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post #21 of 55
6/3/08 at 9:14pm
Hey Caitlin! I was surprised to see you here too! If you are patient enough I would wait until 14DPO so you don't waste $ on tests but this is coming from someone who has taken three tests in the past four days LOL! And FWIW I got a BFP on 11DPO.

As for names we are trying not to get too attached to things right now. I think it is a girl and we have a few we like. The boy name will be the challenge for us b/c our son is named Wolfgang and what the heck goes with Wolfgang ??? I don't want a Hanz or Ludwig. Suggestions?

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post #22 of 55
6/3/08 at 9:20pm
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Originally Posted by clovermom View Post

As for names we are trying not to get too attached to things right now. I think it is a girl and we have a few we like. The boy name will be the challenge for us b/c our son is named Wolfgang and what the heck goes with Wolfgang ??? I don't want a Hanz or Ludwig. Suggestions?
Johann
Helmut
Dieter
post #23 of 55
6/3/08 at 9:52pm
Thanks for the suggestions! See the thing is that my husband's family is German and Wolfie is named after his great-great-uncle, however it all kind of started as a joke--we would refer to my pregnant belly as Wolfie and then after a few months my DH said "I actually kind of like it". So we went with it.
I love his name and that it shows his heritage but I don't necessarily want all strongly German names. There are a ton of other boys names I like--Eben, Caleb, Declan, Thomas.... but they all seem very different from Wolfgang. I do like Johann and I also like Augustine which isn't necessarily German but is sort of classical sounding.
post #24 of 55
6/3/08 at 11:13pm
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Originally Posted by clovermom View Post
Thanks for the suggestions! See the thing is that my husband's family is German and Wolfie is named after his great-great-uncle, however it all kind of started as a joke--we would refer to my pregnant belly as Wolfie and then after a few months my DH said "I actually kind of like it". So we went with it.
I love his name and that it shows his heritage but I don't necessarily want all strongly German names. There are a ton of other boys names I like--Eben, Caleb, Declan, Thomas.... but they all seem very different from Wolfgang. I do like Johann and I also like Augustine which isn't necessarily German but is sort of classical sounding.
I sometimes worry about the sibling names' "matching" but I've decided to just choose whichever name I like the best. We spend so much of our lives as adults where our siblings' names aren't constantly matched with ours (I can't tell you the name of most of my IRL's friends' siblings), so it's not really a problem for them. It can feel like a problem to us because we want the names to sound good in sequences since we will be saying the names so much, etc., but I have talked myself into feeling like it's not a requirement that the names "match."

Btw, I LOVE Augustine or August or Augustin. ;-)
post #25 of 55
6/4/08 at 8:21am
Clovermom!!! I'm not using your name sice I'm not sure if you want us to use that or not . . . anyway, I've actually been thinking about you all spring and I keep wanting to plan a playdate but we've been so busy! :P

Anyway, I think Wolfgang is a strong and distinctive name, so a strong distinctive name of another heritage could "match". Or as they say on "What Not To Wear"-- "It doesn't match, it goes." Although I do think Sebastien would "match" nicely . . .

So what makes a name strong and distinctive? Well, I think Wolfgang is a strong name for two reasons-- all of those consonants, and a strong meaning. And distinctive because the name is unusual as a name these days but strongly recognizable. So if you find another name you like that fits those same characteristics, then it should "match" pretty well!

Here are some ideas--

Lucian (light)
I like Declan, I think it fits right in
Berenger (courage of a bear)
Orion (after the constellation)
Benedict (blessing; also the pope)
Ebenezer (means foundation of stone, see 1 Sam 7:12)
Malachi (messenger of God- also the last book of the Old Testament)

Okay that was just off the top of my head, if I think of anymore I'll add them.
post #26 of 55
6/4/08 at 8:42am
Well a girls name we haven't decided on, but we have plenty of time. lol FOr some reason though we HAVE decided & agreed(wow!!) on a boys name. Harrison Reed. It's two family names put together. THis is first for us, we usually have the girl name pciked out first & are floundering for a boys name up unti the u/s date. I havea strong feeling it's a boy but we'll see.
post #27 of 55
6/5/08 at 3:44am
we like Jude...oh and LionTigerBear...I'm only 10 dpo too
post #28 of 55
6/5/08 at 9:01am
Thanks for the suggestions LTB! I had thought of Benedict too and I like Lucian, also Julian. I agree that it doesn't have to "match" as much as "go". Well, we've certainly got lots of time to ponder

Danielle, I like Jude a lot.
post #29 of 55
6/5/08 at 3:01pm
Jude is one of our top boy picks too
post #30 of 55
6/5/08 at 6:45pm
Last night DH surprised me by asking if I wanted to talk names yet. I LOVE names, so of course we jumped right in! Our top choices are (and we don't really have middle names yet):
Boy - Cedric, Simon, Isaac
Girl - Madeline, Brenna, Brynn

I think it's a girl and DH thinks it's a boy, so it will be fun to see what we have.
post #31 of 55
6/5/08 at 7:32pm
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we like Jude...oh and LionTigerBear...I'm only 10 dpo too
OT:

Did you get a BFP yet? I am now 12 dpo (I think) and tested again this morning and still nada. I feel pretty despondent about the whole thing. I mean I can list off all of my symptoms . . . I'll spare you . . . I feel stupid feeling SO pregnant and having nothing to show for it. : 'Kay I'll shut up now . . .
post #32 of 55
6/6/08 at 12:39am
Thread Starter 
Jewely would have been Jude if she was a boy.

I like it better for a girl now.
post #33 of 55
6/6/08 at 1:01am
We have a long time to decide but two of my favorite girl names are Fionna and Sylvia
post #34 of 55
6/6/08 at 2:31am
I've got a German DH, so it's pretty much just German names on our list:

For a girl, it would be Sabine or Ilse
For a boy, it would be Karsten or Carsten
post #35 of 55
6/6/08 at 3:21am
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Originally Posted by jewelysmommy View Post

Cady Meredith Juniper Smith doesn't really sound good. or what about
Cady Meredith Jolie Smith is it just too much? (jolie is my other sisters middle name)
I like the second one. I think it would be really sweet if our girls shared a name!
post #36 of 55
6/6/08 at 9:19am
I love name threads!

Here are our names:

Girl - this is pretty much decided:

Adeline Gayle

Boy - we aren't sure about these names:

Wyatt Philip - DH's favourite

Henry Philip - my favourite, I think
post #37 of 55
6/6/08 at 10:07am
Thread Starter 
ok question---- Is the initials W.W.W.S. too much?

I really like the name combo and the only thing holding me back is the initials.

I like adeline, henry, ilse, and karston
post #38 of 55
6/6/08 at 10:15am
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Originally Posted by jewelysmommy View Post
ok question---- Is the initials W.W.W.S. too much?

It depends on how much monogramming you plan to do. I was going to say that if you really love a name, I don't think you should let the intials affect your choice. Then I remembered that our children aren't going to have both of our last names, one of the reasons I am resistant to hyphenating (aside from the fact that I don't like it generally) is that our last names both begin with "S" and I have a hard time thinking about S.S. being part of our kid's intiatls.
post #39 of 55
6/6/08 at 2:04pm
Thread Starter 
YEAH THAT'S WHY I WON'T DO AN s NAME. (opps capslock)
post #40 of 55
6/6/08 at 9:09pm
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Originally Posted by clovermom View Post

As for names we are trying not to get too attached to things right now. I think it is a girl and we have a few we like. The boy name will be the challenge for us b/c our son is named Wolfgang and what the heck goes with Wolfgang ??? I don't want a Hanz or Ludwig. Suggestions?
Tobias?

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