[name]Hi[/name]! We recently found out that baby #4 is going to be another girl and we have been debating name ideas for her, but to be honest we are really lost. Our other three kids are all named for something:
[name]Siri[/name] [name]Austen[/name]- She has a very unique first name (this was before the whole iPhone thing) with a literary middle (as in [name]Jane[/name] [name]Austen[/name])
[name]Pollock[/name] [name]Cole[/name]- He was named after [name]Jackson[/name] [name]Pollock[/name] because I’m an artist and he was also born on the day that [name]Jackson[/name] [name]Pollock[/name] passed away. His middle name is [name]Cole[/name] after a family member.
[name]Mercer[/name] [name]Grace[/name]- She was named after the city in which she was conceived ([name]Mercer[/name] [name]Street[/name] in NYC) and her grandmother’s first name is [name]Grace[/name].
The problem now is that we don’t know what we want to name her after, what we do know is that we want her name to be just as unique and special as her siblings. Her daddy is a photographer so we’ve looked into famous photographer’s names, we’re both big readers so we love literary names, I have French roots so we’ve looked at French names, we travel a lot so we’ve looked at place names and foreign names, and well… we’ve really just confused ourselves.
At this point, we’re just trying to get a list started, so we’re pretty open as to what names we’re putting on it. So, do you have any unique and cute name ideas that we might be able to use?
I like [name]Cosette[/name], but DH doesn’t. Her other grandma is [name]Ashley[/name], her grandpas are [name]Noah[/name] and [name]Jordan[/name], none of which we really want to use because well… none of them are unique at all. Although we do like [name]Noe[/name] (pronounced No-E) quite a bit, [name]Noe[/name] and [name]Siri[/name] just don’t work for us.
Oh, okay, that’s too bad about [name]Cosette[/name]. Would you consider [name]Meadow[/name] as a way to honor [name]Ashley[/name]? [name]Noe[/name] is pretty, but I see what you mean about it matching too much with [name]Siri[/name]. What about [name]Noemi[/name]? I feel like it works better because of the syllabic difference.
[name]Anais[/name] (or [name]Ana[/name]ïs)
[name]Ines[/name]
[name]Lilou[/name]
[name]Nola[/name]
[name]Cleo[/name]
[name]Estee[/name]
[name]Sabine[/name]
[name]Lou[/name]
[name]Elidi[/name]
[name]Ottilie[/name]
[name]Tamar[/name]
[name]Ansel[/name] (as in [name]Ansel[/name] [name]Adams[/name]. He’s male, but I think this could work on a girl.)
[name]Varya[/name] (or [name]Vanya[/name])
Tessan
[name]Delphi[/name]
[name]Saskia[/name]
[name]One[/name] of my favorite French names is [name]Sylvie[/name]. I think it’s really beautiful, but you might not want to repeat another S name, I suppose. A few others I thought of- a mixture of pretty names, place names, and literary ones:
[name]Anouk[/name] (or [name]Anne[/name], but I like [name]Anouk[/name] more)
[name]Rosalind[/name]
[name]Viola[/name]
[name]Brighton[/name]
[name]Arden[/name] (both a place name and a literary name that fits in with your other children’s names, I think)
[name]Eloise[/name] (has a French feel) or [name]Elodie[/name]
[name]Clea[/name] or [name]Clio[/name]
[name]Romilly[/name]
[name]Yara[/name]
[name]Mila[/name]
[name]Eppie[/name] – a little girl in the classic novel [name]Silas[/name] Marner
Megara – Greek mythology name
[name]Arwen[/name] – [name]Lord[/name] of the Rings elf princess
Hey, congrats!
What about [name]Anna[/name] ([name]Annie[/name] as in Leibovits) or [name]Lou[/name] Emin? [name]Anna[/name] and [name]Lou[/name] do travel well.
p.s. I’d steer away from Miette as it sounds too close to the French equivalent of “crumb” (as in bread)