Due in December! Name help?!

[honey_bee]

Hello all!

[name_f]My[/name_f] name’s [name_u]Madison[/name_u] and my husband is [name_m]Alvaro[/name_m]. We are due with our first little one this [name_u]December[/name_u]! We’re super excited and starting to discuss names. We’d love our children to have a name that is Hispanic (or able to easily pronounce in Spanish) to make sure it flows well with our extremely Hispanic last name. We like semi-unusual names, I’d say…nothing too popular, but nothing super rare either.

Here are some of our favorites so far!

Boys:
[name_u]Dexter[/name_u]
[name_m]Maximo[/name_m]
[name_m]Felix[/name_m]
[name_u]Luca[/name_u]
Dyer(family name)

Girls:
[name_f]Athena[/name_f]
[name_f]Penelope[/name_f]
[name_f]Aurora[/name_f]
[name_f]Ofelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Clementine[/name_f]
[name_u]Ripley[/name_u]

If we have a little guy, the first name will be [name_m]Alvaro[/name_m] (for hub!) but we will call him by his middle name. Also - we know [name_u]Ripley[/name_u] is very random and doesn’t fit extremely well with our other favorites, but we [name_u]LOVE[/name_u] it! We are kind of nerdy and love [name_f]Ellen[/name_f] [name_u]Ripley[/name_u] from Alien!

Any other ideas? Opinions on our current list? Any input is greatly appreciated! We’re trying to keep the name a surprise from family & friends until baby comes! Thanks for your help!

[davisellu]

Congratulations-- you’ve got some great choices here! I do think [name_u]Ripley[/name_u] is very different than the feel of the other names-- what about [name_f]Elena[/name_f] as a way to reference [name_f]Ellen[/name_f] [name_u]Ripley[/name_u]?

Because the baby will be born in [name_u]December[/name_u], what about [name_f]Stella[/name_f], [name_u]Nico[/name_u]/Nicolao, [name_m]Nazario[/name_m], [name_f]Gloria[/name_f], [name_f]Natalia[/name_f], [name_f]Noelia[/name_f], or [name_f]Nieves[/name_f]?

Some other possibilities:

[name_f]Alicia[/name_f]
[name_f]Anabel[/name_f]
[name_f]Araceli[/name_f]
[name_f]Beatriz[/name_f]
[name_f]Camila[/name_f]
[name_f]Carolina[/name_f]
[name_f]Elodia[/name_f]
[name_f]Emelina[/name_f]
[name_f]Estela[/name_f]
[name_f]Felicia[/name_f]
[name_f]Gisela[/name_f]
[name_f]Irene[/name_f]
[name_f]Leticia[/name_f]
[name_f]Luciana[/name_f]
[name_f]Luz[/name_f]
[name_f]Magdalena[/name_f]
[name_f]Marina[/name_f]
[name_f]Marisol[/name_f]
[name_f]Mirabelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Noemi[/name_f]
[name_f]Octavia[/name_f]
[name_f]Paloma[/name_f]
[name_f]Reina[/name_f]
[name_f]Roxana[/name_f]
[name_f]Silvia[/name_f]
[name_f]Therese[/name_f]
[name_f]Veronica[/name_f]
[name_f]Victoria[/name_f]
[name_f]Violeta[/name_f]
[name_f]Viviana[/name_f]

[name_m]Arturo[/name_m]
[name_m]Aurelio[/name_m]
[name_m]Conrado[/name_m]
[name_m]David[/name_m]
[name_m]Demetrio[/name_m]
[name_m]Emilio[/name_m]
[name_m]Federico[/name_m]
[name_m]Gabriel[/name_m]
[name_m]Gilberto[/name_m]
[name_m]Joaquin[/name_m]
[name_m]Lazaro[/name_m]
[name_m]Leonardo[/name_m]
[name_m]Marcelo[/name_m]
[name_m]Marcos[/name_m]
[name_m]Mauricio[/name_m]
[name_m]Orfeo[/name_m]
[name_m]Oscar[/name_m]
[name_m]Rafael[/name_m]
[name_m]Ramiro[/name_m]
[name_m]Rolando[/name_m]
[name_m]Ruben[/name_m]
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m]
[name_m]Vicente[/name_m]
[name_m]Victor[/name_m]
[name_m]Xavier[/name_m]

[honey_bee]

@davisellu

Congratulations-- you’ve got some great choices here! I do think [name_u]Ripley[/name_u] is very different than the feel of the other names-- what about [name_f]Elena[/name_f] as a way to reference [name_f]Ellen[/name_f] [name_u]Ripley[/name_u]?

Because the baby will be born in [name_u]December[/name_u], what about [name_f]Stella[/name_f], [name_u]Nico[/name_u]/Nicolao, [name_m]Nazario[/name_m], [name_f]Gloria[/name_f], [name_f]Natalia[/name_f], [name_f]Noelia[/name_f], or [name_f]Nieves[/name_f]?

Some other possibilities:

[name_f]Alicia[/name_f]
[name_f]Anabel[/name_f]
[name_f]Araceli[/name_f]
[name_f]Beatriz[/name_f]
[name_f]Camila[/name_f]
[name_f]Carolina[/name_f]
[name_f]Elodia[/name_f]
[name_f]Emelina[/name_f]
[name_f]Estela[/name_f]
[name_f]Felicia[/name_f]
[name_f]Gisela[/name_f]
[name_f]Irene[/name_f]
[name_f]Leticia[/name_f]
[name_f]Luciana[/name_f]
[name_f]Luz[/name_f]
[name_f]Magdalena[/name_f]
[name_f]Marina[/name_f]
[name_f]Marisol[/name_f]
[name_f]Mirabelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Noemi[/name_f]
[name_f]Octavia[/name_f]
[name_f]Paloma[/name_f]
[name_f]Reina[/name_f]
[name_f]Roxana[/name_f]
[name_f]Silvia[/name_f]
[name_f]Therese[/name_f]
[name_f]Veronica[/name_f]
[name_f]Victoria[/name_f]
[name_f]Violeta[/name_f]
[name_f]Viviana[/name_f]

[name_m]Arturo[/name_m]
[name_m]Aurelio[/name_m]
[name_m]Conrado[/name_m]
[name_m]David[/name_m]
[name_m]Demetrio[/name_m]
[name_m]Emilio[/name_m]
[name_m]Federico[/name_m]
[name_m]Gabriel[/name_m]
[name_m]Gilberto[/name_m]
[name_m]Joaquin[/name_m]
[name_m]Lazaro[/name_m]
[name_m]Leonardo[/name_m]
[name_m]Marcelo[/name_m]
[name_m]Marcos[/name_m]
[name_m]Mauricio[/name_m]
[name_m]Orfeo[/name_m]
[name_m]Oscar[/name_m]
[name_m]Rafael[/name_m]
[name_m]Ramiro[/name_m]
[name_m]Rolando[/name_m]
[name_m]Ruben[/name_m]
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m]
[name_m]Vicente[/name_m]
[name_m]Victor[/name_m]
[name_m]Xavier[/name_m]

Thanks for your input! We’ve talked about [name_f]Elena[/name_f] - it’s slowly growing on me…I still really love [name_u]Ripley[/name_u], but hate how it sticks out from all the other names we love!

I also really like [name_f]Natalia[/name_f], [name_f]Anabel[/name_f], [name_m]Joaquin[/name_m] (this actually used to be at the top of our boy list!), and [name_m]Leonardo[/name_m]! I’ve tried talking hubby into [name_m]Rafael[/name_m] (I think it’s great!) but he has a bad association with it and refuses. [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m] is growing on me, too.

Thanks again!

[Pseudonymous]

Boys:
[name_u]Dexter[/name_u]- I don’t feel like this would go very well with the first name, but if you love it, go for it.
[name_m]Maximo[/name_m]- Great, energetic, exotic name.
[name_m]Felix[/name_m]- Great happy go lucky name.
[name_u]Luca[/name_u]- A lovely, gentle, understated and very attractive name. It goes nicely with the first name too.
Dyer(family name)- NMS, but still a good name.

Girls:
[name_f]Athena[/name_f]- I love mythological names (my first girl will be named [name_u]Artemis[/name_u]), and this one is great.
[name_f]Penelope[/name_f]- Very pretty.
[name_f]Aurora[/name_f]- Beautiful and elegant and princessy. [name_f]Every[/name_f] little girl dreams of having this name, and it transtitions really well.
[name_f]Ofelia[/name_f]- I love this name with the original [name_f]Ophelia[/name_f] spelling, but this is still a gorgeous name.
[name_f]Clementine[/name_f]- Very pretty.
[name_u]Ripley[/name_u]- I really like this- I wouldn’t worry about how it doesn’t fit your general style- if you love it, go for it. It is not as though she will have all the names you like :), she’ll just be [name_u]Ripley[/name_u], and maybe a middle name or two.

Suggestions:
Girls: [name_f]Marina[/name_f], [name_f]Ophira[/name_f] / [name_f]Ofira[/name_f], [name_f]Althea[/name_f], [name_f]Aurelia[/name_f], [name_f]Eleni[/name_f] (eh-[name_m]LEN[/name_m]-ee), [name_f]Persephone[/name_f], [name_f]Prima[/name_f], [name_f]Perdita[/name_f], [name_f]Penina[/name_f] (pay-NEE-nah), [name_f]Pella[/name_f], [name_f]Pamela[/name_f], [name_f]Paloma[/name_f], [name_f]Pandora[/name_f], [name_f]Orella[/name_f], [name_f]Orinthia[/name_f], [name_f]Oriole[/name_f], [name_f]Orphea[/name_f], [name_f]Olympia[/name_f], [name_f]Rowena[/name_f], [name_f]Odessa[/name_f], [name_f]Odelia[/name_f], [name_f]Odette[/name_f] / [name_f]Odetta[/name_f], [name_f]Oceana[/name_f], [name_f]Obelia[/name_f], [name_f]Cressida[/name_f], [name_f]Calista[/name_f], [name_f]Calliope[/name_f], [name_f]Octavia[/name_f], [name_f]Quintina[/name_f], [name_f]Ninon[/name_f], [name_f]Nerissa[/name_f], [name_f]Thalia[/name_f], [name_f]Athalia[/name_f], [name_f]Marisol[/name_f], [name_f]Mariposa[/name_f], [name_f]Miranda[/name_f], [name_f]Pomeline[/name_f], [name_f]Apolline[/name_f], [name_f]Valentina[/name_f] / [name_u]Valentine[/name_u], [name_f]Valencia[/name_f], [name_f]Venetia[/name_f], [name_f]Meliora[/name_f], [name_f]Corisande[/name_f], [name_f]Catalina[/name_f], [name_f]Marcelle[/name_f], [name_f]Madrigal[/name_f], [name_f]Lucia[/name_f], [name_f]Luna[/name_f], [name_f]Laurel[/name_f], [name_f]Amandine[/name_f], [name_f]Liliana[/name_f], [name_f]Romilly[/name_f], [name_u]Bellamy[/name_u], [name_f]Kerensa[/name_f], [name_f]Anastasia[/name_f], [name_f]Tatiana[/name_f], [name_f]Titania[/name_f], [name_f]Allegra[/name_f], [name_f]Eliana[/name_f], [name_f]Oriana[/name_f], [name_f]Rafaela[/name_f], Mirabela / [name_f]Mirabel[/name_f], [name_f]Arabella[/name_f], [name_f]Clementina[/name_f], [name_f]Celeste[/name_f], [name_f]Hermione[/name_f], [name_f]Pilar[/name_f], [name_f]Giselle[/name_f], Ginerva, [name_f]Minerva[/name_f], [name_f]Carolina[/name_f], [name_f]Fenella[/name_f], [name_f]Evangeline[/name_f], [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f], [name_f]Delphine[/name_f], [name_f]Dorothea[/name_f], [name_f]Elara[/name_f], [name_f]Alessandra[/name_f], [name_f]Ravenna[/name_f].

Boys:
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_m]Fabian[/name_m], [name_m]Dashiell[/name_m], [name_m]Lucian[/name_m], [name_m]Alessandro[/name_m], [name_m]Crispin[/name_m], [name_m]Cassian[/name_m], [name_m]Cassiel[/name_m], [name_m]Emmanuel[/name_m], [name_m]Caspian[/name_m], [name_m]Eleazer[/name_m], [name_u]Elias[/name_u], [name_m]Abner[/name_m], [name_m]Ezra[/name_m], [name_m]Boaz[/name_m], [name_m]Beau[/name_m], [name_u]Feliz[/name_u], [name_m]Fiero[/name_m], [name_m]Finnian[/name_m], [name_m]Gabriel[/name_m], [name_m]Caspar[/name_m], [name_m]Hugo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u], [name_m]Inigo[/name_m], [name_m]Ivo[/name_m], [name_m]Maxwell[/name_m], [name_m]Maximus[/name_m], [name_u]Van[/name_u], [name_m]Josiah[/name_m], [name_m]Zebedee[/name_m], [name_m]Chester[/name_m], [name_m]Cheever[/name_m], [name_m]Clyde[/name_m], [name_u]Claude[/name_u], [name_m]Claudio[/name_m], [name_m]Lemuel[/name_m], [name_u]Lionel[/name_u], [name_m]Leon[/name_m], [name_m]Lucan[/name_m], [name_m]Lowell[/name_m], [name_m]Lysander[/name_m], [name_m]Dmitri[/name_m], [name_m]Luther[/name_m].

Congratulations and happy naming!

[honey_bee]

@nooshi

Boys:
[name_u]Dexter[/name_u]- I don’t feel like this would go very well with the first name, but if you love it, go for it.
[name_m]Maximo[/name_m]- Great, energetic, exotic name.
[name_m]Felix[/name_m]- Great happy go lucky name.
[name_u]Luca[/name_u]- A lovely, gentle, understated and very attractive name. It goes nicely with the first name too.
Dyer(family name)- NMS, but still a good name.

Girls:
[name_f]Athena[/name_f]- I love mythological names (my first girl will be named [name_u]Artemis[/name_u]), and this one is great.
[name_f]Penelope[/name_f]- Very pretty.
[name_f]Aurora[/name_f]- Beautiful and elegant and princessy. [name_f]Every[/name_f] little girl dreams of having this name, and it transtitions really well.
[name_f]Ofelia[/name_f]- I love this name with the original [name_f]Ophelia[/name_f] spelling, but this is still a gorgeous name.
[name_f]Clementine[/name_f]- Very pretty.
[name_u]Ripley[/name_u]- I really like this- I wouldn’t worry about how it doesn’t fit your general style- if you love it, go for it. It is not as though she will have all the names you like :), she’ll just be [name_u]Ripley[/name_u], and maybe a middle name or two.

Suggestions:
Girls: [name_f]Marina[/name_f], [name_f]Ophira[/name_f] / [name_f]Ofira[/name_f], [name_f]Althea[/name_f], [name_f]Aurelia[/name_f], [name_f]Eleni[/name_f] (eh-[name_m]LEN[/name_m]-ee), [name_f]Persephone[/name_f], [name_f]Prima[/name_f], [name_f]Perdita[/name_f], [name_f]Penina[/name_f] (pay-NEE-nah), [name_f]Pella[/name_f], [name_f]Pamela[/name_f], [name_f]Paloma[/name_f], [name_f]Pandora[/name_f], [name_f]Orella[/name_f], [name_f]Orinthia[/name_f], [name_f]Oriole[/name_f], [name_f]Orphea[/name_f], [name_f]Olympia[/name_f], [name_f]Rowena[/name_f], [name_f]Odessa[/name_f], [name_f]Odelia[/name_f], [name_f]Odette[/name_f] / [name_f]Odetta[/name_f], [name_f]Oceana[/name_f], [name_f]Obelia[/name_f], [name_f]Cressida[/name_f], [name_f]Calista[/name_f], [name_f]Calliope[/name_f], [name_f]Octavia[/name_f], [name_f]Quintina[/name_f], [name_f]Ninon[/name_f], [name_f]Nerissa[/name_f], [name_f]Thalia[/name_f], [name_f]Athalia[/name_f], [name_f]Marisol[/name_f], [name_f]Mariposa[/name_f], [name_f]Miranda[/name_f], [name_f]Pomeline[/name_f], [name_f]Apolline[/name_f], [name_f]Valentina[/name_f] / [name_u]Valentine[/name_u], [name_f]Valencia[/name_f], [name_f]Venetia[/name_f], [name_f]Meliora[/name_f], [name_f]Corisande[/name_f], [name_f]Catalina[/name_f], [name_f]Marcelle[/name_f], [name_f]Madrigal[/name_f], [name_f]Lucia[/name_f], [name_f]Luna[/name_f], [name_f]Laurel[/name_f], [name_f]Amandine[/name_f], [name_f]Liliana[/name_f], [name_f]Romilly[/name_f], [name_u]Bellamy[/name_u], [name_f]Kerensa[/name_f], [name_f]Anastasia[/name_f], [name_f]Tatiana[/name_f], [name_f]Titania[/name_f], [name_f]Allegra[/name_f], [name_f]Eliana[/name_f], [name_f]Oriana[/name_f], [name_f]Rafaela[/name_f], Mirabela / [name_f]Mirabel[/name_f], [name_f]Arabella[/name_f], [name_f]Clementina[/name_f], [name_f]Celeste[/name_f], [name_f]Hermione[/name_f], [name_f]Pilar[/name_f], [name_f]Giselle[/name_f], Ginerva, [name_f]Minerva[/name_f], [name_f]Carolina[/name_f], [name_f]Fenella[/name_f], [name_f]Evangeline[/name_f], [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f], [name_f]Delphine[/name_f], [name_f]Dorothea[/name_f], [name_f]Elara[/name_f], [name_f]Alessandra[/name_f], [name_f]Ravenna[/name_f].

Boys:
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_m]Fabian[/name_m], [name_m]Dashiell[/name_m], [name_m]Lucian[/name_m], [name_m]Alessandro[/name_m], [name_m]Crispin[/name_m], [name_m]Cassian[/name_m], [name_m]Cassiel[/name_m], [name_m]Emmanuel[/name_m], [name_m]Caspian[/name_m], [name_m]Eleazer[/name_m], [name_u]Elias[/name_u], [name_m]Abner[/name_m], [name_m]Ezra[/name_m], [name_m]Boaz[/name_m], [name_m]Beau[/name_m], [name_u]Feliz[/name_u], [name_m]Fiero[/name_m], [name_m]Finnian[/name_m], [name_m]Gabriel[/name_m], [name_m]Caspar[/name_m], [name_m]Hugo[/name_m], [name_u]Asa[/name_u], [name_m]Inigo[/name_m], [name_m]Ivo[/name_m], [name_m]Maxwell[/name_m], [name_m]Maximus[/name_m], [name_u]Van[/name_u], [name_m]Josiah[/name_m], [name_m]Zebedee[/name_m], [name_m]Chester[/name_m], [name_m]Cheever[/name_m], [name_m]Clyde[/name_m], [name_u]Claude[/name_u], [name_m]Claudio[/name_m], [name_m]Lemuel[/name_m], [name_u]Lionel[/name_u], [name_m]Leon[/name_m], [name_m]Lucan[/name_m], [name_m]Lowell[/name_m], [name_m]Lysander[/name_m], [name_m]Dmitri[/name_m], [name_m]Luther[/name_m].

Congratulations and happy naming!

Thanks for your input!

We’re really leaning towards [name_f]Athena[/name_f] (hub’s suggestion - I’m proud of his pick!) or [name_f]Aurora[/name_f] (I love the nn [name_u]Rory[/name_u], too.) I’m still hardcore name-crushing on [name_u]Ripley[/name_u], though. (Good thing we have until [name_u]December[/name_u]!) I forgot about [name_f]Pilar[/name_f] - I love that, too! And I love [name_f]Oriana[/name_f], but it’s one of hub’s sister’s names so we’re avoiding it…same with [name_u]Van[/name_u] - it’s my brother’s name (but spelled [name_m]Vann[/name_m].) Great suggestions - thanks!