{"id":14563,"date":"2020-03-04T09:25:57","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T13:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/?p=14563"},"modified":"2020-03-04T09:25:57","modified_gmt":"2020-03-04T13:25:57","slug":"baby-girl-or-boy-potter-sibling-to-william-alice-and-elle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/2020\/03\/04\/baby-girl-or-boy-potter-sibling-to-william-alice-and-elle\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Girl or Boy Potter, Sibling to William, Alice, and Elle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi !!!<\/p>\n

I would LOVE your help!!<\/p>\n

We have 3 kids — will use their real names. William James, Alice Ann, and Elle Caroline.<\/p>\n

We have a new baby on the way (will be 4 1\/2 years younger than our youngest) and I’m stumped!<\/p>\n

I’d love a girl name with an ‘L’ in it somewhere — that is vague but my only criteria.<\/p>\n

For a boy, not sure! Henry, Charlie, Jack, Max all seem to go with William but I don’t love those at all. Any ideas? I wish I had more criteria but I am out of the baby name game as this was a surprise baby and I’d quit thinking about names 4 years ago after we named Elle.<\/p>\n

With much appreciation,<\/p>\n

Mary<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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I am interested in the “L” preference for a girl. If it were for either a boy or girl, I would assume it was because all three children have dominant L sounds in their names. But only for girl, especially when one girl is actually named L\/Elle, makes me wonder if there is a story here.<\/p>\n

Potter is a challenging surname, as I know you know. James would be out even if it weren’t already another child’s middle name, and Lily is out. I would avoid Henry as being too close to Harry. It’s been awhile since I read the books, so I am counting on commenters to point out any similar conflicts with any names I suggest. (And just overall to double-check me: I am apparently very distracted, and only in proof-reading realized I had suggested Willa without noticing it was kind of an issue with a brother named WILLIAM.) Jack and Max seem to me to fit better with Liam than with William. Charles\/Charlie is somewhat Royal Family with William, but not dealbreakingly so, I don’t think, and it’s my favorite of the listed options.<\/p>\n

What do you think of the name John? I think it is underused. It claims<\/a> to be #27 in the U.S. in 2018, and yet none of my kids have anyone named John in any of their classes. They are deluged in Jacks, so that is probably some of the Johns; the rest must be Jrs\/IIIs\/IVs going by other nicknames—or be living in different areas of the country. William, Alice, Elle, and John.<\/p>\n

Or George? Again, a little Royal, but not dealbreakingly so. George Potter. William, Alice, Elle, and George.<\/p>\n

Edward? Edward Potter; William, Alice, Elle, and Edward.<\/p>\n

Or Edmund. Edmund Potter; William, Alice, Elle, and Edmund.<\/p>\n

I like Calvin in this sibling group. Calvin Potter; William, Alice, Elle, Calvin.<\/p>\n

Or Nolan? Nolan Potter; William, Alice, Elle, and Nolan.<\/p>\n

Or Frederick. Frederick Potter; William, Alice, Elle, and Frederick.<\/p>\n

Or Franklin. Franklin Potter; William, Alice, Elle, and Franklin.<\/p>\n

Benjamin. Benjamin Potter; William, Alice, Elle, and Benjamin.<\/p>\n

Ian. Ian Potter; William, Alice, Elle, and Ian.<\/p>\n

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For a girl, we already have Al- and El-, and that makes things a little tricky.<\/p>\n

Charlotte has that same smack of Royalty, but again, not dealbreakingly for me. Charlotte Potter; William, Alice, Elle, and Charlotte.<\/p>\n

Molly feels too Weasley, but maybe Sally? Sally Potter; William, Alice, Elle, and Sally. No, that feels too similar to Alice.<\/p>\n

Maybe Lucy? Lucy Potter; William, Alice, Elle, and Lucy. But Lucy and Alice have so many sounds in common.<\/p>\n

Willa is pretty, but too similar to Elle, and of course also to William. Stella is too similar to Elle. Lydia is too similar to Lily. Calla is too similar to Alice AND too similar to Elle, and so is Cecily. Jillian is too similar to William.<\/p>\n

Maybe Isla? Isla Potter. William, Alice, Elle, and Isla. It’s very similar to the other names, but it’s similar to ALL the other names in a way that might tie everyone together.<\/p>\n

Or Celeste. Celeste Potter; William, Alice, Elle, and Celeste. I don’t like the way it has all of the sound of the name Elle in it.<\/p>\n

Or Louise. Louise Potter; William, Alice, Elle, and Louise.<\/p>\n

Delia? Delia Potter; William, Alice, Elle, and Delia. I encountered this name recently in a waiting-room situation and had a very favorable reaction to it.<\/p>\n

Camille? Camille Potter; William, Alice, Elle, and Camille. It makes me feel a little uncomfortable that everyone gets double-Ls except Alice, but that is the kind of thing I like to try to make myself ignore. (Still, I admit I’d lean toward a one-L choice for this baby.)<\/p>\n

Olivia. Olivia Potter; William, Alice, Elle, and Olivia.<\/p>\n

Natalie. Natalie Potter; William, Alice, Elle, and Natalie.<\/p>\n

I wanted to suggest Claire, which I think would be close to perfect—except I think it’s about one heartbeat to Clairey Potter and I’m already tired of that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi !!! I would LOVE your help!! We have 3 kids — will use their real names. William James, Alice Ann, and Elle Caroline. We have a new baby on the way (will be 4 1\/2 years younger than our youngest) and I’m stumped! I’d love a girl name with an ‘L’ in it somewhere […]<\/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-14563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3iyiG-3MT","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14563","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=14563"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14566,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14563\/revisions\/14566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}