We chose Amelia Parker. I wanted Charlotte Amelia or Amelia Charlotte to honor my grandfather (Charles), but my H hated it. We were close to settling on Amelia Jean (which I don't like) when I randomly suggested Parker and H loved it. I toyed with Amelia Ruth for a few weeks ( grandma's name), but we've stuck on Parker as her mn. I forget how we found Amelia.
We've only told a handful of people and they like it. My family doesn't know, as they're super opinionated and NEWP.
I love Amelia! If baby #2 ends up being a girl she's getting Amelia as part of her name (maybe Isabel Amelia). I like it because Emilia was my great grandmother's name and of course because of Amelia Earhart (my mom is a pilot).
I teach a book called "Amelia and Eleanor" almost every year about Amelia Earhart and Eleanor Roosevelt. My second name choice is likely Eleanor (nn Ellie) for a girl although H is iffy on it! That might be where I got Amelia from!
DH still refers to LO using a name I do not like, so I wouldn't say we are decided, but I am thinking/hoping DH will just go along with the name that I want in the very end.
DH wants to name him after his father and brother the III (since his brother doesn't have a son). So James Lastname-as-a-middlename. In addition to me not wanting to associate my son with two people I do not like and constantly get into arguments with, and not liking James nicknames Jim or Jimmy, there are actually multiple other James'es in my family and several people with that middle name as their last name (not my mother's maiden name). Two of them are actually James Middlename-as-a-lastname. Ugh. I hate hate hate the idea of my son having the same name as so many people he is related to.
The name I like is Leo Sebastian Germanlastname-er. I've been stuck on it for a few months now. I like that it is short, easy to spell and pronounce, and the meaning behind it. I agree with megd893 that Leo has some great connotations. The only drawback to that name is that DD is Lucy and my first name begins with L too, so it sounds like I want to be the Kardashians or that 19 kids and counting family. But I like Leo enough that I don't care.
pbubblegum I love Valentina and Viola for you. I agree- your boy name could use some work. However, I don't like the idea that since you lost a bet your DH gets to name the baby. I hope he has good taste.
veggiemo I was curious about your name dilemma since yesterday. I'm not sure I understand your desire not to have another name ending in n, but it is what it is. I assume you have heard of Milo and already rejected that name. That is the only one I can think of off the top of my head that might be your style.
herbavein I hope that you are still undecided at birth that your DH will just let you have your way?
Widget123, Milo is actually on our list but I just think it's a little cutesie perhaps. But it's on there and hasn't been given the boot yet. I just feel like another N name sounds too redundant to me. For example: Griffin and Ryan, Griffin and Gavin, Griffin and Benjamin...it's like we couldn't come up with anything different. Which is funny, because we can't! Other names on our boy list are Seth, Oliver, Elliott, Theo. All of which are too popular for me, I think.
ETA: Oh and I LOVE Leo. But it's a good friend's son's name so I wouldn't use it. It was also my cat's name growing up so it would be a little weird for us. But it's a great name and I need something along those lines!
DH still refers to LO using a name I do not like, so I wouldn't say we are decided, but I am thinking/hoping DH will just go along with the name that I want in the very end.
DH wants to name him after his father and brother the III (since his brother doesn't have a son). So James Lastname-as-a-middlename. In addition to me not wanting to associate my son with two people I do not like and constantly get into arguments with, and not liking James nicknames Jim or Jimmy, there are actually multiple other James'es in my family and several people with that middle name as their last name (not my mother's maiden name). Two of them are actually James Middlename-as-a-lastname. Ugh. I hate hate hate the idea of my son having the same name as so many people he is related to.
The name I like is Leo Sebastian Germanlastname-er. I've been stuck on it for a few months now. I like that it is short, easy to spell and pronounce, and the meaning behind it. I agree with megd893 that Leo has some great connotations. The only drawback to that name is that DD is Lucy and my first name begins with L too, so it sounds like I want to be the Kardashians or that 19 kids and counting family. But I like Leo enough that I don't care.
pbubblegum I love Valentina and Viola for you. I agree- your boy name could use some work. However, I don't like the idea that since you lost a bet your DH gets to name the baby. I hope he has good taste.
veggiemo I was curious about your name dilemma since yesterday. I'm not sure I understand your desire not to have another name ending in n, but it is what it is. I assume you have heard of Milo and already rejected that name. That is the only one I can think of off the top of my head that might be your style.
herbavein I hope that you are still undecided at birth that your DH will just let you have your way?
Ours would be Leo Germanlastname-er as well! Great minds
Post by baytosa2013 on Mar 4, 2015 14:05:38 GMT -5
When we didn't know what we were having we were really struggling with a boy name...there were just none hat I really loved and anything I remotely like DH would veto. I always had a girl name picked out and DH loved it right off the bat too. I was a little concerned because it's quickly growing in popularity but in my family and friend groups, no one has it so I'm ok now.
We have told people the first name which will be Charlotte (Charlie or Lotte as a nickname depending on her personality I think) but we have been holding off on a middle name. Of course everyone is asking and we just keep saying we haven't decided. We are leaning towards Charlotte Anne but we are also considering Charlotte Elizabeth or Charlotte Faith.
We'd decided long before we even started trying to have a baby that our kids would have family names in the middle name slot - specifically, the firstborn boy would have the middle name Sebastian (DH's middle name, which was his grandfather's first name) and the firstborn girl would have the middle name Jeanette (my grandmother's name, also my mother's middle name). When we found out we were having two girls, we decided the second one would have the middle name Catherine after DH's grandmother, who unfortunately is in poor health now.
I always loved the name Alice. Lots of good references/associations, and I like that it sounds good on a person of any age, from babyhood all the way to the elderly. (It doesn't hurt that one of my all-time favorite video game characters is Alis. ) DH is an Arlo Guthrie fan, so "Alice's Restaurant" immediately came to mind for him, which is perfectly fine with him. That was an easy decision.
For #2, we agreed that I'd make a short list to help narrow things down (though we did wind up doing some perusing of name lists together) and we'd go from there. I always thought Cassandra was a beautiful name; for some reason, I didn't think DH would ever go for it, but I put it on the short list anyway. (It also didn't hurt that I'd just finished playing Dragon Age: Inquisition, which has a kick-ass Cassandra as one of the main characters...noticing a trend here?) To my surprise, that was DH's favorite, and we both agreed we could live with any of the inevitable nicknames.
So Alice Catherine and Cassandra Jeanette it is. We decided not to tell anyone the names ahead of time, though if anyone asks, we are saying that we're using family names in the middle. My mom has pretty much guessed that one of them will be Alice since she knows I always liked the name, but she's admitted that she has absolutely no idea what #2 will be. GOOD.
Vetoed names bonus: My top choice for #2 was Fiona, but DH couldn't get past the Shrek reference and "didn't want to name a daughter after an ogre". I probably could have eventually talked him into it, but I'm happy with the names we chose together. Other vetoed names on the girl list were Bethany, Stella, Violet, Vera, Natalia, and Claudia.
If we were having one (or more) boys, I think we'd still be arguing over names....
Post by ravinraven216 on Mar 4, 2015 17:06:19 GMT -5
We're just about set on James Alistair (I don't think I can get DH on board with the traditional spelling, Alasdair). James was a popular name in my Scots-Irish family for hundreds of years, up until the 20th century. Like if there was a boy who died young (boo 18th century infant mortality rates), the next one would get the name - some generations had 3 or 4. Alexander was going in the middle name spot, until I realized that Alistair is the Scottish form of Alexander and it's just a touch more badass, in a gently British sort of way. LO is joining a pack of second cousins, most of whom have very...unusual names. I just hope that he doesn't grow up to think his name is boring.
One of the reasons we may be One and Done is that if we have a second boy, we're all out of names we both like.
If it's a boy, we will be giving him my grandfathers name as a middle name. He was my favorite person in the world and I've always wanted to name one of my kids after him but my husband didn't like the idea at all. After seeing how much his passing affected me he agreed. Yay! First name has a meaning also but it's a little hard to explain.
If it's a girl, we are going with an old name just like with my first two. They will probably tease her about it when she's older but I think it's a beautiful/romantic name along with what her middle name will be if it's a girl.
DH really wants Josephine for a girl and the nn Joey. I am trying to get on board so that we have two names for each and then we can decide when we meet this LO.
My daughter is Josephine, nn Joey It was one of my all time favorite names, and I had to convince H for a short while, but it totally grew on him and he loves the name now.
This LO has been an interesting naming go-round. We went through a lot of the bad veto's with our first. We choose first names based on what we like and I prefer names that are classic yet unique and not overly popular. H doesn't like "weird" names, and would be fine with popular (top 10) names most of the time.
This time with everything going on I wanted at least a MN with meaning, not familial but in reference. So I searched names with the meaning "strength", "strong", "brave" and more...
For girl MN's have Audrey or Isobel (both mean strength in some way). We're still undecided on FN...
For boy we're thinking of the FN Everett which means brave, but we're undecided on the MN.
ETA: We don't share even name possibilities with anyone IRL. We like being able to 1. not have anyone share their opinions ahead of time 2. be able to change our minds without people questioning later 3. announce when baby is born
Post by missjenniebean on Mar 4, 2015 18:39:46 GMT -5
John Alexander is a mix of the middle names of our brothers.
Vera Anne, is more special. Vera is not only the last name of my host mom but means "true" and "faith" which is what I see in my SO's and I's relationship. Faith in ourselves and the truth in it as well. Name date is also very close to the day we met. Anne is my mom's middle name and so's sil's middle name, but honestly came from Anne Shirley of Anne of Green Gables.
Team green here so for girl we picked Lincoln Grace. DH actually suggested Lincoln and it's grown on me. For boy we are going with Everett Nickelos. Everett we both liked and Nickelos after DH's grandfather.
Our little boy's first name will be my maiden name and his middle name will be the same as my DHs. We're not telling anyone at all until we introduce him.
Post by whoopsadaisy on Mar 4, 2015 22:36:04 GMT -5
I love these names! It's crazy to see names we considered and really liked (Amelia!) as your choices. We're team green which is making this name choosing process a little harder, but in some ways very fun. I think we've mostly settled on names, but it may change. For a girl, Lucy Evangeline. We liked Lucy and I had a great aunt Lucille, so sort0of a family name. DH has a great great aunt Evangeline and we liked the combination. Runner-up Charlotte Ruth - Lotty is just the sweetest nickname. For a boy, Samuel Harper. Both family names - I have a great uncle Samuel and DH's grandfather's MN was Harper. Runner-up William Samuel or William Roderick. William is my grandfather and Roderick is DH's father.
I wasn't super helpful with helping pick a name. I mostly picked names I liked and he vetoed the ones he didn't like. Our top names were Amelia (nn Mila), Caroline (after my mother who was Carolyn), Scarlett, and Juliet. After Google searches with my last name we took out Scarlett(with my last name it totally sounds like a stripper name) and Caroline with my last name is a tradgic story of a little girl(too sad to share for me). Amelia is a little too trendy for us. So we settled on Juliet. Hopefully we can find a J middle name for her so her nn will be between JJ and Jules. Juliet nn Jules is a character from our favorite TV show Psych. As for now the middle name is Thomas (it is my foster family's last name and they have still taken me in as one of their own ever since my adoptive parents passed away.
For a boy it would have been Zachary Hugo after my brother who passed away when I was 12. So of course it had to be complicated and a girl. Lol
Post by honeybunches101 on Mar 5, 2015 0:56:05 GMT -5
I love all of these names! DH and I haven't totally decided on a name for our little girl. Our DS was easy, we both love the name Cole and it is derived from my maiden name. We had lots of boy names we loved, like Luke, William, Spencer, but it's a girl and we are stuck. MN will be Jane after my grandmother. I am obsessed with the name Violet, but DH isn't on board. He has vetoed Martha, Helena (nn Laney) and Adelina (nn Lina) and I vetoed Emma and Maisey. We both like Halle/Hailey and Taylor but aren't sold. I am hoping he comes around on Violet or else that we get some inspiration from somewhere!
Post by tinavonsparkle on Mar 5, 2015 3:29:39 GMT -5
We both decided on a girls name before we even conceived. We both like quite unusual, old fashioned, unpopular names and it's the only one we can agree on. It's a characters name from my favourite book and I've never ever met another person called it which makes us love it more however I found out a couple of weeks ago that the film rights have been bought and it might get made in a couple of years. Therefore I guess the name will get hugely popular and this makes me sad but I think we are going to stick with it. The middle name will be Marnie.
We are team green (but my SO and the vast majority of people seem convinced it's a girl). Our boys name is Albie Stuart (Stuart is after my SO's dad and he will be so surprised & happy when we tell him)
I love everybody's reasoning behind their names. I especially love your name littlebee, it's so pretty x
I wasn't super helpful with helping pick a name. I mostly picked names I liked and he vetoed the ones he didn't like. Our top names were Amelia (nn Mila), Caroline (after my mother who was Carolyn), Scarlett, and Juliet. After Google searches with my last name we took out Scarlett(with my last name it totally sounds like a stripper name) and Caroline with my last name is a tradgic story of a little girl(too sad to share for me). Amelia is a little too trendy for us. So we settled on Juliet. Hopefully we can find a J middle name for her so her nn will be between JJ and Jules. Juliet nn Jules is a character from our favorite TV show Psych. As for now the middle name is Thomas (it is my foster family's last name and they have still taken me in as one of their own ever since my adoptive parents passed away.
For a boy it would have been Zachary Hugo after my brother who passed away when I was 12. So of course it had to be complicated and a girl. Lol
Forgot to add, we've told everyone. Neither of us can keep a secret. Ks mother HATES it and it brings me pleasure. She also can't stand that The baby will have my last name and not his(when we eventually get married after baby comes he is changing his last name to mine. I'm the last left in my family everyone else has passed) She doesn't understand why my last name is so important. Lucky for me K does. My family I don't think like the name but they are supportive and love the nn JJ.
I makes me giggle that you are getting enjoyment from the future MILs displeasure. No matter what name we pick my mil is bound to hate it. She has 4 grandchildren so far and hated all their names. But she will also tell anyone who will listen that she hates her own kids names.
Since DD is named after my mom, (5 generations of her name in my family), we thought it would be good to name this baby after H's family. We didn't really look at names until after we found out the sex. Then my mom (who is a big genealogy buff) and I looked through H's family tree for several generations and came up with a list of classic names that work in both Spanish and English.
H wasn't really on board with any of them, but wasn't coming up with his own list either. We were watching a movie, and when the credits came on, H was reading all the names to see if he liked any. He decided he really liked Ben and Dan. Fortunately, Benjamin and Daniel were both on my list, so that worked out well.
James (English version of H's name) has always been my #1 pick, and we've thought about the middle name of Beto, to honor H's maternal grandfather.
We're not deciding on a name until we meet LO, but his name will be some combination of
Ugh the name game. We are still struggling with this. We were pretty much decided on our girl name- Madison Adele. I've always liked the named Madison (NN would be Maddie), and it also happens to be the name of the town we are currently living in. We know we won't live here (not even in this state) forever, so we thought it would be a neat way of commemorating where she was born. Adele is a family name both on my side and on DH's side, so it seemed like a nice way to honor both families. However, we aren't having a girl, so we'll have to save Madison Adele for a future LO.
We have really struggled with a boy name- even though we've both always wanted a boy. Some of you may have read my post a few weeks back about our boy name dilemma- and as of right now, I think we are still going with Beckett McRae. Beckett is the only boy first name that both DH and I have really liked. We found it in a baby book, and it has really stuck with both of us. We haven't been able to find anything else that remotely like, so it may win by default. McRae is my maiden name, and I love the idea of using it as a MN especially because I am so close with my family on that side. However, my cousin recently had a baby and used the same name for her son's MN, so I'm kind of wrestling with the idea of repeating it. I'm pretty sure we are going to end up going with Beckett McRae, the process is just freaking us out, I think.
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