Tasha writes:
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I am at a loss for boy names! I am due with our second son on November 21st. By then, my oldest son-Uriah, will be 2 years and 2months old. My problems with baby names are not only with getting my husband to agree, but some feuding with my family as well. Let me explain;<\/p>\n
My ABSOLUTE first pick for a boy was Ezra. LOVE IT! Husband says it is a “heck no, never gonna happen!” :( There are others he has vetoed as well, such as Jasper, Tobias, Titus. We played around with the idea of Simon, but I’m not in love with it.<\/p>\n
Here is the big kicker. The one name we both love and agree on is Jude. Love it. HOWEVER…..my sister, who is single and 6 years younger than me, has proclaimed “dibs” on this name. She has informed me if I named my child Jude, she will never forgive me, and will always call him Darrel. Very vindictive. So- it would be a family feud in the making if we chose Jude.<\/p>\n
I guess the best way to describe my naming style would be- old time feeling, but not plain by any means. I know that every name we have listed is a bible name, but that is not necessarily a pre-requisite. Also, not that it is necessary, but it is an added bonus when the name has a significant meaning. (Uriah-God is my light. Ezra-strong.) But then, before we knew if it was a boy or girl, the front runner for a girl was Paisley Grace, which completly contradicts the prior sentence as Paisley is both modern and has no real meaning. Other girl names we liked were Willow, Penelope, husband loves Annabelle-not for me.<\/p>\n
I have also found the name Oliver to be endearing, but I find it is being overly used. Any suggestions\/advice? I am so upset with my sister (and Mom for siding with her) that I have completly stopped discussing baby issues with them, as it makes me angry every time. Please help me with some guidance:)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I am upset with your sister and mother, too. Unless there is more to this story, this is not fair play. There is no reason not to have two cousins named Jude, even if your sister were currently pregnant with a boy. But since she may never have children, or may never have a boy, or may have changed her mind about the name by then, or may find that the hypothetical other parent of her hypothetical future hypothetical son doesn’t like the name, or the name Jude might be a terrible clash with the surname she chooses to give the child, or…well, as I said, I am upset with her too.<\/p>\n
The trouble is that in these situations, it’s not going to help even if we all agree that you are right and she is wrong: she will continue to believe herself to be right, and she has your mother’s support, and some things are not worth the horrible effects it would have to use the name when there are two key family members who would believe you were in the wrong to do so—however unfair this is (and it IS). And this is the reality of the situation, and that’s all that we can work with—however satisfying it would be to talk about what the reality of the situation SHOULD be. And so I will take a deep breath, and I will turn my mind to the issue at hand, which is to find you a name that is neither Jude nor Ezra but something similar.<\/p>\n
First possibility: Conrad. Strong, old-fashioned. Meanings are always a little difficult to determine, but The Oxford Dictionary of First Names<\/a> says it means “bold counsel.” Conrad McArthur; Uriah and Conrad.<\/p>\n
Ezekiel is so close to Ezra, I suspect your husband won’t like it any better. (It’s really too bad he doesn’t like Ezra: I think it’s great with Uriah.) But it’s worth a shot, and the nickname Zeke shares some of the attitude of Jude. Ezekiel McArthur; Uriah and Ezekiel.<\/p>\n
Cyrus McArthur; Uriah and Cyrus. I like the repeating long-I sound of the two first names.<\/p>\n
Gabriel catches my attention because I associate the nickname Gabe with the coolness of the nickname Jude. Gabriel McArthur; Uriah and Gabe.<\/p>\n