https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 22 Apr 2026 04:17:24 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/name-help-please-tg-and-at-a-total-loss#post-2496687 Wed, 16 Mar 2016 12:38:55 +0000 AngelicOne 2496687@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ree723: I will say that we have a DS named Matthew. He gets introduced as Matthew (he's almost 16 mos). My mom tries calling him Mattie, but we said that's not his name! If he wants to use a nickname when he's older he can, but are not right now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/name-help-please-tg-and-at-a-total-loss#post-2496094 Wed, 16 Mar 2016 03:32:10 +0000 lamariniere 2496094@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ShootingStar: My brother and I went to the same university and I used to call his dorm and when I would ask for him by his full name, people were always like "who???, oh, you mean MATT". :silly: </p> <p>Also, I love so many names on this thread! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/name-help-please-tg-and-at-a-total-loss#post-2496089 Wed, 16 Mar 2016 02:56:33 +0000 lemondrop 2496089@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Clara </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/name-help-please-tg-and-at-a-total-loss#post-2496029 Tue, 15 Mar 2016 22:24:13 +0000 sera_87 2496029@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Clara, Ingrid, Eloise, Victoria, Rosalie.</p> <p>Frederick, Theodore, Timothy, Emmett, Logan, Francis, Paul, Peter, Oliver. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/name-help-please-tg-and-at-a-total-loss#post-2496021 Tue, 15 Mar 2016 21:51:10 +0000 loveisstrange 2496021@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Stella, Ava, Claudia, Gemma, Audrey, Sylvia, Adele, Phoebe, Lorelei, Fiona, Megan, Noelle </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/name-help-please-tg-and-at-a-total-loss#post-2495993 Tue, 15 Mar 2016 21:08:47 +0000 bloved 2495993@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Girl's name: Grace, Annabel, Josephine, Marjorie, Frances, Alice</p> <p>Boy's name: Nathaniel, Thomas, Oscar, Oliver. I personally love Harry, but would not think of it as a nickname for Henry...maybe Harrison instead? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/name-help-please-tg-and-at-a-total-loss#post-2495973 Tue, 15 Mar 2016 20:49:37 +0000 Pancakes 2495973@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Girl Names: Clara (seems like the perfect alternative to Claire!), Imogen, Beatrice, Louisa, Alice</p> <p>Boy Names: Hugh Alexander is my favorite boy name...I'll probably never get to use it, so you should :D<br /> Graham, Oliver, Henry </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/name-help-please-tg-and-at-a-total-loss#post-2495966 Tue, 15 Mar 2016 20:42:12 +0000 Mrs. D 2495966@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't see how Molly is similar to a Bronte name: Charlotte, Emily and Anne. Why not consider the tord and have a set? :)</p> <p>My great Aunt is Isabelle, and gowing up we always called her Auntie Beau, don't know why, but you could defintely com eup with your own nickname, to prevent the ones you don't like.</p> <p>Elizabeth<br /> Jane<br /> Mary<br /> Josephine</p> <p>Thomas<br /> Henry<br /> Gordon </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/name-help-please-tg-and-at-a-total-loss#post-2495960 Tue, 15 Mar 2016 20:35:21 +0000 lawbee11 2495960@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: :grin: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/name-help-please-tg-and-at-a-total-loss#post-2495945 Tue, 15 Mar 2016 20:26:05 +0000 SweetiePie 2495945@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What about Marlowe or Marlo for a girl? I just saw that earlier tonight and really like it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/name-help-please-tg-and-at-a-total-loss#post-2495938 Tue, 15 Mar 2016 20:22:44 +0000 LCTBQE 2495938@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SweetiePie: this cracked me up!</p> <p>@Ree723: the up-side of a one-syllable name is that there is no nickname for most of them. I'm also struggling with this because ALL of the boy names I like have nicknames that I don't like. but I don't think Henry lends itself to turning into Hank or Harry (love Henry but yuck and yuck)--would your husband agree to not call him Harry? I do know people named Matthew, Alexander, and Samuel, but man it is a seriously uphill lifelong battle for them to be called anything but Matt Alex and Sam. Also, I think with a name like that, a lot of it might depend on what your LO likes as they grow older, which we have no control over. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/name-help-please-tg-and-at-a-total-loss#post-2495908 Tue, 15 Mar 2016 19:50:28 +0000 Alba4 2495908@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I teach middle school and most kids don't have nicknames these days.</p> <p>G names:<br /> Claire<br /> Clara<br /> Thea<br /> Eliza<br /> Georgia</p> <p>B names:<br /> Charles<br /> James<br /> Peter<br /> Hugh<br /> Luke</p> <p>I'm trying to pick non-repeat names! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/name-help-please-tg-and-at-a-total-loss#post-2495889 Tue, 15 Mar 2016 19:31:53 +0000 SweetiePie 2495889@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't really have any suggestions but if it helps - we have friends who call their kids exclusively by full names (don't want to say what they are in case they find this, but wall me if you want to know :-)) and that's all anyone calls them. I think when first born people shortened them a bit or asked "will you call him xxxxx?" And they either corrected or answered no. It seems to have worked.<br /> I'll admit I DID eye roll a bit when she immediately said "it's blahblahdeblah not blah or blah" when someone tried to shorten it. But that was before I had a kid of my own and saw how it can be annoying when people change or misspell his name...and I also find her kinda annoying. 😄 So I think that had more to do with it than anything else. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/name-help-please-tg-and-at-a-total-loss#post-2495869 Tue, 15 Mar 2016 18:59:27 +0000 Foodnerd81 2495869@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: those are literally all names I suggested for lo2 (before we knew she was a girl). You have great taste. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/name-help-please-tg-and-at-a-total-loss#post-2495850 Tue, 15 Mar 2016 18:44:16 +0000 lawbee11 2495850@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Benjamin and Henry were our top boy names. </p> <p>For girls for you I like Rose, Violet, Grace, and Lucy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/name-help-please-tg-and-at-a-total-loss#post-2495846 Tue, 15 Mar 2016 18:40:25 +0000 Ree723 2495846@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thank you all!! There are some amazing suggestions here - several of which have been tossed around by us in the past and definitely need to be revisited! Natalie, Alastair, Oliver, Victoria, and Benjamin are all back up for discussion now...</p> <p>Some of the names mentioned above that we love have already been taken by close family members - Declan, Sarah, Miles, Alexander, Vivienne (DD1's middle name is Vivian), Andrew, and James - so those names are all definitely out of the running unfortunately. And whilst I LOVE the names Amelia, Evelyn, and Eleanor, I think they're all too similar to DD1's name...</p> <p>Back to the negotiating table with DH and a whole slew of new name suggestions for him! Thanks everyone! :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/name-help-please-tg-and-at-a-total-loss#post-2495796 Tue, 15 Mar 2016 17:40:39 +0000 autumnlove 2495796@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Natalie! Benjamin? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/name-help-please-tg-and-at-a-total-loss#post-2495790 Tue, 15 Mar 2016 17:34:22 +0000 sslm 2495790@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're planning to use Alastair! Our girls name was Juliet. Thought I'd throw those out there since I like all of the ones you suggested :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/name-help-please-tg-and-at-a-total-loss#post-2495764 Tue, 15 Mar 2016 16:55:32 +0000 LatteLove 2495764@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>p.s. we are also team green - forever! I love that birthday surprise. We had picked out 2 girl and 2 boy before we got pregnant with our first...just hoping I still like those options later! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/name-help-please-tg-and-at-a-total-loss#post-2495762 Tue, 15 Mar 2016 16:54:47 +0000 LatteLove 2495762@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For boys, since you like Lachlan but aren't sure you're "cool enough" :silly: what about Kellan or Callan?</p> <p>For girls: Victoria, Margaret, or Evelyn all seem to fit with your other girls names :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/name-help-please-tg-and-at-a-total-loss#post-2495755 Tue, 15 Mar 2016 16:43:58 +0000 MrsKoala 2495755@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Claire would go so beautifully with your daughters' names! I'd say go back and look at names popular in the time of the Brontes since that seems to fit your style well. For girls, Julia, Victoria, Amelia? For boys, Felix, Charles, Miles? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/name-help-please-tg-and-at-a-total-loss#post-2495746 Tue, 15 Mar 2016 16:33:15 +0000 LibbyLou 2495746@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lots of great names!<br /> I have been crushing on Fredrick, Arthur and Peter lately. Didn't see them mentioned above. </p> <p>Sarah, Vivienne, Anna, or Vera? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/name-help-please-tg-and-at-a-total-loss#post-2495268 Tue, 15 Mar 2016 12:44:14 +0000 Foodnerd81 2495268@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think Isabelle is a great stand alone name, and people wouldn't automatically shorten it- I think once you get the extra syllable on Isabella people start doing it more. Matthew I do think you would have a hard time getting everyone to avoid Matt- not as a baby but once he has his own friends it may get tougher. </p> <p>I like Claire and Clara (very partial to Clara :silly: ). We also considered Hazel, Alice, Eleanor/ Nora, Margaret (nn Maggie or Greta). </p> <p>We had the hardest time with boy names. Probably would have done Lucas so no help. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/name-help-please-tg-and-at-a-total-loss#post-2495251 Tue, 15 Mar 2016 12:34:25 +0000 avivoca 2495251@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Clarabelle, Isobel (maybe will stop the Izzy nickname), Analise, Annabelle</p> <p>I know a Zachary that goes by Zachary and is not afraid to correct you (he's six). So if you want him called Matthew and he wants to be called Matthew, don't be afraid to correct people. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/name-help-please-tg-and-at-a-total-loss#post-2495243 Tue, 15 Mar 2016 12:30:07 +0000 wrkbrk 2495243@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ree723: Just popping in to say my boss's son is Mathew and that is all anyone has ever called him! No Matt. He is 11! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/name-help-please-tg-and-at-a-total-loss#post-2495198 Tue, 15 Mar 2016 11:58:12 +0000 LuLu Mom 2495198@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Girls: Norah, Olivia, Natalie, Marie, Eloise, Elyse, Evelyn, Abigail, Lydia, Hannah, Madeline, Kaitlyn </p> <p>Boys: James, Jack, Nolan, Kellen, Charles, Michael, Landon, Tobias (Toby). Theodore (Theo/Teddy), Oliver </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/name-help-please-tg-and-at-a-total-loss#post-2495184 Tue, 15 Mar 2016 11:49:23 +0000 jape14 2495184@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have really similar taste in names!</p> <p>For boys: George, Theodore or Edward (nn Teddy), John (nn Jack - my son's name so I'm biased!), Louis, Andrew, Charles (nn Charlie), William, Philip, Samuel (nn Sam). For a little more flavor, you could try Lawrence (nn Laurie) or Francis (nn Frank). And, I personally love Henry/Harry but that's me! </p> <p>For girls, I like Caroline, Claire (love!), Eleanor or Eloise (nn Ellie), Samantha, Margaret (nn Maggie or Molly). For a little more flavor, maybe Cecelia, Laurel, Beatrice, Lydia, or Corinne . </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/name-help-please-tg-and-at-a-total-loss#post-2495167 Tue, 15 Mar 2016 11:38:19 +0000 ShootingStar 2495167@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lamariniere: @Ree723: My DH's name is Matthew, and everyone pretty much calls him Matt...except his mom, who calls him Matthew :silly: . </p> <p>Our DS is Declan, maybe you don't need to be as cool for that as for Lachlan? :wink: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/name-help-please-tg-and-at-a-total-loss#post-2495163 Tue, 15 Mar 2016 11:35:32 +0000 gingerbebe 2495163@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think nicknames can be essentially established by parents, so I'm all for keeping the formal name that you want. If parents pick the nickname and just reiterate it and reinforce it over and over and over in passing, others will likely pick it up too, especially because oftentimes, the child will self-identify with that nickname. For Isabelle, nicknames that could work are:</p> <p>- Lele (like lay-lay)<br /> - Isa (like Lisa without the L)<br /> - Ellie<br /> - Bell-bell (and have little Tinkerbelle fairy association)<br /> - Belly (or Isabelly, like Cinderelly!)<br /> - Itsy (and always associate with itsy bitsy spider!)<br /> - Sable</p> <p>Henry is a great name and probably because I love old men names on little boys, I think Harry is really cute. Other nicknames for Henry are Hank and Huck, and I think they are also pretty cute. </p> <p>Alternative name suggestions:</p> <p>Girl:</p> <p>Evelyn (Evie, Ev, Lynne, Linnie)<br /> Lisbette (Bette, Lil Bit, Betty, Lissie, Letty)<br /> Coral (Cora)</p> <p>Boy:<br /> August or Augustus (Gus)<br /> Theodore (Theo, Ted, Teddy, Otto)<br /> Declan (a little more formal than Lachlan. Deck, Deke)<br /> Benjamin (Ben, Benji)<br /> Edward (Teddy, Ted, Ed, Eddie) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/name-help-please-tg-and-at-a-total-loss#post-2495144 Tue, 15 Mar 2016 11:20:58 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2495144@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Felix<br /> Brennan<br /> London<br /> Oscar</p> <p>I know several Matthews and only one uses his full name. It can happen. :happy: </p> <p>Miranda<br /> Meredith<br /> Gabrielle<br /> Francesca</p> <p>I have a great aunt Isabelle that always used her full name. The full name is so pretty! </p>