Nicki writes:<\/p>\n
I’ve been following your blog for most of my pregnancy, hoping to find the perfect name for my child, but so far, no luck! We are due in the next month, we don’t know the sex and we are floundering without a solid name for either a girl OR a boy! Please help! my husband and I have some very mismatched name lists and would love some additional suggestions from you and your readers!<\/p>\n
Husband’s list of names:<\/p>\n
Ava – (Solid ‘no’ from me as it’s way too common)
Katrina – (Both of us are losing confidence in this one. We don’t like Kat, but are fine with Kate)
Christian – (Also a ‘no’ from me, and this might be weird but I don’t want people to refer to him as “that Christian guy” :)
Sebastian – (I can’t find a decent nickname for this one)
Luca – (I like this one; husband think it sounds like a pro footballer)<\/p>\nMy list:<\/p>\n
Maya – (Always loved it, husband is warming to it but prefers Maia)
Ivy – (Husband hates it and is really good at coming up with horrible ways to distort beautiful names! H-I-V for this one)
Fern – (l love that it’s from Charlotte’s Web. Husband and our families all disapprove!)
Alexia
Oscar – (Husband sings the Oscar Meyer weiner song) (does anyone else have a husband like this?!!)
Felix<\/p>\nI should also mention that many of my favourites were cut early on due to the mismatch with our last name that is three syllables and starts with Eli- (like elephant). These were:<\/p>\n
Noelle
Mielle
Stella
Elijah<\/p>\nAs for middle names, we both feel strongly about using family names. We would probably choose based on sound match, but as you can see, this is going to be tough!<\/p>\n
John
George
Rudolf<\/p>\nMagdalene
Christine
Alexis
Carrie
Frida<\/p>\nAny advice you can pass on will be helpful!! THANKYOU!!<\/p>\n
PS. I should also mention that this baby will be born in France. Everyone seems to think we should find a french-sounding name, but I havent come up with anything (aside from Noelle, I guess). I also really liked the name Paris when we thought we would be delivering in Canada, but now that we are in France, I refuse to be that corny :( I feel that all my favourites have been thrown out the window! I need some fresh and expert name advice!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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My problem has become a little more specific so I hope that you and your readers can help. Basically, we have more or less decided on a girl’s name, but are stuck if this little one ends up being a boy! We can’t agree on even a short-list so we are hoping for some fresh advice from you and your readers before this baby comes (due this month!).<\/p>\n
Our last name is 3 syllables, starting with the sound Eli- (like elephant). The names we would like to use as middles are from our families: John and Rudolf, and we wouldn’t be opposed to using both for one child (I have two middles). We are even in mild agreement over using the name Jonathan Rudolf, but thats the closest we have gotten to a boys name at all. Since John\/Jonathan is a major family name on my side, there are many in my family and so I do feel a bit repetitive using it for our child. Other names we have liked are:<\/p>\n
Husband’s choices:<\/p>\n
Luca
Christian
Sebastion<\/p>\nMy choices:<\/p>\n
Oscar
Felix
Nicholas (although it is similar to my name.. so I wouldnt want to use the same nickname that I go by. I like the nn Cole though.)<\/p>\nGirls names that we have decided on are:<\/p>\n
Maya Noelle
Maya Christine
Katrina Alexis
Alexia Grace<\/p>\nAny and all help is much appreciated!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
From his list, it sounds like the name Christian is probably out for you; from yours, it sounds like Oscar is out for him. That leaves us with Luca, Sebastian, Felix, and Nicolas.<\/p>\n