Amie writes:

We are expecting our 3rd (and last) boy the beginning of May. My husband has 3 names he likes and rejects everything else I suggest, his reasons being they remind him of something negative. ( sounds like a person on the FBI most wanted, or a person he once knew ) I am out of ideas and I think I may just name him myself, although I would like my husband to like the name.

My name is Amie and my husband is Rob, our last name is 10 letters and sounds like Guyswhite. Our boys are Landon Martin (mn after my dad) and Nolan Henry. (mn after my father in law and my G-grandfather)

I like names that are not really popular or trendy and don’t want to use a nickname. I am even open to something a little different as long it will go with my boys names.

We have never had a list of girl names. Some of the names we liked with the first two and rejected.

Bennett
Garrett
William
Griffin
Elliot
Brennan (my cousin’s name)
Beckett (My favorite name with Nolan, it was between these two until after he was born )

Names I have suggested this time,

Benson (my first choice, husbands has co worker with this name and he dislikes it)
Duncan (I have this at the top of my list, my husband says it reminds him of Dunkin Donuts)
Holden (bottom of my list)
Vaughn (will this sound like part of our surname?)
Declan (husband dislikes)
Corben
Carney (my mom’s maiden name, if I had a girl I would have used my mom’s middle name Marie)
Davis (only name we agree on)
Colman (husband says like the camping lantern)
Dalton (feels western)
Van (this has been my dad’s suggestion for each of the boys, is this too short?)
Marshall (this is the name my boys want to name their brother, not my favorite)

Names that are unusable/popular, Owen, Ethan, Colin, Conner, Colton,

My husbands list, (he likes more common names that he has heard before)

Gavin (I don’t like this with our last name)
Carson (it is getting popular here, 2 at school right now)
Davis (only name we agree on)

The middle names being considered,

Patrick (both grandmother’s and my middle name)
Carney (mom’s middle name)
James (my dad, already used his mn for Landon)

Another middle name we could use is my grandfather’s name, Gerard Stephen (my mom’s dad, only person named for him is my uncle who is a junior) All the other family names from that side are not really my style, Reginald, Francis (maybe, my G-grandmother was Frances) James and Raymond.

I know we seem to be stuck in the “en” names, but are open to anything. We are really hoping to find a name that feels as good as our boys names, strong, likeable and flow well with our last name.

I hope you and your readers can give us some help.

The first thing I noticed is that the name Nolan contains five of the six letters of Landon, and both names contain -lan-. For a third boy, then, I would be torn between wanting to keep some letters in common for his name as well, and wanting to bring in completely different sounds to avoid confusion. When I considered the name Holden, though, which is more along the lines of the former way (the O, the L, the D, the N), I realized I’d be more inclined to the latter plan: Landon, Nolan, and Holden makes me start scrambling up the names and also forgetting who’s who.

Davis seems like an excellent choice to me. It ties in with the other two names (D-sound as in Landon; five letters as in Nolan; two syllables as in both Landon and Nolan) without adding a third matched ending or too many matching sounds—and it sounds like it’s no small thing that it’s a name the two of you agree on. I find it extremely fun to think of his brothers choosing his name, so if you don’t actively dislike the name Marshall, I think Davis Marshall Guyswhite is a wonderful name and a great whole-family effort. If you’d rather stick with a family middle name, I would definitely lean toward Patrick or Carney or Gerard (or Stephen, but I’m less fond of the way Davis Stephen blends together), since one of your dad’s names has already been used.

Davis also reminds me of Harris, but if he ever went by Harry I wonder if it sounds like “Hairy guys” with your surname.

I would also want to reconsider Beckett, since it was so close to being chosen last time. Beckett Patrick feels a little too crackling with all those -ck- and -t- sounds, and Beckett Carney feels a little too unusual, but Beckett James Guyswhite seems perfect—except it does still bother me to honor the same person a second time, so I think my top choice would be Beckett Stephen, or maybe Beckett Gerard.

Would your husband like Benton any better than Benson? Benton Guyswhite; Landon, Nolan, and Benton. This combination does match the endings, but I think that if that’s the ending you tend to be drawn to, there’s something to be said for GOING for it. And the endings feel more like -don, -lan, and -ton than like -on, -an, and -on, anyway. My favorite would be Benton Marshall, but I also like Benton Patrick and Benton Gerard.

Vaughn and Van do always sound like part of the surname to me, but I think that’s because I’ve never known a Vaughn or Van. If I did know one, I suspect that issue would soon vanish. Still, I might be more inclined to use Vince or Vance: I haven’t known anyone with those names, either, and yet they feel more first-name-like.

Van seems a little short to me, not so much because of the number of letters but because of a combination of that issue with two other issues: the way it can sound like part of a surname, and the way it can look/sound like a type of vehicle and/or a short form of the word minivan. Something about all those things combined make it seem like part of a name, or a nickname for another name, or an abbreviation, or a startling noun name (“Car”). Again, I think this could be entirely because I haven’t known anyone named Van: it shouldn’t be much different than Dan or Jan.

Looking at your husband’s list, the name Gavin makes me think of these possibilities to consider (a few of which contain Van, if that increases their appeal):

Brogan Guyswhite; Landon, Nolan, and Brogan (probably too similar)
Calvin Guyswhite; Landon, Nolan, and Calvin
Darwin Guyswhite; Landon, Nolan, and Darwin
Devan Guyswhite; Landon, Nolan, and Devan
Donovan Guyswhite; Landon, Nolan, and Donovan
Keegan Guyswhite; Landon, Nolan, and Keegan
Sullivan Guyswhite; Landon, Nolan, and Sullivan
Vance Guyswhite; Landon, Nolan, and Vance

The name Carson makes me think of these possibilities:

Anderson Guyswhite; Landon, Nolan, and Anderson
Bryson Guyswhite; Landon, Nolan, and Bryson
Carter Guyswhite; Landon, Nolan, and Carter
Cason Guyswhite; Landon, Nolan, and Cason
Coleson Guyswhite; Landon, Nolan, and Coleson (maybe too similar)
Hudson Guyswhite; Landon, Nolan, and Hudson
Jameson Guyswhite; Landon, Nolan, and Jameson (incorporates James)
Lawson Guyswhite; Landon, Nolan, and Lawson (probably too similar)
Weston Guyswhite; Landon, Nolan, and Weston
Wilson Guyswhite; Landon, Nolan, and Wilson

I’d suggest Greyson and Garrison, because I thought of them with both Gavin and Carson, but I suspect they have the same issue as Gavin Guyswhite.

Name update! Amie writes:

Just wanted to update everyone on the birth of our baby boy. We sure appreciated all the wonderful suggestions we received. We had narrowed the list down to 2 names,the one we both agreed on was Davis and the other was Walker. Davis Gerard was born on May 8th. weighing 7 lbs 10oz.

Emily writes:

My husband and I have talked about what we would name our children for years before we actually decided to have them. Now, we’re pregnant with our first and we are so excited. We both agreed that if it was a boy we will name it August Wade. August after my great grandfather and Wade after my husband’s middle name. If it is a girl, we decided on Finley Diane. Finley because we like it and Diane after my mom’s and my middle name.

Before my grandfather passed away a few years ago, we told him that in the future, if we have a boy, we would love to name him after his father. He was very moved and it was a special moment. About a year later, we were discussing future baby names with my sister-in-law and she mentioned that the only name that she and my brother could agree on is August. At first, we were a little thrown off, since they were there when we told my grandfather our future plans. But, then we decided that we would still go forward with naming our baby August if we had a boy some day.

Another year passed, and my brother and sister-in-law shared the happy news that they were pregnant. A few months later, we found out that they were having a boy. Around this time we found out we were also expecting our first child, but have decided that we would not find out the gender until the baby is born. They have decided to go ahead and name their sweet baby August and my brother checked with me first to see if that would be alright. I told him that would be great, but that we were most likely also naming our baby August.

We don’t live in the same state and will most likely not ever be living in the same state. So, in the event that we do have a boy, our children will only be in the same place for family holidays and vacations. I’m curious if this is something we should do or just except defeat and find a different name. Is this appropriate? In our opinion, it is a family name, so it seems acceptable to pass it down. Also, they will both have a different last name as well.

Any thoughts on the etiquette of cousins with the same name?

I am posting this in part because it is such a happy example of the absolute IDEAL when it comes to duplicate names in a family: everything is clear and upfront, and everyone is staying sane and pleasant. Really, this hit the spot this morning, when I am reading a book with some dreadful behavior in it and was starting to despair for humankind.

Definitely both families might have preferred to have their August be the only one in the family (in this generation, I mean, since the children are being named for another family member named August), but I think the thing to do is put the preferences on a balance scale: which weighs more, your preference that your August be the only one in his generation of your family, or your preference for your favorite name? If your preference to avoid a duplicate does turn out to weigh more, then there is still time to change your mind—or perhaps the baby will be a girl, giving you more time to think it over.

I think this whole thing is going just beautifully. I think both families have good reasons to use the name, and I see nothing wrong with you both using it if you do have a boy; in fact, I think it’s charming to have cousins with the same name, and that it can give them a special bond. I love that the first discussion happened before anyone was pregnant, and that there was a re-visiting of the discussion after both pregnancies occurred, so that everyone can make their final decision based on the knowledge that the name will likely be shared. And the boys will likely have different middle names as well as different last names, so the confusion will be minimal and easy to work around: they can go by August Wade and August ___, or by A.W. and A._., or by whatever other nicknames the family finds. I think the whole plan is great and I want to kiss you all for being so lovely and reasonable.

Name update!

Was reading your blog in preparation for a future kid someday ;) and wanted to send an update on the naming of our baby BOY from your 2/4/14 post. We ended up having a boy and named him Augustus River Wade. He goes by River. Thanks for your help and all of your encouragement for having two cousins with the same name!

Emily

Erin writes:

My husband and I are expecting our 3rd baby (and most likely last) at the end of February and are absolutely stuck for names! We do not have a single name that has survived the list for our baby boy! Our girl list is, of course, running wild!

Our other kids are named Charlie Flynn and Lucy Faye, though she goes Faye, so in some ways we would like a middle name that is a bit different and starts with F, but at this point we just need anything! Our last name is hyphenated (Fleece-Smith) so we not as in to long names or first names that sound like surnames.

Another issues is that we can not use family names of any sort because the families don’t really get along and because it’s our last child, we shouldn’t start now. So names that are out are: William, Owen, Paul, James, Thomas, Alexander and John. Of these we like James, Owen and Paul.

Other names that we have considered and discarded are:
Toby (not strong enough)
Elliott (ditto, though this is one I like a lot)
Ford (I think this may be too cool)
Jack (too popular)
Noah (weak again)
Oliver (ditto)
Henry (too popular)
Luke (and all of it’s permutations: Luca, Lucas, etc–way too popular, there are 3 kids named Luca in my son’s pre-K class of 25)

For a girl we would pick Alice Leigh, Lilly Alice (or reversed), Maia or Penelope (Penny) Jane. Obviously we dropped the ball on the F middle names on these!

Thanks!

Before seeing your list of rejected candidates, I would have suggested Oliver: it’s one of my favorites with Charlie, and both of those names were on our finalist list for our youngest son Henry. I don’t think of it as weak at all—maybe I’d call it gentle, or gentlemanly. But Oliver in the musical is one tough cookie despite being a little sweetie-pie, so I think of the name Oliver as having connotations of courage and strength and perseverance.

Henry would have been my next suggestion, if it weren’t also on the rejected list. It’s at #46 for 2012, but Charlie and Lucy are comparably popular if we take into account the various ways people get to the names (Charlie from Charles and Charlie, Lucy from Lucy and Lucia and Luciana and Lucille and Lucinda).

My third thought was Leo (another from our finalist list for Henry). Leo Fleece-Smith; Charlie, Faye, and Leo.

While I’m at it, let me think—what else was on that finalist list? Alan (family name, and we’d been watching a show with Alan Alda), Milo, and…hm. Funny how I must have gone over that list a million times, yet I can’t remember it now. Charlie, Henry, Oliver, Leo, Alan, Milo, and…. Well, it’ll come to me. (I finally looked it up because it was driving me crazy, and it was Elliot—another from your list!)

Ford seems perfect for the unusual-F-middle name if it works with the chosen first name, since you like it but are worried it’s a little too cool. I like Franklin and Frederick, too. Or Forest, or Felix, or Fox, or Fletcher? Or Fisher is one of the middle names we considered for Henry. (Paul never liked it as much as I did: I’d just read a novel with a very appealing character in it named Fisher.)

For a girl, I love Flora and Florence and Fiona and Felicity and Frances and Fern. Or Faith, or Flossie is vintage and adorable.

If you like Owen, I wonder if you’d like Ian? Ian Fleece-Smith; Charlie, Faye, and Ian.

Is Everett any stronger than Elliot to you? I love it with the sibling names. Everett Fleece-Smith; Charlie, Faye, and Everett.

I like George in this sibling set, too, and it has some of the sound of Ford. George Fleece-Smith; Charlie, Faye, and George.

Or perhaps Calvin? Calvin Fleece-Smith; Charlie, Faye, and Cal.

Or I love Joe with Charlie. Joe Fleece-Smith; Charlie, Faye, and Joe.

Or Malcolm? Malcolm Fleece-Smith; Charlie, Faye, and Malcolm.

Or Isaac: similar in sound to Jack, similar in style to Noah. The nickname Ike would be cute with Charlie. Isaac Fleece-Smith; Charlie, Faye, and Ike.

I wish the name Harvey would get a little more popular: it doesn’t seem very different than Henry to me, in look or in sound or in era. Harvey Fleece-Smith; Charlie, Faye, and Harvey.

Name update! Erin writes:

Hi! We had our baby, he was, and is, a boy! We continued to wrestle with names until the minute we were discharged! My favorite names were Elliot Ford or George Fox, and my husband came out of left field with his new favorite Archer Ford, but he also liked George Fox. So after much negotiating we arrived at George Fox! Thanks to you and your readers and commenters! At least we knew that the middle name would be Ford or Fox!

S. writes:

Our first baby, a boy, is due to arrive any day now and we do not have a name…or even close really. Surname is a four syllable Dutch name ending in hazen sound but we are both English speaking only. My husband’s family typically all have short easy to say and spell names to balance out the surname with no middle names. I love nicknames and middle names. I have convinced him we need a nickname and middle name but he’d still like to keep it really simple.

Here are names we are considering:
Sam Avery
Theo James (can you use Teddy as a nickname in this case?)
Edward Avery (nickname Ted or teddy, husband also likes the option of just calling him ted as the proper

Husband also likes classics like Eric, Alex, Henry. I like jasper.

The other main issue is that I have been calling the baby Georgie since I found out I was pregnant. We kinda ruled out George as an option after the prince was born and husband isn’t a huge fan anyway but I just can’t stop calling him that.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

I think it would be fun and lovely to use George as a middle name so you can keep calling him Georgie if you want to, especially since your husband doesn’t care much about either a middle name or a nickname. It wouldn’t even need to be a part of his legal name, however; plenty of people still call their children by Fetus Nicknames such as Bean, Peanut, Bear, etc.; Georgie seems like a particularly good one.

I would encourage George as a great short, easy first name, except that your husband isn’t as keen on the name even without the Baby Prince factor. If he’d be willing to reconsider it, though, I think it’s a great choice. The princes Charles, William, and Henry haven’t ruined those names for use, and I don’t think the name George needs to be ruined either.

My top favorite of all the short and easy names is John. I will not be surprised if your eyes have glazed over a bit, because I think John is a name the eyes skip right past in the name book. But say it a few times. Imagine it written on a cute kindergarten drawing, perhaps with a backwards J and N. And think of how few CHILDREN named John you know: depending on your area of the country, it may be pretty much none. In my area, there is almost literally a Jacob in each classroom in one grade (the names are outside the classroom doors, and while waiting for a parent-teacher conference I looked with increasing incredulity at each batch—we must have had a run on them that year), but almost ZERO boys named John. In fact, I asked the kids and none of them have ever had a classmate named John (though there have been a few Jonathans). So! That’s my vote for classic yet surprising, unless you are in an area where three of your friends already have sons named John.

John isn’t great with the middle name George, though. Theo George ____hazen works better. I tend to be on the picky/strict end of the spectrum, nickname-wise, so I wouldn’t use the nickname Ted/Teddy for it—but society at large is less picky/strict than I am, so you’d be in good company if you used it anyway. One thing I wouldn’t like about it is that it adds a second explanation to the name: you’ll already sometimes have “No, just Theo—not short for Theodore,” and adding “We call him Ted—no, short for Theo, not for Theodore or Edward” seems like it counteracts the benefits of going short and simple with the first name.

I wonder if you’d like the name Milo? Or Leo? Both are short and easy. No natural nicknames (Lee, maybe, for Leo), but it’s harder to find nicknames for short and easy names. Perhaps an initials nickname (A.J., etc.), if the middle name works for it? T.J. is cute for Theo James.

It’s tricky to come up with more suggestions without knowing what other sounds are in the surname, but here are a few more nice short first names:

Ben
Dane
Dean
Evan
Ian
Finn
Jack
Jacob/Jake
Karl
Luke
Grant
Max
Owen
Paul
Reid
Wes

I also think you could re-examine longer names, especially if they’re easy ones. For example, Charles/Charlie is longer, but it’s still only two syllables and a very familiar, easy name. Or Samuel is still quite short and simple. Or Benjamin and Jonathan and Christopher and Alexander are all considered long, and yet they’re easy. Theodore doesn’t seem unnecessarily long or difficult to me with a four-syllable surname: it’s long, certainly, but not WEIRDLY long—and only one single syllable longer than Theo.

The winner in my family is my daughter, who has a twelve syllables total in her name; it hasn’t been an issue, even though I fretted about it when we were naming her. Flipping through one of the kids’ yearbooks has considerably rested my mind on this type of issue: TONS of people have names that would have seemed too short/long/alliterative/choppy/difficult in the naming stage, and yet seem completely fine once they’re a done deal. And since nicknames are important to you, I can really see how you’d get stuck. I think your husband’s family may be overcompensating; if you’re having a lot of trouble choosing a name, I’d recommend expanding the field of candidates to include longer (but still easy/simple/familiar) names.

Name update!

Hi there,

I never responded to your blog post and all the great feedback I received on my naming dilemma. And now baby is almost 6 months old but better late than never. We narrowed it down to Sam, Ted or Leo. All short and sweet and all options both my husband and I liked. But then when I was in labour I said to my husband “If I survive this I am naming this baby Georgie” and then as soon as he came out (perfect and healthy) I said Georgie! and instantly fell in love. He was Georgie all along, I should have never second guessed it. His full name is George Leo. I haven’t received a single negative comment about copying the royal baby and my husband totally loves the name now too and says he can’t imagine him as anything else.

Thanks!
Sarah

Leitia writes:

I feel like I may go crazy, but am choosing to blame it mostly on the pregnancy hormones. We are expecting a baby girl in early May. We thought we had her name picked out: Norah. We chose that name when I was pregnant with my son 3 years ago. However we are pretty sure we want something different at this point. I am not bothered by a name that is popular, but we have met/know nine little Noras in the past 1.5 years-NINE!!! Four live in our neighborhood and five of them are children of people in our social network, all are under age 5 and three were born in the past two months. We are feeling like it is just too much, and the name has lost its special feel. Our son’s name is Levi, which is technically more popular, but I have only met 1 in person, and have one friend with a child named Levi, so I do not think it is just our hypersensitivity to a name.

Our last name is Irish and sounds like McFew. My husband is Ben(jamin) and I am Leitia(Layshuh), a name I have grown to appreciate, but has always been a pain. We want recognizable, easy to spell and pronounce names for our children. Our son is Levi Harper. And had this baby been a boy, he would be Simon Reid. We do not know at this point if this baby is our last or not.

We are avoiding family names for middles, and opting for names we like and/or have special meaning to us. We seem to prefer names that are classy, short and sweet, have good meaning, age well, and pair well with Levi and our last name.

I felt sure I had found the perfect name at one point: Miriam, but called Mira almost exclusively. It fit everything I was looking for so perfectly, and has such a special meaning to me. I was so sure it was “the” name that I felt confident we were having a girl before ever finding out. My husband has tried to come around to it, but says he just does not like it. I have passed the idea of just using Mira by him, or even the Irish Meara, but he still does not like it. So we need help!

Names on our short list, but none are jumping out at us:

Claire
June
Keira
Naomi
Myra
Hazel
Clara
Neva
Margo(t)

My husband has thrown out just a few names. He seems to gravitate towards short and Irish: Bria, Keira, and Keela. None feel classic enough for me.

Names I love, but husband doesn’t: Caroline, Eliza, Nessa, Pearl, Daphne, Freya, Fiona, Sylvia/Sylvie, Thea, Vada. I feel like I am mostly into names that are classic or old, and a little spunky. The middle name will likely be one from our short list, probably June, Claire, or Naomi.

We need help! I am such a planner. Even though we still have a few months, I never dreamed we would not have chosen a name by now.

Thank you for any guidance!

It is really a shame your husband doesn’t like Mira, especially since he DOES like Keira and Myra. Perhaps Miriam will work as the middle name.

When I read that Nora was out, the first name that came to mind was Cora. It’s very similar in style to Nora; it’s easy to spell and pronounce; it’s classy, short, and sweet; and perhaps it will not have enjoyed quite the resurgence that Nora has in your neighborhood. Cora McFew; Levi and Cora.

Or Nina. Nina McFew; Levi and Nina.

Or Orla. Orla McFew; Levi and Orla.

Or Georgia. Georgia McFew; Levi and Georgia.

Or Mallory. Mallory McFew; Levi and Mallory.

Or Nadia. Nadia McFew; Levi and Nadia.

Or perhaps Eleanor, and call her Nell or Ellie instead of Nora. Then perhaps as she gets older, the Noras in your area will thin out and you can call her Nora after all. Eleanor McFew; Levi and Eleanor; Levi and Nell.

Or Noelle. Noelle McFew; Levi and Noelle.

Or Nola. Nola McFew; Levi and Nola.

Or Carys. Carys McFew; Levi and Carys.

Or Brin/Bryn/Brynne. Brin McFew; Levi and Brin.

I think Lydia would be lovely, if you don’t mind repeating the initial. Lydia McFew; Levi and Lydia. I thought of it when I was imagining a little Simon born later: Levi, Lydia, and Simon. The long-I sound and 2-syllable length ties Levi and Simon together; the L-initial ties Levi and Lydia together; and the 5-letter length ties Lydia and Simon together. And all three have a biblical sound.

I wonder if Anna might be just the thing. It’s simple and classic, and very easy to pronounce and spell. Anna McFew; Levi and Anna.

Or Audrey? Audrey McFew; Levi and Audrey.

Name update! Leitia writes:

Thanks for posting our baby name dilemma!  It was so fun hearing everyone’s feedback.  After going through time and time again and considering so many lovely names, we decided to stick with our original choice of Norah.  It still felt special despite so, so many Nora(h)s around us.  We tried so hard to agree on another name that felt as special.   We went to the hospital with the name Norah June Miriam.  We decided to add a second middle name since Miriam had such special meaning to me for this pregnancy.  However, when I first held her in my arms, I knew Norah was not her name.  I did not tell my husband at first because I was feeling so overwhelmed from the delivery.  Later in the night, he asked if I felt Norah was the right name.  I confessed, I was having a hard time seeing her as Norah.  I told him I thought she was a Mira.  He said he thought Norah or Mira would be equally wonderful names and suit her well either way I felt.  So we had the nurses change all her signs to “Mira June McFew.”  It is perfect and so is she.  My husband and I are both thrilled with our choice.  And I have secretly tucked away “Tessa Pearl” for a future daughter if there ever is one.  Tessa was my favorite reader suggestion AND I was smitten with all the love for Pearl :)

Mira June, born April 27th.  Photo attached!

Thanks again, Leitia

$kye writes:

I am due with my second girl in six weeks and absolutely do not have a name, not even one to consider! I am so lost that I’m afraid we won’t even have names to pick from when at the hospital!

My first daughter is 3, named @rden M@e (middle name after my grandmother).
Originally our requirements were we wanted another name that begins with an “A” but we have thrown that out at this point. We would like a name that has two syllables and does not leave room for a nickname. Because we have not been able to come up with such name, we are open to any suggestions!

Here is where we are today:

We would still prefer the name to have two syllables and not give room for a nickname. We would like to give our second daughter my middle name which is @nn.
Our daughter @rden keeps referring to her baby sister as Della. We don’t know where she got that name but she introduces my belly to everyone as her baby sister Della. We have had several people suggest to us to name the baby Della but that doesn’t work because we have an Ella in our extended family and I just don’t love the name.

We like names that are not common but not made up and have found that we really like the names Neely and Landry but cannot use those names due to friends having named their children such names.

Other names that have been suggested to us but we have turned down for some reason or another are:

Carys
Ansel
Seren
Gentry
Hartley
Keelin
Keela
Noely
Nora
Roslyn
Reyna
Reeve

I provided these as a hopes to give you an idea of our naming style. Swistle, can you and your readers help us so that we can have at least ONE name to consider?!?

We are desperate. Thank you for your consideration.

Name update! $kye writes:

Hi Swistle and Readers,

Please meet Della Joann. After we considered several names suggested by Swistle readers and strongly considered Maslyn, she was given the name her bigger sister gave her when we found out we were having a girl. We couldn’t get over that she would only refer to her as Della, so that was the name chosen after she was 5 hours old. The Jo is for the first two letters of dad’s first name and Ann is mom’s middle name. It is neat that we all got to attribute to her name. Hopefully she will like it when she gets older! Thank you for going along with us on the naming journey.

Here is the proud big sister, @rden, and Della.