[name_m]Hi[/name_m] there. [name_m]Just[/name_m] found out yesterday that we’re expecting a baby boy. We had an incredibly difficult time settling on a name for our first born so I am really dreading the responsibility of selecting yet another human being’s name. This part is never as fun as I thought it would be.
Our little girl is [name_u]Harmony[/name_u] [name_u]Lynn[/name_u], what would you name her Brother?
(We’d like to include some form of [name_m]David[/name_m] or [name_m]Charles[/name_m] at least as a middle name to honor my husband’s late father.)
Hoping you guys can make this process easier on me
I’m not sure what style you like in boys’ names so if there are some that you are thinking of that would help with suggestions, I could brainstorm around those ideas.
Umm it depends on what style of name you like for boys. I have different preferences for boys names than girls. But with [name_u]Harmony[/name_u] as a sister maybe you would like:
[name_m]Zane[/name_m]
[name_u]James[/name_u]
[name_m]Reuben[/name_m]
[name_u]Rohan[/name_u]
[name_u]Dexter[/name_u]
[name_m]Flint[/name_m]
[name_u]Sage[/name_u]
[name_m]Griffin[/name_m]
[name_u]Flynn[/name_u]
[name_u]Theo[/name_u]
Wow, you guys are good Some of my current favs are on each list so I hope that means I’m not too far off the mark.
I’d like to use the same guidelines we did when naming [name_u]Harmony[/name_u]: easy to pronounce, easy to spell, gender obvious. The only thing I’m not sure about is uniqueness. I originally liked the name [name_f]Emma[/name_f] but I didn’t want my daughter to be referred to as [name_f]Emma[/name_f] L. so I picked something that was a little less common without being too extreme. I’m not sure if we should go with 2 unique names, or chose a boy name that is a bit more mainstream.
Here are some of my current favs:
[name_m]Asher[/name_m]
[name_m]Beckett[/name_m]
[name_u]Emerson[/name_u]
[name_u]Everett[/name_u]
[name_m]Heath[/name_m]
[name_m]Henry[/name_m]
[name_u]Jensen[/name_u]
[name_u]Sawyer[/name_u]
[name_u]Sterling[/name_u]
[name_u]Spencer[/name_u]
[name_m]Quinlan[/name_m]
The other tricky thing is that my husband is from a big, baby making family, so a lot of our favorite names have been used (didn’t help that it took almost 6 years of struggling with infertility to get our first baby). There are already 30+ grandkids and 40+ great grandkids and growing so it is tough to find a name that is still available Each of your lists contain at least one name that was on my original list but that has since been taken hehe ([name_u]Easton[/name_u], [name_u]James[/name_u], [name_m]Jacob[/name_m], [name_u]Finn[/name_u])
What do you think of these?
[name_m]Ryland[/name_m]
[name_m]Lincoln[/name_m]
[name_u]Dylan[/name_u]
[name_m]Ezra[/name_m] (maybe too popular?)
[name_u]Blaise[/name_u]
So it appears I am once again a bit more adventurous with names than my husband
There are currently 3 that we agree on and probably a few more that we could compromise on.
1.) [name_m]Henry[/name_m] [name_m]David[/name_m] - I think [name_m]Henry[/name_m] goes nicely with [name_u]Harmony[/name_u] but I’m worried about the popularity. We worked hard to find a name that wasn’t in the top 100 for [name_u]Harmony[/name_u], and #29 just seems too popular to me (although it was only #60 here in TX last year).
2.) [name_u]Everett[/name_u] [name_m]David[/name_m] or [name_u]Everett[/name_u] [name_m]Charles[/name_m] - This is one of my top contenders. Not sure I love the nn [name_m]Rhett[/name_m] though. Also curious if people would pronounce it as 2 syllables (EV - [name_m]RHETT[/name_m]) or 3 syllables (EV-[name_m]AH[/name_m]-RETT). We have a similar issue with my niece [name_u]Josie[/name_u], some pronounce is JOEZEE, other JOESEE. This pronunciation issue may be enough to remove this one from the list now that I’m thinking about it.
3.) [name_m]Cole[/name_m] - This one really just came up as an option today. I like that it is easy to spell, masculine and not super popular. I don’t particularly love it with either [name_m]David[/name_m] or [name_m]Charles[/name_m] as a middle name though so I’m torn between abandoning our desire to honor my late father-in-law or branching out and finding a more creative middle name.
Now that I’ve gotten over the shock of having a little boy, I’m getting excited to meet him, but I’m anxious to get settled on a name so I don’t have to keep calling him [name_u]Baby[/name_u] Boy.
I really like [name_m]Cole[/name_m]! What about a variation… [name_m]Cole[/name_m] [name_m]Davidson[/name_m]? [name_m]Cole[/name_m] [name_m]Davis[/name_m]? [name_m]Cole[/name_m] [name_m]Davies[/name_m]? I agree that [name_m]Cole[/name_m] [name_m]David[/name_m] sounds a little choppy, but I think exceptions can be made and names don’t need to have a perfect flow when you are honoring someone.
Oh and to touch on another point you mean, I definitely pronounce [name_u]Everett[/name_u] with one syllable, and have never heard it pronounced in 3. Also, I agree with you that [name_m]Henry[/name_m] is too popular
Each of your lists contain at least one name that was on my original list but that has since been taken hehe ([name_u]Easton[/name_u], [name_u]James[/name_u], [name_m]Jacob[/name_m], [name_u]Finn[/name_u])