{"id":15950,"date":"2022-07-29T19:10:02","date_gmt":"2022-07-29T23:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/?p=15950"},"modified":"2022-08-17T20:39:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T00:39:00","slug":"baby-belston-without-the-b-sibling-to-aidy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/2022\/07\/29\/baby-belston-without-the-b-sibling-to-aidy\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Belston-without-the-B, Sibling to Aidy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi Swistle!<\/p>\n

Our second baby is due at the end of July, and we do not know the sex. We have one daughter, Aidy June. Our last name is Belston-without-the-B. The naming experience of our first was unexpected – Aidy was on our long list but not our short list – I don’t think we even verbalized the name as one we loved, someone just added it at random. We thought she was going to be Mabel, and it just didn’t fit so we spent 24hrs ‘trying on’ names for her, and out of nowhere, Aidy landed and felt totally perfect. So it’s interesting this time, trying to avoid a name list getting out of control when every name we don’t dislike feels like a possibility we don’t want to forget about, and feeling that we can’t concretely name this kid til we get to meet.<\/p>\n

Some of our personal name feelings: my partner’s birth name is Elizabeth, but parents always intended to use Beth, and she has always wished her name was just Beth to begin with – so we have no plans to name a kid the traditional version of a name if we prefer and intend to use the nickname. My name is Camilla, which I disliked a lot as a child but feel more positively about as an adult, and also use Cam in certain circles.<\/p>\n

Our naming style is short and snappy. I enjoy a fresh, unexpected name, but one that is easily understood when read or verbalized (although saying that, we still get “Addie” more than I expected. For example, when we introduce her at the park to a new person, and then they try to recall her name next time, it is always “Addie”). We also enjoy the opportunity for a quirky, out-there middle name if it works.<\/p>\n

Names we like the most right now: Maeve (if assigned female at birth) and Kit (neutral). We’d like three kids, and the sibset Aidy, Maeve and Kit is really pleasing to me. I love all the names with our last name.<\/p>\n

What gives me pause with these names is a) does the Irish heritage of Maeve stand out oddly in the sibset? b) is Maeve going to be the next Ava? c) it sits on the more feminine end of the spectrum than I prefer and d) I truly love Kit, and yet it feels unfinished in my mouth (I know it is traditionally a nickname). I also worry about having to spell it all the time. When I introduce myself as “Cam”, most people say “Pam?” and then I say “C-A-M”. It’s a minor annoyance, but one I would prefer to not have. I worry about resolving my kid to either needing to spell their name for life, or people asking what it is short for. In the back of my mind I feel that with the right name, these things won’t matter and if they matter right now, they are not the right names.<\/p>\n

Other names we enjoy: Otto, Bryn, Enid, Ira, Veda, Ripley, Nola, Fable, Ivy.<\/p>\n

I also feel a lot of joy about these names connected to the last name, but feel a little unsure about when standalone: Penny, Mackie.<\/p>\n

I love love love, and my partner doesn’t (but they are still on the table) – Clover, Arlo.<\/p>\n

My partner currently loves Elodie and Elias. Elodie is more feminine than I prefer, and Elias, too popular… but my partner is growing this baby, and I do not dislike the names, so they are definitely on the table. I do like the alliteration.<\/p>\n

My question to you and your readers – what am I missing? Is there an unexpected, fresh, snappy name you’ve come across in your circles? Naming without many parameters feels like such an opportunity, and I understand the subjectivity of this but we feel like Aidy June Belston-without-the-B was a total slam-dunk. I’m not convinced we are there with our current list.<\/p>\n

Cheers,<\/p>\n

Cam<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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

Hello! Our second child arrived on 8\/5, fast and furious and accidentally unassisted, caught by me before our midwives arrived. Whoops! That was definitely not the plan, but everyone is doing very well and we are adjusting to our new normal as a family of four.<\/p>\n

I really appreciated the comments on our post, both for some great new ideas and validation on our favourites! It was a really fun exercise in the last few weeks of pregnancy, and solidified the absolute joy that it is to name a human. <\/p>\n

We landed quickly on Maeve Arlo, and we could not be more thrilled. We love the fun twist that the first three letters of her name are also her initials. And it turns out there is nothing sweeter than hearing your first born say your second born’s name to make you feel like you slam-dunked it all over again!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi Swistle! Our second baby is due at the end of July, and we do not know the sex. We have one daughter, Aidy June. Our last name is Belston-without-the-B. The naming experience of our first was unexpected – Aidy was on our long list but not our short list – I don’t think 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":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-name-update"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3iyiG-49g","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15950","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=15950"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15972,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15950\/revisions\/15972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}