Hubby and I are expecting our first little one on [name_u]June[/name_u] 1st, and we have a boy’s name picked, but are struggling to agree on a girl’s name. We do find out what we are having in 15 days (fingers crossed the nugget cooperates) but I’d still like to get some ideas since there is a 50% chance a little girl is in our future!
Our boy’s name is [name_m]David[/name_m] [name_m]Theodore[/name_m] [name_m]John[/name_m], nicknamed [name_u]Teddy[/name_u].
The middle names for a girl will be [name_f]Marilyn[/name_f] [name_f]Lucille[/name_f], after my two grandmothers, but we have wildly differing name opinions and are having trouble picking a first name to go with them.
I am open to any and all suggestions. Thanks in advance for your help!
EDIT so all the info is on page one:
I deliberately didn’t expand on what we like because we’re at an impasse with girls names - we really don’t agree on much and I was hoping to get some “anything goes” type of suggestions. I figured our boy option might give you a hint of an idea what we like, but not be too obvious…
But basically I like names with a bit of history, I like names with a literary connection, I like names that have great nickname options, because I love a good nickname. Some favorites: Josephine, Rosemary, Clarissa, Philippa, Charlotte, Violet, Caroline, Cordelia, Anneliese… hubby is not thrilled with any of these. I also like Avery and Piper, which are not like the typical names I like, but he has not crossed them off the list.
Hubby, is not a name nerd at all. He has few parameters (the only one really that it not be too weird, though he has yet to expand on what he means by weird), and the list of what he’s vetoed is longer than the list of names he’s actually expressed interest in. His only suggestions have been Sarah and Rhiannon (he’s a big Fleetwood Mac fan), both of which I’ve vetoed. He liked my suggestions of Clara and Annaleigh, but those are very low on my list.
I’m really into the flow of a name and how it sounds. Not lots of repeated sounds, the cadence has to be nice. Our last name is two syllables, starts with a C and ends in ER.
Hope that gives more to work with, but really I am open to all suggestions at this point. We’re only t-13 days to finding out gender, and if it is a girl I’m going to start freaking out, lol. I’m quite the planner and it is stressing me out that we don’t have a choice…
EDIT: DEFINITELY nothing that ends in -lyn. I’ve seen a few suggestions of Evelyn and Carolyn, etc… way too repetitive with Marilyn being one of the middle names. I vetoed Clara because I thought the sound was too similar, and that isn’t even as repetitive. So definitely no names with -lyn please.