Please help! We have our second child (sex will be unknown until birth) on the way in [name]December[/name] and I’m having a nightmare of a time choosing names. All the names I like - and go well with our last name, which starts with [name]Leo[/name] - seem to remind me of someone I don’t care for, or we know someone with that name. Our first child is [name]Isabella[/name] (nn [name]Bella[/name]) [name]Joann[/name]. My current list of names doesn’t include anything I’m in love with, just names I like. Any thoughts on these names, or suggestions for others would be welcome! Thanks!
Boy (possible middle name [name]Cole[/name]):
[name]Simon[/name]/[name]Simeon[/name] ([name]Simeon[/name] is a family name)
[name]Nicholas[/name]
[name]Anthony[/name] (though I don’t care for the nn [name]Tony[/name])
[name]Elliot[/name]
[name]Finnegan[/name]
Girl (possible middle names [name]Lorraine[/name], [name]Grace[/name], Lafitte, [name]Noelle[/name]):
[name]Gabriella[/name] (nn [name]Gabbie[/name]) - I know it’s matchy with [name]Isabella[/name]
[name]Irina[/name]
[name]Rebecca[/name]
I really like [name]Isabella[/name] and [name]Nicholas[/name] or [name]Gabriella[/name]. Other suggestions would be
Girls
[name]Juliana[/name]
[name]Layla[/name]
[name]Adriana[/name]
[name]Maya[/name]
[name]Victoria[/name]
[name]Alyssa[/name]
[name]Savannah[/name]
Boys
[name]Nathaniel[/name]
[name]Ethan[/name]
[name]Samuel[/name]
[name]Christian[/name]
[name]Jeremiah[/name]
[name]Joseph[/name]
I like [name]Finnegan[/name] (nn [name]Finn[/name])
Boys
[name]Isaac[/name] [name]Elias[/name]
[name]Nathan[/name] [name]Gabriel[/name]
[name]Levi[/name] [name]Jonas[/name]
[name]Noah[/name] [name]Charles[/name]
Girls
[name]Emma[/name] [name]Danielle[/name]
[name]Mia[/name] [name]Grace[/name]
[name]Sophia[/name] [name]Noelle[/name]
[name]Alexandra[/name] [name]Marie[/name]
I’ll give you some feedback on your names first:
Boy (possible middle name [name]Cole[/name]):
[name]Simon[/name]/[name]Simeon[/name] ([name]Simeon[/name] is a family name) - [name]Isabella[/name] and [name]Simon[/name] sounds so cute and I know a sibset that are called this. I perfer the traditional spelling of [name]Simon[/name] though.
[name]Nicholas[/name] - [name]Adore[/name] [name]Nicholas[/name] and actually its really handsome against [name]Isabella[/name].
[name]Anthony[/name] (though I don’t care for the nn [name]Tony[/name]) - I love the nickname of Ant for [name]Anthony[/name] not [name]Tony[/name] but I wouldn’t pair this name up with [name]Isabella[/name], though.
[name]Elliot[/name] - [name]Isabella[/name], in my opinion, is timeless and a classic name while [name]Elliot[/name] is hip and trendy name if your daughter went by [name]Ella[/name] or got that as a nickname then sure.
[name]Finnegan[/name] - NO SURNAME!
Girl (possible middle names [name]Lorraine[/name], [name]Grace[/name], Lafitte, [name]Noelle[/name]):
[name]Gabriella[/name] (nn [name]Gabbie[/name]) - I know it’s matchy with [name]Isabella[/name] - You hit the nail on the head there. I’d never put these two names together.
[name]Irina[/name] - Nope different country and it doesn’t look right.
[name]Rebecca[/name] - [name]Isabella[/name] and [name]Rebecca[/name] are gorgeous! [name]Love[/name] this.
I’m writing a story at the moment and I have a sibset of [name]Isabella[/name] and [name]Madeleine[/name]. [name]Madeleine[/name] it’s timeless, classic and the nickname of [name]Maddi[/name] is cute, too. For boy I like [name]Oliver[/name] or [name]Alexander[/name] or [name]Benjamin[/name]. [name]Isabella[/name] and [name]Benjamin[/name] would be cute, together - both timeless names but what about [name]Gabriel[/name]?
HTH’s
[name]Laura[/name] x