We have no names for these boys yet and that's fine by me in the sense that we won't finalize anything until we meet them. However, I would like to have something to start with when they are born. At least something to throw at the wall to see if it sticks. Right now K vetos everything. And I mean everything. We are not wedded to any sort of tradition, letters, etc. We will not be doing the Jaden/Caden/Brayden thing. We will not be using non-traditional spellings.
So what you got? At some point I'll take all suggestions back to K to see if we can't start going in some direction.
I love traditional names and spellings. I will throw out Liam, Alexander, John, William, Henry, Charlie. Some others that I like James, Simon, Linus, Ownen and Silas.
For our boys I like have Samuel and Jacob flow as well as a Sam and Jake. They sound like good brother names to me. To us how they sounded together (as I will probably get really used to saying those names loudly at times) was very important. I am just thankful we went with family names as M and I have totally different tastes with names. I love older traditional names while she likes very popular names. Going with family names we got to kinda compromise and meet in the middle.
Naming twins is hard. Finding two names that you each like, that sound good with your last name, and that sound good together without being matchy matchy - it took forever. Since we have B/G I didn't pair boy names, but here are some pairs made up of names that made our final cut list for boys:
Aaron and Everett Adam and Robert Emmett and Rhys (my fave - I would've used Emmett in a hot minute if Jen hadn't vetoed) Alex and James Ethan and Kingsley Bennett and Julian Clark and Gareth David and Gideon Jonathan and Miles Talmadge and Wade
Some boy names I like that don't necessarily pair with anything else on our list - Merritt, Otto, Anderson.
This pairing in particular made me smile because just yesterday I threw out Bennett as a possibility and last time around Julian was the only name we had somewhat agreed on for a boy. We can't use Julian now because of DD's name, but Bennett is definitely one I'll keep suggesting. I think several from your list are definitely my style and fit well with DD's name and our last name.
2moms2b - I wish we had family names to fall back on (or start with) but we don't really. I mean, we honored both of our dads within DD's name so our dads' sides are essentially taken care of. When we look at the maternal sides there aren't really great choices. I like my mom's maiden name as possibly a middle name but K's mom's maiden name would never work in the same way.
Post by rikkiandjulie on Apr 15, 2013 12:12:36 GMT -5
Fave boy names in no particular order.
Asher Archer Charles Evan Miles Liam Mason Henry Edward Benjamin Richard Lucas Luke Jack Oliver Logan Riley Daniel Addison Alex Alec Owen Rowan Trey Brady Bradly Griffin Graham Joel Dylan Ryan Mitchell
Have you tried Nymbler? You can enter names you like and it will produce simar names. You also mark names you don't like and it subtracts names you wouldn't like. I strongly dislike "matching" twin names
We used M's mother's maiden name (Reynolds) for one of them. It happens to also be M's brother's middle name so we then used my brother's middle name for the other.
Post by never2amazing on Apr 15, 2013 12:43:39 GMT -5
I am big on names that reflect heritage. Your and K's thoughts on that? I like it that the Twins have names that are both found in American and Mexican culture...except their middle names...Little Man's is American, and Peanut's is Hispanic.
I'm cracking up because you have all listed many names that I like. And you've also listed many names that I've thrown into the pot only to have them vetoed. Seeing as how the names are like are so similar to many of you at least I know I'm not the crazy one ;-)
I am big on names that reflect heritage. Your and K's thoughts on that? I like it that the Twins have names that are both found in American and Mexican culture...except their middle names...Little Man's is American, and Peanut's is Hispanic.
I wouldn't be opposed to a name with Portuguese heritage but there aren't many that we are fond of. We both do like some names from Hispanic culture but we only like the way they are said when said 'correctly.'
For example - We love the name Aaron (when said with a rolled 'r') but do not like it without the rolled r. at.all.
what names is K throwing out for consideration? Maybe that will help us be more creative.
You are assuming she is doing such and she isn't. She just says "I'll know it when I know it." Yeah, big help. She would like to use the name Timothy IHO her best friend that died about 10 years ago. I never met the guy, and I honestly just don't like the name. Partly because every Tim/othy I know is 40+ and I'm having a hard time picturing a child with that name but also because I just don't like the name.
what names is K throwing out for consideration? Maybe that will help us be more creative.
You are assuming she is doing such and she isn't. She just says "I'll know it when I know it." Yeah, big help. She would like to use the name Timothy IHO her best friend that died about 10 years ago. I never met the guy, and I honestly just don't like the name. Partly because every Tim/othy I know is 40+ and I'm having a hard time picturing a child with that name but also because I just don't like the name.Â
Can Timothy be a middle name? Jacob Timothy Evan Timothy Justin Timothy. I don't hate Timothy and now several who are my age. It ages well.
You are assuming she is doing such and she isn't. She just says "I'll know it when I know it." Yeah, big help. She would like to use the name Timothy IHO her best friend that died about 10 years ago. I never met the guy, and I honestly just don't like the name. Partly because every Tim/othy I know is 40+ and I'm having a hard time picturing a child with that name but also because I just don't like the name.Â
Can Timothy be a middle name? Jacob Timothy Evan Timothy Justin Timothy. I don't hate Timothy and now several who are my age. It ages well.
Post by bluedaisyus on Apr 15, 2013 13:34:22 GMT -5
We had a terrible time picking out a boy name. We didn't agree on hardly anything. The funny part is we ended up going with what she wanted in the first place, which I wasn't thrilled about at first but now I love it. His middle name was one of my frontrunners for first name that she vetoed, but liked as a middle name.
I like traditional boy names. My 2 faves are Jacob and Benjamin. If we are ever blessed with a boy we can name, he will be Jacob.
This is a perfectly timed conversation! We were just discussing this last night, in case we get to name another one.
Jacob and Isaac and James have been my short list forever. My brother just named his baby Benjamin!
But, last night, I was K! We have a few girls names we love. But, I wasn't "feeling" any boys names.
Girls names: Iris Elizabeth, Grace, Katherine
Boys: Jacob, Isaac, Caleb, wilder, Alexander, Lucas, Jonathan, maxwell, Eli (but I don't love Elijah and had a previous boss named Elias), Daniel, Patrick is my dads middle name, I like using that as a middle
I've offered it as a middle name but so far she hasn't agreed. To be fair, we aren't having arguments about this but the lady seriously won't even say maybe to one.single.name. It's killing me! :-p
Oh and then yesterday this conversation happens:
K: Madison. I like Madison. Me: Madison is a girls' name. At least for this generation. K: Really? Me: Yup, it's in the top 10 for girls. People call the girls Maddy for short. K: Angelina Jolie has a son Maddy. Me: No, she has a son named Maddox. K: Well she calls him Maddy.
::headdesk:: I don't even know if the part about Angelina is correct but omg, this is what she contributes?! lol!
I like traditional boy names. My 2 faves are Jacob and Benjamin. If we are ever blessed with a boy we can name, he will be Jacob.
This is a perfectly timed conversation! We were just discussing this last night, in case we get to name another one.
Jacob and Isaac and James have been my short list forever. My brother just named his baby Benjamin!
But, last night, I was K! We have a few girls names we love. But, I wasn't "feeling" any boys names.
Girls names: Iris Elizabeth, Grace, Katherine
Boys: Jacob, Isaac, Caleb, wilder, Alexander, Lucas, Jonathan, maxwell, Eli (but I don't love Elijah and had a previous boss named Elias), Daniel, Patrick is my dads middle name, I like using that as a middle
I've offered it as a middle name but so far she hasn't agreed. To be fair, we aren't having arguments about this but the lady seriously won't even say maybe to one.single.name. It's killing me! :-p
Oh and then yesterday this conversation happens:
K: Madison. I like Madison. Me: Madison is a girls' name. At least for this generation. K: Really? Me: Yup, it's in the top 10 for girls. People call the girls Maddy for short. K: Angelina Jolie has a son Maddy. Me: No, she has a son named Maddox. K: Well she calls him Maddy.
::headdesk:: I don't even know if the part about Angelina is correct but omg, this is what she contributes?! lol!
I just spit ice tea all over the couch. This took me back to many name discussions over dinner. Ms contributions (until I really really pushed) were dismal attempts or things that make you go huh?
What eventually worked for her is I asked her to please make a list of names she liked then group them into love, like and don't mind. She did it over a few days. When she played with the names on her own without my input she did really well and she actually named both the boys. I also made my list then we went through them together pairing, saying them out loud etc.
We cheated a bit and knew for a fact we would have a Samuel and probably a Jacob but honestly Jacob wasn't set in stone with no middle names.
L wanted Grayson's middle name to be Mandela. She was serious. She still brings it up that I didn't let her give him the middle name of Mandela. Great man. Not so great name.
Naming twins is hard. Finding two names that you each like, that sound good with your last name, and that sound good together without being matchy matchy - it took forever. Since we have B/G I didn't pair boy names, but here are some pairs made up of names that made our final cut list for boys:
Aaron and Everett Adam and Robert Emmett and Rhys (my fave - I would've used Emmett in a hot minute if Jen hadn't vetoed) Alex and James Ethan and Kingsley Bennett and Julian Clark and Gareth David and Gideon Jonathan and Miles Talmadge and Wade
Some boy names I like that don't necessarily pair with anything else on our list - Merritt, Otto, Anderson.
I remember how hard it was with K when you were pregnant with G. I was hoping it would be better with boys? Guess not! Ok, here's my list: Anderson, Jonathan (not John), Alexander (so many nickname choices), and Ethan. Well, and Cooper Thomas, but that one's taken
You all have hit so many of the names on my list - Spencer, Logan, Bennett, Lucas, etc. I'm just going to keep throwing things out there. Eventually the kids have to get names, right? :-p