I’m almost 15 weeks pregnant, yay! We are finding out the sex and DH and I weren’t going to fret too much about widdling down names until we knew the sex, but with a slightly odd naming style I want to try and come up with some combos to focus on a little more. Plus, I’ve had a fever the last couple days. Not so high that I am passed out, just high enough to be non-functional and bored out of my mind!
DH grew up in southern Bosnian (Bosnian father, Serbian mother) and also lived a few years in Croatia. So I say “Yugoslavian” names because he isn’t explicity tied to a specific county. We both kind of think that most of these names are not very usable in the US, but he definitely wants to use a Jugo name for a middle.
As a reference, our last name kind of rhymes with Crisco
We are kind of round and round lately about names in general, but to give you an idea of some we’ve been throwing around:
Girls First:
[name]Eloise[/name] - was our #1 choice for a long time, DH has been shying away lately thinking it’s too “old” sounding. I totally disagree…he needs to come around!
[name]Elizabeth[/name] - to DH this is the “safe” option. I usually like to be a [name]LITTLE[/name] more adventuresome even though I’m a very conservative namer to most on this site, but the name does have a certain appeal because of all the nn options – current fav is [name]Libby[/name]
[name]Charlotte[/name]
[name]Elise[/name]
[name]Madeline[/name]
[name]Emily[/name] – Current DH fav. I don’t care for it at all (fine name, but ho hum for me to actually name a kid this)
Girls Middle - obviously not all these are true “Bosnian” names, but these are the Bosnian versions
Lejla - pronounce like [name]Layla[/name]…DH would actually like this as a first name, I don’t care for it in that spot though
[name]Alma[/name] - not what mos think of a Bosnian name, but it is commonly accepted as as the female version of his name…it’s a lovely name, but would just be weird as a first name since it’s similar to his
[name]Emina[/name] - his grandmother’s name and very common to the region he’s from
Zlata
[name]Mira[/name] - general slavic name meaning “peace” in a lot of slavic languages
Ajla - pronounced like [name]Isla[/name]
Boys First
[name]Harrison[/name] - nn [name]Harry[/name]
[name]Frederick[/name] - nn [name]Fritz[/name]…my grandfather’s name, but I really don’t like “[name]Fred[/name]” so just because of that I might not consider it
[name]Reid[/name]
[name]Theodore[/name] - nn [name]Teddy[/name]
[name]Piers[/name] - we like this, but a friend’s fiance who we aren’t that close to is the only other person we’ve met with this name…can’t decide if it would be kind of weird since it’s so unusual?
[name]Anders[/name]
Boys Middle
Zlatan
Kenen
Faris
Alen - my dad’s name is [name]Alan[/name]…not sure how much I like naming kids after family members who are alive (not much of an honoring person in general), but he’s always liked this name.
I feel like we’re not really jiving with anything right now, including the middle name issue…more suggestions for both first and middle would be welcome (not that many people are familiar with Bosnian names, but I have hope…berries are great at this!)! DH is almost a naming diva…hard to get him really onto a name lately. And I’m completely lost on putting them together to form one name!
