Kelly writes:<\/p>\n
Ever since we found out that we’re having a boy, my husband and I have had a few name battles. I would LOVE to pick a name and have a peaceful pregnancy from here on out! I am due Jan 25. We have a daughter, first name Arden, middle name Grace, who is 3. It was so easy with her, we picked Arden years before we were even engaged, married, pregnant…it was a done deal. Now, it seems so difficult to find a good boy name! We would love a name that sounds nice with Arden. It would be too much, though, to choose a name that ends in “den”. Our last name is like Tempulltin, so it would be better to avoid suffixes of “ton” and “son”.<\/p>\n
My daughter names all of her babies Noah since she could talk (and they’re all girls, so cute!). We like that name, it’s a contender but not our fave. We had picked Finn as a boy name the first time around, and considered Griffin, with a nickname of Finn, but ever since Glee, it seems like it might get to be overused. We don’t love it like we once did. Other names I have considered are Evan, Cooper, Hudson. Hubby has vetoed all of those. On his list, in no particular order, were Lane, Trey, Cormac, Levi, Lee, Bo and Abram. I don’t like ANY of those names. I went through old family archives on Ancestry.com and found some family names: Boden, Conrad, Grayson, Kern, Ezra, Salvatore. The only one of these that hubby liked was Ezra, and I am just not that crazy about Ezra. Then I came up with Emmett, and really like it. Hubby is “thinking about it”. Something with the “feel” of Arden…. but for a boy…. would be PERFECT!!<\/p>\n
I am just at a loss– we both are.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
If Emmett is “almost but not quite,” other possibilities are Elliot and Everett. I especially like Everett with Arden: Everett Tempulltin, Arden and Everett.<\/p>\n
If you like Evan, I wonder if you’d like Ian. Ian Tempulltin, Arden and Ian. That’s a little hard to say, but I still think they go well together. I think part of the problem is merely that “Arden and” is a little hard to say no matter what.<\/p>\n
Ezra IS really good with your surname and with the sibling name. One thing I particularly like about it is that I think of it as “the new Noah”: a name that went from almost-unused-biblical to mainstream. Ezra Tempulltin is a pretty hip name. Arden and Ezra is wonderful. And I am very fond of family names.<\/p>\n
Wyatt is another possibility: it is sort of like Ezra and Levi and Lee and Bo, but also sort of like Emmett.<\/p>\n
I wonder if you’d like the name Redford? Redford Tempulltin, Arden and Redford.<\/p>\n
Or Harris: Harris Tempulltin, Arden and Harris.<\/p>\n
Or Ruben: Ruben Tempulltin, Arden and Ruben.<\/p>\n
Or Silas: Silas Tempulltin, Arden and Silas.<\/p>\n
Or Lucas, potential nickname Luke: Lucas Tempulltin, Arden and Lucas.<\/p>\n
Or Joss: Joss Tempulltin, Arden and Joss.<\/p>\n
Or Isaac, potential nicknames Zac and Ike: Isaac Tempulltin, Arden and Isaac.<\/p>\n
Name update!<\/span> Kelly writes:<\/p>\n
Thank you for your help! We went with Noah Hudson. He’s a doll! <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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