{"id":15955,"date":"2022-07-31T20:39:22","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T00:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/?p=15955"},"modified":"2022-10-10T16:25:33","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T20:25:33","slug":"baby-girl-mewchi-sister-to-thomas-and-emmett","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/2022\/07\/31\/baby-girl-mewchi-sister-to-thomas-and-emmett\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Girl Mewchi, Sister to Thomas and Emmett"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi!<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been an avid baby name maniac for over 20 years: Picture a middle schooler obsessively reading and rereading Linda Rosenkrantz\u2019s book- Beyond Jennifer and Jason. In high school beside my doodles, I was constantly updating my favorites list. I remember going through a Kayla phase and pondering the proper spelling amongst the variants. Thankfully I was never presented the opportunity to name a baby girl Charisma or Serendipity. Although I\u2019m still quite pleased with the moniker bestowed upon my precious chihuahua received for my 18th birthday- Se\u00f1orita Dulcinea (after Don Quixote\u2019s most beautiful women in the world).<\/p>\n

Fast forward to my late 30\u2019s, now a mother of two boys, ages 10 and 7, and expecting a little girl in October. I\u2019m left feeling unenthusiastic. After decades of researching and contemplating girl names, nothing feels like the one. I have a lengthy list of names I love, but loving a name in theory and using it for an actual human are two different scenarios. I feel like I\u2019m experiencing baby name burn out. I\u2019ve never stopped reading the baby name websites and anxiously awaiting May for when the SSN releases the list for the prior year. However I have gone into overdrive, borderline hyper fixation since those two pink lines appeared earlier this year.<\/p>\n

With such a big age gap between my sons and baby sister, I\u2019m not too concerned about matching their names stylistically. My older son is Thomas James. I succumbed to the notion that dad\u2019s are very idealist about their first born son\u2019s name and agreed to pick from his 2 top choices. Thomas being ex-husband\u2019s middle name and a string of great Grandpaps\u2019 first names going back 4 generations and James being ex husband\u2019s dad\u2019s first name. Coincidentally, James is my maternal Grandpap\u2019s first name and my mother is a Jamie so I felt partially represented even though it would not have been the name I\u2019d select on my own. It felt odd to call an infant Thomas so instead I opted to call him baby for the first nine months of his life, then briefly going through a TJ phase, before ultimately settling on Tom, with occasional TomTom or Tom-a-long. Only rarely is he called Thomas.<\/p>\n

For my second son I reclaimed power and insisted I get 100% naming rights. Another passion of mine is ancestry so I scoured the generations looking for a name that stuck out. My fondest Grandpap was my dad\u2019s maternal pap, William Emil. William was too plain, and Emil (they pronounced it EE-mull) was too different. I\u2019m not a huge fan of changing honor names too far from the original, but while pregnant, I was watching a show with an Emmett and felt the Em beginning was close enough to add the name to the list. Ultimately I went to the hospital with 3 first names- Emmett, Weiland (maternal gram\u2019s maiden name with nickname Wylie), and Abraham (paternal great great pap\u2019s name- thinking Abe or Abram for a nn). When I saw his little face I knew he was an Emmett. There were several family names I contemplated for a middle- Ash, Blaine, Clyde, Russell, but boldly decided this October baby\u2019s middle would be Caspar, after one of my first ancestors to arrive from Switzerland in the 1840\u2019s. He\u2019s often now called Emm or M&M, sometimes Nemmett when he\u2019s being ornery.<\/p>\n

If new baby were a boy, the name would have been Frederick Joseph III. I know, I know, giving into to another archaic tradition. However this time I would have agreed out of the love and admiration for my father-in-law, with only the slightest twinge of annoyance that women are so often left out of the naming convention due to patriarchal ideas. But alas, it\u2019s a she!, and again I have full naming rights, but of course I respect my other half and won\u2019t select something he loathes.<\/p>\n

A little fun fact- my birthday is Halloween and I was always upset I didn\u2019t have witchy powers. This little one is due on 10\/20 but due to a 3rd c-section will likely be scheduled for the 13th. I tossed around ideas of Sabrina (Brina), Matilda (Tillie), and Winifred (Winnie) but one reason or another opted not to add them to the list.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s get down to names. The last name sounds like MEW-chi so I\u2019m not really running into too many flow issues and I\u2019m in the pro-alliteration group. My all time favorite girl name has been Amelia, nickname Millie. I loved reading about Amelia Earhart\u2019s heroic nature and once knew a spunky spit-fire 70 yr old that went by Millie. All qualities I\u2019d love to inspire in my little girl, however the overwhelming popularity has turned me off.<\/p>\n

In my head I envision the name to convey feelings of whimsy, wild forest fairy, mystical lake wonder. Lol, I know that\u2019s very subjective and it\u2019s not a requirement, just a nod to mindset.<\/p>\n

Top Contenders
\nFinola (Lola or Fia nn)
\nClio
\nViola
\nLochlan
\nCalliope
\nEva (not liked by husband)
\nVera<\/p>\n

Names I love in theory
\nBianca
\nAdelaide
\nSylvia (or Silvana)
\nCallisto
\nJuniper
\nMaple
\nMagdalen
\nTalulah
\nWilhelmina
\nMerritt
\nBeatrix
\nGarland
\nFlorence
\nFiametta
\nMarion
\nMiriam
\nGlorian
\nEndellion
\nMatilda (aunt\u2019s cat\u2019s name.)
\nSabrina (childhood frenemy)
\nWinifred (equivalent to Ethel feel?)
\nEden
\nClover
\nPelegia<\/p>\n

Middle Names
\nJoan (husbands mothers middle name)
\nPearl (my paternal gram\u2019s middle name but my mother ruined it with her opinion so not likely)
\nLouise (my maternal gram\u2019s middle name)
\nFaye
\nMary (Recently my aunt passed away that went by Maryjo but was named Mary Joanne)
\nJosephine<\/p>\n

Names already in the family
\nIsabella (Ella)
\nGrace
\nOlivia
\nEverly
\nIvy
\nAria
\nAyla
\nAlina
\nAudrey<\/p>\n

Help! I feel like I\u2019ve read every name possible. I\u2019m happy with the top contenders list but can\u2019t shake the feeling I\u2019m overlooking one and should reconsider other names from another view point. I\u2019m currently rereading your archives from 2015 and forward!<\/p>\n

Thank you,
\nErica<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Millicent (Millie) Erica Mewchi; Thomas, Emmett, and Millicent; Tom, Emm, and Millie.<\/p>\n

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

Viola Joan has made her arrival. I combed through the comments several times and truly appreciate all the input. For the week prior to birth, Marigold was the front runner. However after seeing her dark hair, it just didn\u2019t suite her- no matter how much I loved the name for a way to honor my Aunt Mary Jo. For 24 hours I cycled through the other contenders- Finola, Tallulah, Callahan, and Matilda. But ultimately I loved the simplicity of Viola. Not obscure or odd as a word- but certainly not common for a name.<\/p>\n

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