{"id":13283,"date":"2018-03-08T08:10:05","date_gmt":"2018-03-08T12:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/?p=13283"},"modified":"2018-06-08T20:13:48","modified_gmt":"2018-06-09T00:13:48","slug":"baby-boy-nordson-brother-to-warren-and-lee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/2018\/03\/08\/baby-boy-nordson-brother-to-warren-and-lee\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Boy Nordson, Brother to Warren and Lee"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi Swistle!<\/p>\n

I’m Becca and my husband is Don. We are expecting our 3rd (and last!) boy the first week of June, and we are really struggling to find a definite name. I hate to feel the little guy moving around and not having a name for him. I hope you can help. I always like what you and your readers come up with!<\/p>\n

Our boys are named Warren Isaac and Lee Anthony. They have Don’s last name, which is like Nordson, and so will the baby. My last name is kind of like Waylon, and I might use it as a middle.<\/p>\n

Warren’s name was a my favorite name all the way back since middle school, but Don loved it too, so it felt like a joint decision. Isaac in the middle was just because we liked it and for the initials WIN.<\/p>\n

Lee was harder to name. Don has never been the name suggestor and he didn’t like any of my favorites at the time. I just started listing any name I could think of that I didn’t hate and he clung to Lee. I didn’t really like it that much at first, so we were going to go with Leon, but when I saw him I decided that Leon was too harsh for him and went back to Lee. Anthony was chosen to honor my dad. Since he got his way with Lee’s name, we agree I get more say in this baby’s name.<\/p>\n

I like that both Warren and Lee are surnames and English words, but they aren’t usually on those type of name lists. I like that both names are familiar, warm and laid back sort of names. I would like something similar, but there are no rules.<\/p>\n

Names on “The List”:<\/p>\n

Victor : This is probably in the lead, but people around here including me naturally say it like Vic-der which I don’t like. It might also be too harsh. I like Vic as a nickname.<\/p>\n

Hugh : I love the meaning and the soft yet manly feeling of Hugh. It has been a longtime favorite of mine. Don doesn’t like it all that much, but isn’t vetoing it. Neither of us would consider Hugo, by the way.<\/p>\n

Lloyd : My other longtime favorite. It was the name of my favorite teacher. Don likes it OK. There is a Floyd we don’t like though.<\/p>\n

Vance : We both like this OK, but it’s not our likely choice. It could grow on me.<\/p>\n

Perry : Probably off the list. It would be after Don’s mom because her name is Penny. Don doesn’t like it much.<\/p>\n

Carl : vetoed but I love it!<\/p>\n

Family middle name possibilities are: my last name ” Waylon”, George, Gene, Edwin or Edward, Donovan, Allen or Daniel. I’d also use any of the first name possibilities in the middle. My guilty pleasure middle names are Peregrine and Somerled, but I’m not sure we would use them. Really we are not too concerned about finding a middle name.<\/p>\n

Can you come up with a fitting name I haven’t thought of yet? Or maybe just say which one on “The List” we should use? I will definitely be excited to update you all if I could get some input!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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From your list, my favorites are Perry and Karl (I like the K spelling better).<\/p>\n

I wonder if you’d like the name Terry? It strikes me with the same warm gentle sound as the names Warren and Lee, though possibly because of the extremely nice little boy named Terry I knew when I was in elementary school. He was kind and sweet and a little plump and had silvery blond hair and he used to hold my hand companionably at recess; we would walk around the playground, chatting and holding hands. I used to try to get him as a square-dancing partner in gym class because he was the one boy you could count on not to try to step on your feet.<\/p>\n

Or Percy. Percy Nordson; Warren, Lee, and Percy.<\/p>\n

Or Frank. It’s not quite as gentle in sound, but it gives me a similar feeling anyway, of a guy like Matthew Cuthbert in Anne of Green Gables.<\/p>\n

Harvey gives me that same Matthew Cuthbert feeling, and I love the name, and it’s another surname name of the Warren\/Lee type. Harvey Nordson; Warren, Lee, and Harvey. [Edited to add:<\/strong> I’m sad to say I agree with the commenters who say they wouldn’t put a Harvey in a sibling group with a Lee.]<\/p>\n

Or Gus. Gus Nordson; Warren, Lee, and Gus.<\/p>\n

Gus makes me think of Douglas. Douglas Nordson; Warren, Lee, and Douglas.<\/p>\n

Albert is one of my pet favorites; I’d love to see it get more popular. I think the name probably caught my attention because of Colin Firth in The King’s Speech<\/a>, but also there was a good and kind swimming teacher named Albert when I was a child. Most of the male swimming teachers were preening jerks with names like Shane and Troy, who spent a fair amount of lesson time flirting with the female swimming teachers; but Al was not a preener and seemed like he really liked teaching, and he was patient and nice, and he certainly contributed to my feelings about the name.<\/p>\n

Or Philip, speaking of royalty with gentle names. Philip Nordson; Warren, Lee, and Philip\/Phil.<\/p>\n

Or Alfred. I might like that even more than Albert. But maybe it seems a little dressy with Warren and Lee.<\/p>\n

The name Roger got my attention when I read somewhere that it used to go with the nickname Hodge. I think that’s darling. Roger Nordson; Warren, Lee, and Roger\/Hodge.<\/p>\n

Ooo, I recommend Paul. I think it has that warm, gentle sound, and feels underused, and goes very well with Warren and Lee. Paul Nordson; Warren, Lee, and Paul.<\/p>\n

Or Joel. Joel Nordson; Warren, Lee, and Joel.<\/p>\n

Oh, or I like Russell. There’s a Russell in the same grade as one of my kids, and the name keeps hitting my ear favorably. Russell Nordson; Warren, Lee, and Russell\/Russ. I like the way it has two syllables like Warren, but has a one-syllable nickname.<\/p>\n

Maybe Ira? Ira Nordson; Warren, Lee, and Ira.<\/p>\n

Is Murray too similar in sound to Warren? Murray Nordson; Warren, Lee, and Murray.<\/p>\n

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

Baby boy “Nordson” has been born and named! I figured I owed you an update since your blog was keeping me company while I had to hang out alone in the hospital room for an extra day, and also because you and your commenters were very helpful.<\/p>\n

His name was supposedly finalized but then changed multiple times between you posting my question and his birth. We went through Victor, Perry (turns out it’s one of my grandma’s maiden names too), Timothy and S0merled (as a first name!) before arriving at Hugh S0merled Nordson.<\/p>\n

The middle name really made my husband turn around on Hugh, and I’m happy because that is exactly one of the name combinations I came up with years ago fantasizing about just one more baby.<\/p>\n

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Hi Swistle! I’m Becca and my husband is Don. We are expecting our 3rd (and last!) boy the first week of June, and we are really struggling to find a definite name. I hate to feel the little guy moving around and not having a name for him. I hope you can help. I always […]<\/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":false,"_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-13283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-name-update"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3iyiG-3sf","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13283","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=13283"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13440,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13283\/revisions\/13440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}