{"id":15758,"date":"2022-02-20T23:52:49","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T03:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/?p=15758"},"modified":"2022-02-21T00:20:46","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T04:20:46","slug":"baby-boy-l0puert0-brother-to-bear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/2022\/02\/20\/baby-boy-l0puert0-brother-to-bear\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Boy L0Puert0, Brother to Bear"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi Swistle,
\nWe have a really good name for our first-born son. Now with another baby boy on the way, my partner and I are STUCK. How can we give our second-born son a great name too?<\/p>\n

Surname will be L0Puert0 but swap the ‘uer’ for an ‘o.’<\/p>\n

My son’s name is Bear. It’s simple, but different. People know exactly how to spell it (sometimes it happens only after I clarify, ‘like the animal.’) I love the dual symbolism \u2014 Bears can be big and strong. But teddy bears can be soft and cuddly. It’s also a nickname I have for my partner.<\/p>\n

I want my new baby to have a name of his own, too. As a youngest child who was often compared to my siblings, it’s important to me that this baby can build his own path. Sometimes that starts with a name.<\/p>\n

If it’s helpful, we’re open to and seem to be leaning toward baby names and lists that have been categorized as hippie\/hipster or nature-inspired. One name that has made our brainstorm list is ‘Kai,’ but it’s too popular for us. But you can say we’re still leaning in the direction of a simple and easy to spell name for this baby.<\/p>\n

Please help us add to our ideas list!<\/p>\n

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

 <\/p>\n

This is a GREAT example of why I recommend thinking ahead to future sibling names while choosing a name for the first baby. It can feel too soon, and unnecessary, and hard enough to name the first one! But it can be so useful. Some names can make it very, very, very challenging to come up with sibling names, and it’s nice to know that going in.<\/p>\n

The first name that came to mind was Fox, but I don’t know if that’s too on the nose. Finch. Otter. Raven. Or Hawk? Wolf? Tiger? I don’t know. I would not want to be named Hawk or Wolf or Tiger, but perhaps a boy named Hawk or Wolf or Tiger would love it.<\/p>\n

I also thought of Lionel. But then it feels as if one child has an animal name, and the other has a hidden animal name—almost like it’s a wink\/joke.<\/p>\n

Similarly, I thought of Dane, then realized it could sound like a reference to Great Danes. Or Drake: I might not have thought of ducks (or rather, I absolutely would have, but I’m aware it’s also a name), except that there’s a brother named Bear, so maybe the duck tie-in is what they were going for. I still like Dane. Bear and Dane.<\/p>\n

A nature name might be nice. Stone. Flint. Heath. Orion. Sage. Cedar. Clay. Sunny. River. Ocean. Cove. Grove. Island. Canyon. Sky. Dell. Glen. Hart. (Not Forest. And nothing associated with hunting: no Hunter, Arrow, Colt, etc.) Maybe Ranger? Wilder? Scout? Walker?<\/p>\n

I wondered if Path might work as a name.<\/p>\n

Maybe something like Kip or Kit or Mac (or Bo, but probably too rhymey with the surname). Adventurous, friendly. (Kit, though, is a term used for some kinds of baby animal. This could be a plus or a minus.)<\/p>\n

I suspect we are going to be seeing more Nordic names soon (I base this on the way my eyes have started to linger on that section in The Baby Name Wizard<\/a>, rather than skipping it), and some of those seem to me to go nicely with Bear. Aksel\/Axel, Hans, Jens, Leif, Niels, Niko, Odin.<\/p>\n

Or Pax. This came to mind because I had a co-worker whose name was the Spanish word for bear, and she had a brother named Pax. Ace. Merit. Hugo. Zed. Tycho. Ty. Cape. Jude. Jules. Rufus. Joss. Bridge. Bowie. I am in sections of this baby name book I don’t often use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi Swistle, We have a really good name for our first-born son. Now with another baby boy on the way, my partner and I are STUCK. How can we give our second-born son a great name too? Surname will be L0Puert0 but swap the ‘uer’ for an ‘o.’ My son’s name is Bear. It’s simple, […]<\/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-15758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3iyiG-46a","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15758","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=15758"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15765,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15758\/revisions\/15765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}