Baby name roll call! - Page 2

[Smurfy]

I like Harper!! 

We've added a new name to our list, simple and once upon a time very common but not so much anymore, Carrie.  DH doesn't really like it with our last name though, but we both like it, so it may be in the running. 

[Mommel]

I'm having a Matthew too!

And the backup names (in case there's two, which I still think is possible - and in case the early u/s was wrong about the sex) are Isaiah (for a second boy), Elizabeth (if it's a girl or if there's a girl and a boy) and Madeline (for a second girl). All the middle names are family names, not English sounding, but very identifying, so I'm leaving them out.

[Mommel]

Originally Posted by redpajama 

Nothing is set in stone, but right now we're leaning toward Ingrid for a girl and August for a boy.

I ADORE those names... I had considered August too. Love it!

[activealli]

Aiden Micheal. Aiden means "little fire" and he is going to need a little fire to get through a very rough few month of his life (going to need surgery after he is born). My husband is Adam and I am Allison. We didn't intentionally pick another "A" name but apparently we seem to like them.

[jaclyn7]

So many nice names! 

 

Our list is still quite long, a few favourites have emerged but nothing I feel really confident about just yet. Last time I was so sure that it was a boy and had two very clear front runners (Harrison & Kiefer) pretty early on that it was pretty easy to pick when DH said to me at our ultrasound (where we didn't find out), "doesn't that look like a Kiefer?"  His gut reaction sealed the deal! I did have a bit of panic in the last month of pregnancy when I realized that I didn't love our girl pick anymore (Grace) and it was only after my due date that we narrowed our girls' name down to two new names.

 

This time, it's been much tougher.  I go back and forth about whether this baby is a she or a he and so I'm really having to think about both options and I just wonder if it gets harder knowing you only have so many more chances to use the names you love?

 

Some potential names in no particular order are (I group similar ones together):
Harrison/Henry, Owen/Rowan, Finlay/Finn, Arlo, Elias/Eli, Samuel, Angus, Colm (we worry pronunciation will be an issue), and Declan (worried about the repetition of the "lan"/"lyn" with our surname's last syllable); and Esmé, Isla, Poppy, Rowan, Piper (not sure if I want another "er" ending this time), Stella, Ruby (Pearl would be the second middle name, too many gems?), Daisy, Maguire (Maggie), Avery (loved it when Colleen Dewhurst was on Murphy Brown, but it's definitely pretty common now) and Finley (not sure I want to use this boy favourite of mine just yet).

 

Our last name is Scottish and with the exception of Caitlin and Madeleine (the "lyn" endings) everything sounds pretty good with it (and those were too long time favourites before I met DH!), so any suggestions/'thoughts? I like names that flow together, but I'm not too keen on anything too matchy matchy so a surname is definitely not a requirement and we'd like to avoid another K name.

[mama2eb]

Great names! Samuel or Maxwell and David as the middle.

[babyno3]

We chose Andrew James (AJ) for a boy and Madison Noelle for a girl.. Unless the u/s was wrong, it looks like it will definitely be AJ... Andrew is for my stepdad who has been such a wonderful influence and James is for both daddy and his daddy

[abelitz]

Being an avid herbie, I love nature names, but our little girl will be Vera Rae (well, for right now)

[nurnur]

Frances Noelle or Maxwell Koen or (Cohen) havn't decided on spelling....we think it's a boy!

funny thing is I have a Ruby so I guess I will have a Max & Ruby! we don't watch cable so we are not the aware of this show...but we're going with it anyway!

[rareimer]

Max and Ruby!  Love it! 

I really like Vera too, abelitz. 

[sweetestday]

I love the Max and Ruby books!

[punkymommy]

Lovin' the names!!

We're having Alice Coraline

Our alternate name (if she had been a boy) was Ronin Oliver.

[Smurfy]

Max & Ruby is my favorite kids show!!!!!  Poor Max is always getting into trouble, my son sits and yells "Max don't" at the TV!  Now I want a Max & Ruby, but our sons already got a name.

 

Originally Posted by nurnur 

Frances Noelle or Maxwell Koen or (Cohen) havn't decided on spelling....we think it's a boy!

funny thing is I have a Ruby so I guess I will have a Max & Ruby! we don't watch cable so we are not the aware of this show...but we're going with it anyway!

[Smurfy]

Ok, I think we've FINALLY got a name.  The other day I asked my 3 year old son if he liked each of the names on our list one at a time and he picked the first one, repeatedly.  Thinking maybe I swayed him I got my husband to ask him tonight, he started in a different order and when he said the first name our son said the name he'd picked the other day instead.  So I think we've decided on Sydney Dawn, Dawn is my middle name and I've always liked it, plus it goes well with just about any first name and DH feels that our kids should have a middle name from my side of the family since they get his last name, his acknowledgment and understanding to my feminist side.  Who knows though, we've changed our minds so many times already we may change again before she's born.

[Lisa1970]

We are naming our baby Ava. No flames please! Last time I posted that here, I was criticized for it.

[cparkly]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lisa1970 

We are naming our baby Ava. No flames please! Last time I posted that here, I was criticized for it.

I  the name Ava.

[mama2eb]

I am starting to think more about our 3rd choice name... Conrad...  Any thoughts on this name?

[Magdalen1978]

We're pretty set on naming our little girl Magdalen Grace.  Grace is a family name for me and also my middle name, and I love the role Mary Magdalene plays as the "apostle to the apostles" after the resurrection.  (My hubby and I are both ministers -- can you tell?)

But her in utero name has been Penelope, and suddenly I find it creeping up on me as kind of a cool name.  Hmm.

[Lexi_029]

I *heart* the name Magdalen. Penelope is pretty cool too.

[Jaimep]

My husband is Italian and so we have went with that theme for the kids names.

DD is Gioia (pronounced Joy-Ah)

DS is Dominic

DS#2 is Luca

Giovanni was in the running for a name last time but he was definitely a Luca. DH would be fine going with that but I am not 100%. We definitely are having trouble with a girls name. He likes Francesca but I am thinking everyone will call her Fran which is not my favorite at all. We like Cinza (pronounced Chin-zee-Ah) and it means Cynthia (english translation).  A funny story is when I was a kid I named all my dolls Cindy. SO my mom thinks we should go with that. Only problem is that GIoia is a family name and DH has an aunt name Cinza. SHe would be honored but I guess I was trying to be more original.

So i guess Giovanni and Cinza are the top runners.