please help, no idea where to begin!

[wsucougargirl]

My husband and I are TTC our first child, and while we know it’s early, we have NO idea what we are going to use for names! [name]Every[/name] time I come up with something I think I like, I get given a hundred reasons why it wouldn’t work. We’re so frustrated that my husband made a joke that we should just name our kids after our college teams, but I don’t think I’d like a baby named [name]Cougar[/name] or [name]Sun[/name] Devil…

Anyway, I found this site and you guys seem super-helpful, so I was wondering if you could suggest some names. We have ideas of how we’d like a name to “feel,” if you know what I mean, but I don’t know to search for names based on a “feeling”

For a boy we’d like something fun and distinctive. We don’t like many popular names (no -ayden names), and though we like traditional names (e.g. [name]Richard[/name], [name]Henry[/name]) we like them more as middle names, not first names. We don’t want our kid to have to give a last initial along with his/her first name. I like some surname-esque names, but my husband doesn’t like obvious ones ([name]Carter[/name], [name]Parker[/name], [name]Porter[/name], etc.). When I asked my husband what he wants, he says (and I quote, lol) “I want a name that you could see a star quarterback having! An athletic, tough kind of name.” while I’m not so specific, I would like something that’s not very serious or heavy, but also not ridiculous, you know?

For a girl, we at least have two that we can sort of agree on. My husband LOVES [name]Thessaly[/name], as one of his coworkers named his daughter that recently. I kind of like it, but I’m not crazy about it. I suggested [name]Saskia[/name], which he sort of likes, but not loves. So I guess that’s sort of indicative of our tastes, although I don’t know how to describe it really.

Sorry for writing a novel! We’re just really stuck. If you guys could offer ANY suggestions, I’d be super thankful. Hopefully this hypothetical baby will be real very soon!

[lemon]

Hm. That’s kind of tough, but I’ll give it a go, okay?

[name]Archer[/name]
[name]Bennett[/name]
[name]Carson[/name]
[name]Everett[/name]
[name]Fuller[/name]
[name]Garrison[/name]
[name]Holden[/name]
[name]Isaac[/name]
[name]Jensen[/name]
[name]Lennox[/name]
[name]Mitchell[/name]
[name]Nolan[/name]
[name]Orson[/name]
[name]Peyton[/name]
[name]Quinn[/name]
[name]Rory[/name]
[name]Sullivan[/name]
[name]Theodore[/name]
[name]Vaughn[/name]
[name]Wilder[/name]

Go through those and let me know if any match up with what you are going for. I’m having a bit of a harder time understanding your boy style…

[name]Adora[/name]
[name]Bellamy[/name]
[name]Cecile[/name]
[name]Dahlia[/name]
[name]Elodie[/name]
[name]Freya[/name]
[name]Guinevere[/name]
Hosanna
[name]Isolde[/name]
[name]Jessamine[/name]
[name]Kaia[/name]
[name]Lucienne[/name]
[name]Miranda[/name]
[name]Noella[/name]
[name]Ophelia[/name]
[name]Piper[/name]
[name]Rosaline[/name]
[name]Shoshana[/name]
[name]Tallulah[/name]
[name]Vivien[/name]
[name]Willa[/name]
[name]Xenia[/name]
[name]Zinnia[/name]

[name]Lemon[/name]

[tarat3232]

Haha! It is NEVER to early to plan names My dh and I have names picked out and we aren’t even ttc…quite yet at least.

For boys:
[name]Arlo[/name]
[name]Dempsey[/name]
[name]Emmett[/name]
[name]Evander[/name]
[name]Griffin[/name]
[name]Nolan[/name]
[name]Porter[/name]
[name]Rooney[/name]
[name]Rufus[/name]
[name]Stellan[/name]
[name]Thaddeus[/name] (our future linebackers name
[name]Tucker[/name]
[name]Warren[/name]

Girls:
[name]Amaryllis[/name]
[name]Coralie[/name]
[name]Eulalie[/name]
[name]Felicity[/name]
[name]Oriana[/name]
[name]Peony[/name]
[name]Regina[/name]
[name]Zinnia[/name]
[name]Zola[/name]

Tell us what you like (or if you hate them all, which is totally fine too) I’m sure other posters will have ideas and then we can refine and change our lists.

GL
T

[daisy451]

Let us know which ones of our suggestions you like-it gets much easier the more names you have! I’ll give it a go:
Boys:
[name]Paxton[/name]
[name]Amias[/name]
[name]Kieran[/name]
[name]Caius[/name]
[name]Luca[/name]
[name]Ronan[/name]
[name]Lennon[/name]
[name]Weston[/name]

Girls:
[name]Quinn[/name]
[name]Raya[/name]
[name]Celine[/name]
[name]Giada[/name]
[name]Noa[/name]
[name]Laila[/name]
[name]Harper[/name]
[name]Tessa[/name]

[wsucougargirl]

Wow! Thanks so much, such a great response

Of the names you suggested, here are the ones I really like (and can imagine my husband not hating)

Boys:

[name]Archer[/name]
[name]Mitchell[/name]
[name]Nolan[/name]
[name]Wilder[/name]
[name]Sullivan[/name]
[name]Paxton[/name]

Girls:

[name]Coralie[/name]
[name]Dahlia[/name]
[name]Jessamine[/name]
[name]Noella[/name]
[name]Miranda[/name]

As for ones I really did not like (I guess to give you a better idea of my “style,” even though I have no idea what it is! Lol)

Boys:

[name]Theodore[/name]
[name]Rufus[/name]
[name]Arlo[/name]
[name]Evander[/name]
[name]Amias[/name]
[name]Orson[/name]
[name]Isaac[/name]

Girls

[name]Oriana[/name]
[name]Zinnia[/name]
[name]Zola[/name]
[name]Regina[/name]
[name]Adora[/name]
Hosanna

Thanks again! Definitely keep it coming, this is helping me to get a better handle on what I like/do not like

[leah_9]

Sorry for repeats!

boys:
[name]Silas[/name]
Adler
[name]Callahan[/name]
[name]Hudson[/name]
[name]Fintan[/name]
[name]Quilan[/name]
[name]Nolan[/name]
[name]Everett[/name]
[name]Brooks[/name]
[name]Beckett[/name]
[name]Dominic[/name]
[name]Dashiell[/name]
[name]Gordon[/name]
[name]Pierce[/name]
[name]Asher[/name]

[name]Fiona[/name]
[name]Gisela[/name]
[name]Adelia[/name]
[name]Cecily[/name]- Similar to [name]Thessaly[/name]
[name]Elodie[/name]
[name]Genevieve[/name]
[name]Marielle[/name]
[name]Sonya[/name]
[name]Rosaline[/name]
[name]Vivienne[/name]
[name]Sylvia[/name]
[name]Viola[/name]
[name]Katarina[/name]
[name]Clara[/name]
[name]Freya[/name]
[name]Adelaide[/name]
[name]Elina[/name]

[system]

Here is a very long list of names that i think could work for you! Let me know if there are any names that are catching your eye!
For boys, i took your criteria of surname-esque names to heart, as well as names i can see on a star quarterback — i bolded the names i think fit best:
[name]Wyatt[/name]
[name]Hunter[/name]
[name]Hudson[/name]
[name]Gray[/name]/Grayer/[name]Grayson[/name]
[name]Levi[/name]
[name]Breaker[/name]
[name]Atticus[/name]
[name]Holden[/name]
[name]Colton[/name]
[name]Patrick[/name]
[name]Palmer[/name]
[name]Sawyer[/name]
[name]Miller[/name]
[name]Abbott[/name]
[name]Mason[/name]
[name]Walker[/name]
[name]Tucker[/name]
[name]Stuart[/name]
[name]Brady[/name]
[name]Brooks[/name]
[name]Manning[/name]
[name]Tyson[/name]
[name]West[/name]/[name]Wesley[/name]/[name]Weston[/name]
[name]Christopher[/name]

Girls was a little harder for me to do, but this is what i came up with! I sort of made up a new criteria in my head for you, as it seems you are really into football/college so i put in names i can see on a cheerleader cheering on the side lines - hopefully its ok! :
[name]Zoe[/name]
[name]Blake[/name]
[name]Meredith[/name]
[name]Bellamy[/name]
[name]Annabel[/name]
[name]Thea[/name]
[name]Camille[/name]/[name]Camilla[/name]
[name]Thalia[/name]
[name]Luella[/name]
[name]Serena[/name]
[name]Annika[/name]
[name]Maisie[/name]
[name]Annette[/name]
[name]Ruby[/name]
[name]Georgia[/name]
[name]Cleo[/name]
[name]Honor[/name]
[name]Daisy[/name]
[name]Willa[/name]
[name]Presley[/name]
[name]Brynn[/name]
[name]Sally[/name]
[name]Lucia[/name]/[name]Lucy[/name]

[name]Hope[/name] this helps!

[system]

Boy: The name that instantly came to me was [name]Fletcher[/name]. Here is a list:

[name]Fletcher[/name]
[name]Adam[/name]
[name]Adrian[/name]
[name]Antoine[/name]
[name]Asher[/name]
[name]Atticus[/name]
[name]Axel[/name]
[name]Beckett[/name]
[name]Kelvin[/name]
[name]Clayton[/name]
[name]Colby[/name]
[name]Colton[/name]
[name]Dashiell[/name]
[name]Dexter[/name]
[name]Donovan[/name]
[name]Duncan[/name]
[name]Edison[/name]
[name]Emmett[/name]
[name]Ezra[/name]
[name]Gable[/name]
[name]Gage[/name]
[name]Gideon[/name]
[name]Graham[/name]
[name]Ignatius[/name]
[name]Joaquin[/name]
[name]Jude[/name]
[name]Keegan[/name]
[name]Langston[/name]
[name]Levi[/name]
[name]Logan[/name]
[name]Mason[/name]
[name]Maximus[/name]
[name]Milo[/name]
Morissey
[name]Orson[/name]
[name]Owen[/name]
[name]Padraig[/name]
[name]Pierce[/name]
[name]Preston[/name]
[name]Reid[/name]
[name]Roman[/name]
[name]Simon[/name]
Sulivan
[name]Theodore[/name]
[name]Trenton[/name]
[name]Vincent[/name]
[name]Wade[/name]
[name]West[/name]
[name]Xavier[/name]
[name]Zander[/name]

Girls: I first thought of [name]Felicity[/name] and [name]Indigo[/name], a bit conflicting, but you do seem to like an international flair, so here’s a list

[name]Aiko[/name]
[name]Alejandra[/name]
[name]Amelie[/name]
[name]Aniceta[/name]
[name]Elspeth[/name]
[name]Anastasia[/name]
[name]Eloise[/name]
Tiadora
[name]Natasha[/name]
[name]Andromeda[/name]
[name]Viveka[/name]
[name]Annika[/name]

My suggestion for you would be to scour the top hundred lists in other countries. NB was acting up and so my girls list isn’t complete.

Blessings,

[name]Bella[/name] <3

[wsucougargirl]

Thanks again! More great suggestions! Here are the ones I really like. I think there might be a few repeats from the last reply I posted, sorry:

Boys

[name]Hunter[/name] (I really really really like this one, but my husband doesn’t. For some reason, he says it’s a girl’s name!?)
[name]Hudson[/name]
[name]Callahan[/name]
[name]Gray[/name]
[name]Colton[/name]
[name]Palmer[/name]
[name]Sawyer[/name] (Same as above, I love it but my husband believes it’s a girl’s name. Weird)
[name]Mason[/name] (I love how it sounds, but is it too popular? Where we live, I haven’t heard it, but I don’t know about other places)
[name]Walker[/name] (This is probably my top choice right now, I love it!)
[name]Tucker[/name]
[name]Brady[/name]
[name]Brooks[/name]
[name]Tyson[/name]
[name]Beckett[/name]
[name]Clayton[/name]
(I like the idea of [name]Fletcher[/name], but I had a teacher named Mr. [name]Fletcher[/name] once, so I can’t get rid of the association, lol. I didn’t like him very much…)

Girls

[name]Camille[/name]
[name]Maisie[/name]
[name]Georgia[/name]
[name]Honor[/name]

Thanks again! I think I’m getting a better idea of what I like, especially for boys. Girls are a little harder. But my husband has some really odd ideas about what constitutes a girl’s name vs. a boy’s name. Like to him, [name]Sawyer[/name] is automatically for a girl, but not [name]Brooks[/name]? I don’t understand him sometimes, lol…

[system]

Yay ! I am so glad that you are getting closer and closer to some names you like! Ill try and give you some more suggestions and comment on some on your list:
[name]Hunter[/name] - i love this name as well, but i definitley can not see it on a girl. VERY masculine name.
[name]Hudson[/name] - this used to be my top boys name, but it is getting slightly to popular…im not sure how much that bigs you. Other names that remind me of [name]Hudson[/name] are — [name]Easton[/name], [name]Weston[/name], [name]Jackson[/name], [name]Anderson[/name], [name]Benson[/name], [name]Carson[/name], [name]Davison[/name], [name]Edison[/name], [name]Ericson[/name] [name]Harrison[/name], [name]Garrison[/name], [name]Jameson[/name], [name]Judson[/name], [name]Lawson[/name], [name]Tennyson[/name]
[name]Callahan[/name] - [name]Love[/name] this name purely for the nickname [name]Cal[/name], i think its so handsome! So, you could use the name [name]Calvin[/name], [name]Caleb[/name], [name]Callum[/name]
[name]Gray[/name] - i absolutely love this name too! (we have very similar style i guess!) - its very classic and refined yet really fun and masculine. Only negative about it is the lack of nickname.
[name]Colton[/name] - i can see this perfectly on a quarterback ! It reminds me of the name [name]Bolton[/name]…i can just see this happening while he is on the field “[name]Bolton[/name] is yet again bolting down the field …” how fun would that be!
[name]Palmer[/name] - i can see why people like this name, but for me it was much too much teasing potential especially for a teenage boy.
[name]Sawyer[/name] - i can see [name]Sawyer[/name] on a girl much easier the [name]Hunter[/name]
[name]Mason[/name] - the name is pretty popular, well actually names ending in -son are really trendy right now so that might be a deterent!
[name]Walker[/name] - So happy that its your top choice…i think it could really work for you (from the little i know about you!)
[name]Tucker[/name] - i just can’t get that movie “[name]John[/name] [name]Tucker[/name] Must Die” out of my head…
[name]Brady[/name] - I don’t see how your husband couldn’t go for this. Classic football name.
[name]Brooks[/name] - i love this name and it gives me the vibe of an old-school classic preppy name (see [name]Brooks[/name] Brothers) - but with all the little girl [name]Brooke[/name]'s and [name]Brooklyn[/name]'s running around I wouldn’t name my boy this. Maybe you could consider [name]Brooke[/name] or [name]Brooklyn[/name] if it’s a girl though?
[name]Tyson[/name] - another classic athlete name
[name]Beckett[/name] - [name]Love[/name] this name, but am hearing it alot. If you like [name]Beckett[/name] you may like [name]Abbott[/name], [name]Emmett[/name], [name]Emerson[/name], [name]Bennett[/name]
[name]Clayton[/name] - all i hear is [name]Clay[/name] [name]Aiken[/name] - that being said i think [name]Clay[/name] is much better and more masculine the [name]Clayton[/name]

[name]Camille[/name] - a very refined name, very upscale to me. It was really sweet nickname potential like [name]Cami[/name], [name]Cam[/name], and [name]Milly[/name]. You may also like [name]Louise[/name]/[name]Louisa[/name], [name]Grace[/name], [name]Audrey[/name], [name]Scarlett[/name], [name]Cambria[/name], [name]Camden[/name], [name]Gabrielle[/name], [name]Laura[/name]
[name]Maisie[/name] - a really sweet name. Very nicknamey though
[name]Georgia[/name] - my absolute favorite girls name! You may also like [name]Georgiana[/name], [name]Eleanor[/name], [name]Clara[/name], [name]Sophie[/name], [name]Charlotte[/name], [name]Abigail[/name]
[name]Honor[/name] - love this name too! You may also like [name]Annora[/name], [name]Annette[/name], [name]Annabel[/name], [name]Hope[/name], [name]Faith[/name]

this probably turned into a novel, but hope this helps!

[wsucougargirl]

asophie1:

You’re right about [name]Palmer[/name] :shock: I forgot about that. Guess I have to cross it off the list, lol.

I like [name]Jackson[/name] a lot, but it’s really super popular right now. Still, it’s a classic name with a classic nickname, so I don’t think it’ll be dated later on. I love [name]Jack[/name] for a little boy.

[name]Hudson[/name] is not popular where I live at all…I haven’t met anyone who knows anyone with the name, so I’m not too worried about it. I really like it. I also like [name]Easton[/name], [name]Anderson[/name], [name]Jameson[/name], [name]Harrison[/name] (my husband’s current favorite) and [name]Weston[/name] (obviously couldn’t use [name]Easton[/name] and [name]Weston[/name] together, lol).

[name]Colton[/name] is great. [name]Colt[/name] [name]McCoy[/name] was a star QB for the University of [name]Texas[/name], so it has that going for it!

[name]Mason[/name], unfortunately,is super popular here. I probably wouldn’t use it

[name]Brooks[/name] is also out. My uncle’s new girlfriend is named [name]Brooke[/name] (slipped my mind when I said I liked it). I love the idea of the name, I just wouldn’t be able to use it on a boy.

Boys names are so much easier than girls, lol. I pretty much love all of these, but the girls names I’m not in love with, you know? It’s much harder to pick a girls name we are in love with…ugh

[jcmhawke]

I too like the surnames. My daughter is [name]Mackenzie[/name] [name]Leigh[/name]. We have girl number 2 on the way and I am very stuck on names. It would have been easier picking a boy.

A few that might fit the bill for you:
[name]Donovan[/name] [name]Charles[/name] (that was my #1 pick if we were having a boy)
[name]Harrison[/name]
[name]Brady[/name]

Short strong names are good too like:
[name]Brock[/name]
[name]Blake[/name]

Struggling with girl names myself so not sure much help there.

I really like [name]Lennox[/name] for a girl but can’t seem to sell the husband or anyone else on that one.

[name]Mackenzie[/name]
[name]Madison[/name]
[name]Alaya[/name]
[name]McKinley[/name] (I know a couple of them and I kind of like that name it’s just too close to [name]Mackenzie[/name])

Good luck to you!