Baby Girl or Boy F____o, Sibling to Cameron Jakob, Brayden Nickolas, and Addison Mackenzie

Amanda writes:

We are expecting our 4th child October 25th and are going crazy trying to figure out a name.
We do not know the gender so it is complicating things too.
My other kids are Cameron Jakob (boy), Brayden Nickolas (boy), and Addison Mackenzie (girl)
I feel strongly that we should keep the naming pattern of ending in the letter “n” and having 7 letters, paired with a middle name with a “k” in the middle, but we are not agreeing on anything.

I like Teaghan or Karigan Viktoria for a girl. (He is tolerant of Teaghan but not Karigan, which I like more than Teaghan) My husband really likes Brooklyn, but I don’t really, but it would be ok as middle name. Plus since we call our son, Brayden, “B’ so I would prefer to not repeat that letter.

For a boy, the middle name possibilities that we agree on are Lukas or Zackary. The front-runners for the first name are Griffin and Drennan but we are just not totally in love.
Our last name starts with an F and ends in an “o” so no names ending in o.

I am just lost. Should we just break our naming pattern and go with something totally different?
I want to love this baby’s name like I love the others.
Please help!!!

You’ve put yourself in a tight situation. A “naming pattern of ending in the letter ‘n’ and having 7 letters, paired with a middle name with a ‘k’ in the middle”? You’re forcing yourself into kreative spellings and EXTREMELY limited options, and is there any reason to do it?

All right, let’s see. We have Cameron, Brayden, and Addison. If I were you I would not now suddenly venture into names such as Drennan or Karigan, especially since you’ve gone with common names for your first three children. A pattern of common names is more readily recognized than a pattern of “7 letters ending in N.”

For a girl, I suggest Katelyn. It has 7 letters, it ends in N, and it fits well with the other three names without repeating initials. How about Katelyn Mckenna? Kaitlyn Mikayla? Katelyn Skylar? Or Madigan gives you something less common, but its similarity to Madison keeps it from standing out too much from the others: Madigan Annika, Madigan Angelika, Madigan Berkeley, Madigan Dakota. Or for something more traditional: Jocelyn. Maybe Jocelyn Berkeley or Jocelyn Vicktoria.

For a boy, I suggest Jackson. Jackson Mikael, or Jackson Parker. Or Greyson or Grayson: Grayson Aleksander or Grayson Lukas or Grayson Zackary or Grayson Parker. Or Donovan Mikah. Or Jameson Parker.

Or for either a boy or a girl: Tiernan.

Name update 10-30-2010! Amanda writes:

We had our baby boy on Oct 25th and named him Griffin Parker.
Your middle name suggestion of Parker just stuck with me and just made the name Griffin work so much better.
Thank you Swistle and your readers for your help and perspective on our naming dilemma.
You all provide a great service!!!

12 thoughts on “Baby Girl or Boy F____o, Sibling to Cameron Jakob, Brayden Nickolas, and Addison Mackenzie

  1. Alison aka Baby B

    I’m going to include non-7 letter names here, since I feel like the -n ending is a much more noticeable pattern.

    Girl names:
    Arden
    Eden
    Jocelyn (7!)
    Emmelyn (7!)
    Regan
    Eileen
    Taryn
    Marion
    Shannon (7!)
    Vivian

    Boy names (avoiding B names):
    Dillon
    Larson
    Kellen
    Adrian
    Jackson (7!)
    Landon
    Soren
    Norman
    Tristan (7!)

    I like Mckenna (or Makenna) and Skylar best of Swistle’s suggestions for middle names for girls. I vote Zackary for a boy’s middle.

    My favorites are Emmelyn Makenna or Emmelyn Skylar and Jackson Zackary.

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  2. christine

    I don’t think you necessarily need the seven letters, but feel that just ending the first name in “n” gives you some cohesion, without necessarily forcing you into a name that you might not love as much as the others.

    For a girl, Peyton, Emerson, Grayson (I like it on a girl more than a boy, but it really could work for either), Marin, but still prefer the suggested Katelyn.

    For a boy, Dylan, Jason, Jackson, and Kiernan.

    Good luck!

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  3. Karen L

    I like Swistle’s suggestions, especially Grayson, Donovan, Parker, Katelyn, and Skylar.

    But I’d drop the 7-letter pattern but maybe keep the n’s and k’s. I think you could even switch to a hard-C or ne’s, e.g., Jasmine, to avoid creative spellings.

    I thin Griffin works well but Drennan, Teaghan, and Karigan don’t seem to fit. How about … ?

    Logan. Logan Zackary
    Landon. Landon Zackary
    Austin. Austin Lukas

    Lauren or Lauryn. Lauren Mikayla
    Payton or Peyton. Payton Victoria
    Jasmine. Jasmine Victoria
    Madeline. Madeline Skylar

    Good luck!

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  4. beyond

    I agree with what has been said above, so here are a few name suggestions that end in n.
    Evelyn
    Gillian 7
    Lillian 7
    Vivian
    mn: Dakota, Erika, Rebekah, Skylar

    Benjamin
    Donavan 7
    Harrison 7
    Sebastian
    mn: Lukas and Zachary are both great. Or: Beckett, Beckham, Franklin, Jackson, Markus, Walker
    Good luck!

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  5. Mairzy

    It might seem very important that all your kids’ names match, but I think if you capture the general sound, it will work out fine.

    My first three children ended up with M middle names. When my fourth was due, I realized that there wasn’t another M name that I could use. So we instead gave him a G middle name, but it matches his brother’s name in style. I really don’t think M-M-M-G is going to be an issue, and we got to choose the name we really wanted.

    So that’s my advice. Choose something similar but don’t lock yourself into such a hard pattern. It’s not as important as it seems.

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  6. StephLove

    Wow, I think Swistle and the commenters have really outdone themselves on this challenge.

    For now I’m just going to endorse a few choices and offer a few ways to combine them.

    Girls

    Gillian (actually this one makes me think of Jillian which I haven’t seen anyone mention yet)
    Jocelyn
    Lillian
    Madigan
    Shannon

    And for girl middles:

    Annika
    Skylar

    Boys

    Donovan
    Grayson
    Griffin
    Jackson
    Tristan

    And for boy middles

    Aleksander
    Lukas
    Parker

    My choices would be Gillian Annika for a girl and Jackson Aleksander or Donovan Parker for a boy.

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  7. Swistle

    For everyone who suggested Emerson: I like that option a lot, too, but left it out because I thought it might be too close to Addison since they both end in -son and have the same rhythm. No?

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  8. Megz

    Here’s my list. Some have been suggested already, some clash with your other kids names, and most are probably not your style.

    Girls names – 7 letters ending in N

    Allison
    Colleen
    Kathryn
    Meaghan
    Carolyn
    Emmylen (sp?)
    Lillian
    Gillian
    Jacklyn (sp?)

    If the requirement is ending in the N sound rather than the N letter then I second the suggestion of Jasmine.

    Girls middle names containing K

    Erika
    Arnika (sp?)
    Rebekkah

    Boys names – 7 letters ending in N

    Brendan
    Croyden
    Brixton
    Preston
    Clayton
    Lachlan

    Boys middle names containing K

    Blake
    Markus

    My personal favourites for you would be:

    Kathryn Annika
    Lillian Dakota

    Lachlan Blake
    Jackson Parker

    Good luck with baby number four. You’ve certainly set yourself up for a tough time naming this one.

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