J. writes:<\/p>\n
We need help deciding on a name for our baby boy expected to arrive in February. We have one daughter, Caroline Ellis and our last name is Keely.<\/p>\n
We keep going in circles with names we like! I prefer traditional, strong names – but I also wouldn’t mind something that sounds fresh and a little unique. We want to use a family name for at least one of his names. Our daughters middle name is a family name. Family names we like are Lewis, John, William, Charles, Ross & George<\/p>\n
Some of our favorite names so far are:<\/p>\n
John David – and call him John David. I love this name, but my husband isn’t sold on calling him two names. My father in law and husband are both David, and my grandfather, father and brother are all John (my brother is the only one who goes by John)<\/p>\n
Lewis Wells – and call him Wells. I really love Wells at the moment, so any other suggestions of combinations with Wells would be helpful. Lewis is one of our top family picks.<\/p>\n
Harris – also really like this one, but not sure of the combination – maybe William Harris??<\/p>\n
Charles Lewis – I have always loved Charlie, it is just so popular right now!!<\/p>\n
Henry Lewis – Love this one too, but also so popular<\/p>\n
George Lewis – Love but not sure if the new prince will increase this names popularity and my husband isn’t sold on this one<\/p>\n
Please let us know your thoughts and also if you can think of any other names we should be considering?<\/p>\n
Thanks for your help!!!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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Have you considered Wells for the first name, especially if you’re going to call him Wells either way? One of my relatives babysits for a boy named Wells, and hearing her talk about him made me realize how well the name works. I think Caroline and Wells is charming. Then you could use a family middle name as you did with your first child. Wells Lewis Keely or Wells David Keely.<\/p>\n
All the names on your list seem great, though—I can see why you’re stuck. I have Charles\/Charlie on my own list, but I’m not sure about the repeated endings of Charlie Keely: I don’t mind Henry Keely as much because it’s just a repeating vowel sound, but Charlie Keely does the whole -lee. It matters less with a nickname, though, I think.<\/p>\n
I notice you have a lot of name candidates ending in S, so I’d add:<\/p>\n
Angus
\nDavis
\nElias
\nJames
\nJulius
\nMatthias
\nMiles
\nNicholas
\nThomas
\nTobias<\/p>\nI also wonder if you’d like something like Wilson: similar to William and Wells. Wilson Keely; Caroline and Wilson.<\/p>\n
Or you could name him William but nickname him Wills—very close to Wells.<\/p>\n
I’d suggest Wesley, but it has that repeated -ley ending issue again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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