{"id":8442,"date":"2013-12-10T12:49:07","date_gmt":"2013-12-10T16:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/?p=8442"},"modified":"2013-12-10T12:49:56","modified_gmt":"2013-12-10T16:49:56","slug":"middle-name-challenge-kinsley-_____-babb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/2013\/12\/10\/middle-name-challenge-kinsley-_____-babb\/","title":{"rendered":"Middle Name Challenge: Kinsley _____ Babb"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jillian writes:<\/p>\n

We are in desperate search of our unborn baby girl’s middle name. Her first name will be Kinsley and our last name is Babb. She is due to be born early March!<\/p>\n

Her brother’s name is Cole Ethan. We loved his name and were sold instantly, but it’s been harder to code the girl name this time around! We didn’t use any family names to name him, so we are thinking of not using any family names for Kinsley. I think she needs a one syllable middle name, but I could be wrong.<\/p>\n

We like cute, not too traditional names, but not so over the top trendy.<\/p>\n

Some middle names we’ve considered:<\/p>\n

Elyse
\nSophia
\nGrace
\nRose (my mom wants Rose after her middle name, Rosalie, but I’m not sold)
\nIsabella (thinking that would be a mouth full)<\/p>\n

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

 <\/p>\n

With Kinsley ____ Babb, I like a 2-syllable (especially with the emphasis on the second syllable) or 3-syllable (especially with the emphasis on the second syllable) middle name—though I think the 1-syllable options work, too, and I like Kinsley Rose Babb very much. Kinsley Sophia Babb would be exactly to my tastes. I like Kinsley Elyse Babb for rhythm, but would prefer something without the repeating -lee and -s- sounds.<\/p>\n

I also like 4-syllable names with the emphasis on the second syllable<\/a>: Kinsley Elizabeth, Kinsley Amelia, Kinsley Olivia, Kinsley Victoria.<\/p>\n

Do you have any names you would have liked to have used for the first name, but couldn’t because they weren’t great with the surname, or because a friend recently used the name, or because it seemed too common\/uncommon for your tastes? Those can make great middle names.<\/p>\n

Would you LIKE to use a family name, but you feel like you shouldn’t because you didn’t use one for your son? Even though I like sibling names to coordinate, I do think it’s fine if there are differences of this sort.<\/p>\n

What I like to do when choosing a middle name is take a baby name book or the Social Security name list and just skim through it, saying each name with the first and middle, jotting down any names that seem like possibilities. Each person’s list will vary depending on tastes in names and rhythms, but here’s what my list looks like:<\/p>\n

Kinsley Adele Babb
\nKinsley Aurora Babb
\nKinsley Brianna Babb
\nKinsley Briella Babb
\nKinsley Eleanor Babb
\nKinsley Fiona Babb
\nKinsley Michaela Babb
\nKinsley Noelle Babb
\nKinsley Rosella Babb
\nKinsley Sabrina Babb
\nKinsley Sierra Babb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jillian writes: We are in desperate search of our unborn baby girl’s middle name. Her first name will be Kinsley and our last name is Babb. She is due to be born early March! Her brother’s name is Cole Ethan. We loved his name and were sold instantly, but it’s been harder to code the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3iyiG-2ca","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8442"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8444,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8442\/revisions\/8444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}