I feel like I may go crazy, but am choosing to blame it mostly on the pregnancy hormones. We are expecting a baby girl in early May. We thought we had her name picked out: Norah. We chose that name when I was pregnant with my son 3 years ago. However we are pretty sure we want something different at this point. I am not bothered by a name that is popular, but we have met\/know nine little Noras in the past 1.5 years-NINE!!! Four live in our neighborhood and five of them are children of people in our social network, all are under age 5 and three were born in the past two months. We are feeling like it is just too much, and the name has lost its special feel. Our son’s name is Levi, which is technically more popular, but I have only met 1 in person, and have one friend with a child named Levi, so I do not think it is just our hypersensitivity to a name.<\/p>\n
Our last name is Irish and sounds like McFew. My husband is Ben(jamin) and I am Leitia(Layshuh), a name I have grown to appreciate, but has always been a pain. We want recognizable, easy to spell and pronounce names for our children. Our son is Levi Harper. And had this baby been a boy, he would be Simon Reid. We do not know at this point if this baby is our last or not.<\/p>\n
We are avoiding family names for middles, and opting for names we like and\/or have special meaning to us. We seem to prefer names that are classy, short and sweet, have good meaning, age well, and pair well with Levi and our last name.<\/p>\n
I felt sure I had found the perfect name at one point: Miriam, but called Mira almost exclusively. It fit everything I was looking for so perfectly, and has such a special meaning to me. I was so sure it was \u201cthe\u201d name that I felt confident we were having a girl before ever finding out. My husband has tried to come around to it, but says he just does not like it. I have passed the idea of just using Mira by him, or even the Irish Meara, but he still does not like it. So we need help!<\/p>\n
Names on our short list, but none are jumping out at us:<\/p>\n
Claire
\nJune
\nKeira
\nNaomi
\nMyra
\nHazel
\nClara
\nNeva
\nMargo(t)<\/p>\n
My husband has thrown out just a few names. He seems to gravitate towards short and Irish: Bria, Keira, and Keela. None feel classic enough for me.<\/p>\n
Names I love, but husband doesn\u2019t: Caroline, Eliza, Nessa, Pearl, Daphne, Freya, Fiona, Sylvia\/Sylvie, Thea, Vada. I feel like I am mostly into names that are classic or old, and a little spunky. The middle name will likely be one from our short list, probably June, Claire, or Naomi.<\/p>\n
We need help! I am such a planner. Even though we still have a few months, I never dreamed we would not have chosen a name by now.<\/p>\n
Thank you for any guidance!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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It is really a shame your husband doesn’t like Mira, especially since he DOES like Keira and Myra. Perhaps Miriam will work as the middle name.<\/p>\n
When I read that Nora was out, the first name that came to mind was Cora. It’s very similar in style to Nora; it’s easy to spell and pronounce; it’s classy, short, and sweet; and perhaps it will not have enjoyed quite the resurgence that Nora has in your neighborhood. Cora McFew; Levi and Cora.<\/p>\n
Or Nina. Nina McFew; Levi and Nina.<\/p>\n
Or Orla. Orla McFew; Levi and Orla.<\/p>\n
Or Georgia. Georgia McFew; Levi and Georgia.<\/p>\n
Or Mallory. Mallory McFew; Levi and Mallory.<\/p>\n
Or Nadia. Nadia McFew; Levi and Nadia.<\/p>\n
Or perhaps Eleanor, and call her Nell or Ellie instead of Nora. Then perhaps as she gets older, the Noras in your area will thin out and you can call her Nora after all. Eleanor McFew; Levi and Eleanor; Levi and Nell.<\/p>\n
Or Noelle. Noelle McFew; Levi and Noelle.<\/p>\n
Or Nola. Nola McFew; Levi and Nola.<\/p>\n
Or Carys. Carys McFew; Levi and Carys.<\/p>\n
Or Brin\/Bryn\/Brynne. Brin McFew; Levi and Brin.<\/p>\n
I think Lydia would be lovely, if you don’t mind repeating the initial. Lydia McFew; Levi and Lydia. I thought of it when I was imagining a little Simon born later: Levi, Lydia, and Simon. The long-I sound and 2-syllable length ties Levi and Simon together; the L-initial ties Levi and Lydia together; and the 5-letter length ties Lydia and Simon together. And all three have a biblical sound.<\/p>\n
I wonder if Anna might be just the thing. It’s simple and classic, and very easy to pronounce and spell. Anna McFew; Levi and Anna.<\/p>\n
Or Audrey? Audrey McFew; Levi and Audrey.<\/p>\n
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Name update!<\/strong> Leitia writes:<\/p>\n Thanks for posting our baby name dilemma!\u00a0 It was so fun hearing everyone’s feedback.\u00a0 After going through time and time again and considering so many lovely names, we decided to stick with our original choice of Norah.\u00a0 It still felt special despite so, so many Nora(h)s around us.\u00a0 We tried so hard to agree on another name that felt as special.\u00a0\u00a0 We went to the hospital with the name Norah June Miriam.\u00a0 We decided to add a second middle name since Miriam had such special meaning to me for this pregnancy.\u00a0 However, when I first held her in my arms, I knew Norah was not her name.\u00a0 I did not tell my husband at first because I was feeling so overwhelmed from the delivery.\u00a0 Later in the night, he asked if I felt Norah was the right name.\u00a0 I confessed, I was having a hard time seeing her as Norah.\u00a0 I told him I thought she was a Mira.\u00a0 He said he thought Norah or Mira would be equally wonderful names and suit her well either way I felt.\u00a0 So we had the nurses change all her signs to “Mira June McFew.”\u00a0 It is perfect and so is she.\u00a0 My husband and I are both thrilled with our choice.\u00a0 And I have secretly tucked away “Tessa Pearl” for a future daughter if there ever is one.\u00a0 Tessa was my favorite reader suggestion AND I was smitten with all the love for Pearl :)<\/p>\n Mira June, born April 27th.\u00a0 Photo attached!<\/p>\n Thanks again, Leitia<\/p>\n Leitia writes: I feel like I may go crazy, but am choosing to blame it mostly on the pregnancy hormones. We are expecting a baby girl in early May. We thought we had her name picked out: Norah. We chose that name when I was pregnant with my son 3 years ago. However we are […]<\/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":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-name-update"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3iyiG-2dT","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8549","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=8549"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8858,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8549\/revisions\/8858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Mira](\"http:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Mira-June_web.jpg\")
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