Top girl names: Molly Kathleen- we will save this for #2 if it's a girl
Do you agree on names? Yes we are pretty set on our boy name, but we disagree on the spelling. I like Colin with one L, but DH thinks we need two Ls because he read that a lot of people say "colon" when they see Colin with one L. I like traditional spellings of names and know he would have to correct people a lot with two Ls frecklesnbrains- I like that your family member only has one L.
What type of name are you looking for? Irish American
What name have you chosen? We are 99% set on Colin Sean (Sean was BIL's name who died unexpectedly almost a year ago)
Anything else? DH doesn't want people to know the name. I hate when people ask, and I just have to say we have one but aren't sharing. Also a teacher too so there are definitely names I would never use.
Post by frecklesnbrains on Jan 27, 2016 16:32:55 GMT -5
Kevinmac, definitely Colin with one "l". It's my dad's name. He's English and it has always been a fairly common name there, so I'd never heard of people mispronouncing it as "colon". However, DH brought up the same thing when we discussed it as a MN. I think it's becoming a more common name in the U.S. though, so most people know how to pronounce it. And btw I love Colin Sean. I had actually suggested Sean Colin at one point, but DH wasn't big on the name Sean. I've tended to gravitate toward English/Scottish/Irish/Welsh names because that's my heritage, but DH is German/Ukrainian so he doesn't love them quite as much as I do.
1. We're not having a boy, so these are moot. But we had agreed on this list: Gabriel Isaac, Simon Daniel, Quentin Alexander
2. I personally love Miriam, but DH doesn't for some reason. Right now the top contender is Margaret. But we're not discussing it right now.
3. Nope. Not for #2 at least. DD1 was easy and done with. And our boy list too, but Girl #2 is a battle.
4. I like older names with history and meaning behind them. I'm not overly worried if the name is or was trendy at one point, it's the story of the name I like. Who knows with DH.
5. Haven't yet.
6. I am falling in love with Margaret. But DH is all messed up about nicknames.
I'm really loving the names everyone has suggested so far! You guys are giving me some great ideas!
1. What are your top boy names? Before we found out girl we were thinking Connor or Henry with Joseph as the middle name 2. What are your top girl names? I'm struggling! I think we want Anne as the middle name cause that is a family name, but first names are hard. So far I like Samantha, Sarah and Rose. DH really likes Grace which I think I could like, but honestly no name so far has really stuck with me. 3. Do you and DH/SO agree on types of names? For the most part... We just want one we feel strongly about. 4. What type of name are you looking for? Something classic 5. What name have you chosen for your LO (if you're an overachiever)? we got nothing yet 6. Anything else? Naming a human is so much pressure!
bighair12 Lucy was our girl name, but we're having a boy. I love it and it's a family name for us. Would you want to name her Lucille? Or is that too old lady? Or Lucia?
I love Lucia but the husband thinks it would sound too Spanish. Where DD's name is not Spanish and neither is my husbands first name.
Post by woodengirl07 on Jan 27, 2016 19:19:40 GMT -5
1. What are your top boy names? If it had been a boy DH loves Louis after his grandfather, who basically raised him and died a few years ago. I don't love it, but would have let it grow on me. I like the name William but its pretty popular, also like Owen and Ian but DH was not a fan of those.
2. What are your top girl names? I love Amelia but its on track to be the #1 name of 2016, so that is discouraging. I also love Eliza but DH vetoed it right away. He loves Dorothy but I'm not convinced. We also like Violet. I really want to use my mom's middle name, Joy, as the baby's middle name. I am afraid that my MIL will be mad though. Her middle name is Faye and that's not happening, lol.
3. Do you and DH/SO agree on types of names? We agree mostly. We have some vetoes (see above, lol) but we both want the same types of names.
4. What type of name are you looking for? We have a simple one syllable last name, so I want a first name with more character. I also am not sure I want something too popular, I don't want her to be one of five with the same names in her kindergarten. I also want something that is fairly easy to spell and pronounce. I'm not a fan of inventive spellings.
5. What name have you chosen for your LO (if you're an overachiever)? I am not an overachiever, but we're getting there.
6. Anything else? My MIL and my sister are really mad we aren't planning to share the name until she's born. But too bad for them, ha ha.
woodengirl07 - I LOVE Dorothy! Love! Nicknames: Dottie/Dot. My grandmother was Dorothy Mae and I would have used that if DH would have even entertained the idea.
1. What are your top boy names? We were really having trouble with boy names but I love the name Landon. We are team pink so we won't be looking at boy names for now.
2. What are your top girl names? nitecheese we also love Nora we were thinking Nora Guin or Nora Noelle We also like Ava and Avery.
3. Do you and DH/SO agree on types of names? We have both liked the girls names we've narrowed down but there have been a couple one of us said no to.
4. What type of name are you looking for? I don't know mostly just one we agree on that's pretty and a name you don't always hear.
Post by broadwaymama on Jan 27, 2016 20:26:11 GMT -5
1. What are your top boy names? Jude, Cash, Lincoln 2. What are your top girl names? Lyric and Aria 3. Do you and DH/SO agree on types of names?for the most part...although his number 1 I don't like and my number 1 he doesn't like (his-Walden mine-Tobias) 4. What type of name are you looking for? We would like to go with a music themed name but we are also both history buffs so we like historical names as well 5. What name have you chosen for your LO (if you're an overachiever)? Right now we call it hamburger lol 6. Anything else?[/quote] I feel like we have to sort of be unique with the name since our Son is Strummer and our daughter is Presley-June...can't just name it Bob or Sue
My only regret about a boy is that naming a girl would have been a no-brainer!
1. What are your top boy names?
Right now the only name we can agree on is Calvin, but we both have our reservations. I'm trying to get DH into Gavin, which I like a little bit more, but he is really against it.
2. What are your top girl names?
This would have been easy, Saoirse (seer-sha).
3. Do you and DH/SO agree on types of names?
Not really. He is much more opinionated about boys names, but so far this only applies to what he DOESN'T like
4. What type of name are you looking for?
Something classic, but a little unusual.
5. What name have you chosen for your LO (if you're an overachiever)?
N/A
6. Anything else?
Nymbler.com is a name site I like, if anyone wants a good suggestion site. You type in the names you already know you like, and it suggests similar names. It can be hit or miss, but I've gotten a lot of good ideas from it.
bighair12 Lucy was our girl name, but we're having a boy. I love it and it's a family name for us. Would you want to name her Lucille? Or is that too old lady? Or Lucia?
I love Lucia but the husband thinks it would sound too Spanish. Where DD's name is not Spanish and neither is my husbands first name.
Our DD is Lucy! I tried to talk my H into Lucia but got vetoed. But Lucy is a great name!
Post by packerfan4life on Jan 27, 2016 21:31:08 GMT -5
1. What are your top boy names? Ezra James. Before that Blake Thomas was our #1 but I now have a bad association with Blake. Hazard of working with kids. H vetoed Jude Alexander 2. What are your top girl names? Emma Jean. I don't love the popularitybut H has vetoed all the other names I've suggested - Clara, Alice, Greta, Grace 3. Do you and DH/SO agree on types of names? For the most part. Naming DD was super easy 4. What type of name are you looking for? Classic, easy to pronounce and spell. I prefer not super popular but as you can see by our girl name it's not a deal breaker 5. What name have you chosen for your LO (if you're an overachiever)? See above. Since we're team green baby goes by EJ for now
Post by manybellsdown on Jan 27, 2016 21:47:17 GMT -5
I really like all the names on this thread!
1. What are your top boy names? -I like Elliot the best, though I'm still working on imagining this name in practice in our family (does that make sense?). -DH loves Gabriel, but I didn't realize how popular that is. He likes Gavin, Luca, and Jonas as well as a bunch of mightily Italian names that I don't think we can pull off. -We both like Quentin and Theodore but not at more than an "eh, okay" level. -Middle names seem impossible right now.
2. What are your top girl names? I had several top girl contenders, starting with Elise, Violet, and Eva. Eva might be too popular. I also love our family name middle options. Ah well.
3. Do you and DH/SO agree on types of names? Mostly. He has some strong opinions and has vetoed, but I am way pickier.
4. What type of name are you looking for? I have a lot of "rules." Not too popular (maybe outside of top 50)--DD's name isn't even in the top 1000, and I like names that feel like they go together. Doesn't start with C, P, or S. Long "o" or strong/ending "L" sounds do not mesh well with our last name (which is really too bad, because I love a lot of names with one or both of these features! Among others, Cora, Holden, Noel). Family name for a middle, which is a bit tricky for lots of reasons for a boy.
5. What name have you chosen for your LO (if you're an overachiever)? We're in the percolating stage.
6. Anything else? Ditto above... Naming a human is so much pressure! (Edit to add tag... titania, right on the money.)
1. What are your top boy names? Ezra James. Before that Blake Thomas was our #1 but I now have a bad association with Blake. Hazard of working with kids. H vetoed Jude Alexander 2. What are your top girl names? Emma Jean. I don't love the popularitybut H has vetoed all the other names I've suggested - Clara, Alice, Greta, Grace 3. Do you and DH/SO agree on types of names? For the most part. Naming DD was super easy 4. What type of name are you looking for? Classic, easy to pronounce and spell. I prefer not super popular but as you can see by our girl name it's not a deal breaker 5. What name have you chosen for your LO (if you're an overachiever)? See above. Since we're team green baby goes by EJ for now
Wow, EJ is so cute and perfect for team green in your case!
Post by frecklesnbrains on Jan 27, 2016 22:00:21 GMT -5
I get having a job that makes naming tough. I have a fairly long list of names I can't use because I associate them too much with a patient I've had with a devastating diagnosis.
Post by graciest719 on Jan 28, 2016 7:44:39 GMT -5
Ooo, fun thread! You ladies have some great ideas!
1. What are your top boy names? Calvin, Max, Bear, Abel and Axl. We are kind of all over the place...
2. What are your top girl names? She would have been Mallory Judith. But since we a team blue, that name can go on a shelf.
3. Do you and DH/SO agree on types of names? Sort of. We just say names to each other and then say yes or no. We look at billboards, credits on tv shows and movies, whatever. Neither of us has a style.
4. What type of name are you looking for? Just one we like that flows with our last name. I have no qualms about popularity-I was one of 3 in my 2nd grade class with my name and it didn't kill me. Also has to be easy to pronounce and spelled the traditional way.
5. What name have you chosen for your LO (if you're an overachiever)? Still working on it...
6. Anything else? We will probably skip a middle name.
vivela I've never heard saoirse before. Thanks for writing out the pronunciation. Where did you hear that name? Gavin is a great name and so is Calvin. Thanks for the site rec.
1. What are your top boy names? Heath, Graham, Grant, Neil, Boyd (I like shorter boy names with no go-to NNs)
2. What are your top girl names? Laurel, Gloria, Magnolia, Lydia, Rosa (apparently I have a thing for nature names)
3. Do you and DH/SO agree on types of names? Mostly. We both agree 100% on one of the boy names and one of the girl names, so it's a start. We need two of each nailed down to take to the hospital. I'm much pickier than he is, but luckily he likes most of my suggestions.
4. What type of name are you looking for? I want names that are not popular (I prefer to stay out of the top, say, 300). Some of my favorites have shot up in popularity in the last few years, . Other than that, I want them to be easy to pronounce and spell.
5. What name have you chosen for your LO (if you're an overachiever)? It's a work in progress. We're keeping the names secret until the babies are born, which is easy since we're team green.
6. Anything else? DH and I both have very uncommon names (mine was sort of popular in the 50s/60s, but never since). I think that plays into our decision making. I always enjoyed being the only person my age (that I'd met) with my name. DH doesn't really care for his full name but likes his NN. Again, he was always the only one with his name, too. I'd like to find names like ours for our kids so that they don't feel lost in the crowd so to speak name-wise, but I don't want for their names to be "weird" or made-up or hard for other people to pronounce/spell; however, I want them to be uncommon. I've apparently set a lot of rules for myself!
2. What are your top girl names? We are struggling with this...I don't really like anything, if I do DH shoots it down. DH likes Miriam, Libby, Meredith, Moira, Reagan. I'm ok with Libby, Meredith and Reagan, but not excited.
3. Do you and DH/SO agree on types of names? Usually, but not for this kid
4. What type of name are you looking for? One that I like! Both my girls have fairly common names, though I don't know any other kids with their names. DD2's name was recently made more popular (thanks to English Royalty;) )
5. What name have you chosen for your LO (if you're an overachiever)? Baby
6. Anything else? I'm afraid I won't like this ones name as much as I like my other 2 kids names. I'm really struggling to even kinda like a name.
Post by frecklesnbrains on Jan 28, 2016 8:33:06 GMT -5
pbandj714 I know someone with twin girls named Laurel & Rose. I always loved that combo! I particularly love the name Laurel. I also have a friend of a friend (I don't know her personally) with three daughters: Magnolia, Violet, and Zinnia. Flower power!
Question for the STM+ PGAL, etc moms. When DH and I found out we were pregnant with DS, I picked out a boy name and a girl name. I have since totally changed my mind about the girl name we had originally selected, since I feel like it was so tied to my first pregnancy.
I have similar feelings about my losses - the names we kicked around now feel kind of sad, and like I'd be betraying them by using "their" names.
Am I a nutjob? DH and I are not in agreement about this.
I love our boy name (Oliver) and had originally picked Oliver Maxwell. However, in my brain, that can't be the name I use, since I lost that baby.
athn64, he IS tough! I love Margaret too. Would you use the full name or a nickname? Or just let it happen naturally?
We usually call DD by a shorter version of her full name (or Noodle) and DH wants this next one to go by something similar. However, we disagree on how to shorten the name, and I suggested to see what was natural, but he's stuck
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