[name_m]Hi[/name_m] Everyone, I’m having a big dilemma with our second boy that is due soon, and we don’t have a name.
Our first boy has a fairly unique name starts with “E”, feel like we kind of have dug a hole for ourselves as I can’t seem to like any boy names unique or otherwise,
So I have kind of come to terms that the name might not be the most unique.
One of the names I like was [name_u]Avery[/name_u], but my spouse is worried that it’s just too popular (albeit on the girl name side; it doesn’t bother us that it’s a gender neutral name, but since we named our first boy with a unique name, they are not keen on going with a more known name).
I have seriously looked through these message boards, read through name books, took name quizzes, and nothing has really stood out to me. This is really a last stitched effort to see if there is some names that maybe I haven’t seen.
We prefer soft sounding boy names, to give an idea of our style other names I like but can’t use for various reasons were, [name_u]Evren[/name_u], [name_u]Remy[/name_u], [name_u]Ari[/name_u], [name_m]Lachlan[/name_m].
Oh gosh naming is so hard especially when you feel you aced the first kiddos name so wonderfully and now it’s like you can’t compete with his name. However I have to say naming a child is a privilege and I feel sometimes we loose sight of what we really want as a result of things like sibling set cohesion, others viewpoints with a major one being popularity. You seem pretty stoked on [name_u]Avery[/name_u] this name is gorgeous and if you like it I would go for it don’t focus so much on popularity or whether [name_u]Avery[/name_u] marries up nicely with E.
I love all the other names considered especially [name_u]Ari[/name_u]. Honestly [name_u]Ari[/name_u] is fab
Since you like [name_u]Avery[/name_u], I wonder if you’d take it a step further and use [name_u]Bravery[/name_u]? Similar sound, but a much more unusual option.
[name_m]Javelin[/name_m] has a different sound, but I think it’s pretty great and might be what you’re after. It’s kind of [name_u]Evren[/name_u] meets [name_m]Lachlan[/name_m] but a bit more energetic.
I don’t know why but the name [name_u]Arden[/name_u] has always reminded me of [name_u]Avery[/name_u], even though they sound totally different.
Names that feel soft and a little underused to me were [name_u]Ames[/name_u], [name_f]Ada[/name_f], and [name_m]Abram[/name_m]. I would also love to meet a little [name_u]Lyle[/name_u].
Congrats on #2! Sorry about all the trouble! I’ll give a valiant try!
I love unique names too (unsure if you’re in the US) but here goes:
Try:
[name_u]Viridian[/name_u] (unsure if you like long/short names)
[name_m]Iver[/name_m] (#983 in 1909)
[name_m]Nairn[/name_m]
[name_m]Donall[/name_m]
Dougald
[name_m]Thatcher[/name_m] (#965 in 2022)
[name_m]Halloran[/name_m]
[name_m]Murdoch[/name_m]
[name_m]Aurelio[/name_m] (#986 in 2022)
[name_u]Florian[/name_u] (#921 in 1941)
[name_m]Joah[/name_m]
[name_u]Poe[/name_u]
[name_m]Elveryn[/name_m]
[name_u]Alwyn[/name_u]
Hopefully these help! I’ve included the USA’s SSA ranking for the ones that actually rank to ease your worries! The others have never entered the top 1000 since the SSA started keeping track
Would you be willing/able to tell us your son’s first name? If you spell it with a symbol (like Elm0) then it won’t be searchable. [name_m]Just[/name_m] would be useful to have some idea of what names would and would not fit.
I really love [name_u]Evren[/name_u], [name_u]Remi[/name_u], [name_u]Ari[/name_u] and [name_m]Lachlan[/name_m] (which was a name I considered for my son two decades ago!!) so I hope some of my ideas will be to your taste!
