Candace writes:<\/p>\n
We have just passed the 33 week mark with our second baby girl, and we are having a TOUGH time with names!\u00a0 We are Cris and Candace, and last name sounds like blackbird.\u00a0 Our daughter (2 1\/2 years old) is C@mpbell.\u00a0 When we named C@mpbell (middle name Marie), we really didn’t intend to create a family of all “C” names…we just really liked the name C@mpbell.\u00a0 But, now that we are having our second, we’re facing a dilema.\u00a0 On one hand, people keep commenting to me that we “have” to choose another “C” name because anything else will sound awkward.\u00a0 On the other hand, I feel like it might be a little cheesy for us to all have the same first initial – it is definitely not something I would have set out to accomplish!\u00a0 We’re not sure if we will try to have a third child, but it is still a possibility.<\/p>\n
So, my first question is…should we focus only on “C” names??\u00a0 And, either way, we just need help!\u00a0 Since C@mpbell is not an overtly feminine name, we aren’t sure which way to go for the second girl.\u00a0 Also, we live in the Northeast, but I’m from the deep South, so I tend to like names that sound a little southern (but this is not an absolute requirement).<\/p>\n
Some of our current favorites…<\/p>\n
Quinn (we both really like this name, but we’re stumped on a middle name)
\nCharlotte (we’re kind of 50\/50 on this one)
\nSara Kate (to be used as a double name…and if so, should we name her Sara Katherine and call her Sara Kate?)
\nLila Kate (same comments as Sara Kate)
\nClaire\/Clara
\nMarley<\/p>\nWe are very open to suggestions, so please help!!<\/p>\n
Thanks so much!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nI would not restrict yourselves to C names unless you decide you like the idea, especially since you might have a third child. Right now, the three C’s are noticeable—but generally parents’ names are not included in the sibling group of their children. If your next child is not a C-name, anyone who asks why you didn’t stick with C’s can be given a blank look and then told “…Oh, no, we didn’t choose a C name on purpose the first time. That was just the name we liked best.”<\/p>\n