Names you're considering

[jessuhmarie]

Hermione Rose and Dexter James.

Before we lost our first, we decided on Holden Thomas or Elsie Rose.

Hate? Love? Suggestions?



I also want what you like on top of your suggestions for us.

[blindyswife]

Hermione is a guilty pleasure love for me. I adore it, but don't think I could ever actually use it. I like Dexter.

Suggestions for you: Margaret, Juniper, Jasper, Felix

What I like? Right now my two favorites are Betsy and Solomon. But that changes almost daily.

[sparrowsong]

Both seem a bit culturally dated to me. But there are worse things you could do.

[jessuhmarie]

May 16, 2012 23:06:50 GMT -5 blindyswife said:

Hermione is a guilty pleasure love for me. I adore it, but don't think I could ever actually use it. I like Dexter.

Suggestions for you: Margaret, Juniper, Jasper, Felix

What I like? Right now my two favorites are Betsy and Solomon. But that changes almost daily.

Unfortunately, I like all of the names in this whole post!
Hermione- I love it. DH and I love the name AND HP, so I think it's okay for us. I don't feel much about the HP reference bc I think it's such an awesome name otherwise.
Dexter- I love the nn Dex. I prefer Declan, nn Dec/Dex, but DH doesn't like Declan
Margaret- I like this and I will bring it to DH, bc I've never really thought of it (Margaret and Dexter or Marg and Dex are perfect IMO)
Juniper- okay. I don't hate it, but it's my least fav of the suggested. I'm warming up to it the more I think of it. I love it more bc we were thinking of naming our mc baby Elsie June and the Juniper would be a nice tribute to him/her without being the same name.
Jasper- LOVE! Twilight name=out for us
Felix- I love it. DH doesn't like it. He can't get over "Felix the Cat" even though he likes "Dexter the serial killer" and "Hermione the witch"
I guess I"]'ll never understand DH's "logic" (if you can call it that), but I'll try my hardest to sway him.


**I love Betsy, but I don't think that or Soloman would fit in our family. Both are solid names (I'd use Elizabeth nn Betsy though)

[jessuhmarie]

May 16, 2012 23:24:16 GMT -5 sparrowsong said:

Both seem a bit culturally dated to me. But there are worse things you could do.

culturally dated, how? I'm just curious. We aren't dead-set on names.

[harleykay]

I like Corbin or Gavin And Scarlett or Gabriella

[btay]

Girl - Lacy Ann, Rosalie *undecided*

Boy - Griffin Patrick, Theodore Isaac

Lacy was DH's mom's maiden name, Griffin was my mom's maiden name.

[auroraloo]

I'll make this our first "official" announcement. Unless he comes out looking like someone else, our little boy will be Charlie/Charles.

[blindyswife]

May 16, 2012 23:26:04 GMT -5 jessuhmarie said:

May 16, 2012 23:06:50 GMT -5 blindyswife said:

Hermione is a guilty pleasure love for me. I adore it, but don't think I could ever actually use it. I like Dexter.

Suggestions for you: Margaret, Juniper, Jasper, Felix

What I like? Right now my two favorites are Betsy and Solomon. But that changes almost daily.

Unfortunately, I like all of the names in this whole post!
Hermione- I love it. DH and I love the name AND HP, so I think it's okay for us. I don't feel much about the HP reference bc I think it's such an awesome name otherwise.
Dexter- I love the nn Dex. I prefer Declan, nn Dec/Dex, but DH doesn't like Declan
Margaret- I like this and I will bring it to DH, bc I've never really thought of it (Margaret and Dexter or Marg and Dex are perfect IMO)
Juniper- okay. I don't hate it, but it's my least fav of the suggested. I'm warming up to it the more I think of it. I love it more bc we were thinking of naming our mc baby Elsie June and the Juniper would be a nice tribute to him/her without being the same name.
Jasper- LOVE! Twilight name=out for us
Felix- I love it. DH doesn't like it. He can't get over "Felix the Cat" even though he likes "Dexter the serial killer" and "Hermione the witch"
I guess I"]'ll never understand DH's "logic" (if you can call it that), but I'll try my hardest to sway him.


**I love Betsy, but I don't think that or Soloman would fit in our family. Both are solid names (I'd use Elizabeth nn Betsy though)

I think it's an unwritten rule that husbands have weird logic when considering names.

I've never read twilight, so I didn't know the Jasper connection. *shakes fist at Twilight for tainting a good name*

Also, on Margaret, what I love most about it are such great nn. Marg, Maggie, Mag, Margo (my fav). Anywho, you've got pretty good taste, Jessuh, so I would bet your little one will have a great name!

[miss1991]

I love Elsie Rose I think it is so cute! Holden Thomas is nice to.

Hermione Rose-NMS
Dexter James- I like James

[miss1991]

"if" I was to have another I like Emma Rose and I love the name Violet!
If we had a boy I am not sure my husband want's it to be of Spanish origin since he is Peruvian he liked Enrique, but I had a hard time saying it so I was of course happy she was a she. He also liked Armando.

[NandaB]

I think poor little Hermione would constantly be telling people how to say or spell it. OR on the flip side she would hear a loooootttttt of HP comments. I like both Dexter and Holden, but our munchkin is Gregory, so I don't think either would go. For a girl I think Elsie is a cute name, but I don't know about a grown up names Elsie, ya know? (which makes no sense, I know. everyone grows up, even Elsie. Maybe Elsa but call her Elsie?

[MrsNiner]

I really like the name Holden.

We aren't TTC again, but we still have our list for when we do. A girl will be Kennedy or Liliana (Lily). A boy will be Charles (Charlie). Middle name for a girl is undecided. Middle name for the boy will probably be Matthew.

[sparklebottom]

May 16, 2012 22:53:21 GMT -5 jessuhmarie said:

Hermione Rose and Dexter James.

Before we lost our first, we decided on Holden Thomas or Elsie Rose.

Hate? Love? Suggestions?



I also want what you like on top of your suggestions for us.

I love Hermione, but that's our cat's name, so it's a no-go. Dexter isn't my favorite.

I like Elliott (this LO's probable name), Calvin, Franklin, and Henry. For girls I like Prim, Elsa, and Clara.

[miss1991]

May 17, 2012 9:11:14 GMT -5 auroraloo said:

I'll make this our first "official" announcement. Unless he comes out looking like someone else, our little boy will be Charlie/Charles.

Love Charlie/Charles very nice!

[auroraloo]

May 17, 2012 18:40:51 GMT -5 miss1991 said:

May 17, 2012 9:11:14 GMT -5 auroraloo said:

I'll make this our first "official" announcement. Unless he comes out looking like someone else, our little boy will be Charlie/Charles.

Love Charlie/Charles very nice!

Thank you!

[SarahL77]

If we ever have a 2nd, a boy would be Duncan. My current favorite girl name is Miriam.

DD is Elinor Catherine, nn Nora.

[baconlettucetomato]

DH is more willing to veto names than suggest them. Our current front runners are Jamison David(JD) and Gwendolyn Michelle. But I'm starting to stray.

Boys:
Asher
Sterling
Graham
Lincoln

Girls:
Lorelei
Elizabeth(Betty)
Ingrid is one of DH's favorites, the only name he's actually outright suggested.

I'm starting to toy with the idea of traditional southern double names. Like Sarah Elizabeth, Laura Kathryn, Emma Grace, Elizabeth Ann; but want to stray away from stereotypical names like Bobby Jo or Billy Bob. My MIL is Bertha Fay and while they aren't my style names, it's a family tradition on DH's side that I'm starting to consider more and more.

[dmfan]

Our boys name is James. Pretty popular but it's a family name so it's staying. Our girls name is the subject of much debate. I hate everything DH suggests and he hates everything I suggest. Our only common ground so far is maybe the name Grace but I am turned off by the popularity of it. His suggestions are Lucy and Ruby, neither of which I am crazy about.

I am in love with the name Penelope [NN Penny] and I'm trying super hard to get DH to warm up to it lol.

if this baby is a girl it very likely will be unnamed until a few hours after it is born.

[Deleted]

So far my (and DH's, I guess) top names for a boy are: George, Joel, and Leo.
For a girl: Caroline, Diana, Lorelei, and Tessa.

[ariaforte8]

Hermione is my guilty pleasure. I love the name. But DH said if I could use Hermione we should use Zelda too.

I love Dexter. I know our first son will be Parker, but I like Dexter as a sibling. That or Damian.

[mcgee]

We are done, but when we were debating a third, we had narrowed down the name list. Our two kids are Meredith Caroline and Alexander William, nn Alex. If we had another boy, we were leaning toward either David or Samuel, nn Sam. If we had another girl, we had narrowed it down to Anne/Anna/Annie, Erica and Charlotte.

FWIW, one of our dogs is named Dexter, nn Dex. I don't think I could use it on a human.

[jennipea382]

It'll be a while before we have kids and of course I need FI's approval, but here are my top names at the moment:

Girls
Serena
Audrey
Lucy
Bridget
Cordelia

Boys
Elliott
Callum
Emmett
Theodore
Brennan

[auroraloo]

May 19, 2012 23:15:46 GMT -5 ariaforte8 said:

Hermione is my guilty pleasure. I love the name. But DH said if I could use Hermione we should use Zelda too.

I love Dexter. I know our first son will be Parker, but I like Dexter as a sibling. That or Damian.

Dexter is a serial killer and Damian is the spawn of satan. Bold.

[sharkfarts]

May 17, 2012 9:11:14 GMT -5 auroraloo said:

I'll make this our first "official" announcement. Unless he comes out looking like someone else, our little boy will be Charlie/Charles.

Charlie has been one of our favorites for a while.

We're deciding between Caroline Anne or Hannah Anne. I also love Natale, but DH isn't sold. Neither name sounds just right. I'm waiting for the ah ha! moment.

[sharkfarts]

Oh, and for you guys, I like Hermione, but would never use it bc of HP.

What about Violet, Harriet, or Charlotte?

[angnshaun]

I kind of love Hermoine.

[Deleted]

We're still figuring it out. I want Everett, but I think I've been out voted. So, I think we're looking at Perry Thomas or Perry James or Chester Thomas.

[twoslicehilly]

Hadley
Annablaire
Haylen
Harper
Davaney
Rose

[smiley]

May 18, 2012 19:57:43 GMT -5 baconlettucetomato said:

I'm starting to toy with the idea of traditional southern double names. Like Sarah Elizabeth, Laura Kathryn, Emma Grace, Elizabeth Ann; but want to stray away from stereotypical names like Bobby Jo or Billy Bob. My MIL is Bertha Fay and while they aren't my style names, it's a family tradition on DH's side that I'm starting to consider more and more.

I love Emma Grace and it plays tribute to how the family names their children. I couldn't do Bobby Jo or Billy Bob but Sarah Elizabeth and Emma Grace are pretty!