We’re expecting our fifth baby in [name_f]July[/name_f] and we are waiting to find out the gender. We have a boy name picked out but we are stuck on a girl name. Our children’s names are [name_f]Lily[/name_f], [name_f]Bella[/name_f], [name_f]Kira[/name_f], and [name_u]Ray/name_u.
If we have a boy we’re naming him [name_u]Perrin[/name_u]. [name_m]Crichton[/name_m] is my favorite boy name after that one but my husband doesn’t like C-ton names.
For our girls - We like two syllable or less names though there are a few three syllable that do appeal to us. I like that their names all have visual and phonetic similarities and I’d like to keep that trend. I also would like to not double up on first letters and I’m attracted to names that end in “a” but since we already have two we’re trying to find alternatives. We are going out of our way to avoid names in the top 100 since our first two are pretty high up. We love names with meaning. Literary characters especially. We like our names to have personal meaning for us and we’ve kinda run out of names like that. Which is why we’re having the problem. [name_f]Lily[/name_f] from the movie [name_u]Legend[/name_u] (the spelling is different), [name_f]Kira[/name_f] from The Dark [name_f]Crystal[/name_f], [name_m]Rayford[/name_m] is my father’s name, [name_f]Bella[/name_f] is [name_f]Bella[/name_f] [name_f]Evangeline[/name_f] which can be translated “beautiful gospel”. A few names we’ve bounced around are:
[name_f]Nixie[/name_f] - This was our original pick but the more I think about it the more I think it’s a little too different to fit with our other names
[name_f]Adela[/name_f] (a-[name_u]DELL[/name_u]-ah) - currently our favorite and an exception to the two syllable rule
[name_f]Lottie[/name_f] - [name_f]My[/name_f] favorite but it begins with an “L” and with our last name’s first syllable it sounds like la te dah
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] - [name_f]My[/name_f] new niece is named this so I’m politely removing it from my list. But I still love it. (But not [name_f]Scarlett[/name_f])
[name_f]Fae[/name_f] - But we’d have [name_u]Ray[/name_u] and [name_f]Fae[/name_f]. I think it sounds like a mom and pop shop
[name_f]Layla[/name_f] - I love this one but I’ve only ever heard it on two people so it’s hard for me to imagine it if that makes sense
[name_f]Gwen[/name_f] - We waver on how much we like this one
And without explanation
[name_f]Aria[/name_f]
[name_f]Mina[/name_f]
[name_f]Molly[/name_f]
[name_f]Mora[/name_f]
[name_f]Nora[/name_f]
I hope this wasn’t too long. Thanks in advance for any suggestions!