My name is [name]Samantha[/name] (the username is part of my middle name) and I am 20 years old. I live in [name]Halifax[/name], [name]Nova[/name] [name]Scotia[/name], [name]Canada[/name].
My first child is due [name]July[/name] 1 ([name]Canada[/name] [name]Day[/name]) and I am no longer with my baby’s father by choice. [name]Don[/name]'t know if it’s a girl or boy yet, but I’m super excited.
Anyone have any suggestions? Not too out there, nothing to popular (if its in the top 200 of the SSA list I’m not really interested), nothing “yooneek” and nothing Twilight.
I want two middle names. For a girl one of the middles will be [name]Niamh[/name] which carries on a family tradition.
Alrighty, that is a pretty free range, but I’ll do my best to suggest some. These are all between about 200 and 500 on the popularity list making them not popular but not too strange or out there in my opinion.
GIRLS
romantic sounding:
[name]Penelope[/name]
[name]Aurora[/name]
[name]Nadia[/name]
[name]Genevieve[/name]
[name]Juliet[/name]
[name]Aria[/name]
more vintage options:
[name]Cora[/name]
[name]Eliza[/name]
[name]Hazel[/name]
[name]Iris[/name]
[name]Rose[/name]
Let’s see what I think about the names here. Thanks for all your help everyone, it is much appreciated.
[name]Cordelia[/name] - not sure on this one
[name]Amalia[/name] - looks too much like [name]Amelia[/name] which is too popular for me
[name]Clementine[/name] - not for me
[name]Adele[/name] - like it, but think of the singer
[name]Magdalene[/name] - not for me
[name]Marisol[/name] - not for me
[name]Camille[/name] - like it
[name]Amelie[/name] - too much like [name]Amelia[/name]
[name]Louisa[/name] - like
[name]Anais[/name] - like
[name]Freya[/name] - like, but not sure if it would work as in [name]Canada[/name] as it does in the UK
[name]Josephine[/name] - like it, but not a huge fan of [name]Josie[/name]
[name]Fiona[/name] - like
[name]Thaddeus[/name] - dont like [name]Thad[/name]
[name]Russell[/name] - automatically think of a canadian comedian
[name]Dimitri[/name] - nopers
[name]Tobias[/name] - it’s ok
[name]Theo[/name] - like [name]Theodore[/name] more
[name]Barnaby[/name] - [name]Jones[/name]
[name]Zachariah[/name] - too biblical
[name]Penelope[/name] - Like the nn [name]Penny[/name] but wonder if it is going to fade out
[name]Aurora[/name] - Like
[name]Nadia[/name] - don’t like
[name]Genevieve[/name] - If pronounced the french way [name]JHON[/name]-VEE-EV then yes
[name]Juliet[/name] - like it
[name]Aria[/name] - not my style
[name]Cora[/name] - maybe
[name]Eliza[/name] - maybe
[name]Hazel[/name] - not my style
[name]Iris[/name] - former classmate so no
[name]Rose[/name] - like
[name]Phoebe[/name] - like
[name]Esther[/name] - no
[name]Miriam[/name]- no
[name]Enzo[/name] - not my style
[name]Knox[/name] - not my style at all
[name]Kai[/name] - not my style
[name]August[/name] - not for a child born in [name]July[/name]
[name]River[/name] - maybe
[name]Matteo[/name] - not for me
[name]Romeo[/name] - no
[name]Felix[/name] - maybe
[name]Luca[/name] - maybe
[name]Everett[/name] - no
[name]Julius[/name] - maybe [name]Julian[/name], but not [name]Julius[/name]
[name]Arthur[/name] - maybe
[name]Walter[/name] - no
[name]Ezra[/name] - no
[name]Silas[/name] - no
[name]Ruben[/name] - no
[name]Abel[/name] -no
[name]Solomon[/name] - no
[name]Gideon[/name] -no
Looks like biblical boys names are out. The maybe names, are names that dont originally grab me, but dont make me count them out right away either.
Hello [name]Samantha[/name] and welcome to nameberry!
My first inspiration is that your baby will be born on [name]Canada[/name] [name]Day[/name] and if it is like Australia [name]Day[/name] for we Aussies it is very important.
Girl
[name]Ada[/name] [name]Niamh[/name] [name]Caroline[/name] I borrowed the last part of [name]Canada[/name] for the first name and the C in [name]Canada[/name] for the 2nd middle name [name]Candace[/name] [name]Niamh[/name] [name]Jade[/name] Again the Can of [name]Canada[/name] and [name]Jade[/name] to represent the green of the maple leaf
[name]Halle[/name] [name]Victoria[/name] [name]Niamh[/name] Borrowing from [name]Halifax[/name] Need a strong middle to bind the shorter 1st and 3rd names [name]Scout[/name] [name]Niamh[/name] [name]Annabel[/name] or [name]Niamh[/name] [name]Annabel[/name] [name]Scout[/name] Borrowing from [name]Scotia[/name] [name]Juliet[/name] [name]Niamh[/name] [name]May[/name] Borrowing from [name]July[/name] and the [name]May[/name] part of Maple (your national emblem)
Boy
[name]Gabriel[/name] [name]Calvin[/name] [name]Louis[/name] In this combo the [name]Cal[/name] is for Calgary and if you have a French connection [name]Louis[/name]
[name]Charles[/name] [name]William[/name] [name]Lucas[/name]
[name]Jonathan[/name] [name]Leo[/name] [name]Parker[/name]
[name]Edgar[/name] [name]Tristan[/name] [name]Paul[/name]
[name]Alister[/name] [name]Gordon[/name] [name]Cormac[/name]
[name]Arthur[/name] [name]Caspian[/name] [name]Peter[/name]
I’m not really looking for french names in particular, I just like the french prounciation of certain names.
This is a list of names I like, and maybe then you can help.
[name]Penelope[/name]
[name]Alicia[/name]
[name]Eliza[/name] (maybe, still on the fence with this one)
[name]Bianca[/name]
[name]Madeleine[/name] (using this spelling only) and either the Mad-el-line or the french Mad-len pronounciation
[name]Athena[/name]
[name]Cynthia[/name]
[name]Marina[/name]
[name]Joely[/name]
[name]Rory[/name] (for either gender)
[name]Quinn[/name]
[name]Elise[/name]
[name]Juliet[/name]
[name]Heidi[/name]
[name]Bridget[/name]
[name]Eloise[/name]
[name]Olive[/name]
[name]Kristen[/name]
[name]Meredith[/name]
[name]Tatum[/name]
[name]Ellen[/name]
[name]Miranda[/name] - I like [name]Miranda[/name], but I wonder if [name]Samantha[/name] and [name]Miranda[/name] as a combo are too Sex and the City
[name]Selena[/name] - dont really want S names since both my brother and I have names starting with an S
[name]Blair[/name] - too masculine for me
[name]Amber[/name] - not my style
[name]Louisa[/name] - maybe
[name]Elaina[/name] - prefer [name]Alayna[/name]
[name]Ramona[/name] - like it
[name]Elodie[/name] - maybe [name]Melody[/name] would be better
[name]Brenna[/name] - maybe
[name]Finley[/name]/[name]Finn[/name] - [name]Finley[/name] is a no, [name]Finn[/name] is a maybe
[name]Marcus[/name] - its okay
[name]Roman[/name] - not my style
[name]Elliott[/name] - too girly
[name]Eli[/name] - no
[name]Lyle[/name] - no
[name]Leland[/name] - reminds of one of the guys on [name]Sue[/name] [name]Thomas[/name] FBEye
Having lived in [name]Burnaby[/name] in BC, why not go with either traditional English or with the Scottish influence?
Scottish
[name]Isabel[/name], [name]Ishbel[/name], [name]Eilis[/name]
[name]Mary[/name], [name]Morag[/name]
[name]Margaret[/name], [name]Margery[/name]
[name]Elspeth[/name]
[name]Catriona[/name]
[name]Shona[/name], [name]Jane[/name], [name]Janet[/name], [name]Jean[/name]
[name]Christian[/name], [name]Kirsten[/name]
[name]Martha[/name]
[name]Fiona[/name]
[name]Sorcha[/name], [name]Sarah[/name]
[name]Thomasina[/name]
[name]Laura[/name], [name]Laurie[/name]
[name]Ann[/name], [name]Anne[/name]
[name]Alicia[/name] [name]Juliet[/name] would make a lovely combo however, I could not get any combos I liked from the other choices
[name]Madeleine[/name] is a lovely name, although the popularity of [name]Madison[/name] has somewhat spoilt the name because of the nn [name]Maddie[/name]. I think I would go with [name]Lainey[/name] as a nn instead
Combo [name]Madeleine[/name]
[name]Marina[/name] is pretty, combo [name]Marina[/name] [name]Elise[/name] but prefer [name]Marina[/name] [name]Charlotte[/name]
[name]Joely[/name] my parents considered [name]Josephine[/name] for me after my father [name]Joe[/name] but I am pleased that they ditched it. I am not onboard with [name]Joely[/name] as a nn or first name, I would choose [name]Jocelyn[/name] as a substitute, combo [name]Jocelyn[/name] [name]Bianca[/name]
[name]Quinn[/name] [name]Don[/name]'t like
[name]Elise[/name] love the name combo [name]Elise[/name] [name]Genevieve[/name]
[name]Juliet[/name] [name]Love[/name] as a first name but don’t like any from list for middles, combo [name]Juliet[/name] [name]Arabella[/name]
[name]Bridget[/name] Like also like [name]Brigitte[/name] and nn of [name]Bridie[/name] combo [name]Bridget[/name] [name]Jane[/name].
[name]Miranda[/name] This name should be so much more popular than it is I really like this one, combo [name]Miranda[/name] [name]Eloise[/name].
Boys firsts:
[name]Myles[/name] and [name]Quentin[/name] make a great sibset, [name]Myles[/name] [name]Holden[/name] and [name]Quentin[/name] [name]Erik[/name]
I like the combo of [name]Felix[/name] [name]Archer[/name] I think that this name sounds as if he is a celebrity
[name]James[/name] [name]Theodore[/name] would be my pick,
[name]Gordon[/name] I think I would make a combo of [name]Alister[/name] [name]Gordon[/name] this is a lovely Scottish classic, also [name]Gordon[/name] [name]Cormac[/name]
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