Jennifer writes:<\/p>\n
My husband and I cannot choose a name for our baby girl. She is due August 23rd, and will be our fourth child. We have one son and two daughters. There will be 8 years age difference between our present youngest and the new baby. This time around, we are having great difficulty in choosing a name. We think of something, but have a problem commiting to it.<\/p>\n
Our children’s names are common names. Dylan, Emma, and Abbey. However, they have some significance to us. Dylan is my husband’s middle name and a nod to Bob Dylan. Emma was a name I had been in love with for years (she was named before its surge in popularity), and Abbey is from the Beatles’ Abbey Road. Their middle names each have something to do with nature- Dylan Trout, Emma Rose, Abbey Rain. Again, these have some significance to us, Trout from a book title, Rose was a grandmother’s name, and Rain shortened from the word rainbow in another book title.<\/p>\n
We would like to find a name for this baby that has some significance to us, but seem to have run out of ideas. We would like for the first name to have 2 syllables and the middle to have 1, but are willing to forgo this for a good name. Our last name is 2 syllables and begins with a B. We also like names that won’t typically be shortened to a nickname.<\/p>\n
First names that at least one of us has liked: Maggie, Ellie, Callie, Audrey, Betsy, Charlie, Sadie and Robyn. We really have no names that both of us have agreed upon.
Middle name ideas we’ve had are: Sage, Reed, Ruby, and Wren. Nothing that really has significance to us.<\/p>\nAny new name suggestions or thoughts on names we’ve liked are much appreciated! Thanks so much!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
New suggestions will be tricky, because we don’t know what names would be meaningful. We can, however, discuss ways to FIND meaningful names.<\/p>\n
1. Stand in front of your bookshelf. Look at each title, each author; think of the characters in each book.<\/p>\n
2. Go to a room in your house. Stand in the middle and turn slowly, looking at everything in the room. Maybe a print on the wall will remind you of the artist you like, or a knick-knack will remind you of a trip you took. Sift through those memories for names.<\/p>\n
3. Think about the places you’ve lived together: towns, counties, states. Think of places you’ve gone together: coffee shops, bookstores, restaurants. Think of places you grew up, places you’ve gone on vacation together, places you’d like to go. Any good location names?<\/p>\n
4. Look through your CDs and DVDs for artist\/actor\/character names.<\/p>\n
5. Look at a family tree for first names and for surname names.<\/p>\n
6. Think of your friends over the years, considering their first names and surnames.<\/p>\n
7. Think of the people who’ve been important to you over the years: teachers, doctors, church and community members. Consider their first names and surnames.<\/p>\n
8. Think of the places that were important to you in your childhood: schools and churches and parks sometimes have pretty names.<\/p>\n
9. Think of famous people you’ve respected and liked: artists and actors and scientists and authors and politicians. Think of causes you feel favorably toward, and the people involved with them. Historical figures are good for this too.<\/p>\n
10. Think of the books you liked as a child, and look for author names and character names.<\/p>\n
Since this baby is much younger than her three siblings, I wonder if you might find a meaningful name by allowing the older children to help name her? Any name they chose would have meaning by merit of them choosing it. Or maybe there are name ideas in things that mean something to you as a family, or would have significance to your older children. Dae is a one-syllable middle name made from the other children’s first initials, for example; perhaps Day would make a pretty nature-y middle name. Or maybe the children would like to name the baby after someone important to them.<\/p>\n
Most likely none of these will be meaningful, but here are some 2-syllable names I think go well with your first three:<\/p>\n
Bella
Chloe
Gracie
Haley
Hannah
Josie
Katelyn
Kaylie
Lauren
Lila
Lucy
Maddie
Maya
Mia
Sophie
Zoe<\/p>\nDoes anyone have other suggestions for finding a meaningful name?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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