our previous \u201crules\u201d<\/a> still apply: No colors, easy to spell & pronounce, 2+ syllables, no cross-gender names, and preferably has a nice nickname option.<\/p>\nNaming this baby is going to be a huge challenge. We only barely came up with Allison\u2019s name in the delivery room. And Peter\u2019s name was a given from the start so we never considered other boy names. What I\u2019m saying is that we are short on ideas. I love the comments your readers gave previously and we are still strongly in favor of Megan and Caroline. I also really love the suggestion of Jenna. Laurel is great but we have a niece Lauren and it\u2019s probably too similar. Someone else suggested Penelope and I really like that (Poppy) but I\u2019m not sure hubby would agree.<\/p>\n
We both prefer fairly traditional names and aren\u2019t into trendy or popular. Peter was a perfect choice for us in this regard \u2013 easy to spell and pronounce, well known but not overused.<\/p>\n
So we have a lot to consider for girls names and I think now we will still need help with a boy\u2019s name since we never even really discussed it.<\/p>\n
Boy names we\u2019ve tossed around:<\/p>\n
Andrew<\/p>\n
Eric<\/p>\n
Elliot (hubby doesn\u2019t like it too much)<\/p>\n
Henry<\/p>\n
Jonathan (my father\u2019s name \u2013 I love it but wonder if it\u2019s too strange to name after a living grandfather)<\/p>\n
Marshall<\/p>\n
Nathan<\/p>\n
Names that are off the table \u2013 Benjamin, Owen, Charles, Daniel, Michael, Kevin<\/p>\n
We really need some new insight. We\u2019ve been over the girl\u2019s name a thousand times with the prior pregnancies and boys names are a complete mystery.<\/p>\n
Thank you so much for your help!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nI vote for Jonathan! It’s great with Peter and Allison, and I like family names. I have personal experience with naming a child after one of the child’s living grandparents and it has worked out GREAT. And perhaps a name from your husband’s side of the family for the middle name.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Suzanne writes: We were delighted to find out that we are expecting our 3rd child. What a great joy! And what a great pain in the rear for picking a name. Due Date is September 10, 2010 and as with the other two, gender will be a surprise. Our first two children are daughter Allison […]<\/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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3iyiG-1JM","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6682","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=6682"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10235,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6682\/revisions\/10235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}