Girl name feedback

[jentull]

Our front runner is Sydney Blake.  Blake is my middle name, so we're set on that.  I have loved the name Sydney forever, but am having trouble committing.  What do you guys think?  Our other choice is Anna Blake.  Last name is 1 syllable and rhythms with Way.

thanks in advance for the feedback

[Idani]

I do not like Sydney Blake. While I know Sydney is female and Sidney is male. Paired with Blake I would assume Sydney Blake was male. Anna is much much much better

[ajetter]

I'm not personally a fan of Sydney. I agree with PP that it sounds to masculine with Blake. I don't love the flow of Anna Blake but I like it much better than Sydney.

[chibiyui]

Sydney Blake sounds like a 90's action girl, a little dated.

Anna is nice.

[jentull]

What if we did a more feminine middle name? Our grandmothers names are Rose and Elizabeth.

[Idani]

Jan 30, 2015 19:01:18 GMT -5 jentull said:

What if we did a more feminine middle name? Our grandmothers names are Rose and Elizabeth.

While Sydney is not my style on general I would absolutely pair it with something feminine.

Both Sydney Rose and Sydney Elizabeth are nice,

[bromios]

Sydney and Sidney (and Blake) are all boy names (no, the y doesn't actually make a difference, both spellings are boy names). Anna is so much more elegant, and Anna Blake sounds lovely (I'm going to just assume Blake is your mn because it's a family surname or something. Please don't disabuse me of this assumption). Scrap Sydney, it's really ugly.

[Deleted]

Anna Blake would be my vote.
I don't like Sydney to me it's a city or a boy's name - even then I'm not a fan of it.

[manada]

I like Sydney with a different MN and I think Anna Blake is a nice name, but together they don't feel like they flow.

I like gender neutral names, but together Sydney and Blake just feels a bit clunky.

[leahb12]

Anna by far. Such a classic, pretty name. Sidney/Sydney is way too masculine for me, especially paired with Blake.

[chelscole]

If Sydney was with a different middle name, I would be more open to it. Anna Blake is cute though

[ugotstarbucked]

Anna Blake is better. I'm not a fan of Blake on a girl unless you have a family reason to use it.

[jentull]

Blake is a family name, my great grandmas name was Ella Blake. This was my hesitation with Sydney. I appreciate the honest feedback, luckily I have 15 more weeks to figure this out!

[jazzra369]

I like Sydney but agree that it's better with Elizabeth. Anna Blake is also fine. I think Rose is overdone but that's just me.

[ashiscute]

Anna Blake is lovely and fantastic! Sydney doesn't even remotely compare.

[dreadpiratebuttercup]

It's awful. I also hate Blake on a girl, but at least it's in the middle spot. Give her an undeniably feminine name. Anna is lovely.

[kissandglow]

If your last name is May, than no to Anna. Otherwise I like Anna better.

[Deleted]

AS many of the pp have said, if you must use Sydney then use a more feminine middle name. If you must use Blake then use a more feminine first name.

The Elizabeth and Rose middle names sound quite nice. Rose being first and Elizabeth second.

[ruemorgan]

I don't care about matching two names that could be boy names, that doesn't bother me at all. But Sydney isn't my style. I'd go with Anna.

[jentull]

Thanks for the feedback. It's nice to have a place to get honest opinions. We're headed back to the drawing board. Naming girls is so much harder than boys IMO.

[bromios]

Jan 31, 2015 9:18:15 GMT -5 jentull said:

Thanks for the feedback. It's nice to have a place to get honest opinions. We're headed back to the drawing board. Naming girls is so much harder than boys IMO.

Excellent, great attitude!

[zebrapanther1311]

I love Anna Blake. Like others said, scrap Sydney.

Some other suggestions

Evelyn Blake
Violet Blake
Livia Blake
Penelope Blake
Lillian Blake
Aurora Blake

[DanaScullyX]

Not a fan of Sydney at all. And I don't like Anna with the one syllable middle and last names.

I like Blake as the mn honoring you and your grandma, but I would keep looking for a first name.

[katie0919]

I actually LOVE the name Sydney, but I don't like the mn Blake with it...I would suggest scraping Blake and use Sydney with a longer, more fem middle name, but sounds like you are set on Blake, which I totally get. I actually don't like Anna Blake. It doesn't seem to flow all that well.

[lgraceh]

Jan 31, 2015 22:31:42 GMT -5 zebrapanther1311 said:

I love Anna Blake. Like others said, scrap Sydney.

Some other suggestions

Evelyn Blake
Violet Blake
Livia Blake
Penelope Blake
Lillian Blake
Aurora Blake

Evelyn Blake is gorgeous. It has cute NN possibilities too. I'm a 5th generation MN, so I definitely say keep Blake!