We’ve had two daughters in a row, and are wanting to have a better list for our next baby since we didn’t have a boys name for either birth because we couldn’t agree.
We have chosen unusual names for our daughters ( [name_f]Tove[/name_f] [name_f]Seraphina[/name_f] [name_f]Io[/name_f], and Maylia [name_f]Elora[/name_f] [name_f]Eilish[/name_f]) and now I’m having a hard time finding a boys name that is suitable with his sisters.
Hubby typically likes more common names ( yet he chose [name_f]Io[/name_f], [name_f]Tove[/name_f] and [name_f]Eilish[/name_f]) he likes - [name_u]Logan[/name_u], [name_u]Sullivan[/name_u] ( our dogs name), [name_m]Callum[/name_m] and [name_u]Michael[/name_u]. I like [name_u]Logan[/name_u] and [name_m]Callum[/name_m] but find them way too popular for my tastes.
We agree on [name_m]Tavish[/name_m] and [name_m]Tadhg[/name_m] ( although I prefer the anglicized version [name_m]Teague[/name_m] )
The girls are nicknamed Tovie and [name_f]Maisie[/name_f] - we are concerned that [name_m]Tavish[/name_m] would be too close to [name_f]Tove[/name_f]
My list also contains [name_m]Rafferty[/name_m], [name_m]Bodhi[/name_m], [name_m]Ezra[/name_m] and [name_m]Parish[/name_m].
[name_f]Tove[/name_f], Maylia and [name_m]Tavish[/name_m] ( [name_u]Tavi[/name_u])
[name_f]Tove[/name_f], Maylia, and [name_m]Teague[/name_m] ( [name_m]Tig[/name_m])
[name_f]Tove[/name_f], Maylia and [name_m]Rafferty[/name_m] ( raffi)
[name_f]Tove[/name_f], Maylia and …
Please suggest some names that you think might go well with [name_f]Tove[/name_f] and Maylia and please suggest names that you think might fit our combined styles.
Some names from my genealogy databank…Siffroid (my best guess is Fr. form of [name_m]Sigfried[/name_m]), [name_m]Etienne[/name_m], Eudo/Eudes (old [name_m]Norman[/name_m]), [name_m]Aldrich[/name_m], Wolfhardt, [name_m]Cabot[/name_m], [name_m]Talbot[/name_m], [name_m]Simeon[/name_m], Mathurin, [name_m]Ulrich[/name_m].
[name_m]Teague[/name_m] sounds as if he would fit right in and I love the nn [name_m]Tig[/name_m]! I do like the suggestion of [name_m]Lennox[/name_m] or even Knoxx.
Zeadan could be another option?
[name_m]Malachi[/name_m] nickname [name_u]Kai[/name_u] or [name_m]Mack[/name_m]
[name_m]Ivan[/name_m] nickname [name_u]Van[/name_u] is cool
[name_m]Luther[/name_m] nickname [name_u]Lou[/name_u] or lux
[name_u]Paxton[/name_u] nn pax
[name_m]Octavian[/name_m] nickname [name_m]Ian[/name_m], [name_u]Van[/name_u], [name_m]Tanner[/name_m], etc
[name_m]Zachariah[/name_m] nn [name_m]Aries[/name_m], rye, etc
[name_m]Vincent[/name_m] nn [name_u]Van[/name_u], [name_m]Vince[/name_m], vinny, etc
[name_m]Tobiah[/name_m] nickname [name_m]Tobin[/name_m] or [name_u]Toby[/name_u]
[name_u]Channing[/name_u] …love this name, it means resembling a wolf cub, and nn could be chance
Augustan…nn [name_u]August[/name_u], [name_m]Austin[/name_m], guster
[name_m]Raphael[/name_m] nickname [name_u]Rae[/name_u], [name_m]Hayes[/name_m]
I love [name_m]Rafferty[/name_m], [name_m]Bodhi[/name_m]. Would be nice not to have another T name…
[name_m]Griffin[/name_m] seems to be perhaps your style too?
Some interesting suggestions!
I really like the more unusual names, typically anything in the top 1000 doesn’t make my list
I had [name_m]Cabot[/name_m] on my master list. Time to revisit it.
Hubby thinks surnames are pretentious and we have a last name that starts with L, and alliterations tend to sound sloppy, so [name_m]Lennox[/name_m] is out.
I’ll ask him about a few others- I think he might like griffin.
and we have a last name that starts with L, and alliterations tend to sound sloppy, so [name_m]Lennox[/name_m] is out.