H. writes:<\/p>\n
I am 5 months pregnant with our second daughter and due the first of September. We have a 17 month old daughter named Ivy Frances and we are in love with her name. Plus, your blog definitely inspired us and gave me great direction when it came to naming her. Also, Ivy was one of the only names my husband and I really agreed on as we have very different tastes. Frances is a family name on my husband’s side of several generations. Overall, we had an easy time picking Ivy’s name and unfortunately, it’s not going the same way with the next one.
\nFor our second child, we have decided to go with the middle name Lee. It honors my father who is no longer living as well as his father who is 93 and very much alive and well! There is a possibility we will have a third child but I don’t want to save Lee in the event we don’t…Now to the trickiest part of our baby naming dilemma, our surname! It is Erdlen and pronounced exactly as read. It’s German and a tough one…
\nSo far, these are the two names that my husband and I agree:
\nIsabel Lee, call her “Isa” although my husband likes “Izzy”
\nJosephine Lee, call her “Josie” or “Poppy”
\nPenelope Lee, call her “Poppy”
\nBut I of course have a few more on my list:
\nNora Lee (not a fan of Eleanor)
\nEmory Lee
\nWillow Lee or Willa Lee
\nTalula Lee or Tallulah Lee
\nEsme Lee
\nSavannah Lee
\nZoey Lee
\nGemma Lee
\nElise Lee
\nMy husband isn’t too keen on the above.
\nI do like Annabel but “Annabel Lee” is an Edgar Alan Poe poem and I’m not keen on having the relation…
\nNames we’ve vetoed because of the way it sounds with our last name or popularity amongst friends \/ family:
\nIngrid
\nAmelia
\nSascha
\nRuby
\nAbigail
\nAva
\nEden
\nEve \/ Eva
\nCharlotte
\nChloe
\nGeorgia
\nLily
\nMabel
\nPhoebe
\nSadie
\nViolet
\nVivian<\/p>\nIf we have a third child and it’s a boy, we would most likely go with a classic family name although I would push for a rock star name like Axel! Ha!
\nWe did consider Josephine “Poppy” with our first child so as much as I love Poppy, I feel bad that it is a leftover for our second. Also, are Poppy and Ivy too similar sounding as sibsets? My concern with Isabel is one, the popularity of the name. Two, the fact that Isabel ends with an L and then there is Lee so you have back to back L’s. Three, we are starting a trend with giving our children “I” names which of course is not intentional. I’m not a fan of the spelling Isabelle and much more prefer Isabel. I noticed when picking names for my first that I was not a fan of names that ended in E because our surname started with an E but now I’m thinking how much does that really matter?
\nPlease help! I know Ivy is categorized as an “antique charm” name and I am wondering if there are other names out there I am missing or what are your opinions on the ones we like thus far? I want something different and creative and it is driving my pregnancy brain crazy! I like that Ivy is a bit common but still stands out and would love to be able to give that to our next one.
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