Girl Name Help! - Page 3

[MaerynPearl]

lol avoid all the hassle and just go with Ruby Anne

it would be SO much easier on her.

[Lauren31]

haha, I am working on that one... if nothing else though, at least I get my mom and grandma in the name Adelynn Ruby haha

[soso-lynn]

If you decide to go with Adalynn, would you consider the "real" name Adeline?

[Lauren31]

Originally Posted by soso-lynn

If you decide to go with Adalynn, would you consider the "real" name Adeline?

Well, doesn't that defeat the meaning behind the name being after my mother Lynn? Also, Adeline is pronounced LINE not Lynn. Adeline and Adelyn is a form of Adelaide so what is the "real name"?

[Megan73]

I like Ruby better than the other choices - but I'm really big on easy to spell and pronounce.
How about Alice as a PP suggested? It kind of combines the two grandmas' names.

[Snapdragon]

Or just give yourself some time after she arrives to feel into the name- you don't have to decide now.

[Lauren31]

Originally Posted by Katie34

Or just give yourself some time after she arrives to feel into the name- you don't have to decide now.

thanks... I just feel like I have been through name after name after name with my husband and he says no no no no except for these names and I just don't love any of them... I feel almost like I am pushing this baby out of my vagina so I should get final say! hahaha. I am just frustrated. I honestly don't want a "trashy" made up name but I would really like to honor the babies grandaprents and other family members... why must it be so hard? I think I love the sound of Adelynn and the spelling is ok to me but I don't want others to think, WTF is up with that!? I think I might try to work on my husband some more... Charlotte, Ruby, and Rebecca are my favorite but he really likes Anneliese and Adelynn.

[MaerynPearl]

Is it bad that I agree that the mother should have MORE say in what the babies name is than the father?

We should be able to veto them... rather than the other way around. We should be able to just take their suggestions and go from that rather than having to ask them if the names we like are good enough...

but this just comes from having pushed two out of me and working on a third.

I have known names I just LOVE since childhood (such as Felicia... that was my imaginary friends name.) I do not know many guys that go through young life thinking of baby names (DF is actually one, but I like his choice for boy name so we are going with that... and my choice for girl)

[Pinoikoi]

Originally Posted by MaerynPearl

Is it bad that I agree that the mother should have MORE say in what the babies name is than the father?

We should be able to veto them... rather than the other way around. We should be able to just take their suggestions and go from that rather than having to ask them if the names we like are good enough...

but this just comes from having pushed two out of me and working on a third.

I have known names I just LOVE since childhood (such as Felicia... that was my imaginary friends name.) I do not know many guys that go through young life thinking of baby names (DF is actually one, but I like his choice for boy name so we are going with that... and my choice for girl)

My dp entirely named the first one (I liked it so there was very little discussion after that), the second one he came up with a first name and gave me a choice to pick from two names for the second name. The third was our surprise adoption and I had about 3 minutes to come up with a name for his birth certificate (we were communicating over the phone to birthmom who was clearly stressed about paperwork and people talking to her in her hosp room) so I did and dp ok'd it with little discussion. Last child went about a day with no name. We knew he needed an O- but beyond that we weren't getting too far. I eventually picked his first name and one of my son's came up with his middle. This baby we are on U. I told dp he has no say at this point. He is allowed to hold his baby after the birth and he can nickname the baby but that's it.

I think I have slowly taken control of this over the years.

[soso-lynn]

Originally Posted by Lauren31

Well, doesn't that defeat the meaning behind the name being after my mother Lynn? Also, Adeline is pronounced LINE not Lynn. Adeline and Adelyn is a form of Adelaide so what is the "real name"?

Perhaps it i because I also speak French, but I am really surprised that anyone would pronounce Adeline with the LINE sound at the end. To me, Adeline is a form of Adele (great name too, IMO) and very French. In English, it would be pronounced exactly the way you want it. I personnally have never seen Adalynn other than lumped in together with the made-up variations of Addison and such. Obviously all this is very much a matter of perception and I am by no means saying that you should be worried about using Adalynn if you really like it.

When it comes to honouring a relative, there are 2 ways I could look at it. First would be that you have to use the same name. If you want to honour your mother Lynn, you should use Lynn for your daugter. Other perspective would be that the intention is where it is crucial and that even using a name that starts with the same letter can be said to be in honour of a loved one. I personnally do not think that not spelling it Lynn would make it less honouring.