I’m trying to nail down our lists to a few first and middle combos that we like. We have a few boys’ that we love, but we can’t seem to agree on girls first names!
To give you an idea of our style, I love the names [name_f]Uma[/name_f], [name_f]Maeva[/name_f], and [name_f]Alula[/name_f].
My husband loves [name_f]Magnolia[/name_f], [name_u]Juniper[/name_u], and [name_f]Imogen[/name_f].
Our styles aren’t that dissimilar, so I’m betting there are a lot of names we both would love… theoretically.
This may be random… but I noticed that you like names that are 2 syllables while your husband prefers 3-syllables. Also, your names (2 at least) have a “u” sound. My thought was to have a 3-syllable name with a prominent “u” sound. All I can think of is Talulah. (and [name_u]Juniper[/name_u])
Others that may draw you together stylistically:
[name_f]Rhona[/name_f]
[name_f]Elodie[/name_f]
[name_f]Saskia[/name_f]
[name_f]Marcella[/name_f]
[name_f]Emmeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Oona[/name_f]
[name_f]Leonora[/name_f]
[name_f]Thea[/name_f]
[name_f]Paloma[/name_f]
[name_f]Sabine[/name_f]
Those were pretty much random attempts, but I am hoping they will shed some light on preferences for you two. Good luck!
@opelle- thank you so much for your thoughtful response! I really like many of your suggestions- unfortunately hubby is hard to please. In particular, I love [name_f]Rhona[/name_f], [name_f]Oona[/name_f], [name_f]Paloma[/name_f] and [name_f]Sabine[/name_f].
Some funny outbursts from my husband when reading
[name_f]Saskia[/name_f]- “like Sasquatch?”
[name_f]Rhona[/name_f]- “That’s one letter away from [name_f]Rhonda[/name_f], which is horrid.”
:rolleyes: See what I’m dealing with here?
I’m sneakily adding some to a list to see how he feels another day.
@halfkoreangirl- thanks for all your suggestions! I’m digging [name_f]Lavender[/name_f], [name_f]Peridot[/name_f], and [name_f]Anouk[/name_f] especially. My hubby thought a few were “okay” and is definitely hating on [name_f]Peridot[/name_f].
Responses from the man:
[name_f]Thisbe[/name_f]- “Is-be?” No, [name_f]Thisbe[/name_f]. “Frisby?” This-be. “So Frisby without an ‘f’.” [name_f]THISBE[/name_f]! “Oh, so like, ‘thisbe our spawn’. Nah.”
[name_f]Isaura[/name_f]- “[name_f]Isaura[/name_f] like I-saur-a bird over there?”
This may be a long eight months if our little peach is a girl.
Here are a few that seem like they would be in the middle of the road for you both:
[name_f]Maeve[/name_f]
[name_f]Mabel[/name_f]
[name_f]Cora[/name_f]
[name_f]Marigold[/name_f]
[name_f]Eliana[/name_f]
[name_f]Oriana[/name_f]
[name_f]Arcadia[/name_f]
Oleander
[name_f]Clover[/name_f]
[name_f]Eliora[/name_f]
[name_f]Norah[/name_f]
[name_f]Calandra[/name_f]
[name_f]Moriah[/name_f]
Thank you so much! I love so many of these- [name_f]Maeve[/name_f], [name_f]Mabel[/name_f], [name_f]Cora[/name_f], [name_f]Clover[/name_f], [name_f]Norah[/name_f], [name_f]Calandra[/name_f], and even the other ones are still very very well liked by me. I am eagerly awaiting my husband to see if he might approve of anything…
If it helps for anyone else who might like to contribute, we really love the middle name of [name_f]Moon[/name_f].
Your husband seems to be a bit more on trend/hipster, and you seem a bit more off the charts (neither of which are bad!), and, in [name_u]North[/name_u] [name_u]America[/name_u], a lot of names like that appear on UK charts, so how about:
@lawsonhaley no need to apologize!!! That’s a fantastic list, thank you so much for taking the time!! My husband actually likes [name_f]India[/name_f] and [name_f]Anwen[/name_f] and [name_f]Rhiannon[/name_f] and [name_f]Priya[/name_f]!!! Which I love !!! Holy moly thank you for giving me hope!
There’s so many I love from your list, but stand outs include [name_f]Aurelia[/name_f], [name_f]Iris[/name_f], [name_f]Coral[/name_f] and [name_f]Lillia[/name_f].
I’m so happy about [name_f]Priya[/name_f]! Now I’m going to mix and match middles…
You’re welcome! I’m glad you found one I just went through the English top 1000+ names and pulled out what sort of fit the vibe I was getting, [name_f]Priya[/name_f] is gorgeous, it’s one of my favourites too! Psst, [name_f]Priya[/name_f] [name_f]Aurelia[/name_f] [name_f]Iris[/name_f] would be very, very cute good luck!!x
I just went through the English top 1000+ names and pulled out what sort of fit the vibe I was getting, [name_f]Priya[/name_f] is gorgeous, it’s one of my favourites too! Psst, [name_f]Priya[/name_f] [name_f]Aurelia[/name_f] [name_f]Iris[/name_f] would be very, very cute 
good luck!!x