Rachel writes:<\/p>\n
My husband and I are expecting a baby boy (our first baby!) on August 15th and would love some help picking out a name.<\/p>\n
In the Jewish tradition we would like to honor the grandparents we’ve lost by using their first initials for the baby’s name. We’d like to honor both his side and my side. The letters we have to work with from my side of the family is: J or M. And the letters from my husbands side are: E or A. Our last name is Greenfield and is pretty easy to match.<\/p>\n
So far we haven’t been able to get beyond two front runners names: Evan and Max. But I’m a little worried about how popular they are or are becoming and I’m having trouble matching middle names. I also don’t love the formal names for Max (my husband like Maxwell, but I’m not a huge fan). We considered using both names together, but are afraid of having another boy the second time around and using up both names we like in one fell swoop! It may be worth noting that I really like the name Alex\/Alexander also, but my husband vetoed this since we have a close friend named Alex. The girl names I would considered are Livia and Sasha.<\/p>\n
The few names I’ve brainstormed are:<\/p>\n
Max Cooper(Cooper is a family name on my husband’s side, so we wouldn’t need the E\/A).
\nMax Evan (or Maxwell Evan)
\nEvan Merek (or Merik?)
\nJack Ethan<\/p>\nWe would love your input\/suggestions!!!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Ooo, you have good letters to work with! Let’s see…A, E, J, or M.<\/p>\n
A Name Suggestions:<\/p>\n
Aaron Greenfield
\nAdam Greenfield
\nAlec Greenfield
\nAnderson Greenfield<\/p>\nE Name Suggestions:<\/p>\n
Edmund Greenfield
\nElias Greenfield
\nElliot Greenfield
\nEmmett Greenfield
\nEverett Greenfield<\/p>\nJ Name Suggestions:<\/p>\n
James Greenfield
\nJared Greenfield
\nJeremy Greenfield
\nJoel Greenfield
\nJon Greenfield<\/p>\nM Name Suggestions:<\/p>\n
Malcolm Greenfield
\nMicah Greenfield
\nMiles Greenfield
\nMilo Greenfield<\/p>\nSome possible both-sides-of-family pairings:<\/p>\n
Elliot Michael Greenfield
\nEverett Max Greenfield
\nJon Alexander Greenfield
\nMalcolm Cooper Greenfield
\nMilo Anderson Greenfield<\/p>\nBut my top favorite is your choice of Evan Merek. Or maybe Evan Merrit? I also like Evan Cooper Greenfield, Evan Malcolm Greenfield, and Evan Miller Greenfield.<\/p>\n
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Name update!<\/strong> Rachel writes:<\/p>\n
I’m just realizing now that I asked for name help back in July 2010 and forgot to send you an update.\u00a0 It may have been because our little boy was born 3 1\/2 weeks early, only four days after you responded with your post!<\/p>\n
We ended up naming our son Evan Maxwell Greenfield.\u00a0\u00a0 He was going to be Max right up until the eve of my scheduled emergency c-section, but somehow Evan started to feel much more “right”.\u00a0\u00a0 We didn’t settle on his full name until he was born.\u00a0 Several hours after his birth and (my parents begging to know the baby’s name!), we decided to risk it and use both favorite boys names we loved in one fell swoop.\u00a0 I let my husband “win” by using the more formal Maxwell instead of Max.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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