Brette writes:<\/p>\n
We are in a bit of a pickle- we are stuck on 2 different names and can’t seem to agree! (But we still have time, our baby is due in Feburary 2014.)<\/p>\n
My husband and I are currently pregnant with our second baby, a little girl! Our son just turned 2 and we named him Cruise James. Our last name is pronounced “Kah-naughty”. My husband has a very common name, Christopher, and I am a female with the name Brette. After growing up having a more masculine name, I tend to really lean towards a very feminine name for our daughter.<\/p>\n
We have both fallen in love with a different name. I love the feminine and sweet Cosette Claire, while my Husband is set on Collins Annabelle. I don’t mind the name Collins, but after growing up with a more masculine name, I know it can sometimes be confusing for people who assume you are not female after reading your name. I love that both names are unique and not overly used.<\/p>\n
My husband doesn’t mind the name Cosette but he worries people will always ask us to repeat it, and she will have to spell it constantly.<\/p>\n
Some other names we like but haven’t really won us over are: Kira, Reina, and Tessa.<\/p>\n
If this baby had been a boy his name would have been Beckett Christopher.<\/p>\n
We aren’t set on a name starting with C, but we do like the phonetic sound that a C or K name has with our last name. So please help us choose if we should have a Cosette or a Collins!<\/p>\n
Thank you!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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I wonder if you would like Cosette Collins. This gives you the more distinctly feminine first name you’d prefer while still including Collins; and I think the shared sounds go well with Cruise James. It would also be a fun way to get Coco as a nickname if you wanted it, though you could also get that from Cosette alone. I like the way your son’s name would tie in with his father’s (the Chr\/Cr starting sound) while your daughter’s name would tie in with yours (the -ette ending).<\/p>\n
Or perhaps the middle name ideas could be combined to make Clara Annabelle or Annabelle Claire.<\/p>\n
I agree with your husband that with an uncommon name like Cosette, you and she will likely need to repeat it and spell it. I think this will also happen with the uncommon name Collins, though, so it seems like a point against both finalists.<\/p>\n
If your husband “doesn’t mind” the name Cosette and you “don’t mind” the name Collins, it doesn’t sound like either one of you is about to leap to the other one’s choice. It may be that you’ll need to cross off both names and look for something else. Perhaps if one of you likes a new name candidate just a little more than the other one does, Cosette or Collins could be used as the middle name to balance things out.<\/p>\n
Would you like the name Colette? It seems like a good combination of Cosette and Collins.<\/p>\n
Or Calla? It’s similar to Collins, but more feminine.<\/p>\n
Calista, too, has some of the sound of Collins.<\/p>\n
Or Corinne has the -in- sound of Collins while having the rhythm and Frenchness of Cosette.<\/p>\n
Or Campbell. Campbell is also currently used for boys in the United States, but it’s used more than twice as often for girls. (The nickname Cammie might be what makes it feel feminine.)<\/p>\n
More possibilities:<\/p>\n
Cambria
\nCamilla
\nCarissa
\nCarrigan
\nCarly
\nCarys
\nClarissa
\nCleo
\nKinley
\nKyla<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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Name update:<\/strong> We ended up naming her Cosette McKinley, and she goes by Coco or Cozi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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