How about another round of 'Name That Baby?'

I give up.

:banghead:

My Dh is impossible and I am beginning to believe this child will never have a name. Currently we call her 'Snowa' as that is J's top pick. (I suggested Noah for a boy, J misheard and fell in love with the name.)

It is a girl.

Our boys are John Michael (NN. Jack) after Dh's GP and Samuel Vincent (vincent is a family name on my side.) So obviously we're big on classic, traditional names. We dig the whole formal name for adult and professional use and cute casual nick name. I am not crazy about anything super popular, I hate the thought of my kid being identified by last name, YK? (Luckily Jack has never been an issue that way although my hands were sort of tied there considering he was named in honor of someone.)

Our last name is a three syllable, harsh sounding polish name starting with a K and ending with a.

I love Catherine (Kate), Theresa (Tess) and Eleanor (Elle) but all three are out thanks to DH's crazy relatives with the same names. We like Sarah but it rhymes with our last name. I loved Annabel but even though it is like 100 on even our state list, it seems to be booming here. There were 2 Annabelles on the 2012 announcement board at my local OB out of 15! We also like Lillian/Lily but that seems to be super popular too.

I love Mabel, Charlotte and Josephine but DH isn't crazy about any of them. I like Amelia, but I think it just sounds odd with our last name. DH likes Hailey (I don't like at all) and his top pick is... Isabella. When I reminded him that has been the #1 name for a while now - his suggestion: "Oh, well we'll just call her Bella then." :6:

The only thing we can agree on is that we really like Mae as a middle name. (unless I win the battle over Mabel in which case we'll need something else.)


So wise BBB'ers... can anyone name this poor kid before I actually have to put Snowa on her birth certificate?

Claudia
Evelyn (nn Evie)
Molly
Rachel
Ruth
Kathleen (Kate)
Sylvia
Julia
Analeis
Iris
Rose
Sadie
Mary

I just saw "Iantha" in the second Penderwicks book--love the name!

Elizabeth (lots of great nicknames)
Adriana
Adeline (Addie)
Grace (Gracie)
Gretchen (Greta)

Lots of other great names but I'm out the door. Good luck!

Estelle Mae with the nickname Stella.

Inspired by the new Swedish princess ...

Emmaline with Emma as a nickname.

Leah
Kimberly
Annette
Holly
Margaret (Meg)

Evelyn (nn Evie)
Penelope (nn Penny)
Marilyn (nn Merry)
Fiona (nn Fee or Fee Fee)
Adele (nn Addy)
Esther
Kathryn
Helen
Eleanor (nn Nora)

That was my list of names for my DDs (both of their names/nicknames are on the list).

My DD1 is Annabelle Mae so we must have similar taste in names! :)

Josie is a cute nickname for Josephine.
Sadie
Clara
Violet
Hannah
Vivian

Nymbler.com is a good site for finding similar names.

Vivian Mae K.

We like similar names. These were on our list for dd (dh trends more unusual so some of these are his)

Clemmentine
Delia
Delilah
Amelia
Emmeline
Margaret (nn May)
Samantha
Violet
Josephine (nn Josie or Posie, one of my favorites)
Laurel

Have you tried the Nymbler site? You put in names you like and it makes suggestions based on that.

Catherine

Some from our list with DD, or just other names that might work for you:

Margot
Evelyn (Evie, Lyn, Eve are all potential NNs)
Elizabeth (Libby?)
DD was almost a Vivien
Nora
I also like Tess :)
Margaret (Meg)
also considered just Meg was a first name

Georgianne with Georgie or Annie as a nickname

Margaret (Meg, Meghan, Margot, Gretchen, Greta, Molly, Mary are all NNs for Margaret)
Heidi
Maren
Nora
Julia
Clara
Virginia (Ginny for a NN)

I have a friend who's DD is Shelby Mae. Cute as a button, too!

We are having the same issue here. DH loves Josephine. Not a fan.

My frontrunners:

Genevieve
Leah
Jocelyn (which DH doesn't like at all)
Alexandra
Julianna

Our last name is a single syllable name that starts with S, that is Dutch.

Some of DH's other offerings:
Fiona (I think of shrek and the mom in the Thornbirds)
Beatrix (I think of the nickname Trixie, which is what my grandparents named their dog)

On the plus side, we do agree with Marie as a middle name!

Annaliese
Evangeline
Juliet
Beatrice
Georgina
Adeline
Claudia
Emily
Hazel
Harriett
Eliana
Jacqueline
Gabriella
Georgiana

well if you want a similar sound to Isabella but not as popular how about

Arabella?

My nieces are

Josefine
Georgia
Kanan May
Jordan
Isabella
Brianna
Christa

Other names I like

Charlotte
Emma
Paige
Mia
Madeline
Tess

I like Charlotte. It was an also-ran for us (we had a boy).
What about Isabella, and call her Belle, not Bella.
Eden? Loooove that name.
Elizabeth, and call her ... Elizabeth?
Alexandra, call her Alex or Lex or Lexie
Samantha, call her Sam or Sami

Audrey was my favorite name post DD1 (before I joined a moms group), and Abigail was DH's favorite name; too bad we both knew two Audreys and two Abigails (all four kids are between the age of 3/1/2, and 4 now).

Charlotte (although in my area it is very popular)
Miranda
Violet (DH nixed this one)
Celeste
Elisa (DD1)
Lauren (DD2)
Nichole
Harper
Leah
Caroline
Meara
Maura
Jane
Jenna (DD1 was almost named this)
Genevieve
Claudette
Veronica
Carmen
Luisa
Cara

DH loved Victoria, but I didn't care for the nick name of Vicki/y, and I wasn't sure I wanted the nick name of Tori.

I'm partial to Evelyn :wink2: but it is climbing in popularity.

When I first read your post, my first thought was Claire but I don't of any nicknames for Claire. I also like Josephine, Katelyn, Julianne, Elizabeth, Rebecca, and Victoria.

DS #1 has a classmate named "Annalena" which is pretty and a bit unusual.

I love so many of those names mentioned!

I have very similar taste and know of a sweet little girl named Claire; nn Clairsie. :)
It is hard to do nicknames with 1-syllable names, though.

Many of my favorite traditional girls' names have been mentioned, but I love

Katherine (Kate)
Claire
Suzanne/ Susanna
Anna/ Ann(e)/ Annie
Laura, Lauren
Alexandra
Elizabeth
Marie/ Maria
Grace
Rose
Celeste
Josie

DD has one of these names, and DS would've had another one of them, if he was a girl. :)

Good luck deciding! Girls' names are so fun to think about and have the privilege of choosing!

Madeline/Madeleine/Madelyn (Maddy)--although Maddie Mae sounds like a Rod Stewart song

Emmeline (Emme/Emma)
Virginia (Ginny--or my friend, Ginger, oy!)
Isabel/Isabelle (call her Belle as PP suggested)
Meghan (Meg)
Caroline (Cari)
Abigail (Abby)
Gabrielle/Gabriella (Gabby)
Bethany (Beth)
Annabeth (Anna or Beth)
Rebecca (Becca/Becky)
Collette (no nickname)
Andrea (could call her Andie or Drea if you want)
Timothea (Timmie)
Theodora (Thea or Dora)
Autumn (no nickname, I just think Autumn Mae sounds cool, like juxtaposing seasons)
Cecelia (Celia or Cece)


All I can think of for now. The ones ending in "a" may work less well with your last name also ending in "a", but my nephew's name is Miles with a last name also ending in "s" and it works fine, so, maybe OK.

You and I have pretty different naming styles, but I thought your post was pretty funny with lots of info to go on.

I agree that Annabel and Lily are popular. Despite never hearing Annabel mentioned on name threads here or elsewhere, I know five IRL under the age of 10.

Harper instead of Hailey
Isadora instead of Isabella
Mirabel instead of Isabella, nn Mira
Claire
Camilla, nn Cam
Elsa
Abigail
Evelyn nn Evie
Louisa, nn Lulu
Elizabeth, tons of nicknames
Lucille or Lucinda, nn Lucy
Olivia, nn Liv
Adelaide, nn Addie or Dell


I like Josephine too and the nickname Josie, but the last syllable was a problem with our last name. I considered Josette, which could still work with Josie. I also know a little girl named Joelle, which could go with Jojo, Elle, or possibly Josie.

You could do Clarice with the nickname of Claire.

My favorite suggestions so far are Evelyn and Claire.

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Originally Posted by Jacksmommy2b

I give up.

:banghead:

My Dh is impossible and I am beginning to believe this child will never have a name. Currently we call her 'Snowa' as that is J's top pick. (I suggested Noah for a boy, J misheard and fell in love with the name.)

It is a girl.

Our boys are John Michael (NN. Jack) after Dh's GP and Samuel Vincent (vincent is a family name on my side.) So obviously we're big on classic, traditional names. We dig the whole formal name for adult and professional use and cute casual nick name. I am not crazy about anything super popular, I hate the thought of my kid being identified by last name, YK? (Luckily Jack has never been an issue that way although my hands were sort of tied there considering he was named in honor of someone.)

Our last name is a three syllable, harsh sounding polish name starting with a K and ending with a.

I love Catherine (Kate), Theresa (Tess) and Eleanor (Elle) but all three are out thanks to DH's crazy relatives with the same names. We like Sarah but it rhymes with our last name. I loved Annabel but even though it is like 100 on even our state list, it seems to be booming here. There were 2 Annabelles on the 2012 announcement board at my local OB out of 15! We also like Lillian/Lily but that seems to be super popular too.

I love Mabel, Charlotte and Josephine but DH isn't crazy about any of them. I like Amelia, but I think it just sounds odd with our last name. DH likes Hailey (I don't like at all) and his top pick is... Isabella. When I reminded him that has been the #1 name for a while now - his suggestion: "Oh, well we'll just call her Bella then." :6:

The only thing we can agree on is that we really like Mae as a middle name. (unless I win the battle over Mabel in which case we'll need something else.)


So wise BBB'ers... can anyone name this poor kid before I actually have to put Snowa on her birth certificate?

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Had to chime in because sounds like me. We also have a long difficult sounding last name (lots of consonants). I also like traditional names. I love Catherine but you've ruled it out. We ended up with Annabelle (she's 7 mo's now)- it's funny to read wat you write b/c I know of NO other ones and love that it is 100 on list..getting more popular but it's awhile away and has not caught fire around me on the East Coast (let's hope no Kardashians name their kid this).
Anyway obviously we love the name - it works with the last name even though I was worried it was a mouthful. She'll be 10 by the tim e she can spell both though! Anyway, Charlotte, Lily was also on our short list and I considered Amelia - in the end I found Charlotte and Lily too popular and Amelia..just didn't love it. Looking back I am just so happy that we went with what we did. It is such a pretty name. Looking at my baby, I could maybe see her called Charlotte, but the other names, no way. We do not shorten it. My DH was also tough ..mostly because he liked different kinds of names from me. What I did is keep names on the lists that he didn't hate. If he didn't say no way, it was a clear maybe to me! But if you don't choose it that's ok because trying to keep it from being too popular..hehehe, jk.

PS Our first is named Chloe. Very popular (wasn't as much 3yrs ago) but it is classic.