My husband and I were finally able to come up with a list of names we both like but we need some help narrowing it down. We will not know the sex of the baby until he/she is born and would like to be able to go to the hospital with two or three options for each sex. If the baby is a boy his middle name will be [name]Hendrix[/name]. Last name is [name]Ingram[/name].
Here are my favorites and least favorites. [name]Just[/name] my non-expert opinion. Congrats and good luck!
Boys Favorites:
[name]Elliot[/name] - feels old school (like, 80s old school) to me because of E.T. That’s totally NOT a bad thing. [name]Love[/name] it.
[name]Miles[/name] - [name]Just[/name] a super cool name.
[name]Owen[/name] - Another great one.
Boys Least Favorites:
[name]Hayden[/name] - don’t like the [name]Hayden[/name]/[name]Jayden[/name] trend (with the exception of [name]Aidan[/name], which I realize is very popular)
[name]Morgan[/name] - A little too unisex for my taste
Girls Favorites:
[name]Piper[/name] - My favorite of your girl names. Spunky and fun.
[name]Zoe[/name] - Another great one.
[name]Harper[/name] - This is one unisex name I can get behind. I like it.
Girls Least Favorites
[name]Kennedy[/name] - Maybe this could be cool, but to me it’s the president
[name]Macy[/name] - Shoot, another “association” name that may not apply to the majority, but [name]Macy[/name]'s is a department store
[name]Marley[/name] - I can’t see this name without mentally following it with “& Me.”
[name]Hadley[/name] - Similar to the [name]Hayden[/name] choice above…just seems like a name with no real history. [name]Kinda[/name] trendy.
My top picks for a boy are [name]Elijah[/name] [name]Hendrix[/name], [name]Elliot[/name] [name]Hendrix[/name], [name]Isaac[/name] [name]Hendrix[/name], [name]Owen[/name] [name]Hendrix[/name] or [name]Grant[/name] [name]Hendrix[/name].
For a girl [name]Lydia[/name] [name]Claire[/name] [name]Ingram[/name], [name]Zoe[/name] [name]Claire[/name] [name]Ingram[/name], [name]Phoebe[/name] [name]Lydia[/name] [name]Ingram[/name] or [name]Georgia[/name] [name]Claire[/name] [name]Ingram[/name] sound lovely!
My favourites for each sex are [name]Elliot[/name] [name]Hendrix[/name] [name]Ingram[/name] and [name]Lydia[/name] [name]Claire[/name] [name]Ingram[/name].
*[name]Phoebe[/name] (my favorite)
*[name]Lydia[/name] (second favorite - but does it flow with [name]Ingram[/name]? I’m not sure).
[name]Rowan[/name]
[name]Harper[/name]
[name]Ainsley[/name] (never liked this until recently when we met an adorable little [name]Ainsley[/name] in my daughter’s playgroup)
[name]Claire[/name]
[name]Zoe[/name]
[name]Maya[/name]
I don’t really dislike any of the names on your list, actually - I’m not a big fan of [name]Hayden[/name] or [name]Micah[/name] for boys, or [name]Kennedy[/name], [name]Piper[/name] and [name]Marley[/name] for girls (probably because the two latter names are fairly common names used for dogs around where I live, lol). Of course, these are just my opinions, and they don’t mean very much. Good luck and congratulations!
I really like most of your names, but I don’t think the names that end with a vowel flow well with your last name:
[name]Micah[/name] [name]Ingram[/name]-- The ah ih sounds don’t flow well.
So, my picks are
[name]Miles[/name]
[name]Jude[/name]
[name]Luke[/name]
(I really like the one syllable names best with your name, and all of these are very cool!)
Girls:
[name]Harper[/name] (I love this as a literary reference for a girl!)
[name]Claire[/name]
[name]Phoebe[/name]
([name]Claire[/name] and [name]Phoebe[/name] are both classic and spunky.)
Thank you for all of the feedback! It helped us a lot.
We were able to knock it down to a top 5 for boys: [name]Elliot[/name], [name]Miles[/name], [name]Owen[/name], [name]Luke[/name], and [name]Grant[/name]. I’m split between [name]Elliot[/name] and [name]Owen[/name], hubby loves [name]Miles[/name], the kids love [name]Luke[/name], and the grandparents are pushing for [name]Owen[/name] or [name]Grant[/name]. Basically no one can agree right now. We haven’t shared our girls list with family yet so don’t have any input from them, but I think we’ve narrowed it down to [name]Harper[/name], [name]Piper[/name], [name]Claire[/name], [name]Zoe[/name], [name]Maya[/name], [name]Lydia[/name], and [name]Phoebe[/name].
elowen, I loved your suggestion of [name]Lydia[/name] [name]Claire[/name]. My husband isn’t 100% behind [name]Lydia[/name] though. He’s pushing for [name]Harper[/name], [name]Zoe[/name], [name]Piper[/name] or [name]Phoebe[/name]. I want [name]Lydia[/name], [name]Maya[/name], or [name]Claire[/name]. According to him my favorites don’t have “enough personality”. :roll:
Also, if its something you’d like to take into consideration, we both have kids from previous relationships. I have a daughter named [name]Quinn[/name] and he has two sons named [name]Riley[/name] and [name]Marcus[/name].