Name Choices for Our Baby Girl

Girl Names
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We are narrowing down our name choices for our baby girl on the way, and I’d love some input. We have five name combinations that are currently at the top of our list, but I’d be open to hearing possible change ups to those names (alternate middle names, etc.). Our last name is Hendricksen.

[name]Everly[/name] [name]Boheme[/name]
[name]Viviana[/name] Rejn
[name]Isla[/name] [name]Jolie[/name]
[name]Reverie[/name] [name]Jade[/name]
[name]Serenity[/name] [name]Gray[/name]

Other contenders include -
[name]Arya[/name], [name]Isabel[/name], [name]Honor[/name], [name]Anja[/name], [name]Karis[/name], [name]Willow[/name], [name]Haven[/name], [name]Raya[/name], [name]Zara[/name], and [name]Vera[/name].

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I love them all, but I think [name]Reverie[/name] [name]Jade[/name] is my fav!!

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They’re a bit overly whimisical imo. :confused: They don’t feel like an actual persons name, except for [name]Viviana[/name] Rejn. That one feels more human.

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I [name]LOVE[/name] [name]Isla[/name] [name]Jolie[/name]: it flows nicely, it’s short and easy to spell, and it’s so pretty! I find [name]Viviana[/name] Hendricksen a liiiittle long, but [name]Viviana[/name] Rejn is lovely, the middle helps shorten everything up, and I think the whole sounds nice together.

I like some word names, like [name]Boheme[/name] and [name]Gray[/name] and [name]Honor[/name], but I don’t really dig [name]Reverie[/name] or [name]Serenity[/name]. Of the two, I prefer [name]Reverie[/name], though reveries and dreams don’t really have all that much substance (kind wispy to me). [name]Serenity[/name] isn’t my thing because there will be lots of non-serene times (she could be a non-serene, feisty, energetic kind of person) and it has a sci-fi vibe for me because of Firefly (the space-western). [name]Everly[/name] is one of those names that, as an English major, I find frustrating because it looks like a word name, but it isn’t a real word, haha.

I think [name]Vera[/name] [name]Boheme[/name], [name]Anja[/name] [name]Reverie[/name], [name]Honor[/name] [name]Isabel[/name], and [name]Zara[/name] [name]Gray[/name] would all be beautiful, too. I do like [name]Seren[/name] as an alternative to [name]Serenity[/name]; [name]Seren[/name] [name]Reverie[/name] or [name]Seren[/name] [name]Willow[/name] would be pretty.

Congrats!

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[name]Serenity[/name] [name]Gray[/name]. So beautiful, it’s practically perfect [name]IMO[/name].

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From your combos I like:
[name]Isla[/name] [name]Jolie[/name]
[name]Serenity[/name] [name]Gray[/name]

From your list of other contenders, I like:
[name]Zara[/name]
[name]Isabel[/name]
[name]Anja[/name]
[name]Raya[/name]
[name]Willow[/name]
[name]Vera[/name]

(my preferences are listed in order)

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I like
[name]Everly[/name] [name]Boheme[/name]
and [name]Reverie[/name] [name]Jade[/name], or [name]Reverie[/name] [name]Willow[/name]
I also like [name]Isla[/name]

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I like [name]Serenity[/name] [name]Gray[/name]!

I also like [name]Honor[/name] and [name]Willow[/name] from your MN list.

[name]Everly[/name] [name]Isla[/name]
[name]Everly[/name] [name]Willow[/name]

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[name]Everly[/name] [name]Grey[/name] would be to die for :slight_smile: I like [name]Reverie[/name] jade too.

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Here’s some combination suggestions:
~ [name]Vivianna[/name] [name]Jade[/name]
~ [name]Isabel[/name] [name]Willow[/name]
~ [name]Anja[/name] [name]Haven[/name]

I also like [name]Zara[/name] & [name]Honor[/name].

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If you really move frequently, internationally, then longer word-names will be a headache and a hassle. I agree too that most of your combinations are on the wrong side of whimsical.

[name]Isla[/name], of your choices, pairs the best-- by far-- with Hendrickson. If mixing and matching, I’d use [name]Isla[/name] [name]Gray[/name] Hendrickson: short, sunny and sweet first name (which, after all, comes from the word ‘island,’ so is a word-name); monosyllabic middle, and the long, full-of-consonant-sounds Hendrickson to finish. You’d have a 2-1-3 syllabic flow and a nice balance of imagery.

As for your other choices:

[name]Everly[/name] is not a real adverb, it’s a 70s band;
[name]Boheme[/name] is not bohemian, it’s trying too hard, and it will be mispronounced most places;
[name]Viviana[/name] is beautiful, distinctive, and lovely, but a 4-syllable first name is just too much with Hendrickson. [name]Vivian[/name] won’t work due to the rhyme-y -an ending sound that would be shared with Hendrickson. [name]Vita[/name] / [name]Viva[/name] would be great though! Lively, sweet, short, distinctive, and easy to say/spell/pronounce in many languages and cultures.
Rejn: ?que? [name]Rain[/name]? Rein? [name]Reina[/name]? This will be hopelessly bungled, and it looks too trendy.
[name]Jolie[/name]: will be flat-out laughed at in [name]France[/name], as would be a girl named Pretty here.
[name]Reverie[/name]: a pretty word-name, but it will lose its meaning in an international context, and it’s a bit insubstantial for a name. It’s basically ‘daydream.’
[name]Jade[/name]: this has gone downmarket to stripper territory in the last decade. [name]Don[/name]'t believe me? google it. You’ll get Chinese restaurants and escort services.
[name]Serenity[/name]: [name]Sailor[/name] [name]Moon[/name]. Would go for [name]Serena[/name]-- dignified, smooth, saintly, sporty [name]Serena[/name].
[name]Gray[/name]: doesn’t do too much for me. It seems like a filler. Is there anything about the color gray that you’d like your daughter to be associated with?

Suggestions, for first and middles with a bohemian vibe:

[name]Bay[/name]
[name]Flora[/name] (goddess of flowers & plants)
[name]Junia[/name] ([name]June[/name], [name]Juno[/name])
[name]Lark[/name] (bird)
[name]Perla[/name] (pearl)
[name]Vale[/name] (valley)
[name]Estelle[/name] (star)
[name]Honor[/name] (seconding)
[name]Alba[/name] (white, sacred)
[name]Aura[/name] (aura)
[name]Cassia[/name] (cinnamon)
[name]Laurel[/name]
[name]Hope[/name]
[name]Lucia[/name] (light, very very international)
[name]Merrill[/name] (blackbird)
[name]Oriel[/name] (oriole)
[name]Aurea[/name] (gold)

[name]Cassia[/name] [name]Bay[/name] Hendrickson
[name]Aurea[/name] [name]Vale[/name] Hendrickson
[name]Flora[/name] [name]June[/name] Hendrickson
[name]Viva[/name] [name]Estella[/name] Hendrickson
[name]Honor[/name] [name]Oriel[/name] Hendrickson

etc

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I [name]LOVE[/name] [name]Viviana[/name]! Then I like [name]Isla[/name], then [name]Everly[/name].

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[name]Isla[/name] [name]Jolie[/name] is veryu pretty, and as a [name]Serenity[/name] myself Im still on the fence about my own name,

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If [name]Viviana[/name] was [name]Vivian[/name], that would be my pick. Since its not, however, I would go with [name]Isla[/name]. I really, really, really dislike [name]Jolie[/name] though. [name]Isla[/name] [name]Gray[/name] would be lovely.