[name]Finnegan[/name] (as in [name]Finnegan[/name]'s Wake) [name]Francis[/name] (As in F.[name]Scott[/name])… nn [name]Finn[/name] is cute
[name]Finnegan[/name] Key/[name]Lee[/name] (An F.[name]Scott[/name] mn or as in [name]Harper[/name] [name]Lee[/name])
[name]Leo[/name] [name]Easton[/name]
[name]Amis[/name] (As in [name]Martin[/name])
[name]Amis[/name] [name]Dashiell[/name]
Ooh I like [name]Kingsley[/name]. Hmm…I just don’t feel like [name]Kingsley[/name] & [name]Franklin[/name] go together. Maybe as a middle?
I think my husband and I have got the boys down…the girls not so much ugh.
Our top 3 boy names are: [name]Ellison[/name] [name]Arthur[/name] (thanks for the wonderful suggestion!), [name]Henry[/name] [name]Atticus[/name] & [name]Nathaniel[/name] [name]Ridge[/name]. We will eventually need to narrow that down lol
I really liked [name]Antonia[/name] in the context of your family-- it’s a name that’s been in use since the [name]Roman[/name] Empire, which is feminine and not unfamiliar but which is genuinely uncommon. What would you think of [name]Antonia[/name] [name]Austen[/name]?
Girls:
[name]Austen[/name] [name]Leigh[/name] - [name]Austin[/name] is being way too used as a boy name now, so I would steer clear
[name]Eleanor[/name] [name]Ruby[/name] - VERY NICE!
[name]Eliza[/name] [name]Charlotte[/name] - These don’t flow very well for me & [name]Charlotte[/name] is too popular
[name]Ella[/name] [name]Austen[/name] - I like [name]Austen[/name] better as the MN, but don’t like the A - A
[name]Charlotte[/name] [name]Austen[/name] - Again, [name]Charlotte[/name]
[name]Juliette[/name] [name]Blair[/name] - I like [name]Juliette[/name], not with [name]Blair[/name]
[name]Johanna[/name] [name]Scout[/name] - This one is great!
[name]Scarlett[/name] [name]Ophelia[/name] - LOOOOOVE both of these names, a bit clunky together
[name]Clara[/name] [name]Juliette[/name] - Like both of these names, but not together
[name]How[/name] about [name]Juliette[/name] [name]Claire[/name]? [name]Ophelia[/name] [name]Scout[/name]?
Boys:
[name]Nathaniel[/name] [name]Ridge[/name] - nice
[name]Holden[/name] [name]Ford[/name] - I like the name [name]Holden[/name]
[name]Ezra[/name] [name]Arthur[/name] - Not a fan
[name]Thomas[/name] [name]Ellison[/name] - this is ok (could also use [name]Elliot[/name] as the MN)
[name]Montgomery[/name] [name]Ellis[/name] - My 2nd pic of your choices
[name]Henry[/name] [name]Atticus[/name] - [name]Love[/name] this one!
I am trying to narrow down the girl names so I need all the help I can get.
[name]Ella[/name] [name]Austen[/name] or [name]Eliza[/name] [name]Austen[/name]?
[name]Charlotte[/name] [name]Blair[/name] or [name]Juliette[/name] [name]Blair[/name]?
[name]Scarlett[/name] [name]Austen[/name] or [name]Emma[/name] [name]Scarlett[/name]?
[name]Austen[/name] [name]Leigh[/name] - feels far too unisex in both first and middle, think one or the other needs to denote gender
[name]Eleanor[/name] [name]Ruby[/name] - Not a bad combo, though not a fan of [name]Eleanor[/name] I think it works with [name]Ruby[/name]
[name]Eliza[/name] [name]Charlotte[/name] - Nice
[name]Ella[/name] [name]Austen[/name] - Not keen on [name]Ella[/name]
[name]Charlotte[/name] [name]Austen[/name] - Ok
[name]Juliette[/name] [name]Blair[/name] - [name]Don[/name]'t like [name]Juliette[/name] and [name]Blair[/name] reminds me of [name]Tony[/name] [name]Blair[/name]
[name]Johanna[/name] [name]Scout[/name] - Prefer [name]Joanna[/name] and [name]Scout[/name] seems too nicknamey to be a middle
[name]Scarlett[/name] [name]Ophelia[/name] - Nice
[name]Clara[/name] [name]Juliette[/name] - [name]Don[/name]'t like either name
Boys:
[name]Nathaniel[/name] [name]Ridge[/name] - Handsome
[name]Holden[/name] [name]Ford[/name] - Too surnamey for my tastes
[name]Ezra[/name] [name]Arthur[/name] - Like [name]Arthur[/name], not too keen on [name]Ezra[/name], feels incomplete
[name]Thomas[/name] [name]Ellison[/name] - Nice
[name]Montgomery[/name] [name]Ellis[/name] - Seems rather pretentious to me
[name]Henry[/name] [name]Atticus[/name] - Like [name]Henry[/name], not keen on [name]Atticus[/name], I think of an attic.
[name]Ella[/name] [name]Austen[/name] or [name]Eliza[/name] [name]Austen[/name]? - [name]Eliza[/name], definitely.
[name]Charlotte[/name] [name]Blair[/name] or [name]Juliette[/name] [name]Blair[/name]? - [name]Charlotte[/name]
[name]Scarlett[/name] [name]Austen[/name] or [name]Emma[/name] [name]Scarlett[/name]? -[name]Scarlett[/name] [name]Austen[/name], [name]Emma[/name] is bland in comparison
Girls:
[name]Austen[/name] [name]Leigh[/name]- Ok a little to unisex for me
[name]Eleanor[/name] [name]Ruby[/name]- Quite like this one. It has an old-fashioned charm that I love
[name]Eliza[/name] [name]Charlotte[/name] [name]ADORE[/name] this one.
[name]Ella[/name] [name]Austen[/name]- I get where you are coming from with [name]Austen[/name] but I am not a huge fan. [name]Ella[/name] has always felt a little childish to me
[name]Charlotte[/name] [name]Austen[/name] I love [name]Charlotte[/name] and [name]Austen[/name] isn’t to bad in the mn spot
[name]Juliette[/name] [name]Blair[/name] Pretty good
[name]Johanna[/name] [name]Scout[/name] I like the literary aspect and [name]Johanna[/name] is cute
[name]Scarlett[/name] [name]Ophelia[/name] Not a huge fan of either of these names. They feel a little pretenious
[name]Clara[/name] [name]Juliette[/name] [name]LOVE[/name] this one too
Bottom [name]Line[/name]: [name]Clara[/name] [name]Juliette[/name] or [name]Eliza[/name] [name]Charlotte[/name]
Boys:
[name]Nathaniel[/name] [name]Ridge[/name]- I like [name]Nathaniel[/name] a lot and it offsets [name]Ridge[/name] well
[name]Holden[/name] [name]Ford[/name] Not a huge fan of this one
[name]Ezra[/name] [name]Arthur[/name] ooo quite like this
[name]Thomas[/name] [name]Ellison[/name] Sounds to much like [name]Thomas[/name] [name]Edison[/name] for me
[name]Montgomery[/name] [name]Ellis[/name] Montgormery is one of those names to feminine for a boy and too masculine for a girl. Not a fan
[name]Henry[/name] [name]Atticus[/name] REALLY like this.
Bottom [name]Line[/name] [name]Henry[/name] [name]Atticus[/name] is my fav with [name]Ezra[/name] [name]Arthur[/name] a close second.
From these pairs, I’d vote: [name]Eliza[/name] [name]Austen[/name], [name]Juliette[/name] [name]Blair[/name], and [name]Scarlett[/name] [name]Austen[/name].
I love the top three boy names you’ve narrowed it down to!
[name]Franklin[/name] & [name]Scarlett[/name] are perfect together, and [name]Scarlett[/name] [name]Ophelia[/name] is just beautiful. [name]Clara[/name] [name]Juliette[/name] would be my second favourite, followed by [name]Eliza[/name] [name]Charlotte[/name].
[name]Nathaniel[/name] and [name]Ezra[/name] are two of my favourite boy’s names but I just love the sound of [name]Franklin[/name] and [name]Montgomery[/name]! [name]Franklin[/name] and [name]Ellison[/name] was a great suggestion too. [name]Ellison[/name] [name]Arthur[/name] would be gorgeous!
I really like [name]Kingsley[/name] too and I think it pairs well with your son’s mn. [name]Henry[/name] [name]Kingsley[/name] or [name]Nathaniel[/name] [name]Kingsley[/name] both work well. Or you could try it on a girl?
I love your list! My top 2 for each gender would be:
[name]Henry[/name] [name]Atticus[/name] ([name]LOVE[/name]) and [name]Nathaniel[/name] [name]Ridge[/name]
[name]Charlotte[/name] [name]Austen[/name] and [name]Scarlett[/name] [name]Eliza[/name]
[name]Clara[/name] [name]Juliette[/name] is utterly gorgeous!!! From your boy’s list, it’s a tie between [name]Henry[/name] [name]Atticus[/name] and [name]Nathaniel[/name] [name]Ridge[/name].
[name]Ella[/name] [name]Austen[/name] or [name]Eliza[/name] [name]Austen[/name]?
[name]Eliza[/name] is much, much better than [name]Ella[/name] here. I wouldn’t use either combination since you have two identical sounds adjacent to each other (eliz-[name]AH[/name] [name]AH[/name]-sten), but at least you have the strong Z sound to help delineate the two. I would really, really pair [name]Austen[/name] with a name that ends with a consonant, however (like [name]Charlotte[/name]).
[name]Charlotte[/name] [name]Blair[/name] or [name]Juliette[/name] [name]Blair[/name]? Are you certain you want to use [name]Blair[/name]? It doesn’t quite fit with the literary, Regency vibe of your other choices. However, again I think [name]Charlotte[/name] [name]Blair[/name] is the only usable combination. In ‘[name]Juliette[/name] [name]Blair[/name]’ you have two stressed syllables adjacent to each other ([name]Juli[/name]-ETTE [name]BLAIR[/name]). If you pronounced and spelled [name]Juliet[/name] the English way, [name]Juliet[/name] [name]Blair[/name] would work quite well.
[name]Scarlett[/name] [name]Austen[/name] or [name]Emma[/name] [name]Scarlett[/name]? This is a toss-up. Neither, imo, is as good as your original [name]Scarlett[/name] [name]Ophelia[/name]. However, my vote will go to [name]Scarlett[/name] [name]Austen[/name] simply because I like the literary [name]Austen[/name] and both names together are much less common than [name]Emma[/name] [name]Scarlett[/name], which frankly could very well fade into the background of the modern naming landscape, which is overpopulated with Emmas, Emilys, Emmeilines, Scouts, and Scarletts.
Boys
1.[name]Henry[/name] [name]Atticus[/name]-this is my absolute favorite! I actually had [name]Henry[/name] [name]Atticus[/name] on my list at one point so I’m a little biased. But it’s a perfect combo!
2.[name]Ezra[/name] [name]Arthur[/name]
[name]Charlotte[/name] [name]Austen[/name] and [name]Scarlet[/name] [name]Eliza[/name] are both beautiful options for girls. Looks like you’re close to settling on your sets for the delivery room! Very exciting. Here are some late thoughts on literary girls…
[name]Hartley[/name] (from ‘The Sea, The Sea’) is another literary option although it doesn’t seem totally in keeping with your girls naming style. The character was actually [name]Mary[/name] [name]Hartley[/name] [name]Finch[/name], but I seem to remember her referred to as [name]Hartley[/name] a lot.
[name]Tess[/name] (from [name]Thomas[/name] [name]Hardy[/name]) might interest you?
[name]Georgiana[/name] (Mr [name]Darcy[/name]'s sister) seems to fit your style?
Oh my, your names are wonderful! [name]Franklin[/name] [name]Huxley[/name] is just divine, and I think [name]Henry[/name] [name]Atticus[/name] would make such a lovely little brother name for him! From the girls I also particularly love [name]Clara[/name] [name]Juliette[/name]. I love quite a few of your girls names individually but for some reason I’m not swooning over the pairs quite as much as I am the boys names.
I know you’re in the narrowing down stages, so additional names don’t really help, but have you considered [name]Beatrix[/name]? I love [name]Eliza[/name] [name]Beatrix[/name], as well as [name]Johanna[/name] [name]Nelle[/name]. While the literary connection is great, I don’t much like [name]Austen[/name] for a girl. I do like [name]Auden[/name] though - would replacing [name]Austen[/name] with [name]Auden[/name] suit your tastes?
Oh, and I realise you’ve pretty much crossed of [name]Holden[/name] [name]Ford[/name], and it probably doesn’t make any difference in the US, but in Australia [name]Holden[/name] and [name]Ford[/name] are both major car companies. I think over here people would notice that more than the literary associations!
Good luck - I have no doubt your new baby will come home with a wonderful name!
Girls:
[name]Austen[/name] [name]Leigh[/name]- I really like [name]Austen[/name] for a boy, sorry.
[name]Eleanor[/name] [name]Ruby[/name]- [name]Eleanor[/name] and [name]Franklin[/name], as it’s been said, is too presidential. I prefer [name]Eleanor[/name] [name]Austen[/name], though.
[name]Eliza[/name] [name]Charlotte[/name]- pretty, but isn’t doing much for me.
[name]Ella[/name] [name]Austen[/name]- I don’t like how the last letter of [name]Ella[/name] and the first letter of [name]Austen[/name] are both a’s. They don’t really work well together. And [name]Ella[/name] is so popular compared to the uniqueness of [name]Franklin[/name].
[name]Charlotte[/name] [name]Austen[/name]- This I could definitely see working. I like it, and [name]Charlotte[/name] and [name]Franklin[/name] work well together.
[name]Juliette[/name] [name]Blair[/name]- Very pretty, but seems a little out of place with [name]Franklin[/name] for some odd reason.
[name]Johanna[/name] [name]Scout[/name]- [name]Johanna[/name]'s pretty, but I’m not a fan of [name]Scout[/name]. At all. [name]Johanna[/name] [name]Blair[/name]?
[name]Scarlett[/name] [name]Ophelia[/name]- gosh, this one stuck out at me. I love it. Enough said. [name]Scarlett[/name] and [name]Franklin[/name]. <3
[name]Clara[/name] [name]Juliette[/name]- pretty.
FAVES: Scarlett Ophelia and Charlotte Austen, in that order. Ophelia is such an amazing name, but it’s a bit out there, so it’s absolutely perfect as a middle name. <3 Just make sure that her initials aren’t S.O. P. or something bad. You have to check that with any vowel middle name (My sister’s middle name is Elizabeth, and her initials are KEG. She’s Irish, so I guess she can get away with it.)
Boys:
[name]Nathaniel[/name] [name]Ridge[/name]- I usually wouldn’t like Ridge, but I do. I really like this name. Nathaniel=awesome, and goes well with Franklin.
[name]Holden[/name] [name]Ford[/name]- flows nice, but I’m not a fan of either name. At all. Well, Ford is a nice middle name, I guess.
[name]Ezra[/name] [name]Arthur[/name]- Again with the A’s at the end and beginning. I love both names, but Arthur Ezra is a bit easier to say. Still, I like Ezra. Arthur Henry? Ezra Montgomery? Ezra Ridge?
[name]Thomas[/name] [name]Ellison[/name]- Sounds too much like Thomas Edison. Thomas Ford? Thomas Ezra? Thomas Ridge?
[name]Montgomery[/name] [name]Ellis[/name]- I love the name Montgomery. Maybe play around with the middle name a bit and see if there are some other combinations. Montgomery Arthur? Montgomery Ford? (That I’d like)
[name]Henry[/name] [name]Atticus[/name] - first one that stuck out at me on this list. I really like it. And I like Franklin and Henry together a lot.
FAVES: Nathaniel Ridge, Montgomery Ellis, and Henry Atticus, in that order.
[name]LOVE[/name] [name]Eleanor[/name] [name]Ruby[/name], [name]Juliette[/name] [name]Blair[/name], and [name]Scarlett[/name] [name]Ophelia[/name] for girls. For boys, I adore [name]Ezra[/name] [name]Arthur[/name], [name]Montgomery[/name] [name]Ellis[/name] and [name]Henry[/name] [name]Atticus[/name]!
I really like [name]Austen[/name] for a girl’s name, but I prefer it paired up with something more feminine than [name]Leigh[/name]. [name]Just[/name] because it does resemble [name]Austin[/name]. Maybe [name]Austen[/name] [name]Ruby[/name], [name]Austen[/name] [name]Clara[/name], [name]Austen[/name] [name]Jane[/name]? I really like [name]Juliette[/name] [name]Blair[/name], [name]Clara[/name] [name]Juliette[/name] and [name]Scout[/name]. Not a huge fan of [name]Johanna[/name] though.
