Baby is due Friday and still no name!!

So I am going to pop any minute now with our first and we have not found out the sex of the baby. The boys names were super easy to come up with…

Choices:
[name]Roman[/name] [name]Blair[/name] - his pick
[name]Sawyer[/name] [name]Blair[/name] - my pick

Girls… Eehh not so much. I can’t tell you how many names I have given him and he doesn’t like ANY. So if we have a girl it is going to be hard. I want to name her something I [name]LOVE[/name] but also something he likes too.

His choices:

[name]Claire[/name] (he loves)
[name]Nora[/name]
[name]Quinn[/name]
[name]Willow[/name]

I like [name]Claire[/name] the most out of these but I am worried that this is becoming popular. Her middle name would be [name]Mae[/name] (after my mother) and to help it flow I thought: [name]Claire[/name] [name]Evalee[/name] [name]Mae[/name]. Since I love the name [name]Evalee[/name] and together it means “pure life.” I just don’t know if I am sold on [name]Claire[/name]. There are other names I like better and I don’t want to have name regret. But I am considering the name.

Other names I am a fan of:

[name]Scarlet[/name]
[name]Elsie[/name]
[name]Rosalie[/name]
[name]Livia[/name] (he is okay with)
[name]Luka[/name]
[name]Falon[/name]
[name]Leena[/name]
[name]Honor[/name]
Romily
[name]Lux[/name]
And there has been a lot more but most all of these have been turned down.

So does anyone have any suggestions or ideas on names from our naming styles? And what do you think of the somewhat agreed upon name?

I love [name]Claire[/name]! [name]How[/name] about [name]Clara[/name] [name]Mae[/name], instead? That way her nn could be [name]Claire[/name] or even [name]Clare[/name].

Maybe [name]Clarice[/name] [name]Evalee[/name] [name]Mae[/name]?
Gets you a little more uniqueness, and better flow in my opinion.

I would actually go with [name]Liv[/name]. It’s one syllable like [name]Claire[/name] but it’s impossibly chic and is part of a name that he does like ([name]Livia[/name]).

[name]Liv[/name].

… but it’s tough to put this with [name]Mae[/name] or [name]Evalee[/name]. Darn. Loving lineska’s suggestion of [name]Clarice[/name]-- came across the spelling [name]Clarisse[/name] yesterday, thought this was pretty.

I second kyemsmas’ suggestion of [name]Clara[/name]. [name]Clara[/name] [name]Evalee[/name] [name]Mae[/name] is stunning.

  • [name]Athena[/name]

I like [name]Claire[/name] [name]Evalee[/name] [name]Mae[/name] and [name]Clara[/name] [name]Mae[/name]

I also love [name]Livia[/name] [name]Mae[/name]

You could even do something like [name]Livia[/name] [name]Mae[/name] [name]Quinn[/name] to give him more of his favorite.

[name]Roman[/name] [name]Blair[/name] - his pick
[name]Sawyer[/name] [name]Blair[/name] - my pick

Have you considered [name]Blair[/name] for a girl? Or even [name]Sawyer[/name]? [name]How[/name] about [name]Ramona[/name]?

His choices:

[name]Claire[/name] (he loves)- Pretty. Maybe [name]Clara[/name] or [name]Cara[/name]?
[name]Nora[/name]- Pretty. Maybe [name]Eleanor[/name] or [name]Honor[/name] nn [name]Nora[/name]/[name]Norah[/name]
[name]Quinn[/name]- ok. I prefer [name]Quincy[/name].
[name]Willow[/name]- ok. I prefer [name]Willa[/name] or [name]Wilhelmina[/name]

I like [name]Claire[/name] the most out of these but I am worried that this is becoming popular. Her middle name would be [name]Mae[/name] (after my mother) and to help it flow I thought: [name]Claire[/name] [name]Evalee[/name] [name]Mae[/name]. Since I love the name [name]Evalee[/name] and together it means “pure life.” I just don’t know if I am sold on [name]Claire[/name]. There are other names I like better and I don’t want to have name regret. But I am considering the name.

I am not a fan of [name]Evalee[/name] cause it’s made up looking. I like [name]Eva[/name] [name]Lee[/name], [name]Eva[/name] [name]Leigh[/name], or [name]Beverly[/name]. I don’t really like [name]Ever[/name] or [name]Everly[/name], but they are less confusing to the eye.

Other names I am a fan of:

[name]Scarlet[/name]- love this. [name]Scarlet[/name] [name]Mae[/name] is lovely
[name]Elsie[/name]- I like [name]Elsa[/name]. [name]Elsie[/name] [name]Mae[/name] is very country.
[name]Rosalie[/name]- nice, but Twilight
[name]Livia[/name] (he is okay with)- [name]Olivia[/name] is pretty. Or [name]Lavinia[/name] or [name]Lydia[/name]
[name]Luka[/name]- boyish
[name]Falon[/name]- ok
[name]Leena[/name]- prefer [name]Lena[/name] spelling
[name]Honor[/name]- pretty! And she could be [name]Nora[/name]!
Romily- ok
[name]Lux[/name]- dislike

[name]Claire[/name] [name]Mae[/name] doesn’t have the best flow. [name]Claire[/name] [name]Evalee[/name] [name]Mae[/name] has better flow, but [name]Evalee[/name] looks odd to me.
[name]Cara[/name] [name]Mae[/name] is nice
[name]Honor[/name] [name]Mae[/name] is pretty with nn [name]Nora[/name] which you like.
[name]Claire[/name] [name]Honoria[/name] [name]Mae[/name]
[name]Claire[/name] [name]Olivia[/name] [name]Mae[/name]

I think [name]Clara[/name] [name]Evalee[/name] [name]Mae[/name] would beautiful! I think just [name]Clara[/name] [name]Mae[/name] is really cute too. I think [name]Clarissa[/name] would work well too. Good luck!

sorry im with your husband on this one.love willow.mae is definately a cool middle.i do think that claire is getting too popular.
typos due to kindle

[name]IMO[/name] [name]Lux[/name] [name]Evalee[/name] [name]Mae[/name] would make a great, unique and beautiful name. [name]Evalee[/name] [name]Mae[/name] makes a great combo for MN but I think it needs something funky and not very popular (like [name]Claire[/name]) for its FN.

what about sawyer mae? i’d do that in a heartbeat if our last name didn’t end in -er.

good luck!

I really enjoyed some of the other 'berries suggestions.
I especially like [name]Eleanor[/name] ([name]Nora[/name]) [name]Mae[/name], [name]Clara[/name] ([name]Clare[/name]) [name]Mae[/name], [name]Honor[/name] ([name]Nora[/name]) [name]Mae[/name] and [name]Rosalie[/name] ([name]Rosa[/name], [name]Rosie[/name], [name]Lee[/name]) [name]Mae[/name] (despite it’s Twilightiness).