@pirateduck I was raised Catholic (no longer practicing), and what your'e referring to sounds like a confirmation name, not a legal middle name. Basically confirmation is done when you're considered an "adult" by the Catholic church and you confirm your commitment to the religion (even though I think I was in 10th grade for mine and therefore had zero actual choice in the matter). As part of this, you choose your confirmation name, generally a saint's name, but it doesn't become part of your legal name. I think I chose Anne for mine as well, but that doesn't exist anywhere officially outside of the church.
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@shamrocandroll that sounds about right! I honestly have no idea if my mom's middle name exists anywhere legally. I feel like this is something I should find out.
@doctorcrime DH and I toyed with Gwendolyn but I put it with all of our names like we were signing a Christmas card and he decided against it. I agree it doesn't seem to fit us. But it's a pretty name!
I like the name Noelle right now. I hesitate because it means Christmas and is traditionally given to December babies. DH kept it on our short list of names. I think it sounds very nice with our last name though.
@jhysmath my stepdaughter is a Maggie (Margaret, not Magnolia). I didn't name her but she loves her name -- it's really versatile, cute but also adult.
@doctorcrime I think you have some great suggestions. You could also hyphenate -- I have a friend with an Ella-Jane which I always thought was cute.
@jhysmath Theo short for Theodore is at the top of my boy name list (for the future) @chewie5990 I like Asher a lot too.
I don't think I've posted about our name choice yet.... MH is dead set on one we've both liked before even getting pregnant. I've been back and forth since finding out it's a girl but I think I'm on board.
It's Dafna, which is basically the Hebrew version of Daphne. Technically pronounced Dahfnah but I know nobody is the US will say it that way. I'm trying to settle on a middle name and I'm torn. I love the sound of Dafna Jane, but I'd like the middle name to be after my grandmother Rita. I just can't find an R name I like as much.
My husband and I have probably decided on the name Sadie Wren. My only concern is that Sadie sounds too rhyme-y with the last name, Morrissey.
I am Jewish and my husband is not (as you could probably tell from the last name, ha), so I really like Sadie because it sounds Jew“ish”, and is also a bit unique, but not too out there.
I thought we were set on a name, then my husband jumped on another name, just when I got used to that, yesterday he asks me about a third name, one I had suggested months ago that he was opposed to, I thought I was the indecisive one! I might talk to him about the idea of having 2-3 names set and then choosing when baby makes her appearance. We'll see. I know we still have lots of time on this.
@babyfoxden10 my mom just brought up Reese yesterday and since it's her mom that the name will be after I figure if she likes it, that's good! MH likes it too so I think that's what we'll be going with.
Lately we’ve been testing names. Every time my husband and I refer to the baby we call her by name. We’ll both use the same name for like a week and then try something else. It’s really helped to hear them in context.
We are team green and finally got the time to discuss names this weekend. We have 3 daughters, Audrey, Evelyn and Isabel. Husband and kids want an O name, I'm not sold. We both like Owen for a boy, but O is hard for girl names. We can't use Olivia because it's a niece's name. We like Ophelia, but it seems like a mouth full. Thoughts on Ophelia? Any suggestions for other girl names? Or one syllable middle names?
@afranzen85 O names for a girl are very hard! What about Opal? Olga? As far as one syllable middle names we have a Jo and Jade. Others we had tossed around were Mae, Rae, Jane, Faith, Grace, Paige, and Brooke.
I think we are set on a name - Isaiah Rosario! Rosario is my grandpa's name which is our family tradition - middle names are reserved for family names. We aren't going to set anything in stone yet...but we are going to start referring to baby by name and see how it goes.
So I found this fun name tool today on the Baby Name Wizard site. You can plug in a letter or letter combo, pick boy or girl and it comes up with names for you and gives popularity over time etc. So you could say names ending in y or ending in ia or starting with L or whatever you tend to like...
@bananapanda I think we have similar naming styles! Our first DD is Paige. She was almost a Claire. I like all of your choices though. @afranzen85 I know an Oakley and I think it's really cute but also not as classic as your other choices. @pirateduck We do the same thing with trying out names for a bit and then moving on. We have ruled a few names out this way. I am also thinking about going into birth with a short list and seeing what fits.
We are having a hard time with boy names but currently have: Nathaniel (Nathan), Wesley and Henry. We already have an Eliza so I'm worry about Henry because of the song "There's a hole in my bucket dear Liza, dear Liza. So fix it dear Henry..."
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Married Sept. 2013
DS1: Nov 11, 2016
MMC: 11/16/18 (9w6d)
CP: 2/3/19 (5w3d)
BFP! 8/24/19
DS2: May 10, 2020
Genevieve
Antoinette
Margaret
Madeleine
Elizabeth
Isabella
I like the name Noelle right now. I hesitate because it means Christmas and is traditionally given to December babies. DH kept it on our short list of names. I think it sounds very nice with our last name though.
@doctorcrime I think you have some great suggestions. You could also hyphenate -- I have a friend with an Ella-Jane which I always thought was cute.
I don't think I've posted about our name choice yet....
MH is dead set on one we've both liked before even getting pregnant. I've been back and forth since finding out it's a girl but I think I'm on board.
It's Dafna, which is basically the Hebrew version of Daphne. Technically pronounced Dahfnah but I know nobody is the US will say it that way. I'm trying to settle on a middle name and I'm torn. I love the sound of Dafna Jane, but I'd like the middle name to be after my grandmother Rita. I just can't find an R name I like as much.
but Jane is cute too!
Dafna Reese
DD #2: May 2020
Baby #3: EDD May 2023; MC October 2022
https://www.babynamewizard.com/namevoyager-expert#prefix=&sw=both&exact=false
Opal Noel
Opal Belle
Opal Lynn
Opal Lucia
Opal Grey
Opal Mia
Opal Sage
First that was Opal Mae but seen you already have a May.
Opal Grace. Love that combo best!
@afranzen85 I know an Oakley and I think it's really cute but also not as classic as your other choices.
@pirateduck We do the same thing with trying out names for a bit and then moving on. We have ruled a few names out this way. I am also thinking about going into birth with a short list and seeing what fits.
We are having a hard time with boy names but currently have: Nathaniel (Nathan), Wesley and Henry. We already have an Eliza so I'm worry about Henry because of the song "There's a hole in my bucket dear Liza, dear Liza. So fix it dear Henry..."
DD2 born 9/10/17
@spiderlover25 Those are all great boy names!
Molly Anne or Karis Avery
not sure if Karis is too “out there“..