{"id":15257,"date":"2021-02-10T10:12:19","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T14:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/?p=15257"},"modified":"2021-02-10T16:00:53","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T20:00:53","slug":"baby-girl-weigh-with-a-b-sister-to-elijah-eli-ezra-and-ethan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/2021\/02\/10\/baby-girl-weigh-with-a-b-sister-to-elijah-eli-ezra-and-ethan\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Girl Weigh-with-a-B, Sister to Elijah (Eli), Ezra, and Ethan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi Swistle!<\/p>\n

You helped us pick a name<\/a> 2 years ago for our 3rd boy. We are excited to announce we are adding a little girl to our family in February 2021. We are completely stumped on the name though. Our last name sounds like weigh with a B. I am Kandice and go by Kandi and husband Adam. We have 3 boys. Elijah (Eli) Reid, Ezra Lucas and Ethan Alexander. Since we went with three E names I feel like we have to follow our pattern with the fourth even though it’s a girl this time. Names we like include Eden, Evelyn, Emilia, Eloise. Non-E names I like are Iris and Norah. I like names that can be shortened to a nickname like with above,, Evie, Emmie, Ellie, etc. For a middle name I would like to go with Joy which is my mom’s middle name but I’m not sure it goes well with the names we like. Please help us!<\/p>\n

Thank you!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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As I did last time, I will say something you already know, which is that you really do not have to use an E name. We get to choose only a very, very limited number of baby names in our lives, and it seems like a shame to narrow those choices so drastically and so arbitrarily. Why give up the category “Names We LOVE” in exchange for the category “Names that Start with the Same Letter as the First Name We Chose”? Well. I do see how these things happen. And if you LOVE the idea of all the kids’ names starting with an E, and if drastically narrowing the name-choice field is helpful and reduces naming stress rather than increasing it, well then why not. Let’s look at names on your list.<\/p>\n

I think Eden is way too close to Ethan. Also, it adds a third long-E to the group, and I find it a little uncomfortable to say with your surname, and a little uncomfortable as part of a run of biblical names. I do like the way it repeats the ending of Ethan, so you’d have two E-names that end in -a\/-ah and two that end in -an\/-en.<\/p>\n

I like Evelyn. I like it with your surname. I like that it gives you two -ah\/-a endings and two -an\/-yn endings. I like that it gives you two 2-syllable names and two 3-syllable names. I like that it gives you two long-E names and two short-E names. I like that it adds a new consonant sound. This is my top choice from your list.<\/p>\n

I think Emilia is pretty close to Elijah. And it adds a third -a\/-ah ending to the group. Also, I know it’s an established alternate spelling for Amelia, but in this situation it feels like the spelling was chosen just to get an E name. But if it turns out to be your favorite, I think it works fine, and I think it’s good with the surname.<\/p>\n

I LOVE Eloise; it’s on my own list. I like that it gives you two 2-syllable names and two 3-syllable names. I like that it adds a fresh ending. I think it’s great with the surname. But if you’re planning to shorten it to Ellie, I think that’s way too close to Eli.<\/p>\n

I think Joy works great with most names, and is terrific with Evelyn, Emilia, and Eloise; I think it works fine with Eden.<\/p>\n

I am sure you have pored over the E section of the baby name book so many times we can’t possibly come up with names you haven’t yet considered—but sometimes hearing someone else advocate for a name can put it back into the running, so let’s spend some time mentioning more E names we like.<\/p>\n

Another E name from my own list is Eliza. I love it so much. I do think it is probably too close to Ezra [edited to add: and I agree with commenters it’s MUCH too close to Elijah], and also there is the same issue with Eli if you’d like to call her Ellie. But I think it’s fabulous with your surname.<\/p>\n

Esther. Ancient and lovely, and biblical like your boys’ names. When I say the names aloud, I wonder if it is too close to Ezra; the sounds are very similar.<\/p>\n

Eleanor. Again, the Eli issue if you want to call her Ellie. You could call her Nora, but of course she could still choose to go by Ellie. But gorgeous with your surname.<\/p>\n

Ellery, Ellison, Eliana, Elena, Ella, Elodie, Elsa, Elspeth—all have the Eli\/Ellie problem.<\/p>\n

Emberley, Everly. It doesn’t seem to me that these fit your usual style, but they can be shortened to Emmie\/Evvie, and I think they’re cute with the surname.<\/p>\n

Emmeline. I love this. Elijah, Ezra, Ethan, and Emmeline.<\/p>\n

Evalina\/Evelina. I know a little girl with this name, and I find the name wears well and continues to be fun to say. I love it with your surname, and I like that it gives a new consonant sound. It does give you three -a\/-ah endings.<\/p>\n

Estelle. You could call her Essie or Stella.<\/p>\n

Eva. Gives you a third long-E name, but I still love it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi Swistle! You helped us pick a name 2 years ago for our 3rd boy. We are excited to announce we are adding a little girl to our family in February 2021. We are completely stumped on the name though. Our last name sounds like weigh with a B. I am Kandice and go by […]<\/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-15257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3iyiG-3Y5","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15257","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=15257"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15263,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15257\/revisions\/15263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}