{"id":13299,"date":"2018-03-19T11:10:51","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T15:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/?p=13299"},"modified":"2018-03-19T11:13:56","modified_gmt":"2018-03-19T15:13:56","slug":"baby-girl-catrell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/2018\/03\/19\/baby-girl-catrell\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Girl Catrell"},"content":{"rendered":"

My husband and I are struggling to name our first baby, a girl, due on May 1, 2018.<\/p>\n

We have three names that we have both liked but are not 100% committed to any of them.<\/p>\n

I generally prefer somewhat traditional names with family ties, and my husband likes names that sound a bit more sophisticated than I would choose.<\/p>\n

Our last name sounds like Catrell. These are the three names we have both agreed as potential contenders:<\/p>\n

Kathryn Mae nn: Kay
\nMy husband\u2019s mother is named Kathryn and we liked the way it sounded with Mae. My grandmother\u2019s name is Kay, which I think is sweet, but my husband can\u2019t picture calling a little girl.<\/p>\n

Sally
\nWe both LOVE the name Sally but are struggling to find a middle name that doesn\u2019t sound too southern when paired with Sally. It is also the name of my great aunt.<\/p>\n

Lily Ann
\nI suggested this to my husband, and he didn\u2019t mind it, so we added it to the list.<\/p>\n

Some more names I like:
\nBeatrice
\nLiv
\nHolly<\/p>\n

Some names my husband likes:
\nStella
\nMaeve
\nVictoria<\/p>\n

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!<\/p>\n

Mairzy<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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I immediately seized upon Sally. I love that name and would love to see it more in use. I think the key to avoiding the southern sound is to pick a serious, longer, non-bouncy middle. Sally Kathryn. Sally Elizabeth. Sally Margaret. Sally Eleanor. Sally Rachel. Sally Veronica. Sally Rebecca. Sally Juliet. Sally Josephine. Some of those would still lend themselves to the southern sound if you\/she later wanted it: Sally Kay, Sally Kate, Sally Beth, Sally Jo, etc. Another option would be to put a surname in the middle: your maiden name or another family surname.<\/p>\n

But I also love the idea of Kay. In the past few months I’ve gotten to know a woman named Kay, and I can personally attest to the pleasingness of the name: I like to say it, I like to see it, I like to hear it. It’s a name I’d wondered about before, but I’d never encountered a Kay and thought maybe in usage the name would sound like K. or ‘kay, but so far it doesn’t. It sounds sweet but not diminutive. I like the idea of naming her Kay directly (with a different middle name), instead of as a nickname for Kathryn, especially if the child’s surname is your husband’s: using your grandmother’s name instead of your mother-in-law’s name gives the full name a little more family balance.<\/p>\n

If you decide to go with Kathryn but your husband isn’t sold on Kay, I suggest the nickname Kit.<\/p>\n

I’m reluctant to find you any more ideas, because I am so keen on you using either Sally or Kay—and since I don’t know the family tree, I can’t help you push your case for family names, which is something I would dearly like to do. But I will force myself to come up with some names anyway.<\/p>\n

Sally makes me think of Molly and Polly.<\/p>\n

Liv and Stella make me think of Sylvia\/Silvia\/Silvie.<\/p>\n

Maeve and Kay make me think of May\/Mae. It’s fairly common as a middle name, but fresh and surprising as a first name.<\/p>\n

“Fairly common as a middle name, but fresh and surprising as a first name” makes me think of Rose.<\/p>\n

Liv and Maeve and Lily and Holly make me think of Ivy. That’s another name I’d really like to see more of.<\/p>\n

Lily and Victoria make me think of Lydia.<\/p>\n

I wonder if you two would like Josephine\/Josie for a nice mix of sophistication and friendliness.<\/p>\n

Oh, or would you like Alice? Sound-wise, it’s almost a rearranged Sally.<\/p>\n

Or Flora would be pretty and unusual without being difficult to spell or pronounce.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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