Names?

[Thursday Girl]

yes a names thread already. I :love names. share what you've got.


Boy Whitakar William Henry Smith

Girl Cady ? ? Smith

Dh will not discuss names with me until 6 months.

[DreamsInDigital]

Our girl name is Meredith Rose.
We don't have a boy name yet because we are convinced our baby is a girl.

[elspethshimon]

We've had names picked out for a while.

Boys: Ezekiel "Zeke," Benjamin, Jack

Girls: Olivia, Molly, Alexandra


I try not to get too attached to one name in case the name doesn't fit when we meet him or her. But I really, really LOVE Zeke and can't imagine using any other name.

[Thursday Girl]

I might fit Meredith into my name, it is my twin sisters name. I like it.

I also love Zeke/Ezekial and Molly.

I am trying to decide if I should go with two middle names. DH surprised me by giving Jewely two middle names, and since she had two middle names we Gave Josephine two middle names and I just don't know if I want to do it again. I mean it's hard to get all those names flowing together properly.

(we have
Jewely Lynne Chenoa
Josephine Elizabeth Marie


but

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)

then Jewely wnats to name a boy Henry so I thought maybe
Whitaker William Henry,, but again, too much, right?

[CandyApple]

I love Zeke, my dad's step-father was named that. He was a pretty cool man, but I don't remember him, he passed away before I was old enough. I've always thought it was a great name, but it would be akward for me to use it (ie, not really naming our son after him, but too close to tell, KWIM?)

We've had a couple of names in mind, but nothing certain yet. I'm always leary of sharing, we have a huge family and intentional or not, names are always being "stolen". There are 3 babies due before ours, so its going to be a long wait. Even then, I really liked waiting till he/she was here to make the final decision.

Can't wait to hear everyone elses!

[deuxceleste]

My little girl's middle name WILL be Isis. And a boy, I have no idea.

Both should start with S, since we are Steve, Shana, and Seth already.

[deuxceleste]

Although...

I have to be careful. Because with the middle name Isis, a name could easily sound like a disease.

[AllyRae]

If all goes well, our baby will be Amelia Rylie or Donovan Ryland...

[rjruiz_415]

noooo idea- although hubby likes the name seth...

[jasonswife06]

If we have boy's there might be a lot of zeke's around here:thumb that is one of our names too :D

[elspethshimon]

If all goes well, our baby will be Amelia Rylie or Donovan Ryland...


That's so sweet.

[northwoods1995]

We're thinking possible names might be Benjamin Daniel or Caroline Jean. The first names are just names we like and the middle names are family names.

DH is convinced it is a boy and I'm feeling major boy vibes at this point too.

[Marilyn82]

I really shouldn't post here, since I am thinking that I am not pg after all...but haven't given up stalking yet, since I am not sure :o

I doubt anyone is ready for the unconventional-ness of our names yet, lol. We have had the name Reznor Keenan picked out for either boy or girl. We also like the name Marley Shamaya for a girl and Jericho Nole for a boy.

[JenLove]

I doubt anyone is ready for the unconventional-ness of our names yet, lol. We have had the name Reznor Keenan picked out for either boy or girl. We also like the name Marley Shamaya for a girl and Jericho Nole for a boy.

I really like the names you have so far. We have not decided on any names yet... I like one for a girl but he doesn't like it. :eyesroll

[iowaorganic]

we both like Ryan for a boy- but not sure on a middle name- probably a family one.

For a girl- I like Ruby or Susanna

I laid dibs on naming this one though since DH named the other 2. He did good- but I still put dibs on it.:thumb

[mamamillet]

We have a boy name and a girl name that we like--but imo it is always subject to change!

[Kelly1216]

I'm glad I'm not the only one.
Last night, dh said he likes Marek and Emrick for boys. Douglas would be the middle name.
For a girl, there are too many names I like to be listed right now!

[LionTigerBear]

I really like Brigitta, Audrey, Henry, and Oliver.

And I haven't even got a BFP yet. :o How's that for too early to think about names? :p

[Kelly1216]

Caitlin, you just freaked me out by posting here! I was like, I can't believe she posted in a DDC without announcing a pregnancy! But then I read your post and calmed down! Hoping for your bfp, though!

[LionTigerBear]

:Sheepish: Thanks, Kelly!!!

I think I'm about 10 dpo now. When do you think I should try again? I don't want to keep buying tons of tests.

[clovermom]

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?

[elspethshimon]

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

[clovermom]

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.

[tulipmama]

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. ;-)

[LionTigerBear]

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.

[mamabens]

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.

[Danielle13]

we like Jude...oh and LionTigerBear...I'm only 10 dpo too :lol

[clovermom]

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 :wink

Danielle, I like Jude a lot.

[SuperB]

Jude is one of our top boy picks too :thumb

[my_baby_love]

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.

[LionTigerBear]

we like Jude...oh and LionTigerBear...I'm only 10 dpo too :lol

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. :violin :o 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. :eyesroll :irked: 'Kay I'll shut up now . . .

[Thursday Girl]

Jewely would have been Jude if she was a boy.

I like it better for a girl now.

[AKislandgirl]

We have a long time to decide but two of my favorite girl names are Fionna and Sylvia

[rzberrymom]

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

[DreamsInDigital]

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! :love

[Gillian28]

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

[Thursday Girl]

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

[elspethshimon]

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.

[Thursday Girl]

YEAH THAT'S WHY I WON'T DO AN s NAME. (opps capslock)

[LizzyQ]

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?

[triscuitsmom]

We aren't deciding 100% for sure on a name until the baby is here unless the baby gives us some sign of his/her name (or their names if I have twins :lol)

Right now we have Tobias...

For a boy...
My list: Bohan, Ezra, Linus or Zion
DPs list: Ezra, Isaac, Linus, Mordecai, or Samson

For a girl...
My list: Adria, Casiphia or Delilah
DPs list: Azaria, Casiphia or Delilah

We also have picked two middle names to go with each. We hope to narrow down the boys list a little more... and possibly choose a winner of the girl "A" names... but other than that we want to have 3-4 choices for each at the time of birth (we aren't finding out the gender before hand). Satisfies my craving to search for names and still allows the baby to name her/himself.

[Gillian28]

Everyone has such pretty and unique names!

DH and I were doing some name talk last night. We are pretty set on Adeline for a girl, but if this baby is a boy we're in trouble. I thought of two more names I like for a boy:

Brandt

Reed

I love the name Brandt, but 'Brant' is a very common last name where I live. So that might not work.

I think we may need to flip thru a baby name book for boy names.

[LionTigerBear]

Of those mentioned I realy like Adeline, Karsten, Henry, Linus, and Ezra. Adeline is on our list. Henry would be but DH just nixxed it. *pout*

Have you all heard of the syllable naming theory? It's the idea that in general, the most pleasing-sounding names have an even number of syllables.

For instance Adriana Smith (5 syllables) would be not as pleasing as Adriana Roberts (6 syllables); and Adeline Smith (4 syllables) sounds better than Adeline Roberts (5 syllables).

Our last name is one syllable so both of my boys have three-syllable first names, and also two syllable middle names, so that their names will sound even whether you say the first and last or the whole thing. :D Some people think I'm all little bit too obsessed . . . . :lol

[Thursday Girl]

I just bought this baby naming book ($4, i love sales) that says it will help you pick the very best name by looking at phonemes, and rhythm, rhyming, assonance, and alliteration, etc. It is pretty cool. It has lists of names to go with each phoneme , and different rhythms like Iambs, trochee's, etc.

[PaigeAnThem]

With our last pregnancy we weren't sure what her name would be until we saw her. We had it down to Adeleine (Addy) or Eleanor (Nora). We saw her and just knew she was an Eleanor.

I thought we'd go with Adeleine for our next baby if it were a girl, but now I'm kinda stuck on Charlotte or Molly. I really like names that can be shortened in unusual ways, but I can't think of a long version of Molly.

If it's a boy we're thinking Robert Irving (dh's middle name, my dad's first name). Or Silas Irving.

[Schrody]

I can't think of a long version of Molly.

Molly is actually the nickname for Mary, so you could use a form of Mary, Maria, Marianna or something like that. Or use something else like Amalia which has the right sound in it.

[nighten]

Had Guinevere been a boy, her name would've been Simon, but I'm afraid it's just too popular now. No clue on boy names honestly. There are many I like (Felix, Linus, Simon, Sebastian, Oscar, etc.) but none that I've seriously thought about really.

I'd assumed that if we had another girl at some point, her name would be Cordelia, but now I'm not so sure. I love the name Melisande but fear for pronunciation issues. Cordelia's a family name and complements Guinevere nicely, I think, but I'm not 100% on it any longer.

Glad we have a long while yet to find the perfect name. :)

And FYI, here's a link to the social security database, if you're interested in seeing how popular a name is:

http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/

[CityChic]

I'm stalking this thread. We need a boys name and are stuck... our last name begins with J...

DS#1 Keller Michael J

Girls Name Possibilities:
Norah Elizabeth J
Amelia Elizabeth J

Boys Names - we only have a middle name
(First Name) Owen J

[PaigeAnThem]

Molly is actually the nickname for Mary, so you could use a form of Mary, Maria, Marianna or something like that. Or use something else like Amalia which has the right sound in it.

I was trying to convince DH of that last week- that Molly is a nickname for Mary, but he didn't believe me. :eyesroll Now I have outside confirmation- lol! That's one of the reasons I really like Molly- my mom's name is Mary. I like Emmaline shortened to Molly or Mali, but DH didn't like it.

Racheal! Eleanor (Nora) Elizabeth is my daughter's name.:love My mom calls her NoraBeth, which I think is really cute.

[Lisanne]

All we have on the boy list is Silas or Ian/Ean.

For girls maybe Isabel, but it's very popular. I like Carys, but can't talk hubby into it. He likes Stephanie and can't talk me into it :)

[ecomommy]

It's funny we spent sooooooooooooooooooo much time looking for the perfect name for #1. And #3 got the 2 left over names from #1. OUr kid's names now are Aine (An-ya), Hollis and Lillian, all family names or versions of. Aine is the Irish version of Ann (my name and I'm named after my grandma and my grandma is Irish).

We like old-fashioned style family names but we have almost ran out of family names that we like. I said I couldn't have another boy because I have a hard time finding a boy's name we like but we do have some that we like.

Girls: Margaret, Mabel, Frances, Fern, Hazel (DH only goes for the first of these names), Jane, June (too bad, wrong month)

Boys: Oren, Silas, Warren, Lewis, Rowan, Ronan, Arthur

I LOVE looking at names but I haven't found any new ones yet. But I love reading other's ideas.

[nighten]

www.nymbler.com is a GREAT site for suggesting names. You can enter up to 6 names that you like (boys or girls), and it will make page after page of suggestions.

A very good time-waster too. ;)

ETA: And if you're looking for the origins of names (including nicknames like Molly for Mary), www.behindthename.com is a great resource. Be warned though if it lists the origin as "English Modern" then it's likely a made-up name. :p

[bzmum]

I really like Brigitta, Audrey, Henry, and Oliver.

And I haven't even got a BFP yet. :o How's that for too early to think about names? :p


My sons name is Oliver...I think it is such an adorable name. For this one, we haven't even gone there yet. But last time, we didn't have a name picked out or permanently attached to our son until he was a day old. We just like the thrill of procrastination I guess.

[BathrobeGoddess]

Well since both Ori and Yarrow weren't named until a couple days after birth, I am guesing this babe will share the same fate! My biggest problem is that I teach preschool so I can really see the trends up close! And I see 175 children a week so I also know lots of kids by lots of names over the years!

[KellyKA23]

For a girl we have agreed on Sofia Angelina but for a boy wre having some trouble decided. We both like Nicholas and Gabriel and William ( my dads name).

I like Oliver
Desmond (desi)
Ricky

He likes Logan
Lucas
Benjamin ( his dads name)