https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 22 Apr 2026 19:17:21 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-names-you-didntwouldnt-use-but-still-love/page/3#post-334302 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 19:16:47 +0000 MediaNaranja 334302@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tororojo: @Mrs. Jacks: Oh man, Marta is a great name. And you're so right, so much better than Martha, haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-names-you-didntwouldnt-use-but-still-love/page/3#post-334262 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 18:48:47 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 334262@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LemonLong: miles long....bahahahahahaha yeah poor kid. Too bad because I agree with you, Miles is a great name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-names-you-didntwouldnt-use-but-still-love/page/3#post-334210 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 18:11:26 +0000 Mrs. Pen 334210@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rainbow Sprinkles: @tororojo: that's what I thought of too when I saw the other post about your name, Luisa! Made me think of Sound of Music :):)</p> <p>And agreed - I like Juliette better than Juliet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-names-you-didntwouldnt-use-but-still-love/page/3#post-334194 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:58:59 +0000 LemonLong 334194@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I liked Eleanor, gertrude(Gertie), Hattie and Millie for girls but husband veto'd them. </p> <p>For a boy I liked Miles but our last name is Long. I also like Elton, but it sounded too much like Elton John when said with our last name! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-names-you-didntwouldnt-use-but-still-love/page/3#post-334174 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:49:29 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 334174@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are only naming Arab names....so there are MANY names(American names) that we would never use or can't use because we're sticking with Arabic names only....But I am IN LOVE with so many American names that it's getting insane. I think it would be weird to have 1+ children with Middle-Eastern names (like our 1st will be) and then a random American name in there....but I am totally considering it in some years down the line.</p> <p>These are my favorites evvver:<br /> Stella, Luna &amp; Samantha<br /> &amp;<br /> Jonah </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-names-you-didntwouldnt-use-but-still-love/page/3#post-334047 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:26:39 +0000 tororojo 334047@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: True! And just sounds so much prettier than Martha. Martha sounds like a 70 year old, but Marta could be a cute little girl! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-names-you-didntwouldnt-use-but-still-love/page/3#post-334034 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:23:40 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 334034@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tororojo: and is also great in Spanish :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-names-you-didntwouldnt-use-but-still-love/page/3#post-334032 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:23:05 +0000 tororojo 334032@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rainbow Sprinkles: I think one reason I prefer Juliet is because it's shorter--I just like shorter names! Both are pretty though, you can't go wrong. I have considered going totally Sound of Music on baby names...maybe we'll have a second daughter named Marta? Which is also not common! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-names-you-didntwouldnt-use-but-still-love/page/3#post-334020 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:20:26 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 334020@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rainbow Sprinkles: Oooh, that's very pretty! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-names-you-didntwouldnt-use-but-still-love/page/3#post-334009 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:17:44 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 334009@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tororojo: I love Juliet too, but spelled Juliette. And I love the name Luisa... it reminds me of the girl from Sound of Music! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-names-you-didntwouldnt-use-but-still-love/page/2#post-334004 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:16:48 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 334004@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: I love SO many of your names! My LO's name is on your list!. If my little brother was a girl he was going to be Cecily Beatrice. I might have to steal that one from my mom... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-names-you-didntwouldnt-use-but-still-love/page/2#post-333989 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:11:48 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 333989@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Coco Bee: thanks! I have a little reputation for naming among family and friends (and @jholler !) so I feel a lot of pressure when it came to naming my girls or when I suggest names to others :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-names-you-didntwouldnt-use-but-still-love/page/2#post-333977 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:08:21 +0000 Ree723 333977@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Coco Bee: I haven't heard the name Teagan for a boy (sorry, going back to your original post even though there's been a ton of responses) but it is a very popular girls name here in Australia!</p> <p>For girls, we loved Amelie, but only the French pronunciation, and knew it would be butchered in English so we decided not to use it. We went with Emily instead, which isn't too far off. I've also always loved Adele but with the singer now, we passed on it.</p> <p>Boys:<br /> Oliver - DH's cousin used it 3 weeks before our team green baby arrived so we took it off the list<br /> Hamish - pronounced HAY-mish but again would be butchered in the States<br /> Lachlan - too Aussie<br /> Angus - love it but makes me think of yummy steaks<br /> Henry - loved it until I had a Henry as a student, never will I use that name now!<br /> Noah - DH said uhh no [ah]!</p> <p>Can't remember what else was on our short list! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-names-you-didntwouldnt-use-but-still-love/page/2#post-333958 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:01:57 +0000 tororojo 333958@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Coco Bee: Haha, no, not Luisa--I figure we're safe with that one! But potential popularity is a reason that I vetoed a whole lot of other girl names! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-names-you-didntwouldnt-use-but-still-love/page/2#post-333936 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 15:55:44 +0000 Mrs. Pen 333936@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: I love that nn too!! but not a fan of Julie... I do like Julia though :)</p> <p>@tororojo: Luisa? I don't think it will :) I think even Louisa hasn't ever been really common, just well-known. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-names-you-didntwouldnt-use-but-still-love/page/2#post-333930 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 15:51:28 +0000 twodoghouse 333930@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Alice: This is one of my very favorite names, but my husband's name is Alex and he thinks it'd be weird to have a baby named Alice because the names sound so much alike!</p> <p>Violet: Our last name sounds like "haze" so if we named a baby Violet, it's only one stepped removed from being a Jimi Hendrix song. Husband vetoed this as well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-names-you-didntwouldnt-use-but-still-love/page/2#post-333904 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 15:41:59 +0000 tororojo 333904@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ooh, I love Juliet! I have noticed it is increasingly popular on naming sites--not top 100 or anything, but rising. I have this ridiculous fear of my baby name becoming the next top 10 pick, and I'm paranoid. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-names-you-didntwouldnt-use-but-still-love/page/2#post-333890 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 15:35:35 +0000 lawbee11 333890@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Coco Bee: Julie is on our girls list, though (I don't like it as much as Juliette, but I love the nn Jules). </p> <p>@spaniellove: Ha! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-names-you-didntwouldnt-use-but-still-love/page/2#post-333851 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 15:16:40 +0000 spaniellove 333851@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: @Coco Bee: I knew a Juliet in college and I think if anyone dared to ask her that she would have punched them! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-names-you-didntwouldnt-use-but-still-love/page/2#post-333844 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 15:14:48 +0000 Mrs. Pen 333844@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: Oh I know!! I love Juliette but wouldn't even consider it for that reason.</p> <p>@Mrs. Jacks: LOVE all your girl names!!! We have similar taste :)</p> <p>@spaniellove: LOVE Quinn. I think because of Glee it will get popular. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-names-you-didntwouldnt-use-but-still-love/page/2#post-333840 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 15:13:27 +0000 Mrs. Pen 333840@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tororojo: that was my sister's dilemma. Her husband is Peruvian so they had to choose something that works well in English and Spanish. They chose Diego and we all LOVE it! It's so cute and suits him perfectly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-names-you-didntwouldnt-use-but-still-love/page/2#post-333815 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 15:03:58 +0000 lawbee11 333815@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love the name Juliette for a girl, but I'd never use it because I know everyone would tease her and ask where her Romeo is! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-names-you-didntwouldnt-use-but-still-love/page/2#post-333794 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:54:32 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 333794@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Girls: Beatrice (Mr. Jacks no likey), Amelie or Amelia, Josephine (used as a middle name), Zinnia, Zenobia (Mr. really wanted to use a Z, but these are both big names for a little girl to pull off), Zoe (too close to my dog's name), Violet, Marisol, Vivienne (we're not French), Willa, Antonia, Aurelia (too close to Lala's name). </p> <p>Somebody use these names because they are all awesome!</p> <p>Boys: Luca, Matteo, Zev, Kenzo, Teague, Elias.<br /> You all can have these too, but know if we ever have a boy (unlikely) he will probably get one of these names :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-names-you-didntwouldnt-use-but-still-love/page/2#post-333768 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:47:20 +0000 spaniellove 333768@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Several years back when I first wanted to TTC, my favorite names were Alton, Bennett, Calder, Elliott, and Quinn. Someone (not DH) told me they were all "too snobby and elitist", although I still secretly like them! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-names-you-didntwouldnt-use-but-still-love/page/2#post-333764 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:46:31 +0000 lovehoneybee 333764@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Grace, Amelia and Eleanor (Ellie) were on our short list. Sylvia, Stella, Nora, Sadie, Alice, Isla, Violet, Avery, Clare/Clara, Ava, Natalie, Piper, Sienna, Cecilia, and Olivia were all on my long list, but DH vetoed them. I like girl names a lot :)</p> <p>Truman, Finn, Seamus, Liam, Jackson, Noah, Oliver, Henry, Harrison and Nathan were all vetoed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-names-you-didntwouldnt-use-but-still-love/page/2#post-333754 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:42:39 +0000 shinystraps 333754@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Girls: Everie (after my grandpa, Everett), Sophia, Ava, Ella, Emma, Elsie - all nixed for being too popular :(</p> <p>Boys: Ike (husband hates it :( ), Landon (sounds bad with our last name) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-names-you-didntwouldnt-use-but-still-love/page/2#post-333746 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:38:26 +0000 tororojo 333746@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MediaNaranja: I'm big on names that sound good in either language since both Eng and Span are spoken so much around here! Also, after traveling all over in college, I have come to really appreciate having an easy-to-pronounce name that works well across different languages. I think it is just an easier thing to do for your kid in the long run! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-names-you-didntwouldnt-use-but-still-love/page/2#post-333709 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:22:56 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 333709@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love the name Sylvie, but DH hated it.<br /> I am in LOVE with the name Honor, but I think that is another DH won't go for.<br /> Also, Cora/Coralie/Coraline were on our short list but I think my cousin is using one of those.<br /> I think Violet and Ruby are cute, but a bit too mainstream for me.<br /> And for boy's names, I don't think there are any we can't use because both of us share the same taste in boy names and I don't think anyone in our family would ever use the ones we like. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-names-you-didntwouldnt-use-but-still-love/page/2#post-333700 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:18:09 +0000 mrs. bird 333700@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rachel: hahaha, true! i think we have enough irish around where people would recognize it. i don't even think of it as being that irish, the guy next door to us is named seamus &amp; he's black, so no irish there &amp; hasn't seemed to be a problem for him =) so weird that people have said 'seen' for sean. i'm not a fan of alternative spellings, shawn seems weird to me, probably just because it's not what i'm used to. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-names-you-didntwouldnt-use-but-still-love/page/2#post-333699 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:17:19 +0000 SugarplumsMom 333699@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Linnea: it's SIL's middle name, plus I don't like how it's pronounced here and it's super popular<br /> Liam: too popular<br /> Ethan: a friend's son's name and we live kind of closeby<br /> Caitlin: the same friend's DD's name! (She has good taste ;D)<br /> Avery: friend's son's name, it was on my short list of girl's names</p> <p>The hardest for me was Linnea because that was the name I wanted to name our daughter before we even started TTC. It was the flower he showed me when we were just friends - it's when I realized I liked him. </p>