Hello, Im new to this website and it will be my first post ever. My husband and I are expecting our first child and it will be due on the first week of [name]December[/name] 2012. We have a hard time choosing name for either girl or boy. Our last name is Smart which I think is very difficult to choose the first name to. We would be appreciate any help, any idea, anything! Many thanks!
[name]Welcome[/name] and congratulations!
It might help narrow suggestions if you give us an idea of the sorts of names you like–classic, androgynous, exotic? Or if you don’t know your naming ‘style’, just throw out some names that you and your husband like, regardless of how well they go with your surname, just to give us a starting point…
I’d probably stay away from a name that ends with an -s sound. To ensure that they two names don’t run together. But, without any idea of what your naming style is, it is difficult to give you tailored advice. I added a list of a variety of names maybe that will help you let us Berries know what you like so we can better advise you.
Girls:
[name]Addison[/name], [name]Beatrix[/name], [name]Coralie[/name], [name]Dawn[/name], [name]Echo[/name], [name]Fiona[/name], Gorgia, [name]Harriet[/name], [name]Isla[/name], [name]Julia[/name], [name]Katherine[/name], [name]Lillian[/name], [name]Mirabel[/name], [name]Noelle[/name], [name]Ophelia[/name], [name]Prudence[/name], [name]Quinn[/name], [name]Rafaela[/name], [name]Sofia[/name], [name]Trudy[/name], [name]Una[/name], [name]Violet[/name], [name]Waverly[/name], [name]Xena[/name], [name]Yvette[/name], and [name]Zoey[/name]
Boys:
[name]Abel[/name], [name]Benjamin[/name], [name]Caelan[/name], [name]David[/name], [name]Eoin[/name], [name]Fife[/name], [name]Gryphon[/name], [name]Harlow[/name], [name]Ian[/name], [name]Jason[/name], [name]Kiran[/name], [name]Ludwig[/name], [name]Max[/name], [name]Nigel[/name], [name]Oscar[/name], [name]Philip[/name], [name]Quentin[/name], [name]Randall[/name], [name]Skylar[/name], [name]Theodore[/name], [name]Vaughn[/name], [name]William[/name], and [name]Zane[/name]
[name]Maxwell[/name]! Ok… I know… Lame joke. Now for the suggestions. What types of names do you gravitate towards? Here are a few of my favorites that I think sound nice with your last name:
Girls-
[name]Rosalie[/name]
[name]Annabelle[/name]
[name]Audrey[/name]
[name]Bethany[/name]
[name]Caroline[/name]
[name]Marianne[/name]
[name]Adelaide[/name]
[name]Victoria[/name]
[name]Chloe[/name]
[name]Hailey[/name]
[name]Christiana[/name]
Boys-
[name]Nathaniel[/name]
[name]Nathan[/name]
[name]Alec[/name]
[name]Benjamin[/name]
[name]Caleb[/name]
[name]Jacob[/name]
[name]Edmund[/name]
[name]Bennett[/name]
[name]Davey[/name]
[name]Jameson[/name]
[name]Daniel[/name]
[name]Frederick[/name]
[name]Jesse[/name]
[name]Mitchell[/name]
[name]Russell[/name]
[name]Grady[/name]
[name]Ryan[/name]
[name]Tyler[/name]
With an adjective for a surname, just make sure not to pick a name that ends in -be or -is or another verb ending (like [name]Phoebe[/name] Smart). Also, I wouldn’t pick a name ending in an s sound, because it’s likely to get lost with the first letter of your surname.
I hope this helps! Good luck!
[name]Do[/name] you like names that are unusual? Popular names? Unisex names? This might be helpful, that way we can make suggestions based on your preferences 
[name]William[/name]
[name]Wendell[/name]
[name]Arthur[/name]
[name]Samuel[/name]
[name]Toby[/name]
[name]David[/name]
[name]Levi[/name]
[name]Dexter[/name]
[name]Amory[/name]
[name]Edmund[/name]
[name]Christian[/name]
[name]Nathaniel[/name]
[name]Cosmo[/name]
[name]Josiah[/name]
[name]Cosimo[/name]
[name]Finn[/name]
[name]Jonah[/name]
[name]Flora[/name]
[name]Junia[/name]
[name]Opal[/name]
[name]Eleanor[/name]
[name]Bronwen[/name]
[name]Camille[/name]
[name]Cora[/name]
[name]Gwendolen[/name]
[name]Matilda[/name] / [name]Mathilda[/name]
[name]Cassia[/name]
[name]Jenna[/name]
[name]Bibiana[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name]
[name]Eugenie[/name]
[name]Caroline[/name]
[name]Camilla[/name]
[name]Emmeline[/name]
[name]Genevieve[/name]
[name]Julia
Katherine[/name]
[name]Lillian[/name]
[name]Lydia
Naomi[/name]
[name]Vivienne[/name]
[name]Benjamin[/name]
[name]Christopher[/name]
[name]Elijah[/name]
[name]Jonathan[/name]
[name]Nathaniel[/name]
[name]Patrick[/name]
[name]Hi[/name], Thanks for help with the names. We just had go through all the names on our list again and selected a few names for girl and boy. Could you please tell me if it sounds good or not?
As for boy: (picked [name]Charles[/name] after my husband’s grandfather for middle name)
[name]Oscar[/name] [name]Charles[/name] Smart
[name]Owen[/name] [name]Charles[/name] Smart
[name]Ian[/name] [name]Charles[/name] Smart
[name]Malin[/name] [name]Charles[/name] Smart
As for girl: (need help with middle name??? Im trying to find a name - either traditional name from family or unique name yet)
[name]Maeve[/name] Smart
[name]Olive[/name] Smart
[name]Ophelia[/name] Smart
Olenya Smart
[name]Willow[/name] Smart
Let me know and we will be appreciate any feedback or idea. [name]Even[/name] new name but sound similar or whatsoever.
Many thanks!
Great choices! I think with such a fun, but obviously evocative, last name as ‘Smart,’ you should stay away from anything that is an object, a quality, an adjective, etc. It should be a name and name-only.
From your boys’ list, I like [name]Owen[/name] and [name]Ian[/name]. [name]Oscar[/name] to me is still a garbage-dwelling grouch with a dash of Odd Couple; [name]Malin[/name] is traditionally a female name. Something slightly longer might pair well:
[name]Brendan[/name] [name]Charles[/name] Smart
[name]Jonathan[/name] [name]Charles[/name] Smart
[name]Zachary[/name] [name]Charles[/name] Smart
[name]Duncan[/name] [name]Charles[/name] Smart
[name]Kingston[/name] [name]Charles[/name] Smart
[name]Quentin[/name] [name]Charles[/name] Smart
[name]Ronan[/name] [name]Charles[/name] Smart
[name]Byron[/name] [name]Charles[/name] Smart
For your girls, I would nix [name]Olive[/name] and [name]Willow[/name] since they, too, are everyday words in addition to names and as such would not pair well with Smart. I haven’t heard Olenya before, and although [name]Maeve[/name] is beautiful it feels abrupt with a 1-syllable last name. The winner, by a landslide, is [name]Ophelia[/name]-- it’s lovely!
Some more first name thoughts:
[name]Lillian[/name]
[name]Helena[/name]
[name]Viola[/name]
[name]Katharine[/name]
[name]Georgia[/name]
[name]Caroline[/name]
[name]Carissa[/name]
[name]Fiona[/name]
[name]Siobhan[/name]
[name]Miranda[/name]
[name]Valeria[/name]
[name]Audra[/name]
[name]Delphine[/name]