Rachel writes:<\/p>\n
My husband and I are struggling with names for our second son (arriving end of December\/beginning of January). We made the (very wise) decision last time not to tell anyone our name choice until after our son was born and we’d like to do that again this time. However, we’re struggling with what name to use and some second opinions would be helpful. Since we’re keeping it a secret from family\/friends I thought I’d turn to you! Also, while my husband has strong opinions he named our first son, so he’s stated that in the end I get to to decide the name for this baby…..oh the pressure!!!<\/p>\n
First of all, our last name is similar to “Hull” or “Hill,” so we need a name that works with that. His middle name will be my maiden name (which is also our first son’s middle name). Our first son (19 months) is named Wyatt. We had his name picked out before the ultrasound. We liked it because it wasn’t so uncommon that people would think it was “weird” but not as common as Jack or other popular boy names. (Although Sheryl Crow named her son Wyatt one month later and now it’s becoming more popular!). <\/p>\n
Anyhow, as for names for this baby…..<\/p>\n
We’ve narrowed it down to 2 or 3. Choice A is Cooper. It goes well w\/ our last name, goes well with Wyatt and is easy to spell\/pronounce. I think it will be really cute for a baby or a little boy. What we’re less sure of is what it’ll sound like for a 30 year old grown man. I keep picturing a grown man in a suit shaking hands and introducing himself as “Cooper” and I’m just not sure it works. <\/p>\n
Choice B is Harrison, although we’ll call him Harry. I like this because I had a great grandfather named Harry and my husband’s grandfather is Harold so it keeps it in the family. Plus I think a baby Harry is so cute sounding. It also gives him the option of going by Harrison as an adult if he wants to. The only downside…I think Harrison sounds great with our last name, but I think Harry with our last name sounds silly. And I keep envisioning him introducing himself as Harry H— and it sounds weird. What do you think?<\/p>\n
Choice C is Charlie. My husband just came up with this in the last week. Neither of us like Charles so we’d put Charlie on the birth certificate.. I think it’s an okay name but I don’t love it as much as Cooper or Harrison\/Harry. <\/p>\n
I’d love to hear other people’s thoughts\/opinions on this!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
So would I! Let’s put the three names in a poll over to the right [poll closed; see below], and people can give freestyle opinions in the comment section.<\/p>\n
Poll results<\/span> (223 votes total):
Cooper: 113 votes, roughly 51%
Harrison (Harry): 68 votes, roughly 30%
Charlie: 42 votes, roughly 19%<\/p>\nName update<\/span> 02-21-2009! Rachel writes:<\/p>\n
A belated update….our son Harry was born on January 8th. We named him Harrison but are calling him Harry. Thanks for all the comments and voting from everyone. Even though Harry wasn’t the popular choice, reading everyone’s comments helped us decide.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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