{"id":7242,"date":"2008-05-18T16:21:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-18T20:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/2008\/05\/18\/flynn-piper-and-baby-boy-____\/"},"modified":"2008-05-18T16:21:00","modified_gmt":"2008-05-18T20:21:00","slug":"flynn-piper-and-baby-boy-____","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/2008\/05\/18\/flynn-piper-and-baby-boy-____\/","title":{"rendered":"Flynn, Piper, and Baby Boy ____"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jarrod writes:<\/p>\n

Looking for some help here with a boys name. I have a son Flynn Andrew, 5, and a daughter Piper Jane, 3. We have a boy coming in less than a month, and are struggling with a name…..or maybe I am.<\/p>\n

The boys middle name will be “William,” after my father-in-law. My wife loves the name “Cash,” and I like it, but am struggling with Cash meaning money. We really like names that are unusual, and names that are traditionally last names. Also, we like one syllable names.<\/p>\n

Can you give us your opinion on Cash, and how it goes with the other kids names?<\/p>\n

Thanks for your help.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I, too, always think of money whenever I hear the name Cash. It’s too bad, because that name has a lot going for it: it’s strong but it’s softened by its ending; it’s unusual but familiar; it’s easy to spell and pronounce. But I always think of cash money and cold hard cash. This is one of the downfalls of Noun Names.<\/p>\n

Let’s see if we can find some other names to choose from. I like to start by seeing what The Baby Name Wizard<\/a> suggests as brother names for the children you have already:<\/p>\n

Flynn: Keane, Hayes, Fife, Archer, Wynn
Piper: Reece, Carter, Finn, Walker, Riley<\/p>\n

Well, it’s always hit-and-miss. I mean, seriously: Wynn as a brother for Flynn? Flynn and Wynn? And Fife looks took much like Fifi to me. And of course Finn isn’t going to work.<\/p>\n

But Keane seems like a very good option: one-syllable, unusual, and a surname name. It has the same hard-C sound as Cash. It’s great with your other children’s names: Flynn, Piper, and Keane. And it’s good with the middle name: Keane William. I love it. Hayes and Reece seem good, too, although I’d use alternate spelling Rhys to avoid reminding people of Reese Witherspoon.<\/p>\n

Some more one-syllable options:<\/p>\n

Beck
Cade
Clark
Dane
Ford
Gage
Graham
Grant
Nash
Reid
Tate
Teague<\/p>\n

From that list, my favorites with Flynn and Piper are Beck, Graham, Reid, Tate, and Teague: they all have the same happy sound. Teague seems like a particularly good candidate: Teague William; Flynn, Piper, and Teague. Tied with that is Keane, which I think is just about perfect on all counts. Those are the two I’d put my money on, speaking of cash.<\/p>\n

All you really asked, though, was whether I thought Cash went with your other kids’ names. I think it’s not a clash, but not a perfect fit, either. Flynn and Piper have a lighthearted, almost whimsical sound; Cash has more of a preppy sound (if it makes you picture expensive suits and slick hair) or a country sound (if it makes you think of Johnny Cash). I would put Cash with siblings such as Brooks and Sloane, or with Ty and Wyatt. But again, I think it works fine with Flynn and Piper, too.<\/p>\n

The rest of us, let’s vote! I put Cash along with my favorites in the poll at right<\/strike> [poll closed; see below], but of course you can do write-ins in the comment section.<\/p>\n

[Poll results:<\/span>
Cash: 17 votes, roughly 10%
Keane: 49 votes, roughly 29%
Beck: 18 votes, roughly 11%
Graham: 11 votes, roughly 7%
Reid: 33 votes, roughly 20%
Tate: 19 votes, roughly 11%
Teague: 22 votes, roughly 13%]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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