My husband and I do have similar naming styles - that is a huge bonus. Fortunately in the girls’ name department, we easily came up with three favourites- even though we both have others we love that the other doesn’t, it wasn’t hard for us to come up with an absolute top name that we both love. So we’re pretty much set there, but even if we weren’t, we could easily make a list of girls’ names we like.
Not so with boys. I have many boys’ names I like, but my husband struggled to even come up with one, and I just couldn’t make myself like his favourite name ([name]Isaac[/name]). I have no issue with the name itself as it is a decent respectable name, but no matter how hard I try, I can’t see myself with a son called [name]Isaac[/name]. Hubby scrapped out all my names, and eventually he reluctantly agreed that [name]Joseph[/name] could be acceptable.
Until yesterday- then he told me he really doesn’t want that name so we’re back to having zero names.
But he went through a baby name app yesterday and actually came up with a list, so that is a great step in the right direction!
I thought I’d share our lists, and if you could give us any more suggestions of names of a similar style that we could consider, that would be majorly appreciated! Thanks!!!
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There are a few names that overlap, but there are some issues with them:
The overlap
[name]David[/name] - it belongs to two cousins and a very close uncle, so no go
[name]Michael[/name] - it could be alright, but I’m not sure I’m happy using it since sister-in-law is [name]Michelle[/name] (same last name) - it feels a little close
[name]Elijah[/name] - This is ok - neither of our top name, and we feel it might be a little “out there” for us very conservative namers
[name]Timothy[/name] - we both love this, but unfortunately it goes absolutely terribly with our last name, and would be never-ending teasing potential
[name]Jeremy[/name] - I like this more than he does, it only just scrapes onto his list
[name]Joseph[/name] - Same as [name]Jeremy[/name]
You both seem to like traditional names, so at least you have some common ground there
Of the names on your husband’s list, I like [name]Samuel[/name], [name]Shane[/name], and [name]Michael[/name] the best.
I’m a bit more excited by your names I love [name]Colin[/name] and [name]Thomas[/name]. [name]Cameron[/name] is nice too.
As for suggestions, I notice you both like [name]Hamish[/name], a very Scottish name. What about [name]Alistair[/name]? A friend of Scottish extraction recently named her son this. I believe it’s a version of [name]Alexander[/name].
I also notice you list quite a few of Biblical names. I really like [name]Ethan[/name] and [name]Nathaniel[/name]/ [name]Nathanael[/name] myself. [name]Elias[/name] is related to [name]Elijah[/name] (I think) and, to me at least, sounds a bit nicer.
From your lists:
[name]Zachary[/name] - can he come to like this? It feels like your [name]Timothy[/name] and [name]Jeremy[/name], and overlaps with his [name]Isaac[/name].
[name]Michael[/name] - how often will he and [name]Michelle[/name] see each other? I also think they’re different enough.
[name]James[/name] - he likes [name]Jaime[/name] but not [name]James[/name]? Fingers crossed he can come around.
[name]Jarrod[/name] - can he come to like this? Overlaps with [name]Jeremy[/name]
[name]Joachim[/name] - for him, like [name]Ezra[/name], offbeat but familiar-by-associations relig. name. For you, another [name]Jo[/name]-name.
[name]Dorian[/name] – has some territory from [name]David[/name] but hits on some of your Gaelic taste, to my ear.
[name]David[/name] – is so popular for good reason! [name]How[/name] often will he see those family members?
[name]Lucas[/name] – he can go for [name]Luca[/name] but not [name]Lucas[/name]? Surely he can!
Some suggestions (love [name]Elias[/name], [name]Alistair[/name], [name]Ethan[/name], [name]Nathaniel[/name])
[name]Luke[/name] – it really is a name on its own, to get at it [name]Luca[/name] and [name]Lucas[/name].
[name]Eli[/name] – easier than [name]Elijah[/name]?
[name]Jacob[/name] – shares some territory with [name]David[/name], goes with all the J names I see.
[name]Daniel[/name] – can you come to like it by seeing its connections to [name]David[/name] and [name]Michael[/name]?
[name]Thomas[/name] – any closeness to [name]Timothy[/name]? Or does it have the same problem?
[name]Jeremiah[/name] – gets at [name]Jeremy[/name], with some of the punch from [name]Elijah[/name]
[name]Zachariah[/name] – gets at [name]Zachary[/name], with some of the punch from [name]Elijah[/name]
wow you guys have great name lists- my husband has only come up with four names, two of which were absolutely awful! we cant get it together with boy names either, girls we were down to 3! why is it so much harder???
I just want to talk about the family members with same or similar names thing…one of ou top anmes is the name of Dh’s cousin, last name too- but we see the kid maybe 2 times a year at best and he will probably take it as a compliment. [name]Just[/name] imagine how often it will really matter, if the people will be honored or offended, and as an adult will it matter at all? I dont think its a huge issue unless you dislike the person or will be wiht them all of the time. I think we get so caught up in perfect names, family histories,etc we can forget in real life its probably not a big deal? [name]Just[/name] go with what you really end up loving Something that is helping me lately is taking the different names and trying to live with them for a day…think of lots of job and life titles and see what sounds nice. last baby we considered [name]Lennon[/name] (after [name]John[/name]) for abit until we realized people would call him lenny which wiht our last name sounded like a used car salesman or a cartoony loser character in a movie. placing them in adult situations helps!!!
Good luck sorry I cant offer any name specific suggestions…OH here sone…avoid [name]Malachi[/name]!!! I cant hear that name without thinking of children of the corn and demon children…
Thanks for your comments and suggestions. Regarding the family names- heaps of the names on my list are his cousins- [name]Benjamin[/name], [name]Aaron[/name], [name]Mark[/name] … I’d still use them. But [name]David[/name] has way too much overlap. One cousin shares the surname one doesn’t, but my uncle is probably the main one. He’s my only uncle and I have quite a small family, so it would feel very weird unfortunately. Maybe we’ll keep it on the list.
[name]Michelle[/name] is even closer. She’s my husband’s sister- the only aunty of this baby and very involved. We already see her twice a week and she is so so excited by this baby I’m sure she’ll be one of its main babysitters and want to be very involved. But [name]Michael[/name] isn’t [name]Michelle[/name]- just it seems weird to have [name]Michelle[/name] Lastname and [name]Michael[/name] Lastname.
[name]James[/name] is the other close family name we can’t use- way too close.
We have a Chinese surname so probably wouldn’t go for a Scottish name (hubby doesn’t like [name]Lachlan[/name] or [name]Hamish[/name] anyway) or [name]Ravi[/name] which is the only [name]Indian[/name] name on my list.
Yes [name]Thomas[/name] has the same issues as [name]Timothy[/name] though not quite so bad.
Keep it coming, you guys are generating some great alternatives and I will add them to the big list we’ll work on whittling down together soon
[name]Love[/name] [name]Elijah[/name]! Especially with the nn [name]Eli[/name]. What about [name]Micah[/name]? It’s still biblical but is a little more modern than [name]Michael[/name]. ([name]Micah[/name] [name]Elijah[/name])
[name]LOVE[/name] micah but a very close friend used it, her boy is 2 yrs older than ours will be. The boys would see each other once a week at least, and the mum is VERY possessive of her names, always tries to find a name she doesn’t know anyone else with, and got annoyed at someone who used a similar nickname for their daughter even though the full name was quite different from her daughter’s name. So it’s not worth it- even michael is kind of brave as it’s close to [name]Micah[/name] lol but I figure we have every right to use it as it’s so well known
Well, after thinking about it some more, I really like the names [name]Caleb[/name], [name]Jonah[/name], [name]Jonas[/name], [name]Judah[/name], [name]Elijah[/name], and [name]Ezra[/name] if your looking for biblical names
Heya
I kinda like the idea of combining your lists - [name]Evan[/name] [name]Joshua[/name]? [name]Reuben[/name] [name]Eli[/name]?
[name]Adrian[/name] [name]Samuel[/name]? [name]Aaron[/name] [name]Luca[/name]? [name]Asher[/name] [name]Lachlan[/name]?
so we’re back to having zero names.
I love [name]Colin[/name] and [name]Thomas[/name]. [name]Cameron[/name] is nice too.