My now fiance and I became engaged over the past week. Up until now he has basically barely tolerated me talking about names (which being the language and word nerd that I am, I always do). Now that we are engaged however he has no excuse, and I am allowed to toss ideas back and forth all I like. So I thought I would put my current top 5 for each gender out there and get some opinions
Middle names are all family names and our last name will be 4 letters, one syllable, starting with ‘B’ ending in a ‘K’ sound.
I love all my boy names…but feel blah about my girl names. What do you think?
Boys:
[name]Luca[/name] [name]Adam[/name]
[name]Elijah[/name] [name]Adam[/name]
[name]Sullivan[/name] [name]Webster[/name]
[name]Ian[/name] [name]Ray[/name] (after each of our maternal grandfathers)
[name]Aubrey[/name] [name]Webster[/name] OR [name]Avery[/name] [name]Webster[/name]
Girls:
[name]Beth[/name] [name]Frances[/name] OR [name]Beth[/name] [name]Hilary[/name]
[name]Maeve[/name] [name]Frances[/name] OR [name]Maeve[/name] [name]Hilary[/name]
[name]Liza[/name] [name]Mae[/name]
[name]Hazel[/name] [name]Mae[/name]
[name]Dorothy[/name] [name]Mae[/name] ([name]Dorothy[/name] was the name of my great grandmother, who I am often told I am like)
[name]Audra[/name] [name]Mae[/name]
For boys, I like [name]Luca[/name] or [name]Elijah[/name] [name]Adam[/name]. [name]One[/name] of my friends actually has an [name]Elijah[/name] [name]Adam[/name] and he’s a sweet little thing. [name]Sullivan[/name] [name]Webster[/name] sounds too surname-y to me, [name]Ian[/name] [name]Ray[/name] too short, and [name]Aubrey[/name] & [name]Avery[/name], while I like them both, I feel they are both going too much to the girls’ side.
[name]Dorothy[/name] [name]Mae[/name] is my favorite of your girls, especially if it was to have the nn [name]Dottie[/name]. I also have [name]Maeve[/name] on my short list and think it goes well with [name]Luca[/name] and [name]Elijah[/name]. I, personally wouldn’t use [name]Audra[/name] as the Au sound is becoming quite common ([name]Audrey[/name], [name]Auden[/name], [name]Aurora[/name] & co) but I don’t think you can go wrong with any of your other picks.
And congratulations on the engagement. So exciting.
I think [name]Luca[/name] B–k, and [name]Ian[/name] B–k is a bit too choppy. [name]Ian[/name] B–k is better in flow than [name]Luca[/name] B–k, though.
I like [name]Audra[/name] [name]Mae[/name], but prefer [name]Audra[/name] [name]May[/name].
Our name styles are radically different so I can’t really suggest anything, or comment too much on them.
So glad someone agrees with me on [name]Webster[/name] for a fn! Unfortunately, my future hubby will never ever agree, even though it is his middle name!
I like all your boys names except [name]Ian[/name] [name]Ray[/name] & & [name]Aubrey[/name] for a boy. I’m for [name]Avery[/name] as being unisex but I think ALL girl when I hear [name]Aubrey[/name]…I’m sorry.
My favorite boy’s name for you is definitely [name]Sullivan[/name] [name]Webster[/name], it sounds so cool & [name]Luca[/name] [name]Adam[/name] is a close second since I’m in love with the name [name]Luca[/name].
As for girl names, the only one I like is [name]Hazel[/name]. The other names aren’t really my style.
I [name]LOVE[/name] [name]Avery[/name] and [name]Aubrey[/name] for boys (they are boy names, after all)! Also, [name]Beth[/name], [name]Hazel[/name], and [name]Dorothy[/name] are fabulous.
On your list or boys, my favorites are [name]Luca[/name], [name]Sullivan[/name] and [name]Ian[/name].
[name]Elijah[/name] is okay.
[name]Aubrey[/name] [name]Webster[/name] OR [name]Avery[/name] [name]Webster[/name] - of these, I prefer [name]Avery[/name]. I’m sure you know they are both very popular for girls, but that should not stop you. [name]Avery[/name] has also gotten more popular for boys.
Girls:
[name]Beth[/name] [name]Frances[/name] OR [name]Beth[/name] [name]Hilary[/name] - I think I prefer [name]Hilary[/name] [name]Beth[/name].
[name]Maeve[/name] [name]Frances[/name] OR [name]Maeve[/name] [name]Hilary[/name] . or [name]Hilary[/name] [name]Maeve[/name]. [name]Maeve[/name] is nice. I don’t like how it sounds with [name]Frances[/name] - the sounds run together
[name]Liza[/name] [name]Mae[/name] - cute!
[name]Hazel[/name] [name]Mae[/name] - I don’t like [name]Hazel[/name], but this is a nice combination.
[name]Dorothy[/name] [name]Mae[/name] ([name]Dorothy[/name] was the name of my great grandmother, who I am often told I am like) - good name.
[name]Audra[/name] [name]Mae[/name] - I like this one.
My favorites of the girls’ list are [name]Liza[/name] [name]Mae[/name] and [name]Audra[/name] [name]Mae[/name].
Congrats! My Dh was the same way we when we were dating!
I think [name]Luca[/name] and [name]Ian[/name] are too choppy for your last name.
I love [name]Sullivan[/name] [name]Webster[/name] and [name]Hazel[/name] [name]Mae[/name]!
Congratulations!
Really like [name]Luca[/name], [name]Elijah[/name] and [name]Aubrey[/name] from your boys’ list. [name]Beth[/name] is simple and sweet from the girls’, though not sure how it would sound with your surname. You might consider [name]Dorothea[/name] (with nn [name]Thea[/name] which I love)? I also knew siblings [name]Hazel[/name] and [name]Heather[/name], which is kinda cool. Have an irrational hatred of ‘ae’ so that rules out most of the rest. Enjoy playing with names now you have official authority
From you list I like the following names, and I didn’t really take the last name into consideration:
[name]Sullivan[/name] [name]Webster[/name] (I haven’t ever though of [name]Sullivan[/name] as a first name, but I like it! It may get shortened into Sull or [name]Sully[/name])
[name]Luca[/name] [name]Adam[/name] (I quite like the name [name]Luca[/name] and prefer it to [name]Elijah[/name])
[name]Aubrey[/name] AND [name]Avery[/name] [name]Webster[/name] (I like when boys names that have been taken over by girls (e.g. [name]Ashley[/name], [name]Kelly[/name]) are on a young person)
[name]Maeve[/name] [name]Hilary[/name] (It may be hard for her to learn to spell her first name when she’s little, but that’s hardly a deterrent for this beautiful name. And you can derive [name]Mae[/name] as a nickname from [name]Maeve[/name]. Absolutely lovely!)
[name]Hazel[/name] [name]Mae[/name] (I absolutely [name]LOVE[/name] the name [name]Hazel[/name] and am both excited and disappointed that it’s making a comeback. Excited because it’s beautiful, disappointed because I may want to use it and I don’t want my daughter to be [name]Hazel[/name] P. in school! I also love [name]Mae[/name], spelled this way. I’ve considered using it as a middle name as well!)
Congrats on your engagement! I remember the days when I had to supress my name-nerdiness. I’m glad that’s over, for both of us, now!
From your boy’s list, I quite like [name]Sullivan[/name] [name]Webster[/name]. [name]Elijah[/name] [name]Adam[/name] is nice, too, though it might be a bit TOO Biblical. [name]Love[/name] seeing [name]Avery[/name] being considered for a boy, too. I doesn’t sit right on a girl, in my opinion.
Mind if I change up your girls a bit? Because I’d love [name]Hazel[/name] [name]Frances[/name] or [name]Dorothy[/name] ([name]Dottie[/name]!) [name]Frances[/name]. Really, I just adore [name]Frances[/name] [name]Mae[/name] is adorable, but I’m hearing it a lot lately and fear it’s going to be the next big “filler” name.
