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General Name Discussion
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[name]Hi[/name] - I have been a long time reader of this blog because I love names. However, now I am actually pregnant (22 weeks along) and have realized that I love learning and analyzing names and trends and that the art of picking [name]ONE[/name] name to give your child that they will have [name]FOREVER[/name] is just daunting.

If it is a boy, we have agreed on [name]Lucas[/name] (nn [name]Luke[/name]).

If it is a girl, I am concerned we will be leaving the hospital nameless! My husband and I don’t tend to overlap on many girl names.

Here are some names he likes that I don’t: [name]Kristi[/name], [name]Becky[/name], [name]Amanda[/name], [name]Morgan[/name] (basically anything that screams we had our baby in 1984)

Here are some names I like that he doesn’t: [name]Theresa[/name] (nn [name]Tessa[/name]), [name]Amara[/name], [name]Maren[/name], [name]Audrey[/name] … and guilty pleasure is [name]Aurelia[/name].

Here are ones that we both think are okay, but don’t feel like the one: [name]Leah[/name], [name]Rachel[/name], [name]Elena[/name], [name]Claire[/name]

Our favorite girl’s name is [name]Elizabeth[/name] … and we named our dog that six years ago, so it’s out. If only I could go back in time and agree to name the dog something stupid …

I appreciate any new suggestions you have for us!

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Most men’s notions of names were frozen in their own adolescence. They don’t look beyond their own age cohort. So they tend to suggest the nice girl / hot girl names of the 80s (i.e. [name]Alyssa[/name], [name]Becky[/name]). They rebel more than anything against ‘old lady names.’

[name]One[/name] suggestion would be to go to the Social Security Administration website, pull up the modern name lists, and show him just how much things have changed.

As for names: he likes safe, feminine, familiar names; yours are a bit more continental. Some initial thoughts:

[name]Caroline[/name]
[name]Clarissa[/name]
[name]Serena[/name]
[name]Lily[/name]
[name]Annabelle[/name]
[name]Rosalie[/name]
[name]Alice[/name]
[name]Lucy[/name]
[name]Juliana[/name]
[name]Laurel[/name]
[name]Isla[/name]
[name]Celeste[/name]
[name]Corinne[/name]

Those sound like nice, pretty girls, right?

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Since your husband seems to like “80’s names”, I compiled a list of names that were at least somewhat popular in that decade, though not to the extent of [name]Amanda[/name], [name]Becky[/name], etc.:

[name]Natalie[/name]
[name]Vanessa[/name]
[name]Anna[/name]
[name]Diana[/name]
[name]Brooke[/name]
[name]Heidi[/name]
[name]Hannah[/name]
[name]Colleen[/name]
[name]Meredith[/name]
[name]Abigail[/name]
[name]Virginia[/name]
[name]Evelyn[/name]
[name]Eva[/name]
[name]Jane[/name]

Here are some names that I think compliment your favorites in style:

[name]Veronica[/name]
[name]Violet[/name]
[name]Stella[/name]
[name]Lucia[/name]
[name]Cassidy[/name]
[name]Cassia[/name]
[name]Ava[/name]
[name]Ella[/name]
[name]Harper[/name]
[name]Lucy[/name]
[name]Emily[/name]
[name]Angela[/name]
[name]Thea[/name]

[name]Hope[/name] this helps!

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[name]Do[/name] you like more popular/traditional names? I’ll suggest a few of my favorite more classic names. [name]Leonora[/name], [name]Lenora[/name], [name]Bryn[/name], [name]Alice[/name], [name]Arianna[/name], [name]Adelaide[/name], [name]Violet[/name], Emmery, and [name]Charlotte[/name].

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From your list I like [name]Amara[/name], I think that is a lovely name, and you could use “[name]Mara[/name]” for short. [name]Elena[/name], [name]Leah[/name] and [name]Claire[/name] are all lovely. Some suggestions…

[name]Anja[/name]
[name]Athena[/name]
[name]Alexis[/name]
[name]Alexandra[/name]
[name]Bridget[/name]
[name]Brooke[/name]
[name]Clara[/name]
[name]Caroline[/name]
[name]Delainey[/name]
[name]Eden[/name]
[name]Emma[/name]
[name]Faith[/name]
[name]Fiona[/name]
[name]Gianna[/name]
[name]Hailey[/name]
[name]Hillary[/name]
[name]Isabel[/name] / [name]Isabelle[/name]
[name]Julia[/name]
[name]Kate[/name]
[name]Kaia[/name] / [name]Kaya[/name]
[name]Lindsay[/name]
[name]Lorelei[/name]
[name]Leila[/name]
[name]Marian[/name]
[name]Megan[/name]
[name]Mallory[/name]
[name]Mariah[/name]
[name]Noelle[/name]
[name]Nadia[/name]
[name]Paige[/name]
[name]Paulina[/name]/e
[name]Piper[/name]
[name]Rose[/name]
[name]Sadie[/name]
[name]Samara[/name] / [name]Samira[/name]
[name]Sasha[/name]
[name]Sonya[/name]
[name]Shannon[/name]
[name]Stephanie[/name]
[name]Zahra[/name]

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[name]Leah[/name], [name]Rachel[/name], [name]Clara[/name] or [name]Claire[/name] are nice. [name]How[/name] about [name]Caroline[/name] or [name]Alexandra[/name]/[name]Alexandria[/name]… Good luck :)!

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You both like [name]Lucas[/name], so what about something similar to that?

[name]Lucia[/name]
[name]Luciana[/name]
[name]Lucy[/name]
[name]Elena[/name] (you have this on your list and I [name]LOVE[/name] it)
[name]Helen/name
[name]Emilia[/name]

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[name]Carina[/name]
[name]Sabine[/name]
[name]Marta[/name]
[name]Mathilda[/name]
[name]Tamara[/name]
[name]Sarah[/name]
[name]Corrine[/name]

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[name]How[/name] about:
[name]Eliza[/name]
[name]Jessie[/name]
[name]Adriana[/name]
[name]Amelia[/name]
[name]Reba[/name]
[name]Ariana[/name]
[name]Jenna[/name]
[name]Anna[/name]
[name]Piper[/name]
[name]Jemma[/name]
[name]Heather[/name]
[name]Amandine[/name]
Amundine

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Maybe you could use [name]Liza[/name] or [name]Eliza[/name]? [name]Both[/name] play off of [name]Elizabeth[/name] without being [name]Elizabeth[/name].

I totally feel you… my husband and I had a much harder time agreeing on girls names as well!!

(and [name]Aurelia[/name] [name]Claire[/name] would be beautiful!)