Anyone thinking about names?

My opinions on your names are

Jonathan - like it and not too common
Charles - okay but reminds me of prince charles
Aiden - very popular in my area

Evelyn - I don't really like this one, but a nickname of Evie would be cute
Elizabeth - love it! Would use it myself but DH has a close cousin with this name
Beatrice - I actually think this is cute, I can picture a little girl in pigtails with a nickname of Bea

For our names the name Miriam would probably have a nickname of Mia or Miri and Nathaniel would be Nathan, I'm not too fond of Nate.

mama2gracie - Aah but remind your husband ultrasounds can be wrong. You wouldn't want to have a boy and have to name him Katie or something. :LOL

Looked at a book for quite awhile last night:
Girl:
Ainsley
Hannah
Madeline Madeleine
Maya
Nadia
Winona
Boy:
Addison
Bradley
Brady
Brendan
Evan
Gabriel
Jonah
Miles
We have 2 boys named Zachariah Steven and Garrett Christopher.
Our last name is long and starts with a K so even if we name our kid AL the name is long. :LOL

danav - I like Ella Grace!

boycrazy - I like Ainsley and Maya. Hannah and Madeline are really popular. For the boys names I like Bradley, Addison and Gabriel.

Okay now I am back to the drawing board! Neither of the kids can say Miriam :LOL Plus I don't know if I really love it. I still like Nathaniel but I really prefer Nathan. I might just go with Nathan. What do you think of these girl names? The middle name for all will be Eva Jane.

Ariadne (pronounce Airy-ad-knee) - we both like this one but is it too out there with our other children's names?
Katherine (Kate)
Bronwyn
Eleanor (Ellie, Nora)
Hilary

hmmm... actually don't know about the boy name either. I might want something a bit more unique. One name we've liked for awhile is Asher. What do you think of Asher? If we chose Asher for a boy name we could probably choose Ariadne for a girls name because they are both "weird" names that no one in this area will have heard of!

We've been thinking and even bought a book. DH said he won't even talk about it till we know the sex. I told him no u/s this pregnancy since last pregnancy they steered my so wrong.

today I told him I KNOW she's a girl. I just know it. He said it wasn't enough for him.

My son's name is Carter, so I don't want anything that starts with a C or ends in an er.

I Lauren for a girl (I need an 'A' middle name for it) How popular is this name where you all are at?

I also like Lea, Tori and Mya.

I guess I'm stuck on girl names, but he could be a boy!

mraven721 - I know one Lauren in our playgroup. I think the name was more popular in the late 80/early 90s. I really like it but DH had an ex-girlfriend named Laurie and they did not part amicably. I also like Lea but I prefer it spelled Leah or Lia (Lia is the Greek spelling). If you were going to go with Tori I would just call her Victoria and call her Tori from birth. That way when she's older it won't be "Doctor Tori to emerg, Doctor Tori to emerg." :LOL

Okay what do you all think of Eleanor? Any opinions are appreciated! I really like the nickname Ellie. The only thing is my son is Elijah and my daughter is Olivia, both vowel first letter and then an L. It would be the same thing with Eleanor. Then again, how often do I say all of their names at the same time? It would be Eleanor Eva Jane (Eva is for my grandmother and Jane is a derivative of Jan, which is DH's mother, and Jean, which is my mother's middle name).

Oh there is one issue! I have an aunt Eleanor, she's my dad's eldest sister. She's in her late 70s. I really don't like her as I feel she treats my dad like crap. He doesn't care either way, he wrote off most of his family a long time ago. But of course we are still civil and send out birth announcements so will the rest of the family (my dad's 3 sisters and all my cousins and my cousins kids and so) think I named the baby after her? Ugh, I hope not! If anyone said to me, "Oh how nice you named the baby after aunt Eleanor" I'd just say "no I just like the name." I just don't want people thinking I named my baby after the shrew...oops did I say that out loud? :LOL

I really like old fashioned names. My dd is Ella Sage, so obviously I LOVE the name Ella!

I have been reading baby name books and making lists, but I won't find out the sex or pick a name until after baby is born. My personal opinion is that I have to meet the child before I can know what name would fit. We had narrowed it to a list of ~5 names with dd, but when she came out, she didn't look like any of them! So it was back to the drawing board and 3 days later dh and I agreed that she was an Ella (which hadn't been on our list).

I'm into Irish/Scottish names right now, also old fashioned names. For middle names I like earthy/crunchy names or family names. For first names I like things like Lily, Lucy, Meredith, and Miriam. For boys it's things like Callum, Eamon (pronounced aimun), and so on. I would never knowingly pick a name that was too popular. I was always one of several Amy's in every class, so I changed to my middle name when I was still a kid. I hated being known as "Amy C" to differentiate me from Amy L, Amy K, and Amy F. I think Amy is a gorgeous name, but it was just a little overly popular the year I was born!

I love hearing all these names!

Carol

My son's name is Zachary Soza. We thought he was an "Isaac Jacob" for most of the pregnancy, but when he popped out we knew he looked like a "Zachary" for sure! Soza is DH's middle name and my FIL's middle name- a family surname.

This time around we've been tossing around Alaina Suzanne for a girl, nickname Alli. My mom's name is Elaine and goes by Elli, and Suzanne is my middle name. I do love the name Elli, so we also like Elena. I just thought of Ivy Alexandra the other day and LOVE it! I've always *loved* the name Summer, but I just can't do that for this baby due in the winter!

For a boy we've talked about Thomas William. I've always loved the name Thomas, and William is my Dad's name. We also like Mason, Jacob, and Cayden (however Jacob is my brother's name, although he lives 1500 miles away, and Cayden is just getting too common...).

So, we definitely need the whole nine months to research and toss names around! I'm sure the names will change throughout the pregnancy...

Some names I love that DH would never agree to:
Sienna
Aspen
Forest
Canyon

I love thinking about baby names! DH is just too darn efficient to ralk about them until we know boy or girl, so I just have a mental list of a few I like, then when he is ready, we will talk about them.

for middle names, I like to do a family name.

For girls, I like:
Lauren Elisabeth
Eva (or Ava) Ruth
Eva (or Ava) Kailey (pronounced Kay Lee)
Janelle Elisabeth
Melis ______
Nor Elisabeth

For boys, I really like:
Tobin (middle name would be one of: Shane, Rex, Bernard, Everett)
Oscar (but that's my cat's name, so it's a no-go)
hmm, what else? I really love Tobin, so it is hard for me to think of others right now.

Dh Thor. I just can't wrap myself around that name at all. Reminds me of the movie Adventures in Babysitting, and the girl wearing the viking helmet.