Their children are named Paisley and Palmer. Now they’re expecting number three, and they’re asking themselves: to P or not to P with this sibling name?
My husband and I are expecting our third (and final) baby in September. We currently have two children, PaisleyRaine and PalmerReed, and are having a hard time answering the question everyone wants to know. Will new little sister’s name start with a P?
While both of our children share the initials PRM, it wasn’t intentional on our part. We just happened to fall in love both names. Part of me is afraid that little sister will feel left out if her name has different initials, but my husband feels differently.
We truly have no list at all. We like unique names, but nothing too crazy. I’m a teacher, so I like names that I don’t hear every year. My husband likes names with a Southern feel.
We have more choices for naming our sons than ever before. But that doesn’t mean its easy to find a traditional but modern brother name for ElliottWilder.
We have a baby boy due late August–we’re thrilled that our son will have a brother, but boy names did not come easily to us last time, and we’re dreading the task on this go around.
We finally settled on ElliottWilder–to us, it had a classic/literary vibe with a side a spunk. Nothing we can think of now quite matches up.
Current short list is kind of all over the map and includes August/Gus, Arthur, Kit, Miles, Oscar, Finn, and Wells. Thinking of middle names to help balance the particularly “cutesy” first names we like (re: Finn, Kit) back toward something more classic/enduring has also been challenging (we’re not super fond of the longer form versions of those names, like Finley or Christopher). I’m also looking to avoid names that are becoming too trendy/common in my neck of the (urban) woods (Felix, Oliver, Henry, etc.).
We have a son named Cedar, and we’re expecting another boy in September.
If it was a girl, we were considering Aurora, Juniper, or Sequoia. I know Juniper and Sequoia could be used for boys, but we are hesitant.
We’re looking for another unusual name, preferably one that has no religious connotations, references nature – we especially love plant names, is easy to spell and pronounce, and feels somewhat gender neutral.
His middle name will be my (German) surname; last name is my husband’s (Irish) surname, which is also a common first name and sometimes causes confusion.
We’ve considered Jupiter(but is it too out there?), Hawthorn/e (too surname-y?), Zephyr(too close to Cedar?), and Salix(the Latin genus for willow trees, but maybe too confusing?)
They’ve set quite the pattern with their first two kids’ names! Now they’re expecting again, and need to complete the sibset with a name they love every bit as much.
I feel like it’s much harder to name each consecutive child because I feel like I keep setting up themes that I want to continue, but I want each name to sound sufficiently different from the others.
Between our two existing children, these are the themes we have going:
– Three syllable, traditional name
– A spunky, short nickname
– An animal associated with each child (a kit is a baby fox; Gwendolyn is affectionately referred to as Wendybird, a PeterPan reference)
I also like that they have different starting consonant sounds and different middle vowel sounds.
If our third child is a girl, we think we’ve found the perfect name: EleanorPearl with the nickname Nora.
For a boy, we’re stuck. We have names that we like, but none perfectly fit within the themes and criteria I’ve set up. His middle name would be James.
Milo– Not three syllables and no nickname, plus missing an obvious animal association.
Our third child might be our last, so I don’t want to leave them out of any of the themes we have in our naming. At the same time, I want to adore their name in its own right.
Any suggestions you can think of? Thanks for your help!
We had everything prepared for our little bundle of joy’s entrance into the world, especially when we had decided on two names – MarianaEloise for a girl and Gael Jesús for a boy. One appointment later, it’s a double bundle!
Although the blessing of twins is a joyous occasion, we can’t help but feel distraught over the tricky issue of name-giving. To make matters even more difficult on ourselves, we don’t know their sexes but that’s because we both agreed that we wanted to wait.
DoMariana and Gael go together? We chose Mariana as we loved its style, its flow. We chose Gael for its strong, masculine sound and its unique feel. We’re having a hard time finding twin names that match up.
