I posted a few weeks ago but we are still undecided! We had names picked out for years. If baby is a girl she will for sure be Juniper Maya. Our boy name was Malachi Jasper, and while we still love Malachi, it just doesn’t feel right now that I’m actually pregnant. (Maybe it doesn’t feel right because it’s a girl and I’m stressing for nothing lol!)
Our top contender right now is Otto Jasper, but we’re still on the lookout for the perfect name. The middle name will be Jasper for sentimental reasons, but we don’t want to use Jasper as a first name because we like Juniper more even if for a future daughter, and husband doesn’t want our kids to have the same first initials. He and his brothers have all J names!
Current list:
Otto Jasper
Malachi Jasper
Sullivan Jasper
Callahan Jasper
Maybes: Hollis, Henry, Rigel, Eliot, Leo
Husband vetoed: Florian/Rory, Rainier, Tennyson, Elio, Hugo
[name_m]Malachi[/name_m] [name_m]Jasper[/name_m] is beautiful! But if you’re not feeling it, probably best to set it aside. (Juniper [name_f]Maya[/name_f] is gorgeous, too!). Of your options, [name_m]Sullivan[/name_m] [name_m]Jasper[/name_m] is my favorite, he’s super sweet and I love [name_m]Sullivan[/name_m]! [name_m]Callahan[/name_m] [name_m]Jasper[/name_m] is nice too, though!
I had the same problem when I was pregnant! I had names I loved for years and years but when there was actually a baby nothing felt right anymore. Those names didn’t feel like HIM. In the end, we ended up going with one of the names on our original list that we had talked about for years because we couldn’t find anything we loved more. The name definitely fits him now and I can’t think of a better name for him. So you might end up coming aroudn to [name_m]Malachi[/name_m] or a name you thought might not fit and if you do that’s okay!
I think all the names on your list are actually great. They fit really nicely with [name_m]Jasper[/name_m] and all have a very similar feel to them. I don’t know if popularity matters to you but [name_m]Malachi[/name_m] is quite a bit higher on the baby name lists at least here in the US. I’d toy around with your top 4 names you have there and practice calling him those names. Give each name a week or two and use it as much as you can. Refer to him as that name, call him that name, use it at Starbucks or picking up food when they ask for name, write it down on your fridge and look at it each day, etc. See how it feels using it in every day life!
[name_m]Otto[/name_m] [name_m]Jasper[/name_m] Also love [name_m]Malachi[/name_m], [name_m]Sullivan[/name_m], [name_m]Callahan[/name_m], [name_m]Eliot[/name_m] and Hollis!!
I really like [name_m]Malachi[/name_m] [name_m]Jasper[/name_m] for you guys! It mirrors of [name_f]Juniper[/name_f] [name_f]Maya[/name_f] (J name ending in er and a name starting with Ma) without feeling like they are identical or close to the same thing
They feel very cohesive together and make a great sibling pair without feeling too matchy! But if [name_m]Malachi[/name_m] doesn’t feel right some other names to go with [name_m]Jasper[/name_m] could be
Also love [name_m]Malachi[/name_m], [name_m]Sullivan[/name_m], [name_m]Callahan[/name_m], [name_m]Eliot[/name_m] and Hollis!!