Baby Girl #2 Needs a Name

We have [name]Dillon[/name] [name]Joseph[/name] and [name]Rowan[/name] [name]Pearl[/name]. [name]Baby[/name] girl #2 arrives in Dec & we cannot find a name that we love. Hubby doesn’t like super frilly names & I don’t like anything popular or common. We’ve been through so many name lists but just can’t seem to find the right one. Help!

A sister to [name]Dillon[/name] & [name]Rowan[/name]…

[name]Nell[/name]
[name]Bryce[/name]
[name]Bryn[/name]
[name]Kai[/name]/[name]Kaia[/name]
[name]Noa[/name]
[name]Aster[/name]
[name]Juno[/name]
[name]Marlowe[/name]
[name]Briar[/name]
[name]Iris[/name]
[name]Micah[/name]
[name]Channing[/name]
[name]Leona[/name]
[name]Cara[/name]
[name]Lane[/name]/[name]Lana[/name]
[name]Honor[/name]
[name]Amoris[/name]
[name]Iris[/name]

Congrats on baby #3!

I really love the suggestions of [name]Iris[/name], [name]Leona[/name], and [name]Marlowe[/name].

My ideas are

[name]Olive[/name]
[name]Isla[/name]
[name]Hazel[/name]
[name]Eden[/name]
[name]Clara[/name]
[name]Georgia[/name]
[name]Livia[/name]
[name]Elodie[/name]
[name]Frances[/name]
[name]Aria[/name]
[name]Quinn[/name]
[name]Ivy[/name]
[name]Wren[/name]
[name]Aveline[/name]
[name]Jane[/name]
[name]Hadley[/name]
[name]Mila[/name]
[name]Ruby[/name]
[name]Daphne[/name]
[name]Eloise[/name]
[name]Marin[/name]
[name]Sasha[/name]
[name]Louisa[/name]
[name]Margo[/name]
[name]Greer[/name]
[name]Lila[/name]
[name]Maya[/name]
[name]Nina[/name]
[name]Eva[/name]
[name]Arden[/name]
[name]Sloane[/name]
[name]Lyra[/name]
[name]Edith[/name]
[name]Maeve[/name]

First one I thought of was [name]Noelle[/name], (not original I know), but I’ve always loved this name, and it requires a [name]December[/name] baby girl. [name]Dillon[/name], [name]Rowan[/name] and [name]Noelle[/name] are lovely together. My next pick for you would be [name]Seren[/name].

Some more ideas (sorry for repeats):

[name]Hazel[/name]
[name]Laurel[/name]
[name]Caitlin[/name]
[name]Iris[/name]
[name]Everly[/name]
[name]Mabel[/name]
[name]Claire[/name]
[name]Clara[/name]
[name]Teagan[/name]
[name]Hannah[/name]
[name]Alanna[/name]/[name]Alana[/name]
[name]Fiona[/name]
[name]Erin[/name]
[name]Maeve[/name]
[name]Ainsley[/name]
[name]Natalie[/name]
[name]Heather[/name]
[name]Carys[/name]
[name]Cara[/name]
[name]Deirdre[/name]
[name]Daphne[/name]
[name]Brianne[/name]/[name]Brianna[/name]

I love [name]Seren[/name]. If only I could get the hubby on board. He wants the name [name]Gray[/name] for our second princess. I’m willing to compromise with it as a middle name but that makes finding a first name even more difficult.

Thank you for the suggestions above & would love to see more if anyone has any :slight_smile: We have a huge extended family with several nieces/nephews, so many names are unavailable to us. From the above lists, I’m adding these to my list:

[name]Seren[/name]
[name]Carys[/name]
[name]Everly[/name]
[name]Aria[/name]
[name]Quinn[/name]
[name]Briar[/name]
[name]Leona[/name]
[name]Arden[/name]
Merin
[name]Wren[/name]
[name]Sloane[/name]

[name]How[/name] about these (please pardon any repeats):
[name]Maren[/name]
[name]Afton[/name]
[name]Lyric[/name]
[name]Vera[/name]
[name]India[/name]
[name]Teagan[/name] or [name]Tegan[/name]
[name]Reagan[/name] or [name]Regan[/name]
Dagen/ [name]Dagan[/name]
[name]Hadley[/name]
[name]Thea[/name]
[name]Thisbe[/name]

[name]Rowan[/name] is on our list for our second girl (due in jan!), our first is named [name]Marlo[/name]. I’d suggest [name]Juniper[/name] but might be too much tree with [name]Rowan[/name]?

Seconding [name]Micah[/name] and [name]Hadley[/name].

[name]Tamsin[/name]? [name]Larkin[/name]?

[name]Greer[/name]
[name]Harper[/name]
[name]Tristan[/name]
[name]Arden[/name]
[name]Chandler[/name]
[name]Bronwyn[/name]/[name]Bronwen[/name]
[name]Afton[/name]
[name]Finola[/name]
[name]Madigan[/name]

Well, it seems to me both your children have slightly modern/celtic -sounding first names and classic/vintage middle names. Also, [name]Rowan[/name] is unisex, so you may consider a similar girls name.

[name]Quinn[/name] has already been suggested and I think it works well. You could pair it with something like [name]Sophia[/name] or [name]Evangeline[/name].

Other first name suggestions would be:

Murron/[name]Mirren[/name]
[name]Erin[/name]
[name]Harlow[/name]
[name]Skye[/name]

Middle names:

[name]Grace[/name], [name]Ruby[/name], [name]Iris[/name], [name]Violet[/name], [name]Lillian[/name]

[name]Hope[/name] that helps.x

[name]Dillon[/name] & [name]Rowan[/name]'s middle names are family names ([name]Joseph[/name] for my husband & [name]Pearl[/name] for my grandmother). We don’t have any other family names to use (well, none that we really like :wink: ). If I could get hubby off his [name]Gray[/name] obsession this would be much easier :slight_smile:

[name]Merrin[/name] (prefer with two Rs)
Merewen
[name]Nerys[/name] (Welsh for sea-nymph)
[name]Eira[/name] (Welsh for ‘snow’)
[name]Estella[/name]
[name]Phaedra[/name]
Kensa (Cornish for ‘first’)
Katriel (‘God is my crown’)
[name]Carroll[/name]
[name]Shona[/name] (Scots Gaelic form of [name]Joan[/name])
[name]Anwen[/name] (Welsh for ‘most beautiful’)

I love [name]Anwen[/name] & [name]Merrin[/name].

Great! They are beautiful names and would work well with your other children. They are very uncommon but just wonderful to say.

and ideas on how to get the hubby to drop “gray” as the middle name?

Not so sure it works:

[name]Seren[/name] [name]Gray[/name]
[name]Anwen[/name] [name]Gray[/name]
[name]Merrin[/name] [name]Gray[/name]
[name]Carys[/name] [name]Gray[/name]
[name]Everly[/name] [name]Gray[/name]
[name]Aria[/name] [name]Gray[/name]
[name]Quinn[/name] [name]Gray[/name]
[name]Briar[/name] [name]Gray[/name]
[name]Arden[/name] [name]Gray[/name]
[name]Wren[/name] [name]Gray[/name]
[name]Sloane[/name] [name]Gray[/name]

blah… not sure I like any of those combos. He just sent me a message that he likes [name]Anya[/name] [name]Gray[/name]???

I like [name]Aria[/name] [name]Gray[/name]. I think that is a gorgeous combination.

What about (sorry for any repeats):
[name]Hadley[/name] [name]Gray[/name]
[name]Blair[/name] [name]Gray[/name]
[name]Harlow[/name] [name]Gray[/name]
[name]Blythe[/name] [name]Gray[/name]
[name]Jessamine[/name] [name]Gray[/name]

Why do you think he favors it so strongly? What kind of middle would you prefer?

I think it works with the 2-syllable names, but only those stressed on the first syllable. [name]Anwen[/name], [name]Seren[/name], [name]Merrin[/name], [name]Carys[/name], [name]Everly[/name], [name]Aria[/name], [name]Arden[/name] all work, whereas [name]Quinn[/name], [name]Briar[/name] (too many Rs), [name]Wren[/name] and [name]Sloane[/name] do not. [name]Anya[/name] does too.

He favors it “just because” lol. I want a feminine middle name. Many of the first names above are not intuitively “female”. While adore strong names for girls, I find them best paired with a more feminine or softer middle name.