{"id":11286,"date":"2015-05-07T10:53:18","date_gmt":"2015-05-07T14:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/?p=11286"},"modified":"2015-05-07T10:55:47","modified_gmt":"2015-05-07T14:55:47","slug":"baby-girl-gooding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/2015\/05\/07\/baby-girl-gooding\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Girl Gooding"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi Swistle!
\nI have been reading your blog off and on for a while. My husband and I are expecting our first baby, a girl, at the end of June. We are having the hardest time agreeing on a name for her!! I think it’s because our naming styles are different. My name is Ashley and his name is Kent. I do not like common names, I was one of 4 Ashley’s in school. Our last name is Gooding. Here are some names we have both suggested but can’t seem to agree on:<\/p>\n

Ellery- My top pick and favorite! I like that it’s not too common. Very cute and feminine.<\/p>\n

Kenley- My husbands pick. He likes it because it combines both his name and mine. I don’t like it because it sounds too trendy to me. I’m also not big on combining names.<\/p>\n

Cadence- Another name my husband suggested but I HATE it!<\/p>\n

Sloane- I like this name but think I would prefer it as a middle name.<\/p>\n

Obviously our styles are all over the place. These are just a few of the names that have been suggested. I can’t seem to find anything I like as much as Ellery. Do you have any suggestions on names similar to Ellery that I could possibly get my husband to agree on? Or any name suggestions at all?!?
\nIf we were going to be having a boy, Kingston was at the top of our list. Other names that were possibilities were Sutton, Holden, and Emerson.<\/p>\n

Any and all help appreciated! We are coming down to the wire!!<\/p>\n

Sincerely
\nAshley<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

 <\/p>\n

Although you and your husband don’t agree on each other’s top favorites, your naming styles seem very compatible: both top picks (Ellery and Kenley) are modern surname names.<\/p>\n

One suggestion I have is to change goals: instead of trying to find a name you like as much as Ellery (such a name may not exist), switch the focus to finding the name you like best of all the remaining names.<\/p>\n

One possibility is to consider using Emerson from your boy-name list. Emerson is a unisex name currently used more often for girls in the United States; here are the 2013 numbers from the Social Security Administration<\/a> (for spellings used as least 25 times that year):<\/p>\n

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

Sutton is another that is unisex but currently used more often for girls (316 new baby girls and 183 new baby boys in 2013), so perhaps that could be considered for a girl.<\/p>\n

Another possibility is Emery: similar in sound to Ellery, but perhaps enough different that your husband would like it.<\/p>\n

Or Ellison, or Ellis.<\/p>\n

Or Everly, or Waverly.<\/p>\n

Or Brielle.<\/p>\n

Holden makes me think of Hadley, Holland, and Hollis.<\/p>\n

Cadence makes me think of Jade, Delaney, Braelyn, Gracen, Paisley, Campbell, and Teagan.<\/p>\n

It sounds as if Kenley is not a likely choice for several reasons, but it interested me because we recently did another letter<\/a> from parents who combined their names for the first child.<\/p>\n

Kenley reminds me of Kinley, Kinsley, Brinley, Keelyn, Linley, Finley, Tenley, and Lennox.<\/p>\n

Sloane reminds me of Simone, Fiona, Winslow, Quinn, Brynn, Jade, Laine, and Berkeley.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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