Baby #2 has a name!! :)

So DH and I finally came up with a name for Samuel Elliot’s baby brother/sister (kind of) we’re down to 2 middle names for Sebastian if its a boy. We threw out Emily and Abigail deciding they were to popular for us. We decided on Paisley for a girl after DH’s mother suggested it but aren’t sure on the middle name. We like Paisley Elizabeth but are open to other suggestions. What do you fellow berries think?

Boy:

Sebastian Thomas
Or
Sebastian Gabriel

Girl:

Paisley Elizabeth
Or
Paisley ???

I love both boy names! I think [name]Sebastian[/name] [name]Thomas[/name] may flow a little better but I love [name]Sebastian[/name] [name]Gabriel[/name] too.

[name]Paisley[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] is cute. Suggestions:

[name]Paisley[/name] [name]Emmeline[/name]
[name]Paisley[/name] [name]Abigail[/name]
[name]Paisley[/name] [name]Emilia[/name]
[name]Paisley[/name] [name]Gabrielle[/name]
[name]Paisley[/name] [name]Eleanor[/name]
[name]Paisley[/name] [name]Brielle[/name]
[name]Paisley[/name] [name]Jane[/name]
[name]Paisley[/name] [name]Brooke[/name]
[name]Paisley[/name] [name]Eliza[/name]

[name]Sebastian[/name] [name]Thomas[/name] is my favorite. I love it as a brother to [name]Samuel[/name] [name]Elliot[/name].

Are you 100% set on [name]Paisley[/name]? Honestly, I don’t like it at all. [name]Paisley[/name] has no substance. You threw out [name]Emily[/name] and [name]Abigail[/name] because of popularity, yet [name]Paisley[/name] isn’t much better. With all of the -ley/-lee/-lei/-leigh names occupying the charts right now, [name]Paisley[/name] would be lost in a sea of sound-alike names.

We really like [name]Paisley[/name] and are leaning toward using it but we are still open to suggestions since we’re not due until [name]September[/name] and have time to find a name. [name]Paisley[/name] isn’t yet in the top 100 so the popularity of it doesn’t bother me as much as [name]Abigail[/name] and [name]Emily[/name] which are in the top ten. I’d love to hear any names you think we might like. Names that aren’t overly popular but aren’t to out there.

I like the suggestions [name]Paisley[/name] [name]Eleanor[/name] and [name]Paisley[/name] [name]Jane[/name]. I have a sister named [name]Gabrielle[/name] and DH has a sister named [name]Brielle[/name] so we don’t want to use those.

I really like [name]Sebastian[/name] [name]Thomas[/name].
Middle name suggestions for [name]Paisley[/name]:
[name]Paisley[/name] [name]Adele[/name]
[name]Paisley[/name] [name]Violet[/name]
[name]Paisley[/name] [name]Amelia[/name]
[name]Paisley[/name] [name]June[/name]
[name]Paisley[/name] [name]Anneliese[/name]
[name]Paisley[/name] [name]Caroline[/name]
[name]Paisley[/name] Geneiveve
[name]Paisley[/name] [name]Gwendolyn[/name]
[name]Paisley[/name] [name]Juliet[/name]
[name]Paisley[/name] [name]Miranda[/name]
[name]Paisley[/name] [name]Angelica[/name]
[name]Paisley[/name] [name]Madeleine[/name]
[name]Paisley[/name] [name]Annabelle[/name]
[name]Paisley[/name] [name]Arabelle[/name]
[name]Paisley[/name] [name]Wren[/name]
[name]Paisley[/name] [name]Matilda[/name]
[name]Paisley[/name] [name]Coraline[/name]

I think the name [name]Paisley[/name] does have substance because it is the name of a city as well as being just a word name. The port city gave paisley its name. That is what I learned in school .

I never understood [name]Sebastian[/name], or it’s popularity. I personally hate the name. I find it to be too whimsical and wimpy for a boy and there are no good nicknames for it. I think it would make a fine name for a cat, however…

[name]Paisley[/name] sounds very hillbilly to me. It doesn’t seem like a name that much thought was put into (like [name]Tinsley[/name]).

I really don’t like [name]Paisley[/name] at all. This isn’t a name that’s going to stand the test of time, it’s going to date very fast. Also her sibling already has a classic name, [name]Emily[/name] and [name]Abigail[/name] were a lot closer in style than [name]Paisley[/name]. I would try find an underused classic like: [name]Eleanor[/name], [name]Penelope[/name], [name]Amabel[/name] or [name]Louisa[/name].

[name]Sebastian[/name] [name]Thomas[/name] is lovely.

I love the name [name]Sebastian[/name], and I like both combos.

I see a previous poster mentioned [name]Penelope[/name], which is what I was going to suggest as an alternative to [name]Paisley[/name]. Or since you like the name [name]Emily[/name], did you rule out any of the other variations, like [name]Emmeline[/name] or [name]Amelia[/name]?

My 4 yr old niece is [name]Paisley[/name], the first we’ve ever heard. And it’s perfect.

Her whole name is [name]Paisley[/name] [name]AnneMarie[/name] after her grandmothers. I like it. But I think your choice of [name]Elizabeth[/name] is beautiful.

[name]Paisley[/name] [name]Jane[/name] works too. It’s such a welcoming first name for middle names!

My favorite part - My son has always called her Pais-uh-lee. 3 syllables. And recently he shortened it to “Pais”. It just cracks us all up - he’s only 9 months older than her!

Ok so [name]Sebastian[/name] [name]Thomas[/name] is definitely the boy name thanks to everyone’s help :slight_smile: for [name]Paisley[/name] this is what we’re down to:

[name]Paisley[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name]
[name]Paisley[/name] [name]Eleanor[/name]
[name]Paisley[/name] [name]Jane[/name]
[name]Paisley[/name] [name]June[/name]
[name]Paisley[/name] [name]Annabelle[/name]

I really like the name [name]Paige[/name], which would go with any of your boys’ names and is close to [name]Paisley[/name] but a little less common

I like [name]Paisley[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] or [name]Paisley[/name] [name]Annabelle[/name] best.

I like the pp’s suggestion of [name]Paige[/name], which is more classic than [name]Paisley[/name]. Another suggestion is [name]Emmeline[/name] for a first name, instead of [name]Emily[/name].

For [name]Paisley[/name], I really love [name]Paisley[/name] [name]June[/name] as a combo.

[name]Paisley[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] - I like this combination of sweet and spunky with traditional
[name]Paisley[/name] [name]Eleanor[/name] - I always love [name]Eleanor[/name] so you will probably never here this again - I don’t think I like it with [name]Paisley[/name]. Awkward sounding to me.
[name]Paisley[/name] [name]Jane[/name] - Very cute but not sure about the repetition of the long “A” sound. I want to like it but can’t.
[name]Paisley[/name] [name]June[/name] - [name]AH[/name]! This may have to be my favorite. [name]June[/name] is much nicer than [name]Jane[/name] with [name]Paisley[/name].
[name]Paisley[/name] [name]Annabelle[/name] - Too darn sweet for my taste. Off to suck on a lemon.

So, middle name for [name]Paisley[/name] choice #1 is [name]June[/name] and #2 is [name]Elizabeth[/name]

[name]Sebastian[/name] [name]Thomas[/name] is a very handsome name.

[name]Paisley[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] is the most striking combo imo, of your narrowed down list.

Has anyone suggested [name]Paisley[/name] [name]Beatrice[/name]?

@bonnielyn [name]Paisley[/name] [name]June[/name] and [name]Paisley[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] were mine and my husbands favorites. The others were ones that people had suggested that I thought flowed well.

@lilysong no one has suggested [name]Beatrice[/name] as a middle name yet and although it goes with [name]Paisley[/name] I’ve never really liked the name [name]Beatrice[/name].