{"id":15055,"date":"2020-11-24T11:59:21","date_gmt":"2020-11-24T15:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/?p=15055"},"modified":"2021-01-11T14:24:56","modified_gmt":"2021-01-11T18:24:56","slug":"baby-girl-carsons-with-a-p-sister-to-brady-and-campbell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/2020\/11\/24\/baby-girl-carsons-with-a-p-sister-to-brady-and-campbell\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Girl Carsons-with-a-P, Sister to Brady and Campbell"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi Swistle,<\/p>\n

Only six weeks left until baby girl is due to arrive, and we are at a loss for names. I would really appreciate an outside opinion.<\/p>\n

I’m Alexandra, but I go almost exclusively by Lexie, and my husband is Adam and the baby will have his surname, which sounds like Carsons, but it starts with a P.<\/p>\n

I had a son in high school who is named Brady Maximillian, who I named myself, and hubs and I share a two year old daughter, Campbell Louise. I am in LOVE with both their names, and think they make the cutest sibset. I really want this next name to complete it.<\/p>\n

To go with the old time-y middle name vibe, we have selected Josephine for this girl’s middle name.<\/p>\n

As for first names, we are a bit lost. Obviously our style is unisex surnames as names, although I would like the name to be prominently female, as it is with Campbell’s name.<\/p>\n

Some of our thoughts: Addison (too popular?), Ainsley (I like, he doesn’t) Blakely (too boyish and too similar to Brady), Delaney (sounds like a nickname?), Leighton (he likes, I don’t), Kennedy (don’t like nickname Kennie\/Kenny), and Harper (something feels off).<\/p>\n

For context, if this baby were a boy he would probably either be Spencer Adam, or Grant Michael.<\/p>\n

I hope you can help, any advice would be greatly appreciated!<\/p>\n

Thanks,
\nLexie<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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As I was reading the letter, I thought casually that it would be fun if this baby could have a name starting with D—like, not important enough to back ourselves into a corner, but it would be fun to have B\/C\/D, especially since you and your husband are both A (though you are practically-speaking an L). And, as you mentioned, it would be good to have another unisex-leaning-mostly-girl name like her sister’s name. And then you mentioned Delaney and my heart nearly stopped.<\/p>\n

I don’t normally beg. It’s not appropriate: you should do what YOU want, not what SWISTLE wants. But. DELANEY. DELANEY!! It doesn’t sound like a nickname to me at all (nicknames for it include Del and Laney), and I think it is a FABULOUS name that goes BEAUTIFULLY with your naming style. Elizabeth has a friend named Delaney, so I’ve had ample time to get accustomed to it and I will tell you that at least for ME, I have not gotten tired of hearing it or saying it, and if anything I like it better and better. Delaaaaaaaaaney!! Delaney Josephine (C)arsons! Brady, Campbell, and Delaney! Girl, you are DONE! You have done it! You do not need us at all!<\/p>\n

Okay. Okay. I will proceed as if I realize you still get to make the final decision.<\/p>\n

I do think Addison is a little popular for your naming style. Looking back at the Social Security Administration<\/a> data for when your son was born, the name Brady wasn’t yet in the Top 100. The name Campbell isn’t even in the Top 1000. But the name Addison was #47 in 2019, and has been in the Top 50 since 2006 so there will be plenty of Addisons in the grades above. Still, if that’s your top choice, I don’t think the popularity should rule it out: most people don’t know\/think as much as we do here about name popularity. Plus, I like that you’d have A, B, and C, though it bothers me a tiny tiny bit that they’re not in order and that the parents are also both A. It doesn’t bother me enough that it destroys the joy, and I don’t normally consider the parents’ names together with the children’s names—it’s ONLY that this time I had already thought it would be fun to have B\/C\/D after A. It also bothers me a tiny bit that the -on of Addison is echoed-but-not-quite in the -ons of the surname, but that is purely subjective and for someone else might be a positive.<\/p>\n

Ainsley is more the popularity ranking I’d be looking for: it was #475 in 2019. In long-gone days I wouldn’t have spent much more time discussing it, since you say your husband doesn’t like it—but we have learned here to leave room for the “My husband hates it” letter combined with a “We used it!” follow-up. So I will go on to say that I again enjoy the A\/B\/C situation, and that I think Brady, Campbell, and Ainsley is a great sibling set.<\/p>\n

I reluctantly agree with half your assessment of Blakely: I don’t find it too boyish (and the usage was 1,607 new baby girls named Blakely and 17 new baby boys in 2019), but I do find it too similar to Brady.<\/p>\n

I think Leighton is another really good option. It was #414 in 2019, and I think it’s nice in the sibling group. Brady, Campbell, and Leighton.<\/p>\n

Kennedy is more popular: #67 in 2019. I’m hoping to hear from some people who are named Kennedy or who know a Kennedy: DO they get called Kenny? I wouldn’t have gone to that; for whatever reason, it doesn’t feel like a natural nickname to me, even though it meets all the qualifications for a natural nickname.<\/p>\n

Harper is surprisingly popular; I say “surprisingly” because it made such a rapid ascent once it got going:<\/p>\n

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(image from ssa.gov)<\/p><\/div>\n

I don’t like the sound of it with the surname: the rhyming and not-quite-rhyming bounce of Har-\/-per\/-Par bothers my mouth. I wonder if that’s what’s feeling off to you, too.<\/p>\n

(I VOTE DELANEY.)<\/p>\n

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

Hi Swistle, <\/p>\n

Name Update here! Baby girl (P)arsons arrived happy and healthy on January 8th, to the absolute delight of older siblings Brady and Campbell. <\/p>\n

We named our daughter Delaney Josephine. Brother and sister have already started calling her Laney. <\/p>\n

Thank you so much Swistle for posting my question, and giving me more suggestions. I really appreciate the help and suggestions of you and all your readers. In the end, I realized Delaney was the name I loved the most and fit best with our family. Runner up was Ainsley. <\/p>\n

I hope this brought a smile to someone who was rooting for Delaney, despite the stressful times. <\/p>\n

Many thanks,
\nLexie, Adam, Brady, Campbell and Delaney, <\/p>\n

P.S. – I attached a photo of our sweet girl you can share with your readers<\/p>\n

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