Swistle… I’m sending an S.O.S :) I was hoping at this point I wouldn’t need your help, especially having read your blog for months… but here we are almost 38 weeks and still no solid short list if our second (and final) child is a boy! Not sure why boy names allude us but we struggled just as much with our first. At least we had narrowed things down for him. We went into the hospital with Ryker (my favorite!), Warren (family), Thile, and Coleson. After he was born my husband vetoed Ryker and Coleson so we settled on ‘Warren’ Thile (pronounced ‘th’ – ‘eally’). At the time we were still a little unsure but this name is a perfect fit for our laid back son and I couldn’t imagine him being anyone else. I’m ‘OK’ not having the perfect name moment – I just need some choices we agree on, and FAST!<\/p>\n
If this little one is a girl she’ll be Alta ‘Paisley’. Warren & Paisley. Alta is a family name and she’ll be Alta #4. Paisley is a name I laid eyes on in a baby book when I was pregnant with my first and fell in love. I had that ‘aha’ moment. To give you a little more sense of our style… runners up names are Celia (family, my husbands mom was Cecilia) and Willa. I swoon when I hear the name Willa and was really close to replacing Paisley – I just don’t like the flow of a double ‘a’ ending with Alta Willa… but Warren and Willa… love.<\/p>\n
I don’t have many ‘rules’ restrictions.
\n– I’m not a fan of the top 100 (especially top 25), but don’t want anything too unfamiliar. This is really the only REQUIREMENT
\n– I’m leaning against another name that ends with ‘n’. I just can’t get behind the flow of Warren & Nolan or Warren & Stratton. Something about it bothers me.
\n– I do love that Warren does not have a nickname, but it’s not a requirement.
\n– I call Warren ‘old-fashioned’ but not ‘dusty’ – but haven’t been able to find another name matching that style. Not a requirement but would be fun.
\n– I would like to have a family name in there somewhere – but my husband is having a hard time with ANY of our family choices.
\n– The hardest part of this process is my husbands vetoing power! He likes different but NOT ‘trendy’.
\n– PS, our last name is like the baseball team METS but with a Z.<\/p>\n
Names we are throwing around but haven’t quite committed to:
\nStratton (I just can’t quite commit to this one, the ending N is one issue but it’s more than that)
\nWade
\nEverett
\nCecil (Again honoring his mom Cecilia)<\/p>\n
Family middle name possibilities, we can’t seem to fall for one:
\nRyker (I’m keeping this on my list even though he can’t commit to it, says it’s too trendy)
\nCecil (most likely)
\nWayne (I love this after my dad, my husband REFUSES)
\nJoshua
\nArthur (I dread the nickname Art for some reason)
\nWhitfield (Maybe even call him Fielder)
\nFord<\/p>\n
For more background, names I love that he has vetoed or just don’t seen to work:
\nOscar
\nFisher
\nSoren (Obviously Warren & Soren would not work!)
\nNolan
\nTheodore<\/p>\n
Please tell me you have a slew of suggestions in your pocket that are different, but not too trendy, that my husband won’t veto :) Thanks so much for your (and your readers) help!!\u00a0 Jilian<\/p>\n
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