I really like all these names except Penelope and Magdalene. I love the name Annika- but I don't like it spelled Anneke- it looks/sounds like "Ann-eek" or "Ann-eek-y" and I'd bet you would get a lot of people who cannot pronounce that name correctly. I think that all these sounds great with your last name. For boys, I like Maxwell (though it may become super popular because of Jessica), Henry, Everett, Silas, all of them are quite nice, actually.
Post by EloiseWeenie on Dec 14, 2012 17:03:51 GMT -5
No names clicked for me until after I had them. For both kids, we went to the hospital with at least 5 names for each sex. Once we met them, we "knew." Luckily, both my H and I had the same name in mind each time.
I like Anneke or Alice best of your names. My girls go by nicknames Winnie, Tess & Merry. I'm having another girl & it's impossible. So far I only like Ada.
Our boy names were Garrison, Everett for DDs. If this baby was a boy Silas was our top choice . I also like Thad (Thaddeus) & Simon.
I love your list! We have a pretty similiar style..a lot of those names are on my future list.
I also adore Anneke. Different but not out there. I do think Annika is more common but I grew up in prime Dutch country so Anneke is pretty normal to me.
Here's some that I love/H loved/got vetoed/still on the list we've considered:
Amy Susannah Erica Julia Meredith Bethany Elizabeth Jean Hazel Johanna Genevieve Willa Elise Pearl Lena Shelby Anna Cordelia Odelia Natalie Holly Felicity
For Boys:
Ryan Blake Marshall Jonah Jude Cameron Isaiah Micah
Some of those repeats, but the list is taped to my desk so I'm just typing.
So duh your likely winner :-P
I love Elizabeth, Meredith, Kara Boys: Andrew, Thomas, Justin, Matthew, William
and FWIW Drew didn't have his name until 37 weeks. (well we were team green but we had a girl/boy at 37 weeks when I thought my water broke)
Thomas- we knew he was a boy so on the way to the hospital he was to be Matthew or William.........came home Thomas