{"id":6846,"date":"2010-01-14T09:20:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-14T13:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/2010\/01\/14\/baby-boy-brother-to-audrey-josephine\/"},"modified":"2010-01-14T09:20:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-14T13:20:00","slug":"baby-boy-brother-to-audrey-josephine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/2010\/01\/14\/baby-boy-brother-to-audrey-josephine\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Boy, Brother to Audrey Josephine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rachel writes:<\/p>\n

We’re expecting our second child, a boy on February 11th. Our older daughter is Audrey Josephine, initials AJK, a tradition from my husband’s side of the family for the first born to have those initials. She was super easy to name, my Grandmother had passed away before I was pregnant, and since her name was Josephine that was easy… and believe it or not I had a dream that I was having a daughter and that she would be named Audrey when I was about 20 weeks, and after that there was no question about it. <\/p>\n

This time, it’s not been so easy. Boys seem much harder to name! I want to use my father’s name as a middle name, Randall, which (although my dad is great!) is not my favorite name. I really like James for a first name, my husband doesn’t. We both kind of like Daniel, but that sounds awful with Randall as a middle name. My husband likes Jonah, and I do, except that it reminds me of the Jonas Brothers. I’m not sure if that is a deal breaker or not. Other names that I’ve liked that my husband hasn’t been too excited about: Owen, Milo, Samuel, and Adam. He likes Eli and Atticus a lot, and I do not. It would be nice to get some other names in the mix for us to consider, any suggestions would help a lot!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

To me, the Jonas Brothers wouldn’t be a deal-breaker for the name Jonah. I think it’s because the Jonas Brothers are more like Thejonasbrothers, as if it’s all one word—the way Mel Gibson is Melgibson and I don’t think of his name as actually being Mel.<\/p>\n

The Baby Name Wizard<\/a> lists Owen as a brother name for Eli, which makes me feel as if your tastes are very close together and we just need to find the one name that works. Other brother names for Eli: Noah (similar to Jonah but no Jonas Brothers association), Levi, Jake, and Caleb.<\/p>\n

Oh, and look! The brother names for Jonah also include Eli and Noah and Caleb! The other two brother names are Micah and Asher.<\/p>\n

Noah Randall K.
Levi Randall K.
Jacob Randall K.
Caleb Randall K.
Micah Randall K.
Asher Randall K.<\/p>\n

Do any of those appeal?<\/p>\n

Brother names for Noah are Eli, Owen, Jonah, and Caleb, and only one new option: Ethan. Caleb has an interesting brother option: Elijah. That’s sort of Eli merged with Jonah. And Elijah’s brother names include Isaiah and Josiah. Samuel’s brothers include Benjamin and Simon.<\/p>\n

Ethan Randall K.
Elijah Randall K.
Isaiah Randall K.
Josiah Randall K.
Benjamin Randall K.
Simon Randall K.<\/p>\n

I particularly like Simon with Audrey. I think Simon has the intellectual image of Atticus, and also improves the name Randall. So Simon would be my first choice. But I think a lot of the others work very well too: Audrey and Benjamin, Audrey and Ethan, Audrey and Caleb.<\/p>\n

Name update<\/span> 02-07-2010! Rachel writes:<\/p>\n

Thanks for the advice and feedback!! Jonah Randall was born at 3:02am on February 4th. He was 8 lbs, 11 ounces, and he was 21 1\/2 inches long. I think I just needed to hear from people who weren’t related to me! <\/p>\n

Thanks again!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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