{"id":16340,"date":"2023-07-23T12:31:50","date_gmt":"2023-07-23T16:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/?p=16340"},"modified":"2023-07-23T12:31:50","modified_gmt":"2023-07-23T16:31:50","slug":"baby-girl-lee-sister-to-henry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/2023\/07\/23\/baby-girl-lee-sister-to-henry\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Girl Lee, Sister to Henry"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our last name is Lee (which cuts out a lot of names\u2014 more than you\u2019d realize. Can\u2019t use names ending in -ly sound for example, Kelly Lee). Our son is named Henry. Due date December. This is our 2nd and final kid. This one is a Girl.<\/p>\n

We will be using Lurlyne as middle name after my grandmother. Yes, slightly weird name but I recognize it\u2019ll be made middle name to not be called that all the time and still honor her.<\/p>\n

Names thrown around that my husband hasn\u2019t X\u2019d yet:<\/p>\n

Madison
\nLauren
\nEliza
\nRebecca
\nCameron
\nAvery<\/p>\n

Names X\u2019d\/vetoed by my husband:<\/p>\n

Scarlett
\nSophie
\nAnne
\nGeorgina
\nLondon
\nAthena
\nHazel
\nKelsey
\nVienna
\nAmelia
\nKennedy
\nEleanor
\nCharlotte
\nCaroline<\/p>\n

Any suggestions or recommendations? We generally like traditional names for first names that the masses would spell only one way I.e. No \u201cit\u2019s Catherine with a C\u2026 or K\u2026 or I\u2026 or Y\u2026 \u201c I hated growing up and always having to correct people or watch my siblings spell their names etc.<\/p>\n

Thanks for any suggestions!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

 <\/p>\n

Starting with the list not yet vetoed by the husband, I would say Eliza and Rebecca most fit the preference for traditional names; Madison, Avery, Lauren, and Cameron feel more modern\/contemporary. Eliza seems the most straightforward in terms of spelling; Rebecca can be Rebekah, but Rebecca is currently the predominant spelling: according to the Social Security Administration, in 2022 there were 1,065 new baby girls given the spelling Rebecca and 277 given the spelling Rebekah.<\/p>\n

Henry and Eliza gives me a strong My Fair Lady<\/a> association, but I have seen that movie dozens and dozens of times and may not be representative of the general public. Henry and Rebecca is a pleasing combination: I feel as if a current Henry would be most likely to have a little sister Charlotte, Eleanor, or Violet, so the still-traditional-but-less-currently-in-favor name Rebecca feels fresh. And it appears to me from your email that Rebecca is part of your own name, and I am immensely in favor of mothers passing on their names to their children. So as much as I love the name Eliza (it is one of my enduring top favorites), in this case I vote Rebecca with all my heart. Perhaps with the nickname Bex.<\/p>\n

I feel disinclined to look any further, so committed am I to Rebecca. But just for fun, a few more combinations:<\/p>\n

Bridget Lee; Henry and Bridget
\nClaudia Lee; Henry and Claudia
\nCora Lee; Henry and Cora
\nEloise Lee (maybe too much L); Henry and Eloise
\nFelicity Lee; Henry and Felicity
\nFlorence Lee; Henry and Florence
\nJosephine Lee; Henry and Josephine
\nMargaret Lee; Henry and Margaret (nicknames Meg, Daisy, Greta, etc.)
\nMelinda Lee; Henry and Melinda
\nMeredith Lee; Henry and Meredith
\nRose Lee; Henry and Rose
\nRosemary Lee; Henry and Rosemary
\nRuby Lee; Henry and Ruby
\nSabrina Lee; Henry and Sabrina<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Our last name is Lee (which cuts out a lot of names\u2014 more than you\u2019d realize. Can\u2019t use names ending in -ly sound for example, Kelly Lee). Our son is named Henry. Due date December. This is our 2nd and final kid. This one is a Girl. We will be using Lurlyne as middle name […]<\/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-16340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3iyiG-4fy","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16340","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=16340"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16341,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16340\/revisions\/16341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}