Dead end, eclectic styles, no one agrees!

My husband and I cannot agree on a girls name! Our older son is [name_u]Easton[/name_u]. We have an odd taste with a mix of classic, Southern (grandmother’s last name style), and unique but familiar. We also tend to like boyish names. I know it doesn’t work for everyone, but it does for us. Here are some names we have tossed around.

[name_u]Merritt[/name_u] *
[name_u]Ellery[/name_u] *
[name_f]Sadie[/name_f] *
[name_u]Hayden[/name_u]*
[name_f]Clara[/name_f]*
[name_u]Macrae[/name_u]*
[name_u]Elliot[/name_u]?
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_u]Seth[/name_u]
[name_u]Sutton[/name_u]
[name_u]Ryen[/name_u]*
[name_u]Logan[/name_u]*
[name_u]Lindsey[/name_u]
[name_m]Wesley[/name_m] ( too weird with [name_u]Easton[/name_u]?)
[name_f]Hazel[/name_f]

We are open to any suggestions!!!

Some ideas:
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_m]Joe[/name_m]
[name_f]Sue[/name_f]
[name_u]Billie[/name_u]
[name_u]Charlie[/name_u]
[name_f]May[/name_f]
[name_f]Ginger[/name_f]
[name_f]Phoebe[/name_f]
[name_u]Lou[/name_u]
[name_f]Thea[/name_f]
[name_u]Ruby[/name_u]
[name_u]Kay[/name_u]
[name_f]Vera[/name_f]
[name_u]Sunny[/name_u]
[name_f]Alison[/name_f]
[name_f]Bree[/name_f]
[name_f]Denise[/name_f]
[name_f]Carly[/name_f]
[name_f]Katy[/name_f]
[name_u]Leslie[/name_u]
[name_f]Jasmine[/name_f]

I love [name_f]Clara[/name_f] and [name_f]Sadie[/name_f]. [name_f]Clara[/name_f] is beautiful, elegant and, classy, whereas [name_f]Sadie[/name_f] is exotic, spunky, and loud.

I do also love [name_u]Ellery[/name_u]. [name_u]Easton[/name_u] and [name_u]Ellery[/name_u] is a lovely sibset if you don’t mind matching initials.

I love [name_u]Charlie[/name_u], but it’s our dog’s name! I do love [name_u]Ellery[/name_u]…but I’m not 100% sold yet

I’m just going to give you a wide range of suggestions.

[name_u]Adair[/name_u]
[name_f]Alba[/name_f]
[name_u]Bay[/name_u]
[name_u]Brady[/name_u]
[name_m]Bowie[/name_m]
[name_u]Carlin[/name_u]
Caitrin
[name_u]Carter[/name_u]
[name_u]Collins[/name_u]
[name_u]Connelly[/name_u]
Copeland
[name_u]Dallas[/name_u]
[name_u]Echo[/name_u]
[name_u]Ellis[/name_u]
[name_m]Farley[/name_m]
[name_u]Flannery[/name_u]
[name_f]Gaia[/name_f]
[name_u]Haven[/name_u]
[name_u]Hudson[/name_u]
Hollow
[name_f]Jovie[/name_f]
[name_u]Keegan[/name_u]
[name_u]Keely[/name_u]
[name_f]Laila[/name_f]
[name_u]Linden[/name_u]
[name_f]Lux[/name_f]
[name_m]Larsen[/name_m]
[name_f]Malia[/name_f]
[name_f]Maple[/name_f]
[name_f]Maren[/name_f]
[name_u]Murphy[/name_u]
[name_u]Oakley[/name_u]
[name_u]Parker[/name_u]
[name_u]Ripley[/name_u]
Rushes
[name_f]Sabine[/name_f]
[name_u]Sage[/name_u]
[name_u]Scout[/name_u]
[name_u]Sky[/name_u]
[name_u]Sunny[/name_u]
Sellers
[name_u]Tyler[/name_u]
[name_f]Vada[/name_f]
[name_u]Vale[/name_u]
[name_u]Wren[/name_u]
[name_u]Quincy[/name_u]

From your list I like; [name_u]Merritt[/name_u], [name_u]Ellery[/name_u], [name_f]Sadie[/name_f], [name_u]Hayden[/name_u], [name_u]Macrae[/name_u], [name_u]Elliot[/name_u], [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_u]Seth[/name_u], [name_u]Sutton[/name_u] & [name_u]Logan[/name_u].

Some suggestions…
McKay
[name_u]Quincy[/name_u]
[name_u]Ashby[/name_u]
[name_u]Hadley[/name_u]
[name_u]Sloane[/name_u]
[name_m]Berkeley[/name_m]
[name_u]Linden[/name_u]
[name_u]Ellis[/name_u]
[name_m]Harlan[/name_m]
[name_f]Wellesley[/name_f]
[name_f]Jolie[/name_f]
[name_f]Ann[/name_f] [name_u]Perry[/name_u]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_u]Reese[/name_u]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_m]Bennett[/name_m]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_u]Carson[/name_u]

[name_u]Easton[/name_u] and…

[name_f]Agnes[/name_f]
[name_u]Arden[/name_u]
[name_f]Arlet[/name_f]
[name_f]Astrid[/name_f]
[name_f]Atlee[/name_f]
[name_u]Auden[/name_u]
[name_u]August[/name_u]
[name_u]Austen[/name_u]
[name_m]Austin[/name_m]
[name_u]Avery[/name_u]
[name_u]Bayley[/name_u]/[name_u]Bailey[/name_u]
[name_u]Bellamy[/name_u]
[name_m]Bentlee[/name_m]/[name_u]Bentley[/name_u]
[name_u]Blake[/name_u]
[name_u]Bradyn[/name_u]
[name_u]Braeden[/name_u]
[name_u]Bray[/name_u]
[name_u]Brayden[/name_u]
[name_u]Bryce[/name_u]
[name_u]Camden[/name_u]
[name_m]Charleston[/name_m]
[name_m]Clarke[/name_m]
[name_u]Cody[/name_u]
Daveigh
[name_f]Dorothea[/name_f]
[name_f]Dorothy[/name_f]
[name_u]Dylan[/name_u]
[name_f]Edith[/name_f]
[name_f]Elsie[/name_f]
[name_u]Emerson[/name_u]
[name_f]Emmeline[/name_f]
[name_u]Finley[/name_u]
[name_u]Gray[/name_u]
[name_f]Hadleigh[/name_f]
[name_u]Hayden[/name_u]
[name_u]Harper[/name_u]
[name_m]Hendrix[/name_m]
[name_u]Hunter[/name_u]
[name_m]Huntlee[/name_m]
[name_f]Inez[/name_f]
[name_f]Ingrid[/name_f]
[name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_u]Jagger[/name_u]
[name_u]Jensen[/name_u]
[name_u]Joey[/name_u]
[name_u]Johnnie[/name_u]
[name_u]June[/name_u]
Kahlan
[name_u]Kayden[/name_u]
[name_u]Kiernan[/name_u]
[name_u]Kingsley[/name_u]
[name_u]Lennox[/name_u]
[name_m]Lincoln[/name_m]
Macklyn
[name_u]Max[/name_u]
[name_m]Maxwell[/name_m]
[name_u]McKinley[/name_u]
[name_u]Micah[/name_u]
[name_u]Monroe[/name_u]
[name_u]Noah[/name_u]
[name_u]Oakley[/name_u]
[name_f]October[/name_f]
[name_u]Parker[/name_u]
[name_u]Peyton[/name_u]
[name_u]Poet[/name_u]
[name_f]Posey[/name_f]
[name_u]Presley[/name_u]
[name_u]Quinn[/name_u]
[name_u]Raven[/name_u]
[name_u]Reed[/name_u]
[name_u]Reese[/name_u]
[name_u]Riley[/name_u]/[name_u]Rylee[/name_u]
[name_u]Rio[/name_u]
[name_u]Ripley[/name_u]
[name_u]River[/name_u]
[name_m]Ronan[/name_m]
[name_u]Rory[/name_u]
[name_u]Rowan[/name_u]
[name_m]Rowe[/name_m]
[name_u]Rowen[/name_u]
[name_u]Rue[/name_u]
[name_f]Rumer[/name_f]
[name_u]Ryan[/name_u]
[name_u]Sailor[/name_u]
[name_u]Sawyer[/name_u]
[name_u]Scout[/name_u]
[name_u]Scottie[/name_u]/[name_u]Scotty[/name_u]
[name_u]Shay[/name_u]
[name_u]Shane[/name_u]
[name_f]Sigrid[/name_f]
[name_u]Sky[/name_u]
[name_u]Skyler[/name_u]/[name_u]Skylar[/name_u]
[name_f]Sonnet[/name_f]
[name_u]Tate[/name_u]
[name_u]Tatum[/name_u]
[name_u]Taylor[/name_u]
[name_u]Teagan[/name_u]
[name_u]Tiernan[/name_u]
Tintin
[name_u]Tristan[/name_u]/[name_u]Tristen[/name_u]
[name_u]True[/name_u]
[name_u]Vesper[/name_u]
Weslee
[name_f]Winslet[/name_f]
[name_u]Wren[/name_u]
[name_f]Wrenley[/name_f]
[name_m]Wyatt[/name_m]
[name_u]Wylie[/name_u]

[name_u]Love[/name_u] [name_u]Collins[/name_u]! Husband doesn’t love it bc out LN ends in an S. Also, Weslee…we both love, but my husband doesn’t like [name_u]Easton[/name_u] and Weslee together! Dang husband…

Off your list:

[name_u]Ellery[/name_u]
[name_f]Sadie[/name_f]
[name_u]Sutton[/name_u]

go best with [name_u]Easton[/name_u].

Off others’ lists:

[name_u]Connelly[/name_u]
[name_u]Ellis[/name_u]
[name_u]Flannery[/name_u]
[name_u]Murphy[/name_u]
[name_u]Hadley[/name_u]
[name_u]Sloane[/name_u]
[name_u]Reese[/name_u]
[name_m]Bennett[/name_m]
[name_u]Auden[/name_u]
[name_u]August[/name_u]
[name_u]Emerson[/name_u]
[name_u]Kiernan[/name_u]
[name_m]Maxwell[/name_m]
[name_m]Ronan[/name_m]
[name_u]Ryan[/name_u]
[name_u]Sawyer[/name_u]
[name_u]Tatum[/name_u]
[name_u]Tristan[/name_u]

[name_m]How[/name_m] do you feel about [name_f]Theodora[/name_f] called [name_u]Teddy[/name_u]? I knew this very rich Southern girl named [name_u]Teddy[/name_u] growing up. The names you are picking very old money. Southern people always name their girls slightly odd boys names like [name_u]Sullivan[/name_u] or [name_u]Claude[/name_u].

[name_u]Sullivan[/name_u]
[name_f]Theodora[/name_f] called [name_u]Teddy[/name_u]
[name_m]Lanier[/name_m]
[name_u]Claude[/name_u]
[name_u]Schuyler[/name_u]
[name_m]Augustine[/name_m]
[name_m]Davis[/name_m]
[name_m]Finnegan[/name_m]
[name_m]Quinton[/name_m]
[name_m]Rainer[/name_m]
[name_m]Sagan[/name_m]
[name_u]Sterling[/name_u]

Also I love [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Alice[/name_f] for you too.

[name_u]Merritt[/name_u] sounds like a good fit for you, and works well with [name_u]Easton[/name_u]–not too masculine and doesn’t sound too similar. I know of a lovely, confident woman with this name and she wears it very well.

I also like [name_u]Ellery[/name_u], as well as the vintage girl names. I think [name_u]Logan[/name_u], [name_u]Sutton[/name_u], [name_u]Hayden[/name_u] are a bit too close to [name_u]Easton[/name_u], and [name_m]Wesley[/name_m] and [name_u]Logan[/name_u] are al boy to me.

Other thoughts:
[name_u]Hadley[/name_u]
[name_u]Lennox[/name_u]
[name_u]Sailor[/name_u]/[name_u]Saylor[/name_u]
[name_u]Riley[/name_u]
[name_u]Parker[/name_u]
[name_u]Juniper[/name_u]
[name_f]Nola[/name_f]
[name_u]Ruby[/name_u]
[name_u]Winter[/name_u]
[name_f]Maris[/name_f], [name_f]Maren[/name_f]
[name_f]Tallulah[/name_f]
[name_f]Savannah[/name_f]
[name_f]Ivy[/name_f]
[name_u]Everly[/name_u]
[name_u]Quinn[/name_u]

Good luck!

I do think [name_u]Easton[/name_u] and Weslee is a bit too much, sorry, agree with your husband.

I love [name_f]Sadie[/name_f], [name_f]Clara[/name_f], [name_f]Hazel[/name_f], and [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_u]Seth[/name_u]. [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_u]Seth[/name_u] is just amazing, hands down my favorite. [name_f]Hazel[/name_f] and [name_f]Clara[/name_f] coming in hot for second place. Obviously, I like the more typically feminine names from your list, but that is my preference and I get that it’s not necessarily something you care about. All of these feel very Southern genteel to me, and definitely not prissy, though they are sweet.

Aside from that, I’d avoid [name_u]Ellery[/name_u] and [name_u]Elliot[/name_u] because they are so similar to [name_u]Easton[/name_u] - surnames, unisex, start with E.

[name_u]Hayden[/name_u] and [name_u]Easton[/name_u] also sound really similar… same goes for [name_u]Sutton[/name_u].

[name_u]Ryan[/name_u], [name_u]Lindsey[/name_u], and [name_u]Logan[/name_u] almost seem, dare I say, boring? I feel like if you had more kids, and you had [name_u]Easton[/name_u], [name_u]Collins[/name_u], [name_u]Merritt[/name_u], and [name_u]Ryan[/name_u], [name_u]Ryan[/name_u]'s name would be a little bland. I do have a personal fondness for [name_u]Lindsey[/name_u], but only on boys, so it’s a little backwards for me to think of it on a girl.

[name_u]Merritt[/name_u], [name_u]Collins[/name_u], and [name_u]Macrae[/name_u] are okay, but they seem to me like the kind of name you use if it were a family name, you know? Not that you can’t, it just feels funny. Personally, I do like [name_u]Merritt[/name_u] a lot. I think [name_u]Macrae[/name_u] might get misspelled and mispronounced. [name_u]Collins[/name_u] is cute but it also feels close to [name_u]Easton[/name_u] when you say them aloud together.

But seriously, [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_u]Seth[/name_u], please and thanks.

Thank you all!

I really like [name_u]Merritt[/name_u], [name_u]Sutton[/name_u], [name_f]Clara[/name_f], and [name_f]Sadie[/name_f].

[name_m]How[/name_m] about [name_f]Merryn[/name_f]?

Others
[name_f]Maeve[/name_f]
Maebyn
Maebry
[name_f]Brynn[/name_f]
[name_u]Arden[/name_u]
[name_u]Aspen[/name_u]
[name_f]Arwen[/name_f]
[name_u]Sloane[/name_u]
[name_u]Auden[/name_u]
[name_u]Austen[/name_u]
[name_u]Meredith[/name_u]
[name_f]Greer[/name_f]
[name_u]Jory[/name_u]
[name_f]Deryn[/name_f]
[name_u]Ainsley[/name_u]
[name_u]Fallon[/name_u]
[name_u]Ezri[/name_u]
[name_u]Josie[/name_u]