Back to needing a name....

We thought we had chosen our baby girls name. However, some people very important in our lives have told us they "hate" it..very strong words. We talked it over and something came to mind of a very bad experience in my life, and the connection has a child with the name we had chosen. So here we are back to looking. We need a first name or middle name for Alexis Rain. Our oldest daughter wants us to name her Lexi-Rain and then a middle name (but no hypen). I feel like she will grow up and not like being called Lexi but rather have a more adult name. I want to honor the birthmother as she is naming this child Alexis Ruth. I do want Alexis and Rain in there somewhere. Our last name starts with Mc so it has to flow with that and it ends in Y.

Can you all help? We feel she should have an elegant, princess, regal name...not too little girly, not popular, but something she can carry into adulthood as well.

She is 35 weeks gestation and a c-section might be planned. We do not need to have her final names until her final adoption in January, but I would much rather have a name when she is born! Thanks once again. You all are terrific!

PS Our other daugters names are Rebecca Ann (26) and Tiana Elizabeth Grace (8). Thanks!

If you don't plan to keep the exact name that she will be given by her birth mother, then maybe you should change it entirely but keep the A and R initials for fn and mn?

Or you could call her Raina (or Rayna/Reyna) with mn Alexis-Ruth.

Alexandra or Alexandria are also nice options to get the nn Lexi.

I wouldn't use Lexi-Rain as the first name.

jpruitt76 wrote:If you don't plan to keep the exact name that she will be given by her birth mother, then maybe you should change it entirely but keep the A and R initials for fn and mn?

Or you could call her Raina (or Rayna/Reyna) with mn Alexis-Ruth.

Alexandra or Alexandria are also nice options to get the nn Lexi.

I wouldn't use Lexi-Rain as the first name.

We do like Raina. But would like to avoid the uh sound at the end b/c of Alexis. Rain-uh Uh-lexis. Do you see where I am going with that?

What about Raina Ruth Alexis? That way you don't have the A sounds running into each other, and you can include all three names.

irisrose wrote:What about Raina Ruth Alexis? That way you don't have the A sounds running into each other, and you can include all three names.

I just don't think it flows and I don't really want Ruth.

What about Monet?

I'm honestly a bit confused with what you are wanting here, but if your other daughters are Rebecca Ann (26) and Tiana Elizabeth Grace (8), I don't think Rain at all fits, personally.

What about Alexa, Alexia, or Alexandra instead of Alexis so all your girls have names ending in -a?

Alexa Rachelle Mc...
Alexa Rachel Mc...
Alexandra Rae Mc...

Raina Lexine Mc...

Good luck!

lemon wrote:I'm honestly a bit confused with what you are wanting here, but if your other daughters are Rebecca Ann (26) and Tiana Elizabeth Grace (8), I don't think Rain at all fits, personally.

What about Alexa, Alexia, or Alexandra instead of Alexis so all your girls have names ending in -a?

Alexa Rachelle Mc...
Alexa Rachel Mc...
Alexandra Rae Mc...

Raina Lexine Mc...

Good luck!

Just wanting a nice name that flows with our last name. Trying NOT to use the uh sound since the mn name Alexis as I wrote earlier. Our oldest doesn't have our last name (never did) and we didn't name Tiana (she was named when we adopted her at age 4). Plus I have boys Jeremiah and Nehemiah...thus hoping not to have the uh sound yet again. Rain is to honor my oldest daughter (part of her last name).

Her name needs to be special to her. This is why we are trying to keep the Alexis, but we do not like it as a first name in any way, shape or form as it's so popular!

mamaofmany wrote:

lemon wrote:I'm honestly a bit confused with what you are wanting here, but if your other daughters are Rebecca Ann (26) and Tiana Elizabeth Grace (8), I don't think Rain at all fits, personally.

What about Alexa, Alexia, or Alexandra instead of Alexis so all your girls have names ending in -a?

Alexa Rachelle Mc...
Alexa Rachel Mc...
Alexandra Rae Mc...

Raina Lexine Mc...

Good luck!

Just wanting a nice name that flows with our last name. Trying NOT to use the uh sound since the mn name Alexis as I wrote earlier. Our oldest doesn't have our last name (never did) and we didn't name Tiana (she was named when we adopted her at age 4). Plus I have boys Jeremiah and Nehemiah...thus hoping not to have the uh sound yet again. Rain is to honor my oldest daughter (part of her last name).

Her name needs to be special to her. This is why we are trying to keep the Alexis, but we do not like it as a first name in any way, shape or form as it's so popular!

Okay! Now I see what you want!

Abigail Alexis Rain Mc... ***
Jordan Alexis Rain Mc... ***
Mariam Alexis Rain Mc...
Naomi Alexis Rain Mc...
Rachel Alexis Rain Mc...

Amberly Alexis Rain Mc... ***
Bethany Alexis Rain Mc...
Briony Alexis Rain Mc... ***
Cecily Alexis Rain Mc...
Emily Alexis Rain Mc...
Kimberly Alexis Rain Mc...

Like any of those?

lemon wrote:

mamaofmany wrote:

lemon wrote:I'm honestly a bit confused with what you are wanting here, but if your other daughters are Rebecca Ann (26) and Tiana Elizabeth Grace (8), I don't think Rain at all fits, personally.

What about Alexa, Alexia, or Alexandra instead of Alexis so all your girls have names ending in -a?

Alexa Rachelle Mc...
Alexa Rachel Mc...
Alexandra Rae Mc...

Raina Lexine Mc...

Good luck!

Just wanting a nice name that flows with our last name. Trying NOT to use the uh sound since the mn name Alexis as I wrote earlier. Our oldest doesn't have our last name (never did) and we didn't name Tiana (she was named when we adopted her at age 4). Plus I have boys Jeremiah and Nehemiah...thus hoping not to have the uh sound yet again. Rain is to honor my oldest daughter (part of her last name).

Her name needs to be special to her. This is why we are trying to keep the Alexis, but we do not like it as a first name in any way, shape or form as it's so popular!

Okay! Now I see what you want!

Abigail Alexis Rain Mc... ***
Jordan Alexis Rain Mc... ***
Mariam Alexis Rain Mc...
Naomi Alexis Rain Mc...
Rachel Alexis Rain Mc...

Amberly Alexis Rain Mc... ***
Bethany Alexis Rain Mc...
Briony Alexis Rain Mc... ***
Cecily Alexis Rain Mc...
Emily Alexis Rain Mc...
Kimberly Alexis Rain Mc...

Like any of those?

I truly love many of them. Can I ask you a question? Our last name ends in Y (sounds like eee)...so how do you feel about the first name ending in the same sound as in Bethany Alexis Rain Mc.....y? That is the one issue I was having as we love the name Journey and that was/is our first pick, but when we said it together, we wondered if that's okay? My other kiddos names are:

Rebecca, Robert, Gabriel, Cameron, Ryan, Tiana, Jeremiah, and Nehemiah. I was just hoping for our wee one to have something a bit elegant, not overused, and not ending in uh sound, or the y if possible.