@strickland8052 ooh, I love both Genevieve and Vivian! So to try to get around the nickname thing, what if when you announced her birth, say something like "Announcing Genevieve ("Vivi") Middlename Lastname, born whenever at whatever time!" That communicates your preference of nickname right off the bat. Obviously, you know yourselves and your loved ones; if people will have a hard time sticking with her given name or your preferred nickname, and if you'll feel awkward about correcting those who get it wrong (and if you REALLY HATE Jenny or Jenna), then I guess maybe don't use that name? I don't know, though--it seems like such a shame to pass up a beautiful name that you both love!
@strickland8052 we had the same dynamic with a couple of names we liked (for example: we like Mackenzie but DH hates the nickname Mac) and since DH feels so strongly about some of the nicknames we took them off our list in favor of names that are less nickname prone. I think if you stick to your guns you can avoid most people calling your baby a nickname you don't like but in my experience people LOVE nicknames and will intuitively use them every once and a while regardless (I have a formal first name and nickname that everyone calls me but people like to shorten even my nickname). My take is that it really just depends how much you hate the potential nicknames that come with Genevieve.
@strickland8052 the first thing I thought of when you said you didnt like Jenna/Jenny was going with Vieve as a nickname. I agree that if you dont insist on people using her whole name, people will go to a nickname. Heading them off at the pass and calling her an acceptable nickname from the get go will prevent Jenna/Jenny from taking over.
@NicholeL16 I have always loved the name Lelaina (not sure how to spell it...pronounced Li...lay...na) with nn Lainey. It was a character from a movie I was obsessed with as a young teenager.
@strickland8052 We have a kid named Genevieve in our family and she has always gone by her full name! We were skeptical of such a long name before she was born, but it's just who she is! (I have a 3 syllable name too and have never gone by nicknames.....by choice anyway)
@cindler I like both of those! I think I would vote for Joelle if I had to pick.
@mama_bear19 I donβt hate it, but Iβm still going to try to force full Genevieve, same as @strickland8052.
@cindler I think I like Jade better, especially with the vowel sound at the end of Trinity.
@quinniebear I have a three-syllable first name, but itβs relatively short. It just always makes me laugh when people just cut off the βuhβ sound at the end (which happens relatively often, and even more when I was younger)... like, yβall got most of the way through, but that was just too much?
I have a 4 syllable name that is prone to nicknames (liv/Livy) and Iβve always gone by Olivia. My best friends call me liv but those are the only people who ever call me that.Β
@cindler I also like Jade over Joelle. It just flows together better when I say it aloud. Also kinda sounds like a badass anime character so thereβs that π
@leendenny, I love Annie as a nickname, but I prefer something like Annabelle (or just Ann) as the actual name.Β That was on our girl name list as well. That way when she gets older she has the option to go by something a little more "grown up" if she chooses.Β
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So DH has weighed in and it sounds pretty much as though we're going with Ryan Naveed. I love the meanings of both, and I do like Ryan. It's just classic enough that it won't age our kiddo as he gets older, and it's not popular atm.Β
Well I thought we were decided on Annalise if it's a girl but we realized we don't like the nickname Ann or Annie and do not want people calling her that. Rather than just trying to avoid it I think we are back to the drawing board. Grace is now number one on our list. But we can't come up with a middle name we both like. Suggestions?????
@cindler Thanks! I love there are no terrible nicknames to take out of it.
@firsttimemommy0719 I totally understand about hating nicknames, that's why I veto so many names usually. As for Grace, how about one of these? What kind of names do you like (any letters, short or long, popular)?
@foodislove yeah I never understood why people just shorten someone's name without asking first. My hubby is Stephen not Steve and so many people try to call him Steve. Anyways...we like classic names but that aren't overused.Β Our boy name is Isaac Stephen. With Grace I think it will have to be longer to sound right. Qe were hoping to use my middle name as the girl middle name but it is Joy and doesnt sound right with Grace.Β
@firsttimemommy0715 I have an obsession with the name Evangeline (bc Evan). My hubby doesnβt like it so we couldnβt use it. But I think Grace Evangeline is beautiful.Β
@firsttimemommy0719 - I have a friend who's naming strategy was to work hers and her husband's middle names into the names of their children. Hers is Elise, and they named their daughter AnnElise - one word. It has NEVER occurred to me to call her anything but her whole name. I think (hope!) that people respect how you present it, and don't think you should jump ship on a favorite name too soon! Β
@firsttimemommy0719, I have nephews who are Benjamin and Matthew. They go by their full name because their parents established their names really early and consistently. We are going with Emmeline, and I hate Emma as a nn. I am in the same boat, I will just have to make sure it's really clear from the beginning her name is Emmeline and not Emmie or Emma.Β
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@nerdtoyourmother@ameliabedelia-2 I am sure we could manage it and make sure people know to not use the nicknames we don't like but I'm not sure if we want to deal with it or not lol. And I don't want to get frustrated about it either!
@leylea89 I mentioned Gracelynn to hubby but he's not a fan. We thought of Grace Susanna too. My mom and my mil middle name is Sue so Susanna would honor both of them. Naming a human being is stressful!
@ameliabedelia-2@nerdtoyourmother Gonna warn you that as the kids get older, it's gonna happen. My mother HATES shortened names, and while I go by my full name, it still occasionally gets shortened - happened a lot in high school. I never minded, but for my mom it was like nails on a chalkboard.
@nerdtoyourmother@ameliabedelia-2 I am sure we could manage it and make sure people know to not use the nicknames we don't like but I'm not sure if we want to deal with it or not lol. And I don't want to get frustrated about it either!
@leylea89 I mentioned Gracelynn to hubby but he's not a fan. We thought of Grace Susanna too. My mom and my mil middle name is Sue so Susanna would honor both of them. Naming a human being is stressful!
I like Susanna. Itβs a classic name but what makes it special is it having meaning to you. I would suggest Joy-Anna but Iβm pretty sure thatβs a Duggar girl π. My auntβs middle name is Jo, but my mom always called her Joseph. If I had a girl, I was gonna give her the middle name Josephine.Β
The other middle name you you might consider is Elise since itβs short for Analise. Or you could name her Grace Analise because you still love the name just not the nicknames which is moot in a middle name.Β
Iβm also struggling hard for a middle name for a boy so I get the struggle lol. Β
@leylea89 Haha yes I think that is one of the Duggar girls. It's pretty but I think I'll pass because of that ππ I LOVE Josephine! Someone I know just had a Josephine Mae and they are calling her Josie Mae. I think it is adorable!
I really do like Grace Analise but we were hoping to do some sort of family name for the middle name. I love when names actually mean something!Β
Can you use your hubby's name for the middle name for a boy? That's what we are doing and I love it! Isaac Stephen.Β
You all are so kind and helpful with names! I feel like I keep shooting all your wonderful ideas down though!
Calling child by middle name, instead of first? What say you?
I am really struggling with Emmeline,Β I just know she will eventually become Emma. My grandmother, who is like a second mom to me (literally, she raised us after my mom died), is Betty. Which just hasn't quite made it back around yet. I have always loved Grace, and my husband suggested Betty Grace, and to call her Grace. Thoughts?
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I am at a complete loss as to what name to go with - made even worse because we want to pick out a Chinese middle name. People keep asking what I'm going to name the kid and at this point I'm saying Jareth so they stop asking.Β
@ameliabedelia-2 YES! I love when kids have options in what they want to be called. These little babies will have their own personalities and giving them something else to go by if they're not in love with their childhood name is great! There are so many people that go by their middle name. I see it common in my profession. I can readily name 4-5 people who professionally are first initial, middle name (i.e P. Stephen or R. Bradley).
ETA I work in a very Male dominate field, so those are the examples I could think of. B. Grace is still very classy!Β
Was Betty her actual name or was it short for Elizabeth? Because Elizabeth Grace makes it so you could do either and still honor her. Grace is a super popular name right now so itβs likely sheβll run into at least two in each of her classes. Elizabeth is still popular but not nearly so. Or you could do Grace Elizabeth.
As as far as going by middles, my cousins who are brothers both named their first sons after each other. My cousin Max named his son Tobias Andrew Cane and he goes by Cane and always has (heβs 18). Toby named his son Maximus Lazarus and heβs also been Lazarus from day one (heβs 4).
My oldest is James Mathieu but goes by Mathieu. He does have to remind teachers in the very beginning of the school year that he goes by his middle name but besides that he's never had a problem. We also don't shorten it to Matt. Also never been a problem.Β
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Re: July 2019 Baby Name Thread
Trinity Joelle
Trinity Jade
Thoughts?
@cindler I like both of those! I think I would vote for Joelle if I had to pick.
@cindler I think I like Jade better, especially with the vowel sound at the end of Trinity.
@quinniebear I have a three-syllable first name, but itβs relatively short. It just always makes me laugh when people just cut off the βuhβ sound at the end (which happens relatively often, and even more when I was younger)... like, yβall got most of the way through, but that was just too much?
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@cindler I also think Jade is better with Trinity.
@asupernovablizzardstorm I really like Emerson!Β
So DH has weighed in and it sounds pretty much as though we're going with Ryan Naveed. I love the meanings of both, and I do like Ryan. It's just classic enough that it won't age our kiddo as he gets older, and it's not popular atm.Β
@firsttimemommy0719 I totally understand about hating nicknames, that's why I veto so many names usually. As for Grace, how about one of these? What kind of names do you like (any letters, short or long, popular)?
Grace Alexandra
Grace Rosalie
Grace Helena
@leylea89 I mentioned Gracelynn to hubby but he's not a fan. We thought of Grace Susanna too. My mom and my mil middle name is Sue so Susanna would honor both of them. Naming a human being is stressful!
The other middle name you you might consider is Elise since itβs short for Analise. Or you could name her Grace Analise because you still love the name just not the nicknames which is moot in a middle name.Β
Iβm also struggling hard for a middle name for a boy so I get the struggle lol. Β
I really do like Grace Analise but we were hoping to do some sort of family name for the middle name. I love when names actually mean something!Β
Can you use your hubby's name for the middle name for a boy? That's what we are doing and I love it! Isaac Stephen.Β
You all are so kind and helpful with names! I feel like I keep shooting all your wonderful ideas down though!
I am really struggling with Emmeline,Β I just know she will eventually become Emma. My grandmother, who is like a second mom to me (literally, she raised us after my mom died), is Betty. Which just hasn't quite made it back around yet. I have always loved Grace, and my husband suggested Betty Grace, and to call her Grace. Thoughts?
ETA I work in a very Male dominate field, so those are the examples I could think of. B. Grace is still very classy!Β
As as far as going by middles, my cousins who are brothers both named their first sons after each other. My cousin Max named his son Tobias Andrew Cane and he goes by Cane and always has (heβs 18). Toby named his son Maximus Lazarus and heβs also been Lazarus from day one (heβs 4).
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