When you read name Marin does it sound male or female? For me the female version would be Marina but interested to hear your thoughts since different cultures and perspectives
Marin sounds masculine to me. I do know a female Marinna, so that's probably why.
I feel the need to jump in here. Hubby and I have been debating between Kyra and Kinsley but we couldn’t decide which one and there was always something holding me back. I’ve fallen in love with a new name and like @biolprof and @catsinawindow am loving Wren. Still trying to get hubby all in, but do you think Wren goes with DD McKenna? This baby is an unexpected rainbow and I’ve always felt she was sent here by her brother, so the image of a tiny beautiful bird flying down from heaven comes to my mind. Her brothers name Carson will be her middle name. Thoughts?
Wow, what are the chances that 3 people in this BMB are all considering the same, relatively uncommon name?
Is McKenna the first or last name? Either way, I think it works. McKenna sounds Irish/Scottish and Wren is an old English name, so same geographic origins. My DS and DD also have names that sound Irish/Scottish (they are rare enough that I don't want to share them) and their last name is also from that area, which I like that they all match.
@DalexRN the idea of the name Wren Carson is so special especially since this is your rainbow. I believe the imagery and nod to her brother is beautiful. Also the name is much more unique than Kinsley and Kira. Beautiful names!
Thanks all for the input on Marin! In my culture we're just used to all girl names ending in an A haha.
Struggling with naming this child! We have a Brody Charles, Jack Louis and Rosalie (Rosie) Jane already and are team green again. I love Maxwell for a boy but the only middle name I love is John - the hang up being that it’s my FIL’s middle name and he is not a person that I would have as my child’s namesake. We have a strained relationship but my husband has a less strained relationship. The rest of our kids middle names are family names so do you think I should just bite the bullet and go with it anyway since it flows so nicely?
@kbrown2385 I never knew Carson was a unisex name until I started telling people that would be this baby’s middle name and several people commented they knew female Carson’s. Love that you’re considering it for your girl 💕
The only consistency with our naming is SO cannot come up with anything even semi normal, and trashes anything that doesn't sound ridiculous. It's a good thing we still have 20+ weeks, or this could get ugly.
I'd like something classic and solid, he seems to want something weird. DS1 is Henry James.
Now we know the sex of the babies, the names are likely to be Aela Cate for our girl and Jack Henry for our boy. DH is still pushing hard for John rather than Jack and said yesterday he has a few months to work on me. He can live in hope if he wants but he will be disappointed cause this isnt something im going to budge on.
@DalexRN Wren Carson is beautiful and has such a lovely story.
@leprechaunlady lovely names. If it helps I'm on the Jack side in case you need support for hubby.
@FyreFlyeRush naming is hard. It's amazing how heated it can get over something so simple.
@jaceru Declan is really making a comeback. It's a cool name!
@crf4 the politicing of names is so challenging. Maybe something one syllable like John but not John if that makes you uncomfortable? Don? Lane? Jim? James? Just spitballing names.
Thanks! We have had this name in mind for a while and now its getting popular, but I don't really mind that. I have been trying to think of others and just keep coming back to it.
Our daughter is Ella Catherine and I like how they sound together too.
Our naming strategies have gotten interesting but I think we’ve decided on Cole Micah. My husband, our 4 year old son and I each came up with our name list and voted on them final four style😂
Anyone else's mom or mil trying to claim the middle name? My mom has repeatedly, and in front of people, said that the middle name should be Anne since my middle name is her mother's. I don't hate Jean Anne; it's pretty. But I really don't want to set the precedent that she has control over what we do with baby girl.
Husband and I are really into Jean Olivia right now. Olive is our dog, so we thought it was kind of cute.
I think dh and I agree on Carson/Carsyn/Karsen as our girl name. I’m a traditionalist so idk if I can go away from the normal spelling. For a boy I like Ellis and Asher but I don’t think dh is on board. Now to work on middle names.
@alisonreif2 I ask my friends for opinions on potential names but I don’t allow input when we make a decision. You guys will probably be the only people I tell until birth. I refuse to listen to people’s opinions on what we end up choosing. There’s always something shitty to be said and they are less likely to say anything once the baby is actually here and named.
@alisonreif2 I'd shut that down right away. Maybe it's because I don't have a good relationship with my mom, and my MIL drives me nuts, but there's no way in hell I'd be allowing them suggestions. Our baby, our choice.
I tend to agree with @kbrown2385 - I don't tell people the names we're discussing because I don't want to hear other people's opinions and why "oh my god I'd never name a baby that" or "I knew a [name] and they were blah blah blah." Thanks, it's hard enough for us to settle on a name and I don't need others opinions ruining a name for me. We announce the name at birth because at that point when it's attached to a child we won't hear any feedback on why so & so hates the name. 🤷♀️
Our boy has had a name for the past 7 years (the time it's taken us to conceive). This is my second marriage and I have three kids from my first. All our other kids have namesakes for my family so I told my husband that I wanted to name our first baby together after his grandparents. He will be Oskar Barie Jens, after his paternal grandfather, maternal grandfather, and then my husband's name is thrown in there as tradition (his middle name is his father's first name). It's going to be a mouthful when he's in trouble but I love keeping family names alive. He'll likely be OB for short which is fitting because he was conceived around Star Wars day
Now that we are team pink, we are leaning strongly towards Eloise. I gave MH my list of favs and he told me he was a little surprised he liked that name as much as he did. My mom didn’t totally love it, then realized the kids nicknames would be Ollie and Ellie so she’s pretty on board now 😂
Super excited to finally have something to add to this thread. We had boy names coming out of our ears and then found out we're having a girl. So far we've definitely agreed on either Laurie or Diane for the middle name (DH's mother's name, she passed away when he was young). I don't think we're even close to making a decision yet, but so far for first names we're considering Leighton, Maren or Kaia.
We're currently leaning toward Trent for a first name. And we're looking for N middle names. We have SOs middle name right now (which I love), but his initials would be TNT if we change it. I also wanted to throw out a Final Fantasy character name, but SO said no to Snow and Cloud. So, I snuck in Noctis. Trent Noctis T.
The name meaning is definitely unique: Torrent of Night Tower of White. So...Night Torrent of the White Tower? It sounds like something out of a Dark Fantasy novel.
@FyreFlyeRush I can totally see how TNT seems like an awesome initials set! I am not so good with the character references but if your SO vetos then there are lots of good N names I think. I like Nolan off the top of my head.
Struggling to come up boys names. I'd like it to be traditional, multisyllabic, and not start with F (other initials would make it FML). Any ideas on where to start looking? We tried the Baby names app, but haven't found anything we really like with that.
@persnickity - We just found a list of the top 1000 girl names from last year on the Social Security website and started reading through it. Still hasn't helped us, but it may help you 🤷
AFM, my MIL suggested Amelia, but I like the Spanish/Italian spelling Emilia. Of course the first thing that came up when I googled it was Game of Thrones, but I've never seen that show. Any of you think it's too trendy because of GOT?
@marebear15 the name Emilia isnt actually a character in GoT but the name of an actress who plays a main character so i definitely wouldnt say its too trendy cause of that. For what it's worth, I really like it & think that it would be a way less trendy or popular option than Amelia.
@leprechaunlady - Ah okay, that makes me feel a little better that it's not a character just an actress. Looks like the name is ranked 60th in my state, so I think I'm okay with that. Amelia is 7th, and that's way too popular for me.
@marebear15 I watched GoT and it wasn’t the first thing I thought of when reading the name. I think it’s so pretty and prefer that spelling over Amelia. Did you decide against Magnolia?
I think we decided on Callan Theodore for our boys name. Our last name is one syllable. Does it sound like a mouthful? I feel like it flows well but I could be biased.
@kbrown2385 - Sadly, yes. DH's initial reaction waned, and now he decided he doesn't like it. We moved on to the name Virginia for a little while, and once again DH decided he didn't like it. I love Theodore!! And I don't think it's a mouthful. DD's first and middle names together have 7 syllables, and we also have a one syllable last name. Callan Theodore is only 5 syllables.
@c1kc1kpol1cn1k I’m not a nickname person so I’ll always call him Callan but I love Cale so much more than Cal.
@marebear15 I’m in the same boat as yh. I like it at first and then decide im not a fan after all. I’m sure mh is really enjoying my indecision lol. I’d use Theodore as a first name but I feel like Theo is so popular and I try to stay away from that.
Re: The Great Name Thread
Is McKenna the first or last name? Either way, I think it works. McKenna sounds Irish/Scottish and Wren is an old English name, so same geographic origins. My DS and DD also have names that sound Irish/Scottish (they are rare enough that I don't want to share them) and their last name is also from that area, which I like that they all match.
Thanks all for the input on Marin! In my culture we're just used to all girl names ending in an A haha.
Declan
James
Bennett
I think I am leaning towards Declan James
I'd like something classic and solid, he seems to want something weird. DS1 is Henry James.
@leprechaunlady lovely names. If it helps I'm on the Jack side in case you need support for hubby.
@FyreFlyeRush naming is hard. It's amazing how heated it can get over something so simple.
@jaceru Declan is really making a comeback. It's a cool name!
@crf4 the politicing of names is so challenging. Maybe something one syllable like John but not John if that makes you uncomfortable? Don? Lane? Jim? James? Just spitballing names.
Thanks! We have had this name in mind for a while and now its getting popular, but I don't really mind that. I have been trying to think of others and just keep coming back to it.
Our daughter is Ella Catherine and I like how they sound together too.
Husband and I are really into Jean Olivia right now. Olive is our dog, so we thought it was kind of cute.
@alisonreif2 I ask my friends for opinions on potential names but I don’t allow input when we make a decision. You guys will probably be the only people I tell until birth. I refuse to listen to people’s opinions on what we end up choosing. There’s always something shitty to be said and they are less likely to say anything once the baby is actually here and named.
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I tend to agree with @kbrown2385 - I don't tell people the names we're discussing because I don't want to hear other people's opinions and why "oh my god I'd never name a baby that" or "I knew a [name] and they were blah blah blah." Thanks, it's hard enough for us to settle on a name and I don't need others opinions ruining a name for me. We announce the name at birth because at that point when it's attached to a child we won't hear any feedback on why so & so hates the name. 🤷♀️
My mom didn’t totally love it, then realized the kids nicknames would be Ollie and Ellie so she’s pretty on board now 😂
The name meaning is definitely unique: Torrent of Night Tower of White. So...Night Torrent of the White Tower? It sounds like something out of a Dark Fantasy novel.
Eloise Harper
Initials will be EHS. Monogram eSh. Both seem “safe” so I’m relieved lol
it feels really weird to decide this early. With DS we only decided maybe 2 weeks before he was born 😂
AFM, my MIL suggested Amelia, but I like the Spanish/Italian spelling Emilia. Of course the first thing that came up when I googled it was Game of Thrones, but I've never seen that show. Any of you think it's too trendy because of GOT?
I think we decided on Callan Theodore for our boys name. Our last name is one syllable. Does it sound like a mouthful? I feel like it flows well but I could be biased.
@kbrown2385 I like that
I love Theodore!! And I don't think it's a mouthful. DD's first and middle names together have 7 syllables, and we also have a one syllable last name. Callan Theodore is only 5 syllables.
@marebear15 I’m in the same boat as yh. I like it at first and then decide im not a fan after all. I’m sure mh is really enjoying my indecision lol. I’d use Theodore as a first name but I feel like Theo is so popular and I try to stay away from that.
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