Hey berries! I need your help naming our son. [name_f]My[/name_f] husband and I have made list after list of names, narrowed it down and then started over again multiple times now because the short list just doesn’t feel like “the one”. Beginning to feel down to the wire. Looking for some fresh perspective!
There are a number of things we’d like to incorporate:
Meaning: I really want the name to either have the inherent meaning - or be named after a person who stood for the meaning – of righteousness and justice and caring for others. I think of [name_m]Boaz[/name_m] in Scripture who was wealthy but used his means to provide income for a number of people, who knew his employees by name and blessed them/cared about their lives, set aside extra for the poor and disadvantaged.
I’m not crazy about the name [name_m]Boaz[/name_m] (nickname ‘[name_u]Bo[/name_u]’ is too southern for me) but that is the sentiment I’d really like to hit with this name: deep character of righteousness and justice that through everyday faithfulness lifts up a society.
Background/sound: We both favor biblical names and are open to a number of those.
[name_f]My[/name_f] husband’s side is Irish and he really likes the Irish sounding names like [name_u]Braeden[/name_u], [name_u]Rowan[/name_u], [name_u]Camden[/name_u]… but these rhyme with our firstborn’s name. Not sure if I want to rhyme the first two when we’re hoping to have a third kiddo at some point.
Names we’ve considered, then scrapped, but are kinda still open to: [name_m]Jason[/name_m], [name_u]Dale[/name_u], [name_u]Asher[/name_u], [name_m]Levi[/name_m], [name_m]Silas[/name_m], [name_m]Justin[/name_m], [name_m]William[/name_m]. Other than [name_u]Dale[/name_u], these all feel too popular in contrast to our daughter’s name which is in the 300s.
We’d love to honor family with the first or the middle. Options being [name_u]Barrett[/name_u], [name_m]Don[/name_m], [name_m]Joel[/name_m], [name_u]Leland[/name_u], [name_u]Riley[/name_u], [name_m]Robert[/name_m] or [name_u]Lawrence[/name_u].
If we were having a girl her name would probably be something like [name_f]Verity[/name_f] with a family middle name.
Thanks in advance for your suggestions and perspective!