https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:09:03 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-settle-the-great-naming-debate/page/2#post-1122599 Mon, 30 Sep 2013 22:20:55 +0000 shopaholic 1122599@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I like Natalie with Josephine. Though I do love Katherine/Catherine (we have a Kaitlyn, of the same roots), the double "-ine" of the two names would steer me away. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-settle-the-great-naming-debate/page/2#post-1122507 Mon, 30 Sep 2013 21:00:25 +0000 kjpugs 1122507@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JessicaMcB: congrats on DD#2! I love the name you chose!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-settle-the-great-naming-debate/page/2#post-1122475 Mon, 30 Sep 2013 20:37:28 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 1122475@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Very good solid timeless name and of course I feel very strongly about Josephine since it's our daughter's middle name as well.</p> <p>I was going to suggest the Irish spelling of Ashley if that was still in consideration, but I like what you've chosen best... though I would have insisted on the C, but if you've got to give in on something that's a good spot to do it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-settle-the-great-naming-debate/page/2#post-1122460 Mon, 30 Sep 2013 20:23:34 +0000 hellobeeboston 1122460@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Catherine/Kate - LOvE Kate! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-settle-the-great-naming-debate#post-1122387 Mon, 30 Sep 2013 19:33:07 +0000 Sapphiresun 1122387@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We named our LO Natalie, so I'm obviously partial to that.</p> <p>I like Catherine, if it doesn't bother you that it's very similar to your other daughter's middle name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-settle-the-great-naming-debate#post-1122339 Mon, 30 Sep 2013 18:54:28 +0000 mrsbookworm 1122339@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Katherine with a K is beautiful! Especially if you're going to spell Kate with a K anyway. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-settle-the-great-naming-debate#post-1122334 Mon, 30 Sep 2013 18:52:54 +0000 MrsMccarthy 1122334@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mia Catherine McCarthy was our girls name! I love Catherine with a C! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-settle-the-great-naming-debate#post-1122324 Mon, 30 Sep 2013 18:45:47 +0000 erinpye 1122324@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Aw I see you've already picked! Congrats on girl #2! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-settle-the-great-naming-debate#post-1122005 Mon, 30 Sep 2013 15:07:34 +0000 JessicaMcB 1122005@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Champagne: We did find out, and I was right- #2 is a girl! We ended up battling it out and I won Katherine Josephine (my concession being we could spell it Katherine rather than Catherine like I wanted). I have a feeling our boy names are never getting used! Lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-settle-the-great-naming-debate#post-1121998 Mon, 30 Sep 2013 15:04:12 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 1121998@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JessicaMcB: missed if you found out you're having another girl or a boy this time? Hope you settled the name debate! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-settle-the-great-naming-debate#post-1051337 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 08:14:51 +0000 TemperanceBrennan 1051337@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T.H.O.U.: Nope, just found it on Baby Name Wizard. Com.<br /> I love charts, graphs, and data! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-settle-the-great-naming-debate#post-1051304 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 08:05:16 +0000 T.H.O.U. 1051304@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@TemperanceBrennan: I love these charts from the voyager. Do you have a subscription? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-settle-the-great-naming-debate#post-1051213 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 07:34:59 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1051213@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Catherine is a perfect complimentary name to Emma. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-settle-the-great-naming-debate#post-1051205 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 07:31:18 +0000 NavyRN2012 1051205@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Catherine is such a pretty name! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-settle-the-great-naming-debate#post-1051035 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 05:55:26 +0000 cmomma17 1051035@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JessicaMcB: I :heart: Emma &amp; Catherine nn Cate :) :) :)<br /> Josephine is a pretty middle name too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-settle-the-great-naming-debate#post-1050991 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 03:28:16 +0000 mrs.cookie 1050991@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jessicamcb: I'm biased but I love Kate (my name) and its nice to have a full name to fall back on. My spelling is very uncommon, Katharine, but Kate with a K is the normal shortening for Catherine. Cate is cute too. I also love Ashley though. </p> <p>@heartonastring: I've never met another Katharine - yay for your DD :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-settle-the-great-naming-debate#post-1050980 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 02:32:41 +0000 lamariniere 1050980@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Another vote for Catherine/Kate! I think Emma and Kate sound cute together too for sibling names. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-settle-the-great-naming-debate#post-1050895 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 22:58:47 +0000 MediaNaranja 1050895@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I like Catherine (my middle name!) The best, and I think it goes well with your middle name choice. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-settle-the-great-naming-debate#post-1050884 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 22:47:56 +0000 autumnlove 1050884@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: I think Princess Kate's full name is Catherine! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-settle-the-great-naming-debate#post-1050877 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 22:42:46 +0000 indi 1050877@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree with @autumnlove:. I'd take Natalie if SIL doesn't. Ashley as 2nd choice. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-settle-the-great-naming-debate#post-1050866 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 22:34:09 +0000 TemperanceBrennan 1050866@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JessicaMcB: It's funny your DH thinks Catherine is an "old lady's name".<br /> If you look at statistics, Ashley peaked in 1992 and has been on a steady downward slope since then. It's graph is much more of a bell curve indicating there is a very specific time period when it was trendy. I think it is likely that it become a "mom name" when your DD is older.<br /> Catherine, on the other hand, is historically popular and with the alternative spellings (Katherine) it is much more timeless and consistently popular. </p> <p>I like Catherine much more than Ashley, but Natalie is my favorite. </p> <p>Other things I noticed: I feel like Catherine and Kathleen are very similar. It's not a big deal, but it jumped out to me. Also, is Emma short for something? I very much like the name Emma, but feel like Catherine is such a proper name and Emma is more spunky and trendy. Would you plan on calling her Katie or Kate? I think if you are, they work really well together. </p> <p>Just my two cents! Whatever you pick will be perfect :happy: </p> [attach=3633/13/ms9wky.334x297.Natalie.PNG] [attach=3633/13/ms9wkz.330x295.Katherine.PNG] [attach=3633/13/ms9wl1.331x296.Catherine.PNG] [attach=3633/13/ms9wl2.319x287.Ashley.PNG] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-settle-the-great-naming-debate#post-1050860 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 22:31:23 +0000 Mrs. Pen 1050860@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love Catherine! Is it weird to spell the nickname Kate though? I've never heard of doing it that way (spelling the full name with one letter and nn with a different one). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-settle-the-great-naming-debate#post-1050840 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 22:13:39 +0000 autumnlove 1050840@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love Catherine but it sounds kinda similar to your LO's middle name.</p> <p>I like Natalie </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-settle-the-great-naming-debate#post-1050836 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 22:11:20 +0000 Mrs. J 1050836@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Catherine for sure! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-settle-the-great-naming-debate#post-1050827 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 22:05:02 +0000 MamaMoose 1050827@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well I'm partial to Catherine as it's my daughters middle name (to honor my grandmother). One thing I will point out: part of the reason we chose not to go with Catherine as the first name is that there are so many nicknames. And sometimes it can be tough to control what people will end up calling them (especially when they start school). Of all the nicknames we figured she'd get called Katie. Living in the south monogramming is big and I wanted to be sure LO didn't end up with a name where her full name and her nickname started with different letters. I wasn't willing to spell Catherine with a K since my grandmother spelled it with a C and Katie with a C is weird. So we pushed it to her middle name to avoid the nickname stress. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-settle-the-great-naming-debate#post-1050809 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 21:54:02 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 1050809@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love the name Catherine, but I don't know how I feel about it (personally, though it is your child so you should do what you love) with Josephine since they both end in "ine." Catherine Josephine sounds fine, but I just don't love how it looks! Maybe the flow could be a bit better?<br /> I do like Natalie Josephine, and I think Natalie and Emma are cute together. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-settle-the-great-naming-debate#post-1050751 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 21:23:40 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 1050751@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JessicaMcB: I love Catherine! Such a classic, regal name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-settle-the-great-naming-debate#post-1050627 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 20:20:40 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 1050627@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I really like Catherine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-settle-the-great-naming-debate#post-1050536 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 19:38:49 +0000 Koolbreeze 1050536@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Catherine/Kate! Love it!!! </p> <p>Plus I think Emma &amp; Kate sounds adorable together. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-settle-the-great-naming-debate#post-1050526 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 19:33:18 +0000 IcebergMom 1050526@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love Natalie! And you can totally take it if it goes unused. I also like Catherine. :) </p>