Expecting third child, need help!

[name]Hi[/name]! This is my first time posting on nameberry, but I have been lurking around for a while. I am [name]Erica[/name], and my husband is [name]Ben[/name]. We have two children, twins, who are 3 years old. They are [name]Clark[/name] [name]Benjamin[/name] and [name]Ottilie[/name] [name]Isobel[/name] [name]Scout[/name]. We are expecting a third child in the middle of [name]November[/name] and are keeping the gender a surprise! My husband and I have the same sort of naming style, but have a lot of trouble narrowing down the names that we love.

This is our criteria… We would like our baby’s first name to be vintage and a little spunky, like our older two. Also not too popular. We would prefer if the first name sounds complete (not nick-namey), and wouldn’t be easily nicknamed. We are using family names for the middle if it is a boy, and for the first middle name if it is a girl. It is a tradition in my husbands family for girls to have two middle names, so for the second middle name we will just pick something we love!

Family names we can use:
[name]Samuel[/name]
[name]Alexander[/name]
[name]Michael[/name]
[name]Leo[/name]
[name]Adrian[/name]
[name]Parker[/name]
[name]David[/name]

[name]Elisabeth[/name]
[name]Gwendolyn[/name]
[name]Pearl[/name]
[name]Irene[/name]
[name]Madeleine[/name]
Antoinetta
[name]Patricia[/name]
[name]Joan[/name]
[name]May[/name]

Possible first names:
[name]Desmond[/name]
[name]Arlo[/name]
[name]Roland[/name]
[name]Oliver[/name]
[name]August[/name]
[name]Reid[/name]
[name]Dashiell[/name]
[name]Arthur[/name]
[name]Soren[/name]
[name]Henry[/name]
[name]Rhett[/name]
[name]Miles[/name]

[name]Lydia[/name]
[name]Mabel[/name]
[name]Olive[/name]
[name]Emmy[/name]
[name]Louisa[/name]
[name]Tessa[/name]
[name]Vera[/name]
[name]Felicity[/name]
[name]Miranda[/name]
[name]Charlotte[/name]
[name]Lena[/name]
[name]Eloise[/name]
[name]Amelia[/name]
[name]Alice[/name]
[name]Greta[/name]
[name]Nora[/name]
[name]Harriet[/name]
[name]Maeva[/name]
[name]Annabel[/name]

Second middle names:
[name]Blythe[/name]
Kateri
[name]Aspen[/name]
[name]Delphine[/name]
[name]Azure[/name]
[name]Wren[/name]
[name]Poppy[/name]
[name]Harper[/name]
[name]Tatum[/name]
[name]Juniper[/name]
[name]Lark[/name]
[name]Avalon[/name]
[name]Nellie[/name]
[name]Bellamy[/name]

Okay… looking at all this it seems really complicated! If you could help in any way - narrowing down the lists, making combinations… it would really help us! Thank you.

Oh, and I forgot to mention our last name starts with a T and is 2 syllables. We have found that it goes well with most names.

First of all, I love your childrens names! [name]Clark[/name] and [name]Ottilie[/name]… so unexpected yet perfect. Here are my favorite combos (not in any particular order). I also think they go particularly well with your children’s names.

Boy:
[name]Rhett[/name] [name]David[/name]
[name]Miles[/name] [name]Adrian[/name]
[name]Soren[/name] [name]Michael[/name]
[name]Dashiell[/name] [name]Alexander[/name]
[name]Desmond[/name] [name]Leo[/name]

Girl:
[name]Vera[/name] [name]Elisabeth[/name] [name]Lark[/name]
[name]Felicity[/name] [name]May[/name] [name]Aspen[/name]
[name]Tessa[/name] [name]Madeleine[/name] [name]Azure[/name]
[name]Greta[/name] [name]Pearl[/name] [name]Delphine[/name]
[name]Maeva[/name] [name]Gwendolyn[/name] [name]Blythe[/name]

[name]Clark[/name] [name]Ottilie[/name] and…

[name]Desmond[/name] - I don’t think this fits well, sorry.
[name]Arlo[/name] [name]David[/name], [name]Arlo[/name] [name]Michael[/name], [name]Parker[/name], all sounds good!
[name]Roland[/name] [name]Michael[/name], [name]Roland[/name] [name]Parker[/name], not as good as [name]Arlo[/name] though!
[name]Oliver[/name] - [name]Love[/name] the name but I don’t think [name]Oliver[/name] and [name]Ottilie[/name] sound goof together, sorry :slight_smile:
[name]August[/name] [name]Parker[/name], [name]August[/name] [name]Alexander[/name]
[name]Reid[/name] [name]Alexander[/name] - Thats very handsome!
[name]Dashiell[/name] - not keen on this one sorry! :slight_smile:
[name]Arthur[/name] [name]David[/name], [name]Arther[/name] [name]Leo[/name] could work well
[name]Soren[/name] [name]David[/name], [name]Soren[/name] [name]Alexander[/name] - is very nice!
[name]Henry[/name] [name]Parker[/name], [name]Henry[/name] [name]Leo[/name] both sound nice, this on isn’t as spunky or unusual as the rest, although it is very handsome and vintage!
[name]Rhett[/name] - not keen on this one sorry!
[name]Miles[/name] [name]Parker[/name], [name]Miles[/name] [name]Alexander[/name], [name]Miles[/name] [name]David[/name], I think this sounds good with all the middle names you’ve listed, I’m a big fan!

For the second middle name I’ll use the names you’ve listed :slight_smile:

[name]Lydia[/name] [name]Alice[/name] [name]Pearl[/name], [name]Lydia[/name] [name]Olive[/name] [name]May[/name]
[name]Mabel[/name] - not keen on this one, I don’t think it has the same feel as [name]Ottilie[/name] and [name]Clark[/name]
[name]Olive[/name] - [name]Ottilie[/name] and [name]Olive[/name]? Hmm, that is very cute actually! [name]Olive[/name] [name]Annabel[/name] [name]Pearl[/name] is precious!
[name]Emmy[/name] - perhaps short for something, not overly keen on nickname-y names! :slight_smile: [name]Emily[/name]? [name]Emilia[/name]?
[name]Louisa[/name] [name]Madeleine[/name] [name]Pearl[/name], [name]Louisa[/name] [name]Gwendolyn[/name] [name]May[/name]?
[name]Tessa[/name] [name]Anne[/name] [name]Pearl[/name] is gorgeous! [name]Tessa[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] [name]Alice[/name] is beautiful too!
[name]Vera[/name] [name]Eloise[/name] [name]May[/name]!
[name]Felicity[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] [name]May[/name]! Beautiful!
[name]Miranda[/name] [name]Alice[/name] [name]Pearl[/name]?
[name]Charlotte[/name] [name]Alice[/name] [name]May[/name] or [name]Charlotte[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] [name]May[/name] are both beautiful
[name]Lena[/name] Antoinetta sounds really sophisticated!
[name]Eloise[/name] [name]Harriet[/name] Antoinetta
[name]Amelia[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] [name]May[/name]
[name]Alice[/name] [name]Felicity[/name] [name]Pearl[/name]?
[name]Greta[/name] Annebel [name]Joan[/name] is very pretty too!
[name]Nora[/name] [name]Annabel[/name] [name]Pearl[/name]
[name]Harriet[/name] [name]Louisa[/name] [name]May[/name]
[name]Maeva[/name] [name]Joan[/name] [name]May[/name]
[name]Annabel[/name] [name]Elisabeth[/name] [name]May[/name]

I think all these names are absolutely gorgeous apart from the ones I’ve said otherwise, judging off your list heres some suggestions;
[name]Verity[/name]
[name]Marianna[/name]
Ellony
[name]Amelie[/name]
[name]Cleo[/name]
[name]Azalea[/name]
[name]Esther[/name]
[name]Freya[/name]
[name]Martha[/name]

Congratulations and good luck!

My favorite fns for a sibset from your list are [name]Arlo[/name], [name]Soren[/name], [name]Reid[/name], [name]Rhett[/name], and [name]Henry[/name] for a boy, and [name]Alice[/name], [name]Eloise[/name], [name]Vera[/name], [name]Amelia[/name], and [name]Miranda[/name] for a girl. Some suggestions:

[name]Clark[/name], [name]Ottilie[/name], and

[name]Arlo[/name] [name]Michael[/name]
[name]Soren[/name] [name]Alexander[/name]
[name]Reid[/name] [name]Samuel[/name]
[name]Rhett[/name] [name]Parker[/name]
[name]Henry[/name] [name]David[/name]

[name]Alice[/name] [name]Gwendolyn[/name] [name]Blythe[/name]
[name]Eloise[/name] [name]May[/name] [name]Delphine[/name]
[name]Vera[/name] [name]Madeleine[/name] Kateri
[name]Amelia[/name] [name]Pearl[/name] [name]Juniper[/name]
[name]Miranda[/name] [name]Irene[/name] [name]Lark[/name]

Some other suggestions for fns that I think would go well with your sibset are:

[name]Clark[/name], [name]Ottilie[/name] and

[name]Ward[/name], [name]Paul[/name], [name]Scott[/name], [name]George[/name], [name]Peter[/name], [name]Craig[/name], or [name]Giles[/name]

[name]Avis[/name], [name]Irene[/name], [name]Daphne[/name], [name]Helen[/name], [name]Viveca[/name], [name]Eliza[/name], or [name]Veronica[/name]

I like [name]Soren[/name] [name]Michael[/name] and [name]Soren[/name] [name]Alexander[/name] as well as [name]Rhett[/name] [name]David[/name] and [name]Rhett[/name] [name]Parker[/name]! I think those might be my top two boys names, although I do [name]LOVE[/name] [name]Arlo[/name]. [name]Do[/name] you think it clashes too much with [name]Clark[/name]?

For girls, I like [name]Vera[/name] [name]Elisabeth[/name] [name]Lark[/name], [name]Maeva[/name] [name]Gwendolyn[/name] [name]Blythe[/name], [name]Harriet[/name] [name]Louisa[/name] [name]May[/name], [name]Amelia[/name] [name]Pearl[/name] [name]Juniper[/name], and [name]Miranda[/name] [name]Irene[/name] [name]Lark[/name]. I definitely have more trouble with girls. I think my favorite might be [name]Vera[/name] but my husband loves [name]Tessa[/name] and [name]Nora[/name].

I also like the suggestions of [name]Peter[/name] and [name]Freya[/name]!

Thank you, it is refreshing to get some outsiders points of views because my naming style is a lot different from most of my friends… any more comments would be great!

Boys:
[name]Arthur[/name] [name]David[/name]
[name]Arthur[/name] [name]Leo[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Parker[/name]
[name]Roland[/name] [name]Alexander[/name]

Girls
[name]Vera[/name] [name]Elisabeth[/name] [name]Delphine[/name]
[name]Miranda[/name] [name]Irene[/name] [name]Blythe[/name]
[name]Vera[/name] [name]Gwendolyn[/name] [name]Blythe[/name]
[name]Harriet[/name] [name]May[/name] [name]Bellamy[/name] ([name]LOVE[/name], [name]Clark[/name], [name]Ottilie[/name], and [name]Harriet[/name] are perfect together)
[name]Harriet[/name] [name]Irene[/name] [name]Blythe[/name]

You have so many gorgeous names on your list. I think I’d avoid [name]Rhett[/name], with a sibling named [name]Clark[/name], I’d wonder if their parents had a bit of a [name]Clark[/name] [name]Gable[/name] fixation. I love [name]Desmond[/name], but not so much with [name]Clark[/name] and [name]Ottilie[/name]. Same with [name]Miles[/name], just feels blah alongside sibling names.

I think [name]Roland[/name] fits best with your set from the boys list. I love [name]Arlo[/name], [name]Oliver[/name] and [name]Arthur[/name], but when I say them aloud with [name]Ottilie[/name] the two names run together a bit, which makes me think of when you’re introducing them you may stumble a little at the end.

For girls, I like [name]Mabel[/name], [name]Greta[/name] and [name]Vera[/name]. I’d have gone with [name]Olive[/name], but I have the same problem there as with the vowel boys names.

What about [name]Clark[/name] [name]Benjamin[/name], [name]Ottilie[/name] [name]Isobel[/name] [name]Scout[/name] and…
[name]Henry[/name] [name]Parker[/name]
[name]Miles[/name] [name]Adrian[/name]
[name]Nora[/name] [name]Elisabeth[/name] [name]Delphine[/name] (I like the sound of [name]Harper[/name], but wondered if this would be too “To Kill A Mockingbird” with sister’s second middle [name]Scout[/name])
or
[name]Alice[/name] [name]Gwendolyn[/name] [name]Lark[/name]

[name]Araminta[/name] may lark, or [name]Beatrix[/name] [name]Joan[/name] [name]Delphine[/name]

lineska, thank you for pointing out the [name]Clark[/name] [name]Gable[/name] reference… sometimes I don’t even think about things like that when I’m focusing on the names alone! I so love [name]Rhett[/name] too…

[name]Do[/name] [name]Arthur[/name] and [name]Clark[/name] run together too much? I like [name]Roland[/name] but I’m not sold on it… I agree, [name]Miles[/name] and [name]Henry[/name] are some of our favorites, but they aren’t “enough” or something. We’re having a difficult time finding a boys name that fits well.

I [name]LOVE[/name] [name]Harriet[/name] [name]May[/name] [name]Bellamy[/name]… Would [name]Harriet[/name] be shortened to often? Then again I thought [name]Ottilie[/name] would, and it hasn’t been. [name]Nora[/name] [name]Elisabeth[/name] [name]Delphine[/name] is nice, but I’m not sure that [name]Nora[/name] is “different” enough.