Names... Help?

Tell us what you think :slight_smile: We need middle names and possibly different first names if you have any suggestions. Please keep in mind that our last name is [name]Barton[/name].

Boys:

[name]Elias[/name]
[name]Noah[/name]
[name]James[/name]
[name]Isaac[/name]

Girls:

[name]Hannah[/name]
[name]Aspen[/name]
[name]Callie[/name]
[name]Kate[/name]

I like [name]Noah[/name], [name]James[/name], and [name]Isaac[/name] from your boys list. The way [name]Elias[/name] looks and sounds just doesn’t appeal to me, although I do like just plain [name]Eli[/name].

Other ideas:
[name]Jonah[/name]
[name]Gabriel[/name]
[name]Cole[/name]
[name]Patrick[/name]
[name]William[/name]
[name]Silas[/name]
[name]Oliver[/name]
[name]Elliott[/name]

From your girls list, I really like [name]Kate[/name]. I like [name]Callie[/name] too, but I can’t decide if I like it as a full name or just a nickname. Some longer options to get to [name]Callie[/name] as a nickname would be [name]Calla[/name], [name]Calliope[/name], or [name]Caroline[/name]. [name]Hannah[/name] feels dated to me, and as for [name]Aspen[/name], I like it in theory but I can see it being shortened to the first syllable (a*s) which is unappealing.

Other ideas:
[name]Arden[/name]
[name]Hazel[/name]
[name]Georgia[/name]
[name]Elle[/name]
[name]Nora[/name]
[name]Claire[/name]
[name]Brynn[/name]
[name]Layla[/name]

Boys:

[name]Elias[/name]- The most unusual of your choices. I like it! Why not [name]Elias[/name] [name]Noah[/name] [name]Barton[/name]?
[name]Noah[/name]- [name]Noah[/name] [name]James[/name] [name]Barton[/name]- I prefer more interesting combos but it makes sense to me to combine the names you like the most…
[name]James[/name]- [name]James[/name] [name]Isaac[/name] [name]Barton[/name]
[name]Isaac[/name]- I like this name too and it is strong with [name]Barton[/name].
Other names in your style- [name]Asa[/name], [name]Micah[/name], [name]Ezra[/name], [name]Samuel[/name], [name]Nathaniel[/name]
[name]James[/name] [name]Nathaniel[/name] [name]Barton[/name], [name]Samuel[/name] [name]Isaac[/name] [name]Barton[/name], [name]James[/name] [name]Micah[/name] [name]Barton[/name], [name]Nathaniel[/name] [name]Isaac[/name] [name]Barton[/name]

Girls:

[name]Hannah[/name]- I’m tired of it. Sorry! But if you like :slight_smile: [name]Hannah[/name] [name]Kate[/name] [name]Barton[/name]? [name]Hannah[/name] [name]Miriam[/name] [name]Barton[/name]? [name]Hannah[/name] [name]Lily[/name] [name]Barton[/name]?
[name]Aspen[/name]- I love this name, but it doesn’t have great flow with your ln because of repeating -n sounds.
[name]Callie[/name] - Sweet name. [name]Callie[/name] [name]Hannah[/name] [name]Barton[/name]? [name]Callie[/name] [name]Ruth[/name] [name]Barton[/name]? [name]Callie[/name] [name]Miriam[/name] [name]Barton[/name]? [name]Callie[/name] [name]Susannah[/name] [name]Barton[/name]?
[name]Kate[/name] - Pretty! [name]Kate[/name] [name]Barton[/name] is classy! [name]Kate[/name] [name]Miriam[/name] [name]Barton[/name]? [name]Kate[/name] [name]Lydia[/name] [name]Barton[/name]?
Suggestions- [name]Lydia[/name], [name]Stella[/name], [name]Mollie[/name], [name]Sadie[/name], [name]Miriam[/name], [name]Elaina[/name], [name]Elise[/name]
[name]Hannah[/name] [name]Elise[/name] [name]Barton[/name], [name]Lydia[/name] [name]Kate[/name] [name]Barton[/name], [name]Stella[/name] [name]Kate[/name] [name]Barton[/name], [name]Mollie[/name] [name]Hannah[/name] [name]Barton[/name], [name]Elaina[/name] [name]Callie[/name] [name]Barton[/name], [name]Kate[/name] [name]Elaina[/name] [name]Barton[/name]
Fun!

Thank you!

I know the name [name]Hannah[/name] is a bit dated and overused, but my grandmother’s name was [name]Hannah[/name] and I’d like to honor her.
I [name]LOVE[/name] the name [name]Caroline[/name], but we don’t agree on it :confused: [name]Callie[/name] is the closest I could come to any of the names it could be a nn for
The only problem with [name]Brynn[/name] (though I love the name, especially its Scottish background) is that it doesn’t sound very good with my ln ([name]Brynn[/name] [name]Barton[/name]? meh)

Thank you so much for the suggestions! They really helped :slight_smile:

[name]Elias[/name] - [name]LOVE[/name]!
[name]Noah[/name] - Like very much, but very popular at the moment.
[name]James[/name] - [name]Love[/name], classic!
[name]Isaac[/name] - Like, but I know a large number of Isaacs.

[name]Hannah[/name] - I like very much, other thoughts [name]Anna[/name], [name]Hanna[/name], [name]Annabeth[/name], [name]Annelise[/name], [name]Annora[/name].
[name]Aspen[/name] - Good for a middle name, not sturdy enough for a first name in my opinion, plus the “as*” aspect.
[name]Callie[/name] - I prefer it as a nickname for a more formal name; [name]Calla[/name], [name]Callista[/name], [name]Calandra[/name], [name]Caroline[/name], [name]Carolina[/name].
[name]Kate[/name] - Great name. Also are great middle name that you use option. Examples - [name]Anna[/name] [name]Kate[/name], [name]Lily[/name] [name]Kate[/name], [name]Eva[/name] [name]Kate[/name], [name]Ginny[/name] [name]Kate[/name].

Other suggestions:

[name]Seamus[/name]
[name]Linus[/name]
[name]Tobias[/name]
[name]Titus[/name]
[name]Milo[/name]
[name]Ramsay[/name]
[name]Wiley[/name]
[name]Abel[/name]
[name]Dexter[/name]
[name]Ephraim[/name]

[name]Alice[/name]
[name]Celia[/name]
[name]Gemma[/name]
[name]Iris[/name]
[name]Lydia[/name]
[name]Nina[/name]
[name]Salome[/name]
[name]Daisy[/name]
[name]Ivy[/name]
[name]Tansy[/name]
[name]Willa[/name]

From your boys’ names, I like [name]Elias[/name], [name]Noah[/name], and [name]Isaac[/name] the best and with [name]James[/name], you have a lot of good potential combinations. I like the suggestion of [name]Elias[/name] [name]Noah[/name] [name]Barton[/name] above. [name]Isaac[/name] [name]Noah[/name] [name]Barton[/name] works well too. You could [name]Jude[/name] as a mn for these as well-- [name]Elias[/name] [name]Jude[/name] [name]Barton[/name], [name]Isaac[/name] [name]Noah[/name] [name]Barton[/name].

Some other possible names: [name]Adam[/name], [name]David[/name], [name]Isaiah[/name], [name]Luke[/name], [name]Marcus[/name], [name]Philip[/name], [name]Tobias[/name]

Although [name]Hannah[/name] is fairly common, if you want to use it to honor someone, I appreciate that [name]Hannah[/name] [name]Kate[/name] [name]Barton[/name] works well. Instead of [name]Hannah[/name] though, you could use [name]Anna[/name] or some variant (like [name]Annelise[/name], [name]Annie[/name], [name]Annmarie[/name], [name]Mariana[/name], etc.) or what I think would be lovely-- [name]Susannah[/name] [name]Kate[/name] [name]Barton[/name] (nn [name]Susie[/name] or [name]Sukie[/name]). I’m not a fan of [name]Aspen[/name] and I like [name]Callie[/name] more as a nn. If [name]Caroline[/name]'s a no-go with DH, what about [name]Charlotte[/name] nn [name]Callie[/name]? The only other possible issue with [name]Callie[/name] is that it may get mistaken for [name]Clara[/name] when combined with [name]Barton[/name]-- another reason, I’d look for a longer name and use [name]Callie[/name] as a nn-- maybe [name]Callista[/name] [name]Barton[/name]? [name]Kate[/name] is okay, but I agree that it works well as a nm.

Some other possible names: [name]Alexandra[/name] (nn [name]Allie[/name]), [name]Chloe[/name], [name]Eliza[/name], [name]Eva[/name], [name]Gemma[/name], [name]Julia[/name], [name]Lucy[/name], [name]Phoebe[/name], [name]Ruth[/name], [name]Rose[/name], [name]Zoe[/name]