Andria writes:<\/p>\n
I am expecting my third baby April 9th, and the gender is a surprise. My first two children are a girl and boy, named Ailane and Blake. So, I’m wanting to follow in the alphabetic pattern, and start this baby’s name with a C. (Don’t worry. I’m not Michelle Duggar. I don’t plan to use my vagina as a clown car and pop out an alphabet’s worth of kids.) Myself, and both kids have middle names that start with an M, so I want to follow that tradition as well. My last name is Stanley, so the initials will be CMS.<\/p>\n
This is what I have so far:<\/p>\n
For a girl, I like Claire, Corinne, and Charlotte. Corinne is my great-grandmother’s name, so I would like to use her name. What middle names would work well with any of those? Any other pretty C names you can think of?<\/p>\n
When it comes to the boy, I just can’t come up with much that I like. I like Clark, Connor, Campbell, Corbin, and Calder. Any time I tell someone those names, they wrinkle their noses. Again, I am clueless when it comes to a middle name.<\/p>\n
Connor has always been one of my top choices for a boy, but then my Uncle had to go and date a woman whose little boy is a Conner. They’ve been dating for a couple of years. I know family members get upset about you stealing their kid’s names… How about if your older Uncle is dating someone who has a kid with a name you like? Does that automatically rule the name out?<\/p>\n
So, once again, initials are to be CMS. Anything is game. (Except names taken by other family members: Caleb, Chelsea, Caitlynn, Christopher, Matthew and Chloe.)
Thank you!<\/p><\/blockquote>\nAnother C girl name I really like is Celeste, but I think that’s too much S-sound with Stanley. Camille and Corinne are similar but have better sounds. I love Clara and Cora and Clarissa. Carys would be good too. But I vote for Corinne because it was your grandmother’s name and that seems perfect. Middle name possibilities:<\/p>\n
Corinne Madigan Stanley
Corinne Magnolia Stanley
Corinne Margaret Stanley
Corinne Marianna Stanley
Corinne Marissa Stanley
Corinne Mathilda Stanley
Corinne Melina Stanley
Corinne Meredith Stanley
Corinne Michaela Stanley
Corinne Minerva Stanley
Corinne Miranda Stanley<\/p>\nFor a boy, I think it’s fine to use Connor: an uncle’s girlfriend’s son wouldn’t rule that out for me. From your list, my favorite is Corbin—that was on my list for boys, too! Other possibilities: Callum, Calvin, Camden, Carson, Carter, and Coleman. Middle name possibilities: Marcus, Marshall, Mason, Michael, Miles, Milo.<\/p>\n
Callum Michael Stanley
Calvin Marcus Stanley
Calvin Michael Stanley
Camden Marshall Stanley
Camden Michael Stanley
Camden Milo Stanley
Carson Michael Stanley
Carter Michael Stanley
Coleman Michael Stanley
Connor Mason Stanley
Connor Michael Stanley
Connor Miles Stanley
Corbin Marcus Stanley
Corbin Michael Stanley<\/p>\nAs you can see, I think Michael is a pretty great middle name. We considered it for Henry’s middle name: I felt like people almost don’t even HEAR it as a first name anymore (like Jennifer, which is a fabulous name but now the ear just processes it without really hearing the fabulousness) and yet it is SUCH A GREAT NAME. The middle name slot beckons.<\/p>\n
Name update<\/span> 04-06-2010! Andria writes:<\/p>\n
Clark Mason Stanley was born March 30th at home, at 6:31 am, after 3 hours of labor. He was 21”, and weighed 9 pounds. I was 2 weeks early, but weighing in at that whopping number, I was totally okay with delivering early! <\/p>\n
I didn’t choose his name until several days after his birth. He was almost a Connor, but in the end, I felt that Connor was too common. (There are LOTS of Connor’s here in Austin!) I finally decided to honor my love of Gone With The Wind, and named my dark haired little boy after the dashing Clark Gable. Mason just seemed to fit him well, too. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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