I am due on November 16th with our second child. The first is 20 months and is named Harrison David Ruggiero Mellert. We do not know if this one is a boy or girl but are having a very hard time settling on a girl’s name. Our names are Neal Bradford Mellert and Christine Marie Ruggiero Mellert (Mellert pronounced MELL ert). We would like to give the new baby the same 2 middle name thing we have for Harrison, meaning ______ Ruggiero, with the last name Mellert. This way we can leave the Ruggiero out, simplify it to just R. or some combination.
\nFor a boy we plan on naming him Knox Bradford Ruggiero Mellert, using a first name we both love and Bradford from my husband’s middle name. We really like family names, David, as in Harrison’s middle name, was my husband’s grandfather’s name who past away at a young age.
\nWe really are liking the first name Clara for a girl, classic, not crazy and not overly trendy now but may be making a comeback. Other names that we like but are out include Charlotte (I don’t like it with Mellert), Irene (my grandmother’s name but not crazy about it), Claire (a cousin just used it) and Lucy. We were thinking about using the middle name Basil(e) as it was my great grandfather’s name, but are now thinking that it may be too out there(?). I also thinking about using my mother’s maiden name as a middle name (Cummings) but the same cousin that took Claire took that as well, the nerve, ha! Anyway, help would be GREATLY appreciated.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nI like Eliza: Eliza Mellert. Harrison and Eliza. Maybe Eliza Irene Ruggiero Mellert. Or Eliza Claire, if you don’t mind duplicating in the middle name slot.<\/p>\n
I also like Georgia: it has the strength and dignity to go well with Harrison. Georgia Mellert; Harrison and Georgia. Again I like Irene for the middle name: Georgia Irene Ruggiero Mellert. Georgiana makes it a little more feminine and also increases the nickname options.<\/p>\n
Or Genevieve: Genevieve Mellert, Harrison and Genevieve.<\/p>\n
If Clara is too close to your cousin’s daughter Claire, Cora is similar. Cora Mellert, Harrison and Cora.<\/p>\n
Evelyn would be pretty: definitely making a comeback, but that’s the way it is with the names that sound good. Evelyn Mellert, Harrison and Evelyn.<\/p>\n
Or Corinna: Corinna Mellert, Harisson and Corinna.<\/p>\n
Eva might be getting too common for you, but I think it’s such a wonderful name. Eva Mellert, Harrison and Eva.<\/p>\n
The name Rose is very common as a middle name but underused as a first name: Rose Mellert, Harrison and Rose.<\/p>\n
Same with Jane: it’s a great middle name, but I love it as a first name. Jane Mellert, Harrison and Jane.<\/p>\n
Simone would work, I think: Simone Mellert, Harrison and Simone.<\/p>\n
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Name update!<\/strong> Christine writes:<\/p>\n thanks so much! Christine writes: I am due on November 16th with our second child. The first is 20 months and is named Harrison David Ruggiero Mellert. We do not know if this one is a boy or girl but are having a very hard time settling on a girl’s name. Our names are Neal Bradford Mellert and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-name-update"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3iyiG-1I4","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6576"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10110,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6576\/revisions\/10110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nas it turns out….I had the baby 2 days after I posted my question and we had a BOY!
\nSo our little bundle is Knox Bradford R. Mellert, and he is a cutie!
\nI enclosed a picture because I always love seeing the pics on the updates on your blog!
\nThanks again for your help, we will be keeping those names in mind when we have another (which I already can’t wait to do, there is a little face still missing in our brood!)<\/p>\n![\"Mellert\"](\"http:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Mellert.jpg\")
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