My third child (daughter) is due in 2 weeks and we have nothing.
If it were up to me her name would be [name]Quinn[/name] (husband thinks it’s a boy’s name) or [name]Paige[/name] (husband is lukewarm).
If it were up to him her name would be [name]Emily[/name] (I like the name but cannot get past the popularity or the ‘l’ sound at the end as our last name is LaXXXX) or [name]Heidi[/name] (I can’t get past the old-lady thing and the swiss alps picture in my head).
We have a daughter, [name]Reese[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] and a son, [name]Asher[/name] [name]Frost[/name], and agree that we like shorter, strong names with little chance for nicknames.
I want my daughter to have a great, strong, might-be-a-CEO-or-whatever-she-wants-to-be-name that works when she’s 2 and when she’s 42.
I get a feeling that you lean more towards names that could possibly be considered gender neutral and your husband seems to prefer slightly more feminine names. These might not be the best suggestions but here’s what I came up with:
[name]Morgan[/name]
[name]Avery[/name]
[name]Spencer[/name]
[name]Payton[/name]
[name]Holly[/name]
Sage
Eva
Blair
Claire
Maybe [name]Anna[/name], [name]Grace[/name], [name]Ava[/name], or [name]Mia[/name]? I’m not sure that they are really either your style or your husband’s, but they seem sort of in between both of your styles to me.
Well, I do prefer [name]Quinn[/name] on a boy, but since your daughters name is [name]Reese[/name], I don’t think another unisex name is so bad. [name]Reese[/name], [name]Quinn[/name] and [name]Asher[/name] are nice.
I like my daughters name because I think it’s a great might-be-a-CEO name, her name is [name]Elena[/name]. [name]Elena[/name] means “light”, it’s a variant of [name]Helen[/name].
Good luck!!
I love a lot of the suggestions made already, especially [name]Grace[/name], [name]Claire[/name], [name]Morgan[/name], [name]Eva[/name], [name]Chloe[/name], [name]Isla[/name], and [name]Nina[/name], but I’ll add-
I can definitely see [name]Quinn[/name] working in the sibset, but I do see [name]Quinn[/name] as more masculine. [name]Heidi[/name] is gorgeous but seems odd in the sibset as I’d then assume [name]Reese[/name] was a boy because [name]Heidi[/name] is so girly. I think you need to use something as masculine as [name]Reese[/name] for another daughter, otherwise [name]Reese[/name] is going to seem like a boy.
I think [name]Reese[/name], [name]Asher[/name] & [name]Lane[/name] is great suggestions! Maybe even [name]Delaney[/name] nn [name]Lane[/name]/[name]Laney[/name]?
I do like [name]Grace[/name] (it was actually on our list with [name]Reese[/name]) but my brother named his daughter that last year so that’s out.
Lizabethrose, I agree that it feels like her name should be relatively unisex or at least not too feminine (maybe with a longer, feminine MN to balance) to ensure [name]Reese[/name] doesn’t seem like a boy in the future. I Like [name]Sawyer[/name] but hubby ruled it out.
Kyemsma, I do like [name]Emma[/name] (and [name]Emily[/name]) but worry about both it’s popularity (still #3 in most places) and it’s femininity next to [name]Reese[/name].
Good suggestions all, please keep them coming. Hoping something will hit me that my husband doesn’t veto right away
I love [name]Heidi[/name] [name]Paige[/name] and that would satisfy both of you - [name]Heidi[/name] is awesome [name]IMO[/name]. It is a classic, from literature, and I think it grows well. I actually know a 40-something [name]Heidi[/name] who is a Director at my place of work.
montanaberry: [name]How[/name] about [name]Claire[/name], instead of [name]Paige[/name]? [name]Claire[/name] is both spunky and classic. I love her with [name]Reese[/name] and [name]Asher[/name].
It’s a long name - and perhaps a long shot! - but my immediate thought was [name]Meredith[/name]. With a name like that she could be anything she wanted to be, you know? It just sounds strong.
So we’re about 10 days away and aren’t a whole lot closer. Husband has absolutely ruled out [name]Quinn[/name] (I am sad but I’ll accept it) at least for a first name. He hasn’t commented lately on [name]Paige[/name], so I think that may still be in the running but I’m not pushing it by bringing it up
He loves [name]Erika[/name] but I think it’s too dated and I also had a dog named [name]Erica[/name] and just can’t not see my dog.
I’ve tried a few of your suggestions on him that I like ([name]Ever[/name], [name]Sloane[/name], [name]Maeve[/name], [name]Sutton[/name]) but his answer is always “no”.
so…I’m looking for additional suggestions now that you are getting an idea of what I like and what he clearly doesn’t AND holding out hope for [name]Paige[/name] so looking for a middle name suggestion for that. Our last name is LaXXXX.
Hmm. Sounds like it’s time for him to sit down and put some effort into his own list, not just playing yay or nay on yours Seems to cause partners to be a bit more thoughtful and chew on names a bit longer.
Seems to cause partners to be a bit more thoughtful and chew on names a bit longer.