Eloise Lynn, Ray, Quinn? Eloise Elaine could work, it sounds a bit rhyme-y but it's very pretty. As my DH points out, how often do people use a kids whole name anyway? (Other than me when I'm scolding my child and revert to his whole name, lol.)
@kbirchtree, I think out of those, Quinn and Jo are my favorites. But one of the longer middle names might be nice if your last name is short (we have a super long hyphenated name, so I tend to lean towards shorter middle names for us personally).
@kbirchtree Nooo way! Those are my kids names! We have Jack Bradley and Eloise Claire. Obviously I love them both!
That’s great. We have an Amelia and Jackson is a maternal Grandmom’s last name and Archer is my paternal Grandmom’s. And then my hubs grandma is Lois and that’s in Eloise so they are all a nod to a grandmother which ever we have. I like it with Claire.
Found out we are having a boy and we are going with something a little different- Wells Anderson
My DD is Arlie Kayte so we are used to a little different! I thought it was going to be so hard bc in 12 years we have never agreed on a boys name- I’ve always liked Anderson but we don’t want him to be called Andy- names are so hard!
havent shared with anyone really I mentioned it to one person and they said is the middle name going to be “fargo” 🙄 gonna keep to myself for a bit haha
@kbirchtree I have an Eloise Nichole. I adore the name Eloise but finding a middle name to go with it was so difficult. DH ended up choosing my own middle name for her.
Ugh now that we know its a girl I am 10000% sure I want the name Violet. DH isn't sold yet. He said he wants to look at more names but I know that I will veto EVERY name because Violet has always been the girl name I wanted. I really need him to just get on board.
Me: 32 DH: 31
TTC #2 since January 2018
Baby #1 DD Born 8/25/2016 BFP: 8/11/18 Due: 4/26/18
So I think that DH is set on naming one Cedric, so I'm thinking maybe Baby A is going to be Cedric George, and the other names we have so far are (in my personal preference order): Malcolm Desmond Julian Sebastian
Now that we know LO is a boy, we've started to make *some* progress. We both really like Charlie but my favorite name is Reid. DH really wants the middle name to be after him (and we all have DH's last name) so I said if he gets the middle name, then I at least get a heavier weight on the first name. He seemed ok with it.
@MRDCle Cedric is really nice! It makes me think of Harry Potter but at least it's a good character. Out of the other ones I like Julian the best. I love J names but there are already too many of them in DHs family unfortunately.
I really like Alva and Alvar because it comes from the Swedish word for elf (alv) and is old names
@honey_suckle I love that you’ve got such a wide set of names that will be pronounceable in English and Swedish...and probably French for the rest of Canada and in the other Nordic languages! Are there masculine forms of some of the girl names you like that would work? Nora->Norbert, Norman, Nordin, something like that?
@lyse01 Thanks! Of course there are more names that could work, but we had to both like them too, so that was another hurdle. Our families are for sure going to expect some more specific family names in there too, but, we'll probably keep those for the middle names (it's quite common here to have 2 middle names).
Good idea with trying to use the male version of the girl names, I'll have to look into it, but can't come up with any good ones off hand. Boy names are hard!
If anyone's interrested/looking for inspiration, here's a list with the names that were most popular to name your child over here in 2017 (we tried to avoid the most common ones, but there's many nice ones) :
@honey_suckle I love love Alice and Astrid! Both were in the running for DD and we crossed them off for one reason or another (last names issues, bad personal references), we also had Freya on the list.
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Me:32 DH:33 Married:04/2012 DD:07/2014 BFP 8/14/2018 #2 due 4/18/2019
@thatbaintforbetty yeah, we have so many friends having babies right now that I don't want to risk naming our kids the same thing. Astrid and Freja are really cute though.
DH and I are sort of stuck on names. Part of the reason we may not stick with Team Green is so we can focus on deciding.
DS1 is Thomas Philip and DS2 is Henry Leo. Both their fn and mn’s are family names.
Boy names we like: William Lewis Theodore Lewis Jack Lewis
William Lewis would be a family name but DH isn’t completely sold on William.
If it’s a girl we like Marisa (or Marissa) Claire or Amy (or Aimee) Claire. 99% sure we’re using Marisa since it was our first choice if DS1 or DS2 was a girl. DH asked about using Jacqueline for a mn after his grandmother which I’m not opposed too.
@kosmo86 I am the same!! I told DH I am set on Violet, I don't like any other name half as much. He thinks it's ok but likes other names better. I compromised on DD1 so I hope he'll give in this time
@lyse01 haha my dads name is John - he keeps suggesting we name the baby John. Super weird. No Way! 🙄🤦♀️ @tumblefluff I love your names! Marissa is so nice and unique. Also love Amy and Claire.
We found out we are having another boy and we are having a tough time choosing another boy name! Right now we have two we like... Silas or Miles. What do you guys think about them?
@kosmo86 I am the same!! I told DH I am set on Violet, I don't like any other name half as much. He thinks it's ok but likes other names better. I compromised on DD1 so I hope he'll give in this time
@booksandlace - DH is the same! He doesn't dislike the name but he is not sold on it either. He wants to go and look up new names and see but I feel like I have my heart set on a name for a while now and there is no way he could just look at a list and find a name that I would love more than this. sooo he will just have to deal!
Me: 32 DH: 31
TTC #2 since January 2018
Baby #1 DD Born 8/25/2016 BFP: 8/11/18 Due: 4/26/18
H and I got the Babyname app. Like tinder to swipe on names and it shows you a list of one's you both like. Some of the names are just awful though. I had Uranus then Nugget get suggested. I pray no parents actually name their children that. The app has been good in that it offers names I normally never would have looked at. We find out the sex on Wednesday so at least then we can start to narrow things down.
Me: 31 H: 36 L & N twin girls: 3yo. Born at 30 weeks. 2 month NICU stay BFP Aug 2018: EDD April 2019
Re: Favorite Names Thread
Eloise (middle??) W
Jack Archer W
any ideas foriddles that go with Eloise ? I have Elaine which is my moms name but not sure.
Eloise Quinn
Eloise Olivia
Eloise Jo
Eloise Mary
Eloise Lainy
Eloise Laura
JB 08.02.13
EC 12.11.15
GE 04.04.19
#4 & #5 due 05.05.22
My DD is Arlie Kayte so we are used to a little different! I thought it was going to be so hard bc in 12 years we have never agreed on a boys name- I’ve always liked Anderson but we don’t want him to be called Andy- names are so hard!
havent shared with anyone really I mentioned it to one person and they said is the middle name going to be “fargo” 🙄 gonna keep to myself for a bit haha
BFP: 8/11/18 Due: 4/26/18
BFP: 8/11/18 Due: 4/26/18
Girl names:
Alva
Alvina
Leila/Lejla
Nora
Alma
Tilda
Boy bames:
Isak
Alvar
... really need more options here in case it's twin boys!
From what we know it could be any combination of boys and/or girls in there, so feel free to pick your favorite combo
Malcolm
Desmond
Julian
Sebastian
I really like Alva and Alvar because it comes from the Swedish word for elf (alv) and is old names
Good idea with trying to use the male version of the girl names, I'll have to look into it, but can't come up with any good ones off hand. Boy names are hard!
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Me:32 DH:33 Married:04/2012 DD:07/2014
BFP 8/14/2018 #2 due 4/18/2019
Tobias
Percival
Darius
Sebastian
Tristan
Desmond
DS1 is Thomas Philip and DS2 is Henry Leo. Both their fn and mn’s are family names.
Boy names we like:
William Lewis
Theodore Lewis
Jack Lewis
William Lewis would be a family name but DH isn’t completely sold on William.
If it’s a girl we like Marisa (or Marissa) Claire or Amy (or Aimee) Claire. 99% sure we’re using Marisa since it was our first choice if DS1 or DS2 was a girl. DH asked about using Jacqueline for a mn after his grandmother which I’m not opposed too.
@kosmo86 I am the same!! I told DH I am set on Violet, I don't like any other name half as much. He thinks it's ok but likes other names better. I compromised on DD1 so I hope he'll give in this time
BFP: 8/11/18 Due: 4/26/18
@tumblefluff I love Marisa Claire
H: 36
L & N twin girls: 3yo. Born at 30 weeks. 2 month NICU stay
BFP Aug 2018: EDD April 2019
Everett
Wyatt
Ezra
Beckett
I suppose we like the double t names...
Middle names we're considering are Samuel, Richard, and Thomas (family names)
Marisa = Ma.ree.sa
Marissa = Ma.riss.a
also our boy name is sliding towards Clark from Jack. Because hubs likes it better. I love both and hope to use both eventually.
Girl name holding at Eloise.
anatomy ultrasound on Tuesday next week 😬