{"id":13958,"date":"2019-01-15T15:29:01","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T19:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/?p=13958"},"modified":"2019-12-10T22:52:15","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T02:52:15","slug":"baby-boy-stackland-brother-to-calvin-odin-and-eve-venus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/2019\/01\/15\/baby-boy-stackland-brother-to-calvin-odin-and-eve-venus\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Boy Stackland, Brother to Calvin Odin and Eve Venus"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello!<\/p>\n

I love your blog and have been reading it for years! We are expecting a baby boy in March and are completely stumped! This will be our third child and we plan to have one more. Our son’s name is Calvin Odin, and our daughter’s name is Eve Venus. Our last name is Stackland, a Norwegian name, but we’re not tied to Scandinavian names.<\/p>\n

We like first names that are recognizable and pronounceable, but are not terribly common. We also like power names and try to avoid anything that sounds too cute or too trendy. We both absolutely love the name Reddick (its a family name) and were set on it for a while until we realized how problematic the spelling was. My husband tends to like names that are a little more adventurous (I’ve vetoed Origin, Merlin etc). We also love the name Evander, but its our nephew’s name.<\/p>\n

I’m not very enthusiastic about any of these names (perhaps I’ve thought about it too much?), but our current list for first names:
\nZane
\nWesley
\nAxel (I like this but am concerned it seems too trendy\/try-hard)
\nMagnus (my husband likes this but I think its perhaps not common enough)<\/p>\n

If we were having a girl her name would have been Zara, Vivian or Violet<\/p>\n

For middle names we like to use ones that aren’t quite as common but go with a powerful first name – hence the mythology references. So far we have:
\nAtlas
\nMars<\/p>\n

I’m trying to find something interesting but recognizable, but not too trendy! Thank you!<\/p>\n

Jesse<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Here are the similarities and repeated letters\/sounds I’m noticing:<\/p>\n

\u2022 the V in Eve, Evander, Venus, Vivian, Violet, Calvin (and specifically in Eve Venus)<\/p>\n

\u2022 the -in\/-an of Calvin, Odin, Origin, Merlin, Vivian (and specifically in Calvin Odin)<\/p>\n

\u2022 Zara and Zane<\/p>\n

\u2022 Venus and Magnus and Atlas<\/p>\n

It seems to me that you’re looking for repeating sounds and cool letters. I think at this point I might look for repeated sounds between the first\/middle of the third child’s name, but I’d try to avoid\/reduce further overlapping with the sibling names. Eve and Calvin already have a repeated V, so I think I would avoid a third name containing a V, to avoid painting yourselves into a corner for a possible fourth child. Well, or since you have two more girl-name options with a V, if you can also find two boy-name options containing a V, I might instead go all-in. Calvin, Eve, Davis, and Vivian, for example, or Calvin, Eve, Davis, and Victor.<\/p>\n

From your list, my definite favorite is Wesley. I think it’s a great fit with the sibling names. I love that everybody gets a nickname if they want one (Cal, Evie, Wes), and that all three siblings get a cool letter (V for Calvin and Eve, W for Wesley). Something I like about the names Calvin and Eve is that I feel like they meet your preference for a “power name” without seeming as if they’re trying to meet that preference; I agree with you that Axel seems like it’s trying for it, and I would say the same about Magnus. I’d save those as possible middle names.<\/p>\n

Let’s see, if we went with Calvin, Eve, and Wesley, what would be some good middle names for Wesley? Definitely it should be something with the impact of Odin or Venus. If you went with Wesley Magnus or Wesley Atlas or Wesley Mars, that gives you the sound-repetition of all the S-sounds in the name.<\/p>\n

More options for first names:<\/p>\n

Broderick
\nClark
\nDavis
\nDane
\nElliot
\nFrederick
\nGideon
\nGrant
\nLeo
\nMalcolm
\nMerrit
\nOscar
\nNolan
\nReid
\nSimon
\nVictor
\nWilson<\/p>\n

I would then look for Odin\/Venus-type names that share sounds with each first name. (I don’t think this is at all necessary, but it seems like a fun way to start if you’re having trouble.) Clark Mercury. Leo Apollo. Oscar Saturn. Reid Hermes. Gideon Poseidon. Gideon Magnus. Victor Jupiter. Victor Merlin. Elliot Helios. Simon Vulcan. Simon Mars. Nolan Neptune. Nolan Merlin. Reid Orion. Davis Atlas. And so on.<\/p>\n

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

Hi! <\/p>\n

Thank you for your fantastic response to my query about our third baby! You provided so many insights about our name preferences that I hadn’t even noticed! And the comments on your post were invaluable! So many people had such great insights and gave us some really good options. We were really torn between Magnus, Wesley, Gideon, and Dorian. In the end we decided to name him Wesley and his name fits his little personality so well! We are very pleased. We liked how had a unique letter (like his siblings Calvin and Eve), and we love how his name sounds with our last name, Stackland. We have noticed some people pronounce his name Wez-ley but it doesn’t bother us too much. For middle names we loved kind of odd names with mythological or mystical origins (Calvin Odin and Eve Venus). In the end we chose Wesley Oberon, which we think sounds pretty nice together. A few people in the comments said if we chose Wesley it would give our family a sort of reformation vibe (Calvin, Eve, Wesley), which we hadn’t noticed but think is actually a little funny! <\/p>\n

Thanks again for all of your help!
\nJesse<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hello! I love your blog and have been reading it for years! We are expecting a baby boy in March and are completely stumped! This will be our third child and we plan to have one more. Our son’s name is Calvin Odin, and our daughter’s name is Eve Venus. Our last name is Stackland, […]<\/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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3iyiG-3D8","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13958","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=13958"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13958\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14464,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13958\/revisions\/14464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}