Our fourth (and last) baby is joining us very soon and will be our first daughter! As excited as I am, I find girl names to be so much more daunting than when we named our boys!
Neither of us are totally sure of what we want but we have been able to agree on 2 things: We do not want her to have a unisex name and her middle name will be [name_u]Terry[/name_u] (or possibly [name_f]Joanna[/name_f]).
[name_m]How[/name_m] would you “complete our sibling set” [name_m]Maddox[/name_m] [name_m]Paul[/name_m], [name_m]Xavier[/name_m] [name_m]Adam[/name_m], and [name_u]Paxton[/name_u] [name_u]Jay[/name_u]?
From your son’s names I can see that you like x’s! I’m going to guess you like more unusual sounding names.
[name_f]Ariadne[/name_f]
[name_f]Althea[/name_f]
[name_f]Beatrix[/name_f]
[name_f]Aviva[/name_f]
[name_f]Daphne[/name_f]
[name_f]Sylvie[/name_f]
[name_f]Una[/name_f]
[name_f]Esme[/name_f]
[name_f]Evangeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Lorelei[/name_f]
[name_f]Lyra[/name_f]
[name_f]Seraphina[/name_f]
[name_f]Isadora[/name_f]
[name_f]Zelda[/name_f]
[name_f]Zora[/name_f]
If you let us know if you like anything or almost like anything or don’t like certain things then we can get more of that particular type.
Here are some suggestions… [name_f]Do[/name_f] you have any names that you like, even if you know they are not really for you, just so I have a better idea? I am going off of your boys names, but people often have really different tastes depending on gender :).
Here are some suggestions… [name_f]Do[/name_f] you have any names that you like, even if you know they are not really for you, just so I have a better idea? I am going off of your boys names, but people often have really different tastes depending on gender :).
We actually didn’t plan on all of the boys’ names having the letter X in them, it just happened!
I like:
[name_f]Aviva[/name_f]…but the “avi” may be too much with [name_m]Xavier[/name_m]'s name
[name_f]Zora[/name_f]
[name_u]Padget[/name_u]…but it may be too close to [name_u]Paxton[/name_u]'s name
[name_f]Lilia[/name_f]
[name_f]Cassia[/name_f]
[name_f]Brynn[/name_f]
[name_f]Ariana[/name_f]
[name_f]Stella[/name_f]
[name_f]Tallulah[/name_f]
[name_f]Viviana[/name_f]
[name_f]Willa[/name_f]
[name_f]Lola[/name_f]
(I also apologize in advance for any slow responses!)
I see you like 'x’s so I’ll continue you that theme. I like [name_f]Joanna[/name_f] better, but I think [name_f]Jane[/name_f] would also be a pretty middle name.
I love [name_f]Bellatrix[/name_f] but it might give negative connotations, as it’s the name of an evil Death Eater in [name_m]Harry[/name_m] [name_m]Potter[/name_m].
I like [name_f]Calixta[/name_f]! We chose [name_u]Terry[/name_u] and [name_f]Joanna[/name_f] because [name_u]Terry[/name_u] is my mother-in-law’s name and [name_f]Joanna[/name_f] was my mother’s name. It’s tradition for us to use a family name as a middle name ([name_m]Paul[/name_m], [name_m]Adam[/name_m], and [name_u]Jay[/name_u] are all family names so we plan on continuing that)
Calixta is pretty and fun. The meaning is wonderful.
It doesn’t seem to sound quite right with Terry or Joanna, though. How about Calixta Therese? Can you play with your mother-in-law’s name a bit?
Or
Dixie Joanna
Lennox Joanna
Margaux Joanna
Maxime Terry
Phoenix Joanna
Rexana Terry
Roxanne Terry
Beatrix “Trixie” Joanna
Xia Joanna
Xoe (Zoe) Joanna
I like [name_f]Zora[/name_f], [name_f]Lilia[/name_f] or [name_f]Calixta[/name_f] with [name_m]Maddox[/name_m], [name_m]Xavier[/name_m] and [name_u]Paxton[/name_u] but I can’t really see [name_u]Terry[/name_u] or [name_f]Joanna[/name_f] with either of them. [name_f]Lilianna[/name_f] [name_f]Therese[/name_f] combines the -anna ending of [name_f]Joanna[/name_f] and the Terr- sound of [name_u]Terry[/name_u], how do you feel about playing with the names a bit? I think [name_f]Calixta[/name_f] [name_f]Therese[/name_f] and [name_f]Zora[/name_f] [name_f]Therese[/name_f] are better soundwise than [name_f]Zora[/name_f] [name_u]Terry[/name_u] and [name_f]Calixta[/name_f] [name_u]Terry[/name_u] as well. [name_f]Viviana[/name_f] also has the -ana ending like [name_f]Joanna[/name_f] but like the others, it sound better to me with [name_f]Therese[/name_f]!
That’s a really nice tradition. I like [name_f]Calixta[/name_f] [name_f]Joanna[/name_f], but [name_f]Calixta[/name_f] [name_u]Terry[/name_u] doesn’t really flow, it needs a longer middle name. It could work if you used two middle names, putting a one-syllable before [name_u]Terry[/name_u].
I love the “x” theme in your children’s names! I do prefer [name_f]Joanne[/name_f]/[name_f]Joanna[/name_f] over [name_u]Terry[/name_u] for a mn, but they are both nice.
The combination that immediately came to mind is [name_f]Axelle[/name_f] [name_f]Joanna[/name_f], but I think somebody already suggested [name_f]Axelle[/name_f].
People on this website really enjoy having first and middles sound nice together and match stylistically, but when choosing a name sometimes other things are more important. If you want to use [name_u]Terry[/name_u] as an honor name, don’t let the lack of flow stop you. With honor names, the important thing is to honor someone important to you right? [name_m]Don[/name_m]‘t worry too much if people say it sound sound good together, unless it ends up being something you really care about for yourself. Other people you meet day to day, will not even notice really, especially considering people rarely know each others’ middle names anyway.
This is true! [name_m]Even[/name_m] if something doesn’t sound right to others it’s your decision in the end and if you like it then it doesn’t matter if other people don’t. I wouldn’t let it stop me. Honoring someone is more important than the sound anyways
