(I’m out of town but didn’t want to fall too behind on the May baby names. Here’s one for you to work on while I’m gone.)<\/p>\n
Stefanie writes:<\/p>\n
I am due with my third child in May. We have two boys, James Anthony (7) and Samuel Arthur (3). We call the youngest Sam exclusively, and his older brother goes by James. Both boys are named after family members (my father and husband in James’ case and my grandfather in Sam’s case). We do not know whether this baby is a boy or a girl, so we are casting about for two names.<\/p>\n
If the baby is a girl, we are almost certain we want to name her Margaret, after my late mother. I suspect we would call her Maggie, since Margaret seems like a lovely name for an adult but maybe a bit grown up for someone with pigtails. As to middle name, I am leaning toward Quinn, but I would happily take suggestions. If it helps, other names I’ve loved in the past are Olivia, Aniston, and Peyton. I would love to name a daughter Peyton Margaret, but as our last name starts with an S, the initials are a major dealbreaker. She’d have every right to hate me as a teenager. My husband has a (horrifying) preference for unisex names for girls. If it were up to him he would name a daughter Charlie, Alex, or Sam. All fine names, but not really to my taste. When I asked if there were any more feminine names that he liked he suggested Roxy. Clearly, we do not see eye to eye on this one. But, he has acknowledged that my desire to honor my mother trumps his lousy different taste in names, so don’t feel too constrained by his love of unisex names.<\/p>\n
If the baby is a boy we are up a creek. We would like to use another family name, probably in the middle name slot. Our options are George or Joseph. But we are really struggling to find a first name that we love and can agree on. Thus far we’ve come up with William (we’d likely call him Will), Jackson (we’d call him Jack), or Benjamin. We also like Elliott but neither of us thinks it works all that well with James and Sam. So we are really open to suggestions.<\/p>\n
Our last name starts with an S and is two syllables. It ends in a long eee sound.<\/p>\n
This is the most trouble we’ve had selecting a name, and it’s made worse by the fact that we steadfastly refuse to discuss possible names with friends and family. We discussed names when I was pregnant with James and it never ended well. Help? :)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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