Not pregnant yet, but...

Like the subject says: I'm not pregnant yet, but we are no longer using any type of birth control! :-) Allthough we are not married yet, we would love to become pregnant within a year... And last night we were talking about what names we like.

We both really like Anna/Anne, but one of his best friends daughters name is Anne... When I think about this, I get sad because I've always like Anne/Anna. Anne is my middle name and a family name on my side of the family AND his side.
So do you have any suggestions? Or should we, if we have a little girl, just use Anna? I do like Annebel/Annabel, but our last name has 3 syllables as does Annebel/Annabel.
And I seem to love girl names that end with -a. Like Emma, Eva, Sophia, Amelia, Isabella (although I think it is to long with the LN), Isa, Vera, Rosa, Ella...

He really dislikes:
Finn & Hugo for a boy, two names I love! He also thinks Noah is way to girly (Noa is very popular for girls overhere...)
Can you help me with some names that are similar to Finn, Hugo & Noah?

I know we still have many months/years until we really have to choose a name, but I would like to hear your opinions!

I think Annalisa or Annaliese is very pretty. Or maybe Julianna?

For a shorter name...
Lila
Dea
Gaia
Alana
Alaina
Clara

How about Nate or Jack?

Milo
Sean
Quinn
Ross
Owen
Adam
Jude
Cole
Liam
Reid
Eric
Neal
Isaac

I adore the name Flynn, but it's probably too close to Finn :P

carola wrote:Like the subject says: I'm not pregnant yet, but we are no longer using any type of birth control! :-) Allthough we are not married yet, we would love to become pregnant within a year... And last night we were talking about what names we like.

We both really like Anna/Anne, but one of his best friends daughters name is Anne... When I think about this, I get sad because I've always like Anne/Anna. Anne is my middle name and a family name on my side of the family AND his side.
So do you have any suggestions? Or should we, if we have a little girl, just use Anna? I do like Annebel/Annabel, but our last name has 3 syllables as does Annebel/Annabel.
And I seem to love girl names that end with -a. Like Emma, Eva, Sophia, Amelia, Isabella (although I think it is to long with the LN), Isa, Vera, Rosa, Ella...

He really dislikes:
Finn & Hugo for a boy, two names I love! He also thinks Noah is way to girly (Noa is very popular for girls overhere...)
Can you help me with some names that are similar to Finn, Hugo & Noah?

I know we still have many months/years until we really have to choose a name, but I would like to hear your opinions!

I LOVE Anne names, and I personally wouldn't drop Anne or Anna because your husband's best friend's daughter is named Anne. I LOVE Annabelle, too, and while I personally think it sounds fine with a longer last name, if you're uncomfortable with the flow, that's what matters.

For me, fact that Anne/Anna are family names for you trumps the fact that it's your husband's friend's daughter's name, and I think it would be lovely for you to use either. (I adore the Annie nickname, too.) :-)

You may also like:

Alice
Blythe
Cora
Calla
Clara
Claire
Charlotte
Diana (another way to reach Anna or Annie nicknames)
Eliza (may be too long for you)
Eva
Eve
Eleanor (less popular than Ella)
Flora
Frances (you could call her Frannie or even Annie)
Georgia
Hope
Isla
Nora
Nell
Rose (first name)
Stella (less popular than Ella)
Tessa
Willa

If you're open to longer names, you could also reach Anna/Annie nicknames with:

Julianne
Juliana
Liliana
Susannah
Viviana

Names like Finn:

Archer
Beckett
Bennett
Cormac
Callum
Conrad
Declan
Donovan (I'll try to stick to shorter names)
Darby
Flynn
Griffin (nn Finn)
Grady
Grant
Graham
Hudson
Jude
Lachlan
Miles
Phinean
Pierce
Quinlan
Rowan
Ronan
Reed
Sullivan
Tate

Noah:

Abram
Benjamin
David
Eli
Elias
Gabriel
Gideon (too long, I know) :-)
Isaac
Jude
Judah
Jonah
Micah
Samson
Simon
Silas

Hugo:

Arlo
August
Byron
Calvin
Dashiell (dash-el)
Dexter
Felix
Jasper
Leo
Milo
Roman
Theo/Theodore
Willem

I apologize for repeats!

Good luck! :-)

Noel for a boy? And for some reason Noah has always reminded me of the name Joel..
I like the girl names Ava and Ella
Some other girl names that end in a..
Sophia
Bella
Clara
Ava (i love ava sooo soo much)
Mara

Thanks for the suggestions! I will put them on my list (yes I am allready making a namelist haha...)
I really like/love*:

Girls:
Eva*
Eve
Eleanor* (less popular than Ella)
Nora*
Stella (less popular than Ella)
Tessa
Julianne
Juliana*
Viviana*
Sophia*
Bella
Ava

Boys:
Grady
Grant
Graham
Hudson*
Miles
Tate
David*
Eli*
Elias
Jonah
Micah
Dashiell* (dash-el)
Jasper

How about Anastasia? You get Anna and your A ending, but it may work better with your surname? Or you could try Annabella instead of Annabel? Some 3 syl names would work with a 3 syl surname - I do think it depends on where the stresses are in each word. My surname is 3syls, but Annabel sounds good with it because the stress in my surname is on the second syll.

I love most of your name choices. It also depends on where you live? My name is Emma and its always been a popular choice here in the UK, and i believe its now No1 in the Us - maybe due to Ross and Rachel in Friends having an Emma???! Isabelle and all its variants is massively popular here too at the moment, which puts me off...not sure how you feel on this.

On another note, i have a boy called Finn (Fintan actually, and his twin brother Oscar/Oz) and Hugo is in the top 3 for another boy!

anissa, anette