I need advice I’m pregnant with our second boy and having a hard time deciding on his name. I’m going back and forth between [name_u]Ellis[/name_u] and [name_u]Everett[/name_u]. It’s difficult naming a second kid! Our first is [name_u]Finn[/name_u] and his name was so easy because I’ve always loved it, it’s been a bit harder this time around.
I think the front runner is [name_u]Ellis[/name_u]. I love the way it sounds, that it’s Welsh and has a cool meaning, and it seems like a good name for [name_u]Finn[/name_u]'s brother ([name_u]Finn[/name_u] and [name_u]Ellis[/name_u]!).
I love [name_u]Everett[/name_u] too, it’s a handsome wintery name to me (and baby is due this winter) but it’s a bit popular and I can’t tell if it’s going to stay where it is or if it’s going to hit maximum density. I start to hate names when I hear them too many times at the playground because I’m a huge weird name snob.
So [name_u]Ellis[/name_u] feels a bit cooler and fresher. And [name_u]Finn[/name_u] & [name_u]Ellis[/name_u] sound so great together. But then I worry a bit about the girl name thing. It’s such a huge trend right now for girls to get masculine names. Where I’m from (the Southern US) I’ve only ever heard [name_u]Ellis[/name_u] used as a girl’s name. Where I currently live (Northern US) I’ve only heard it on boys, and where we’re moving before baby is born (west coast) it’s hardly used at all- like maybe 18 born in the state- so I feel like [name_u]Ellis[/name_u] would be the only one in his class, and possibly/probably his school.
[name_u]Ellis[/name_u] is still trending for the guys and just on its own, [name_u]Ellis[/name_u] reads all dude to me. I also think it’s adorable on a girl. It seems to be one of those rare names that really does work for either gender, maybe because it’s so similar to either [name_u]Elias[/name_u] or [name_f]Alice[/name_f]. Which is kind of cool. But I still think of [name_u]Ellis[/name_u] as a masculine name, if that makes sense?
The [name_u]Ellis[/name_u]/[name_u]Everett[/name_u] thing is tough. [name_u]Finn[/name_u] was easy because I’ve always loved that name. Boy names are so hard! At least I don’t have to decide for quite a while.
Any thoughts berries? I’ve also thought about going with [name_u]Ellis[/name_u] [name_u]Everett[/name_u] if I can’t decide Other name ideas for [name_u]Ellis[/name_u] are [name_u]Ellis[/name_u] [name_m]Graham[/name_m] and [name_u]Ellis[/name_u] [name_m]Andrew[/name_m]