Becky writes:<\/p>\n
We are having baby number 4, due October 4 and are getting desparate to resolve the name issue. <\/p>\n
Our oldest is a girl: Blake Christina Morrow
Our second is a boy: Mason Michael Morrow
Our third is a boy: Britton Matthew Morrow<\/p>\nA few of our baby name rules\/quirks:
We have ruled out any names that start with B because we don’t want Mason to feel left out.
I really really do not like names that are so trendy there are 5 kids with the same name in the Kindergarten class.
I need a name that is cute at 3 but can translate to the boardroom at 33. (I have a very cutesy name and am now a lawyer and I hate it – so that is just my quirk)<\/p>\nSo here is where we are at:<\/p>\n
I LOVE LOVE LOVE Mia Kate Caroline Morrow (to be called Mia Kate like Mary Kay).<\/p>\n
Concerns:
Is it “unfair” or asking for problems to give this baby girl a “girly” name like Mia Kate and Blake a typical boys name? Blake is lukewarm to Mia Kate because “she gets a girly name and I have a boys name!” I respect that but also do I allow a fickle 7 year old to dictate what we name our baby? I guarantee when Blake is 16 she’ll think having a “boys name” is cool… <\/p>\nI noticed the name Mia is #15 on popularity. Do you think this name is overused or is going to be overused? Even though its #15, I haven’t heard or seen it around much in our Midwest area.<\/p>\n
I know we (and probably other people) will call her Mia from time to time which is fine but how does “Mia Morrow” sound? I love it because it goes with Mason Morrow but it also reminds me slightly of a stripper.. I don’t know why – maybe because I lived in Vegas for years. Does anyone else think Mia Morrow is too goofy sounding? I am crazy about the stripper connotation. If it is a concern, is it tempered enough by using “Mia Kate” as the first name? so all of her official documents would say “Mia Kate Morrow”<\/p>\n
In addition, my husband is a little lukewarm to Mia Kate but he realizes that I give birth, I rule.
So back up names, that I like well enough are:<\/p>\nEliot Elizabeth Morrow
Quincey Kate Morrow
Presley Kate Morrow
Kevyn Kate Morrow
Finley Katherine Morrow (my hubby’s absolute fave!)<\/p>\nI know they go so great with the other kids names, but I am not bonded to them like Mia Kate – I don’t know why. Do all the kids names have to “match?”<\/p>\n
Help!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
You haven’t just gone a little androgynous here, like Cameron or Jordan, you’ve gone for something close to shock value. At this point, I think it could be startling to suddenly switch gears and go for a distinctly cute, feminine, non-boardroom name. On the other hand, no, of course the children’s names don’t all have to coordinate. There are no strict naming rules, and whatever name you choose will become the child and it won’t seem like “a name” anymore—and as you have found, the boardroom is still open to people with cute names.<\/p>\n
If you do decide to give her a coordinating name, Finley, Presley, and Quincey are all excellent choices. Some more possibilities:<\/p>\n
Ashton
Chandler
Fisher
Galen
Garnet
Hollis
Keaton
Langston
Marshall
Merrit
Miller
Sterling
Wallis
Winslow<\/p>\n(A name I thought at first would be excellent was Drew: it gives you two one-syllable girl names and two two-syllable boy names; it’s a boy name despite Drew Barrymore; and I just like the way it sounds with all the other names. …Until I put it with your surname and immediately started singing “Drew Morrow! Drew Morrow! I love you, Drew Morrow! You’re only a day away!”)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Becky writes: We are having baby number 4, due October 4 and are getting desparate to resolve the name issue. Our oldest is a girl: Blake Christina MorrowOur second is a boy: Mason Michael Morrow Our third is a boy: Britton Matthew Morrow A few of our baby name rules\/quirks:We have ruled out any names […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3iyiG-1NS","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6936\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}