I have a son names [name_m]Collin[/name_m] [name_m]Matthew[/name_m] and love all sorts of style in names, but so far I can only get my husband to agree on a couple.
He is in love with the name [name_f]Karalyn[/name_f] and does not want any other girl name:).
We’ve decided on [name_f]Karalyn[/name_f] [name_f]Aleah[/name_f] for a girl.
Only boys name he has agreed to is [name_m]Nicholas[/name_m] [name_u]Ryan[/name_u].
Thoughts on these names. I’m not really asking for suggestions because I could give a complete list of names I’m in love with, but I want something both my husband and I will love.
I think [name_m]Nicholas[/name_m] [name_u]Ryan[/name_u] is very handsome and goes well with [name_m]Collin[/name_m] [name_m]Matthew[/name_m].
[name_f]Karalyn[/name_f] [name_f]Aleah[/name_f] sounds pretty. If I’m saying it right: care/car-uh-lin ah-lee-uh? The spellings look a bit funny to me, but the sound is nice. Only thing is [name_f]Karalyn[/name_f] starts and ends with that same sounds as [name_m]Collin[/name_m].
I like both [name_m]Collin[/name_m] and [name_m]Nicholas[/name_m] but nameberry says that they [name_m]Collin[/name_m] comes from [name_m]Nicholas[/name_m]… Not sure if that makes a difference to you!
Is there any reason your husband doesn’t want to use the traditional spelling, [name_f]Carolyn[/name_f]? [name_m]Collin[/name_m], [name_m]Matthew[/name_m], [name_m]Nicholas[/name_m] and [name_u]Ryan[/name_u] are all very solid, traditional names, whereas [name_f]Karalyn[/name_f] has a strange misspelling…[name_m]Collin[/name_m] & [name_f]Karalyn[/name_f] don’t really go together, but [name_m]Collin[/name_m] & [name_f]Carolyn[/name_f] do. As for [name_f]Aleah[/name_f], I’m not the biggest fan of the sound, or the spelling. It looks like you’re writing “[name_f]Karalyn[/name_f] [is] a [name_f]Leah[/name_f].”
[name_m]Nicholas[/name_m] [name_u]Ryan[/name_u] is a nice combination.
I think they are both great names I especially love [name_m]Nicholas[/name_m], but personally I think [name_f]Karalyn[/name_f] is almost too close in sound to [name_m]Collin[/name_m].
Spelling [name_f]Karalyn[/name_f]= [name_f]Carolyn[/name_f].
My favorite name is [name_f]Kara[/name_f], so that’s my way of putting myself in the name. I’m 26 and am afraid [name_f]Carolyn[/name_f] sounded too old fashioned. But I could always change that. My husband would rather spell it [name_f]Carolyn[/name_f].
[name_f]Caroline[/name_f] is a little more timeless than [name_f]Carolyn[/name_f], but I don’t find either “old-fashioned,” per se. Also, you definitely could have a [name_f]Carolyn[/name_f] nn [name_f]Cara[/name_f], if it’s the sound and not the spelling that you favour.