Anne writes:<\/p>\n
My husband and I are expecting our first child March 4th. He is a boy and his middle name will be Davis in remembrance of my husband’s mother, who’s maiden name was Davis. Our last name is Mikalik, pronounced mick-uh-lick.<\/p>\n
We could easily named quadruplets if we were having a girl, but boy names have us stumped! <\/p>\n
I love the names Cowen, Eliot, and Wyatt. I also like some “m” names like Malachi, which doesn’t sound very good with the last name. <\/p>\n
My husband likes Hucksley and Aiden.<\/p>\n
One name that we both like is Korbin, but we aren’t totally sold.<\/p>\n
We both want a name that is uncommon, but not too weird. I am not a fan of one syllable names.<\/p>\n
Any suggestions?<\/p>\n
Thank you so much!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Since you like Cowen\/Cohen and Korbin, I wonder if you’d like Corwin or Callan or Camden?<\/p>\n
If you’d like to avoid commonness, Aiden is out: combining only the three spellings in the Top 100 (Aiden with .76%, Aidan with .27%, and Ayden with .24%) gives us a name that outranks the number one boy name in the U.S. (Jacob, with 1%). And it seems even more common than it is, because of the rhyming names Brayden, Caiden, Hayden, Jaiden, etc.<\/p>\n
The name Eamon has a similar sound, but it’s not even in the Top 1000. Eamon Davis Mikalik.<\/p>\n
If you do use Korbin, I recommend spelling it Corbin (unless, of course, you have a specific reason for spelling it with a K): a common technique for feminizing an androgynous name is changing a C to a K (Kamryn, Karsen).<\/p>\n
Eliot and Wyatt make me think of Everett, but I’m not sure I like that tumbling rhythm: Everett Mikalik.<\/p>\n
If your husband likes Hucksley\/Huxley, I wonder if he’d like Hartley or Harris or Haskell or Hatcher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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