Feedback/Suggestions Appreciated

[Divefrog]

So we are still TTC #2. However, we actually started names discussions since we had such a difficult time naming DD. It seems as though it will be even more difficult this time since it is very important to me that the name flows well with DD's name.

So what you need to know.
- DD is Maren Christine.
- Our last name ends with an "ah" sound so I have found that most names that end with and A do not flow/sound the best. I still have a some on our list though.
- I really detest nicknames. So names that have common or obvious nicknames are not my favorites. 
- I like names that are less popular (so not in the top #250 or so), but still easily enough recognized/pronounced/spelled.
- MN for Girl could be either Rose or Isobel
- MN for a Boy will be Gerald (so most J names do not work)

Current Contenders:

Girls:

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Blair (favorite at the moment)
Carys
Sloane
Sabrina
Piper
Raigan
Celeste
Raina
Selene
Isobel (I think too popular for a FN)

Boys:

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Toren (concerned it sounds too close to DD's name)
Holden
Blaine
Calder
Asher (a little too popular I think)
Vaughn

[Idani]

Celeste and Carys are by far my favorite of the girl names. I could easily toss the rest.

Vaughn is probably the boy name I would pick but I don't love it and I would toss the rest especially Toren and Clader.



Suggesting:

Boys: Adrian, Malcolm, Ellis, Otto, Orion, Donovan, Jasper, Dean, Trent, Alden, Anton
Girls: Cecelia, Helena, Camille, Iris, Selah, Livia, Athena, Daphne, Isadora

[Divefrog]

I like your suggestions of Daphne and Iris for girls, although Iris is growing in popularity. DH will probably hate Daphne, but I am going to add it the list. And I like Anton and will add that to our boys list also.

[bromios]

Oookay, well for a girl I like Carys, and Celeste is nice. Isobel is the best, but it is pretty popular, so if that's a deal breaker then so be it. The rest are either misspelled, unattractive, or really, really nms. Girl suggestions:

Bronwen

Sabine/Sabina

Perpetua

Rhiannon

Simone

Alice

Anwen

Leto

Beatrix

Francis

Juliet

Lenore

Thetis

For a boy... let's just jump straight to suggestions!

Torsten (like Toren, but a real name!) Gerald

Seamus Gerald

Lorcan Gerald

Theron Gerald

Carlisle Gerald

Dane Gerald

Arthur Gerald

Cedric Gerald

Raphael Gerald

Ronan Gerald

Orson Gerald

Myron Gerald

Harlan Gerald

Edmund Gerald

Calvin Gerald

Simon Gerald

Orrin Gerald

Oren Gerald

[Divefrog]

Jan 29, 2015 10:02:55 GMT -5 bromios said:

Oookay, well for a girl I like Carys, and Celeste is nice. Isobel is the best, but it is pretty popular, so if that's a deal breaker then so be it. The rest are either misspelled, unattractive, or really, really nms. Girl suggestions:

Bronwen

Sabine/Sabina

Perpetua

Rhiannon

Simone

Alice

Anwen

Leto

Beatrix

Francis

Juliet

Lenore

Thetis

For a boy... let's just jump straight to suggestions!

Torsten (like Toren, but a real name!) Gerald

Seamus Gerald

Lorcan Gerald

Theron Gerald

Carlisle Gerald

Dane Gerald

Arthur Gerald

Cedric Gerald

Raphael Gerald

Ronan Gerald

Orson Gerald

Myron Gerald

Harlan Gerald

Edmund Gerald

Calvin Gerald

Simon Gerald

Orrin Gerald

Oren Gerald

My mistake it should have been spelled Torin. 

I have loved Bronwen for awhile too, but DH is not a fan. I do like Sabine and simone and will add them to our girl list. 

I appreciate Boy suggestions too, but nothing is really jumping out as something I love/would use.

[bromios]

Jan 29, 2015 10:40:48 GMT -5 Divefrog said:

Jan 29, 2015 10:02:55 GMT -5 bromios said:

Oookay, well for a girl I like Carys, and Celeste is nice. Isobel is the best, but it is pretty popular, so if that's a deal breaker then so be it. The rest are either misspelled, unattractive, or really, really nms. Girl suggestions:

Bronwen

Sabine/Sabina

Perpetua

Rhiannon

Simone

Alice

Anwen

Leto

Beatrix

Francis

Juliet

Lenore

Thetis

For a boy... let's just jump straight to suggestions!

Torsten (like Toren, but a real name!) Gerald

Seamus Gerald

Lorcan Gerald

Theron Gerald

Carlisle Gerald

Dane Gerald

Arthur Gerald

Cedric Gerald

Raphael Gerald

Ronan Gerald

Orson Gerald

Myron Gerald

Harlan Gerald

Edmund Gerald

Calvin Gerald

Simon Gerald

Orrin Gerald

Oren Gerald

My mistake it should have been spelled Torin. 

I have loved Bronwen for awhile too, but DH is not a fan. I do like Sabine and simone and will add them to our girl list. 

I appreciate Boy suggestions too, but nothing is really jumping out as something I love/would use.

Gotcha, I like Torin a lot! Also, yay for liking Sabine - I've always loved the name but it's never seemed to get much traction on the board.

[Divefrog]

Jan 29, 2015 10:53:39 GMT -5 bromios said:

Jan 29, 2015 10:40:48 GMT -5 Divefrog said:

My mistake it should have been spelled Torin. 

I have loved Bronwen for awhile too, but DH is not a fan. I do like Sabine and simone and will add them to our girl list. 

I appreciate Boy suggestions too, but nothing is really jumping out as something I love/would use.

Gotcha, I like Torin a lot! Also, yay for liking Sabine - I've always loved the name but it's never seemed to get much traction on the board.

Do you think Torin is too matchy with Maren as a sister? I do really like the name and meaning.

[bromios]

Jan 29, 2015 10:59:16 GMT -5 Divefrog said:

Jan 29, 2015 10:53:39 GMT -5 bromios said:

Gotcha, I like Torin a lot! Also, yay for liking Sabine - I've always loved the name but it's never seemed to get much traction on the board.

Do you think Torin is too matchy with Maren as a sister? I do really like the name and meaning.

Not at all. If you had a third one that ended in -n I would say it was getting a little cheesy, but with just two they really aren't similar enough for it to seem like you're trying to do something cute.

[Stormtroopooper]

I'm going to play keep, toss, add with these:

Blair - TOSS
Carys - keep, add Clara
Sloane - TOSS far, far away
Sabrina - keep
Piper - toss
Raigan - TOSS. I don't even know what this is.
Celeste - toss, add Colette
Raina - toss, add Ruby
Selene - toss, add Sabine
Isobel - KEEP! this is by far the best one on your list

Boys:

Toren - toss, add theodore
Holden - toss, add Harrison
Blaine - toss
Calder - toss
Asher - keep, add Abram and Atlas
Vaughn - keep

*Edit spelling of a name

[dreadpiratebuttercup]

Girls:
Blair- TOSS. This name is so unattractive.
Carys- Keep.
Sloane- TOSS. Seriously, this name is ugly and so harsh.
Sabrina- Keep. It's not really my style, though.
Piper- TOSS. Another unattractive and harsh name.
Raigan- TOSS. Misspelling of a dead controversial president, and time-stamped to boot.
Celeste- Keep.
Raina- TOSS. I know it's legit, but it seems made up.
Selene- Keep, as long as you're going to pronounce it correctly. If you're wanting se-LEEN, go with Celine.
Isobel- Keep. Love this name, and this spelling is not in the top 1000.

Anwen Isobel
Aeronwy Isobel
Eve Isobel
Isolde Rose
Juniper Isobel
Juno Isobel
June Isobel
Laurel Isobel
Noelle Rose
Niamh Isobel
Odette Rose
Phoebe Isobel
Rosalind Isobel
Rose Isobel (This is actually at #224, and would be so refreshing in the fn spot. Rose Isobel is so lovely.)
Simone Isobel
Therese Isobel
Winter Isobel
Zephyrine Rose

Boys:
Toren- Toss. Way too matchy with Maren, and it's misspelled.
Holden- Toss. Also matchy with Maren.
Blaine- Toss. Sounds like a pretentious douchebag.
Calder- TOSS. No. Just no.
Asher- Keep. This is the only one on the list I would even think of keeping.
Vaughn- Toss. Too ln as fn for me.


Arthur Gerald
Archer Gerald
Alasdair Gerald
Alistair Gerald
Benedict Gerald
Cormac Gerald
Conall Gerald
Etienne Gerald
Frederick Gerald
Graeme Gerald (Graham spelling is at #203)
Hamish Gerald
Ivor Gerald
Judah Gerald
Louis Gerald
Leopold Gerald
Leander Gerald
Lucian Gerald
Milo Gerald
Malcolm Gerald
Noel Gerald
Niall Gerald
Peter Gerald (This one is at #208, but has actually been slowly falling in recent years)
Philip Gerald
Rhys Gerald
Seth Gerald
Scott Gerald

[catahoulatte]

Celeste and Carys are my favorite girl names. Asher, then Blaine, are probably my favorites from your boy list.

Raigan is baaad. Maren Christine is gorgeous, don't saddle a kid after that with Raigan.


ETA: There were a lot of good suggestions thrown in. I do love Adrian for a boy, I will add Julian, Arlo, Oscar, and Otto to the suggestions unless I missed them somewhere.

[manada]

I'm bored so I'll play Keep/Toss/Add too, but my name opinions tend to divert from the group a bit:



Girls:
Blair (favorite at the moment) (KEEP -- This one is on our list as well, I like it, suggestion also of Brett if you want to name after a Hemingway character)
Carys (Toss - not a fan, and gaining in popularity around here.  Someone else suggested Colette or Clara though, those may be nice Adds)
Sloane (Meh - I'll say Toss, but this is a GP name for me too.   ADD perhaps Sacha  Soairse (sp?)  Sian)
Sabrina (Keep - I think it's a pretty name, NMS but decent)
Piper (Toss - too trendy)
Raigan (Toss - Reagan maybe as an alternative)
Celeste (Toss just 'cause for me- Add Cecily?  Tessa?)
Raina  (Toss - it feels like a clunky name for me)
Selene (Keep - I think it's pretty, Selena is also good, if you like names with French sounds perhaps Celine, or Severine (both should have an accent on the 2nd e).
Isobel (I think too popular for a FN) (Keep - but I think it's overdone these days with all the Isabella/Ella/Elle derivatives)

Boys:
Toren (concerned it sounds too close to DD's name)  (Toss Toren, but keep your spelling correction of Torin - I like it, but I also named my daughter Tavin, so I am a fan of "T---n" names.)
Holden (Keep - lovely name)
Blaine (Toss - perhaps put Blair on your boy's list too?)
Calder (Toss -- makes me think of Culver's)
Asher (a little too popular I think)  (SO Popular -- Toss for this reason)
Vaughn (Keep - I like it)

Other Suggestions: 
Girls:  Olive, Audra, Stella/Estella, Felicity, Matilda
Boys:  Elias, Silas, Lewis, Caleb, Callum

[MauiBliss]

If Torin is the option, then that wins for boys for me!!

Blair (favorite at the moment) -- meh, it's ok
Carys -- Love it and lovely with Isobel for a middle name
Sloane -- not a fan but not horrid
Sabrina -- hate it
Piper -- hate it
Raigan -- hate it
Celeste -- very nice
Raina -- toss
Selene -- It's ok
Isobel (I think too popular for a FN) -- I love this spelling but agree, very popular.

Boys:
Toren (concerned it sounds too close to DD's name) -- see my comment about Torin and no, I don't think it's too close
Holden - Toss
Blaine - Seriously, toss. You're not naming a comic book villain
Calder - Not my style
Asher (a little too popular I think) -- I like this ok
Vaughn -- Like

[Divefrog]

Jan 30, 2015 11:16:31 GMT -5 manada said:

I'm bored so I'll play Keep/Toss/Add too, but my name opinions tend to divert from the group a bit:



Girls:
Blair (favorite at the moment) (KEEP -- This one is on our list as well, I like it, suggestion also of Brett if you want to name after a Hemingway character)
Carys (Toss - not a fan, and gaining in popularity around here.  Someone else suggested Colette or Clara though, those may be nice Adds)
Sloane (Meh - I'll say Toss, but this is a GP name for me too.   ADD perhaps Sacha  Soairse (sp?)  Sian)
Sabrina (Keep - I think it's a pretty name, NMS but decent)
Piper (Toss - too trendy)
Raigan (Toss - Reagan maybe as an alternative)
Celeste (Toss just 'cause for me- Add Cecily?  Tessa?)
Raina  (Toss - it feels like a clunky name for me)
Selene (Keep - I think it's pretty, Selena is also good, if you like names with French sounds perhaps Celine, or Severine (both should have an accent on the 2nd e).
Isobel (I think too popular for a FN) (Keep - but I think it's overdone these days with all the Isabella/Ella/Elle derivatives)

Boys:
Toren (concerned it sounds too close to DD's name)  (Toss Toren, but keep your spelling correction of Torin - I like it, but I also named my daughter Tavin, so I am a fan of "T---n" names.)
Holden (Keep - lovely name)
Blaine (Toss - perhaps put Blair on your boy's list too?)
Calder (Toss -- makes me think of Culver's)
Asher (a little too popular I think)  (SO Popular -- Toss for this reason)
Vaughn (Keep - I like it)

Other Suggestions: 
Girls:  Olive, Audra, Stella/Estella, Felicity, Matilda
Boys:  Elias, Silas, Lewis, Caleb, Callum

Blaine was one of my great grandfather's name so that is how it made our list. Getting a little pressure to pick something from that side of family and I find Blaine much more preferable to my other choices of Ferman or Manly....but I digress

I love Caleb, but I feel a little popular. I will be adding Elias and Callum.

For girls...I am ditching Raigan/Reagan for sure, and adding a few others that posters have suggested. I do like Cicily and Severine. Isobel would be in honor of one of my grandmother's, but s very unlikely I would use as FN due to current popularity.

[jazzra369]

For the girls, I like Blair, Sloane, Sabrina (super love Sabrina!), Celeste, Selene, Isobel, and Simone.

For the boys I like Holden and Callum.

I think you could get away with Holden and Maren since Holden has that extra L sound in there.

Good luck deciding!