{"id":12650,"date":"2017-04-10T10:41:51","date_gmt":"2017-04-10T14:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/?p=12650"},"modified":"2017-11-02T11:55:20","modified_gmt":"2017-11-02T15:55:20","slug":"baby-girl-or-boy-w-sibling-to-atticus-elm-and-orion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/2017\/04\/10\/baby-girl-or-boy-w-sibling-to-atticus-elm-and-orion\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Girl or Boy W, Sibling to Atticus, Elm, and Orion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi, Swistle! I am newly pregnant with our fourth and final (FOR REAL THIS TIME) baby. You helped us previously with our daughter’s initials<\/a> and our second son’s name<\/a> so we trust your judgement!<\/p>\n

Each of our kids is named for something we love. Our son Atticus for To Kill A Mockingbird, our daughter Elm for the summer camp in the woods where we met and got married, and our son Orion for the stars my mother always pointed out to me as a child. So that puts quite a bit of pressure on this baby’s name to also have special meaning.<\/p>\n

I like the idea of picking something from a new “category” with literature, nature, and space already covered. We love the arts and sciences, I’ve thought of trying to pick something from music, history (especially strong American females given the current political climate), poetry, science, geography, or movies. My husband’s family is Scottish and he has a very Scottish middle name so something with Gaelic or Scottish ties could be another fun option. Really we’re wide open for suggestions! The only hard and fast rules are that it is easily pronounced on sight and fairly unique. We haven’t decided whether or not to find out the sex beforehand so we will pick both a boy and a girl name.<\/p>\n

Thank you so much for your help, I can’t wait to hear what you and your readers come up with!<\/p>\n

Amy W<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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I was dead set on waiting to find out the sex but in the ultrasound room with all 3 kids begging to know, I caved. And it’s a girl! We’re thrilled. This means I can tell you that the boy name we picked was from your comments- it would have been Ulysses James. I liked Ulysses when several people mentioned it here and then fell in love with it after reading the Tennyson poem. I would have loved to use it, so someone else definitely should!<\/p>\n

We had also picked a girl name from your comments, Iris, but after seeing its popularity compared to our other kids’ names when the 2016 list came out we decided against it. We both liked the name but neither of us LOVED it enough to use it despite its climb. So we have now picked a girl’s name much like our older daughter’s- one syllable, not overly feminine, nature-related.<\/p>\n

So now the problem is finding a middle name to go with it. Elm’s middle name is Elizabeth, which is my middle name too and was my great grandmother’s name. I like three things about this combination: 1. The sound of the multiple syllables after a short first name, 2. A more obviously girl name after a unisex first name, and 3. A more common name after an obscure first name (which I feel like gives her an option when she’s older if she decides she’d rather go by her middle.)<\/p>\n

We don’t have any other easy family names to use so are just looking for something that flows nicely and would love any suggestions!<\/p>\n

Thank you as always for helping name our babies. We love going through the comments and read all of them together!<\/p>\n

Xox
\nAmy<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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

Hi Swistle! I wrote to you early in my pregnancy about naming our fourth and last baby. We went through every comment and changed our minds on both first and middle several times (Zelda! Iris! Something unpronounceably Scottish!) but finally settled on Lark Genevieve. She\u2019s named for a poem we love, The Lark Ascending, and it fits her perfectly. Thank you and your readers so much, our posts to you will always be a special and fun thing to look back on from our baby naming years!<\/p>\n

Amy W.<\/p>\n

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