I currently have two boys with my third (a girl) due in [name_u]November[/name_u]. Their names are:
[name_u]Sawyer[/name_u] Cashell (Cashell is an Irish Surname that runs in the fam)
[name_m]Greyson[/name_m] [name_u]James[/name_u] ([name_u]James[/name_u] is also a family name)
Our last name is Obermueller, which can make naming tricky. My first son, [name_u]Sawyer[/name_u] has a different last name, so discount his name when considering the overall “flow” of the name there.
Naming [name_u]Grey[/name_u] was easy, however, with a girl and our strong, long and mouthful-of-a-last name, I find myself struggling. I love [name_u]River[/name_u] (open to middle name suggestions, [name_f]Rose[/name_f] was thrown out at one point) however, I get caught up in the repeating -er sounds and it becoming difficult to say.
Anything ending in -ley that resembles [name_f]Tenley[/name_f] is out ([name_u]Finley[/name_u], [name_u]Everly[/name_u], etc…) as that is my niece’s name.
I’m a big fan of nicknames, as well, so that’s also a must. Here are a few I’ve liked:
[name_f]Ophelia[/name_f]-No middle name ideas, not crazy about nickname options and maybe too much of a mouthful with the last name?
[name_f]Daisy[/name_f]- Really liking [name_f]Daisy[/name_f] at the moment, stuck on a middle name. [name_f]Daisy[/name_f] [name_f]Adele[/name_f]? [name_f]Daisy[/name_f] [name_f]Adalie[/name_f]? [name_f]Daisy[/name_f] [name_f]Belle[/name_f]? Would like to middle name to be one to two syllables to avoid the mouthful conundrum, exclude [name_f]Mae[/name_f], [name_u]Eloise[/name_u], [name_f]Ann[/name_f], [name_f]Marie[/name_f].
[name_f]Autumn[/name_f] Obermueller has a nice ring to it, especially since she’ll be born in Novemeber. Could we Call her Auttie for short? Open to middle name suggestions.
[name_f]Nora[/name_f] is nice, though I’m not sure it’s unique enough?
I like ethereal sounding names, nature based names, feminine names (as our last name is very [name_m]German[/name_m] and Masculine.) Some others I’ve enjoyed but have been booted from my hubby are:
[name_f]Freya[/name_f], [name_f]Anabel[/name_f] (too common, he says!) [name_f]Hazel[/name_f] (He has an angry grandmother by that name), [name_f]Poppy[/name_f], [name_u]Juniper[/name_u] (Our best friend’s daughter is named [name_u]June[/name_u]), [name_f]Matilda[/name_f](Not giving up on this one yet as I love [name_f]Tillie[/name_f] for a nickname, it’s [name_m]German[/name_m], and the namesake of one of our favorite Alt-J songs!) and [name_u]Prairie[/name_u].
Thanks in advance!