Hello,
We are expecting our fifth child at the end of February. We have two girls and two boys and this one is going to be a surprise. My kids names are Madison, Brynnley, Cooper and Jayce. I have had no problems with a girl name as I am using the one I would have if the one before this was a girl, Emerson Dawn. Our last name is Klein (like the designer) and makes it a little tough for coming up with boy names. The middle name for this baby if a boy will most likely be Thomas which is my husbands middle name. I do all middle names after family members. My top choice was Declan but I found out a cousin named her son that and I don’t want to reuse it. The rest of my list includes:
Jameson
Liam
Skylar
Jayden
Bailey
Everett
James
Rowan
Remi
LachlanI am also wanting something that is not too common. When I had Madison it wasn’t very popular yet but now there are three girls in every class of hers named that. I know that Jameson, Liam and Jayden are pretty popular right now :(. I also like names that can have nicknames. I would really appreciate some help since my husband has no interest in helping.
Thank you,
Sara Klein
From your list, the one I think fits best with the sibling group is Jameson. But I hesitate, because it seems so close to Jayce and Madison. At some point, especially with larger sibling groups, I look for a little less coordination.
Jayden also fits very well, but I think Jayce and Jayden are too similar.
James seems like a sudden swerve. All four names so far are new and modern, and then James is suddenly ancient and traditional. Also, it sounds so similar to Jayce.
Skylar and Bailey are the right style, but in this group they’d strike me as more likely to be girls. The current usage of the name Bailey in the United States is unisex, but used much more often for girls: 2,929 new baby girls and 133 new baby boys given the name in 2014. The current usage of Skylar is similar: 4,732 new baby girls and 409 new baby boys given the name in 2014. (For the spelling Skyler, it’s 1,070 new baby girls and 911 new baby boys.)
I think you would be unhappy with the popularity of the name Liam: not only is it currently the second most popular boy’s name in the United States according to the Social Security Administration, but it’s also used as a nickname by many boys named William.
Let’s see, what does that leave us? Everett, Rowan, Remi, Lachlan. I’m going back and forth on Everett: it’s more traditional, but on the other hand it’s a surname name, and strikes me as a reasonable fit with the other names. Rowan is unisex, but currently used more often for boys in the United States (770 new baby girls and 1,531 new baby boys given the name in 2014; for the spelling Rowen, it’s 103 new baby girls and 292 new baby boys). In this sibling group, I wouldn’t be sure if Rowan were a boy or a girl. Remi and Lachlan both seem like reasonable choices, though I have a little trouble saying Lachlan Klein: all those K and L and N sounds.
If it were up to me, and I were choosing from your list, I think I’d be down to Remi.
Now let’s see if we can make a list of more names to consider—though on your fifth time through this, I doubt I’ll mention any names you haven’t already considered.
Baxter
Carson
Grady
Grayson
Griffin
Hayden
Hudson
Jaron
Marshall
Logan
Reed
Sawyer
Spencer
Tyler
Weston
Wilson
If you’re hoping to have more children and would like to use Emerson for a possible future girl, I might cross off Carson and Grayson and Hudson and Wilson, to avoid having three children with -son endings.
I actually love Everett from your list. It works well with the middle and last name and also in the sibling set. As a bonus each kid gets a unique ending to their name.
From Swistle’s list I liked Reed until I said it out loud with your last name and heard the word “recline.”
Hm, yes, I agree with this: it makes me think of “recline,” too.
My oldest son’s middle name is Everett and love it. Actually, I wish we hadn’t used it as his middle name because I would love to use it for our second son, who will be born in December, lol.
I love Lachlan from your list, but it is kinda hard to say with Klein – Logan may be the better fit!
Logan Thomas Klein
Madison, Brynnley, Cooper, Jayce and Logan
Since you like names that can have nicknames, I wonder how you’d feel about Remington with nn Remi?
Remington Thomas Klein is pretty awesome.
Or Sterling?
I love that you’ve managed to give unique initials so far! It may not be a dealbreaker, but it’s fun when it’s doable! Good luck!!
From your list, I like Everett the best. I love the nickname Ever. Everett Thomas Klein is a great name and I think it flows well with the siblings.
From Swistle, I love Logan, Sawyer, Griffin and Hudson.
I’d like to add for consideration: Cormac (nickname Mac), Beckett (nickname Beck), Bennett, Harrison, Judson, Dawson, Heath, Walden, Sutton
I agree with everything Swistle said, except for my favorite name from your list. I prefer Everett.
How about Cole or Coleman, Reid/Reed, Keegan, Sawyer, Nolan, Lincoln, Ashton & Thatcher?
My favorite from your list is also Everett.
My favorites are Everett or Remi.
Totally agree with Swistle on James/Jameson and Skylar/Bailey.
I’ve always considered Rowan more girl as well – the statistics suprised me.
Good luck!
Preston
Carleton or Carlton
Princeton
Paisley
Foster
Darcy
Easton
Garrett
Niles
Parker
Basil (pronounced with short a)
Reagan
Yancey
I prefer Everett, Rowan or Skylar from your list.
Rowan is 100% boy to me even though I know people use it on girls. I prefer the lovely Rowena for a girl.
It doesn’t bother me that Skylar is unisex with your sibset. I might use the Skyler spelling instead, though.
From Swistle’s list, I like Griffin, Sawyer and Logan, but only Griffin (Griff) has a clear nickname if that’s important to you.
I’ll add:
Gannon
Landon
Ryker
Xander
Archer
Harmon
Kendrick
Winslow
Everett Thomas Klein. Love this name! Could use the nn Rhett. I don’t feel like Everett is a mouthful with your last name. I think it flows nicely with a stein masculine feel.
I also thought of Dean as an options. Dean Thomas Klein.
A name I’m crushing on right now is Orin, which could work too.
My favourite from your list is Everett. It seems to fit style-wise, the baby gets his own unique initial, and it flows nicely with Thomas and the surname!
A few other ideas: Anders, Rhys/Reece, Jackson, Cyrus, Cedric, Dashiell, Darius, Larson, Meyer.
I’m not a HUGE fan of names ending in “en/an/on” because your surname also ends in N and I think it would flow better with a different ending sound for the first name. That wouldn’t be a dealbreaker for me though… just a preference if you find a name that flows well.
Using Schuyler instead of Skylar immediately makes it look like a boy’s name to me, but that might push the name out of your style. I think a baby boy Toby would be adorable in this group – Tobias? Tobin?
I think Everett is a great match with your other kiddos and you clearly like the name!
Your mention of Declan made me think of Dashiell, like Laura’s suggestion. I like Dashiell Thomas Klein and the nickname Dash is great. I think it works well with your other children’s names and certainly isn’t too common. Good luck!
Everett from your list.
Logan from Swistles list.
I’m with Swistle, that in your list we’re probably down to Everett or Remi. Everett is the more obvious fit style-wise (simply because it can be a surname), but Remi does work.
Of Swistle’s list, my favorite with your children’s names is Reed.
From your list I also like Everett the best.
From Swistle’s list I LOVE Weston nn Wes. I really wanted to name our second this, but my husband vetoed. Thankfully we had a girl anyway.
Love Everett. Seems perfect to me.
Just throwing out a couple other possibilities, just in case. ;)
Brady? Tucker? Tyson? Colton? Carson? Levi? Asher?
I really like Everett. I like it with Klein and with the sibling names. Everett Thomas is nice, too. Best of luck!
What about Gunnar? Corin? Jared?
Of your original list I like Everett best.
I agree with previous posters that Everett is my favorite from you list. I know an elementary-school age Everett who goes by Rhett. He has a little brother named Bennett, so I thought I’d second that suggestion as well. I like the suggestions of Beckett and Garrett above too! I guess I just love names ending in -ett because it has a distinct sound from the other siblings. Merritt would be another option. Also, if you like Reed but don’t like how the first and last name sound like “recline,” maybe Brooks, Wade, Boyd, Grant, Davis, Yates (too close to Jayce?). And if Declan isn’t usable, how about Deacon or Decker?
I vote Everett or Rowan :)
Other ideas;
Holden, Kason, Brody, Brock, Emmett, Colton, Cale, Layton, Owen, Tate, Paxton, Kipton, Jaegar
From your list, I like Rowan and Remi best.
Some other considerations:
Rafe (Rafferty as a potential longer version)
Truett
Derek
Rufus
Too bad something like Quint doesn’t really work with your last name. Something that started with a V (Roman numeral 5) could be cool.
Cute idea! Or Penn (from the Greek word for five)
Now that I think about it, Quentin and Quincy both work well with the surname.
You’ve locked in Emerson Dawn for a girl. I wonder if Dawn is a family name too. Zoran is a masculine name that means dawn. Tomas Zoran Klein would be a cool name.
I like Schuyler (this spelling) for you. It’s still unisex but tilts it more to the boy side, at least for me. (I didn’t check the stats.) Lachlan is nice, too. I’m trying to decide if I agree that Lachlan Klein is hard to say or not. I like Spencer best from Swistle’s suggestions.
You have gotten lots of suggestions so I’m not going to add anything new. I did want to comment on Remi. Remy is a common male name in France. Well maybe not common but not unusual. St Remy is place with wonderful beaches and Remy Martin is a cognac. Almost everyone in Europe spells it Remy not Remi. To me any name ending in an “I” is for a girl, so knowing several Remys I would see Remi and think your Remi is a girl. I strongly recommend the traditional spelling with a “y”: Remy.