Kyisha writes:<\/p>\n
Months ago a friend shared your blog with me when I was at a loss for my third daughter’s name. Now it is mid June and I am still not in love with anything. The topic of baby names has become a very sensitive and frustrating source of tension in my marriage. He says no to every name… but the truth nothing has felt right for me yet either.<\/p>\n
I have read baby name books, naming sites… etc. None seem to help… so I turn to you as my due date (July 29) approaches.<\/p>\n
Some insight:<\/p>\n
My children’s names are Jase (11), Loralei (4) and Piper (3). Their names work PERFECTLY with their personalities!<\/p>\n
I haven’t duplicated an initial yet… so I don’t think I want to.<\/p>\n
I want a name that is easy to pronounce and spell but is not popular.<\/p>\n
Names I have thought about, but don’t work:<\/p>\n
Penolope- out because of the p<\/p>\n
Stella- husband said no… I still kind of like it<\/p>\n
Harper- I LOVE THIS, but it is too popular lately and the per is too much like Piper.<\/p>\n
Everly- I like! My Meme’s names is Beverly and my nana is Evelyn making Everly a pretty combo. My hubby thinks it sounds too made up. I don’t really like either Beverly or Evelyn as they are… enough.<\/p>\n
Quinn- I would pick this but hubby knows a man named it and says no. (it doesn’t help that he doesn’t like the man, lol)<\/p>\n
Baylee- Cute.. I like the nm Bay. All my kids’ have nicknames: Jase, Lo and Pi or Pipidy.<\/p>\n
Sage- I haven’t mentioned it to my hubby yet.<\/p>\n
Vayla- saw this on one of your posts… haven’t digested it yet but initially I like it.<\/p>\n
Please help! I really want to love get name too!<\/p>\n
Thank you,<\/p>\n
Kyisha (key-sha) My name has always caused me trouble. People assume I’m a different ethnicity, not that that should matter… but to some it has. It is always pronounced wrong. However, I have always values being unique… never another me in my class. I really want this girl to have the spunk and originality in her name… but still have it grounded enough to be recognizable.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
and<\/p>\n
Hello Swistle. I know I wrote you before distressed about my darling 3rd daughter being born without a name.<\/p>\n
Well, I have now fallen in love with Vivien\/Vivienne! So what is my issue? The hubby isn’t 100% on board. He likes the full name but isn’t a fan of the nickname Viv. Our three other children all have nick names, so a nick name is important.<\/p>\n
My second concern is the pop in popularity. I read your thorough post about the Vivian trend… and I feel a bit more settled about this issue. Truth is I love the name so much I don’t care about trends!<\/p>\n
So, do I trying to get the hubby to commit to a name he isn’t in love with the nick name for?<\/p>\n
Vivienne is so spunky, bold and yet still feminine. It marries the two styles of my other daughter’s names. Loralei and Piper.<\/p>\n
Help… please.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nFor Vivienne I’ve heard people using Vivi instead of Viv. I realize it’s only one letter different, but it seems to make a huge difference in the style of the name. It’s similar to the difference you’ve noticed between the names Beverly and Everly: one letter makes a huge difference in style and in the assumed age of the bearer. You could also use Vi (older), or Vee (younger).<\/p>\nEverly is still an uncommon name, but it’s catching on quickly enough that I suspect in a decade it won’t sound made-up at all. Already it sounds like Emily and Beverly, which makes it feel familiar despite its uncommonness.<\/p>\n
Maybe Ellery? Or Emerson? A similar possibility is Briarly, but I don’t know if any of these would sound any less made-up to your husband, and Briarly and Ellery especially share so many sounds with the name Loralei.<\/p>\n
Brinley?<\/p>\n
Or Romilly. As I understand it, the name is pronounced with either a short or long O, but the short O is the original pronunciation. Milly makes a cute nickname.<\/p>\n
If you want the long O, I think I’d go with Romy instead. Fewer mix-ups, and you’d get the nickname Ro or Mimi.<\/p>\n
I also like Fiona for you.<\/p>\n
Or Zoe.<\/p>\n
Or Sloane—I think I like the idea of adding a long-O sound! But no nickname.<\/p>\n
Or Juniper, though it repeats the -per of Piper. I think it helps, though, that it’s three syllable instead of two.<\/p>\n
Or Beatrix, which has both Bee and Trixie.<\/p>\n
Another possibility is Imogen (IM-ah-jen). I think it goes well with the other children’s names, and it’s uncommon but not made-up. I recently read a novel in which the character named Imogen went by Immy, but Gen would work too, and on a previous post someone suggested the nickname Mo.<\/p>\n
Elodie would be pretty, and it has some of the sound of Penelope and Stella.<\/p>\n
Scarlett would work, too, I think.<\/p>\n
Or Madigan: unusual, yet familiar in sound because of Madison and Madelyn.<\/p>\n
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Name update!<\/strong> Kyisha writes:<\/p>\n
Swistle and followers. Thank you so much for your help. Our daughter, Willow Elizabeth was born July 29th. After all that stress, the name just fell out in conversation a couple of days before she was born. It fits her perfect. Our family is complete with Jayson, Loralei, Piper and Willow.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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