{"id":13095,"date":"2017-11-17T10:13:45","date_gmt":"2017-11-17T14:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/?p=13095"},"modified":"2018-01-23T19:39:56","modified_gmt":"2018-01-23T23:39:56","slug":"baby-boy-sepas-brother-to-evelyn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/2017\/11\/17\/baby-boy-sepas-brother-to-evelyn\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Boy Sepas, Brother to Evelyn"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hey Swistle!<\/p>\n

I’m a long time reader, and I love, love, love baby names. So I can’t believe I’m writing to you for advice. I’m 30 weeks pregnant with our second – a boy – and I just can’t commit to a name. My name is Bridgett, my husband is Evan, and our last name is Sepas, but with a silent T in the front, and pronounced See-pahs.<\/p>\n

We have a two year old daughter named Evelyn Claire, and her name is perfect. I told my husband while we were dating that I was having a daughter named Evelyn one day, so the day we found out she was a girl she was named. We gave her the middle name Claire because it means “light” and after years of infertility and miscarriage, she was definitely a light at the end of a dark time in our lives. Her name fits her perfectly, and hearing her say “Yevelyn” just melts my heart.<\/p>\n

We’re due with a boy in mid January and I thought we had found the perfect name, but something won’t let me commit. The two names on our list right now are:<\/p>\n

-Rowan Lawrence (Rowan is my favorite boy name, and Lawrence, after my beloved Grandpa that passed away)<\/p>\n

-Luke Thomas<\/p>\n

On paper, Luke Thomas is the perfect name for us. Why?<\/p>\n

-My dad’s name is Luke.
\n-My father in law was Thomas.
\n-This is the first grandson born since my father-in-law passed away. (We won’t use Thomas as a first name because we already have a nephew named Thomas.)
\n-Luke also means “light”, just like his sister.
\n-Thomas is my husband’s middle name.<\/p>\n

I think the reason I can’t get completely on board is because it’s a one syllable name. I’m so used to saying “Evelyn” 1000 times a day, and saying Luke just doesn’t have the same flow. It almost feels “blah” to me. But am I crazy? Am I not committing to the perfect name for us because of something as silly as the syllables?<\/p>\n

I know I’m probably a little extra anxious, because our daughter was named at 18 weeks, and also because our daughter was born at 31 weeks, so if that happened with this pregnancy, I have approximately 5 days to name this baby boy!<\/p>\n

Other names we have had on our list:<\/p>\n

Nolan
\nGraham
\nAustin
\nLawson
\nGrayson<\/p>\n

I would love to hear what you and your readers think. And to get an unbiased opinion. I don’t feel like I can ask any family members because they both include family names, and that’s awkward when you go with something different.<\/p>\n

Thanks for considering helping me!<\/p>\n

Bridgett<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Luke Thomas is the perfect name, but I can see how it could feel too short, especially with “Yevelyn” ringing adorably in your ears. Would it help to have the option of calling him “Luke Thomas,” so you’d have three syllables like you do with Evelyn? I do love a good double name. You wouldn’t have to call him that every time, but it gives you something longer for when you want it. There’s also the nickname L.T. And there are endearments such as Baby Luke, Lukey-Pie, Lukey-Lu, Lukey-my-Lovey, and so forth.<\/p>\n

I don’t know if it is true for you as it is for me, but I do find boy names more blah. All of my boys have names I really, really like, but it is only my daughter’s name that DELIGHTS me. There just WEREN’T any boy names that gave me that same feeling. I had to change my goals: for girls I looked for names that delighted me, and for boys I looked for names that gave me a strong warm feeling of happy satisfaction.<\/p>\n

I also do love Nolan from your list, but I find I feel sad to lose the Dad Namesake. One of my kids is named after my dad, and it has given me more long-term happy satisfaction than I expected—and I expected quite a bit of long-term happy satisfaction. On the other hand, another of my kids is named after a character on a TV show, and that too has given me quite a bit of long-term happy satisfaction, so I don’t feel inclined to put too much pressure on you.<\/p>\n

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

Swistle –<\/p>\n

Thank you so much for choosing to post my question. I am so thankful for your advice, as well as the advice of each of your readers. It was so helpful to read each comment. The two that stuck out to me the most: “I named him for a man I really loved, and I have grown to love his name” and “is there a name that makes your husband’s heart leap?”<\/p>\n

I don’t think it came across very well in my original letter that I did really like the name Luke Thomas; I just wasn’t sure if it was THE name. <\/p>\n

Luke Thomas joined our family on January 5. I still wasn’t 100% sure even hours after his birth, but knowing my husband felt the same way about the name that I did about Evelyn’s name made me commit. And my dad was so honored by his namesake. <\/p>\n

The one syllable thing is not a problem. I call him Luke Thomas sometimes, but most of the time, he is lovingly referred to as Baby Brother. <\/p>\n

Thanks again!
\nBridgett<\/p>\n

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