{"id":16525,"date":"2024-02-14T10:03:57","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T14:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/?p=16525"},"modified":"2024-02-14T10:03:57","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T14:03:57","slug":"baby-boy-weary-with-an-l","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/2024\/02\/14\/baby-boy-weary-with-an-l\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Boy Weary-with-an-L"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am expecting a baby boy in June as a solo mom by choice and I live in the US. This puts me in the (potentially) enviable position of having full control over the baby’s name but all of the pressure, as well.<\/p>\n

The most complicated factor is that I find my last name a bit tricky. It rhymes with Weary but begins with an L, not a W. I tend to find that rules out most, if not all, names beginning with an L and\/or containing an L. Alliteration can be commanding, but a double L just feels hard to say.<\/p>\n

As my own first name is rather long and formal, I’ve gone by a nickname almost my entire life. This actually steers me away from repeating the same pattern. I’d prefer a short and classic (but not overly popular) name. This baby will most likely be my only child, so I am not concerned with how the name could potentially go with a sibling’s name.<\/p>\n

Girl Names I love:
\nJane
\nJoan
\nMaya
\nHannah
\nMaeve
\nNora<\/p>\n

Boy Names I like, but am not 100% sold on:
\nFinn
\nMax
\nDylan (but does it work with my last name?)
\nNolan (same as above)
\nEverett
\nBarrett (but I despise Barry)<\/p>\n

Boy names I like, but can’t use:
\nDaniel
\nJack
\nJohn
\nJames
\nJude
\nMateo\/Matthew
\nLuke\/Luca\/Luka<\/p>\n

Thank you so much for your consideration!<\/p>\n

Meg<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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I think Dylan and Nolan both work with the surname; I find Nolan a little harder to say with the surname, but not in a way that would rule it out.<\/p>\n

I don’t think people will be inclined to use the nickname Barry for a Barrett, though it will depend on things such as your own particular circle, and on how naming trends develop: I have been seeing what looks like a return to Old School Nicknames (Marty and Mickey, to use two examples from my own circle), and it will be interesting to see if that grows\/spreads or not.<\/p>\n

On another post<\/a>, commenter R mentioned that the name Barrett has been ruined by politics, and it took me a beat to remember the connection to the Supreme Court Justice—but, once I did, it was hard to forget. It is not the sort of connection I think has to ruin the name overall (that is, if I encountered the name Barrett on a baby, I would not think the name had been given as a political statement), but it definitely falls into the category of being the sort of thing I like to think of ahead of time.<\/p>\n

My own hands-down favorite from your list is Everett. I think it’s great with the surname. And although I don’t normally put the child’s name with the parent’s name, and in fact discourage parents from doing so, I am breaking my own rule to say I like it with YOUR name, both with what I presume to be the full name and also with the nickname. Not as if it were a sibling set, which is what I object to when parents seem to be doing that, but just as a family. Margaret and Everett! Meg and Everett! Very pleasing combinations, both of them.<\/p>\n

When I look at the names you like but are not 100% sold on, I see surname names and short snappy names. But when I look at the list of names you like but can’t use, I see more classic\/traditional names, plus the short snappy names. I’m going to make a list that includes all three of those those categories, but also I’m going to include names that DO have nicknames, but to less of a degree than your own name: it feels to me like there’s a difference between Margaret\/Meg and, say, Calvin-with-the-possibility-of-Cal.<\/p>\n

Adam
\nBeckett
\nBennett
\nCalvin
\nDane
\nDean
\nDeclan
\nDrew
\nElliot
\nEzra
\nGeorge
\nGrant
\nGriffin
\nIan
\nKellan
\nMalcolm
\nMerritt
\nMicah
\nOliver
\nQuinn
\nReid
\nSimon
\nWarren
\nWilson<\/p>\n

I went back and forth on possibilities such as Dean and Reid: are those smashing with the surname, or is the repeated vowel sound Too Much?<\/p>\n

Especially since this will be your only child and you have full naming control, I wondered if you might like to look at your family tree for a name or surname to use as the first name; I’d look especially at the side of the family that didn’t contribute your own surname. Or this would be the perfect opportunity for any other honor name: an artist, a poet, an author, a scientist, or, yes, a politician.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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