Can anyone offer us some name suggestions for baby no. 3?
Older siblings are big brother [name_m]Autry[/name_m] and big sister [name_f]Ivy[/name_f]. My SO and I can’t seem to agree on many names this time around. For a boy, I like [name_m]Edmund[/name_m] a lot (husband vetoed it unfortunately). He really likes [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m] (nickname [name_m]Seb[/name_m] or Bash), which I actually like—but it just doesn’t feel like “the name”. For a girl, we both really like [name_f]Briar[/name_f], but we want to keep weighing our options. We also like the name [name_f]Polly[/name_f], but we don’t know how well it will age. If baby is a girl, we’ll most likely use the middle name [name_f]Emilia[/name_f] (it’s a family name). So, any ideas?
Names we like but (most likely) won’t be using:
[name_m]Leo[/name_m] (too popular)
[name_u]Noah[/name_u] (also too popular)
[name_u]August[/name_u] (too similar to [name_m]Autry[/name_m])
[name_m]Simon[/name_m] (we both love this but our close friend just used this for her son)
[name_f]Cecilia[/name_f] (too matchy with middle name [name_f]Emilia[/name_f])
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f] (too popular)
Amabella (I love this but afraid it would get shortened to [name_f]Amy[/name_f] or [name_f]Bella[/name_f])
Aw, [name_m]Edmund[/name_m] would have been perfect! What about [name_m]Edgar[/name_m] or [name_m]Edwin[/name_m]? I suppose [name_m]Edward[/name_m] is good too.
I really like [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m] as well. The nn Bash is my favorite. I also really like [name_m]Satch[/name_m]. [name_m]Seb[/name_m]/Sebby is pretty cute though. Could I suggest [name_m]Bastian[/name_m] or [name_m]Basil[/name_m] nn Bash as alternatives? They’re far less popular at least.
Here are a few more boy ideas:
Bernrad
[name_m]Caspar[/name_m]
[name_m]Desmond[/name_m]
[name_u]Dexter[/name_u]
[name_m]Dashiell[/name_m]
[name_u]Elliott[/name_u]
[name_m]Ferris[/name_m]
[name_m]Fergus[/name_m]
[name_m]Gilbert[/name_m]
[name_m]Hugo[/name_m]
[name_m]Knox[/name_m]
[name_u]Lane[/name_u]
[name_m]Malcolm[/name_m]
[name_m]Maverick[/name_m]
[name_m]Milo[/name_m]
[name_u]Noel[/name_u]
[name_m]Odin[/name_m]
[name_u]Rafe[/name_u]
[name_u]Remy[/name_u]
[name_u]Sullivan[/name_u]
[name_u]Tristan[/name_u]
[name_m]Winston[/name_m]
If #3 is a girl, [name_f]Briar[/name_f] & [name_f]Polly[/name_f] are both great choices. I like [name_f]Polly[/name_f] slightly more. It’s soft, friendly & unexpected. I think that it grows up fine. You could alway do [name_f]Penelope[/name_f] nn [name_f]Polly[/name_f] too.
I think [name_f]Briar[/name_f] [name_f]Emilia[/name_f] is perfect with [name_m]Autry[/name_m] and [name_f]Ivy[/name_f] actually, and I [name_m]Just[/name_m] love the name [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m].
[name_f]IMO[/name_f], [name_f]Briar[/name_f] [name_f]Emilia[/name_f] sounds better than [name_f]Polly[/name_f] [name_f]Emilia[/name_f], however, both names sound really good paired with [name_m]Autry[/name_m] and [name_f]Ivy[/name_f].
I think [name_f]Briar[/name_f] [name_f]Emilia[/name_f] sounds perfect with [name_m]Autry[/name_m] and [name_f]Ivy[/name_f]. I love how all three are zippy, short, and pack a lot of punch.
I love [name_f]Polly[/name_f] and [name_f]Briar[/name_f] with [name_f]Ivy[/name_f] and [name_m]Autry[/name_m]! If [name_f]Molly[/name_f] works on an adult I don’t see why [name_f]Polly[/name_f] wouldn’t.
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m] isn’t bad, but it’s in the top 20 and to me it seems too safe next to something like [name_m]Autry[/name_m].
[name_u]Arlo[/name_u]
[name_m]Anders[/name_m]
[name_m]Alfred[/name_m]
[name_m]Atticus[/name_m]
[name_m]Amos[/name_m]
[name_m]Archer[/name_m]
[name_m]Abel[/name_m]
[name_m]Atlas[/name_m]
[name_u]Beau[/name_u]
[name_m]Bennett[/name_m]
[name_m]Benedict[/name_m]
[name_m]Cyrus[/name_m]
[name_m]Clark[/name_m]
[name_m]Calvin[/name_m]
[name_m]Callum[/name_m]
[name_m]Callahan[/name_m]
[name_m]Conrad[/name_m]
[name_m]Cormac[/name_m]
[name_m]Clayton[/name_m]
[name_m]Casper[/name_m]
[name_u]Dexter[/name_u]
[name_m]Duncan[/name_m]
[name_u]Dorian[/name_u]
[name_m]Desmond[/name_m]
[name_u]Ellis[/name_u]
[name_m]Evander[/name_m]
[name_m]Ford[/name_m]
[name_m]Frederick[/name_m]
[name_u]Francis[/name_u]
[name_m]Foster[/name_m]
[name_m]Felix[/name_m]
[name_u]Flynn[/name_u]
[name_m]Finnegan[/name_m]
[name_u]Gus[/name_u]
[name_m]Griffin[/name_m]
[name_m]Hugo[/name_m]
[name_m]Holden[/name_m]
[name_m]Henrik[/name_m]
[name_m]Joel[/name_m]
[name_u]Kieran[/name_u]
[name_u]Kai[/name_u]
[name_u]Luca[/name_u]
[name_m]Leon[/name_m]
[name_m]Louis[/name_m]
[name_u]Lawrence[/name_u]
[name_m]Leander[/name_m]
[name_u]Lionel[/name_u]
[name_u]Maxime[/name_u]
[name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m]
[name_m]Phillip[/name_m]
[name_u]Percy[/name_u]
[name_u]Rex[/name_u]
[name_u]Rhys[/name_u]
[name_u]Rory[/name_u]
[name_u]Remy[/name_u]
[name_m]Reuben[/name_m]
[name_m]Ronan[/name_m]
[name_m]Roland[/name_m]
[name_m]Rupert[/name_m]
[name_m]Ralph[/name_m]
[name_u]Robin[/name_u]
[name_m]Soren[/name_m]
[name_u]Spencer[/name_u]
[name_u]Sullivan[/name_u]
[name_m]Tobias[/name_m]
[name_m]Truman[/name_m]
[name_m]Victor[/name_m]
[name_m]Wilder[/name_m]
[name_m]Zane[/name_m]
A sibset after American singer-and-actor cowboys [name_u]Gene[/name_u] [name_m]Autry[/name_m] (b. 1907) and [name_u]Roy[/name_u] [name_m]Rogers[/name_m] (b. 1911).
Also DH had originally vetoed [name_m]Edmund[/name_m] as a first name, he’s approved it for a middle name (yayyy!). We don’t have any males in the family that we really want to honor in a middle name, so he relented and decided he actually liked it in the middle name spot. So we’ve basically decided on either [name_m]Edmund[/name_m] for a boy or [name_f]Emilia[/name_f] for a girl as middle. For first names, we’re still considering our options, but I have to remember to slow down— we still have until [name_f]September[/name_f] to think about it after all. Again, thanks to all of you for your suggestions!
