{"id":7056,"date":"2009-03-29T20:44:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-30T00:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/2009\/03\/29\/baby-boy-matthews\/"},"modified":"2009-03-29T20:44:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-30T00:44:00","slug":"baby-boy-matthews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/2009\/03\/29\/baby-boy-matthews\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Boy Matthews"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Molly writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We are expecting our second boy to arrive via c-section on 4\/7 and are stuck on name options.  We keep thinking we have it narrowed down, and then one of us wavers and we&#8217;re back to square one.  Our older son is named Reed Alexander Matthews.  Reed is a family name, and Alexander is my husband.  We do know that we want to use Wallace as a middle name for this baby.  We&#8217;ve kicked around Ryan, Rowan, and Quinn, but keep getting stuck and can&#8217;t make a decision.  Our only requirements are that it go well with Reed and it not be too popular or overused.<\/p>\n<p>Do you have any ideas or suggestions that would meet our criteria that we&#8217;re just not seeing?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0767917529\/ref=nosim\/?tag=88K18-20\">The Baby Name Wizard<\/a> suggests Grant as a brother for Reed\/Reid.  Grant Wallace Matthews.  Reed and Grant.  More options:<\/p>\n<p>Declan.  Declan Wallace Matthews.  Reed and Declan.<br \/>Casey.  Casey Wallace Matthews.  Reed and Casey.<br \/>Tiernan.  Tiernan Wallace Matthews.  Reed and Tiernan.<br \/>Keegan.  Keegan Wallace Matthews.  Reed and Keegan.<br \/>Corbin.  Corbin Wallace Matthews.  Reed and Corbin.<br \/>Cael.  Cael Wallace Matthews.  Reed and Cael.<\/p>\n<p>But you know what I think I like best?  Quinn, from your list.  Quinn Wallace Matthews.  Reed and Quinn.  I also like Corbin.   Let&#8217;s put a poll over to the right and see what everyone else thinks.  [Poll closed; see results below.]<\/p>\n<p><span>Poll results<\/span> (284 votes total):<br \/>Ryan:  30 votes, roughly 11%<br \/>Rowan:  16 votes, roughly 6%<br \/>Quinn:  88 votes, roughly 31%<br \/>Grant:  81 votes, roughly 29%<br \/>Declan:  17 votes, roughly 6%<br \/>Casey:  4 votes, roughly 1%<br \/>Tiernan:  4 votes, roughly 1%<br \/>Keegan:  8 votes, roughly 3%<br \/>Corbin:  30 votes, roughly 11%<br \/>Cael:  6 votes, roughly 2%<\/p>\n<p><span>Name update<\/span> 04-22-2009.  Molly writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Thank you so much for all of your suggestions, and for the helpful poll.  We were on the fence right up to the last minute.  We hadn&#8217;t considered the name Grant at all until your poll, and when it became a front-runner and we chatted about it some more, we decided that we liked it quite a bit.  When we went into the OR for the c-section, we had narrowed our options down to Grant and Quinn, and agreed to see what he looked like before tagging him with a name.  Once we got a good look at him, we agreed that he is definitely a Grant. <\/p>\n<p>Thanks again for all of your (and your followers) helpful advice!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Molly writes: We are expecting our second boy to arrive via c-section on 4\/7 and are stuck on name options. We keep thinking we have it narrowed down, and then one of us wavers and we&#8217;re back to square one. Our older son is named Reed Alexander Matthews. 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