Help! Can't come up with a name!

With DD #1 we had the right name right away and never looked back once we knew the sex. This time we’re having a really hard time finding anything that sounds right. We wanted to use the initials JD to honor a family member but haven’t found anything we loved.

So we both spent the last week coming up with a list of 15 names and played a game. We took turns picking (like dodgeball!) and each got 3 vetoes. What do you think of these names? Any good first middle combos? Any other suggestions? DD is [name]Isla[/name] [name]Rose[/name] and last name ends in t and also has an -er sound so names with those names are out.

We are Team [name]Green[/name] and going on 16 weeks, so have some time… But it may take that long!

Boy Firsts:

[name]Jonah[/name]

[name]Judah[/name] nn [name]Jude[/name]

[name]Abraham[/name] nn [name]Abe[/name]

[name]Levi[/name]

[name]Isaiah[/name]

[name]Ezra[/name]

[name]Noah[/name]

[name]Micah[/name]

[name]James[/name]

[name]Solomon[/name] nn [name]Sol[/name]

[name]Otis[/name] nn [name]Otto[/name]

[name]Dean[/name]

[name]Yonah[/name]

[name]Samson[/name] nn [name]Sam[/name]

[name]Jack[/name]

[name]Rafferty[/name]/ [name]Rafael[/name] nn [name]Rafe[/name]

Boy Middles:

[name]Wesley[/name]

[name]Dean[/name]

[name]Lewis[/name]

[name]James[/name]

[name]Indy[/name]

[name]Mark[/name]

[name]Edward[/name]

[name]Norman[/name]

[name]Charles[/name]

[name]Paul[/name]

[name]Peter[/name]

[name]Abraham[/name]

[name]Maverick[/name]

[name]Derby[/name]

[name]Callum[/name]

Girl Firsts:

[name]Iris[/name]

[name]Piper[/name]

[name]Adair[/name]

[name]Josephine[/name] nn [name]Jovie[/name] or [name]Josie[/name]

[name]Elizabeth[/name] nn [name]Libby[/name], [name]Betsy[/name] or [name]Liza[/name]

[name]Magnolia[/name]

[name]Carys[/name]

[name]Eleanor[/name]

[name]Callan[/name] nn [name]Callie[/name]

[name]Adeline[/name] nn [name]Addie[/name]

[name]Wren[/name]

[name]Stella[/name]

[name]Hazel[/name]

[name]Harriet[/name] nn [name]Hattie[/name]

[name]Charlotte[/name]

[name]Carolina[/name]

Girl middles:

[name]Day[/name]

[name]Amelia[/name]

[name]Leslie[/name]

[name]Mae[/name]

[name]Noel[/name]/ [name]Noelle[/name]

[name]Elizabeth[/name]

[name]Lynn[/name]

[name]Della[/name]

[name]Eleanor[/name]

[name]Ann[/name]

[name]Arbor[/name]

[name]Delaney[/name]

[name]Elma[/name]

[name]Catherine[/name]

[name]Eileen[/name]

My favorite boy names on your list is [name]Rafferty[/name] (nn [name]Rafe[/name]) [name]Dean[/name] and [name]Solomon[/name] (nn [name]Sol[/name]) [name]James[/name]. My favorite girl names on your list are [name]Piper[/name] [name]Ann[/name] and [name]Elizabeth[/name] (nn [name]Betsy[/name]) [name]Day[/name]. I like [name]Callie[/name], but not a big fan of [name]Callan[/name]. I think [name]Callie[/name] is fine as it is, though. I actually know 2 [name]Callie[/name]'s, both full fn’s. [name]Magnolia[/name] [name]Lynn[/name] is pretty, as well. I really [name]LOVE[/name] [name]Hattie[/name], too, but not a big fan of [name]Harriet[/name]. I think [name]Hattie[/name] is fine as a full fn, as well.

For a boy I thought [name]Jeremiah[/name] [name]David[/name]. Maybe [name]James[/name] [name]David[/name], possibly [name]Jonah[/name] [name]David[/name] or [name]Jude[/name] [name]David[/name].

You have some fabulous options on your list, some of my favourites too.

The stand outs for me for a boy are; [name]Ezra[/name], [name]Noah[/name], [name]Micah[/name], [name]Rafferty[/name], [name]Samson[/name], [name]Judah[/name] and [name]Jonah[/name]. My least favourites are [name]Dean[/name], [name]Yonah[/name], [name]James[/name], [name]Abraham[/name], [name]Jack[/name] and [name]Otis[/name].

I adore [name]Isla[/name] and [name]Noah[/name] together, so that’s really standing out to me. [name]Isla[/name] & [name]Samson[/name], [name]Isla[/name] & [name]Judah[/name] and [name]Isla[/name] & [name]Jonah[/name] are all perfect sibsets too. As for middle names I love the sound of; [name]Noah[/name] [name]Edward[/name], [name]Noah[/name] [name]James[/name], [name]Noah[/name] [name]Charles[/name], [name]Samson[/name] [name]James[/name], [name]Judah[/name] [name]Edward[/name], [name]Judah[/name] [name]Charles[/name], [name]Jonah[/name] [name]Charles[/name].

Now to the girls names…

I find [name]Isla[/name] & [name]Iris[/name] to matchy, but they are pretty together and if you have more children would you need another ‘I’ name?!

I love [name]Carys[/name], [name]Adeline[/name], [name]Harriet[/name] and [name]Hazel[/name] the most from your girl’s list. [name]Charlotte[/name] fits nicely with [name]Isla[/name] but it doesn’t have the same happy, vintage vibe about it that the others do. I find [name]Piper[/name] very trendy, not keen on it and if your last name in ‘er’ I would rule it out. I don’t like [name]Stella[/name], [name]Wren[/name], [name]Adair[/name], [name]Carolina[/name] or [name]Callan[/name] because that one is completely masculine to me.

[name]Elizabeth[/name], [name]Josephine[/name] and [name]Magnolia[/name] are gorgeous but they feel a bit too long and frilly/classic to go with the modern favourite [name]Isla[/name].

I think [name]Isla[/name] & [name]Carys[/name] are perfect together, so perhaps [name]Carys[/name] [name]Mae[/name], [name]Carys[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] or [name]Carys[/name] [name]Amelia[/name]? Otherwise, [name]Harriet[/name] [name]Amelia[/name], [name]Adeline[/name] [name]Mae[/name] and [name]Hazel[/name] [name]Catherine[/name] would be adorable.

Favourite options are; [name]Isla[/name] [name]Rose[/name] & [name]Noah[/name] [name]James[/name] / [name]Isla[/name] [name]Rose[/name] & [name]Carys[/name] [name]Mae[/name].