{"id":10950,"date":"2015-02-05T09:30:41","date_gmt":"2015-02-05T13:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/?p=10950"},"modified":"2015-06-04T13:20:02","modified_gmt":"2015-06-04T17:20:02","slug":"baby-girl-casper-sister-to-berkley-dawn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/2015\/02\/05\/baby-girl-casper-sister-to-berkley-dawn\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Girl Casper, Sister to Berkley Dawn"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi Swistle!
\nMy husband and I are expecting our second baby girl in early June. We could not possibly be more excited to have two sweet girls, but we can’t seem to agree on anything when it comes to names. Our last name is Casper-with-a-K. My name is Avery and my husband’s name is Paul Joseph, but he goes by his initials.<\/p>\n

After months and months of disagreement, we chose the name Berkley Dawn for our first daughter. The name could not be more perfect for her. We have had numerous compliments on it being both unique but not difficult to say or spell. Berkley’s middle name is both my middle name and my mother’s first name.<\/p>\n

I believe the problem naming Baby #2 is my adoration for Berkley’s name paired with my husband and I’s distinctly different naming styles. I want something that pairs well, but isn’t too similar–I seem to be drawn to androgynous names and names that start with “B” and end with the “ee” sound. My husband; on the other hand, loves traditional, strictly-female names. We both desire a moniker that sounds sweet on a little girl, but won’t sound too juvenile as she grows.<\/p>\n

Names that we like, but find problems with:
\nLondon — I like this name a lot, but my husband doesn’t like the idea of giving all of our children place names.
\nQuinn — We both kind of like this, but for some reason, I just can’t picture a baby with this name
\nBriony (pronounced Bry-uh-nee) — I have loved this name ever since I heard it in a movie, but my husband is having no part of it
\nBrinley — Sounds too similar to Berkley
\nLandry — I was completely sold on this, but my cousin recently announced her engagement to a man with the last name Landry, and my husband finds this name too masculine
\nBrooklyn — Again, a place name that my husband doesn’t seem to care for that much
\nCharlotte — My husband wanted this name for Berkley, but I just can’t get on board with it at all
\nPenelope — Another name my husband is in love with, but Berkley and Penelope just do not seem to mesh well<\/p>\n

Any suggestions you can give us would be greatly appreciated. I can’t believe I’m admitting to this, but naming a second child is proving to be one of the most difficult tasks I’ve encountered in my entire life!<\/p>\n

Thank you!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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I suggest Delaney. It sounds somewhat unisex, but the actual usage is almost exclusively girl: in 2013, there were 1,265 new baby girls and 12 new baby boys named Delaney. For comparison, there were 11 new baby boys named Elizabeth: numbers this low are either data-entry issues or else too low for me to consider the name unisex. The sounds of Delaney are similar to the other names on your list, and I think it’s a nice fit with Berkley. Delaney Casper; Berkley and Delaney.<\/p>\n

Or Devanie. Devanie Casper; Berkley and Devanie.<\/p>\n

I also suggest Emerson. Emerson Casper; Berkley and Emerson.<\/p>\n

Or Gracen. It has the traditional\/feminine sound of Grace, but with a more modern\/boyish\/surname ending. Gracen Casper; Berkley and Gracen.<\/p>\n

Penelope makes me think of Calliope. Calliope Casper; Berkley and Calliope.<\/p>\n

I think Braelyn would work nicely. Braelyn Casper; Berkley and Braelyn.<\/p>\n

Or Keelyn, if you don’t mind the alliteration (and repeated initial) with the surname. Keelyn Casper; Berkley and Keelyn.<\/p>\n

Or Teagan. Teagan Casper; Berkley and Teagan.<\/p>\n

Both sisters’ names would end in the -ley sound, but I still like Everly. Everly Casper; Berkley and Everly.<\/p>\n

Or Ellery has a similar sound without repeating the ending. Ellery Casper; Berkley and Ellery.<\/p>\n

Or Evanie. Evanie Casper; Berkley and Evanie.<\/p>\n

If Brinley is too close to Berkley, I wonder if you’d like Finley or Kinley or Kinsley.<\/p>\n

Or Shelby. That gives you a B sound without a repeated initial. Shelby Casper; Berkley and Shelby.<\/p>\n

Marley duplicates the ending, but I still like it. I have acquaintances who used the spelling Marlie. Marlie Casper; Berkley and Marlie.<\/p>\n

Or Hadley. Hadley Casper; Berkley and Hadley.<\/p>\n

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Name update!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Swistle,
\nI recently read your post on a lack of name updates, and I certainly knew I wanted to give you our name update as you were tremendous help!
\nGracen Quinn joined our family on June 3rd (yes, yesterday!) and we have already had so many compliments on her name.
\nYour suggestion of Gracen was perfect for us. After you suggested it, it was a name I couldn’t get out of my head.<\/p>\n

We had originally settled on Quinn for her first name, but we decided it just didn’t flow for us, and since my husband loved the traditional sound of “Grace,” and I love androgynous names, Gracen it was!
\nThank you so much for your great suggestion–we are in love with our sweet girl and her name!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi Swistle! My husband and I are expecting our second baby girl in early June. We could not possibly be more excited to have two sweet girls, but we can’t seem to agree on anything when it comes to names. Our last name is Casper-with-a-K. My name is Avery and my husband’s name is Paul […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-name-update"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3iyiG-2QC","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10950"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11386,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10950\/revisions\/11386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}