The Great Big Thread of Names

wanderlustsoul · October 2020

Name chatter here! Names you love, your SO loves, one of you hates, names you can't convince each other about... bring 'em all!

Discuss freely, but remember no one is guaranteed to like your name idea; try not to be offended by honesty.

legallykate · October 2020

I'll play. I have always loved the name Sullivan for a boy but MH isn't super keen on it and it's not Hebrew so it's probably a no go for us, womp womp. Our current front runner is probably Jacob.

marebear15 · October 2020

My husband has already told me he's dreading the name talk. We pretty quickly figured out our first, but our second didn't have a name until about the third trimester. Now we've already used up our family names. Also, we could never agree on boys' names, so it's a good thing we've only had girls.

mc0303 · October 2020

@legallykate Jacob is our front runner too 🥰 We wanted to name our first son Jacob but made the mistake of telling my mom and she hated it 😑 This time IDGAF

I’m stuck on girls names. I’m thinking Leah or Lena...also Shoshana or Talia or Norah. MH is dead set on Penelope for a girl and it just doesn’t feel right for me.

jaztastic · October 2020

We are pretty set with names. DH initials are EWB... all our kids follow suit so far. DS is Ehsan William, DD is Eniyah Whitney.

Found out we are having twins and if the results from our genetic screenings follow through, its Boy/Girl twins. Names on the table are:
Boy - Emmanuel or Elijah middle name Warren. Emmanuel is a family so Im leaning towards it (my brothers name and my Dads middle name).
Girl - Eliana, we just need to settle on a W middle name. Front runner is Wren. Also on the table is Willa, Willow, and Wynter. Still taking suggestions though.

jaztastic · October 2020

@Mc0303 Shoshana is beautiful! Also a fan of Talia....in case my vote counts lol

mc0303 · October 2020

@jaztastic totally counts!! 🗳 My LO is named Elijah and I just loooooove that name. It’s just so perfect...in case me vote counts too 😬

disgruntled_pelican · October 2020

We are toying with the idea of Saoirse, but know spelling will be a big PITA for her growing up. We would love an Irish, Gaelic, or Polish baby name and our other kiddos all have 2 syllable names.

hillbillywife · October 2020

I’m not going to get too invested in baby names till we know what we’re having, but if we have a girl I’d like her middle name to be either Rebecca after H’s grandma or Lou after mine. If we have a boy I’d like his middle name to be Thomas after my stepdad. Everyone has family names except DS 2 because we couldn’t get any to fit with his first name.

wanderlustsoul · October 2020

Sorry had to post and run, and just finished working at 8:45 pm. 🙄

@legallykate, I love Jacob. My H is a hard no but it’s a solid name!

@mc0303, I love Leah, Lena, and talia the most.

@jaztastic, I love Elijah and eliana. Congrats on the twins!! I’ve only had One friend names Ehsan so now I’m curious as to your background!

wanderlustsoul · October 2020

Names are really freaking hard. We had 1 boy name that we both liked and agreed upon (Leo). That’s it. We like Tristan and Mathias but I’m not sold.

Girl names we have quite a few we like. Amaya seems to be a front runner but I also like Katharina and Elena.

Whatever we choose for a middle name, I’d like it to honour my H’s grandma who passed away 3 weeks ago. Still hard to think she’s gone.

jaztastic · October 2020

@AKuzReve See I like the flow of sib-set Eliana and Elijah too... I think it goes better with other names as well.

As for Ehsan, its Arabic but no nationality tie. DH's nickname is Big E. As joke he said lets just name him E's Son. I laughed at first and then actually started looking for names like Esson, when I came across Aeson and Ehsan. Fell in love immediately especially once I found out the name meant Perfection. Ehsan is our rainbow miracle baby after 7 yrs of TTC, so Perfection as a name was fitting. (Pronounced phonetically Eh-Sahn)

wanderlustsoul · October 2020

@jaztastic, aw love that story! Yes, it’s an Arabic name so I was wondering.

hillbillywife · October 2020

@jaztastic awe I love that!!

MelissaMay82 · October 2020

We haven’t really talked about names yet. But we had quite a few names on the list from last pregnancy. DH really liked Ethan for a boy, I think that it’s ok. He also like Patrick, which is growing on me more. It’s a family name but his cousin named his little boy Patrick a few years ago. We hardly ever see them but I don’t know how I feel about using the same name. For girls we liked Adeline, Delaney, Audrey, and Taryn.

notawhoops · October 2020

We are not even close to thinking about names but I'm a teacher so it already eliminates so many options.

Plus, our two both have names that begin with the same letter (it just happened that way) and we're not sure to continue that for this one.

We also didn't decide on names for our second until I was being discharged and DH filled the paperwork and didn't tell me the name until the next day.

notawhoops · October 2020

@jaztastic Love Wynter as a middle name!

wendy838 · October 2020

@legallykate @mc0303 yes to Jacob!! solid name

I have not run these by DH yet AT ALL. I'll randomly see a name I like and jot it down on my phone.
Boy: Hunter, Jackson
Girl: Mallory, Haley/Hailey

ruemcclanahan · October 2020

@wendy838 my son's name is Hunter ♥️ it's such a good name!

mindyb2019 · October 2020

@MelissaMay82 I really like Taryn and Adeline. Both sooo pretty.

Omie_Wise · October 2020

Our girl name is Wilhelmina Something and the boy name is Fredrick Arthur.

klj0228 · October 2020

@Omie_Wise your names sound very royal...love it!

mamakate2011 · October 2020

@jaztastic love the middle name Warren! That’s my maiden name and is my middle sons middle name

we use family names for all our kids middle names, my dad passed away in 2012 and my only brother passed away in 2017 - he never had children so my maiden name carries on through my son!

mamakate2011 · October 2020

I am weirdly superstitious about names so I won’t discuss my first name options, but we used family names for middle names for our three kids, so we will for this baby as well. My sons have the middle names Reid, Warren and Ernest. Reid and Ernest are from hubby’s side and Warren is my maiden name. It’s my turn to use a name from my side so if it’s a boy, middle name will likely be James or Morgan and if it’s a girl the middle name will likely be Lou after my moms middle name.

Omie_Wise · October 2020

@mamakate2011 DS1’s middle name is Morgan.

artsiefartsie · October 2020

We have no boy names left, we used literally the only two we could agree on for DS!

So for that reason I really hope this one is a girl. We have a bunch of possibilities for girl names. My top runners at the time DS was born were Penelope and Olivia, but I'm kind of over them. A ton of my friends had Penelope's the last few years and Olivia became too popular. My name is Jessica which was the number 1 girl name the year I was born and hated that there were always 3 of us in every class.

How do you guys feel about alliteration names?
My husband hates them 😄 I'm not a huge fan but they don't bug me as much as they do DH. I love a lot of "W" names but since it is also the first letter of our last name they get cut immediately.

laurad75 · October 2020

@artsiefartsie I usually like alliteration names. DS is Duke Douglas (Douglas is my dad's name).

When naming DS Duke was literally the only name we agreed on so we were very happy it was a boy. We couldn't come up with any girl names we were on board with.

This time around we only have a girls name we agree on so far - Quinn. H likes it for a boys name too but I'm not sure.

If it is a boy we were trying to come up with J name and the middle name would be my husbands name (starts with J). We would call him 'JJ'. H likes Jules but I'm not sold on it.

@mamakate2011 I love Reid. I'm adding that to our list. I seem to be stuck on 1 syllable names.

wanderlustsoul · October 2020

@artsiefartsie, this is how I know it’s gonna be a boy. 🤣🤣

artsiefartsie · October 2020

@AKuzReve 😆😆 Honestly, same!

kaitlinliz · October 2020

So we do alphabetical names. Our sons initials are CD, if we have a girl they'll be DE and another boy were talking about a ST.

Looking for a D name that's unique (not just in spelling but just a not common name)

ashleyjillian15 · October 2020

@artsiefartsie I love the name Olivia! That is number #1 on my list too, but I am in the same boat as you. My name is Ashley and that was also the most popular name the year I was born so my name really became “Ashley D” all through school, I hated it! But on the flip side, now in my adult life I hardly know any Ashley’s that I work with or socially... not sure if I could wait 18+ years for my DD to appreciate her name haha. Also a big fan of alliterations, my last name now starts with an L so I like the idea of the nickname Liv. Also a big fan of Lyla, Viola,
and Ruby... But who knows...could be a boy!

Boy name is set in stone - Owen - and already DH-approved, plus I just don’t hear it that often which makes me feel great!

ashleyjillian15 · October 2020

@jaztastic those are probably the COOLEST names I’ve heard in awhile!!! What an awesome story behind “Ehsan”! I love the E-name Eilif for a boy, our friends picked that for their eldest along with other cool Norwegen names for the other two that followed. Boy/girl twins was always the dream for me so I’m a little jealous!!! Excited to hear what you guys decide on!

mc0303 · November 2020

I need help with girl names!! I like biblical (Torah) or Hebrew names but cannot settle on ANY.

disgruntled_pelican · November 2020

@mc0303 have you considered Selah? I think it’s gorgeous! Our day care provider has a daughter named Selah and I just think it’s gorgeous. I’ve also toyed with Judea as a middle name.

mc0303 · December 2020

@disgruntled_pelican I hadn’t come across that one yet! That’s super pretty!

wendy838 · December 2020

@mc0303 ooh I just did a quick search, how about Eliana, Abigail, Maya, Naomi, Shira, Talia?

mc0303 · December 2020

@wendy838 such great names!! The only names not already taken in my family are Talia and Naomi. I love both of those!!! On my list ❤️❤️

sugarcoateddonut · December 2020

@ashleyjillian15 I also have Olivia on my shortlist!

I have a Charlotte, which is also incredibly popular, but she is the only Charlotte in our village/friend group. There are also no Olivia's, so we are still leaning towards that if we have a girl. Cecilia is right up there as well.

We really like Dean for a boy. We also like Sawyer but realized it was a tongue twister with our last name.

DoubleUp8 · December 2020

@jaztastic DS has the same initials as DH and DH's father. I love the E's son story!

@artsiefartsie My name was the top name the year I was born too. I had decided I will never choose a Top 10 name for one of my kids, because I hated being my name and last initial in elementary school. Wasn't an issue once I started playing sports because people started using my last name to distinguish between me and other girls on the team with the same first name.

We have chosen Finn for our boys name. I like a longer name, that then you abbreviate to something shorter (DS is Joshua, and we call him Josh) so part of me would like to do a longer name and then call him Finn. But DH doesn't love Finnegan, and I am not a fan of Finley (feels like a girls name to me), so he may just be Finn.

disgruntled_pelican · December 2020

@DoubleUp8 - some less obvious Finn names could be Griffin or Phineas. Finnean is close to Finnegan but doesn’t have the harsh “g” sound that may or may not be the turn off. Just some thoughts. I love Finn and agree Finley feels feminine.

I posted in ransoms because I momentarily forgot this post. We are looking at Jocelyn/Joslyn, Keira, Anya, Saoirse, and maybe Bridget. Middle name would be June. For a boy we have August, Arthur, and Kellen... middle name James or Jude

DoubleUp8 · December 2020

@disgruntled_pelican I like Griffin! I'll see what DH thinks. Neither of us loved Phineas (though we are big Harry Potter fans, so we joked about it).

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