{"id":14586,"date":"2020-03-17T07:34:58","date_gmt":"2020-03-17T11:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/?p=14586"},"modified":"2020-06-01T18:47:29","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T22:47:29","slug":"baby-girl-shoals-with-a-b-sister-to-wilder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/2020\/03\/17\/baby-girl-shoals-with-a-b-sister-to-wilder\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Girl Shoals-with-a-B, Sister to Wilder"},"content":{"rendered":"

[My workplace has closed<\/a>, leaving me with time on my hands and nowhere to go to use that time. It seemed to me it might be pleasant right now to distract ourselves with naming babies.]<\/p>\n

Dear Swistle,<\/p>\n

I\u2019m a long-time reader and excited to be writing you! Our family is me, my husband, our toddler son Wilder, and a baby girl coming in the spring. Our last name sounds like Shoals with a B. We chose Wilder\u2019s name because it\u2019s uncommon but not totally out there (at least here in the PNW) and it has a literary feel as well as appealing to our family\u2019s love of the outdoors. It suits him well and we’re perfectly happy with it.<\/p>\n

For this baby, the front runners we both like are:<\/p>\n

Maren Elizabeth
\nMaren Lucille
\nVivienne Brook (nn Vivi)
\nBrook Lucille<\/p>\n

My husband would like to incorporate the names of his grandmothers\u2014Lillian and Lucille\u2014which I\u2019m open to, but I don\u2019t like the obvious nicknames Lily or Lucy. I\u2019d be open to Lou as a first name or Lilou as a middle name. Wilder\u2019s middle name is an honor name from my husband\u2019s side. I\u2019ve thought and thought about an honor name from my side, and while it would be so nice, the only one I like enough is my own middle name, Elizabeth.<\/p>\n

I like the names Allie and Margot too, but my husband doesn\u2019t love those.<\/p>\n

As for other must-haves: It must sound nice as a full name (I can get pretty caught up in wanting a name with great cadence) and go well enough with big brother\u2019s name. This might be our last baby, but we’re not sure.<\/p>\n

What do you think? I\u2019d love to hear if one of these front runners is your favorite or if you or your readers have any new ideas!<\/p>\n

Thanks for any ideas!
\nMeg<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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With Wilder, my favorite is Maren. Vivienne feels spirited but dressy to me, in contrast to the outdoorsy Wilder; and Brook, while I see and appreciate the nature reference, doesn’t feel as fresh and contemporary as Wilder.<\/p>\n

If Wilder’s middle name is an honor name from your husband’s side, and especially if the children also have their father’s family’s surname, then my favorite middle name is Elizabeth after you.<\/p>\n

Other names to consider:<\/p>\n

Azalea
\nBianca
\nClaudia
\nDahlia
\nDaisy
\nDelia
\nEliza
\nEloise
\nFiona
\nFlora
\nGreta
\nHazel
\nImogen
\nIsla
\nIvy
\nJuniper (repeated ending with Wilder)
\nLiberty
\nLorelei
\nMelody
\nMinerva
\nMirren
\nPenelope
\nRomilly
\nRosalie
\nRosemary
\nRuby
\nSally
\nVerity<\/p>\n

(Prairie might be too on-the-nose with Wilder, but I admit I am tempted to suggest it. So Ingalls! The name Eliza is a subtler connection, since Eliza Wilder was the name of Almanzo Wilder’s sister.)<\/p>\n

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

Thank you for all the fun name ideas! Our beautiful Maren Elizabeth was born on May 8, nearly two weeks later than her due date. We’re so happy with her name! And it has come to mean a lot to me that we share a middle name. I hope it makes her feel special, too.<\/p>\n

Attached is a photo of our little “Sea Star” :)<\/p>\n

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