Baby Boy _er, brother to Sisters Tatum and Campbell<\/a>\u201d wrote into you. I have read through pretty much every single post and like lots of your suggestions, so figured we\u2019d see what your thought would be for us!<\/p>\nI have a long first name, Karianne, which I DO NOT shorten or allow for nicknames, Hubs however goes by his shortened name, Terry and NEVER goes by his full first name, Terence. Our last name rhymes with Hand, so as it is our two names together are very ring rhyme \u2013 Karianne and Terry Hand\/Terry and Karianne Hand.<\/p>\n
When we were due to have our first child we chose to not learn the gender, and had names selected for both boy and girl. Our daughter was born and named Kira. Our boy name was Elliot, with the potential to be called Eli, Leo, or Elliot. I am now due to have a Baby Boy in early May. And am no longer sold on Elliot, not totally opposed either.<\/p>\n
A couple of things I will share\u2026.our last name rhymes with Hand, however contains a Hard R sound, therefore first names beginning with R are out. Also out are 1st names beginning with K. Since both myself and our daughter\u2019s names begin with K we do not want to go down that road. I am not a fan of the top names of the past couple years, many are lovely names, but I really don\u2019t want my kids growing up with multiple friends\/peers of the same name. Nor do I favor odd, one off names. So now that that is nice and clear\u2026<\/p>\n
Some of the names currently on my list, and I say my list because my husband has yet to contribute even a suggestion. Silas, Benjamin, Gage, Evan, Elliot, Hale, Bennett, Tanner, Fisher. Names that have come off are Jacob\/Jakob, Neil, Samuel, Lance, Colin. Our daughter calls the baby Jack. She is pretty adamant that this is his name. It very well may end being his name if we can\u2019t figure one out on our own!<\/p>\n
I am also interested in your thoughts on middle name. My father in law who I adored beyond belief passed away in 2001 and I have wanted our baby boy to carry his name, Alan, as his middle name from day one, however my brother in law, and husband\u2019s only sibling recently passed away unexpectedly and I feel torn about leaving his name, Stephen, out (we will not be having more children). So while creating the above list I only thought about Alan as the middle name, and just don\u2019t feel Stephen fits well at all. I have considered looking for a combo of both\u2026Stalan, Stefan, Alaster\u2026.but my gut keeps going to Alan.<\/p>\n
Any suggestions you could provide would be greatly appreciated. I know we still have a little time here, but each passing day shortens our window to agree on his name. Thanks in advance!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I immediately seize on the sister-suggestion of Jack as an opportunity to plug the name John: it feels common, and yet it’s hard to even find a child named John. He’d likely be the only one in his class, and he could go by John or Jack. John (H)and sounds handsome and distinguished, professional but in an “equally good for an artist or an executive” way.<\/p>\n
The main point against it is that I’m with you on Alan, and if I’m correctly guessing your surname, the initials JAR are not ideal. They’re not awful either, however, and since you have a second possible honor name, may I give you a second plug in a row, this one for double middle names? My kids have them, and it has been less hassle and more satisfaction than I’d expected. John Alan Stephen (H)and; Kira and John. (I even like the way each child has a 4-letter name.) It would niggle at me very slightly that your daughter didn’t also have two middle names, but I think it’s such an understandable situation, and getting to use both important honor names would more than outweigh that issue for me.<\/p>\n
Because you and your daughter have K-names, and in fact her name is spelled with the first four letters of your name, the mathematical part of my mind would love to find a T-name for your son (and wouldn’t it be fun if it could be spelled with letters from your husband’s name? but let’s not get carried away). So if you don’t mind the initials spelling TAR, or if you wanted to use both middle names and have TASR, Tanner from your list stands out. But I don’t like the way the R-ending merges with the R-surname. Other possibilities:<\/p>\n
Theo
\nThompson
\nTobin
\nTruman
\nTyson<\/p>\n
But Elliot is on my own list of favorites, so I also feel the urge to push you to use that. Kira and Elliot! So nice. And I love it with your surname. One problem is that with the middle name Alan, the initials spell EAR. Not a deal-breaker, but I usually avoid spelling things with initials if possible, or at least I want to think about it ahead of time.<\/p>\n
You could also go straight to Leo as a stand-alone name. It works well with Alan; I love it with your surname; I love it with Kira.<\/p>\n
A name similar to Elliot is Everett. I like the way it ties in with the R of your surname and of Kira’s name.<\/p>\n
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Name update!<\/b> Karianne writes:<\/p>\nHi Swistle!\u00a0 First a huge thank you to you and your readers\/commenters for your thoughts and feedback on our baby boy’s name.\u00a0 You gave us a lot to consider, especially the double middle name.<\/p>\n
Our son arrived 10 days late on May 19.\u00a0 Once he decided to make his entrance he came quickly (less than 2 hrs from arrival at the hospital he was delivered)!<\/p>\n
Prior to his arrival we decided on Silas Alan as his name.\u00a0 After his birth we toy’ed with the idea of adding Stephen (Silas Alan Stephen\/ Silas Stephen Alan) but in the end my husband made the decision to stick with our original name plan.<\/p>\n
Again thank you for your thoughts and helping us lock in on his forever name.<\/p>\n
Here is a picture of Silas at 11 days old.
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