Siobhan writes:<\/p>\n
I’m pregnant with baby number three, a boy. I’m due to be induced February 25th. I’m so upset about the whole naming thing that I’ve actually broken down in tears a couple times which is really unlike me. I’m the third born in my family and I have an unusual Gaelic name. Because of this I would like our third born to have a Gaelic name as well. When I was first pregnant I was set on the Kieran for a boy. When we found out that we were having a boy I discovered that my husband wasn’t too fond of it. He didn’t hate it exactly but he “pretends” that he can’t say it. He always pronounces it like “Karen” and he’s concerned that it sounds too much like a girl’s name. After a lot of discussion we had finally settled on the name Connor. It felt like a nice compromise because it was an Irish name but wasn’t too “weird” for my husband. I really liked it but still had a few reservations about how popular it might be. I tend to prefer names that are outside the top 100. Then on Christmas we discovered that my husband’s sister-in-law’s brother had recently had a baby boy and named him Connor. It didn’t bother me much cause these aren’t people that we see more than once a year, if that. The only real issue would be my neices and newphew having two cousins named Connor. But for some reason it has really soured my husband on the name so I feel like we’re back to square one.<\/p>\n
The only thing we know for sure is the middle name has to be Leo or Clayton after my late grandfather. Both my other kids have family names from my dad’s side and my husband’s side so we want this baby to have a name from my mother. Naming the baby after her father is very important to me.
My two children are Seth (4) and Rose (2)<\/p>\nThe other names I love are:<\/p>\n
Kian
Callum
Patrick -worried that this one may be too common though<\/p>\nI don’t want anything popular so I’m against: Aiden, Liam, Collin, Brayden, etc.<\/p>\n
Our last name is two syllables and starts with a “D” and ends with an “N” so while I love the names Declan and Desmond something like that just wouldn’t work cause it’s to cutesy.<\/p>\n
I would so love any help or suggestions you could give. My first two children were so easy and their names are just perfect. I want to feel that way with this baby but right now it seems impossible.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Oh dear! Baby naming can be so fun, but it can also be so stressful! I THINK of it as one of my favorite parts of pregnancy, but then when I’m actually trying to CHOOSE I find I want it to be OVER.<\/p>\n
It makes it harder when the name needs to satisfy a number of requirements: in this case, it needs to be Gaelic, it shouldn’t be common, it needs to work with Leo or Clayton, it needs to work with Seth and Rose, it needs to work with your D______n surname.<\/p>\n
I THINK I might have the perfect name for you: Finn. It’s Gaelic; it was #368 in 2008 (source: Social Security Administration<\/a>); it works fine with either Leo or Clayton (I prefer it with Leo); it’s great with Seth and Rose (one syllable, four letters); and I believe it works with your surname.<\/p>\n
I find myself very tempted to find names that are the same one-syllable four-letter as Seth and Rose:<\/p>\n
Cael
Reid
Rhys
Sean
Shea<\/p>\nThough if you’re considering more children, you may not want to paint yourself into a corner. And besides, Sean and Shea might be too close to Seth, and Reid and Rhys might be too close to Rose. Cael is good but doesn’t go very well with either Leo or Clayton.<\/p>\n