Back to the drawing board!

I’m very early into my pregnancy and today I came down sick with a fever - uggh! So my husband and I have been toying with names over the past few weeks. We got to see the heartbeat yesterday (yay!) so we’re feeling more confident this little nugget is going to stick :slight_smile:

With that in mind, I want to start fresh looking at names. I don’t know that I have a particular style. I can show you some of the names I was tossing around when we played this game with my last two babies.

Three years ago I was in love with the name [name_f]Isla[/name_f]. Now I just feel like I’m over it. It looks like a beautiful, classic name but it’s fallen out of favor with me. Other girl names at that time I liked were [name_f]Stella[/name_f], [name_u]Leighton[/name_u], [name_f]Olivia[/name_f] (nn. [name_f]Liv[/name_f]), [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] (nn. [name_u]Charlie[/name_u]) - and you can see what’s happened there with the popularity of those last two names. Boys I really struggled with and we ended up naming our first Kell@n [name_m]Christopher[/name_m] (mn for my FIL). He’s totally a [name_m]Kellan[/name_m].

Last year when we found out we were having another boy, I was completely set on the name [name_u]Rhys[/name_u]. In fact, my husband, who didn’t like the name at first, ended up falling in love with it over time. We were set…and then about 3-4 weeks before he was born I started having second thoughts. [name_m]Gavin[/name_m] came into the picture and ultimately we went with G@vin [name_u]Rhys[/name_u] (which I love - I think it sounds great as a combo).

As you can see I ended up with two boys with first names that end in -n. I’d actually like to break out of that cycle, especially with boy names. For girls, I am completely hooked on the name [name_f]Wren[/name_f] and I pretty much convinced myself that will the middle name if this is a girl. [name_f]Sonja[/name_f] [name_f]Wren[/name_f] has been at the forefront of my mind but, as much as I love it, I wonder if I’m going to go down the same path as last time and change my mind towards the end.

Other girl names that I like:
[name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] (nn. [name_f]Emme[/name_f])
[name_f]Cadence[/name_f] (nn. [name_f]Cady[/name_f])
[name_f]Penelope[/name_f]
[name_u]Rowan[/name_u]
[name_f]Phillipa[/name_f] (nn. [name_f]Pippa[/name_f]) - could I get away with this one in the US?

Something that could be interesting to me would be finding a way to include the name [name_f]Carrie[/name_f] somehow. [name_m]Even[/name_m] some variation of it would be of interest to me. I had a cousin that I adored growing up by this name that died of leukemia when I was very young. I would love to honor her in some way.

Other than that, I only have two restrictions - no ‘color’ names and no -aiden/-ayden names. Let’s play :slight_smile:

First of all, congrats. [name_f]Love[/name_f] the boy’s names. From the particular list you posted, my favorite would have to be [name_u]Rowan[/name_u]. There’s just something about it that appeals to me, and has for 2 years or so now. Although [name_u]Rowan[/name_u] [name_f]Wren[/name_f] is a bit much in a name. [name_f]May[/name_f] I suggest some?

[name_f]Isabelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Sabrina[/name_f]
[name_f]Calliope[/name_f]
[name_f]Bridget[/name_f]
[name_f]Melody[/name_f]
[name_f]Caroline[/name_f]
[name_f]Diana[/name_f]

[name_f]Hope[/name_f] I helped. :slight_smile:

Wow! There’s a lot there!

[name_f]Carys[/name_f] or [name_f]Caroline[/name_f] are pretty good Carries and I will say, however unpopular the opinion, I like [name_u]Cary[/name_u] for a boy’s middle.

Some girls choices that might fit if [name_f]Sonia[/name_f] [name_f]Wren[/name_f] doesn’t work out (though it is sweet) might be:
[name_f]Molly[/name_f] [name_f]Jane[/name_f]
[name_f]Livia[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f]
[name_u]Harper[/name_u] [name_f]Eve[/name_f]
[name_f]Ella[/name_f] [name_u]Meredith[/name_u]

Boys:
[name_m]Aldo[/name_m] [name_m]Jackson[/name_m]
[name_m]Caspar[/name_m] [name_m]Samuel[/name_m]
[name_m]Rocco[/name_m] [name_u]Finn[/name_u]
[name_m]Eli[/name_m] [name_u]Rowan[/name_u]
[name_m]Basil[/name_m] [name_m]Huck[/name_m]

[name_f]Love[/name_f] the middle name [name_f]Wren[/name_f]! Any of your first name choices would go really well with it. My personal favourites are [name_f]Penelope[/name_f] and [name_f]Phillipa[/name_f].

Some suggestions (sorry for any repeats):
[name_f]Eliza[/name_f] [name_f]Wren[/name_f]
[name_u]Cassidy[/name_u] [name_f]Wren[/name_f]
[name_f]Amelia[/name_f] [name_f]Wren[/name_f]
[name_f]Camilla[/name_f] [name_f]Wren[/name_f]
[name_f]Layla[/name_f] [name_f]Wren[/name_f]
[name_f]Isabelle[/name_f] [name_f]Wren[/name_f]
[name_f]Felicity[/name_f] [name_f]Wren[/name_f]
[name_f]Caroline[/name_f]/[name_f]Carolina[/name_f] [name_f]Wren[/name_f] (for [name_f]Carrie[/name_f])
[name_f]Ophelia[/name_f] [name_f]Wren[/name_f]
[name_f]Annabel[/name_f] [name_f]Wren[/name_f]

[name_m]Edward[/name_m]
[name_m]Brock[/name_m]
[name_m]Caleb[/name_m]
[name_m]Gabriel[/name_m]
[name_m]Wyatt[/name_m]
[name_u]Sawyer[/name_u]
[name_m]Jasper[/name_m]
[name_u]Seth[/name_u]
[name_m]Theodore[/name_m]
[name_m]Isaac[/name_m]
[name_u]Emmett[/name_u]

I had so many more names for the boys but so many had the -n ending! Out of the girls I think [name_f]Eliza[/name_f] compliments your sibset really well.
Out of the boy names I really like [name_u]Sawyer[/name_u]!

Also, to honour [name_f]Carrie[/name_f], [name_f]Carys[/name_f] is one of my favourite names. You should consider it :slight_smile:

Good luck!

[name_f]Carys[/name_f] is definitely a contender now! Thank you for the suggestion. [name_m]Just[/name_m] to confirm I’m pronouncing it correctly, is it Care-iss?