I have been a lurker here for quite some time, and finally convinced my wife that we should make an account. I am 18 weeks pregnant with our first baby, and we’re both so excited! We agreed to wait awhile until we started thinking up names, and now it’s time!
As much as I am dying to know the sex, Is wanted to be surprised, so we need names for both. We would like two to three names for each gender so we have options once we actually see the baby. As far as styles go, I like names that are uncommon but not too “out there” and Is likes mostly nature/word names, some of which are too out there for me!
Some names that have been vetoed for one reason or another are: [name]Juniper[/name], [name]Fox[/name], [name]Anneliese[/name], [name]Archer[/name], [name]Grayson[/name], [name]Rupert[/name], and [name]Meadow[/name].
Please help us; we are all over the place and welcome any and all suggestions. We are only focusing on first names for now; I’ll probably do a separate thread for middles once we [hopefully] get a solid list going.
Thank you both for your suggestions. We’re going to make one big list and try to narrow it from there. The names we both like from these suggestions are:
[name]Ever[/name] (but only as a nickname. Any full name suggestions?)
[name]Willow[/name]
[name]Violet[/name]
[name]Leo[/name] (maybe too popular. What are your favorite longer forms?)
[name]Arlo[/name]
[name]River[/name] (for a boy only)
[name]Everly[/name] instead of [name]Ever[/name]? unisex, but pretty on a girl
[name]Rowan[/name] - I like it for a boy, but it can be used on a girl too
[name]Rain[/name] - also unisex, prefer it on a girl
[name]Wren[/name]/[name]Ren[/name] - unisex - wren like the bird/[name]Ren[/name] means lotus - I love [name]Ren[/name] for a boy!
[name]Larkin[/name] - boy
[name]Lark[/name] - girl
[name]Eden[/name] - girl
[name]Haven[/name] - unisex
[name]Hayes[/name] - boy - sounds like haze
[name]Leland[/name] - boy - means meadow land
Two mom family here as well! My wife is pregnant and [name]Anneliese[/name] was on our list as well until we found out we were having a boy this fall! Maybe you’ll like some of the other girl names we had on our list:
[name]Sasha[/name], [name]Amalia[/name], [name]Adelina[/name], [name]Juno[/name], [name]Aubrey[/name], [name]Tess[/name], [name]Ivy[/name], [name]Noemi[/name], [name]Paige[/name], [name]Perrin[/name], [name]Chloe[/name], [name]Marielle[/name].
I love [name]Anneliese[/name] but Is vetoed it! As for the other names, I love [name]Sasha[/name], [name]Juno[/name], and [name]Amalia[/name]. Thank you!
Thank you everyone for all of the wonderful suggestions! We have gone over them and agreed to add thre following to our long list:
Girls:
[name]Everly[/name]
[name]Willow[/name]
[name]Wren[/name]
[name]Fiona[/name]
[name]Aurora[/name] (though we are worried about popularity here)
[name]Juno[/name]
[name]Leo[/name] is on our list too! I’m also worried it’s getting popular and I’m not crazy about any of the longer forms. I think I would just go with [name]Leo[/name]. I think it can stand alone.
What about [name]Teo[/name] as an alternative?
Since I just suggested girl’s names, and you’re having a harder time with boy’s names, how about:
[name]Asher[/name], [name]Reid[/name], [name]Ezra[/name], [name]Owen[/name], [name]Graham[/name] (nn [name]Gray[/name]?), [name]Malcolm[/name], [name]Wilder[/name], [name]Abram[/name], [name]Anders[/name], [name]Micah[/name], [name]Sage[/name].
We have decided that if we use it, we’ll just stick with [name]Leo[/name] on its own. Thank you for suggesting boy names. I like [name]Ezra[/name], [name]Malcolm[/name], and [name]Micah[/name]. [name]Sage[/name] actually kind of intrigues me too. I will show them all to Is and see what she thinks!
[name]Emerson[/name] just makes me think of [name]Ralph[/name] [name]Waldo[/name] [name]Emerson[/name] so it comes off as too masculine for me. But thank you for your suggestion!
Thanks everyone. I’m going to close this as soon as I figure out how, then post separate boy and girl threads.
