{"id":15614,"date":"2021-10-27T09:29:06","date_gmt":"2021-10-27T13:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/?p=15614"},"modified":"2021-10-27T14:25:00","modified_gmt":"2021-10-27T18:25:00","slug":"baby-girl-or-boy-sibling-to-ev-and-blyth3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/2021\/10\/27\/baby-girl-or-boy-sibling-to-ev-and-blyth3\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Girl or Boy, Sibling to Ev@ and Blyth3"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi Swistle<\/p>\n

We are expecting our (very surprise!) third baby.<\/p>\n

Our first child, a girl, is Ev@ Rrruth (without the extra letters). Rrruth is a family middle name. She kind of named herself even before conception!<\/p>\n

Our second child, a boy, is Blyth3 Reub3n. We settled on Blyth3 on our second day in hospital after finding our almost-sure-but-not-quite choice, Alistair, just didn\u2019t fit – and neither did our second almost-maybe-possibly choice, Toby. Blyth3 had positive associations for me, being a fan of Anne of Green Gables; and it has come to fit him so beautifully, despite the funny looks we occasionally get: He\u2019s quirky, cheerful, and delightfully cuddly and affectionate!<\/p>\n

Our choices for a third girl are fairly well settled: either M@e Ruby (my first pick) or S@brina Ruby (my husband\u2019s top favourite, and my third favourite). My only qualm about M@e (though I ADORE it!) is that I specifically want that spelling, but I suspect I\u2019m going to subject her to a lifetime of \u201cM@e with an \u2018e\u2019, not a \u2018y\u2019\u201d fun! What do you think?<\/p>\n

For a boy, it\u2019s tricky. Here\u2019s why:<\/p>\n

– We really want to stick with the R middle name convention, due to a multitude of R family names across the board. But, we want to find one that isn\u2019t too modern compared with our more classic name choices – e.g. Ryan; and not too stuffy – e.g. Richard). We have the names Robert, Roy and Ronald in the family – but I feel very \u201cmeh\u201d about them, as I feel they sort of slide toward that stuffy category. Perhaps Ronald not quite so much as the other two, but still. I feel stuck for good options!<\/p>\n

– Despite bending our idea a little with S@brina as a contender for a girl, I think it would be nice to aim for a one or two syllable name, if possible, to tie in with her siblings\u2019 names. This isn\u2019t a dealbreaker though.<\/p>\n

– I quite like the name D@rcy, for a boy, but I can\u2019t decide if it would be cute or ridiculous to have a Blyth3 AND a D@rcy (yes, I\u2019m a fan of both Anne of Green Gables and Pride & Prejudice!)<\/p>\n

Swistle, I\u2019m hoping you can help unravel my thinking and come up with some brilliant ideas to solve my baby name jigsaw puzzle!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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I think the name May\/M@e is widly understood to have two spellings, and that whichever spelling you use, you\/she will need to clarify the spelling each time. As a Kristen who has to clarify that it’s a K not a C and an E not an I, I can report that this feels very normal, and does not feel like a reason to avoid a name: MANY names have multiple spellings. Even better: the name is so short, it’s a quick and easy clarification: “M@e, that’s M-A-E.”<\/p>\n

For an R- middle name for a boy, I suggest not worrying about coordinating the style with the other children’s middle names: that feels like an issue that matters only during the naming process, if then, and then never again. But here are a few more options: Robin, Raphael, Roland, Roderick, Rufus, Rupert, Reid, Randell, Russell, Raymond, Rhys, Redford, Richmond, Rowan.<\/p>\n

I think the name D@rcy is a terrific idea. I like the literary tie-in (they’re even both literary surnames!), and I like the coordinating usage: in the United States<\/a>, the name Blyth3 is unisex used more often for girls (87 new baby girls and 10 new baby boys given the name in 2020), and so is the name D@rcy (194 new baby girls and 9 new baby boys given the name in 2020)—and yet BOTH namesakes are male characters. Very pleasing. Ev@, Blyth3, and D@rcy.<\/p>\n

Without a surname to work with, it’s hard to make additional suggestions—but I don’t even feel the urge to make additional suggestions. I think M@e\/D@rcy are great.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi Swistle We are expecting our (very surprise!) third baby. Our first child, a girl, is Ev@ Rrruth (without the extra letters). Rrruth is a family middle name. She kind of named herself even before conception! Our second child, a boy, is Blyth3 Reub3n. We settled on Blyth3 on our second day in hospital after […]<\/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-15614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3iyiG-43Q","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15614","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=15614"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15616,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15614\/revisions\/15616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}