I’m editing and expanding on my list and I need some help. lol
Girls:
[name_f]Lilia[/name_f]/Lilija [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f] [name_m]McDonald[/name_m]
[name_f]Paulina[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] [name_m]McDonald[/name_m] ([name_f]Nina[/name_f])
[name_f]Maia[/name_f]/[name_f]Maija[/name_f] [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] [name_m]McDonald[/name_m]
[name_f]Zoya[/name_f] [name_f]Madeleine[/name_f] [name_m]McDonald[/name_m]
[name_f]Stephanie[/name_f] [name_f]Alessandra[/name_f] [name_m]McDonald[/name_m]
[name_f]Geneva[/name_f] [name_f]Katherine[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] [name_m]McDonald[/name_m] ([name_f]Evie[/name_f])
Irēna [name_f]Judith[/name_f] [name_m]McDonald[/name_m]
[name_f]Vera[/name_f] [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] [name_m]McDonald[/name_m]
[name_f]Katarina[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] [name_m]McDonald[/name_m]
[name_f]Noelle[/name_f] [name_f]Katherine[/name_f] [name_m]McDonald[/name_m] - Not sure of this one.
[name_f]Thea[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] [name_m]McDonald[/name_m]
[name_f]Arielle[/name_f] [name_f]Jade[/name_f] [name_m]McDonald[/name_m] - I’m not really crazy about [name_f]Jade[/name_f] so I’m looking for something else. I hate [name_f]Marie[/name_f], [name_u]Lynn[/name_u], [name_f]Grace[/name_f], and [name_f]Faith[/name_f] too.
[name_f]Annika[/name_f] [name_f]Mireille[/name_f] [name_m]McDonald[/name_m]
[name_f]Fiona[/name_f] [name_f]Audrey[/name_f] [name_m]McDonald[/name_m]
[name_f]Vada[/name_f] [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] [name_m]McDonald[/name_m]
[name_f]Xanthe[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] [name_m]McDonald[/name_m]
[name_f]Susanna[/name_f]/[name_f]Zuzanna[/name_f] [name_f]Audrey[/name_f] [name_m]McDonald[/name_m]
[name_f]Zaida[/name_f] [name_u]Ruby[/name_u] [name_m]McDonald[/name_m]
[name_f]Nadia[/name_f] [name_f]Mireille[/name_f] [name_m]McDonald[/name_m]
[name_f]Aislinn[/name_f] [name_f]Jane[/name_f] [name_m]McDonald[/name_m]
[name_f]Evelina[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] [name_m]McDonald[/name_m] ([name_f]Evie[/name_f])
[name_f]Tessa[/name_f] [name_f]Caroline[/name_f] [name_m]McDonald[/name_m] - [name_u]Love[/name_u] this one, but concerned that [name_f]Tessa[/name_f] is getting too popular.
[name_f]Daphne[/name_f] [name_f]Rebecca[/name_f] [name_m]McDonald[/name_m]
[name_f]Maeve[/name_f] [name_f]Alexandra[/name_f] [name_m]McDonald[/name_m]
[name_f]Magnolia[/name_f] [name_f]Jane[/name_f] [name_m]McDonald[/name_m] ([name_f]Maggie[/name_f])
[name_f]Aviana[/name_f] [name_f]Mae[/name_f] [name_m]McDonald[/name_m] ([name_u]Avi[/name_u]) - maybe add something else on to [name_f]Mae[/name_f] or use an entirely different middle?
[name_f]Gabrielle[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] [name_m]McDonald[/name_m]
[name_f]Estrella[/name_f] [name_f]Madeleine[/name_f] [name_m]McDonald[/name_m]
[name_f]Anneliese[/name_f] [name_f]Claire[/name_f] [name_m]McDonald[/name_m] - does [name_f]Claire[/name_f] flow okay? This name is a difficult one to pair up.
[name_f]Erica[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] [name_m]McDonald[/name_m]
[name_f]Calla[/name_f] [name_u]Vivian[/name_u] [name_m]McDonald[/name_m]
[name_f]Ksenia[/name_f]/Ksenija [name_f]Violet[/name_f] [name_m]McDonald[/name_m]
[name_f]Lyra[/name_f] [name_f]Natalie[/name_f] [name_m]McDonald[/name_m]
[name_f]Cassia[/name_f] [name_f]Noelle[/name_f] [name_m]McDonald[/name_m]
[name_u]Seren[/name_u] ____________ [name_m]McDonald[/name_m]
I also love [name_f]Phoebe[/name_f], [name_f]Niamh[/name_f]/[name_f]Neve[/name_f], [name_f]Michaela[/name_f]/[name_f]Mikaela[/name_f], [name_f]Lorelei[/name_f], [name_f]Giselle[/name_f] (love it as a FN or MN), [name_f]Catriona[/name_f]/[name_f]Caitriona[/name_f], [name_f]Karenna[/name_f], and [name_f]Seraphina[/name_f]. Middle names I’m considering are [name_f]Valerie[/name_f], [name_f]Amelia[/name_f], [name_f]Victoria[/name_f], [name_f]Audrey[/name_f], [name_f]Caroline[/name_f], [name_f]Aurora[/name_f], [name_f]Athena[/name_f], [name_f]Julia[/name_f], [name_u]Vivian[/name_u], [name_u]Kimberly[/name_u] (a family friend’s daughter), [name_f]Ivy[/name_f], [name_f]Melody[/name_f], [name_f]Leilani[/name_f], [name_f]Rebecca[/name_f], [name_f]Vanessa[/name_f], [name_f]April[/name_f] (after a family friend), [name_f]Janet[/name_f] (my mom)/[name_u]Jean[/name_u] (paternal grandmother. Her name was [name_f]Regina[/name_f] but she went by [name_u]Jean[/name_u] or [name_f]Jeannie[/name_f]. [name_u]Jean[/name_u] is fine as a MN too), [name_f]Astrid[/name_f], or [name_f]Carys[/name_f] (I love it as a first name, but one of my cousins is [name_f]Kara[/name_f] which sounds too close so it’ll have to be in the middle).
Boys:
[name_m]Eamon[/name_m] [name_u]Francis[/name_u] [name_m]McDonald[/name_m]
[name_u]Rhys[/name_u] [name_m]Alfred[/name_m] [name_m]McDonald[/name_m]
[name_m]Lachlan[/name_m] [name_u]Elliot[/name_u] [name_m]McDonald[/name_m]
[name_m]Ronan[/name_m] [name_u]Jesse[/name_u] [name_m]McDonald[/name_m]
[name_m]Dmitri[/name_m] [name_u]James[/name_u] [name_m]McDonald[/name_m]
[name_u]Alton[/name_u] [name_m]Gregory[/name_m] [name_m]McDonald[/name_m]
[name_m]Damon[/name_m] [name_u]Merritt[/name_u] [name_m]McDonald[/name_m] - Not sure.
Andrejs [name_m]Benjamin[/name_m] [name_m]McDonald[/name_m]
[name_m]Abram[/name_m] [name_m]Vincent[/name_m] [name_m]McDonald[/name_m]
[name_m]Ephraim[/name_m] [name_m]Zachary[/name_m] [name_m]McDonald[/name_m] - ??
[name_m]Conrad[/name_m] [name_u]Jensen[/name_u]/[name_u]James[/name_u] [name_m]McDonald[/name_m] - [name_u]Jensen[/name_u] is growing on me. [name_f]Do[/name_f] the middle names work together when combined or should I just go with one or the other? [name_m]Conrad[/name_m] is growing on me as well. I don’t love it, but it’s not bad.
[name_m]Cassius[/name_m] [name_m]Bryan[/name_m]/[name_m]Brian[/name_m] [name_m]McDonald[/name_m] - Debating between spelling [name_m]Bryan[/name_m] or [name_m]Brian[/name_m].
Henriks [name_m]Joseph[/name_m] [name_u]Dylan[/name_u] [name_m]McDonald[/name_m] ([name_m]Erik[/name_m], [name_m]Hank[/name_m], [name_m]Hal[/name_m])
[name_m]Stellan[/name_m] [name_u]Bradley[/name_u] [name_m]McDonald[/name_m]
[name_m]Dario[/name_m] ___________ [name_m]McDonald[/name_m] - I just can’t think of anything.
I’m considering [name_m]Raphael[/name_m] (FN or MN), [name_u]Konstantin[/name_u] (as a MN. It’s pronounced like [name_u]Constantine[/name_u]), [name_u]Ira[/name_u] (as a MN), [name_u]Rory[/name_u], [name_m]Salvatore[/name_m] (MN), [name_m]Hiro[/name_m] (It’s Japanese, so not the same as [name_u]Hero[/name_u], but pronounced the same), [name_m]Tennyson[/name_m] (MN, but not completely opposed to it as a FN), [name_m]Magnus[/name_m] (MN), [name_m]Lorenzo[/name_m] (MN. I worry that it’s getting too popular for a FN), or [name_m]Vincenzo[/name_m].
Feel free to match some of the girls’ and boys’ names up and make more suggestions. I prefer classics and international variations of classic names (Irish, Latvian, and Scottish especially), maybe a bit unusual. Gender specific is a must and preferably nothing in the top 200 (if it is, no top 100’s or rapidly rising names. I hesitated to keep [name_f]Tessa[/name_f] and [name_f]Thea[/name_f] on the list because they are both gaining. I’m just not ready to drop them right now. Waiting for the ssa website to release the names for 2016), creatively spelled, trendy like [name_u]Harper[/name_u], [name_f]Harlow[/name_f], [name_u]Mason[/name_u], or [name_u]Jayden[/name_u], or obviously made up.
[name_f]Alessandra[/name_f] is pronounced [name_m]AH[/name_m]-less-ahn-dra.
Irēna is pronounced Ih-ree-na.
[name_f]Mireille[/name_f] is Meer-AY.
[name_f]Xanthe[/name_f] is [name_m]ZAN[/name_m]-thee.
[name_f]Aislinn[/name_f] is [name_u]ASH[/name_u]-lin.
[name_f]Estrella[/name_f] is Es-STRAY-ah.
[name_f]Ksenia[/name_f]/Ksenija is something close to Ka-sen-ya. The Ks is pronounced almost like it’s one syllable though.
[name_f]Lyra[/name_f] is Leer-ah. LIE-ra is okay too, but I prefer the softer -ee sound to prevent people from calling the kid ‘liar’.
[name_u]Seren[/name_u] is Seh-[name_u]REN[/name_u], like [name_f]Serenity[/name_f], but without the ending.
Andrejs is like the Spanish [name_m]Andres[/name_m].
[name_m]Abram[/name_m] is [name_m]AH[/name_m]-bram.
[name_m]Cassius[/name_m] is [name_u]CASS[/name_u]-ee-us.
[name_m]Dario[/name_m] is DAR-ee-oh.