Any interest in discussing names?

[Bumblebee]

I know this is way premature but has anyone else thought about names?  I would love to hear your favorites.

My favorites are Wesley and Max for boys, Willow and Charlotte for girls.

[thoseareradishes]

My "name I would never give my kid but love" is Clementine.

[vmars]

If it's a girl it will be Violet after DH's grandma and if it's a boy it will probably be Gabriel (DH's confirmation name - we aren't religious, just both like the name).

[pamela]

I finally heard of another person with the name I have in mind for a girl that DH tried to tell me wasn't a real name. Maricela. Lisette for a middle name.

[tarheels]

Mar 6, 2013 20:00:43 GMT -5 pamela said:

I finally heard of another person with the name I have in mind for a girl that DH tried to tell me wasn't a real name. Maricela. Lisette for a middle name.

That's beautiful!

And tell your DH BOOM : www.behindthename.com/name/maricela

And go here and type in the name with 150 years.  Been in the Top 1000 for a long time.  www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/#ht=2

[belovedbride07]

Anna Lucia for a girl; James Frederick for a boy.

They're family names (or variants on family names).

Sometimes I have second thoughts about the boy name; we'll mull it over some more once the time comes.

[Deleted]

My H and I both like Brady for a boy, but I don't think we will use it because there are so many Bradyens out there right now.

For a girl, my top picks are Bridget and Julianne.

[bazinga]

Jackson is my favorite for a boy. Is that too popular right now? For a girl I like Amelia, Hannah and Charlotte.

[tarheels]

I've become one of those people who doesn't want to share my top 2 favorite names bc they're uncommon-ish but becoming more popular and I don't want them to rise anymore. Lame, I know, so I'll post the ones I'm not attached to.

For boys, it's all family names for us: Carter, Andrew, Henry, William, George, Arthur.

For girls, I'm a total romantic. Alinore (medieval Eleanor), Alethea, Celeste, Daphne, Diana, Georgiana, Ianthe, Isadora, Lydia, Phoebe.

[Bumblebee]

Mar 6, 2013 17:38:34 GMT -5 vmars said:

If it's a girl it will be Violet after DH's grandma and if it's a boy it will probably be Gabriel (DH's confirmation name - we aren't religious, just both like the name).

I really like Gabriel but I used it on our dog.

[Deleted]

Mar 6, 2013 21:58:16 GMT -5 Bumblebee said:

Mar 6, 2013 17:38:34 GMT -5 vmars said:

If it's a girl it will be Violet after DH's grandma and if it's a boy it will probably be Gabriel (DH's confirmation name - we aren't religious, just both like the name).

I really like Gabriel but I used it on our dog.

Haha.  I really like Molly as a girl name, but it was also the name of my husband's childhood golden retriever.  He is vehemently opposed to using a "dog" name on a kid.  

[Bumblebee]

Mar 6, 2013 21:36:54 GMT -5 bazinga said:

Jackson is my favorite for a boy. Is that too popular right now? For a girl I like Amelia, Hannah and Charlotte.

Jackson has become more popular over the past few years.  It was the 23rd most popular boy name in 2011, but that only amounts to 0.6% of boys born in 2011.  Of course "too popular" depends on personal preference.

[pooh8402]

Paige Michele is my favorite for a girl. H likes it but is not in love with it like I am. We'll see.

We have a running list of both boy and girl names. We have decided to give each other unlimited vetoes so neither of us has a child with a name we hate.

Boys:
Caleb
Hamilton (middle name)
Keaton
Grant? (Middle name)
Landon
Garrett
Mason
Isaiah
Simon
Elijah

Girls:
Paige
Michele
Natalie
Melody?
Lily
Madeleine? (Maddie)
Tatum
Abigail? Gabrielle?

Vetoes:
Courtney
Luke
Brandon
Titus
Noah

Note on the vetoed names: some of them are names we actually like but know people with the names and we don't like those people.

Sent from my SPH-L710 using proboards

[aliciar6]

For a boy we are thinking Blake for a first name, it's about the only one we both like, even though DH doesn't like 1 syllable names. I like Archer for a middle name, but he's not sold on it. I even like Sebastian for a first name, but I don't think DH does.

For a girl, he likes Heidi Anne, it sounds great with our last name, but it makes me think of a maxim hometown hottie...If we are going with an H name I like Hailey better. Otherwise I like Karina and Ava.

[Cricket0619]

H and I agree on the boys names, but we can't agree on girls.
Boy:
Walker
Brooks

Girl:
Scout
Quinn
Estelle
Elise
Adair

[simpsongal]

We've talked a bit about names. We'll probably be more thorough when the time comes.

Girls: Lucy, Violet, Rose, Laura, Helen, Vivian

Boys: Mark, Paul, Bruce, James

[krystee]

Girls: I like Kate Elizabeth and he likes Amelia Rose
Boys: I like Ben, and he likes Jack. The middle name would be Martin after my grandpa.

[annabear07]

belovedbride07 Anna Lucia is a beautiful name! I may be a bit biased though!

We dicussed this a long time ago, I think even before we got married and decided on two names. However a good friend (unknowing) stole our boys name so we haven't figured out a new one!

Girl: Rosamaria Victoria
Boy: Giovanni Thomas (stolen) so maybe Salvatore, Vincenzo, Giuseppe...ugh I don't know!

[coribelle26]

I'm curious what people think of Silas. It just popped onto my radar and I waffle between really liking it and thinking it sounds like a villain name (which may be due to Sylar from Heroes).

[Deleted]

Both H and I like the name Holland for a girl. I also love Everley. We're set on that one. I like Jefferson and Davis for boys names.

[simpsongal]

Makes me think of Silas Marner. What would the nickname be for Silas?

[lola]

I love the name Lucy, but I think I'll forever equate Lucy to LHC (reg on ML) so I don't know! lol.

For a boy, we like Thomas as our first pick and Elliot for a second choice. For a girl I really like Harper but I think it's tooooo trendy right now. Also, Clara and Helen.

I'm sure I'll think of more and more and more, but these are the favs for now.

[flatlan]

This is my list and has not been run by DH at all.

Girl
Arden
Eleanore
Kesslyn


Boy
Elliott
Alarik
Merrik

[purplecow0206]

DH has threatened to name a boy Rand and a girl Egwene (from the Wheel of Time series) but I've put my foot down on that, lol.

On a more serious note, we both like the name Leah for a girl and Ryan for a boy, but we haven't discussed it seriously yet.

[Cheesecake]

We've pretty much agreed on middle names - family names (2 middle names for boy or girl, the male middle name from DH's side of the family is still a toss up between his grandfather and his great grandfather). First names haven't been discussed yet, I have a list going on Evernote, but my favorites change daily.

[estrellita]

Here are my favorites:

Girls
Audrey
Serena
Bridget
Claire
Sienna
Lucy
Hazel
Victoria

Boys
Everett
Elliott
Emmett (yes, there seems to be a theme there...)
Blake
Logan
Zane
Brennan
Theodore
Ian
Adrian
Nolan
Theodore

I like more boy names than girl names!