I need help please. How would you pronounce Alia? Like ALLY-a (said quickly) or a-LEE-ya? Is there supposed to be a hard pronunciation of the LEE? I don't want to be saying it wrong
I need help please. How would you pronounce Alia? Like ALLY-a (said quickly) or a-LEE-ya? Is there supposed to be a hard pronunciation of the LEE? I don't want to be saying it wrong
Ah so I've been saying them both wrong! I love all the ways I thought it could be pronounced, but since I was saying it wrong I guess I could be setting her up for problems with other people saying it wrong
So DH finally gave me a list of names on Friday and I was in tears...Leroy, Murrell, Otis, Tobias, Roger, and Sebastian. Apparantly he liked some of them because they are family names. He didnt care about family names with our daughter so why now? Plus he has a family name already, the last name.
@tmblickley I kept trying to sway DH on Sebastian as an option, but it was a no for him. I think it’s cute and I’ve also seen Baz as a NN for it. I would love to hear what your favorites are though!
@tmblickley hmm. Would you be open to Noah Murrell? Murrell sounds much better in the middle position to my ear. Parker Sebastian also works for me.
It seems you like last names as first names and the -er sound for at least one name, and -ur- in Murrell has that. Roger has -er too, but doesn’t mesh as well with some of the other names you’ve chosen.
@tmblickley I'm sorry but except for Sebastian and Tobias, the names your husband likes are flat out terrible. I like combining one of the names you like as the first name and one of his family names as a middle name. Or tell him if he doesn't come around, you'll pick whatever name you want because they ask the mom what the name is. (I'm joking guys. Mostly. )
jlklec19 love all your boy names! Especially Theo James. I love that you can have a simple/easy/classic middle name AND it has sentimental value. My Dad's name is Herb so not going there! Plus we're having a girl. lol
TheSouffleGirl I loooove Lucy Georgette but see you settled on Lucy Catherine which is super sweet too (I'm behind on this thread)
We are a bit stumped but I'm not too worried about it... contenders are Sage, Ivy, Eva, Fern, Poppy (my fave but no one else likes)... and a new name out of the woodwork: Zinnia!
@himolly88 thank you! I’m very glad that we settled on Theodore (although I definitely call him Theo James when I talk to him). My dad calls him “Junior” because he’s excited that we’re naming the baby after him.
I really like Ivy and think Zinnia is beautiful (I’ve never heard that one before).
I think I’ve finally convinced DH to go with Evelynn Bleu. And now I’m second guessing my choice lol But with my last two I always said Ill know their name for sure the moment I hold them in my arms and that was 100% true
Late to the party but I know a teenage Zinnia and love it. More than her sibs’ names.
I feel like Pippa could also be a Penelope but google and nameberry tell me that isn’t very common. And I’m not sure Philippa or Penelope will ever be on our short list seeing as we’re not in England.
Madeline/Madelina is growing on me for the next kid as a nod to DH’s grandmother/gg-gm/cousin/niece - one of those frequently reused names - but he doesn’t have very fond memories of his grandmother so it may be off the table.
@lyse01 and all, I don't understand why people want to be unique?! No one will ever spell or pronounce her name correctly ever. And if it's pronounced the same as Kaitlyn then why not spell it that way? If she's being called that then who cares how it's spelled - unless it's spelled stupidly, of course. I'll never understand wanting the unique factor. It just makes everyone's life harder.
Me: 31 H: 36 L & N twin girls: 3yo. Born at 30 weeks. 2 month NICU stay BFP Aug 2018: EDD April 2019
This is like the creative way to spell your own name on your friend’s 7th grade science textbook’s brown paper cover. Not your child’s birth certificate.
oh, and there are like 36 standard ways to spell [C/K]a(i)t(e)l[i/y]n(n).
Re: Favorite Names Thread
We are sooo far apart on names, ugh.
It seems you like last names as first names and the -er sound for at least one name, and -ur- in Murrell has that. Roger has -er too, but doesn’t mesh as well with some of the other names you’ve chosen.
TheSouffleGirl I loooove Lucy Georgette but see you settled on Lucy Catherine which is super sweet too (I'm behind on this thread)
We are a bit stumped but I'm not too worried about it... contenders are Sage, Ivy, Eva, Fern, Poppy (my fave but no one else likes)... and a new name out of the woodwork: Zinnia!
Married 7/6/13
EDD 2/5/21
DD 4/19
@MRDCle I pitched Rose, Ivy and Zinnia to DH for DD and he wasn’t a fan. Although since this one is Liliana I still kinda get a flower name, lol.
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Me:32 DH:33 Married:04/2012 DD:07/2014
BFP 8/14/2018 #2 due 4/18/2019
I think Poppy is super cute! Kind of like a flower version of Pippa (one of my faves that we'll never use b/c, well, Philippa.)
I really like Ivy and think Zinnia is beautiful (I’ve never heard that one before).
Married 7/6/13
EDD 2/5/21
DD 4/19
Married 7/6/13
EDD 2/5/21
DD 4/19
I feel like Pippa could also be a Penelope but google and nameberry tell me that isn’t very common. And I’m not sure Philippa or Penelope will ever be on our short list seeing as we’re not in England.
Madeline/Madelina is growing on me for the next kid as a nod to DH’s grandmother/gg-gm/cousin/niece - one of those frequently reused names - but he doesn’t have very fond memories of his grandmother so it may be off the table.
discuss.
H: 36
L & N twin girls: 3yo. Born at 30 weeks. 2 month NICU stay
BFP Aug 2018: EDD April 2019
oh, and there are like 36 standard ways to spell [C/K]a(i)t(e)l[i/y]n(n).