The name thread!

bakerstreetboys · May 2019

Has anyone started thinking about names yet? I have had a list on my phone for a couple of years but just cautiously approached DH a couple of days ago to start the conversation. He takes FOREVER to think about things and form an opinion!
What names are on your list?

triwellnessgirl · May 2019

If we have a girl we’ve tossed around:
Angelica Faith (DH’s Mom who passed away over 30 years ago was named Angela)
Annelise Hope (my Mom’s name is Ana)
Either would be nicknamed Ellie
Our DD is named after my grandmother, Evangelina Grace, nicknamed Evie

For our 1st pregnancy we had agreed to the name Zakary Josef if we had a boy but DH no longer likes it.

So far we can only agree on Max for a boy but i like Maxwell and DH hates it, and he likes Maximus but I hate it. Boy names are tough for us.

bakerstreetboys · May 2019

The only girl names that I had on my list were Ava, and Isabelle/Isabella, with the middle name Quinn.

But since we're having a boy, I have floated the name Christopher by DH. We really like the name Finn as well, but we now know two dogs named Finn, so that may have ruined it for me.

This will be boy number four, and I'm regretting using up some of my favourites on middle names!

spawnsvessel · May 2019

We are going with Micah Alavee either way. My granny’s name was Mary Alavee and she meant the world to me.

k_mama91 · May 2019

I’ve had a list for about 2 years and our boy and girl name choices have been consistent favorites. For a girl we’re going with Sutton. A boy would be Wyatt.

@bakerstreetboys I had Finn on my list too. It is commonly used on dogs though which is annoying.

@triwellnessgirl Ellie and Evie are cute nicknames

@spawnsvessel I love Micah on a girl!! I’m a fan of using some traditionally boy names on girls. We also tossed around Sawyer for a girl.

ETA- spelling

j3nn1b33 · May 2019

If it's a girl Sofia Rakel and if it's a boy Christopher David.

klmcguire · May 2019

@bakerstreetboys I feel ya on the using all the ames I liked haha!

My list is extensive because H works in healthcare so every name I choose he has a reason not to like it...

I want Theodore, Theo and that's a common dog name as well. I love Finn though.

Others at the top of my list:
Grant
Owen
Harrison

k_mama91 · May 2019

@klmcguire ds middle name is Harrison so I love that one. Owen was on my list as well, dh vetoed it☹️

klmcguire · May 2019

@k_mama91 Unfortunately, most of mine have gotten vetoed as well. H is more into really strong one syllable names, so we are leaning more toward:

Ian
Dean
Abe

CapricaAndrea · May 2019

Since we were Team green last time too we had lists for both genders that we kept paring down until we had a top 3 of each. Though it became clear at around 5 or 6 names left that there was a top choice for each one. So last time we had either Asher for a boy (which we used for DS) or Ruby for a girl.

We've pretty much already decided if this one is a girl it will be Ruby, but we've looked at the names from our boy list that we didn't use, and I'm still not really feeling any of them. Boy names were SO HARD for us the first time around, I don't know how we'll manage to find anything we like this time.

Though for girl names I also really loved Emilia (DH hated it), Raina, Liara, and Miranda.

ladybird_ladybird · May 2019

We like Walter George for a boy, Ophelia Jane for a girl.

Our older kids are Charlotte Grace and Otto Jacob.

ale9687 · May 2019

DH, DS and myself all have the same initials, ALK, we know it’s a boy and just can’t think or agree on another boy A name. DH loves Alexander, but my name is Alexandra and I hate the idea of a son named after me. We’ve both agreed Austin is a good name but neither of us love it yet. I’m hoping once the baby is hear we’ll have settled on a name, but for now it’s still a toss up. We also agreed before we knew it was a boy the middle name would be Libre, my great grandfather’s name was secretly Libre Antonio, but hid it since he was an Italian immigrant and we only found this out a few years ago.

k_mama91 · May 2019

@ale9687 that’s a really neat piece of family history. What a great choice.

rjgmcmanus · May 2019

Leo Thomas if we have a boy--Leo is a family name on his side. It's his favorite uncle's first name, and his deceased father's middle name. Thomas after my dad.

Clara Rose if we have a girl...no family connections, we just love the name. I was originally thinking Clara Jean (Jean is my middle name and my mom's middle name and a great-aunt's first name), but I just keep going back to Rose...I love the sound of it. Looks like we're dropping the family names if we have a girl, haha.

rjgmcmanus · May 2019

@ladybird_ladybird I LOVE the name Charlotte Grace! That's so pretty! Charlotte was on my short list for a while, but DH wasn't sure how he felt about it, so we ended up vetoing it.

rjgmcmanus · May 2019

@klmcguire All great names! I particularly like Owen...that was on my boy list for a while, but when DH requested Leo for his uncle/dad, it was pretty much impossible to turn him down, it was too sweet. But Owen is still on my list for a second boy someday, if we have one.

McKBaby · May 2019

bakerstreetboys said:

The only girl names that I had on my list were Ava, and Isabelle/Isabella, with the middle name Quinn.
But since we're having a boy, I have floated the name Christopher by DH. We really like the name Finn as well, but we now know two dogs named Finn, so that may have ruined it for me.
This will be boy number four, and I'm regretting using up some of my favourites on middle names!

Finn is on our short list for a boy. We also loved Weston when our DS was born, but chose something else. We have good friend’s with a Wesley now, so we won’t be using Weston if this baby is a boy.

sunshineandlemons · May 2019

@CapricaAndrea I had Emilia on my list too and H didn’t like it either. 🤷‍♀️

I think we’ve landed on Charlotte for a name, knowing we will probably call her Charlie. I have no idea about a middle name yet. We’ve not come to an agreement on that one!

sunshineandlemons · May 2019

@rjgmcmanus I love the name Clara Rose!! It sounds so sweet and pretty!

bakerstreetboys · May 2019

@sunshineandlemons and @ladybird_ladybird I love the name Charlotte! I have a Charlie though, so that immediately took the name off our girl list!

@McKBaby I do still really love Finn. My MIL gave us such a hard time over our youngest son, Kai, having a one syllable name, I'm not sure I want to deal with that again! I think I'll be keeping my mouth shut about names this time around until after the birth certificate is signed.

blueskychicago12 · May 2019

On the day I found out I was pregnant, I had a strong feeling that I would have a girl, and it popped into my mind that her name is Sofie Claire...which was odd because I really hadn't thought about that name before. My NIPT recently confirmed that it is a girl, so I think that's going to be her name!

holly321 · May 2019

Naming our first two was so easy (ds’ middle name was a different story). I feel like I hate every name there is this time, or there is a reason why I don’t want to use it. Our last name makes a few names not work, or it is a name of someone I know too closely.

the few names I have liked DH shoots down, and vice verse.

We both kind of like Cecily and Eloise.

anniemarie887 · May 2019

We’re team green - so having to come up with both options is the first time we’re like oh shit, haha. I’ve had a girl name that MH agreed to for as long as I can remember... boy names are tough. I have yet to suggest a name MH likes. 🙈

sdegrootmom3 · May 2019

Arielle was #2 on our list when we had our daughter. Nickname would be Elle. Middle name we are not sure would like to pull something from the family line but not sure what fits with it.

A boy we have always struggled DH likes the names from older generations like Reuben, Abraham (not Abe), etc. There is nothing wrong with older gen. names just not my style being our first 2 have more modern names.

ktmaesim · May 2019

Omg I am loving everyone’s ideas! We are toying around with a bunch...

boy: - Lachlan Robert (Robert is husbands first name, and we’d call him Locky for short, very popular in Australia)
- Leo
- Luca

girl: Sylvia, but we’d call her Sylvie (our last name is Simcik and I think Sylvie Simcik is just adorable sounding plus it’s my grandmas first name and I am obsessed with her)
- Tessa Lynn
- Nina
- Elizabeth but we’d call her Bee or Libby

sunshineandlemons · May 2019

@ktmaesim I agree, Sylvia sounds adorable! I also like Elizabeth... it’s my daughter’s name. So timeless!

lamarshall · May 2019

@holly321 I have a friend who has a little girl Eloise- they call her Louie for short and it is so cute!

lamarshall · May 2019

So far we’ve only decided on a boy name- James Aloysius. James for my husbands father and Aloysius for my grandfather/dads middle name.

playing around with Layla or Charlotte for a girl.

i think we are waiting to find out sex of the baby so we have lots of time to decide!!

nsquaredlife13 · May 2019

We're pretty traditional with our names. DS is Alexander Spencer and DD is Elizabeth Hazel.

So far we like Penelope or Catherine for a Girl. I like Charlotte but DH does not.
For boys we like James, Charles, William, or Theodore.

I wish I liked my side of the family's names -- but I'm stuck with things like Virgil or Barbara, or Rueben or Albert. Not a fan.

Spencer and Hazel are both from DH's side of the family.

nsquaredlife13 · May 2019

@ktmaesim my Elizabeth is called Ellie! But we're thinking when she's older calling her Betty. I love the other nicknames for Elizabeth besides the norms "Liz, Beth, etc." Bee is adorable!

mrszoobear · May 2019

@bakerstreetboys and @klmcguire - the husband struggle is so real! My husband is like a bit too easy going about finding names. I gave him a list of my top 45 names, names I have been slowly collecting since I was 16 and over analyzing. He vetoed 40 of them. It took him 2 minutes to veto 40 names I loved.

On the plus side we did find a name we both agree on! @CapricaAndrea - Ruby was our second favorite choice and I love that you are going with that if it's a girl!

We are not telling anyone the name until she is born but I do love seeing everyone else's ideas!

@ktmaesim - I love Sylvia nn Sylvie!!! So cute, not overused or uber popular and very retro-feminine!

mrszoobear · May 2019

I do have a rather big dilemma. I am a big supporter of gender equality, one might even call me a feminist (but not the extreme type). Because of this I hyphenated my last name instead of changing it when I married. My tough name choice is should we give our daughter both last names or just his? DH doesn't have a preference.

My last name starts with a D and his with a Z. They sound nice together so flow isnt an issue. I am leaning towards giving her both so she wont be stuck with a Z last name, it would start with a D. Z name kids are always the last in line or to be called in school. Some big employers even go through resumes starting at the beginning of the alphabet so Z names rarely get called in.

Opinions?

triwellnessgirl · May 2019

It looks like Hubby and I actually agreed on a boys name! Shocker!

Cody Joseph “CJ”

anniemarie887 · May 2019

@mrszoobear my mom hyphenated her name, but my 3 sisters and I all just have our dad’s last name. I never felt odd having a different last name than our mom, but I also get your point. Also a business owner, and in my former role in corp America I never looked through resumes alphabetically.

blueskychicago12 · May 2019

@mrszoobear I kept my maiden name when I got married. I would consider a hyphenated name for myself and my baby, but mine and my husband's names don't sound good together at all. Since yours do, I say go for it!

ashorkey · May 2019

@mrszoobear my sister and my BIL both took each others last names hyphenated (W.-J.) and both of their boys also took each last name. They all primarily use J. Because it’s an easier last name.

CapricaAndrea · May 2019

@mrszoobear I'd say if the hyphenated name isn't too awkward or long then give her both. She can always choose to go with just one when she's older.
Also speaking from a medical perspective, kids with a different last name than their parents can be a bit of an organizational nightmare in an office, especially if the parent who's calling doesn't actually specify that their child has a different last name. My mom works in a medical office and it's one of her biggest pet-peeves when parents call or leave a message and then get upset when she can't find their child's file. Not that it's a reason to choose one option over another, just something most people don't think about.

boymom3ohio · May 2019

Girl- we are pretty set on June Elizabeth
Boy- Lincoln, Greyson, maybe Jackson

We have two boys now Hunter and Ryland

sunshineandlemons · May 2019

@mommato3ohio We are thinking of June for our baby’s middle name. I love it!

CapricaAndrea · June 2019

Would you associate the name Carlen/Carlin with male or female?

bookworm492 · June 2019

Think we're using Audrey for a girl but unsure for boy.

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