What's in a name?

[becky81101]

So, I figured we could have a thread completely devoted to baby names. We have been going back and forth with baby name issues. This is our 3rd boy, and we have had a hard time agreeing on anything, until recently. Now I think we've narrowed it down to 2 names.

Mason John
Evan John

John is my father-in-law's name and my husband wants it as the baby's middle name. I think we're leaning more toward Mason. Our other 2 are Ethan and Austin. I think it fits with those 2.

 

[jgonz]

This is boy #6 for me, so we had a Horrible time picking a name. However, I think we've picked Abel Malachi, which means "breath" and "my messenger, my servant".

All my kids' names are "A" first names and "M" middle names, and frankly, I think we've pretty much picked over boys names completely now (at least ones we agree on. LOL)

 

[angelsgirl]

We have chosen a names too...
Joseph Douglas (Joseph is my husbands grandfather's name, and Douglas is my Dad's name).
Grace Margaret (Margaret is my husbands grandmothers name... and Grace is the only girls name we could agree on!!!)

My surname starts with an S... do you guys think there is a problem with Grace S???

 

[bliz]

Mason.

I work in an office with an Evan and an Ethan, and people confuse those two names all of the time! Don't do that to your boys.

 

[becky81101]

Mason.

I work in an office with an Evan and an Ethan, and people confuse those two names all of the time! Don't do that to your boys.

we're leaning towards mason i like it better anyways. but i see what you're saying.

does anyone have any other name suggestions that would fit in the 'theme' of our names...

Ethan
Austin
_______

hmmm.... only 16 more weeks! LOL

 

[Beth1231]

We have chosen a names too...
Joseph Douglas (Joseph is my husbands grandfather's name, and Douglas is my Dad's name).
Grace Margaret (Margaret is my husbands grandmothers name... and Grace is the only girls name we could agree on!!!)

My surname starts with an S... do you guys think there is a problem with Grace S???

This is totally just my opinion, so disregard if you really love the name Grace and that's THE ONE.

My surname also starts with an S and that's why we opted to avoid Grace as a middle name (even though I love it). But perhaps it flows better with your "S" surname than mine.

 

[Leanna]

we're leaning towards mason i like it better anyways. but i see what you're saying.

does anyone have any other name suggestions that would fit in the 'theme' of our names...

Ethan
Austin
_______

hmmm.... only 16 more weeks! LOL

Keegan
Owen
Noah

Those came to mind because of people I know who have Austins and brothers ... but I won't be offended if you hate them

 

[FaithLoveHope9]

Keegan
Owen
Noah

Those came to mind because of people I know who have Austins and brothers ... but I won't be offended if you hate them

I was also thinking Owen! Or Ian... then you can stick with a vowel at the beginning, and an n at the end!

 

[~Mrs. A2J~]

For a boy it'll be Joseph after my stillborn brother that was lost at 34 weeks. We haven't decided on a middle name yet.

For a girl it will be Rachel Grace. I really like the meaning of the two names together.

 

[Linnis]

I love the name Ethan but would not have brothers named Evan and Ethan.

Mason's nice.

I love the name Keegan.

 

[jgonz]

Yah, Evan and Ethan are way too close.

I like Mason! I wanted that for a middle name for one of my boys, but DH didn't like it (of course lol)

 

[Leanna]

I wouldn't mind Evan and Ethan if the 3rd one "matched" too or you had a 4th name that didn't match. For example, Daniel was on our list.... but we don't want to have David, Daniel and Maya. But if we have 2 names that don't match then we figure that 4th on it would be okay to use Daniel.... at least that's our code

 

[Hadassah]

*subscribing*

We haven't picked anything... I think I'm going to start making a list of names, then pairing them off and handing in lists to my DH for approval.
He's of the opinion we shouldn't be picking names until we know if it is a boy or girl.. and I feel that baby needs a name, and once we know, we can start getting used to calling baby by his or her name rather than by "bellybean [surname]" or "baby [surname]"..

I have to 'worry' about how the initials come out as well, considering we're looking at it from German and English, and S is the first letter of our first name, so if we pick something with B as a first name, we need a good middle name to keep things from getting "hairy".

My sister and a friend here on CF reccommended "Not without my Handbag" as a site to keep me sane while navigating the world of baby naming.. (Some of the comments are crude mind you, but overall it makes you wonder what some people were eating, drinking or smoking when presenting names)..

I think the only thing DH and I have agreed on in the naming front is that we won't be picking names that are popular due to TV or current pop culture, will not have excessive vowels, and we will rather go by meaning and how it flows with our surname.

Now if I can get him to agree to start dedicating 'baby space'...

 

[jgonz]

Here's a cool baby naming site: http://www.nymbler.com/nymbler/

 

[Leanna]

I like that one too, and its pretty accurate too at coming up with ones I would like....

 

[Hadassah]

I found this one last week and it seems rather nice but doesn't have a huge selection
http://www.learn-hebrew-names.com/

this one I've had on hand... since I have no idea when... but a long time.. http://www.behindthename.com/ big selection.

 

[FaithLoveHope9]

The Baby Name Bible is also an excellent book.