1st baby - need some name direction (long sorry!)

Hello! I haven’t posted here in years, but DH & I are currently expecting our first baby. We’re not going to find out the gender, so need to have a girl and boy name picked out.

Currently v early still in the pregnancy so have lots of time to sort this, just something fun to do during the morning-sickness and fatigue haze that I’m in!

The girl name we have in mind is [name_f]Felicia[/name_f] [name_f]Hope[/name_f].
DH lived most of his life in [name_f]Argentina[/name_f] (although is NZ descent) and all of his family is there. We live in Australia.
As such, we love names that won’t be pronounced too differently by Arg & Aus family.

Here are a few names that have tickled my fancy so far, just hoping someone can give some further inspiration to help prod me towards a suitable name!

(we have considered trying to honour DH’s cousin [name_m]Phillip[/name_m] who saved his life a few years back).

[name_m]Anders[/name_m]
[name_m]Armando[/name_m]
[name_m]Leandre[/name_m]
[name_m]Oren[/name_m]
[name_u]Seth[/name_u]
[name_m]Evander[/name_m]
[name_m]Nikolai[/name_m]

Congratulations!

What about [name_m]Philo[/name_m] to honor [name_m]Phillip[/name_m]? It’s pronounced like [name_m]Milo[/name_m], which shouldn’t be an issue crossing cultures. It means “loving”, which seems in your tastes since [name_f]Felicia[/name_f] [name_f]Hope[/name_f] = happiness and hope :slight_smile:

Thank you! That is very applicable. [name_m]Will[/name_m] add to the list :slight_smile:

I absolutely love [name_m]Nikolai[/name_m] ([name_u]Niko[/name_u] & [name_u]Kai[/name_u] are cute too!), [name_m]Leandre[/name_m] & [name_m]Evander[/name_m]!! I also like [name_m]Armando[/name_m] and [name_m]Anders[/name_m] (distant seconds bc I love your other choices so much). [name_m]Oren[/name_m] & [name_u]Seth[/name_u] pale in comparison to the others. [name_f]Felicia[/name_f] is beautiful.

Thanks :slight_smile: Sometimes I feel like I’ve stared at the same names for too long and I can’t tell any differences between them!

Anyone else have some ideas? All help appreciated :slight_smile:

I would say definitely [name_m]Nikolai[/name_m], that stands out as the best option to me. [name_m]Nikolai[/name_m] [name_m]Phillip[/name_m] is also very nice.

I like [name_m]Aalto[/name_m] for you (pronounced just like [name_u]Alto[/name_u] so if your families are music whizzes there will be no issue and if they aren’t it would only take one or two times). [name_m]Aalto[/name_m] [name_m]Nicholas[/name_m] could be cool.

[name_f]Felicia[/name_f] [name_f]Hope[/name_f] is so cute! I like [name_u]Seth[/name_u], [name_m]Anders[/name_m] or [name_m]Nikolai[/name_m] for a boy.