This is my very first post here so please forgive in advance if I haven’t quite got a hang on how things work. We are expecting our third baby this year and enjoying looking for names.
I would love to hear thoughts on what others think would go well with the two names we already have [name]Priya[/name] (4 years old) and [name]Theo[/name] (two).
Clearly the names we have aren’t really working on a theme - they were just names that we liked for their meanings at the time. We are a biracial family (Filipino/Australian) and open to names from any culture. Our surname is Spanish, Brizuela (Bris-way-lah). The meaning is probably the most important to me when it comes to names and at this stage I am looking for both boy & girl suggestions.
I love that your kids are named “beloved” ([name]Priya[/name]) and “divine gift” ([name]Theo[/name]) that makes finding a great and very separate meaning a tall order. I also love that your kids have names from two very different cultures and I’d probably try to keep that going with the third. I hope the suggestion below help spark some inspiration.
“perfection”
[name]Bliss[/name] (m/f) - English
[name]Camille[/name] (f) - French
Kaamil (m) - Arabic
[name]Kamal[/name]/[name]Kamali[/name] (m) - African (wish I could narrow it down to a country but I would assume the similarity to Kaamil would indicate it has origins in the arabic language or a language that is similar.)
Hao (m/f) - Vietnamese
Temima (f) - Hebrew
Nefrititi (f) - Egyptian (full translation “the perfect one has arrived”)
“bliss”
[name]Ananda[/name] (f) - [name]Indian[/name]/Sanskrit (I’d probably choose a non-[name]Indian[/name] name for your second daughter so [name]Theo[/name] isn’t left out but this is a beautiful name and sounds so different from [name]Priya[/name]).
Sachi (f) - Japanese
“joy”
Agalia (f) - Greek
[name]Allegra[/name] (f) - Latin (if you don’t have allegra allergy medicine where you live this feel a lot more viable than it does to me in the US).
Ayo (f) - African
[name]Gil[/name] (m) - Hebrew
[name]Gili[/name] (f) - Hebrew
[name]Hedva[/name] (f) - Hebrew
[name]Joie[/name] (f) - French
[name]Jovie[/name] (f) - American
Here’s some female options:
[name]Carys[/name] (Welsh = love)
[name]Aziza[/name] (Arabic/Swahili = mighty)
Allira (Aboriginal Australian = quartz)
[name]Lucia[/name] (Latin = light)
[name]Cordelia[/name] (Latin = heart)
[name]Oriana[/name] (Latin = dawn)
[name]Nyla[/name] (Arabic = winner)
[name]Anya[/name] (Russian = grace)
[name]Eulalia[/name] (Greek = sweet-speaking)
[name]Cerelia[/name] (Latin = relating to springtime)
[name]Celeste[/name] (Latin = heavenly)
[name]Aurelia[/name] (Latin = gold)
[name]Amaryllis[/name] (Greek = to sparkle)
[name]Aiyana[/name] (Cherokee = eternal bloom-- though there is some question about whether this name actually has Cherokee roots)
Possible male name options:
[name]Amias[/name] (Latin = loved; beloved)
[name]Caius[/name] (Latin = to rejoice)
[name]Saul[/name] (Hebrew = prayed for)
[name]Callum[/name] (Scottish via Latin = dove)
[name]Castor[/name] (Greek = to shine)
[name]Zamir[/name] (Hebrew = nightingale- Arabic/Urdu = mind;heart;conscious- Albanian = good voice)
[name]Evander[/name] (Greek = good man)
Riaz (Arabic = meadows;gardens)
[name]Salman[/name] (Arabic = safety)
[name]Asa[/name] (Hebrew = healer; doctor)
[name]Aza[/name] (Arabic = to bring comfort)
Ronen (Hebrew = song of joy; joy of the [name]Lord[/name])
Thank you so much for these. I really like a lot of them. Particularly Hao. But I fear that Hao & [name]Theo[/name] is a bit much? This is my problem I am really attracted to names ending with O for our boys but it’s a bit matchy to have two boys with names ending it o
*it was really fun trying to come up with names that aren’t quite as western as my usual suggestions since they seem to fit with your kids and family.[/QUOTE]
