Opinions on our list? ETA: Found out we are having a BOY :)

[tex]

We had the anatomy scan this morning for Baby #2, and we are doing a reveal in a couple weeks.  But we want to improve our list for both boys and girls.  This is what we have it narrowed down to so far.  I'm completely open to suggestions based on what we have.  He vetoed a lot of the suggestions that came up when I put these names in to Nameberry for ideas. :/

DS' name is Travis Karel (Karel is a family name) and our last name is two syllables and starts with an S and ends with "es."

Girls -- MN Marie

Anastasia--I love love love this.  DH said no, but I want to fight for it.
Lily (I would love Liliana with Lily as a NN, but DH isn't sold on it.  He likes Lily)
Julia

Marie is a common MN in my family, and DH's grandmother's name is Maria, so we want to keep that as the MN.

Boys --

MN is going to be Richard.  We used one of my family names with DS, so I want to use a male family name with this one if it is a boy. It is not an option as a FN because there is a Richard, Richard II, and Richard III on his side.

Alexander-common, but a favorite still
Caleb 
Eric 
Leo 
Willem (the only one that's kind of out there for us)

Already Vetoed:
Andrea 
Eve 
Isabella 
Ava (too common)
Kathryn (and other spellings of it as well)
Lillian 
Jillian 
Dominic 
Aaron

DH also isn't much of a fan of super uncommon names :/  He vetoed most of the names suggested in the thread I created at the beginning of the pregnancy.  

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Julia is the CLEAR winner from your girl list. Solid boy list. My favorite is Alexander.

Other suggestions:

Leila
William
Alexandra
Rose
Victoria
Diana
Rebecca
Luke
Scott
Michael
Christopher
Amber
Brooke
Richard
Dean
Paul
Matthew
Daniel
James
Alexis
Ashley
Kayla
Samantha
Lucas
Francesca
Elizabeth
Teresa
Marcus
Kevin
Bruce
Keith
Lila
Evan
Logan

[reginaphalange]

Julia is my favourite from your girl list. I like Anastasia enough but a) it's too long for me because I'm not a nn person and b) your H said no so I think you need to nix it. I'm not a huge fan of Lily.

For boys, I love Leo and Caleb would be my second choice. I like Alexander but I don't like Eric or Willem.

[dreadpiratebuttercup]

Julia Marie for a girl! Beyond perfect.

Mt favorite from the boys is Willem Richard, but I love Leo and Alexander as well.

[dreadpiratebuttercup]

Suggesting Alexandra and Alice for girls, but really, Julia is perfection.

ETA: Taking back Alice, as it has a rhyming ending with your son's name.

[tex]

Oct 1, 2016 10:07:59 GMT -5 alwayscheese said:

So much Anastasia Marie!! Love! But if your H says no, does he have other suggestions? I wouldn't do Lily... And I'm a Julie and naf of any of the forms, but that's just personal. Of the three Julia probably goes best with Travis.

I think Alexander Richard is a winner!

He will nix suggestions but won't give any back 😂. He's picky. It doesn't know what he wants.

[tex]

He said we could keep Anastasia on our list, but I will have to fight for it and make a really good case. 😂. Once we find out the sex, I'll start making my case.

[cabbagecabbage]

I love Anastasia and Julia. I'm over the Lilys. I know 4 Lillianas and countless other Lily names.

I like Willem and Leo a lot.

[tex]

We added Christopher and James to our boy list.

He also wanted to add Barrett .

[billyhorrible]

I love Barrett, so maybe I'm not much help? I like Anastasia, but it's a lot of -es sounds with your last name.

I know Julia is a board darling, but I don't love it. So, Lily is my favorite of the three. I do like the suggestion of Alexandra,

And Alexander gets my pick from the boys.

[tex]

Oct 1, 2016 16:08:58 GMT -5 . said:

Oct 1, 2016 15:35:07 GMT -5 tex said:

He said we could keep Anastasia on our list, but I will have to fight for it and make a really good case. 😂. Once we find out the sex, I'll start making my case.

How does he feel about the possible nicknames for Anastasia?
We're leaning towards calling her Stacy, but there's also Stasia, Tasia, and Ana.

He's meh about the NN for anastasia.

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Julia and Lily are beautiful. James, Alexander and Caleb are great choices. I'm not keen on your other choices.

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I like Julia, Leo, Christopher & Caleb best.

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[bromios]

Julia Marie is utter perfection. Look no further. Willem Richard and Alexander Richard are the best on your boy list.

[tex]

Bumping this because we found out we are having a boy.

Current list is as follows:

MN is still going to be Richard. DS1 name is Travis Karel.

Willem (currently top on the list)/DH also likes Wilhelm
Alexander
Caleb
Eric
Leo
Christopher
James
Jacob (Maybe from DH)

Open to more suggestions, but from what it seems like in the earlier replies Alexander and Willem were favorites so far. Willem seems to be the favorite for DH and I as well, but it might be a day of decision once we meet little man.

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If Willem is your fave, go for it!

I like James, Caleb and Jacob with your DS