First of all, thank you everyone in the Nameberry community who have been so helpful (and patient) in giving us feedback on names this year. We don’t have any children yet, but we are now TTC and if all things go according to plan, we would eventually like between 2-4 children. We finally found two girl names and two boy names we both can agree upon. Please tell us what you think and/or suggest new possibilities. You should know that I am Irish and he is Chinese, so it is a plus when a name honors both sides. We also have a common, one-syllable Chinese surname. Another thing is that for a while I was attached to doing a “[name_m]Little[/name_m] Women” themed sibset for the girls, but now I would be fine if that didn’t work. Naming a child is a complicated business. Thank you in advance!
We both like:
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] [name_f]Mae[/name_f], nn. [name_f]Eliza[/name_f]
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] honors me and my mom. [name_f]Mae[/name_f] honors his grandmother, and means plum in Chinese. DH LOVES this, and I do too, but I would prefer [name_f]Eliza[/name_f] [name_f]Margaret[/name_f]. [name_f]Margaret[/name_f] is one of my favorite girl names, but DH doesn’t like the sound. For a while we had [name_f]Megan[/name_f] picked out for our first girl, but it began to sound dated to me.
[name_f]Nora[/name_f] [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] [or [name_f]Katherine[/name_f] or [name_f]Jade[/name_f] as mns]
An Irish name that means honor or light. [name_f]Honor[/name_f] is an important value in Chinese culture. While we both like [name_f]Nora[/name_f], I’m not sure about using two “a” ending names in a sibset. thoughts?
[name_m]Graham[/name_m] [name_m]Lewis[/name_m]
This is one of the few boy names that DH liked immediately because it is manly and uncomplicated. [name_m]Lewis[/name_m] honors some of my favorite authors. [name_m]Graham[/name_m] is less ideal with our surname though.
[name_m]Colton[/name_m] [name_u]James[/name_u]
[name_m]Colton[/name_m] means “[name_m]Coal[/name_m] Town,” and DH loves trains and the old west theme. [name_u]James[/name_u] is my favorite name, ever. I would use [name_u]James[/name_u] as a first name, but DH is starting to think it is just too common with our very common surname.
[name_f]Eliza[/name_f], [name_f]Nora[/name_f], [name_m]Graham[/name_m] and [name_m]Colton[/name_m] are not in the top 100 where we live, which is a plus for us. Although, for us, popularity is less important than over all significance.
Maybes:
What do you think of [name_f]Matilda[/name_f], with the nickname [name_u]Mattie[/name_u]? I think [name_u]Mattie[/name_u] goes nicely with [name_f]Eliza[/name_f].
I just decided to add this today, but haven’t run it by DH yet.
[name_m]William[/name_m], nn. [name_m]Liam[/name_m]. We both liked this (bc [name_m]William[/name_m] is a family name on my side and [name_m]Liam[/name_m] is Irish). That is, until the numbers were published by the S.S. admin. this year. [name_m]Liam[/name_m] is number 2, and [name_m]William[/name_m] is number 5. They are slightly less popular where we live, but still both in the top 30. Normally popularity doesn’t bother me much, but the 2 and 5 thing does.
[name_m]Solomon[/name_m]. This has the same meaning (peace) as DH’s American name. We also like that it is Biblical and less common, but is it too serious and “bearded” sounding?
[name_m]Joshua[/name_m]. DH really liked this for its sound and Biblical meaning and I was OK with it, until we found out that it was in the top 10 for 30 years. I leave it on here because we like the overall feel of the name.
[name_m]Milo[/name_m]. DH has no negative associations with this name. I love it, but the only thing that stops me is the “[name_m]Milo[/name_m] and [name_m]Otis[/name_m]” connection, and that [name_m]SIL[/name_m]'s dog is named [name_u]Shiloh[/name_u]. What names are like [name_m]Milo[/name_m], without those problems? Maybe these maybes can help people suggest other names.
Sorry for length of this. Thanks again!
