Kristen writes:<\/p>\n
We need your help with baby girl names! We are due September 6th and dont know if we are having a boy or girl. I am going absolutley crazy with baby girl names. Our family last name is Klein and my maiden name is McHale. If we have a boy, we are most likely naming him Reed McHale Klein. I cant explain how we got to it but I like it because to me it is somewhat unique with natural elements — I think of it as a mix betwwen River (which I love) and Grant.<\/p>\n
For girl names, I constantly change my list. I am open to any and all ideas – If I had to define my style I would say that I want a name that feels a bit modern or fresh, not too long and not too trendy.<\/p>\n
Here are the current names we have been considering:<\/p>\n
Priya – currently top choice. (FYI – We are not Indian. All of the Priyas I know are Indian – does this matter? do you think the name is a crossover? I know Ione Skye used it as a middle name for her daughter Goldie) This might be my top choice.<\/p>\n
Elise (nn: Lise or Lili)<\/p>\n
Sylvie (I loved this name for a while but I keep thinking Sylvie Klein sounds too mature?)<\/p>\n
Farrah<\/p>\n
Anna<\/p>\n
We considered: Annalise, Annabel, Anya, Mila, Scarlett, Noelle, Siri, Mira, Mena, Margaux or Margot, Sinead, Alanna, Tessa, Fiona, Meadow, Zoe, Lola and Piper. Top contenders for this list for a while were Mila and Scarlett.<\/p>\n
Some Family Names – which I would like to include (in original or derviative form) in some way (first or middle name):
\nAnna
\nVirginia (my mother and sister)
\nCarmella (my lovely grandmother)
\nKate
\nMary (Marin)
\nElizabeth and all derivatives.
\nAngelina.
\nAmelia.
\nJosephine<\/p>\nPlease help!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nReaders of this blog are probably getting tired of reading my primary piece of advice for first-time parents, and one day I will put it in its own post and then I can just link to it (in the meantime, here’s one post where I discuss it<\/a>), but for today here it is again: think now about future sibling names, to keep yourself from accidentally painting yourself into a corner. If you have a daughter and name her Priya, will you be able to find sibling names later on that coordinate well with it, or will you be stuck? The same for Anna: if you have a daughter named Anna, will you be able to find sibling names that you like with it? Same with Farrah. Same with Sylvie. Same with Elise. Same with any other name that makes it to the finalist stage. (This all assumes that you are considering more children later on, and that you’d like the names to go well together. Otherwise you can ignore this first piece of advice and go on to the second piece.)<\/p>\n