why are boy names so hard?? thoughts?

[olive_juiced]

number four, our first boy, is due this fall, after three girls zoella (zoe) elana, rowan avalon, and stella jolie, we are having the hardest time settling on a name! why are boy names so hard?

our short list is:
remy
kieran
arlo
declan

with middle name options:
lennon
jude
jagger
fox

thoughts?? any other suggestions?

[spring13]

i kind of like these combos, from your list

Remy Jude
Kieran Fox
Declan Lennon
Declan Jude

[consultantmeghan]

Remy Jagger
Kieran Fox
Arlo Jude
Declan Jude

[bcl23]

I love all your names!
Remy & Declan are my favorite from your FNs list.
I also love Lennon & Jude for first names. Have you considered that?

My favorite combos:
Remington Jude (Remy)
Arlo Lennon
Declan Jude
Declan Fox

Some suggestions:
Linden
Linus
Elias
Ellis
Hudson
Lennox
Preston
Porter
Parker
Boone
Baker
Harmon
Rhys
Leo
Theodore
Barrett
Jasper
Bennett
Beckett
Greyson
Brady
Mason

Good luck!

[dantea]

I like these ones with these middles:

1. Kieran Fox
2. Remy Jude
3. Declan Fox

[halcyonidae]

I love Declan, it's my son's name and I loved it for years even before he was born. I also like Kieran and Fox.
So:
Declan Kieran
Declan Fox
Kieran Fox
Kieran Declan

[lori johnson]

Welcome to Nameberry, Olive!


My recommendation is ...

01. arWAN [5 letters]
02. roWAN [5 letters]
03. stELLA [6 letters]
04. zoELLA [6 letters]

... a sibset comprised of two 6-letter names ending in "ella", and two 5-letter names in "wan".

[ashthedreamer]

I really like Kieran (or the more traditional Gaelic Ciaran) and Declan. I think Kieran Fox and Declan Jude would be fabulous!

Good luck!

[megmarie]

I like Kieran Fox and Arlo Jude! I think Kieran sounds best with your daughter's names. Good luck!

[thuja]

To attempt to answer the question you've posed: I think boy's names are hard because we're a little less sure of what we want our sons to grow up and become......It's easier to imagine anything at all being possible for a daughter, but most of us are more hesitant to embrace softer outcomes or professions for guys, such as stay-at-home dad or poet. We might accept this outcome, but most of us wouldn't aspire to it for a son. In other words, the options for daughters seem wide, wide open in a really positive way, but we're a little less sure of how the range of options for sons is expanding. This is very opinionated, I know.....but think about it: the world's prisons are mostly filled with millions of men--another outcome we don't exactly aspire to for our sons. I think it's harder to come up with a "golden mean" type of name for a guy. (I think it's been pretty well documented that parents take more risks naming daughters, and are more willing to go with creative choices for girls.)