{"id":12187,"date":"2016-06-25T10:57:51","date_gmt":"2016-06-25T14:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/?p=12187"},"modified":"2017-01-27T08:08:09","modified_gmt":"2017-01-27T12:08:09","slug":"baby-girl-freitag-sister-to-sophia-and-oliver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/2016\/06\/25\/baby-girl-freitag-sister-to-sophia-and-oliver\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Girl Freitag, Sister to Sophia and Oliver"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello, hello!<\/p>\n

We will be welcoming baby number 3 at the beginning of August, and we are in desperate need of naming help. Baby sister’s older siblings are Sophia (Sophie) Lauryn and Oliver Henry. Our last name is Freitag. I like that our other 2 children both have 6 letters in their first name; however, that is not a necessity. This entire pregnancy we have referred to the baby as Hadley. As her due date nears, I find myself not loving the name, but maybe acquiescing because it is a name that both my husband and I agreed upon easily\u2026. Our boy name we had decided upon was Elliot.
\nWe (I) have considered these other names: Ella, Sutton, Ashlyn, and Elliot (nn Ellie). My husband does not like gender neutral\/boy\u2019s names for girls so I don\u2019t think I can convince him of this, and I don\u2019t know if it fits with our traditional naming preferences thus far for a girl.
\nAs far as middle names I would love to honor my mom by using her name, Marie Margaret, somehow or incorporating my grandmother\u2019s name, Mildred Serena-possibly Millie? My husband is not on board with Millie. I love it. Another honor name possibility we have considered is Jane. It is my mom\u2019s favorite name and my middle name.
\nPlease help!<\/p>\n

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

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It looks to me as if you have two preferred naming styles. One style includes Sophia\/Sophie, Oliver, Ella, and Elliot-for-a-boy. The other style includes Sutton, Ashlyn, Hadley, and Elliot-for-a-girl. At this point, there are three approaches you could take. One would be to say, “We used one style for our first two kids; now it’s the other style’s turn.” The second would be to say, “We used one style for our first two kids, so let’s stick to that style for a third.” The third would be to say, “Let’s pick our favorite name and use it, regardless of style.”<\/p>\n

My own personal preference would be to stick to the established style (or a similar style), because I like sibling names to be compatible. So from the names you’ve mentioned, I would start with these:<\/p>\n

Ella
\nJane
\nMargaret<\/p>\n

Then I would see if I could plump that list out a bit with some similar candidates, looking in particular for names with six letters, names that have sounds in common with Hadley\/Emma, and names that might honor a Marie\/Margaret\/Mildred:<\/p>\n

Adeline (similar to Hadley and Ella)
\nAmelia (six letters)
\nAnnabel (similar to Ella)
\nAudrey (six letters; similar to Hadley)
\nCharlotte
\nClara
\nCora
\nEleanor (similar to Ella)
\nEliza (similar to Ella)
\nElla Jane (double first name)
\nEvelyn (six letters)
\nGrace
\nGreta (similar to Margaret)
\nIsabel (six letters; similar to Ella)
\nJosephine
\nLillian (similar to Ella)
\nLydia (similar to Hadley)
\nMadelyn (similar to Hadley and Ella)
\nMatilda (possibly somewhat similar to Mildred)
\nMargot (six letters; similar to Margaret)
\nMariela (Marie + Ella)
\nMarina (six letters; similar to Marie)
\nMelody (similar to Hadley and Ella)
\nNora
\nOlivia (six letters)
\nRose
\nStella (six letters; similar to Ella)<\/p>\n

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I singled out Ella Jane as a double-first-name candidate, but I also think Ella as a first name with the middle name Jane is great. And in fact, I’d be inclined to use Jane somewhere in the name if at all possible. Audrey Jane. Eliza Jane. Isabel Jane. Jane Margaret. Jane Marie. Margaret Jane. Jane Evelyn. Annabel Jane. And so on.<\/p>\n

If you decide to go with a name from your other preferred style, I suggest Ellery. It fits with names such as Hadley and Sutton; it has six letters; it sounds like Ella and Elliot and gives you the nickname Ellie; it’s used almost exclusively for girls.<\/p>\n

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

This is a well overdue update! Adeline Jane joined our family at the end of July. Thank you for the name suggestions. Her name suits her beautifully.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hello, hello! We will be welcoming baby number 3 at the beginning of August, and we are in desperate need of naming help. Baby sister’s older siblings are Sophia (Sophie) Lauryn and Oliver Henry. Our last name is Freitag. I like that our other 2 children both have 6 letters in their first name; however, […]<\/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":true,"_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-12187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-name-update"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3iyiG-3az","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12187","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=12187"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12531,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12187\/revisions\/12531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}