The Name Thread

[babywisher]

Mar 4, 2017 7:03:23 GMT -5 toadandbuggie said:

1. Miles Christopher
2. Miles Lewis

Any other suggestions for middle name?

Our DS is Mason Alexander. I love Mason and Miles together.

I love Miles Christopher.

[easilyunamused]

Mar 4, 2017 7:03:23 GMT -5 toadandbuggie said:

1. Miles Christopher
2. Miles Lewis

Any other suggestions for middle name?

Our DS is Mason Alexander. I love Mason and Miles together.

Definitely Miles Christopher. Miles Lewis rolls off the tounge weird with the S at the end of both.

[ker9171]

I also love miles Christopher!

[megeliz1]

Mar 5, 2017 11:22:57 GMT -5 bdblz said:

DH said last night that Emily is growing on him. I still am leaning towards Charlotte .

+1 to Emily! I have one but a different spelling and love it!

[babywisher]

Mar 5, 2017 11:22:57 GMT -5 bdblz said:

DH said last night that Emily is growing on him. I still am leaning towards Charlotte .

I vote for Emily!

[amyface813]

Mar 5, 2017 17:52:58 GMT -5 babywisher said:

Mar 5, 2017 11:22:57 GMT -5 bdblz said:

DH said last night that Emily is growing on him. I still am leaning towards Charlotte .

I vote for Emily!

+1! I love charlotte but I'm hearing it a lot lately.

[nola1017]

Team Green over here. We don't have a short list, or hell, a long list. We have an A.bigail Lee and a J.ack Robert. DH likes Jameson for a boy and Aubrey for a girl. I don't dislike Jameson but I don't think it flows with Abby and Jack. For some reason I'm leaning toward Lena or Reid.

[AmazingTulip]

nola1017, I like Reid much better with your sibset compared to Jameson.

[megeliz1]

Owen has been our boy name for 3 yrs, it would have been used with our girls. H is totally on board but I don't know if I still love it. I can't convince him of anything else except maybe Oliver.

We have a N.ora and an E.mily. I think Owen goes well with their names but I just can't commit. Any suggestions? I love Reid but that was a hard no.

[akraus2015]

Mar 12, 2017 9:27:25 GMT -5 megeliz1 said:

Owen has been our boy name for 3 yrs, it would have been used with our girls. H is totally on board but I don't know if I still love it. I can't convince him of anything else except maybe Oliver.

We have a N.ora and an E.mily. I think Owen goes well with their names but I just can't commit. Any suggestions? I love Reid but that was a hard no.

I'm a fan of Oliver. 😉

[nola1017]

Mar 12, 2017 9:04:46 GMT -5 AmazingTulip said:

nola1017, I like Reid much better with your sibset compared to Jameson.

Me too! 😛 Now to convince DH....

[megeliz1]

Mar 12, 2017 11:40:50 GMT -5 @pianolove said:

Mar 12, 2017 9:27:25 GMT -5 megeliz1 said:

Owen has been our boy name for 3 yrs, it would have been used with our girls. H is totally on board but I don't know if I still love it. I can't convince him of anything else except maybe Oliver.

We have a *poof* JIC. I think Owen goes well with their names but I just can't commit. Any suggestions? I love Reid but that was a hard no.

Honestly, all 3 of those names go well with your girls' names but I like Oliver with the sibset better than Owen. Does Owen have any significance to him, or does he just like the way it sounds?

H just really loves Owen. It's frustrating because he won't listen to other options and thinks I'll just get over it and be okay with Owen, when I would like to discuss other options. This kid is hard too because I feel like we have each had one girl that we each had a little more weight in naming, this is the odd one out and we both need to agree equally.

[JoBub]

DH suggested Callum. Is it weird to use this name when we have no ties to Scotland or Ireland where it's extremely popular?

[sstwinklinglites]

Mar 14, 2017 9:28:38 GMT -5 JoBub said:

DH suggested Callum. Is it weird to use this name when we have no ties to Scotland or Ireland where it's extremely popular?

Not weird. If you like the name, use it.

[AmazingTulip]

Mar 14, 2017 9:28:38 GMT -5 JoBub said:

DH suggested Callum. Is it weird to use this name when we have no ties to Scotland or Ireland where it's extremely popular?

My DH also suggested Callum. But he's half Scottish. And I think it's a little too Scottish for me. I mean, not like Hamish or Fergus, but not heard enough in the US for me. 

[AmazingTulip]

So DH told me tonight he's not on board with Duncan. I've got nothing else on my list. Nothing else feels right. How do you pick a name you don't love?

[megeliz1]

Mar 14, 2017 20:48:53 GMT -5 AmazingTulip said:

So DH told me tonight he's not on board with Duncan. I've got nothing else on my list. Nothing else feels right. How do you pick a name you don't love?

We are struggling with the same thing. I think we are both going to end up with a name we like, not love. We love different names.

[bepandnick]

For DS, we each came up with our top name (that the other didn't veto) and top MN choice for both since we were team green. Then we tabled it for a few months, randomly trying the yell test and the CEO test, but we agreed to not make a decision for awhile.

For our boy name, DH felt really strongly about the FN while the MN was more important to me (it's my dad's MN and was my grandpa's MN). So we compromised and went with his FN choice and my MN choice, and I love it. I couldn't imagine DS with another name.

Our girl name was easier, I was in love with a name and while he liked other names he didn't love anything that I was willing to work with. Tabling the discussion gave him time to get used to/come to really like the name. It's also our girl name this time. We're still talking through MNs because I'm having second thoughts about the one we picked last time. We've got a few choices and have agreed to table it for awhile again.

For boy names this time, we've been talking about the for awhile because this is our 4th pregnancy trying this time around. We know the MN (DH's MN and it was his grandpa's name) and have two FN picked out. We're both leaning towards one but have decided to meet the baby first. I'm having trouble letting go of mine because it's so Canadian, but I'm not sure if I love it for that or because I love it. (Canadian living in America).

Overall we both had names we loved that the other completely veto'd, and while it was annoying we agreed if it was an automatic veto then it was time to let that name go and move on.

[AmazingTulip]

Mar 15, 2017 8:28:08 GMT -5 @pianolove said:

Mar 14, 2017 20:48:53 GMT -5 AmazingTulip said:

So DH told me tonight he's not on board with Duncan. I've got nothing else on my list. Nothing else feels right. How do you pick a name you don't love?

What has he offered up instead of Duncan? Anything good?

He's suggested Callum and Gavin. I don't like Callum at all, and I guess I could get on board with Gavin but not sure I'd feel good about it. I feel like I've spent hours looking at name lists and nothing excites me. 

DS1 is C@meron.
My criteria for names: I'd prefer to avoid another C name. I want it to be easy to spell. I want it to be a name that doesn't automatically shorten to a nickname (ie, Theodore to Theo). 

[MissSally]

Mar 15, 2017 12:47:12 GMT -5 AmazingTulip said:

Mar 15, 2017 8:28:08 GMT -5 @pianolove said:

What has he offered up instead of Duncan? Anything good?

He's suggested Callum and Gavin. I don't like Callum at all, and I guess I could get on board with Gavin but not sure I'd feel good about it. I feel like I've spent hours looking at name lists and nothing excites me. 

DS1 is C@meron.
My criteria for names: I'd prefer to avoid another C name. I want it to be easy to spell. I want it to be a name that doesn't automatically shorten to a nickname (ie, Theodore to Theo). 

As far as Scottish/Irish names I really like Declan. If we weren't going with a family name that would be my #1 choice.

Naming kids is way hard.

[JoBub]

Mar 15, 2017 12:47:12 GMT -5 AmazingTulip said:

Mar 15, 2017 8:28:08 GMT -5 @pianolove said:

What has he offered up instead of Duncan? Anything good?

He's suggested Callum and Gavin. I don't like Callum at all, and I guess I could get on board with Gavin but not sure I'd feel good about it. I feel like I've spent hours looking at name lists and nothing excites me. 

DS1 is C@meron.
My criteria for names: I'd prefer to avoid another C name. I want it to be easy to spell. I want it to be a name that doesn't automatically shorten to a nickname (ie, Theodore to Theo). 

This is where I'm at too. Nothing excites me. I feel like I should just close my eyes and point to a name on the page and go with it. 

[morwen]

Mar 15, 2017 15:03:51 GMT -5 JoBub said:

Mar 15, 2017 12:47:12 GMT -5 AmazingTulip said:

He's suggested Callum and Gavin. I don't like Callum at all, and I guess I could get on board with Gavin but not sure I'd feel good about it. I feel like I've spent hours looking at name lists and nothing excites me. 

DS1 is C@meron.
My criteria for names: I'd prefer to avoid another C name. I want it to be easy to spell. I want it to be a name that doesn't automatically shorten to a nickname (ie, Theodore to Theo). 

This is where I'm at too. Nothing excites me. I feel like I should just close my eyes and point to a name on the page and go with it. 

I've gone through the social security top 1000 names...we have a short list but with DS it was so much easier. I like my list, I don't love it.

[AmazingTulip]

Mar 15, 2017 14:57:18 GMT -5 MissSally said:

Mar 15, 2017 12:47:12 GMT -5 AmazingTulip said:

He's suggested Callum and Gavin. I don't like Callum at all, and I guess I could get on board with Gavin but not sure I'd feel good about it. I feel like I've spent hours looking at name lists and nothing excites me. 

DS1 is C@meron.
My criteria for names: I'd prefer to avoid another C name. I want it to be easy to spell. I want it to be a name that doesn't automatically shorten to a nickname (ie, Theodore to Theo). 

As far as Scottish/Irish names I really like Declan. If we weren't going with a family name that would be my #1 choice.

Naming kids is way hard.

It took me a long time to realize how to say Declan. I always wanted to say Dee-clan instead of Deck-lan.SaveSave

[amyface813]

DH was just trying out nicknames for babygirl. It was ridiculously funny. He was trying to come up with NN for Athena. I should have gotten it on video. 🤣

[murran13]

@jojub I don't think it's weird at all, but I'm always partial to Irish/Scottish names like that

[nola1017]

Question: would you use the name Emily even though that's your step-mother's name? It is *not* in honor of my stepmother (who goes by the nickname Emmy about 98% of the time). In fact, my dad doesn't even know I'm pregnant again. I love the name Emily. So does DH. But I hate the idea that if they were to find out she would think it is in honor of her. What do you think?

[nola1017]

Double post!

[sstwinklinglites]

Mar 23, 2017 22:12:26 GMT -5 nola1017 said:

Question: would you use the name Emily even though that's your step-mother's name? It is *not* in honor of my stepmother (who goes by the nickname Emmy about 98% of the time). In fact, my dad doesn't even know I'm pregnant again. I love the name Emily. So does DH. But I hate the idea that if they were to find out she would think it is in honor of her. What do you think?

Would not use the name. But I am firmly in camp not using any family names, including step family members.

[amyface813]

nola1017 I would also not use it... that is a little bit too close when you aren't naming her after step mom. What about Emilia or Emma?

[juliayadda]

I would look further... Maybe a similar name like Amelie? Amelia, Emmaline?