{"id":6880,"date":"2009-12-05T09:04:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-05T13:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/2009\/12\/05\/baby-boy-or-girl-cervantes\/"},"modified":"2009-12-05T09:04:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-05T13:04:00","slug":"baby-boy-or-girl-cervantes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/2009\/12\/05\/baby-boy-or-girl-cervantes\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Boy or Girl Cervantes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Katie writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I was hoping that you could help me and my husband name our third baby.  We are due December 27th.  Our last name is Cervantes and we have two daughters, Claire Lucia and Megan Lydia.  We don&#8217;t know the gender of this baby, but have decided that if it&#8217;s a boy we will name him Matthew Richard.  We like girls&#8217; names that are timeless without being too standard like Elizabeth or Katherine.  We have decided that the middle name will be Liberty, so whatever we pick will have to go with that.<\/p>\n<p>We have had a hard time compiling much of a list, but some names we have considered are Hope, Caroline, Elise, and Gemma.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>You are almost totally in line with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0767917529\/ref=nosim\/?tag=88K18-20\">The Baby Name Wizard<\/a>:  sister names for Claire are Elise, Caroline, Isabel, Leah, and Hope.  Sister names for Megan are Lauren, Caitlin, Jenna, Morgan, and Allison.<\/p>\n<p>As I start to work on this, I notice that Liberty is a difficult middle name.  Hope Liberty.  Caroline Liberty.  Elise Liberty.  Gemma Liberty.  It doesn&#8217;t FLOW.  I think Liberty is more of a first-name name and doesn&#8217;t want to take second place.  But it&#8217;s set, so let&#8217;s see if we can beat it into middle-name submission.<\/p>\n<p>From your list, I think Caroline is smoothest with Liberty:  Caroline Liberty Cervantes.  I think Hope is ruled out.  Elise Liberty would be okay.<\/p>\n<p>From The Baby Name Wizard&#8217;s lists, I think Isabel Liberty and Allison Liberty would be okay.<\/p>\n<p>Some others that might work:<\/p>\n<p>Abigail Liberty; Claire, Megan, and Abigail<br \/>Brooke Liberty; Claire, Megan, and Brooke<br \/>Claudia Liberty; Claire, Megan, and Claudia<br \/>Eliza Liberty; Claire, Megan, and Eliza<br \/>Holly Liberty; Claire, Megan, and Holly<br \/>Jillian Liberty; Claire, Megan, and Jillian<br \/>Joanna Liberty; Claire, Megan, and Joanna<br \/>Jocelyn Liberty; Claire, Megan, and Jocelyn<br \/>Julia Liberty; Claire, Megan, and Julia<br \/>Meredith Liberty; Claire, Megan, and Meredith<br \/>Miriam Liberty; Claire, Megan, and Miriam<br \/>Rebecca Liberty; Claire, Megan, and Rebecca<br \/>Sabrina Liberty; Claire, Megan, and Sabrina<\/p>\n<p>My top favorite is Eliza.  Eliza Liberty Cervantes; Claire, Megan, and Eliza.<\/p>\n<p>What do the rest of you think?  Can you find names that would work with siblings Claire and Megan, and middle name Liberty?<\/p>\n<p><span>Name update<\/span> 12-29-2009!  Katie writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Thanks so much for posting my letter, and for your suggestions (and those of your readers).  In the end, we did not need a name to go with Liberty, because we had a beautiful baby boy!<br \/>Our son was born on Christmas Eve.  After seeing him, Matthew Richard did not seem quite right, so we named him our second choice:  Karl Richard  (Karl is my maiden name). <br \/>Thanks again for your help!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Katie writes: I was hoping that you could help me and my husband name our third baby. We are due December 27th. Our last name is Cervantes and we have two daughters, Claire Lucia and Megan Lydia. 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