ok so our last name is Coushing. [name]Dave[/name], the husband, is hoping for a girl to go along with our little 2 year old named [name]Emily[/name] [name]Ann[/name]. I am hoping for a boy, but I don’t like traditional boys names. I enjoy boy names like [name]Lake[/name], [name]Wolf[/name], and I also do like [name]Elijah[/name] (nn [name]Eli[/name]). I’m stuck for girls names though. And boys middle names.
For boys:
[name]Lake[/name] anthony
[name]Wolf[/name] [name]Thomas[/name]
[name]Elijah[/name] [name]Jonathan[/name]
For Girls:
[name]Amelia[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name]
[name]Anna[/name] [name]Lucille[/name]
[name]Madolyn[/name] [name]Hope[/name]
Please tell us what your thoughts are on all of these and also tell the name you most want for girls and for boys.
For a boy, I vote for [name]Elijah[/name] [name]Jonathan[/name]!!
For a girl, it’s a tie between [name]Amelia[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] & [name]Anna[/name] [name]Lucille[/name].
I love the name [name]Elijah[/name]. [name]Elijah[/name] [name]Jonathan[/name] is definitely my favorite of your boy names.
I really like the name [name]Amelia[/name] from you girl list. [name]Amelia[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] is beautiful.
Out of the girls’ names, I likes [name]Madolyn[/name] [name]Hope[/name] the best, but I like it spelled [name]Madeleine[/name] or [name]Madeline[/name]. [name]Madolyn[/name] seems very yooneek and it kind of spoils the beauty of the name. [name]Amelia[/name] is nice, but it is way too close to [name]Emily[/name]. What about [name]Julia[/name], [name]Georgia[/name], [name]Isabel[/name]/le, or [name]Vivian[/name]? [name]Vivian[/name] [name]Lucille[/name], [name]Isabel[/name]/le [name]Hope[/name], or [name]Julia[/name] (or [name]Georgia[/name]) [name]Elizabeth[/name]? [name]Anna[/name] is very close to [name]Emily[/name]'s MN, [name]Ann[/name], and I don’t really like that.
For boys, I like [name]Elijah[/name] the best. But it has the name initial as [name]Emily[/name], I’m not sure if that bothers you (you don’t want to be trapped into a pattern, and names with the same inital can get very confusing). What about [name]Lucas[/name], [name]Gabriel[/name], [name]James[/name], or [name]Nathaniel[/name]? [name]Nathaniel[/name] [name]Thomas[/name], [name]Gabriel[/name] [name]Jonathan[/name], or [name]Lucas[/name] (or [name]James[/name]) [name]Anthony[/name]? I think those both go very well with [name]Emily[/name]. I also like [name]Thomas[/name] or [name]Jonathan[/name] as FNs ([name]Anthony[/name] kind of rhymes with [name]Emily[/name])!
[name]Madolyn[/name] reminds me of a mandolin. Not a terrible association, but I really dislike [name]Madelyn[/name] and all its variants. It’s SO overused, and if I met an [name]Emily[/name] and a [name]Madelyn[/name]/[name]Madolyn[/name] who were sisters I would gag. I’m sorry. [name]Amelia[/name] is too close to [name]Emily[/name] and [name]Anna[/name] is the same thing as [name]Emily[/name]'s mn [name]Ann[/name]. I would use [name]Elizabeth[/name] or [name]Lucille[/name] or [name]Hope[/name] before I used any of the three FNs.
As for a boy, my vote would go to [name]Elijah[/name], except that I personally don’t like when all names start with the same letter (Duggar syndrome). I feel like [name]Wolf[/name] as a FN is a) trying too hard and b) jarring next to the popularity of [name]Emily[/name]. [name]Lake[/name] I don’t like. [name]How[/name] about Lakin/[name]Laiken[/name]?
I’m seeing [name]Wolf[/name] showing up several times on these boards recently, and I don’t think it’s all one person. It is rather much. Too much? I wish I was brave enough to use it.
I think [name]Emily[/name] needs a more traditional sounding name for a brother
ie [name]Benjamin[/name], [name]Thomas[/name], [name]Isaac[/name], [name]Oliver[/name], [name]Matthew[/name], [name]James[/name], [name]Andrew[/name], [name]George[/name], [name]Francis[/name], [name]Julian[/name], [name]Leon[/name], [name]Nicholas[/name], [name]Adam[/name], [name]Callum[/name] etc
I like [name]Anna[/name] [name]Lucille[/name] but I am bias I’m an [name]Anna[/name]. Other suggestions: [name]Hannah[/name], [name]Rachael[/name], [name]Katherine[/name], [name]Philippa[/name], [name]Lucinda[/name], [name]Bethany[/name], [name]Sarah[/name], [name]Lauren[/name], [name]Georgia[/name], [name]Freya[/name], [name]Olive[/name] etc
Fun list!
[name]Lake[/name] anthony - I know a girl [name]Lake[/name], so this name has a very feminine association for me.
[name]Wolf[/name] [name]Thomas[/name] - [name]Wolf[/name] seems like one of those names you have to earn or are given after a crazy night out. Really like [name]Thomas[/name].
[name]Elijah[/name] [name]Jonathan[/name] - [name]Elijah[/name] is great, but I’m not sure I love it paired with another 3-syllable name.
For Girls:
[name]Amelia[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] - Very pretty, but [name]Amelia[/name] sounds a bit too similar to [name]Emily[/name]
[name]Anna[/name] [name]Lucille[/name] - Aw, I love everything about this!
[name]Madolyn[/name] [name]Hope[/name] - I prefer [name]Madeleine[/name]. [name]Hope[/name] isn’t my favorite.
For a girl, I’d go with [name]Anna[/name] [name]Lucille[/name] or [name]Anna[/name] [name]Lake[/name] or [name]Lake[/name] [name]Madeline[/name]
For a boy, I’d go with [name]Elijah[/name] [name]Wolf[/name] or [name]Elijah[/name] [name]Thomas[/name].
For boys:
[name]Lake[/name] anthony- Seems feminine to me.
[name]Wolf[/name] [name]Thomas[/name]- [name]Wolf[/name] is a bit much imo. It seems obscure next to [name]Emily[/name].
[name]Elijah[/name] [name]Jonathan[/name]- This one gets my vote.
Here are some other suggestions:
[name]River[/name], [name]Sawyer[/name], [name]Finn[/name], [name]Oakley[/name], [name]Brock[/name], [name]Brett[/name], [name]Canyon[/name], [name]Pierce[/name], [name]Grant[/name], [name]Cooper[/name], [name]August[/name], or [name]Quinn[/name].
For Girls:
[name]Amelia[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name]- [name]Way[/name] to close to [name]Emily[/name].
[name]Anna[/name] [name]Lucille[/name]- This one get my vote. Very pretty!
[name]Madolyn[/name] [name]Hope[/name]- I’d spell is [name]Madelyn[/name] if it were me. [name]Madelyn[/name] is too common for my taste but it does go well with [name]Emily[/name].
Some other suggestions: [name]Iris[/name], [name]Rose[/name], [name]Claire[/name], [name]Clara[/name], [name]Lila[/name], [name]Olivia[/name], [name]Hannah[/name], [name]Ava[/name], [name]Sophie[/name], [name]Jane[/name], [name]Caroline[/name], [name]Lillian[/name], [name]Lucy[/name].
The first thing that jumped out at me from your list is that [name]Amelia[/name] is SOOO close to [name]Emily[/name]; it almost sounds like a variant of the same name. And [name]Anna[/name], of course is a variant of [name]Anne[/name]. It sounds like you definitely chose your favorite names when you named your first daughter, which is wonderful. I know it can be frustrating to find another name that you love as much as [name]Emily[/name] [name]Anne[/name], but I think you really have to let go of all the [name]Emily[/name] and [name]Anne[/name] variants and move in a different direction.
[name]Madeline[/name] is very pretty when spelled this way or as [name]Madeleine[/name]. None of the other spellings work as well in general. But [name]Lucille[/name] is simply gorgeous! Why is it hiding in the middle? I think it should definitely be on your list for a first name. [name]Emily[/name] and [name]Lucille[/name] (or [name]Em[/name] and [name]Lucy[/name]) make an excellent pairing!
[name]Elijah[/name] is a wonderful name! [name]Lake[/name] and [name]Wolf[/name] are cool, though I prefer them in the middle. Actually, I really like [name]Wolf[/name] even in the first name spot; I just find it a bit daring. [name]Lake[/name] can work in the middle, but absolutely does not work as a first for a boy because it sounds awfully feminine.
My vote would be for [name]Elijah[/name] [name]Wolf[/name] (unless the middle names you listed have some significance for you that you want to incorporate into the name).
One other thing to consider is that [name]Emily[/name] and [name]Elijah[/name] both start with an E. This is not necessarily a bad thing (in fact, E names happen to be some of the best names out there - there was a thread about that a while back, about which letter you would pick if all your children’s names had to start with the same letter, and the overwhelming majority of posters picked E). Anyway, the same letter thing is not everyone’s cup of tea, so I just thought I’d put that out there.
What about [name]Julia[/name], [name]Georgia[/name], [name]Isabel[/name]/le, or [name]Vivian[/name]? [name]Vivian[/name] [name]Lucille[/name], [name]Isabel[/name]/le [name]Hope[/name], or [name]Julia[/name] (or [name]Georgia[/name]) [name]Elizabeth[/name]? [name]Anna[/name] is very close to [name]Emily[/name]'s MN, [name]Ann[/name], and I don’t really like that.
