{"id":12658,"date":"2017-04-17T12:21:53","date_gmt":"2017-04-17T16:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/?p=12658"},"modified":"2017-04-17T12:28:03","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T16:28:03","slug":"baby-girl-or-boy-hzen-sibling-to-aila-and-eden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/2017\/04\/17\/baby-girl-or-boy-hzen-sibling-to-aila-and-eden\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Girl or Boy H@zen, Sibling to Aila and Eden"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi Swistle,<\/p>\n

I’m due with our third child in 9 days and I am starting to feel the pressure of finding the perfect name. We don’t know if this baby is a boy or a girl yet, but I feel fairly settled on our boy pick. We have two girls, Aila Margaret and Eden Diana. Our last name is H@zen. Margaret and Diana are both family names and I would like to carry on that tradition with using either Grace (my middle name) or Elizabeth. I’m feeling the pressure of continuing with a vowel for baby three, but I also like unique names. I’m struggling, Swistle! This is what we have:
\n-Violet (not a vowel and too popular?)
\n-Claire (again, not a vowel, but so girly and classic)
\n-Ava (way too popular, but I love it) or Ada (husband loves it, but I’m on the fence)
\n-Mae (I love the simplicity and timelessness of this name)
\n-Adalyn (okay, but I don’t love it)
\n-Nora (I love this because it combines both of our mother’s names, but again…not a vowel!)<\/p>\n

Do I feel settled on any of these? Nope. Sure don’t. Help!! Any other suggestions? Should I just ignore the popularity of Ava and use it? Ignore the vowel rule that I have accidentally created?<\/p>\n

For a boy, we are settled on either Sawyer, Isaac, or Abram (middle name Gene). I love them all and know I will know which to use after I meet our son, if it’s a boy.<\/p>\n

Thank you for your expertise and advice. I’m looking forward to hearing your thoughts!<\/p>\n

My best,
\nKellyn<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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(I’m assuming, perhaps incorrectly, that Aila is pronounced like Kayla without the K. If it is instead pronounced like Isla, many of my suggestions will be off.)<\/p>\n

From past posts on the topic I know we as a group are split on the “vowel theme” idea: some of us notice it and some of us don’t; I’m in the category that doesn’t notice it. In any case, I am also in the category that thinks it isn’t a theme until you have THREE children in a row with something in common.<\/p>\n

From your girl list, I pick Nora. It combines your mothers’ names, and it discontinues the vowel theme by acting as if the actual theme was four-letter names. Aila Margaret, Eden Diana, and Nora Grace.<\/p>\n

But if you’re planning more children, I would probably keep away from vowel names AND four-letter names, to avoid backing yourself into a corner for the next child. In that case my next choice is…well, pretty much any name on your list except Adalyn (because you say you don’t love it and because it’s almost a combination of the first two girls’ names) or Ava\/Ada (which are just one consonant-sound different from Aila, if I’ve correctly guessed the pronunciation). I don’t think Violet is too popular; I haven’t met a single one yet, though of course this kind of thing varies considerably by location. Claire is lovely. Mae is lovely. Very nice choices, all of them.<\/p>\n

If you would find it fun to discuss more options, and if you’re not planning more children, I suggest Iris. Aila, Eden, and Iris. All four letters, all vowel names, all two syllables. More suggestions:<\/p>\n

Brynna
\nCarys
\nCleo
\nCora
\nGarnet
\nGreta
\nImogen
\nIvy
\nJade
\nJune
\nKira
\nLivia
\nMargo
\nMaya
\nMina
\nLaine
\nMaeve
\nSloane<\/p>\n

If at all possible, release yourself from the pressure of finding “the perfect name.” The parents’ responsibility is to find a good and useful name. Perfection is usually what happens afterward, when the name becomes so bonded to the child that it seems perfect by association.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi Swistle, I’m due with our third child in 9 days and I am starting to feel the pressure of finding the perfect name. We don’t know if this baby is a boy or a girl yet, but I feel fairly settled on our boy pick. We have two girls, Aila Margaret and Eden Diana. […]<\/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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3iyiG-3ia","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12658","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=12658"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12662,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12658\/revisions\/12662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}