Brother or sister for Gwendolyn, Conrad, Luther and Truman

Hello! I am 38.5 weeks and we don’t know gender. Names have been very hard this time around, and I feel like I’ve researched all avenues and nothing new is sticking out at me. I would love a name not starting in a G, C, L or T and it needs to have a solid meaning. I love that our boy names are easy to spell and say (people struggle with spelling [name_f]Gwendolyn[/name_f].) They’re different but not too weird. (I hope.)

I would love your ideas and feedback.

BOY: So far our strongest boy contender is [name_m]Evander[/name_m] [name_m]Gregory[/name_m] because it would honor both of our dads. I do worry that people will say it incorrectly…is it E-vander or eh-[name_m]Vander[/name_m]. I’m not even sure I really know, although my dad’s middle name is [name_m]Evans[/name_m] so if it’s after him, than perhaps it really should be eh-[name_m]Vander[/name_m]. Does it fit with the other names? Does it sound vintage enough?

GIRL: we can’t agree on anything. I love [name_f]Helena[/name_f] but would want it pronounced [name_f]Helen[/name_f]-uh. My Grandma was [name_f]Helen[/name_f]. My husband isn’t as keen on [name_f]Helena[/name_f] unfortunately. We’ve also talked about [name_f]Juliet[/name_f] and [name_f]Estelle[/name_f]. Thoughts? I like the [name_f]Juliette[/name_f] spelling but my husband prefers [name_f]Juliet[/name_f]. If we did [name_f]Juliet[/name_f], it’s definitely more common than I’d prefer, but it fits the bill and goes nicely I think.

Help please!

I’m Greek so I can tell you that [name_m]Evander[/name_m] would be closer to EH-van-der. I love it! And I think it works perfectly with his siblings’ names. [name_f]Helena[/name_f], [name_f]Juliet[/name_f] (I prefer this spelling) and [name_f]Estelle[/name_f] are also lovely, my favorite is [name_f]Estelle[/name_f].
I’m almost definitely going to forget the no-same-initials rule but:
[name_f]Annora[/name_f]
[name_f]Anneliese[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f]
[name_f]Astoria[/name_f]
[name_f]Adele[/name_f]
[name_f]Augusta[/name_f]
[name_f]Bridget[/name_f]
[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f]/[name_f]Beatrix[/name_f]
[name_f]Clementine[/name_f]
[name_f]Constance[/name_f]
[name_f]Cosette[/name_f]
[name_f]Cecelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Cecily[/name_f]
[name_f]Cordelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Dahlia[/name_f]
[name_f]Dorothy[/name_f]/[name_f]Dorothea[/name_f]
[name_f]Daphne[/name_f]
[name_f]Delphine[/name_f]
[name_f]Estella[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleonora[/name_f]
[name_f]Emmeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Evangeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Flora[/name_f]
[name_f]Florence[/name_f]
[name_f]Felicity[/name_f]
[name_f]Francesca[/name_f]
[name_f]Frances[/name_f]
[name_f]Greta[/name_f]
[name_f]Georgia[/name_f]/[name_f]Georgiana[/name_f]
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f]
[name_f]Guinevere[/name_f]
[name_f]Harriet[/name_f]
[name_f]Henrietta[/name_f]
[name_f]Isadora[/name_f]
[name_f]Imogen[/name_f]
[name_u]Indigo[/name_u]
[name_f]Ida[/name_f]
[name_u]Juniper[/name_u]
[name_f]Louisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Lorelei[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucinda[/name_f]
[name_f]Lenore[/name_f]/[name_f]Leonora[/name_f]
[name_f]Leonie[/name_f]
[name_f]Leontine[/name_f]
[name_f]Mabel[/name_f]
[name_f]Magnolia[/name_f]
[name_f]Marigold[/name_f]
[name_f]Millie[/name_f]/[name_f]Millicent[/name_f]
[name_f]Maxine[/name_f]
[name_f]Mallory[/name_f]
[name_f]Margot[/name_f]
[name_f]Marguerite[/name_f]
[name_f]Mira[/name_f]
[name_f]Matilda[/name_f]
[name_f]Odette[/name_f]
[name_f]Ophelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Olympia[/name_f]
[name_f]Ottoline[/name_f]
[name_f]Ottilie[/name_f]
[name_f]Phoebe[/name_f]
[name_f]Paulina[/name_f]
[name_f]Phillipa[/name_f]
[name_f]Pandora[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosalind[/name_f]/[name_f]Rosamund[/name_f]/[name_f]Rosemary[/name_f]
[name_f]Roxanne[/name_f]
[name_f]Romilly[/name_f]
[name_f]Rowena[/name_f]
[name_f]Ramona[/name_f]
[name_f]Susannah[/name_f]
[name_f]Seraphine[/name_f]/[name_f]Seraphina[/name_f]
[name_f]Sybil[/name_f]
[name_f]Sabine[/name_f]
[name_f]Sabrina[/name_f]
[name_f]Sylvia[/name_f]/[name_f]Sylvie[/name_f]
[name_u]Simone[/name_u]
[name_f]Theodora[/name_f]
[name_f]Thalia[/name_f]
[name_f]Vera[/name_f]
[name_f]Veronica[/name_f]
[name_u]Valentine[/name_u]
[name_f]Viola[/name_f]
[name_f]Winona[/name_f]

[name_m]Angus[/name_m]
[name_m]Alfred[/name_m]
[name_u]August[/name_u]
[name_m]Atticus[/name_m]
[name_m]Amos[/name_m]
[name_m]Amias[/name_m]
[name_m]Archer[/name_m]
[name_m]Alban[/name_m]
[name_m]Abel[/name_m]
[name_u]Amory[/name_u]
Arben
[name_u]Beau[/name_u]
[name_m]Beckett[/name_m]
[name_u]Barrett[/name_u]
[name_m]Cyrus[/name_m]
[name_m]Cyprian[/name_m]
[name_f]Cypress[/name_f]
[name_m]Callahan[/name_m]
[name_m]Cormac[/name_m]
[name_u]Constantine[/name_u]
[name_m]Clayton[/name_m]
[name_m]Casper[/name_m]
[name_m]Caspian[/name_m]
[name_m]Cecil[/name_m]
[name_u]Campbell[/name_u]
[name_m]Clement[/name_m]
[name_u]Dexter[/name_u]
[name_m]Dashiell[/name_m]
[name_m]Duncan[/name_m]
[name_u]Dorian[/name_u]
[name_m]Desmond[/name_m]
[name_m]Davis[/name_m]
[name_m]Damien[/name_m]
[name_u]Ellis[/name_u]
[name_m]Edmund[/name_m]/[name_m]Edgar[/name_m]/[name_m]Edwin[/name_m]/[name_m]Edison[/name_m]
[name_m]Fraser[/name_m]
[name_u]Francis[/name_u]
[name_m]Ferris[/name_m]
[name_u]Flynn[/name_u]
[name_m]Finnegan[/name_m]
[name_m]Garrett[/name_m]
[name_m]Gideon[/name_m]
[name_m]Griffin[/name_m]
[name_m]Hugo[/name_m]
[name_m]Holden[/name_m]
[name_m]Hamish[/name_m]
[name_u]Ira[/name_u]
[name_m]Joel[/name_m]
[name_m]Judah[/name_m]
[name_m]Linus[/name_m]
[name_u]Luca[/name_u]
[name_m]Lucian[/name_m]
[name_u]Lennon[/name_u]
[name_u]Lawrence[/name_u]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m]
[name_u]Lionel[/name_u]
[name_m]Louis[/name_m]
[name_m]Leon[/name_m]
[name_m]Laurent[/name_m]
[name_m]Leander[/name_m]
[name_m]Lorcan[/name_m]
[name_u]Linden[/name_u]
[name_m]Matthias[/name_m]
[name_u]Maxime[/name_u]
[name_u]Noel[/name_u]
[name_m]Phillip[/name_m]
[name_u]Percy[/name_u]/[name_m]Percival[/name_m]
[name_m]Phineas[/name_m]
[name_u]Rex[/name_u]
[name_m]Reuben[/name_m]
[name_m]Ronan[/name_m]
[name_m]Rupert[/name_m]
[name_m]Roland[/name_m]
[name_m]Rafferty[/name_m]
[name_m]Raphael[/name_m]
[name_m]Seamus[/name_m]
[name_m]Soren[/name_m]
[name_m]Stellan[/name_m]
[name_u]Spencer[/name_u]
[name_u]Sullivan[/name_u]
[name_m]Tobias[/name_m]
[name_m]Victor[/name_m]
[name_m]Vincent[/name_m]
[name_u]Valentine[/name_u]
[name_m]Wilder[/name_m]
[name_m]Walter[/name_m]
[name_m]Zane[/name_m]

Your choices are nice.

I like [name_m]Evander[/name_m] [name_m]Gregory[/name_m], I would pronounce it E-vander. But people will pronounce it however you tell them it’s pronounced, I wouldn’t worry about that too much.

And what about [name_f]Juliet[/name_f] [name_f]Helena[/name_f]?

Your sibset is fantastic!! I feel like [name_m]Evander[/name_m] (eh-vander) [name_m]Gregory[/name_m] fits quite well. Perhaps [name_f]Juliet[/name_f] [name_f]Helena[/name_f]??

Other ideas

[name_m]Conrad[/name_m], [name_m]Truman[/name_m], [name_m]Luther[/name_m], [name_f]Gwendolyn[/name_f], & ________:

B:
[name_u]Lionel[/name_u] [name_m]Evander[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Gregory[/name_m]
[name_m]Franklin[/name_m] [name_m]Gregory[/name_m]
[name_m]Osiris[/name_m] [name_m]Gregory[/name_m] “[name_m]Ozzy[/name_m]”
[name_m]Malcom[/name_m] [name_m]Evander[/name_m]
[name_m]Hoyt[/name_m] [name_m]Gregory[/name_m]
[name_u]Jensen[/name_u] [name_m]Evander[/name_m]
[name_m]Bronson[/name_m] [name_m]Gregory[/name_m]
[name_m]Reginald[/name_m] [name_m]Evander[/name_m]
[name_m]Crispin[/name_m] [name_m]Gregory[/name_m] “[name_m]Kip[/name_m]”
[name_m]Terrence[/name_m] [name_m]Evander[/name_m] “[name_u]Tate[/name_u]”
[name_m]Thatcher[/name_m] Gregort
[name_u]Lawrence[/name_u] [name_m]Evander[/name_m] “[name_m]Lars[/name_m]”
[name_m]Warren[/name_m]/[name_u]Darren[/name_u] [name_m]Gregory[/name_m]
[name_m]Duncan[/name_m] [name_m]Evander[/name_m]
[name_m]Harvey[/name_m] [name_m]Evans[/name_m]
[name_m]Harold[/name_m] [name_m]Evander[/name_m]
[name_m]Hamish[/name_m] [name_m]Gregory[/name_m]
[name_m]Edsel[/name_m] [name_m]Gregory[/name_m]
[name_m]Errol[/name_m] [name_m]Evander[/name_m]
[name_m]Emile[/name_m] [name_m]Gregory[/name_m]
[name_m]Cecil[/name_m] [name_m]Evander[/name_m]
[name_m]Felix[/name_m] [name_m]Gregory[/name_m]
[name_m]Vaughn[/name_m] [name_m]Gregory[/name_m]
[name_m]Stellan[/name_m] [name_m]Evander[/name_m]
[name_u]Sutton[/name_u] [name_m]Gregory[/name_m]
[name_m]Magnus[/name_m] [name_m]Evander[/name_m] “[name_u]Gus[/name_u]”

G:

[name_f]Blythe[/name_f]
[name_f]Selah[/name_f]
[name_f]Vera[/name_f]
[name_f]Magnolia[/name_f]
[name_f]Zelda[/name_f]
[name_f]Uma[/name_f]
[name_f]Lula[/name_f]
[name_f]Della[/name_f]
[name_f]Etta[/name_f]
[name_f]Cordelia[/name_f]/[name_f]Delia[/name_f]
[name_f]Talia[/name_f]
[name_f]Lorelei[/name_f]
[name_f]Calista[/name_f] “[name_f]Calla[/name_f]”
[name_f]Siena[/name_f]
[name_f]Octavia[/name_f]
[name_f]Danica[/name_f]/[name_f]Annika[/name_f]
[name_f]Felicity[/name_f]
[name_f]Dahlia[/name_f]
[name_f]Daphne[/name_f]
[name_f]Ramona[/name_f] “[name_u]Romy[/name_u]”
[name_f]Isadora[/name_f]
[name_f]Leona[/name_f]
[name_f]Temperance[/name_f]
[name_f]Emmeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Evangeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Aurora[/name_f]
[name_f]Serafina[/name_f]
[name_f]Calliope[/name_f]
[name_f]Arabella[/name_f]
[name_f]Eudora[/name_f] “[name_f]Edie[/name_f]”
[name_f]Tallulah[/name_f] “[name_f]Lula[/name_f]”
[name_f]Francesca[/name_f]
[name_f]Anastasia[/name_f] “[name_f]Anya[/name_f]”
[name_f]Persephone[/name_f]
[name_f]Athena[/name_f]
[name_f]Odette[/name_f]
[name_f]Odessa[/name_f]
[name_f]Romilly[/name_f]
[name_f]Theodora[/name_f]
[name_u]Eloise[/name_u]
[name_f]Viola[/name_f]
[name_f]Althea[/name_f]
[name_f]Bianca[/name_f]
[name_f]Lorraine[/name_f]
[name_f]Priscilla[/name_f]
[name_f]Elena[/name_f]

I love the [name_f]Juliet[/name_f] spelling. It goes great with your other kids. Congratulations!

[name_m]Evander[/name_m] is great with the sibling names. Your options for girls are lovely, but I like [name_f]Estelle[/name_f] is least likely to create issues with spelling or pronunciation. Other ideas:
[name_f]Alina[/name_f]
[name_f]Elaine[/name_f]
[name_f]Elowen[/name_f]
[name_f]Elodie[/name_f]
[name_u]Eloise[/name_u]
[name_f]Heloise[/name_f]
[name_f]Delia[/name_f]
[name_f]Adele[/name_f]
[name_f]Adela[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f]
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Emmeline[/name_f]

Thank you to everyone who replied. We had a boy on [name_u]December[/name_u] 30th. We need to legally make our name decision tomorrow and we just can not commit.

Our other kids are [name_f]Gwendolyn[/name_f], [name_m]Conrad[/name_m], [name_m]Luther[/name_m] and [name_m]Truman[/name_m]. We love vintage/classic with great meaning.

Thoughts?

[name_m]Evander[/name_m] [name_m]Gregory[/name_m] “[name_u]Van[/name_u]”
[name_m]Edmund[/name_m] [name_m]Gregory[/name_m] (unfortunately we’re not a fan of [name_m]Ed[/name_m] or [name_m]Eddie[/name_m]. Any other possible nicknames?)

I think Ted, [name_m]Ned[/name_m], and [name_m]Mundo[/name_m] could work as nicknames for [name_m]Edmund[/name_m], but I quite like both of your options. Congratulations!