[name]Baby[/name] is one month from joining our family, and DH and I haven’t found a name we fully agree on. We don’t know the baby’s gender, but I don’t want to be desperately flipping through the pages of a name book while I’m in the hospital! If baby is a girl, she will be named [name]Waverly[/name]. [name]Baby[/name] will be joining siblings [name]Jenica[/name] [name]Grace[/name] and Laeken [name]Andrew[/name]. Laeken is 18 months old, so baby will be very close in age to him.
DH and I both love the name [name]Lachlan[/name], but it is sooooo close to Laeken. It sounds too cutesy-matchy. (If you disagree, let me know!) We’ve considered just going with [name]Locke[/name] or [name]Loch[/name], but there’s still the similarity issue.
DH has [name]Nolan[/name] and [name]Dashiell[/name] at the top of his list. I’m so-so with [name]Nolan[/name] and uncertain about [name]Dashiell[/name]. I love the nickname [name]Dash[/name], but don’t know if I want to stick my son with the name for life.
My top pick is [name]Oakley[/name] [name]Zander[/name]. DH likes it, but doesn’t love it.
Thoughts on these and other recommendations?? DH and I both love nature names and since we both have very common names, tend to find more uncommon names for our kids. I’m also leaning toward a name that has a “k” sound in the middle as it goes with the other sibling names. I am definitely open to any suggestions though!
I’d look into a few of the Cool Names lists. The one called Unusual Names For Boys gives about a 100 uncommon names that could generate other ideas. [name]Oakley[/name] seems more a brand to me than a name. I do agree with you on [name]Lachlan[/name] being close to your other son’s name. You could also do a Super Search with names that contain “dash” to see if anything sticks.
I was going to come on a root for [name]Lochlan[/name], but upon reading your post [name]Lochlan[/name] is to definitly to similar to Laeken. I really like [name]Oakley[/name] as we’ll, and would love to meet a kid with this name one day. My husband wouldn’t agree on it for either a boy or girl.
I’m not sure if I’m just being close-minded and stubborn, but I am really having a hard time finding any names I like as much as [name]Oakley[/name]. If baby is a boy, maybe DH will take one look at him and decide he’s an [name]Oakley[/name] after all
I definitely like [name]Lachlan[/name] the best, but it’s a no-go for your family. [name]Oakley[/name] makes me think of sunglasses, but I like the idea of the nickname [name]Oak[/name]. What an unusual nature nickname! For full name, I like [name]Dashiell[/name], but the nickname [name]Dash[/name] seems overly sporty. I know a family of [name]Dash[/name] and [name]Champ[/name] and it’s a little overly saccharine. I tried to combine some of your names and got Oakland. Haha.
[name]Oakley[/name] [name]Zander[/name] is a strong name. The only immediate down-side to it is that it doesn’t have a nickname ([name]Oak[/name]… I don’t think you’ll call him that all the time) but that’s okay. Lots of names lack a common diminutive, mine included! It sort of makes a name feel more important.
What about [name]Zander[/name] as a first? Or if you like [name]Dash[/name] but don’t love [name]Dashiell[/name], maybe you’d like [name]Ignatius[/name] nn [name]Nash[/name] or [name]Cassius[/name]/[name]Cassian[/name]/[name]Cashel[/name] nn [name]Cash[/name]?
I like [name]Oakley[/name] the most. I was just wondering how you would pronounce [name]Loch[/name]? As I am Scottish and we call Lakes Lochs and may people don’t/can’t pronounce it properly.
I actually <3 Oak as a nickname! Lack of a nickname is my biggest hangup with Nolan, one of DH’s names. Noel maybe? That reminds me too much of Noelle though.
I would pronounce [name]Loch[/name] as “lock”, which is probably Americanized. What is the proper pronounciation?
[name]One[/name] of the reasons we love the name [name]Lachlan[/name] is the meaning: a Scottish name for one from Norway, the land of lakes. My husband is of Norwegian heritage and is from Minnesota (also the land of lakes!).
It’s funny that I never really thought of using [name]Lachlan[/name] as a middle name. That’s a great suggestion though. We haven’t put much thought into middle names yet, being as stuck as we are on first names.
For [name]Waverly[/name], we are considering [name]Willow[/name] for a middle name. I usually don’t like that kind of first letter alliteration, and [name]Waverly[/name] [name]Willow[/name] has kind of a hippy sound to it, but I’m in love with it nevertheless!
I think [name]Lachlan[/name] is too close to the other name and its a little feminine to me. I really don’t like [name]Oakley[/name]. I love [name]Dash[/name] without the iell. I’m neutral about [name]Nolan[/name].
Lack of a nickname is my biggest hangup with Nolan, one of DH’s names. Noel maybe? That reminds me too much of Noelle though.