help me name baby #2

[mandacaboo]

Hello! I was primarily a lurker on the dump, but it got so sad and boring there I had to find out where all the fun people went Anyways, I am having another baby in September. DD is Cora June. We haven't decided if we are going to find out the sex this time. I have a starter list of names but have really been struggling to find something we really like. I try to avoid over popular names but I also don't want something too unique.

Stella
Alice
Marlena (is this a real name?)
Magnolia
Zoe ( popular and too cutesy but can't help but like)

Henry (popular)
Donovan
Ronan
Theodore

I am not really sold on any of these names though. Thoughts?

[helenahhandbasket]

LOVE Marlena. It's my cousin's name, and she goes by the NN Laney.

Love Henry, despite popularity.

[mynameiscarrie]

My friend's middle name is Marlena. I also know a Malena which is pretty and uncommon without being weird.
Donovan is a great name and I LOVE Ronan. (Secretly, I'd love to name a son Ronan, but DH has vetoed that to a MN only).

[bromios]

I absolutely adore Alice and think it goes beautifully with your DD's name. Marlena is real, but I don't particularly care for it. I love Ronan and Theodore as well. Other ideas:

Girl:

Anthea

Althea

Bianca

Beatrix

Eleri (eh-LAIR-ee)

Elowen

Emina

Frances

Freya

Georgiana

Gwendolen

Ginevra

Iona

Iris

Julia

Juliet

Louisa

Livia

Mira

Miranda

Marcella

Melaina

Natalia

Petra

Philippa

Perpetua

Pyrrha

Rose

Rhiannon

Rhea

Rochelle

Rowena

Sabina

Simone

Seraphina

Sabela

Tabitha

Thea

Violet

Willa

Xanthe

[Idani]

Feb 3, 2015 13:39:31 GMT -5 mandacaboo said:

Hello! I was primarily a lurker on the dump, but it got so sad and boring there I had to find out where all the fun people went Anyways, I am having another baby in September. DD is Cora June. We haven't decided if we are going to find out the sex this time. I have a starter list of names but have really been struggling to find something we really like. I try to avoid over popular names but I also don't want something too unique.

Stella ok
Alice love
Marlena (is this a real name?) Love
Magnolia Like
Zoe ( popular and too cutesy but can't help but like)eh

Henry (popular) too popular for me
Donovan really like
Ronan love
Theodore again very popular in my area although I do love the  nn Theo

I am not really sold on any of these names though. Thoughts?


Suggesting:


Rowan, Alec, Damon, Jude, Anton, Adrian,  Cole, Arthur,

[bromios]

...and for boys!
Auberon
Adrian
Arthur
Bertrand
Bernard
Bram
Dane
Edward
Edmund
Edwin
Elliot
Eamonn
Faron
Frederick
Godfrey
Harlan
Harold
Isaac
Justin
Justus
Julian
Lorcan
Laurence
Mortimer
Myron
Orson
Orrin
Oren
Orion
Peter
Rhys
Seamus
Scott
Sebastian
Simon
Thaddeus
Torin
Willem

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I like:
Marnella
Henry
Ronan

[mandacaboo]

Thank you so much! I like many of these suggestions. Iris, Juliet, and Rowena I love. For boys, Damon, Jude, Edward and Simon I like as well. My DH is super traditional, I think he might also like a few of these though Also, thanks for confirming Marlena is an actual name!

[leahb12]

From your list I really like Alice, Magnolia, Henry (it is super popular) and Theodore. I also like all the names you added from the suggestions.

[dreadpiratebuttercup]

I love Alice, Henry, Ronan, and Theodore. Since Magnolia and Henry Theodore or Ronan Theodore would be perfection. All the ones I mentioned are on my list aside from Ronan (and that's only due to my ln).

Anna
Amelia
Beatrice
Catherine
Elisabeth
Evangeline
Eleanor
Genevieve
Greta
Helena
Ivy
Isabel
Julia
Josephine
Louisa
Livia
Magdalena
Margaret
Marigold
Noelle
Ophelia
Petra
Rosalie
Rosalind
Rose
Scarlett
Simone
Seraphina
Thea
Violet
Victoria
Valentina
Willa
Wilhelmina


Arthur
Alexander
Abram
Benedict
David
Elliot
Elias
Frederick
Felix
Graham
Ivor
Louis
Leo
Malcolm
Miles
Noel
Oliver
Patrick
Peter
Sebastian
Seth
Tristan
Vincent

[mandacaboo]

I love Amelia, Eleanor, Oliver and Leo. Thank you for your input and suggestions

[normadix]

I love Alice, Magnolia and Henry from your list.

[setsuna17]

Feb 3, 2015 20:47:22 GMT -5 normadix said:

I love Alice, Magnolia and Henry from your list.

Ditto. And I really don't like the name Ronan because of think of the Japanese word Ronin, which means masterless samurai or a kid who didn't get into college lol. But I'm biased. I know Ronan is a legit name and stuff.

[soapandcider]

From your list, I really love Magnolia, Alice, Henry, and Theodore. Magnolia is swoon-worthy! I also like PP's suggestion of Arthur and would add:

Matilda
Greta
Olive
Miriam
Pearl
Harriet
Etta
Ramona
Ida
Millie
Gemma
Imogen
Eliza

Jasper
Milo
Oliver
Calvin
Hugo
Harvey
Griffin
Ezra
Leonard
Ira
Archie
Louis

[heyitsmamac]

My DS is Henry and Alice is a contender for this LO....so I'm partial to those names. I also like Stella and Theodore.