Baby #3 is a Boy! Help!

We are expecting baby #3. With 2 older sisters, we were completely expecting him to be a girl as well! Older sisters are [name]Addison[/name] [name]Grace[/name] and [name]Brinley[/name] [name]Anne[/name]. Our last name is Polish and difficult to spell or pronounce. It is usually prn Whoa-[name]Jack[/name].

Having an A and a B name was not intentional, and we don’t know if we should go with a C name or something completely different. It seems a bit cheesy to use ABC order, but I don’t want him to seem left out either. We go back and forth on this, but our top runner right now is [name]Carter[/name] even though neither one of us is completely sold on it. What are your suggetions? Thanks!

Well, although I’m not a fan of the name, [name]Carter[/name] would certainly “fit” in with older sisters [name]Addison[/name] and [name]Brinley[/name]. I don’t think you have to stick with the ABC pattern as it would limit your choices a great deal. Here are some suggestions.

“C” Names

[name]Calder[/name]
[name]Callum[/name]/[name]Colin[/name]
[name]Calvin[/name]
[name]Caleb[/name]
[name]Cabot[/name]
[name]Cael[/name]
[name]Camden[/name]
[name]Cameron[/name]
[name]Campbell[/name]
[name]Charles[/name]
[name]Carl[/name]/[name]Carlton[/name]
[name]Cooper[/name]
[name]Cassius[/name]/[name]Cassian[/name]/[name]Caspian[/name]
[name]Cedric[/name]
[name]Chance[/name]
[name]Chase[/name]
[name]Chandler[/name]
[name]Channing[/name]
[name]Chester[/name]
[name]Clark[/name]
[name]Connor[/name]
[name]Conrad[/name]
[name]Cormac[/name]
[name]Craig[/name]
[name]Crew[/name]
[name]Cullen[/name]
[name]Curtis[/name]
[name]Cyrus[/name]

Other Suggestions

[name]Kai[/name]
[name]Logan[/name]
[name]Parker[/name]
[name]Palmer[/name]
[name]Quinlan[/name]
[name]Rhys[/name]
[name]Rory[/name]
[name]Rowan[/name]
[name]Schuyler[/name]
[name]Maxwell[/name]
[name]Owen[/name]
[name]Pierce[/name]
[name]Porter[/name]
[name]Walker[/name]
[name]Miles[/name]
[name]Leo[/name]
[name]Grady[/name]
[name]Emmett[/name]
[name]Spencer[/name]
[name]Jude[/name]
[name]Dean[/name]
[name]Gideon[/name]
[name]Samson[/name]/[name]Sampson[/name]
[name]Sawyer[/name]
[name]Joel[/name]
[name]Jonah[/name]
[name]Shane[/name]
[name]Reid[/name]
[name]Tate[/name]
[name]Grant[/name]
[name]Drake[/name]
[name]Trevor[/name]
[name]Lachlan[/name]
[name]Gareth[/name]
[name]Finnegan[/name]
[name]Duncan[/name]
[name]Heath[/name]
[name]Griffin[/name]
[name]Declan[/name]
[name]Desmond[/name]
[name]Everett[/name]
[name]Hayes[/name]
[name]Kian[/name]
[name]Liam[/name]
[name]Graham[/name]
[name]Sterling[/name]
[name]Wyatt[/name]
[name]Carsten[/name]
[name]Easton[/name]
[name]Quentin[/name]
[name]Holden[/name]
[name]Dylan[/name]
[name]Damon[/name]
[name]Kellan[/name]/[name]Kellen[/name]
[name]Gregor[/name]
[name]Donovan[/name]
[name]Kilian[/name]/[name]Cillian[/name]
[name]Lance[/name]

[name]Carter[/name] would be a good choice, but there is much more to a name than its first letter, so I believe there are other ways to let him feel included! For instance his middle name could start with an ‘A’, then all the kids have an ‘A’ name. I like [name]Arden[/name]. Or perhaps a one-syllable name? Or a seven-letter first name? Or a classic middle name? (Or something else!) [name]How[/name] about [name]Luke[/name]? [name]Grace[/name], [name]Anne[/name] & [name]Luke[/name]?
[name]Carter[/name] [name]Luke[/name] is very handsome in my opinion. Or [name]Adam[/name]/[name]Arthur[/name]/[name]Abel[/name]? [name]Dominic[/name] [name]Adam[/name]? [name]Griffin[/name] [name]Arthur[/name]? [name]Everett[/name] [name]Arden[/name]? [name]Malcolm[/name] [name]Abel[/name]? [name]Malcolm[/name] [name]Luke[/name]? [name]Coleman[/name] [name]Luke[/name]? Really liking [name]Luke[/name]! I vote [name]Carter[/name] [name]Luke[/name]! Good luck!

I don’t know if it matters to you or not, but I work at a daycare and so I am surrounded by up and coming baby names and [name]Carter[/name] is incrediblyyy popular. [name]Just[/name] a thought incase that changes your opinion because I know when names are overly popular it makes me not like them quite as much.

I don’t think anyone will notice if you don’t use a name beginning with C because it’s not that obvious a pattern. In fact, without the C-name it’s not even really a pattern, it’s just two names beginning with letters that happen to be next to each other in the alphabet. So definitely don’t feel you have to go with a C.

I do think [name]Carter[/name] works well with your girls’ names. If you’re not really feeling it though, then I’d say keep looking.