Nicole writes:<\/p>\n
My husband and I are expecting our third child on May 10th. We have two boys, Jonah Andrew and Henry Thomas, and our last name sounds like Overby (Over-bee).<\/p>\n
This baby is supposed to be a girl, and we’re having a more difficult time this time around, for some reason! Our just-in-case boy name is Charles Philip.<\/p>\n
The finalist names are: Charlotte, Natalie and Maren (pronounced Maw-ren), and her middle name will be Mabel (in honor of the great-grandmas Monica, Avis, Bernice and Eunice). Kind of cheesy, but I like it anyway!<\/p>\n
Reasons for not choosing each name:
Charlotte (dh’s favorite) is rapidly rising in popularity, and it was just named the #1 Elite Baby Name (whatever that really means). It’s also kind of a long name.<\/p>\nNatalie is already extremely popular, and we know a few girls with that name already. It seems a bit common (i.e. bland) compared to the other two.<\/p>\n
Maren (my favorite) will be mispronounced and misspelled A LOT. Plus, dh thinks it’s too close to the word ‘marlin.’<\/p>\n
So, what do you think? And if you have any other suggestions, please share. I’m a Nicole, and while it’s a fine name, I was always ‘Nicole P.’ in school because there were so many of us. I’m sure you hear that all the time!<\/p>\n
Oh, and we call her Una in utero, but we would never actually name her that – too bizarre and too many vowel sounds with our last name!<\/p>\n
Anyway, thanks for the input!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
A name I like that’s similar to Maren is Mirren. Perhaps that doesn’t reduce the spelling\/pronunciation issues, though (I’m pronouncing it MEER-rin.)<\/p>\n
I love the name Rose with your surname. Rose is common as a middle name but I never hear it as a first name. Rose Overby; Jonah, Henry, and Rose.<\/p>\n
I like Eliza, too: Eliza Overby; Jonah, Henry, and Eliza.<\/p>\n
Ooo, or Ruth! Ruth Overby; Jonah, Henry, and Ruth! Ruthie is such a cute nickname.<\/p>\n
You mentioned you call her Una; I wonder if you’d like the name Junia? (I think it’s pronounced to rhyme with petunia.) Junia Overby; Jonah, Henry, and Junia. Oh, I guess it’s too close to Jonah. Shoot. Oh! Juniper! Juniper Overby! Jonah, Henry, and Juniper! Juniper Mabel! Cute!<\/p>\n
I love Beatrix too: Beatrix Overby; Jonah, Henry, and Beatrix. Oh—but probably we want to avoid the initials B.O.<\/p>\n
That makes me think of Josephine: her initials would be J.O., same as her nickname. Cuteness! Well, although then we run into the similarity of Jonah again.<\/p>\n
Annika? Annika Overby; Jonah, Henry, and Annika.<\/p>\n
Celeste? Celeste Overby; Jonah, Henry, and Celeste.<\/p>\n
Claire! Claire Overby; Jonah, Henry, and Claire.<\/p>\n
Name update<\/span> 05-14-2010! Nicole writes:<\/p>\n
Our baby girl came three weeks early on April 20, and was 6 lbs., 6 ozs. My hubby (with my approval) chose Charlotte Mabel, which is perfect for her.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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