Baby girl name

[twoslicehilly]

Having a really hard time Picking out a name for our second DD.

DD1 is Ava, my middle name, last name

and We're trying to choose between:

Ruby ( family name for me) Hope (f.n. for him)/ Grace / Jane / Rose/ Lane

Hadley Hope( Family name, his)/ Fay ( family name, mine)/

Hensley ( Family name for DH) Fay / Hope/ Wynn

My favorite is Ruby Hope or Hensley Fay, I think.

Suggestions? Votes?

[Dumbledork]

Originally I thought no way to Hensley Fay, but the more I say the others out loud, the more I prefer it. It sounds nicer. But, in general, I prefer Ruby to Hensley. I'm no help.

I really don't like Ruby Rose or Ruby Lane though.

[Deleted]

Hensley Grace

or

Grace Wynn

Neither are on your list so I'm no help.

[twoslicehilly]

Jun 10, 2012 0:13:50 GMT -5 @ojo said:

I really like Hensley Fay! Full disclosure though, I also like names like Edith and Hazel, which aren't everyone's cup of tea.

I love Hazel. I like Edith too, but it's a family member's name.

Hensley Fay is at the top of my list for sure.

[twoslicehilly]

Jun 10, 2012 0:30:44 GMT -5 @lemonlover33 said:

Hensley Grace

or

Grace Wynn

Neither are on your list so I'm no help.

Just added Hensley Grace to the list.

[Dory1988]

I like Hensley but I've had less than 8 hours of sleep in the last 36 hours so my judgement may be slightly off

[prettyinpink]

Hadley Hope is my vote.

[sookie]

I like Hadley Hope personally, but Hensley Grace isn't terrible. I just like how Hadley Hope rolls of the tongue.

[JakJak]

I really like Hadley Hope! Ruby Grace would be in second for me, and Hensley is not my style

[twoplustwo]

I have to admit, I am bias with the name Fay(e), it is my grandmothers name, and if I have a little girl she will be a Faye. However, I like Hadley Hope.

[pennylane]

I prefer Hensley over Hadley. So my ultimate choices would be between Hensley Faye/Grace or Ruby Grace.

[basilosaurus]

Oh, I'm no help bc I don't like any. Hadley reminds me of blazing saddles. Hensley is one letter off from a shirt style. And I don't like character traits for names (hope, grace charity). Ruby will always be the girl who died of consumption in anne of avonlea.

I do like hazel, though.

[amaristella]

I like Hensley Fay.

Hadley is nms.

Ruby I'm on a really weird fence with. I don't quite like any of those middle names for it. I both love and hate it so there must have been more than one person in my past with the name Ruby thus giving me this divided opinion.

What sounds nicer together? Ava and Ruby or Ava and Hensley?

[iluvmytxrgr]

I'm not really a fan of Hensley or Hadley. I love Ruby Jane, though I'm not really sure why. It just sounds like a fun person.

[twoslicehilly]

Jun 10, 2012 12:06:01 GMT -5 Stan said:

Hadley is getting very popular, last year it was #178.
Hensley isn't on baby names, so I'm against it for the possibly made up factor.
I guess I like Ruby the best, except it makes me think of that show on WE.

I do <3 you though, and I think whatever name you choose will fit perfectly when she's here!

I found Hensley on one baby name site so far. It was in H's ancestry as a maiden name. Wynn, is in my brother's name and is a great grandmother's maiden name, so the main reason I like it is because of the family significance + that it's different. H loves it, but I do think it sounds kind of made up and trendy, like Kinsley.

What show on WE? It's one of the few names with Family significance on my side that hasn't been all used up yet. I have like 20 cousins with only one younger than me and most of them have kids, so that's saying something! Lol. If we went with Ruby Hope, it would be different, classic and with family significance from both sides. But when we went to talk to my belly, and call her Ruby.. it was kinda akward. Ugh.

Hadley is popular/ trendy, but we love it. Like Ava.

I just feel like there has to be something we haven't thought of yet!! Two days ago, we decided on Ruby for sure, then we were all " what about.....?"



sigh.

[twoslicehilly]

I like the way Ava and Ruby sound together, and Ava and Hadley, but Ava and Hensley, not as much.

[honeybadger]

I prefer Ruby. With ANY of those names as a middle (Fay, Wynn, Grace, etc). I think Hadley/Hensley Hope + your last name is too much, kwim? I love Ruby. I think it sounds adorable with Ava!

[blindyswife]

Ruby Faye by a mile. Do not like Hadley or Hensley at. all.

[NandaB]

I second Ruby Jane. In fact, if it didn't sound so awful with our last name it would be on my list for #2 I like it so much.

I don't care for Hadley and I don't get all the hype. At least other 'trendy' names (Ava, Sophia, etc) are pretty. Hensley sounds like a little boy with red hair.

[taylorp5]

Ruby Grace or Ruby Jane! I love the name Ruby and it goes super cute with Ava!

[mbcdefg]

Ruby is really cute, as are Grace, Jane and Rose.

I don't like Hadley, and Hensley just sounds totally fake to me. If you are set on either of those names I would personally switch it to the middle name slot.

A classic-sounding name would go well with Ava, rather than a trendy-sounding name like Hadley or Hensley (and I'm just not a fan of trendy names in general).

If you want something along the lines of Ruby, maybe you could use Pearl, Violet, Flora, Hazel, Iris, Ivy, Ida, Vera, Neve, Agnes, Judith, Alice, Anna, Margo, Cora, Claire.

[twoslicehilly]

Jun 11, 2012 11:30:39 GMT -5 blindyswife said:

Ruby Faye by a mile. Do not like Hadley or Hensley at. all.

If it wasn't already the name of some one very close to me ( why we're using Ruby or Fay, not both) I would!

I am so thankful for the opinions, you pushed me back to the side of not liking Hensley, so I took it off the list. I agree that it sounds too made up and trendy. I do think Hadley is pretty.. but awfully trendy with no significance. Ruby is the no. 1 pick for me!

[honeybadger]

I wonder if Hadley is trendy because of the Sookie Stackhouse books. It is her cousins name, I believe.

[MadamePresident]

I like Ruby.

[h]

Ruby Jane or Ruby Grace. Hadley sounds trendy, and Hensley sounds made up.