I am not expecting yet, but as a name enthusiast I like thinking of names for my future family!
However, I have a problem. Someone ruined my favourite girls’ name, which was [name]Winter[/name]. Our son’s name is [name]Felix[/name]. It took us so long to come up with the name [name]Felix[/name], we have no other boys names at all!
My husband and I also have very different tastes when it comes to girls names, so I am continually trying to find something new and different that he might like. Now that [name]Winter[/name] is out of the question, he has no suggestions for a girl. I have found that I’m not sure what my style is anymore.
Boys names I like:
[name]Max[/name] ([name]Maximus[/name])
[name]Leo[/name]
[name]Henry[/name]
Girls names I like:
[name]Evelyn[/name] ([name]Evie[/name] or [name]Eve[/name])
[name]Audrey[/name]
[name]Imogen[/name]
[name]Marian[/name]
[name]Sorrel[/name]
[name]Leonie[/name] (my Grandmother’s name)
[name]Amelie[/name]
[name]Felix[/name] is fantastic - may I ask what his middle name is?
From your boys’ list, I think that [name]Leo[/name] and [name]Henry[/name] are perfect with [name]Felix[/name], and [name]Leo[/name] [name]Henry[/name] or [name]Henry[/name] [name]Leo[/name] would be handsome. [name]Max[/name] is great, but I think that it might be too matchy with your son’s name, due to the repeated -x endings, and I think that [name]Maximus[/name] feels a bit “off” with [name]Felix[/name]… Other [name]Max[/name] names include [name]Maxwell[/name], [name]Maximo[/name], [name]Maxfield[/name], and [name]Maximilian[/name] - from that list, I think that [name]Maxwell[/name] would work best with [name]Felix[/name].
[name]Audrey[/name], [name]Imogen[/name], [name]Leonie[/name], and [name]Amelie[/name] are my favorites from your girl’s list, with [name]Felix[/name] and on their own. [name]Evelyn[/name], [name]Marian[/name], and [name]Sorrel[/name] are nice, though I don’t love them as much… The last two might be a bit exotic in comparison, but I can see them working. Instead of [name]Winter[/name], what about [name]Winifred[/name], or does that still have the bad association? From your list, first and middle name combos include [name]Audrey[/name] [name]Marian[/name], [name]Imogen[/name] [name]Sorrel[/name], [name]Leonie[/name] [name]Evelyn[/name], [name]Amelie[/name] [name]Sorrel[/name], [name]Evelyn[/name] [name]Sorrel[/name], [name]Marian[/name] [name]Audrey[/name], [name]Sorrel[/name] [name]Imogen[/name].
[name]Hi[/name], thanks for the suggestions!
[name]Felix[/name]'s middle name is Arkham, which is a Batman reference. DH was quite insistant that he have a superhero reference in his name, and this was the best I could get. I think that without the reference it seems to be a surname-type name and is quite unusual. People’s reactions depend on whether they recognise where it’s from or not. So with that in mind, our next child will most likely have some kind of superhero middle name too. I figure you can have fun with the middle name because no one ever has to know!
From the name suggestions, I like the vast majority of them, and certainly like them as a group. The ones that stand out for me are (and this is taking DH’s tastes into consideration, if I was naming on my own it would be different):
[name]Everett[/name]
[name]Julian[/name]
[name]Louis[/name]
[name]Miles[/name]
(You listed three of my brother’s names and my father’s name in the list!)
And for girls:
[name]Clementine[/name] (I suggested this to DH the other day!)
[name]Eleanor[/name] (I also have a soft spot for [name]Elena[/name] and [name]Helena[/name])
[name]Emmeline[/name]
[name]Helena[/name]
[name]Juliet[/name] (I love [name]Julia[/name])
[name]Lucy[/name] (also [name]Lucille[/name])
[name]Matilda[/name]
[name]Miranda[/name] (a long time favourite that I had forgotten about for some reason)
[name]Olive[/name]
[name]Violet[/name] (I do love this…but I sometimes hear ‘violent’, even though I try hard not to)
[name]Vivienne[/name] (another long time favourite).