[name_m]Hi[/name_m] everyone! I’m planning to have three kids, but I currently have 8 names I love (four of each gender). Please help me narrow it down by picking two names of each gender.
Boys
[name_m]Joshua[/name_m] [name_m]David[/name_m]
[name_m]Caleb[/name_m] [name_u]James[/name_u]
[name_m]Lucas[/name_m] [name_m]Gabriel[/name_m]
[name_m]Tobias[/name_m] [name_u]Jude[/name_u]
If [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] [name_f]Jeanne[/name_f] isn’t to your liking, please suggest another pairing with [name_f]Jeanne[/name_f]. (It’s an honor name that’s very important to me.)
Thank you so much!
[name_m]Lucas[/name_m] [name_m]Gabriel[/name_m], [name_m]Joshua[/name_m] [name_m]David[/name_m], [name_f]Evelina[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] and [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] [name_f]Jeanne[/name_f] – I like [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] more than [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] nowadays
I would pick [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] [name_f]Clara[/name_f], [name_f]Evelina[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] for girls and [name_m]Caleb[/name_m] [name_u]James[/name_u], [name_m]Tobias[/name_m] [name_u]Jude[/name_u] for boys.
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] [name_f]Jeanne[/name_f] (nn [name_f]Eliza[/name_f]). I [name_u]LOVE[/name_u] [name_f]ELIZA[/name_f], [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] is great and [name_f]Jeanne[/name_f] is unexpected (nice honor name).
[name_f]Evelina[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] (nn [name_f]Evie[/name_f]/[name_f]Lina[/name_f]). I don’t like the name [name_f]Evelina[/name_f] that much, but the nicknames are wonderful - I like [name_f]Lina[/name_f], [name_f]Eva[/name_f] (like [name_u]Evan[/name_u] without the N) and [name_f]Evie[/name_f] in this order.
[name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] [name_f]Clara[/name_f] (nn [name_f]Emma[/name_f]). [name_f]Emma[/name_f] feels like a full name to me, but I do love [name_f]Emi[/name_f] ([name_f]Emmy[/name_f]).
[name_f]Eleanora[/name_f] [name_f]Mae[/name_f] (nn [name_f]Nora[/name_f]): it may be at the end of this list, but it’s a great combo. [name_f]Leonie[/name_f] as a nickname? * [name_f]Eliza[/name_f] [name_f]Jeanne[/name_f] would be a cute petname/ nickname.
[name_m]Tobias[/name_m] [name_u]Jude[/name_u] - beautiful! By far the best combo.
[name_m]Lucas[/name_m] [name_m]Gabriel[/name_m]
[name_m]Caleb[/name_m] [name_u]James[/name_u]
[name_m]Joshua[/name_m] [name_m]David[/name_m] - no real preference between number 3 and 4
But I would personally replace [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] with [name_f]Eliza[/name_f] as the first name and choose [name_f]Eliza[/name_f] [name_f]Jeanne[/name_f]!
Boys
[name_m]Caleb[/name_m] [name_u]James[/name_u]
[name_m]Lucas[/name_m] [name_m]Gabriel[/name_m]
Thank you for the responses! In response to elifsu, I wouldn’t change [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] [name_f]Jeanne[/name_f] to [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] [name_f]Jeanne[/name_f] because I prefer the [name_f]Emma[/name_f]-leen pronunciation, and then her first name would rhyme with her middle name.
They are all great names. It seems you have a definite liking for E names on girls. Personally I think any could go together great as a sibset except for [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] and [name_f]Eleanora[/name_f]. While you have different nicknames picked out both have [name_f]Elle[/name_f]/[name_f]Ellie[/name_f] as a common easy nickname and so they are just too similar together for siblings in my opinion. I think the same for [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] and [name_f]Evelina[/name_f] as both could potentially by [name_f]Lina[/name_f].
I would choose [name_f]Eleanora[/name_f] [name_f]Mae[/name_f], [name_f]Evelina[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f], [name_m]Caleb[/name_m] [name_u]James[/name_u] and [name_m]Tobias[/name_m] [name_u]Jude[/name_u].