{"id":15746,"date":"2022-02-08T20:52:34","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T00:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/?p=15746"},"modified":"2022-07-01T20:13:44","modified_gmt":"2022-07-02T00:13:44","slug":"baby-girl-sister-to-jack-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/2022\/02\/08\/baby-girl-sister-to-jack-june\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Girl, Sister to Jack: June?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello, Swistle!<\/p>\n

We are due with a baby girl in April. We have one son named Jack. Our surname is two syllables, ends in an \u201cs,\u201d and is very common (think Williams).<\/p>\n

My husband and I have extremely different taste in names, and it\u2019s been hard to pin down a final name for our daughter. Right now our top contender is June. We both love the name, but I\u2019m concerned it\u2019s too close to Jack? We want at least 4 children, and we don\u2019t plan on carrying on a one-syllable J theme. Would it be odd to have two J\u2019s right next to each other, then not continue that trend? Am I overthinking?<\/p>\n

In addition, my brother recently started seriously dating a lovely girl named June; however, she spells it \u201cJoon,\u201d or \u201cJoonie,\u201d and it\u2019s a nickname for something else. My family exclusively calls her \u201cJoonie,\u201d though, so I\u2019m worried adding another June\/Junie would be very confusing? This isn\u2019t a dealbreaker for me, as relationships come and go, and we liked the name before they started dating. It\u2019s just another factor adding to my confusion!<\/p>\n

I also love the names Etta, Georgia, and Rosie, and he loves Lila. I don\u2019t mind Lila, but it doesn\u2019t feel like \u201cthe one\u201d for this baby. I\u2019m also afraid it might be the next big name, and I don\u2019t love the idea of naming her something with equal popularity to \u201cJack.\u201d To get a further sense of our name style, had she been a boy, I very much liked the names Lewis or Simon.<\/p>\n

Note: if we don’t end up naming her June, we won\u2019t be using it as a middle name. We would save it as a future first name for another daughter, should we have a second.<\/p>\n

I would love your thoughts, or additional name suggestions that have a similar vibe to June!<\/p>\n

Thanks so much.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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I think Jack and June is cute, and that it would be considered cute. It isn’t like John and Jane (a pairing we briefly considered for our twins, because we liked the names separately, but we nearly instantly vetoed it), where there’s another shared consonant sound AND a negative association (John\/Jane Doe): the initial is the same, and they’re both one-syllable names, but the other sounds are completely different. If you imagine hollering one name up the stairs, the other child is not going to think you’re calling them. But it IS cute: it sounds like it could be the name of a company, and in fact if you search online you’ll find several.<\/p>\n

For me, the primary consideration against it is that you’re planning more kids—and so that’s where I’d start: naming a pretend third (and possibly fourth) child. Imagine that you have named your secondborn June, so you have Jack, June, and ? If you feel like you can come up with more names for that sibling set (and can hold on after the third one is named and seems like odd-one-out for awhile, until the fourth one is named and makes the situation more stable), then I think you’re okay: you wouldn’t even WANT to continue the one-syllable J-name theme. So if you like Jack, June, Lila, and Georgia, or Jack, June, Louis, and Simon, then everything is fine and I think you should just go right ahead and use the name you like best. If, however, you feel uneasy when you try to choose a third\/fourth, then maybe you’d rather go with the plan to use something different this time and save June for a possible second girl. Sometimes a sibling in between can make all the difference.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, as soon as I write that, I wonder if it might not be particularly charming to have the older kids with similar names and maybe the younger kids also with similar names? Jack and June, Lila and Louis? I love that. I realize we can’t know how many kids you’ll have or what their sexes will be; it’s more that I think if you DO feel like THIS BABY is June, I can see real potential for having fun (as opposed to feeling painted into a corner) with future names. You can write to us again! We will help with the fun!<\/p>\n

I can see how your brother’s new girlfriend’s name is making things feel a little unsettled. I would feel the same way. It sounds to me as if you have that in perspective, though: you know she may not last, and\/or that she may last awhile and then be a painful association, and\/or that she may be a permanent addition to the family. The difference in spelling does make a difference to me, as does the fact that it’s a nickname for another name. But I can also see how this might be one too many complications, and may be an argument for saving the name for later.<\/p>\n

I’m obviously completely guessing, and also you should keep in mind that I was very surprised when Charlotte and Evelyn went Top 10, so it’s not as if I have a keen and reputable track record—but it seems to me the name Lila already had its run for the top, and since then has fallen back to settle comfortably in the 200s:<\/p>\n

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(screenshot from https:\/\/www.ssa.gov\/OACT\/babynames\/)<\/p><\/div>\n

It shoots up all of a sudden there starting in 1998 (notice that before that it had been out of the Top 1000 since 1982); and anyone considering it in 2006-2010 would have good reason for thinking it was heading up the way Isabella\/Charlotte\/Emma\/etc. did. But then it just stalls out. It hangs around for awhile thinking about it in 2010-2014, but by 2015 it’s decided it’s happy where it is and isn’t going to try for queen of the hill. Then we have a good five years or so chilling in the 200s, which is a lovely place for a name to be: familiar and non-startling, but also not very common at all.<\/p>\n

I’m interested in the question about names similar to June, because I feel like there are surprisingly few. June is vintage, but not COMMON vintage like Jane; it’s a month, which puts it in the special\/noun category; it’s one syllable, which adds another level of distinction. I am hoping commenters can help with this; some of the ones I’m coming up with are more like June combined with other names on your list. The Baby Name Wizard<\/a> suggests Rose, Eva, Iris, Joy, Ruby, May. I would add Jane, Jean, Joan; they don’t solve your issue, and none of them are quite right, but they’re adjacent, and may lead us to think of other possible candidates. Fiona and Simone (Simone would rule out Simon) keep coming to my mind even though I would not really put them in the same category. Ruth? Louise (would rule out Lewis\/Louis)? Eliza? Frances\/Frankie. Kay(e). Polly, Sally, Leigh, Lynn—all names I think would sound extremely fresh on a new baby. Cora, Clara. Mabel. Pearl. Ada, Alice, Greta. I might look at botanical names: Violet, Dahlia\/Dalia, Laurel, Olive, Hazel. Oh! Fern?? Flora? IVY!!<\/p>\n

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

Hi, Swistle! <\/p>\n

Our sweet June Elisabeth was born in April. When it came down to it, we just couldn\u2019t resist the magic of June\u2014you were right, there\u2019s nothing quite like it! Plus, it fits her perfectly. Thanks to you and your readers for the input!<\/p>\n

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