https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 13 May 2026 17:07:10 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-choose-a-name-for-the-third-child#post-2499062 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 06:07:31 +0000 skipra 2499062@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO2 was up all night and in my delirious state of exhaustion I think I may have found our boy name! I'm pretty sure reading swistle for hours helped too.<br /> Obviously it's still early and I'm not quite 100% so I am going to need to come up with a spreadsheet to test it all out.<br /> Thanks for all the ideas! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-choose-a-name-for-the-third-child#post-2498376 Thu, 17 Mar 2016 15:31:53 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2498376@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T.H.O.U.: exactly! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-choose-a-name-for-the-third-child#post-2498369 Thu, 17 Mar 2016 15:28:37 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2498369@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@oliviaoblivia: Very good! Here is what I came up with! </p> <p>25% Honors Family Name (1-10)<br /> 15% Goes with last name<br /> 20% Matches sibling style<br /> 10% Popularity<br /> 20% Easy to spell/prounce<br /> 5% Meaning/definition<br /> 5% Feel/Free Score</p> <p>Then I guess I have to get DH to "score" the names so we can average them out! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-choose-a-name-for-the-third-child#post-2498365 Thu, 17 Mar 2016 15:24:23 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2498365@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T.H.O.U.: our categories were:<br /> Language of origin<br /> Popularity<br /> Style (matches DD1 and DD2 as sibling set)<br /> Intuitive spelling &amp; pronunciation<br /> Similar pronunciation in English and Spanish<br /> Meaning<br /> Flow with middle and last names (middles in our family are honorary names. DD1 shares with FIL, DD2 shares with my mom, and DD3 with my dad)<br /> Literary presence<br /> Song </p> <p>DH and I just ranked which categories were more important to us then averaged those numbers.<br /> Then we individually ranked each name for each category. Averaged those results. Then beep beep boop and out came Eve (which I love but didn't think it matched our other girls perfectly). Funnily we both liked the second name, Aurora, despite my Sleeping Beauty misgivings.</p> <p>So even though the first computer pick wasn't the one, taking the emotion out of it and figuring out what we liked and how those related to others really helped clear my mind about the name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-choose-a-name-for-the-third-child#post-2498270 Thu, 17 Mar 2016 14:31:26 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 2498270@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T.H.O.U.: I'm also curious about this spread sheet. Good questions :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-choose-a-name-for-the-third-child#post-2498267 Thu, 17 Mar 2016 14:29:00 +0000 skipra 2498267@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T.H.O.U.: LOL we have like a million issues! We want a family name but there are not many options and our last name is HORRIBLE to work with (and unique to our family so I'm not comfortable posting it). So many of my favorites are impossible to even say with the last name. Plus we have a royal family issue where both LO's are named after current princes so we need to avoid any royal names. I think a letter or post about it would be like 10 pages long, haha.</p> <p>ETA: I like your ranking/criteria. I might have to steal that! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-choose-a-name-for-the-third-child#post-2498264 Thu, 17 Mar 2016 14:26:24 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2498264@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@oliviaoblivia: Ok, describe your rubric some more. What were your categories and what was your ranking scale? </p> <p>I'm thinking like a 1-5 or 1-10 scale on the following categories and then weighing the categories: </p> <p>- Honors a family member (high weight)<br /> - Matches style of our other daughter (feminized version of a more unisex name)<br /> - Popularity (low priority for us because we need something!)<br /> - Easily spelled/pronounced </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-choose-a-name-for-the-third-child#post-2498262 Thu, 17 Mar 2016 14:24:09 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2498262@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@skipra: I actually debated writing in this week but I wasn't even sure where to start. What are you issues? Maybe you should write a dear HB and see what we can provide?!!? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-choose-a-name-for-the-third-child#post-2498258 Thu, 17 Mar 2016 14:23:11 +0000 lamariniere 2498258@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@oliviaoblivia: I love that name (which is so similar to DD's name). But we couldn't use it because the French pronunciation is totally different and we aren't religious at all, so I thought it would be too weird. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-choose-a-name-for-the-third-child#post-2498242 Thu, 17 Mar 2016 14:12:20 +0000 skipra 2498242@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@whiskers: I can see that, because wanting to match siblings can really narrow down the list. Unfortunately for us, our list is so limited that I don't like any of the options! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-choose-a-name-for-the-third-child#post-2498055 Thu, 17 Mar 2016 12:33:46 +0000 whiskers 2498055@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I actually think the third will be the easiest. We'll see when it comes time to commit. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-choose-a-name-for-the-third-child#post-2498029 Thu, 17 Mar 2016 12:21:26 +0000 skipra 2498029@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@oliviaoblivia: omg I am a spreadsheet nerd. I will have to try this! Thanks for the idea!</p> <p>@MrsKoala: yes I was hoping someone would suggest it because I couldn't remember the site! At least we have some time to decide. Not sure if I'll write her. I just love reading it for ideas. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-choose-a-name-for-the-third-child#post-2497792 Thu, 17 Mar 2016 10:32:46 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2497792@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: Eve.<br /> @T.H.O.U.: DH builds complex financial proformas all day. I think he got bored one day. Worked pretty well for us to evaluate the names less emotionally. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-choose-a-name-for-the-third-child#post-2497789 Thu, 17 Mar 2016 10:30:38 +0000 winniebee 2497789@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@oliviaoblivia: I need to know what the first name that was generated! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-choose-a-name-for-the-third-child#post-2497785 Thu, 17 Mar 2016 10:22:52 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2497785@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@oliviaoblivia: I would love a naming formula spreadsheet! Ive got a google sheet with lots of lists and then combines the options with suggestions for middle names (to see how they sound together). But like you said, I need a way to kinda organize/rank by style/meaning/etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-choose-a-name-for-the-third-child#post-2497740 Thu, 17 Mar 2016 09:49:43 +0000 MrsKoala 2497740@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@skipra: I was about to suggest writing to Swistle! I might write to her about a boys name. We have some options but nothing that both of us love. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-choose-a-name-for-the-third-child#post-2497517 Thu, 17 Mar 2016 08:13:11 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2497517@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our third girl was named by spreadsheet.<br /> We each had a list of names and both ranked certain characteristics of those names; style, meaning, similarity to sibling names, etc.</p> <p>The spreadsheet weighted certain categories based on our preferences. It spat out a name.... And we both kind of "meh". Turns out we both favored the number two name.</p> <p>Our first two girls got favorite names. Somehow our third got everyone else's favorite name. I've gotten more compliments on her name than on the others. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-choose-a-name-for-the-third-child#post-2497478 Thu, 17 Mar 2016 07:58:11 +0000 skipra 2497478@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T.H.O.U.: yes! Thank you!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-choose-a-name-for-the-third-child#post-2497460 Thu, 17 Mar 2016 07:47:14 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2497460@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@skipra: Swistle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-choose-a-name-for-the-third-child#post-2497451 Thu, 17 Mar 2016 07:43:41 +0000 skipra 2497451@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T.H.O.U.: yes! Our exact problem. The few remaining names that I even like are unusable for one reason or another. It seems most men on DH's side (and even some on mine) have LO1's name and all the men on my side have LO2's name. My sister used the one name that I truly love! You are due in August, right? I will be curious to see what you decide!</p> <p>@Mrs.KMM: I will definitely do that! </p> <p>I remember reading a blog where people write in with their naming dilemmas and the blogger gives her opinion and advice. I can't for the life of me remember the name. Does anyone know??? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-choose-a-name-for-the-third-child#post-2497440 Thu, 17 Mar 2016 07:28:53 +0000 Periwinkle 2497440@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@skipra: It's so hard! We haven't really started talking about names yet but I felt completely exhausted after searching for our son's name that I almost can't get excited about starting the search again! Don't you just wish there was a perfect name hidden out there?! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-choose-a-name-for-the-third-child#post-2497338 Wed, 16 Mar 2016 22:41:04 +0000 anonysquire 2497338@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't know!!! I'm clueless right now. Following for help. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-choose-a-name-for-the-third-child#post-2497291 Wed, 16 Mar 2016 21:16:17 +0000 Mrs.KMM 2497291@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Put it to the Bee! I bet there are lots of people here who'd love to ponder names that go with your 2 sons' names. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-choose-a-name-for-the-third-child#post-2497288 Wed, 16 Mar 2016 21:15:22 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2497288@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are in the same boat! Our older two have family names. But we don't really have anyone else to honor that we can easily do with a name. I don't know how we match the style of their names. So we are stuck. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-choose-a-name-for-the-third-child#post-2497282 Wed, 16 Mar 2016 21:10:31 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 2497282@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@skipra: we have 2 girls and picking their names was hell! lol we're in for it :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-choose-a-name-for-the-third-child#post-2497279 Wed, 16 Mar 2016 21:07:36 +0000 skipra 2497279@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Sunshine: we are going team green too but I have been assuming boy. We already have two boys so our favorites have been used! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-choose-a-name-for-the-third-child#post-2497276 Wed, 16 Mar 2016 21:04:06 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 2497276@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm only 6 weeks along and I'm over here scratching my head. I really want to be team green this time, so that adds another layer of complicated to it too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-choose-a-name-for-the-third-child#post-2497274 Wed, 16 Mar 2016 21:01:17 +0000 skipra 2497274@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Champagne: @Periwinkle: @MrsKoala: thank you! They all give me the same 5 names that have been ruled out for one reason or another lol! This child shall remain nameless! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-choose-a-name-for-the-third-child#post-2497248 Wed, 16 Mar 2016 20:30:24 +0000 MrsKoala 2497248@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nameberry also has a name tool that you can put names that you like in and it will make suggestions for you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-choose-a-name-for-the-third-child#post-2497247 Wed, 16 Mar 2016 20:30:21 +0000 Periwinkle 2497247@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Check out the Baby Name Wizard book (I think she also has a website). It's fantastic for finding similar/sibling-type names. </p>