https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:00:47 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/name-criteria/page/2#post-2798153 Fri, 19 Jan 2018 08:59:41 +0000 ElbieKay 2798153@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@periwinklebee: thank you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/name-criteria/page/2#post-2798140 Fri, 19 Jan 2018 08:24:29 +0000 periwinklebee 2798140@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ElbieKay: So exciting, congrats!!! :girl: :girl: :grin: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/name-criteria/page/2#post-2798130 Fri, 19 Jan 2018 05:41:13 +0000 ElbieKay 2798130@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Found out the babies are girls! So I definitely have to decide if popularity is a deal breaker. I have time but I don't really feel like sifting through more names right now. My husband doesn't have a strong opinion and basically just wants veto power.</p> <p>Their middle names will be their grandmother's maiden names. Well, one will be a feminized derivative. I changed my name when I got married because frankly I do not like my maiden name aesthetically. But I was torn about it politically so I love this gesture. I do like one of the names more than the other aesthetically but it's just a middle name.</p> <p>One of my first names coincidentally rhymes with one of the middle names so they will not be paired together.</p> <p>Next question: How do I decide which twin gets which name?! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/name-criteria/page/2#post-2798022 Thu, 18 Jan 2018 14:49:04 +0000 codeitall 2798022@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Most of my other ones have been covered (not too popular, Supreme Court test, sounding good, not rhyming, liking the nicknames), but I do have one that might be a little unique:</p> <p>I want everyone to have a different initial. I'm planning on having a few kids and I only want to have to use one initial in any labeling, sorting or decorating that I do.</p> <p>We are also going to have the kids named after historic epic figures. I want them to be able to do research on their namesakes and be impressed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/name-criteria/page/2#post-2797836 Wed, 17 Jan 2018 21:20:04 +0000 SugarMaple 2797836@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mostly, just to sound good with the middle names we chose and our last name. </p> <p>Secondly, popular enough where they are known names. I like to think my kids don't need a rare name to be unique and stand out. I was more concerned with being easily spelled and pronounced. But both my husband and I have popular names of our generation, so we kept the family tradition alive ;)</p> <p>Third, not offensive. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/name-criteria/page/2#post-2797764 Wed, 17 Jan 2018 16:48:45 +0000 SweetiePie 2797764@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@gingerbebe: 😂😂😂<br /> From now on I shall call you Yolo. Way cooler. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/name-criteria/page/2#post-2797760 Wed, 17 Jan 2018 16:31:28 +0000 gingerbebe 2797760@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SweetiePie: Just this week, someone replied to an email chain (as in I'd sent and received 5-6 emails with this person and so my name was printed 8000000x on the chain, including my e-mail signature below EVERY email), and she responded "okay great, thanks Yolo!" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/name-criteria/page/2#post-2797758 Wed, 17 Jan 2018 16:25:14 +0000 SweetiePie 2797758@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@gingerbebe: I’m so surprised because I know your name, and while it’s not one I was previously familiar with, it’s pretty damn easy/obvious to me how to say it! How do you spell it more phonetically than it already is?!? </p> <p>But yeah, I get what you’re saying and why you’d want a simpler hard-to-fck-up name. I can’t relate since mine is pretty easy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/name-criteria/page/2#post-2797744 Wed, 17 Jan 2018 16:04:48 +0000 gingerbebe 2797744@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SweetiePie: @Mrs. Lemon-Lime: I fully co-sign that its essentially a racist old white man test, but as someone who has a very ethnic first and last name, (which then got additionally needle-scratched by the fact that I married a guy with a SUPER Irish last name), I just wanted to spare my kids the same hassle. My name gets butchered several times a day. Its misspelled, mispronounced, mangled, I get emails missed because they send it to the wrong address, its a huge PITA. I have to write my name out phonetically for any situation where someone has to say my name out loud in public, etc. etc. </p> <p>I'm very proud of my heritage and definitely wanted it included in my kids' names, but I wanted it to be something they could easily pronounce and spell, again, for the comfort of basically white English speakers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/name-criteria/page/2#post-2797602 Wed, 17 Jan 2018 07:11:31 +0000 SweetiePie 2797602@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: yeah fwiw I don’t use/follow that rule because I don’t think a name matters in that way. But I have a friend who uses it so she explained it to me.<br /> I’m sure a lot of people didn’t think the name Barack Obama sounded very presidential...didn’t matter much! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/name-criteria/page/2#post-2797587 Wed, 17 Jan 2018 01:39:55 +0000 ElbieKay 2797587@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: SweetiePie's explanation is correct.</p> <p>I tried to reply this afternoon but the computer ate my response and then work got crazy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/name-criteria/page/2#post-2797586 Wed, 17 Jan 2018 01:23:25 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2797586@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SweetiePie: a few years ago I met a Destiny and she blew me away. That woman could total be on the Supreme Court. Her name association for me was way wrong. Now, if my own kid was name Destiny she may be destined for the polls. :wink: I get what you mean though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/name-criteria#post-2797584 Wed, 17 Jan 2018 00:54:40 +0000 youboots 2797584@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anya: I’m somewhere between 2 &amp; 3.... only 50 kids with DDs name were born in the US in 2015. For sure not top 1000.</p> <p>But DDs name is easy to spell, say, explain- people usually ask about it once then never say anything else. Her NN is similar to Jenny which I think suits her.</p> <p>We wanted something unusual but not weird. DDs name sounds masculine but has a girly NN. It’s a traditional English surname. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/name-criteria#post-2797583 Wed, 17 Jan 2018 00:38:08 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 2797583@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Multi syllable, timeless/classic, I prefer English names but it’s not a requirement. I recently realized both my girls have 3 syllable names with 7 letters so if I ever have a third I’m going to try to find another name that fits that criteria. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/name-criteria#post-2797579 Tue, 16 Jan 2018 23:51:05 +0000 gingerbebe 2797579@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>1. Meaningful to us as the parents. We are Christian and we really connected with Samuel and Caleb for our son’s names. Samuel was a gift after a long struggle (3 years IF and miraculous natural conception) who had the gift of hearing from God and was judge over Israel (we’re attorneys). Caleb had a dogged, loyal, and courageous faith that set him apart and for which God honored him for. Both men were of great faith, which is important to us.</p> <p>2. Middle names that honor my ethnic heritage but are easy to spell and pronounce in English.</p> <p>3. Passes the Supreme Court Justice test.</p> <p>4. Easily simple nicknames to say and spell for little people. Our boys go by Sam and Cal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/name-criteria#post-2797556 Tue, 16 Jan 2018 20:55:26 +0000 looch 2797556@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Easy to spell over the phone...my full name is composed of a ton of letters that can sound like other ones over the phone, it's hilarious what I get read back to me, but it's also annoying and requires extra patience, so I tried to pick a name for my son that didn't have these issues. I have never had to spell his name over the phone, so it must be working. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/name-criteria#post-2797550 Tue, 16 Jan 2018 20:40:30 +0000 808love 2797550@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Short, nice meaning, not too popular, sounds good with last name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/name-criteria#post-2797515 Tue, 16 Jan 2018 18:36:41 +0000 birdofafeather 2797515@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>spelled how it sounds and sounds like it's spelled.<br /> unisex, kinda strong names<br /> unique, but not a weird word<br /> no alliterations<br /> nothing too popular<br /> nothing too close to other sibling names, but go together well.</p> <p>middle names are related to our own middle names or family names. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/name-criteria#post-2797504 Tue, 16 Jan 2018 17:53:35 +0000 SweetiePie 2797504@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: it means “could this name be the name of a Supreme Court justice and not sound silly”, Bascially.<br /> Like I’ve been seeing a lot of Jett’s and Jaggers around here lately and someone might say that they can’t picture a Supreme Court justice named Jagger Smith. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/name-criteria#post-2797494 Tue, 16 Jan 2018 16:52:03 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2797494@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ElbieKay: what’s the Supreme Court justice test? We had a Thurgood and almost (not really) had a Merrick. Besides an America’s Got Talent contestant I have only ever heard of the judge Merrick. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/name-criteria#post-2797492 Tue, 16 Jan 2018 16:47:37 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2797492@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>First name:</p> <p>Racially ambiguous<br /> Classic/ has some history to it<br /> Easy to pronounce in many cultures</p> <p>Middle name:</p> <p>Sentimental</p> <p>We have a second first name for another boy all picked out that fits the first name criteria. Totally stumped on a sentimental middle name though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/name-criteria#post-2797484 Tue, 16 Jan 2018 16:16:21 +0000 Autumnmama79 2797484@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Girl: Classic, strong, beautiful.</p> <p>Boy: Classic, strong, beautiful. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/name-criteria#post-2797365 Tue, 16 Jan 2018 10:00:54 +0000 ElbieKay 2797365@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anagram: Thanks! It looks like I will need two names of the same gender. Eek. Still wrapping my head around that one. We should find out which gender next week.</p> <p>I think I am going to use my mom's maiden name and either my MIL's maiden name or a female derivative for the two middle names regardless of gender. I don't love my MIL's name but it can be used as a first name, and I like the gesture especially if they turn out to be girls.</p> <p>@petitenoisette: I am thinking about relaxing the popularity rule. Unfortunately one of the names I like was #11 in 2016. The other is in the 50s. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/name-criteria#post-2797357 Tue, 16 Jan 2018 09:29:48 +0000 bubblegum 2797357@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Classic to the point of no confusion! </p> <p>Names you don't have to wonder about spelling.</p> <p>BUT not trendy at the moment. Unfortunately, DS name is ALWAYS in the top 100 but he's a junior so there was no helping that. At least it's a classic! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/name-criteria#post-2797354 Tue, 16 Jan 2018 09:27:03 +0000 petitenoisette 2797354@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ElbieKay: Regarding rule 1, I was always anti-too popular a name too, but I did realize at some point that the most popular names these days are used much less frequently than in the past. For example I just looked up, and there were 50 thousand Jennifers in 1984 versus less than 20 thousand Emmas in 2016. Also I think the very top names change more rapidly in popularity than in the past (Jennifer was number 1 for 14 years). So anyway, this criteria is less important to me now that I've actually had to name 2 babies. :grin: I still would try to avoid a top 10 name if I could, but I also look more to the trends in my state than nationwide because they are different. </p> <p>Other criteria:<br /> 1. Sounds good with last name<br /> 2. Sounds good with and has a meaningful middle name<br /> 3. No weird initials<br /> 4. Sounds good with LO1's name - this has made naming baby 2 so much harder!<br /> 5. Both Dh and I like. Trying to come around to the fact that I am probably not going to LOVE LO2's name as much as I do LO1's. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/name-criteria#post-2797353 Tue, 16 Jan 2018 09:22:38 +0000 Anagram 2797353@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ElbieKay: hey, congratulations!</p> <p>I looked for names that existed in my husband's mother tongue, but that are easy enough to pronounce (and sound okay) in English. Names that are common in his language tend to sounds very odd to the English speaking ear, so the list of crossover names was very, very small. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/name-criteria#post-2797352 Tue, 16 Jan 2018 09:18:57 +0000 SweetiePie 2797352@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nothing so specific. We just both have to like it.<br /> I guess I don’t like super common/trendy names. And nothing made up or weird spellings. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/name-criteria#post-2797342 Tue, 16 Jan 2018 09:00:05 +0000 ElbieKay 2797342@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pumuckl: Aha! This explains the remote German relatives and possibly our first generation American cousin on the Hungarian side, but not our American neighbor :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/name-criteria#post-2797340 Tue, 16 Jan 2018 08:57:18 +0000 wrkbrk 2797340@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ElbieKay: Something that wouldn’t be mistaken several times a week for a more common name. Mine (Marissa) is mistaken constantly (for Melissa) and I’ve hated it my whole life. DS’s name (Cooper) is pretty hard to mess up (but alas it has happened - he’s been called Connor a couple times already!!). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/name-criteria#post-2797336 Tue, 16 Jan 2018 08:32:38 +0000 Anya 2797336@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <br /><p><i>This comment has been deleted by the original poster.</i></p>