We have a little girl due at the end of [name_f]September[/name_f] and I think I’ve finally got a few names down. Can you help me? [name_m]Judge[/name_m] but not too harshly!? The sibling names are all of my children already born. They all have a different last name than this babe and [name_m]Talon[/name_m].
[name_f]Iris[/name_f] [name_u]Kade[/name_u] Kuykendall, IKK (not set on [name_u]Kade[/name_u])
[name_u]Oakley[/name_u] Maeven/[name_f]Maven[/name_f] Kuykendall, OMK
[name_f]Pippa[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] Kuykendall, PRK (not set on [name_f]Rose[/name_f])
[name_f]Isla[/name_f] [name_u]Wren[/name_u] Kuykendall, IWK
[name_f]Tove[/name_f] [name_f]Iris[/name_f] Kuykendall, TIK (using the [name_m]Tov[/name_m]-ah pronunciation… I’m imagining people calling her [name_f]Tove[/name_f], like [name_m]Cove[/name_m] because of the spelling.)
[name_f]Iris[/name_f] [name_u]Kade[/name_u] Kuykendall, IKK - I’m not really set on [name_u]Kade[/name_u]. Are you going for a sound like [name_f]Jade[/name_f]? Some other options might be [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f], [name_f]Adelaida[/name_f], [name_u]Cade[/name_u], [name_f]Mersade[/name_f], and [name_f]Sade[/name_f]/[name_f]Sadie[/name_f]. Other than [name_u]Kade[/name_u] I think [name_f]Iris[/name_f] goes really well with the sibling names.
[name_u]Oakley[/name_u] Maeven/[name_f]Maven[/name_f] Kuykendall, OMK - I can’t decide between the 2 spellings of the middle. I’d probably go with [name_f]Maven[/name_f], just because it looks less confusing than Maeven. However I kind of like Maeven so it could go either way. I love the name [name_u]Oakley[/name_u] and I think this is one of the best sets so far.
[name_f]Pippa[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] Kuykendall, PRK - I dislike [name_f]Rose[/name_f] because of how popular it is as a middle. I would use a longer middle name. Also [name_f]Pippa[/name_f] looks too nickname-y, but that’s just my opinion.
[name_f]Isla[/name_f] [name_u]Wren[/name_u] Kuykendall, IWK - It seems bland. It’s very short. This is my least favorite out of the bunch.
[name_f]Tove[/name_f] [name_f]Iris[/name_f] Kuykendall, TIK - Again, very short. But I do like the appeal of [name_f]Tove[/name_f] and [name_f]Iris[/name_f] together.
[name_f]Iris[/name_f] [name_u]Kade[/name_u]- I’m not really a fan of either, but I think it’s fine.
[name_u]Oakley[/name_u] Maeven/[name_f]Maven[/name_f]- I like the flow of [name_u]Oakley[/name_u] [name_f]Maeve[/name_f] better, but only slightly.[name_u]Oakley[/name_u] just seems really masculine compared to [name_f]Avy[/name_f].
[name_f]Pippa[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f]- I love this with [name_f]Avy[/name_f] [name_f]Sophia[/name_f]!
[name_f]Isla[/name_f] [name_u]Wren[/name_u]-Again, great with [name_f]Avy[/name_f], but I still prefer [name_f]Pippa[/name_f] personally.
[name_f]Tove[/name_f] [name_f]Iris[/name_f]-I wasn’t sure at first, but the more I see this the more I love it. I feel like it fits really well with ALL of your kids names. The only caveat is pronunciation, but if you’re fine with correcting people, I think you should go for it!!!
[name_f]Iris[/name_f] [name_u]Kade[/name_u] Kuykendall- Pretty and different. I prefer [name_f]Jade[/name_f] though.
[name_u]Oakley[/name_u] Maeven/[name_f]Maven[/name_f] Kuykendall- I do not like [name_u]Oakley[/name_u].
[name_f]Pippa[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] Kuykendall- I’m not a fan of [name_f]Pippa[/name_f] but I like this combo.
[name_f]Isla[/name_f] [name_u]Wren[/name_u] Kuykendall- I like it.
[name_f]Tove[/name_f] [name_f]Iris[/name_f] Kuykendall- I don’t like [name_f]Tove[/name_f] but [name_f]Tove[/name_f] [name_f]Iris[/name_f] is a cute combo.
Iris Kade Kuykendall, IKK (not set on Kade) I love Iris! I think it’s a great fit with your children. Kade is okay, but I would prefer Jade.
Oakley Maeven/Maven Kuykendall, OMK I don’t like this name at all
Pippa Rose Kuykendall, PRK (not set on Rose) I’m not a fan of Pippa, but Piper Rose would be lovely!
Isla Wren Kuykendall, IWK not bad.
Tove Iris Kuykendall, TIK (using the Tov-ah pronunciation… I’m imagining people calling her Tove, like Cove because of the spelling.) this will always get mispronounced. It would really annoy me to have to correct people constantly.
In conclusion, my vote would be for Iris Jade or Piper Rose.
My favourite is [name_f]Pippa[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] but I feel [name_f]Isla[/name_f] [name_u]Wren[/name_u] fits her siblings’ name best.
[name_f]Iris[/name_f] [name_u]Kade[/name_u] Kuykendall - I like [name_f]Iris[/name_f] but not [name_u]Kade[/name_u].
[name_u]Oakley[/name_u] Maeven/[name_f]Maven[/name_f] Kuykendall - I dislike [name_u]Oakley[/name_u] Maeven
[name_f]Pippa[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] Kuykendall - I like [name_f]Rose[/name_f]. I prefer [name_f]Philippa[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] with [name_f]Pippa[/name_f] as the nickname.
[name_f]Isla[/name_f] [name_u]Wren[/name_u] Kuykendall - I like [name_f]Isla[/name_f] but dislike [name_u]Wren[/name_u].
[name_f]Tove[/name_f] [name_f]Iris[/name_f] Kuykendall, TIK - I like [name_f]Iris[/name_f] but not [name_f]Tove[/name_f].
I like [name_f]Pippa[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] & [name_f]Tove[/name_f] [name_f]Iris[/name_f] from your list. I imagine [name_f]Tove[/name_f] will be mispronounced, which can be annoying. Have you considered spelling it [name_f]Tova[/name_f] to avoid mispronunciation?
My favorites are [name_f]Iris[/name_f] [name_u]Kade[/name_u] (though I do like the pp suggestion of [name_f]Jade[/name_f]) and [name_f]Pippa[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f]. I think I slightly prefer [name_f]Iris[/name_f]. I’m not a huge fan of [name_u]Oakley[/name_u] or [name_f]Isla[/name_f] (but I do love [name_u]Wren[/name_u]), and I think [name_f]Tove[/name_f] will be pronounced incorrectly more often than not.
Thank you everyone for your input! I didn’t know all of these responses were here! I thought I subscribed to email notifications but apparently not. I was just coming to bump it up! Lol.
[name_m]Just[/name_m] to add a bit more,
[name_f]Iris[/name_f] [name_u]Kade[/name_u] - I love [name_f]Iris[/name_f]. Dh will settle for it just because we are 6-7 weeks out and still no name. I suggested [name_u]Kade[/name_u] because he likes the name [name_f]Cadence[/name_f]. My ex was in the military and I do not want to name my child [name_f]Cadence[/name_f] because of it. I suggested the K spelling of [name_u]Kade[/name_u] because dh is [name_u]Kasey[/name_u]. my niece is [name_f]Kinzee[/name_f] [name_f]Jade[/name_f] so [name_f]Jade[/name_f] is out. But I do love the other suggestions I got.
[name_u]Oakley[/name_u] [name_f]Maven[/name_f] - I love [name_u]Oakley[/name_u]! it reminds me of [name_f]Annie[/name_f] [name_u]Oakley[/name_u] and dh loves guns so I thought he would kind of like it because of the association. He does like the name [name_u]Oakley[/name_u], but we are kind of scared of possible nicknames being “oaky” as we are from Oklahoma and are called “Okies”… [name_f]Maven[/name_f] came about because I love [name_f]Maeve[/name_f] but he suggested Haevyn (I can’t stand the spelling) so I thought I could throw Maeven/[name_f]Maven[/name_f] out there for him.
[name_f]Pippa[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] - I love [name_f]Pippa[/name_f], dislike [name_f]Phillipa[/name_f]. [name_f]Rose[/name_f] was just kind of filler because I couldn’t think of a good name to go there when I made the post. Lol.
[name_f]Isla[/name_f] [name_u]Wren[/name_u] - I like [name_f]Isla[/name_f] but on the SSA list it seems so high. Like it’s going to keep climbing. But dh likes it and there aren’t any [name_f]Isla[/name_f]'s around here. [name_u]Wren[/name_u] seems like it will be trendy as well which isn’t a big deal it was a very very loosely bird based association with “[name_m]Talon[/name_m]” (our son who passed away last year).
[name_f]Tove[/name_f] [name_f]Iris[/name_f] - when I first saw [name_f]Tove[/name_f] listed on nameberry, I couldn’t read it and figure out the pronunciation. Dh really likes this name (or he did, he hasn’t brought it up in a few weeks so I don’t know if his views have changed) and I kind of like it too. I love that it will probably never really pick up here in the states. So far just like [name_f]Avy[/name_f] (short a like [name_u]Abby[/name_u]) hasn’t! For some reason we both really love the [name_f]Tove[/name_f] spelling over [name_f]Tova[/name_f], even though we know it will cause pronunciation issues. I also had to always correct people with [name_f]Avy[/name_f], they want to say it like the first part of aviator. To finish up, you already know how I feel about [name_f]Iris[/name_f]!
Thank you all for your suggestions and I look forward to reading any new suggestions and to show these to dh!
I love Isla Wren (and I like the link to your son) and Iris Kade (I like Iris Maeven/Maven as well).
I think you would have a lot of pronunciation problems with Tove (I read it like Cove before I saw your pr.).
Pippa Rose is cute but I think Oakley is too unisex with your other names.
With Avy Sophia, Zayden Lucas, Riley Kyson, Roman Carter and Talon Grey, I think Isla Wren would be my favourite.
I think we are going to go with [name_f]Tove[/name_f] [name_f]Iris[/name_f], but I am worried about her initials being TIK… Is it something to worry about!!!
