Baby Names - Page 3

[slinkyfish]

You all have such fun and interesting names on the table! I love this part of being pregnant!

I haven't talked to DH yet, but I am hoping I can make a unilateral decision on a girl name. I am absolutely in love with Lark Paxton. I don't know anyone with either name, and I like to think of it as contributing a new little song bird of peace into the world. (don't laugh - I know it's cheesy!)

Not even the foggiest clue on a boy name. Go figure -- I bet that's what we'll get! I wish I had some strong family names or culture to draw from. I can pull some out, but it won't have a super connected meaning, you know?

[TXmom2]

I'm loving some of these names

We definitely could use some help! We are still working on our "short lists", so far we have....
(last name is 3 syllables and starts with G)

Boys:
*middle name will most likely be James (after both grandfathers)*
Julian
Zavier
Vincent
Alec
Sebastian
Kian
..and still not in love with any of them. Totally open to suggestions

Girls:
Mae
Kaelyn
JoLeigh (might end up being middle name as it is a combo of my Mom's and my middle names)
Brynleigh
Thea
..and still searching for "the one"
I really like the nickname "Connie", but don't know of a full name to use..any ideas?

p.s. DH is French Canadian, so he really likes French names or those that can be pronounced well in French

[camprunner]

This morning dh and I decided on Maebelle for a girl. I really liked the name Mabel but he wasn't going for it. However, he does like Maebelle. This name was last somewhat popular in the early 1900's but everything seems to say that even at it's most popular, it wasn't all that popular.

He insists on sticking with an M naming theme and I dislike most of the M names for boys. Anyone want to help me? I would love an old fashioned name that is uncommon but doesn't sound like a geek

[camprunner]

I spoke too soon. DH just suggest a form of Mciver and Lee for a middle name. Not sure how we will spell it yet though.

[jldumm]

malcolm
mosi... i really wanted a mosi but it was a coworker of Dh's name.

[outsideofthebox]

We like Hadley for a girl and I think Case for a boy. We already have a Cohen and a Callum so Case would go nicely with that.

[kmb9906]

I think I really like Calleigh, but I'm not sure how I would want to spell it. Calleigh, Callie, Cally. I think I like Callie best. Calleigh is pretty, but I'd worry that the spelling is too "trendy" with the '-eigh' ending.

[atnightingale]

Lately I am thinking Zoe Clare for a girl. Clare is a family name. Mostly I am looking for short names. We saddled poor DD with Kathleen (8 letters) and a 4 sylable 11 letter last name (starts with T). I'm thinking shortwould be good as I watch her practicing writing her first name and the letters wrap around the corners of the page.

[Crystalyn]

I think our top runners are Lyric for a girl and Kai for a boy. Still working on middle names... Our 21-month old is Harper Noelle :-)

[Crystalyn]

I've also always LOVED Hannah, but my sister worked in an oncology unit at a pediatric hospital for years and she attended the bedsides and wakes of many little girls named Hannah, so I've found myself shying away from the name.

[CinCanada]

Originally Posted by TXmom2

Boys:
*middle name will most likely be James (after both grandfathers)*
Julian
Zavier
Vincent
Alec
Sebastian
Kian
..and still not in love with any of them. Totally open to suggestions

Girls:
Mae
Kaelyn
JoLeigh (might end up being middle name as it is a combo of my Mom's and my middle names)
Brynleigh
Thea
..and still searching for "the one"
I really like the nickname "Connie", but don't know of a full name to use..any ideas?

p.s. DH is French Canadian, so he really likes French names or those that can be pronounced well in French

For boys I'm loving the sound of Julian James or Zavier James! Nice ring to them for sure!

For girls I've got a Kailyn myself so I'm always partial to that one . I know a little Brenly as well & it's so pretty & just uncommon enough that she totally rocks the name.

Good luck but you've got some great choices there!
(p.s. DH is French Canadian too so I know what you mean about having something the family can say)

[danilouwho]

Originally Posted by slinkyfish

Lark Paxton.

I adore this!

We've had our names picked out since first pregnancy (miscarried) and we have not wavered one bit on them. I'm hesitant to share them with anyone though, it seems like everyone has a better opinion or alternative. I'd rather just pretend like we don't know yet and then introduce them after they're born!

Boy: Grayson David Bjorn
(Grayson for my husband, as one of it's meanings is "Son Of The Steward" and my husband's middle name is Stuart, which means "Steward".)
(David for my father. And it means "Beloved".)
(Bjorn because it means "Bear" and that is just personal to us.)

Girl: Ember Sage Faye
(Ember which has various meanings, mostly related to fire of course, but the meaning we loved was "Smoldering Remains Of A Fire". I really like Emme for a nickname as well.)
(Sage, meaning "Wise".)
(Faye, can mean both "Faith and Fairy", though I love the "Fairy" meaning best. This is also my hubby's mother's and grandmother's middle name.)

Meanings were very very very important to us, lol, obviously! It's difficult though, as so many different sources can give you a different or slightly different meaning for a name. We tried to make sure that our meanings were fairly correct, and then just stuck with them.

[jr'smom]

Is Zoe getting to be pretty popular? That's my DH's top pick. But the only way I'd go for it is we have boy/girl twins. (Fat chance--I don't think we're having twins.) If we did though he loves Zoe and Zach. I think it's cute too, and would go for it in that circumstance.

DH already vetoed my unisex names.

I like Chloe and so does DH, but I'm not so sure it goes with our last name which starts with Kl.

I have a feeling we're having a boy. Zach has been a top pick each pregnancy, but we've never used it. I'm lost on boys names.

[AuroraPolaris]

Oh, names are just sooo difficult to agree on.
After four boys we kind off used all the best boy names.
We have top-100 lists we will check out. Sometimes some names are so popular that you end up with 2-3 little ones all with the same name in each school class. We`ll try to avoid the most popular names, but we still would love to have a unique and special name. (without it beeing TO special, if you know what i mean)

Some of the names I like, have not discussed names with my husband yet.
Boy:
Noel
Joel
Isak
Luka

Girl:
Ella
Alva
Ebba
Stella
Lina

None of my children have middle names.

[jr'smom]

Originally Posted by AuroraPolaris

Oh, names are just sooo difficult to agree on.
After four boys we kind off used all the best boy names.
We have top-100 lists we will check out. Sometimes some names are so popular that you end up with 2-3 little ones all with the same name in each school class. We`ll try to avoid the most popular names, but we still would love to have a unique and special name. (without it beeing TO special, if you know what i mean)

Some of the names I like, have not discussed names with my husband yet.
Boy:
Noel
Joel
Isak
Luka

Girl:
Ella
Alva
Ebba
Stella
Lina

None of my children have middle names.

I like your names! Almost all the girls names I like end in "a." Watch out though Ella is super popular right now. I never meant to name my kids popular names but never researched which names were popular either. I ended up naming my kids Jacob, Max, and Ella. ALL of them are so popular and I never knew it until after they were born. The boys have both had others with the same names in classes/sports they've taken. Ella is too young to have been in any classes/sports but I hear it ALL the time. I do love their names though and wouldn't change them for anything. I just wouldn't have chosen them if I knew they were so popular.

[PAgreenmama]

same thing happened to us! i researched and researched trying to find a non-popular name and we fell in love with the maya... something we thought wasn't very popular yet. we were wrong. i know of so many mayas and i don't think it makes it better that everyone spells it differently. but i still adore the name!

the girls name i love now is elana. i don't think it is popular at all but i'm not sure how DH feels about it. i mentioned it last pregnancy and he didn't seem impressed so we'll see. i find boys names much more difficult and i haven't come up with anything i love yet.

[LacieD]

DH refuses to even discuss names until we know the gender. But here's what I like so far:

Boys:
(middle name will probably be Christopher after my cousin who passed away this summer)
Mason
Owen

Girls:
(middle name will be Ruby, Eveline, or Celeste, all family names)
Madigan - I have loved this name for YEARS
Alison
Nora
Audrey

My boys are Ethan David Randall and Logan Patrick.

[reelgeek]

I plan on doing two middle names, because it's a recent family tradition. My husband and I have different last names (I like mine so I didn't change it when we got married) and we decided that whomever wants to have their last name attached to the baby defaults all the first names. He really wants his last name, so I get the others.

Fortunately he likes my picks so far.

We're going with Agent Caton (my last name, pronounced K-ton) and then a third middle name more based on gender. Right now, my favs for the boy one is Addison and the girl one is Waverly.

I like all the names everyone has picked out so far!