{"id":15860,"date":"2022-05-16T14:34:25","date_gmt":"2022-05-16T18:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/?p=15860"},"modified":"2022-05-16T14:34:25","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T18:34:25","slug":"baby-girl-all-corn-sister-to-stone-and-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/2022\/05\/16\/baby-girl-all-corn-sister-to-stone-and-august\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Girl All-corn, Sister to Stone and August"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi Swistle! You helped me name<\/a> my first son in 2018, Stone Jameson (Stone is a beloved surname in my family and my husband is James). Since then, we have had another son August Burgess (both dear family names) and have a baby sister on the way. Our last name is pronounced like all-corn.<\/p>\n

We are at a loss! I love a gender-neutral name, though I’ve read your recent posts and understand what that term actually means. I guess I mean that I love a more masculine leaning name for a girl. Our second would have been August, either gender. We don’t have many family names left that appeal to us, but are struggling with plucking a name out of thin air when our other two have names that are so rooted in family history. I also love a “pre-existing noun name”. I understand those are uniquely trendy right now, but it does somewhat fit a theme we unintentionally have going on. I also won’t use a name that’s too high in the top 200. I am in the south, so I am comfortable with a double-name, though it’s probably not my first preference.<\/p>\n

One non-negotiable rule that I have is that my father’s middle name: George, must be incorporated somehow. I do not love Georgia but am OK with Georgette, Georgie, Georgeann. Though, frankly, I would probably name her plain old George with an overly feminine middle name if I could get my husband on board. (How hard would your readers roll their eyes at a girl named George? I find it cute but maybe that’s just a demonstration of my commitment to masculine leaning names for girls)<\/p>\n

Some non-sentimental names we like but either won’t use or aren’t sold on:
\nOlive (this was my first choice but my closest friend is using it. It’s unquestionably off the table).
\nMeritt
\nGoldie
\nLouise
\nLaine
\nOpal
\nIris
\nRuby
\nAstrid
\nIngrid
\nMargot
\nGraysen
\nFrances (Frankie)
\nMiller
\nCollins
\nCampbell
\nSterling<\/p>\n

Some family names that we like but aren’t sold on:
\nEllis (tribute to my grandmother, Ellen)
\nPearl (tribute to the surname Paryl in my lineage)
\nAlice (tribute to a grandmother)
\nWelch, Whitson, Barnes, Conley (family surnames. We see some potential in Emma Welch, Mary Barnes, Ann Conley etc., though they seem almost weak next to Stone and August)
\nJosephine (only as a potential middle name. Family name on both sides)
\nCaroline\/Carolina (tribute to my MIL Carol. Only as a potential a middle name)<\/p>\n

I feel like my taste is somewhat all over the map and we are having a hard time agreeing on anything. I need your help!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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I’m with you: I would prefer to have some similar family history for her name. I KNOW it’s common to run out of good honor names after a couple of children, and so if there’s nothing left, there’s nothing left—but it feels particularly uncomfortable to have a girl with no significant family names after having two boys with VERY significant family names.<\/p>\n

So, looking first at the family names. I feel tepid about the tribute names: when you’ve used Stone-not-Steve, and Burgess-not-[I can’t think of a modified version of Burgess, but you get my meaning], it seems like even more of a diluted honor to switch to modified names for the daughter. How is Paryl pronounced, and is Paryl a recent and beloved family surname (as opposed to something unfamiliar discovered way back in the family tree)? She would have to spell it and pronounce it for people her entire life, but it would certainly be a meaningful and distinctive and significant name. If it is pronounced like Peril, I might save it as a middle name. Well, or I might just seize upon the roller-derby-style coolness of it, and also claim that it honored my mother-in-law by rhyming with her name! Stone, August, and Paryl. This is really growing on me. “It’s a family name” is just such a good and simple and satisfying explanation, and I would not personally object to being named Paryl if it were a family surname. Paryl George All-corn. Nickname Parry\/Perry, or she could go by Georgie. In one paragraph I have talked myself into this being my first choice.<\/p>\n

Conley leaps out at me as another possible first name. Stone, August, and Conley. Conley All-corn. Conley Georgette All-corn.<\/p>\n

I am thinking about Whitson. The Whit- of names such as Whitney; the -son like in Allison and Madison. Hm. I think it works. If I saw it in the wild I might guess it was a boy name, but I would not be shocked to learn I was wrong, and also I remember you are in favor of boyish names for girls. Stone, August, and Whitson. Whitson All-corn. Whitson Georgina All-corn.<\/p>\n

You mention Ann in a couple of contexts, which along with George makes me think of Georgianna. I like the way it makes Georgie such a natural nickname, or maybe she’s more of an Annie and that would be available to her too. Georgianna Paryl All-corn. Georgianna Whitson All-corn. Georgianna Josephine All-corn.<\/p>\n

If a family first name just won’t work out, a name I’d pull from the won’t use \/ aren’t sold on (I’d be hoping it was the latter) list is Laine, which I’d spell Lane to increase the unisex\/noun aspect. Stone, August, and Lane. Lane George All-corn.<\/p>\n

A name from my own list you may have already considered but it came to mind because of Olive and Iris and Ruby and so forth: Ivy. Stone, August, and Ivy. Ivy George All-corn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi Swistle! You helped me name my first son in 2018, Stone Jameson (Stone is a beloved surname in my family and my husband is James). Since then, we have had another son August Burgess (both dear family names) and have a baby sister on the way. Our last name is pronounced like all-corn. We […]<\/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-15860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3iyiG-47O","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15860","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=15860"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15860\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15862,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15860\/revisions\/15862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}