I am scheduled to deliver my boy/girl twins in less than 48 hours. DH and I have chosen the name [name_u]Grady[/name_u] for the boy but cannot agree on a girl name to save our lives.
At one point, we were both in love with the name [name_f]Emmy[/name_f]. However, I have moved on from the name and he has not. I mean, he is in looove with the name. However I’m afraid it might not carry into adulthood as a “grownup” or “real” name and worry it could hinder her down the road, though with changes in naming trends maybe I’m more concerned about that than I should be? I also dislike how close it is to the #1 most common name of [name_f]Emma[/name_f], which is beautiful but entirely too popular for my taste, along with the other “[name_f]Em[/name_f]” makes that are so popular right now and I can only assume will result in many Emmys in practice if not on birth certificates. Some may suggest an “[name_f]Em[/name_f]” name that could be shortened to [name_f]Emmy[/name_f] but our preference is to name our children exactly what they will go by, plus I’m not in love with any of the [name_f]Em[/name_f] names I’ve come across. The “[name_f]Em[/name_f]” trend is just rubbing me the wrong way at this point.
Another name we both really like and had all but settled on at one point is [name_f]Kyla[/name_f]. However, I got cold feet on the name recently as I started realizing how often she would be called [name_f]Kayla[/name_f] which I’m afraid would drive me nuts. Also, even though [name_f]Kyla[/name_f] has never been a popular name, I fear the name would “feel” dated down the road right along with the name [name_f]Kayla[/name_f] (another reason I try to avoid popular or trendy names, so when my kids are older people won’t say “oh ok so he/she must have been born in ____ decade.”) So that started to scare me away from [name_f]Kyla[/name_f] at which point my husband leapt back in with his [name_f]Emmy[/name_f] obsession. Maybe I was too quick to move away from [name_f]Kyla[/name_f]? (We also considered [name_f]Isla[/name_f] but I know the pronunciation will be butchered and it’s gotten too trendy, and we considered [name_f]Lyla[/name_f] but it’s too similar to our older daughter’s name and has also gotten a little trendy.)
Another name we both adore but have moved away from is [name_f]Elle[/name_f]. We both love he simplicity, beauty, and “chic-ness” of it, but I’ve started to feel it seems a bit “chopped off” and easily misheard (“what was that?”), and I’m also convinced it will be pronounced [name_f]Ellie[/name_f] all the time which bothers me.
As a last minute alternative, I’ve thrown out the name [name_u]Raven[/name_u] which I love (I think, unless it’s my desperation talking), as it’s a combination of my name and DH ([name_f]Rachel[/name_f] and [name_m]Steven[/name_m]), pretty yet strong, easy to spell/pronounce, and uncommon but not too weird. DH is open to it as a middle name (i.e. [name_f]Emmy[/name_f] [name_u]Raven[/name_u]) but doesn’t care for it as a first name at this point unless I’m able to talk him into it. We do all have dark hair so it would probably “fit.”
I feel like we need to go back to the drawing board but I’m now on my third time through the baby name book and constantly searching for names online so I’m getting a little hopeless that I will find anything new we have overlooked. Any suggestions on names or where I might draw inspiration? :-?
Or am I being overly concerned about the name [name_f]Emmy[/name_f] since I can’t come up with anything better and should I just go with it since I do at least like the sound of it and my husband adores it so much? [name_f]Emmy[/name_f] [name_u]Raven[/name_u]? (Originally it was [name_f]Emmy[/name_f] [name_u]Rae[/name_u] but I fear [name_u]Rae[/name_u] doesn’t give her enough of a name to fall back on if she one day decides [name_f]Emmy[/name_f] is too juvenile.) If we do go with [name_f]Emmy[/name_f], any suggestions on whether [name_f]Emmy[/name_f] or [name_f]Emmie[/name_f] feel like more of a “complete” name/less nicknames? Some may suggest [name_f]Emme[/name_f] which looks nice but I could not handle her name being read as “[name_f]Em[/name_f]” all the time.
If it helps, in addition to her twin brother [name_u]Grady[/name_u] will be older siblings [name_u]Dallas[/name_u] and Lahna. Help!!
