strong possibility if we were to have another girl.

Yasss Team Sylvie

jarethinafrock · September 2018

@sleepy33 🤜🤛

noslen0519 · September 2018

For a girl I would say we are between Genevieve (Evie), Evelyn (also Evie) or Vivienne (Vivi).

Boys we have no clue. Boys are hard for us!

megsb615 · September 2018

@noslen0519 I’ve thought about Evelyn (Evie) since husband has an aunt evie, and we’re trying to do family names, but I’m pretty set on a Caroline being somewhere in the name for my Granny.

sleepy33 · September 2018

Boy names are SO HARD WHY

megsb615 · September 2018

@sleepy33 if we have a boy, he might be nameless. My family really didn’t do me any favors with decent family names. I blame them for my dilemma. 💁🏼‍♀️

I will say I kind of love Luke Robert for a boy. However, Luke is husband’s Nana’s grandfather, and she’s super annoying as it is about my son being “named after 2 of her favorite men”, and I’m like ok yes, maybe, but he’s actually named after my husband who is named after your 2 favorite men. It also happens to be my grandfather’s name, but she never acknowledges that either, so I really don’t want to hear about that with baby #2 too. Petty, I know. Plus, husband’s family dog was named Luke, so there’s also that.

flutterflutter · September 2018

@chloe97 The not wanting a name that sounded like a bar made me giggle 🤭

My husband and I had a girl name locked down: Nova Lee...until he realized it was "the mother of the Wal-Mart baby". I only brought that up to him because I was not sure how we wanted to present it : Nova Lee, Novalee, or Nova-Lee.

He likes Nova for a boy too, but I prefer Noah. We shall see!

stringofhearts · September 2018

We haven’t discussed names at all yet, probably won’t til after the anatomy scan. I really love Oliviane though.
This is a neat little tool for name popularity if anyone cares about that when considering names.
https://time.com/93911/baby-name-predictor/

kvh22 · September 2018

Lol this is so hard. DD is Olivia which I swear was #4 when we were deciding, not 2. Sigh. Our last name (I usually say DH's last name) is 3 syllables with lots of vowels and I feel like it needs a one syllable name (or nickname..."Liv"). This actually helps limit a lot for us but we couldn't agree on much. We didn't have a middle name nailed for a girl and still had 2 boy names when we went to the hospital - we were team green and will be again which is so much harder. I'm not sure I like either of the boy names we had last time and Olivia was IT for a girl so we're basically at square one. Probably won't start discussing until January but I'm on the lookout!

ETA: I assumed we would have all brunette children but DD is a red head (yay!!!) which was a total surprise since DH has NO red hair on his side. We will potentially have 4 names picked out for the boy/girl red/brunette combo options.

DressageDarling · September 2018

@peachy13 I loveeee Winnie!!!

I don’t know how we are going to name this baby. We barely agreed on DS’s name, so I’m glad we have a while to decide.

bumbly_b · September 2018

We've agreed on A'lise Renea for a girl. It's the grandmas middle names. Sort of a tradition I'm tweaking a little.

Boy names are a little tougher. H really wants to use Grant as a middle or first. It was his grandfather's middle name and he passed in July.

I like the name but can find anything I love with it. We've played with Lawerence Grant. Would call him Grant though because of other family members also named Lawerence.

I love Beau but idk if that will fly.

notsoblissylissy · September 2018

No clue. I need to start listening at the playground for what other people are already using. DD is Eloise, and that was not (supposed to be) a popular name her year, but we have three in her age range in our small community 😑.

DuchessOfCambridge · September 2018

@secicc12 would you call him Teddy if you went with Theodore?

There's a Teddy in my Nov17 and it just makes me melt with the cuteness of it. I also love Lottie as a nickname from Charlotte, leftover from my extreme love for "A Little Princess".

@msb615 I still think you should go for it if you really love it

I don't know. I used to like Alina and Aria but I soured to Alina and H doesn't like Aria. DS was maybe going to be Noah but I've since soured to that too. FFTC I've been thinking more of girl names than boy names

megsb615 · September 2018

@DuchessOfCambridge I’ve been the same with thinking about girl names more than boy names because I’m somewhat convinced it’s a girl. Really do need to figure out a boy name though.

GeorgiaGirl1230 · September 2018

DD's name (Amelia) was sort of an "ah-ha" moment for us, so I'm hoping that will happen again for this baby.

Girl contenders are: Evie (DH's choice, which I like better as a nickname), Evelyn, Miriam, Rosemary (which he has nixed, but I'm holding out), Abigail. All would likely pair with Helen (DH's grandmother) for a middle name.

Boys are: Abraham, Isaac, James, Jack (DD's favorite-though she doesn't know about baby yet), Easton, Truett, Lawson, and Abel. I'm hoping to pair this with Jerry as a middle name for my big brother.

zuuls_mom · September 2018

Naming a child stresses me the eff out! Our son didn't have a name until 4 days before he was born and we randomly came up with it. We had no short list because H is so picky and shot down what felt like hundreds of names I suggested. I've only ever been able to think of girl names. I've had my heart set on Lillian Josephine (both of our grandmothers names), and H wasn't super opposed to Lillian, but he doesn't like Josephine. We haven't really talked about it other than that and likely won't until we know the sex. I do also really like the name Eliza so maybe that will be a contender!

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