{"id":11038,"date":"2015-02-23T07:20:04","date_gmt":"2015-02-23T11:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/?p=11038"},"modified":"2015-09-28T12:48:08","modified_gmt":"2015-09-28T16:48:08","slug":"baby-girl-burton-sister-to-emerson-grace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/2015\/02\/23\/baby-girl-burton-sister-to-emerson-grace\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Girl Burton, Sister to Emerson Grace"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are expecting baby girl #2 in July. Her big sister’s name was so easy for us to come up with. We both loved it immediately. She goes by Emerson, Emmy or Em. This time we are having more trouble agreeing. We want a name that isn’t too out there, but also isn’t extremely popular. Because Emerson is gender neutral I don’t want to go with anything super feminine, I don’t think they would go together. Some of the names on my short list are:<\/p>\n

Marley
\nQuin
\nCharlie
\nShelby
\nPaige<\/p>\n

Those are the ones my husband and I agree on, but none of them really jump out at us as ‘the one’. He came up with one over the weekend that has me intrigued. Finley Margaret. Originally when he said it I thought it sounded a little too masculine, but it’s definitely growing on me. The middle name starts with an “M” for his mother who passed away last year. I could also use some help with girl middle names that start with an M! My favorite boy’s name has always been Finn, and since this will be our last child, I like the idea of incorporating Finn into a girls name.<\/p>\n

Thanks for any help!
\nJulie<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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It sounds to me as if Finley is a perfect fit. Here’s how the name Emerson looked in 2013:<\/p>\n

Emersen: 45 F, 10 M
\nEmerson: 1509 F, 973 M
\nEmersyn: 595 F, 16 M
\nEmmerson: 170 F, 22 M
\nEmmersyn: 71 F, – M<\/p>\n

About 2,390 new baby girls and about 1,021 new baby boys: unisex, but currently used more often for girls.<\/p>\n

Here’s how the name Finley looked in 2013:<\/p>\n

Finlay: 18 F, 41 M
\nFinley: 1089 F, 562 M
\nFinnley: 113 F, 176 M<\/p>\n

About 1,220 new baby girls and about 779 new baby boys: unisex, but currently used more often for girls.<\/p>\n

Finley Margaret strikes me as a charming combination, and I like the way it lets you salvage your favorite boy name. I also like the way both girls have modern\/unisex first names and traditional\/feminine middle names. More M-name possibilities:<\/p>\n

Finley Mae Burton; Emerson Grace and Finley Mae
\nFinley Maeve Burton; Emerson Grace and Finley Maeve
\nFinley Maria Burton; Emerson Grace and Finley Maria
\nFinley Matilda Burton; Emerson Grace and Finley Matilda
\nFinley Meredith Burton; Emerson Grace and Finley Meredith
\nFinley Michaela Burton; Emerson Grace and Finley Michaela
\nFinley Miranda Burton; Emerson Grace and Finley Miranda<\/p>\n

But Finley Margaret is my favorite.<\/p>\n

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

I gave birth to Finley Margaret on July 10th. Thanks to everyone for your feedback. People seem to love her name and it really fits her. Now our family is complete!<\/p>\n

Thanks so much!!
\nJulie<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We are expecting baby girl #2 in July. Her big sister’s name was so easy for us to come up with. We both loved it immediately. She goes by Emerson, Emmy or Em. This time we are having more trouble agreeing. We want a name that isn’t too out there, but also isn’t extremely popular. […]<\/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-11038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-name-update"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3iyiG-2S2","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11038","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=11038"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11649,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11038\/revisions\/11649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}