I\u2019m pregnant with my second son, due in May, and my husband and I are struggling to agree on a second boy\u2019s name. Our first is named Malcolm, and his last name is $harpe, which we will likely use for the second boy as well (though I am open to using my last name if it is best for aesthetics–it sounds like McDermott). If $harpe is the last name, the middle name will likely be \u201cMcDermott.\u201d<\/p>\n
For our second, my list of favorites includes:<\/p>\n
Simon
\nArthur
\nJulian
\nJules
\nJude
\nSolomon
\nEamon
\nLucian
\nEvander
\nEverett
\nHugo
\nQuentin
\nErrol
\nClement
\nClaude
\nLawrence
\nPeter
\nEllis
\nWalter
\nAlonso<\/p>\n
He has suggested Oliver, August, and Leander, all of which I like. However, I dislike the popularity of Oliver, August is a little bit of a tongue-twister with either last name, and Leander just doesn\u2019t stand out to either of us as \u201cthe one.\u201d<\/p>\n
Negotiating, we have arrived at the following list that we both have some interest in:<\/p>\n
Quentin $harpe
\nAugust McDermott, August $harpe
\nOliver $harpe
\nClement $harpe
\nErrol $harpe
\nClaude McDermott, Claude $harpe
\nEamon $harpe
\nEverett $harpe
\nLawrence McDermott
\nLeander $harpe<\/p>\n
I think I\u2019m struggling with having lost some of my favorites off the initial list in the negotiation process. It\u2019s hard for me to feel like any of the negotiated list are \u201cthe one\u201d\u2014even those I initially suggested. Right now, Quentin and Oliver are rising to the top. I\u2019m curious about your opinion on the options but also whether you have any other ideas that we haven\u2019t considered.<\/p>\n
Thanks so much!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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Name update!<\/strong> Ursula writes:<\/p>\n We had lots of great responses from readers about our name list for our second baby boy, a brother for our son Malcolm. They gave us a lot to think about. In the end, we went with the one that my husband and I agreed on most solidly: Quentin McT@gg@rt $harpe was born May 6, 2014. He was 7 pounds 7 ounces and nearly 2 weeks early. We love him and his name! Ursula writes: I\u2019m pregnant with my second son, due in May, and my husband and I are struggling to agree on a second boy\u2019s name. Our first is named Malcolm, and his last name is $harpe, which we will likely use for the second boy as well (though I am open to using my last […]<\/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-8585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-name-update"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3iyiG-2et","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8585","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=8585"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8965,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8585\/revisions\/8965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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