Monday, June 30, 2008

Help with names?

If you want to, throw out boy and girl names! We really prefer more unique than traditional but we'll hear anything!

ps don't throw out ones you wouldn't want me to use! (ie "your names".. if we know eachother IRL).

53 comments:

Jen said...

Being that I am a Jennifer AND a teacher, I had a lot of trouble finding a name I liked--and that my husband liked.

We found a lovely name in a baby book. It's Welsh. Her middle name is a bit more common, of course.

Bronwen Marie

I've had people overhear her name and tell me how beautiful it is. (and they aren't obligated to say so!)

SOme people spell it "Bronwyn," but we went more traditional.

My sister's name is Jana, (rhymes with Anna) and it means "God is Gracious."

Anonymous said...

we like unusual names ... our son's name is Grayson.

We also like (for girls) Sage, Raleigh, Ruby, and Daisy.

For boys, Easton, Wyelin, Gideon, and Arthur.

Names I like, but my husband would NEVER consider included Poppy, Basil, Algernon, and Beatrice.

Good luck choosing ... it's always fun to talk about baby names!

Anonymous said...

How about Adalyn for a girl or Asher for a boy?

Oliver'sMommy said...

If Oliver wasn't going to be a boy, his name would've been Carly Rae

Anonymous said...

Some girl names:
Mackenzie
Kennedy

Boys:
Caleb
Maddox

Also like the name Emerson which I've heard for both boys and girls.

Kristi said...

Oooh, we have way too many picked out, but here are a few...

Boys: Hunter, Brayden (Brady), Tanner, Carson, Austin, Cole

Girls: Taylor, Ruby, Avery, Hope, Delaney, Kendall

Either: Mayson (Mason), Hayden and Riley (Rilee, Ryleigh, Ryelee)

Have fun choosing!!

leah @maritalbless said...

Most of our faves are all Biblical . . . and have skewed popular of late. :(

I love the name Levi, of course I'm biased, it's my brother's.

Akaela, Milly, Leisel, Morgan, Reagan, Lilly, Hazel, Jocelyn, Isabel.

Milo, Lucas, Emerson, Byron.

Forever For Evie said...

I love the name Teagan, most people say it's a girl name...I like it for a boy. You can shorten it to Teag, which I love! Gabriel is a good name, shortened to Gabe. I always think of the shortened name, because that's most likely what you'll end up calling them. At least that's how it is for me...
For a girl, I like Tatum, Kennedy and Berlin.
Can't wait to find out what you're having!! :)

Forever For Evie said...

I love the name Teagan, most people say it's a girl name...I like it for a boy. You can shorten it to Teag, which I love! Gabriel is a good name, shortened to Gabe. I always think of the shortened name, because that's most likely what you'll end up calling them. At least that's how it is for me...
For a girl, I like Tatum, Kennedy and Berlin.
Can't wait to find out what you're having!! :)

Kelsey said...

Helen, Maja, Rhys, Gwen, Lilia, Quinn, Faith

Ashley said...

I really like Avery for a girl and Talan for a boy. Both are names I can't quite sell to DH but I like them. I also like Emerson for a girl.

Renee said...

What abour Carlyn for a girl? It's my SIL's name and we call her Carly but I love her full name.

Leanne said...

Hey Rachel,

Boys: Zane, Zander Teague (pronounced, Teege), or Anderson

Girls: Campbell, Autumn, Skyler, Teagan, and Addison...but I think Addison is very trendy right now because of Greys Anatomy.

Bridget said...

I like Wyatt, and Ethan for boys. Sophia and Mykala for girls. :) there are so many cute names to choose from!!!

Jason said...

Aeden for a boy...I have to admit this...I stole it from Jon and Kate Plus 8, which is the such a hilarious show!

Leslie said...

Boy -
Leland, Riddick, Corbin

Girl -
Rylee, MaKenzie, Reese, Zoe

Kelsey Garner said...

Boys -
Noel (pronounced Knoll), Caden, Cade

Girls -
Paige, Avery, Josie

My favorite site for baby names - www.nymbler.com.

Jazzy said...

Girl- Elise

Boy- Mathias

Momma Bird said...

We went with Cole for the little boy we are expecting (our other choice was Wyatt.) If it were a girl...we were going to go with Leila or Avery (which seems to be a popular one on here!)

Callie said...

Ok.. girls,

Kylie, Kayla, Callie (I can like my name, right?), Taylor and Sydney.. all with Marie for a Middle name

Boys, Chase Tyler, Trentin, Treyton, Zachary

Amber said...

Names we like:

Jackson
Levi
Camden
Aiden
Caleb
Jacob
Easton


Kinley
Carly
Bella
Courtney
Katherine

Jake and Emily said...

What about Joel? It's a combination of Joey & Rachel.

Jeannie said...

These are names we like, but some just don't go with our last name, so they won't work for us, but maybe for you!

Boys~ Mason, Carson and Carter
Girls~ Ruby, Aubrey and Avery

KellyGreen said...

My current favorite names are:

Boy:
Oliver
Aidric

Girl:
Nola

and because we do not know each other in real life I am pretty partial to my middle name which is Vvs (pronounced like bees with a v).

I thought it was fun to look around on this site for ideas as well: http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/

Good luck choosing!

Unknown said...

For a girl I like Noelle, Sage, Violet, Rae Ann

For a boy I like Aidan, Christian, Quinn

Sarah said...

Daphne, Kassia, Nyssa, Evangeline, Daieniera, Emmaline, Tabitha, Josephine

Liam, Ancelyn, Gabriel, Colin, Alastair, Henry, Jack, Christopher, Sullivan

Unknown said...

For a boy we plan on using Wesley. For a girl, the decision is far less easy. We like several different things, but we don't LOVE anything yet. Guess we'll have to see her first to decide! :) Our choices are Hannah, Katherine (Kate), Audrey, and Olivia.
Other names that I like but can't/won't use: Luke and Lila (my sister's kids), Mason and Reagan (friend's kids), Lily (cousin's baby), Delaney. Have fun deciding!!!

susan said...

I think names are quite different over there so I'm not suggesting any...BUT can I just say you may want to choose something that you don't need to spell for people each and every time you use it such as at school. Unusual names might be 'cool' for the parents but can be a real nuicance for the child-particularly during their teen years... have fun choosing...oh, the other trick I used was "could I screech this name in a shopping centre 1000 times" trust me you'll say it a hundred million times over so choose something you both love!!

AngelsAmid said...

Krista (it's my name, but we don't really know each other IRL) :)

Eve and Milo's Mom said...

Since I don't know you IRL I can tell you our daughter's name is Aisling Eve. Aisling(Ashling) is an Irish name and together her name means "vision of life." we call her Eve. Other names we considered:
Addison Ivy
Charlotte Piper
Boys:
Brody
Brady
Corbin
Elijah
Mason
Ansel

Mary said...

These are names I like but won't be using just because I like using family names otherwise I would.....

Boys- Oliver, Bryce, Jude, Gabriel, Dylan, Dominic, Riley, Clayton

Girls-Aunika, Lillian, Jane, Eva, Audrey, Presley,

Beth & Brian said...

If we are having a girl, she'll be Kendall. We also love Morgan, but then she'd be Morgan Freeman and I don't want people to think we are making a joke out of our child's name!

We don't have it narrowed down for a boy, but we like: Bennett, Mason, Evan, Elliot, and Quinn

Good luck choosing! I can't wait to see what you are having!

kateypie35 said...

Mia, Charlotte, Juniper, Lela

Carson, Quinn, Dex, Logan

did you get a name book? those are always fun!

'Cates' & Dogs said...

My husband swears we will name our first born son Cannon. Not sure where he found it but he loves it! My mom has already said if we do, our child's nickname will be 'Boom Boom'. =)

Valley Mom said...

Girl: Piper, Mercedes, Austin, Lane

Boy: Felix, Matteo, Mattias, Rhys

Evelyn said...

These aren't really that unusual but I'm suggesting them because of their meanings, with all you've gone through I thought it was fitting...I'm pretty sure they all mean Gift from God/God has heard or something close to that!
Boys: Nathaniel, Toby
Girls: Jaden (I think it'd be cool for a girl) and Eve because it means life, and you waited so long for this precious life inside of you!

Good luck choosing..I know it's hard!! :)

Nellie said...

Teegan, Shelby, Rena, Jaelyn, Kira, Kara, Jeana, Jenna, Landry, Chayse, Nora,


Collin, Graham, Ethan, Owen, Lane, Blake, Brody, Landon

My hubby suggests mr or mrs cool. Gosh he's a dork :)

Heather said...

Our daughter is Madelyn Elaine. We also like Natalie, Avery and Katie.

Our boy names are Cameron Joseph and James Ryan.

erin said...

Our son is Nolan Ahram- had he been a girl, he'd have been Kaida Elizabeth.

This baby is either Callan David, or Aubrey Nicole.

I'm so glad Nolan was a Nolan- after spending 5 days in Vegas saying "Nolan, come here. Nolan- Stop running. Nolan, hold Mommy's hand." I was glad he wasn't a Kaida!!

Lea said...

Oh I love baby name picking! It's terribly hard though! We love traditional (think old....hehehe) names & now they are becoming quite trendy so my DH is picky!

I like: Lucy, Louise, Bailey, Charley & Ruby for girls. Oliver, Jack(son), Julian & Sy(mon) (which is my new son's name!).

We have a last name that we cannot put a lot of names with.....or our kids would be tortured in high school!

Good luck, it's so fun picking!

Lea H.

mindy said...

We like traditional names, that aren't overused, but they are slowly starting to make a comeback.

Also, my DH is difficult because we doesn't want a name that he knows someone who's name that, but it has to be a name is heard before. Make sense?

Our top boy name choice is Ashton. I like Owen, Thomas, Oliver, Jackson, Simon, Titus, .

Girl names -
Molly, Lucy, Savannah, Rileigh, Emerson, Julia, Olivia, Charlotte, Eve, Avery, Ava, Brianne, Reese

jpandtheboys said...

Isn't it amazing how hard it actually is to pick a name!? It's fun to search though. Here are some ideas inspired by family and friends or names that I like that someone else doesn't or they just don't go well with our last name.

Girls:
Fiona (which I think sounds so cute with your last name.)
Deianerra (Deia for short, if you want to know how it sounds ask me... very pretty. It's Greek.)
Kendra
Amity (One of my best girlfriends name is this and I have never met another one.)
Caprice
Aislin
Julissa
Stella
Deliliah
Daphine

Boys:
Dawson
Hudson
Drake
Finn
Ryker
Pierce
Fletcher
Schuyler

Good Luck!! Can't wait to find out what you are having!!

Mrs. Southern said...

There are great names on here! I really like Claire for a girl or Colton for a boy. My husbands name is Graysen Davidson which is different...Good Luck!

Amanda said...

For a girl: Baily, Maive or Kady (pronounced like Katie)

For a boy: Jack, Max, Sebastian

AJ said...

It may be too close to Joey's name, but I really like Joely (it means God will be willing). And given your struggle with IF, I really like Eden too (it means paradise). I'll give you some non-traditional names I've heard in school recently:

Giselle, Saige, Emalea (Em-uh-lee-uh), Kailyn

Mason, Kieran, Carter, Keegan, Hayden, Devin

Emily said...

Hey Rachel! I cannot believe it is almost time for the BIG U/S already! Time is flying.

There are some great names on here. My SIL who went through IVF as well has 3 girls & she used "ana" as a common thread in their names:

Eliana Hope -eliana means gift from God
Annalea Faith
Briana Grace

Some other girl suggestions:
Madelyn, Anneliese, Rian, Victoria (Tori for short), Shayla, Kiara, Gabriella

Boy- Colin, Pierson, Grayson, Charlie, Alexander

GL! Have fun choosing! Can't wait for the unveiling.

Rachel said...

GC, I won't be publishing your comment as I know it will be horribly offensive to many and I assume it was mainly meant for my "benefit".

That being said, I think many people have differing opinions on names and I think it's safe to assume that I won't be going based on any one else's opinion (just Joey's and mine) for this baby. But thank you for the time you put into the list.

Also Karsen was the name we had picked out for the baby girl we were going to adopt in February.

Obviously it didn't work out but we still think it's a beautiful name.

Raena said...

Hi..I'm a childbirth educator so I LOVE reading expectant mommy blogs!

I like the names Violet & Haelyn (pronounced hay-lynn) for girls. For boys I like Makai & Kaleo (pronounced kuh-lay-oh).

God bless!

Raena said...

Oh yeah, one more..

for a girl Shaylea (pronounced Shay-lee).

Megan and Steve said...

With your whole story... I think Grace should be part of a girl's name... even a middle name.

I love the name Ava, so Ava Grace. But any name is beautiful with Grace as a middle name. :-)

Congrats!!

Sorry, I don't have more imput on a boy's name...

KellyGreen said...

I added my middle name to the previous comment...my first name is unusual as well: Keatra (key-truh). My brother's name is Kji (kai) which I really love for a boys name.

again, good luck picking!

Unknown said...

A few I've come across lately that aren't very common:
Rhianon, Kaia, Sonja, Marlys, Gretl, Francisca, Delaney, Twila
Lars, Jade, Anders

G-Lu said...

I LOVE the names Channing, Jakobe, and Malakai for boys and Kadence for a girl :)