We are due with our third baby in [name]March[/name], gender unknown. DH and I didn’t have too hard a time with boys names, but we are struggling for girls. He doesn’t like my favorites and the names he likes are too popular for my taste, although I do think they are alright. I like names that sound familiar but aren’t really popular. Big sisters are [name]Brigid[/name] [name]Ceaira[/name] (pn like [name]Sierra[/name]), nn [name]Bea[/name], and [name]Camilla[/name] [name]Beatrice[/name], nn [name]Milly[/name]. Last name is Bonner. We are very much nickname people, so nickname potential doesn’t hurt. [name]Both[/name] of our other girls’ names have some sort of significance to us (we got pregnant with [name]Brigid[/name] when visiting [name]Ireland[/name] and my husband’s side is heavily Irish, and [name]Milly[/name] was my husband’s grandma’s nn) so if it works we could get something in a first or middle, although it wouldn’t be a deal breaker by any means. [name]Both[/name] DH and I have the middle name [name]Lee[/name]/[name]Leigh[/name], so some variation of that? Or my dad’s middle name is [name]Lynn[/name], so a variation of that in a name? Or grandma’s middle name is [name]Lou[/name] and [name]SIL[/name]'s middle is [name]Louise[/name], so we’ve joked about [name]Louise[/name] or [name]Louisa[/name] for a middle, although family/friends we’ve talked to dislike those.
Help!
My favorites -
[name]Emeline[/name]/[name]Emalyn[/name] - ties in the [name]Lynn[/name] from my father
[name]Genevieve[/name] nn [name]Evie[/name] or Vieve - only common one on our lists, and neither of us is sure if it is “the one”
[name]Imogen[/name] - DH doesn’t like it at all though
[name]Rosalie[/name] - to tie in the leigh/lee of our middles, although DH doesn’t really like this one either. Sigh. [name]Little[/name] [name]Rose[/name]/[name]Rosie[/name] would be cute.
[name]Violet[/name]/[name]Violette[/name] - Again he doesn’t like it. I think a little [name]Lettie[/name] would be sweet.
DH’s favorites -
[name]Amelia[/name] - several friends kids with this name
[name]Clara[/name] - have several friends kids with this name
[name]Elizabeth[/name] - I like it, yet its a little too formal for me maybe? [name]Just[/name] isn’t clicking yet.
[name]Genevieve[/name] - he is okay with it.
[name]Isabel[/name]/[name]Isobel[/name] - I like it but [name]WAY[/name] too popular.
[name]Lisbeth[/name] - I want to like it… but for some reason its just not clicking yet.
[name]Lucy[/name] - I’d like this more as a nn for a more formal [name]Luc[/name] name but DH pretty well hates all the longer versions I come up with.
[name]Madelyn[/name] - know several Madisons and this just might be too close for me.
Others we have talked about that are possibilities -
[name]Alice[/name] - I like, but afraid it will get [name]EVEN[/name] MORE popular. And I know several little girls called [name]Ali[/name] running around. But I do like it.
[name]Amelie[/name] - suggested this instead of [name]Amelia[/name]… he is unsure
[name]Anastasia[/name]
[name]Annalie[/name]
[name]Aria[/name]
[name]Elodie[/name]
[name]Greta[/name]
[name]Lisbeth[/name]
[name]Luciana[/name] - I suggested this as a more formal version with nn [name]Luc[/name]
[name]Maribel[/name]
[name]Roslyn[/name] - his suggestion to my [name]Rosalie[/name], but it is a bit stuffy for me.
I sent him a few more, but I’ve yet to hear back. We’ve been avoiding discussing it since we are just getting so frustrated!!!
Thanks!
I love the nn [name]Edie[/name] too, but my niece is [name]Eden[/name], nn [name]Edie[/name], so its out. And [name]Eliana[/name] is one of the names I am waiting on a response from him on! By the way, love the names in your signature - many are some of my guilty pleasure names!!