Still have a while to go but looking for some feedback from people who aren’t related to us since we want to keep the name a surprise. [name]Baby[/name] #2 is due in [name]November[/name] and we don’t know what we’re having but we’re fairly settled on [name]Royal[/name] for our boy’s name. First son is named [name]Foster[/name] [name]Merritt[/name]. Let me know what you like (or don’t like but don’t be TOO harsh!) Last name is one syllable starting with a D if that helps. Oh and I would choose [name]Beatrix[/name] straight up now but I’m worried about [name]Beatrice[/name] climbing the charts and how similar the names are. Thoughts on that would also be appreciated.
[name]Beatrix[/name] [name]Olive[/name] is beautiful, very elegant & classic. I like [name]Etta[/name] but not keen on your combos [name]Etta[/name] [name]Blythe[/name] would be lovely as would [name]Clementine[/name] [name]Lark[/name]
Your names are not really my taste at all but if you both love [name]Beatrix[/name] then I don’t see what the difficulty is. I have no idea how popular it is but I assume it’s nowhere near the top of the charts. [name]Even[/name] with a top ten name the number of babies given that name in a year is quite low when you consider the number of babies born each year. [name]Don[/name]'t worry about the popularity and go for the name you love.
I personally find cobalt quite a harsh sounding name for a girl (lots of hard consonants) and find starling a very strange choice (I’m guessing that’s a bird in the US as well as in the uk? I’m still trying to get my head around wren! I think magnolia goes best with [name]Beatrix[/name] from your list though also [name]Beatrix[/name] cyane is nice
I like [name]Etta[/name] [name]Olive[/name]/[name]Etta[/name] [name]Persephone[/name], and [name]Beatrix[/name] [name]Olive[/name]… I wouldn’t be too worried about [name]Beatrix[/name], honestly… I do think [name]Beatrice[/name] is going to start gaining popularity, but I can’t see it going above the top 400 spot… it’s an acquired taste, imo. It just doesn’t have the same mass appeal that something like [name]Isabella[/name], [name]Lily[/name], [name]Avery[/name], or [name]Gabriella[/name] has. But if you’re worried about it, what about [name]Etta[/name] [name]Beatrix[/name]? I think that’s too cute!
I genuinely adore [name]Beatrix[/name], [name]Clementine[/name] and [name]Etta[/name] although I don’t like [name]Starling[/name] at all sorry. I really wouldn’t worry about using [name]Beatrix[/name]. [name]Beatrice[/name] and [name]Beatrix[/name] are very similar in sound but very different in feel to me, plus [name]Beatrice[/name] isn’t that popular anyway (707 in the charts!) nor do I think it will get anywhere near the top 100 for a while if it all since its quite a divisive name, very love-it or hate-it in my experience. Thats all opinion though, for all I know [name]Beatrice[/name] and [name]Beatrix[/name] could skyrocket to the top of the chart next year, but the same goes for all names! I think [name]Clementine[/name] will become more popular since its already pretty popular here in the UK.
Anyway, my favourites are:
[name]Beatrix[/name] [name]Magnolia[/name] - love both names so much, and the flow
[name]Beatrix[/name] [name]Snow[/name] - this is cool and quirky but I don’t like [name]Beatrix[/name] [name]Snow[/name] [name]Lark[/name] as I feel two 1 syllable names together sounds abrupt.
[name]Beatrix[/name] [name]Lark[/name] - beautiful, I like it even more than [name]Beatrix[/name] [name]Snow[/name] for its elegance
[name]Beatrix[/name] [name]Olive[/name] - another cool, vintage sounding choice with good flow
[name]Clementine[/name] [name]Cyane[/name] - to be totally honest, I don’t like any of your middle name choices for [name]Clementine[/name] but I adore [name]Clementine[/name] and this is my fave of the choices. I’d prefer [name]Clementine[/name] [name]Beatrix[/name], [name]Clementine[/name] [name]Magnolia[/name], [name]Clementine[/name] [name]Lark[/name], [name]Clementine[/name] [name]Blythe[/name] or [name]Clementine[/name] [name]Olive[/name].
[name]Etta[/name] [name]Persephone[/name] - I have a huge soft spot for [name]Etta[/name], this combo doesn’t have the best flow but it’s not awful and I love both names. Same goes for [name]Etta[/name] [name]Olive[/name]. I’d prefer [name]Etta[/name] [name]Clementine[/name], [name]Etta[/name] [name]Clementine[/name] [name]Lark[/name], [name]Etta[/name] [name]Magnolia[/name] [name]Blythe[/name], [name]Etta[/name] [name]Blythe[/name], [name]Etta[/name] [name]Clementine[/name] [name]Blythe[/name].
Not a fan of [name]Starling[/name] as a FN. [name]Magnolia[/name] would make a stunning FN.
*[name]Magnolia[/name] [name]Starling[/name]
[name]Beatrix[/name] [name]Magnolia[/name]
[name]Beatrix[/name] [name]Olive[/name]
*[name]Beatrix[/name] [name]Lark[/name]
[name]Clementine[/name] [name]Cyane[/name]
[name]Clementine[/name] [name]Starling[/name]
[name]Clementine[/name] [name]Cypress[/name]
*[name]Clementine[/name] [name]Lark[/name]
*[name]Magnolia[/name] [name]Cypress[/name]
*[name]Magnolia[/name] [name]Lark[/name]
This is so funny- [name]Ever[/name] since I’ve discovered [name]Starling[/name], I’ve been fascinated by it.
[name]Starling[/name] [name]November[/name]- I love the idea of moving away from month names like [name]April[/name] and [name]May[/name] towards months like [name]November[/name] and [name]January[/name].
[name]Starling[/name] [name]Magnolia[/name]- Never liked [name]Magnolia[/name], but it does flow.
[name]Starling[/name] [name]Cyane[/name]- [name]Even[/name] with an -e, this might be a tad too masculine.
[name]Starling[/name] [name]Clementine[/name]- [name]Love[/name] it!
[name]Beatrix[/name] [name]Magnolia[/name]- Please see [name]Starling[/name] [name]Magnolia[/name].
[name]Beatrix[/name] [name]Cobalt[/name]- Oooh, this one is fun! [name]Cobalt[/name]'s tomboyishness is perfectly balanced out by [name]Beatrix[/name]'s sweetness.
[name]Beatrix[/name] [name]Snow[/name] [name]Lark[/name]- I think ‘[name]Snow[/name] [name]Lark[/name]’ might be a little too dramatic, but [name]Beatrix[/name] [name]Snow[/name] or [name]Beatrix[/name] [name]Lark[/name] is definitely cute.
[name]Beatrix[/name] [name]Olive[/name]- [name]Just[/name] okay.
[name]Clementine[/name] [name]Cobalt[/name]- Adorable! Personally, I don’t mind alliteration, and I think this works beautifully!
[name]Clementine[/name] [name]Cyane[/name]- You should probably stick with [name]Cyan[/name].
[name]Clementine[/name] [name]Starling[/name]- [name]Love[/name] it!
[name]Clementine[/name] [name]Cypress[/name]- [name]Don[/name]'t love [name]Cypress[/name]. Maybe [name]Acacia[/name] or [name]Juniper[/name]?
[name]Etta[/name] [name]Persephone[/name]- Not in love with [name]Etta[/name] or [name]Persephone[/name].
[name]Etta[/name] [name]Olive[/name]- Doesn’t flow.
[name]Etta[/name] [name]Cobalt[/name] [name]Lark[/name]- A little better, but not loving it the way I did with a lot of names on this list.
[name]Etta[/name] [name]Starling[/name] [name]Blythe[/name]- [name]Blythe[/name] [name]Etta[/name] [name]Starling[/name] sounds a million times prettier.
I guess if I had to award first place (and [name]Blythe[/name] [name]Etta[/name] [name]Starling[/name] wasn’t in the running) it’d go to: [name]Beatrix[/name] [name]Cobalt[/name]!
And I don’t think you have to worry about [name]Beatrix[/name] becoming too popular.
I like [name]Etta[/name] and [name]Beatrix[/name]. I agree [name]Beatrix[/name] is not going to be anywhere near [name]Ava[/name]…which is gorgeous, but so common. If you’re heart is set on that one, go with it!! So pretty!
Thanks for the feedback guys! Understandably not everyone’s going to have the same taste in names and thank God or we would all be named [name]Susan[/name] or something. As someone named [name]Kristy[/name] in the 80’s staying out of the top 1000 is pretty important to me. But I do appreciate all of your thoughts. (Though I still dig [name]Starling[/name]. [name]Robin[/name] was a bird name first and now no one thinks of that. It’s staying on my list.)
Oh and [name]Cyane[/name] is a different thing than [name]Cyan[/name] not just a weird spelling for no reason. [name]Cyan[/name] is just a colour. [name]Cyane[/name] is a mythological nymph that lives in a blue pool and I think it’s a way cool name!
Thanks for the feedback guys! Understandably not everyone’s going to have the same taste in names and thank God or we would all be named [name]Susan[/name] or something. As someone named [name]Kristy[/name] in the 80’s staying out of the top 1000 is pretty important to me. But I do appreciate all of your thoughts. (Though I still dig [name]Starling[/name]. [name]Robin[/name] was a bird name first and now no one thinks of that. It’s staying on my list.)
Oh and [name]Cyane[/name] is a different thing than [name]Cyan[/name] not just a weird spelling for no reason. [name]Cyan[/name] is just a colour. [name]Cyane[/name] is a mythological nymph that lives in a blue pool and I think it’s a way cool name!
I like [name]Clementine[/name] [name]Cyane[/name]. It sounds happy to me. [name]Etta[/name] is so pretty but [name]Etta[/name] [name]James[/name] died this year and while an amazing heroine her name is tinged with sadness due to her experiences.
I also like that [name]Clementine[/name] [name]Cyane[/name] are visually similar in print but represent hot and cold and color, implying both contrast and balance, like yin and yang.
[name]Foster[/name] might feel like chopped liver with a newbe to the family named [name]Royal[/name].
I think [name]Clementine[/name] [name]Cyane[/name] sounds happy, [name]Etta[/name] is tinged with sadness because of tragic life of the wonderful [name]Etta[/name] [name]James[/name]. I also like that [name]Clementine[/name] [name]Cyane[/name] are visually similar in print but represent hot and cold and color, implying both contrast and balance, like yin and yang.
[name]Foster[/name] might feel like chopped liver with a newbe to the family named [name]Royal[/name].
The boy’s name is pretty much decided on. I don’t think [name]Foster[/name] will mind at all. He knows he is important to us. But thanks for the though.
