{"id":14664,"date":"2020-04-13T09:13:55","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T13:13:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/?p=14664"},"modified":"2020-06-08T15:08:12","modified_gmt":"2020-06-08T19:08:12","slug":"baby-girl-or-boy-nordson-sibling-to-warren-lee-and-hugh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/2020\/04\/13\/baby-girl-or-boy-nordson-sibling-to-warren-lee-and-hugh\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Girl or Boy Nordson, Sibling to Warren, Lee, and Hugh"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi, Swistle!<\/p>\n

You and your amazing readers helped me mull over the name for my 3rd “and last” baby<\/a> back in 2018, but now I have a new last baby (for sure this time) to name who should be arriving the first week of June. And what a great time it is to have a baby! Nothing to worry about at all, except for the name, right?<\/p>\n

All the kid’s last names are kind of like “Nordson”, which they share with their dad. I am Becca and my husband is Don. The kids are Warren, Lee and Hugh. We do not know the baby’s sex for sure this time due to the baby not cooperating very well, but during a brief moment of cooperation the sonographer and I agreed it sort of looked like it could be a girl. I think we have the name we want for a boy mostly figured out anyway, so I want to talk about girl names.<\/p>\n

I have loved names forever, but I am currently unenthused.<\/p>\n

We had agreed to Athena, Don’s favorite since forever, but I don’t actually like it. I see what there is to like about the name, but I don’t like the “theen” sound, or the A–a format, or the way it has shot up the popularity charts. Also, a goddess name seems like too much compared to the more down to earth feeling I think my other kid’s names have. I thought I would maybe call her Nina as a nickname, but actually I really want to love her full name. Don doesn’t want just Nina.<\/p>\n

My favorite girl name is Leona, but we can’t use it because of big bro Lee. I like that it is simple but pretty with a sort of Wonder Woman vibe for me. Don likes it too, so too bad we can’t use it.<\/p>\n

We both like Fay\/e, but I don’t know about another 1 syllable name. Lee, Hugh and Fay sound funny together. Another strike is that Don had a grandma named Fay who we would not be intentionally honoring. I also worry that it maybe has a Southern feeling that we are not going for.<\/p>\n

Mary is another one we have both liked for a long time that suddenly seems a little lackluster to me, especially with the last name.<\/p>\n

Meryl is what we agreed to name a daughter back we we were first dating (as teens, eek!). Warren was the boy name, so it’s kind of a cute idea to end up using both. Don would be OK with it, but not excited. I feel the same except for the sentimentality.<\/p>\n

Muriel is one we almost agreed to. I like the meaning and origin (means bright sea and is an ancient Celtic name). I worry it isn’t pretty enough- it seems to get a lot of hate. I think Don feels the same because he keeps suggesting Murielle instead, then saying “or Muriel, whatever”. I don’t like the pronunciation of the alternative spelling: mure-YELL. I don’t think we will use this one.<\/p>\n

I am not too worried about the middle name right now, but I like the idea of Rebecca after me. We’ll get to that later, though.<\/p>\n

I am getting distressed. I have no more ideas and only 8 weeks left! What would you and your readers suggest?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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I think Mary would be a surprisingly fresh choice. There was a Mary in preschool with one of my kids, and I remember the first time I heard that was her name, leaping from “not even really seeing that name in the baby name book” to “!!!!”<\/p>\n

Other names I have encountered on babies or little children that gave me that same little shock:<\/p>\n

Betsy
\nColleen
\nEllen
\nHarriet
\nLynn (seems too similar to Lee)
\nRuth (seems too similar to Hugh)
\nSusan (maybe too soon for another long-U sound)<\/p>\n

And I haven’t seen it on a person yet, but the other day Miss Grace<\/a> mentioned the name Bonnie and I had that same “!!!!” reaction. Warren, Lee, Hugh, and Bonnie. Bonnie Rebecca Nordson. I love it.<\/p>\n

I don’t think it seems weird to add another one-syllable name such as Faye (though I see what you mean when I say the sibling names all together). But I would cross it off the list because of the grandma you wouldn’t be intending to honor; that seems awkward (though I think it could be figured out if you really loved the name and wanted to use it). I wondered about Kay\/Kaye, instead. I like the look of Kay\/Kaye more than the sound of it: it sounds like the initial “K.” to me when I say it. Maybe May? Warren, Lee, Hugh, and May. Well, now I am re-thinking the one-syllable thing, but I don’t know if that’s just because I was looking for it. It might not be the number of syllables; it might be more that we need some more strong consonant sounds in there after the softer sounds of Lee and Hugh. Warren, Lee, Hugh, and Claire. Warren, Lee, Hugh, and Jean. Hm. I can’t tell.<\/p>\n

I think Athena is a little odd in the sibling group, but on the other hand it’s pretty common for parents to have different naming styles for boys and for girls, so it’s not the shock it would be if you had Warren, Lee, Hugh, and Apollo. If you weren’t considering using your own name as her middle name (an idea I LOVE, and I wish it were as common in our culture to use the mother’s name as it is to use the father’s), I would suggest using Athena as the middle name. But I have fastened onto the idea of using your name, and cannot let it out of my clutches.<\/p>\n

Leona makes me think of Lois. Warren, Lee, Hugh, and Lois. Lois Rebecca Nordson. I love that.<\/p>\n

I wonder if you’d like Sally? Warren, Lee, Hugh and Sally. Sally Rebecca Nordson. Ug, I love that too.<\/p>\n

Or Polly? Polly used to be a nickname for Mary, though that is less commonly known now<\/a>. Warren, Lee, Hugh, and Polly. Polly Rebecca Nordson.<\/p>\n

Or Peggy. Warren, Lee, Hugh, and Peggy. Peggy Rebecca Nordson. That gives my heart a little pang. I am not sure if I would use Margaret as the given name and Peggy as the nickname, or go straight to the given name Peggy. Probably I would use Margaret, but that’s at least in part because I also love the name Margaret.<\/p>\n

Is Claudia too many syllables? Warren, Lee, Hugh, and Claudia. Claudia Rebecca Nordson.<\/p>\n

I wonder if the name Marian would give the name Mary a little boost. Warren, Lee, Hugh, and Marian. Marian Rebecca Nordson. Marian Nordson has an -n\/N- situation, but it just leads to the name being a little N-heavy, rather than leading to confusion or awkwardness.<\/p>\n

I like Agatha with the sibling names. And I notice that although it isn’t at all like Athena in style, and I wouldn’t usually think to recommend the name Agatha to someone who had Athena on their list, the names DO have some things in common, letter- and sound-wise. That is, I wouldn’t say to your husband, “You like Athena—how about Agatha?,” but I might say, “How about Agatha? …Oh, and this is an interesting coincidence: it has an A- and a -th- and an -a and three syllables like Athena.” Warren, Lee, Hugh, and Agatha. Agatha Rebecca Nordson.<\/p>\n

Louise is another warm name to me. Warren, Lee, Hugh, and Louise. Louise Rebecca Nordson.<\/p>\n

Oh, or FERN! What about Fern? I don’t know if I like the sound of Fern Nordson, though: that’s a lot of R and N. Warren, Lee, Hugh, and Fern.<\/p>\n

You mentioned a Wonder Woman vibe, which made me wonder if you’d like Wonder Woman’s first name: Diana. Warren, Lee, Hugh, and Diana. Diana Rebecca Nordson.<\/p>\n

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

Hi! Our last baby and first daughter was born a few days ago, and she has a name! We finally settled on Muriel. I realized that I do think it is a pretty name, and was too worried about random peoples’ negative opinions I had read on the internet before. Don loves it too, and was not sometimes using an alternate pronunciation intentionally, he just does that \ud83d\ude05.
\nI was alone at the hospital the whole time, and wasn’t sure what we agreed on for the middle name so she has 2! Muriel Athena Rebecca Nordson is home now and the whole family is doing great.<\/p>\n

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