{"id":16439,"date":"2023-11-29T10:18:32","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T14:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/?p=16439"},"modified":"2023-11-29T21:32:21","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T01:32:21","slug":"baby-boy-foreign-brother-to-charlie-and-eamon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/2023\/11\/29\/baby-boy-foreign-brother-to-charlie-and-eamon\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Boy Foreign, Brother to Charlie and Eamon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi Swistle!<\/p>\n

My husband and I are expecting our third boy this winter, and due to the two big brothers, Charlie & Eamon, our list of boy names has dwindled, and we’re struggling to find a name we both agree on. The act of suggesting names has always been paralyzing for my husband, so it’s basically on me to provide a list of names, which we then narrow down. We (I) need your help!!<\/p>\n

One big issue: he initially gravitates toward more traditional names – his one attempt at a name list was essentially the top 10 names from 1985. I do not. My only real restrictions are no rhyming or alliterative names. Our last name sounds like the word “foreign,” so that rules out names that start with the letter F or names such as Soren.<\/p>\n

My top contender is Arlo, but unsurprisingly given his tendencies, my husband’s initial reaction was lukewarm, and I’m not sure I’ll be able to win him over. That said, we do have an Eamon, so there is hope. Also on my list are Reid and Miles. If I didn’t have a nephew Cal, the name Callum would also be on my list. Before we found out about the baby’s sex, our top girl’s name was Edie, followed by Louisa, and Eliza. We haven’t decided if we’re done building our family, but I’d like to leave Edie as an option and am tending to avoid names that begin with E.<\/p>\n

Do you have ideas for names I could add to my currently very short list? I really don’t want to go into labor still deciding what we will name this child! Thanks so much for your consideration and advice.<\/p>\n

Thank you!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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I think Arlo seems too similar to Charlie with those matched -arl- sounds.<\/p>\n

I think Reid and Miles are both great in this group, though for me Reid would rule out a future Edie. Can you say Miles over and over to your husband until he comes around? I had pretty good success with that technique when naming babies with a similar partner. Or I wonder if either of you would like Milo, which is like a combination of Miles and Arlo. Milo Foreign; Charlie, Eamon, and Milo.<\/p>\n

I started to make a list of more candidates to consider, and this is how far I’d gotten when I stopped, discouraged, feeling like I was on the wrong track and was making a list of names NEITHER of you would like:<\/p>\n

Anderson
\nBrody
\nCasey
\nKeegan
\nOliver
\nPatrick
\nSpencer<\/p>\n

The names Charlie and Eamon together had given me a very appealing mental image of two merry little vintage boys playing hoops on the cobblestones, tweed knickers and snap-brim caps, very Charles Dickens, and so I’d been looking for more names like that in the English and Celtic and Vintage Charm sections of The Baby Name Wizard<\/a>, but nothing seemed right. I found more what I was looking for in the Timeless section: Timeless for your husband’s traditional leanings, but there are lots of fresher and more interesting choices than the Top Ten 1985.<\/p>\n

Bennett: it has the Ben of the classic\/traditional Benjamin, but it’s more contemporary and less common. Bennett Foreign; Charlie, Eamon, and Bennett.<\/p>\n

Or Davis. It’s like David, which is very Top Ten 1985, but updated\/fresher. Davis Foreign; Charlie, Eamon, and Davis.<\/p>\n

Wilson, similarly, takes William from the Top Ten and makes it something a little more interesting. Wilson Foreign; Charlie, Eamon, and Wilson.<\/p>\n

Or Clark. Snappy, but has a traditional, familiar feeling. Clark Foreign; Charlie, Eamon, and Clark.<\/p>\n

Still snappy but with the confidence of thousands of years of usage: Isaac. Nicknames Ike or Zack, if you want them. Isaac Foreign; Charlie, Eamon, and Isaac.<\/p>\n

Grant, which I have filed with Reid in my mind. Grant Foreign; Charlie, Eamon, and Grant.<\/p>\n

Wesley, nickname Wes available. Wesley Foreign; Charlie, Eamon, and Wesley. The matched -lie\/-ley endings might be too much or might be just fine.<\/p>\n

Mitchell is a name I think you should say to yourself again and again until it loses its familiarity and you hear the interesting bouncy sounds of it. Mitchell Foreign; Charlie, Eamon, and Mitchell.<\/p>\n

Russell, similarly: say it again and again until you hear it as an interesting sound. Russell Foreign; Charlie, Eamon, and Russell.<\/p>\n

Malcolm, which sounds a little like Callum but without running into the nephew’s name. Malcolm Foreign; Charlie, Eamon, and Malcolm.<\/p>\n

Paul, which I have ruined for myself by using it as my husband’s blog pseudonym, but it is a wonderful name really: warm and nice to say, and unexpected in this generation. Paul Foreign; Charlie, Eamon, and Paul. I think people in the grocery store would ask the baby’s name, and you would say Paul, and they would say “Oh!!”—suddenly realizing that they had forgotten about that name, and had missed it.<\/p>\n

Louis, another warm and gentle and forgotten choice, but it would rule out Louisa. Louis Foreign; Charlie, Eamon, and Louis.<\/p>\n

I wanted badly to suggest George, which would be high on my list if I had another boy to name—but I think George Foreign sounds too much like George Foreman. The man himself is not a negative association for me, but the relentless George Foreman grill commercials are. Maybe Gage instead? Gage Foreign; Charlie, Eamon, and Gage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi Swistle! My husband and I are expecting our third boy this winter, and due to the two big brothers, Charlie & Eamon, our list of boy names has dwindled, and we’re struggling to find a name we both agree on. The act of suggesting names has always been paralyzing for my husband, so it’s […]<\/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-16439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3iyiG-4h9","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16439","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=16439"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16443,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16439\/revisions\/16443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}