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Zoey- I wanted this one but DH vetoed it. It's also pretty popular but I don't think that would have deterred me. A cousin also just used this name though, so it's definitely out.

Emmett- I heard it's a Twilight name? I don't know, I haven't seen the movies or read the books except part of the first film on tv.

Virginia, Jolene, Stella for girls

Oliver and Larkin for a boy

My mom HATES Stella, I like Virginia and so does my husband but we don't love it enough. My husband's name is Joe, so Jolene seemed like we were trying to name her after him, which would be weird. I like Oliver and my husband doesn't. Larkin is a family name on my husband's side and if our first daughter was a boy, it would have been her name. For some reason that makes me not want to use it for another kid.

I really love the name Lois for a girl - but DH can't say it without putting on a Stewie from Family Guy voice so I guess that one's out!

@Coco Bee: Ha ha I don't know. She's the only Justice I've ever met.

@Rock n Roll: Virginia and Stella were both on my list too! I forgot those two!

@knittylady: I had a friend named Brigid growing up (@Coco Bee: it's like Bridget with a "d" sound instead of the hard "t" sound) and kids at school called her Frigid Brigid. Although kids will tease any name!

@Foodnerd81: Every time I hear Soledad O'Brien's name pronounced, it's with an American accent (soh-luh-dad), which bothers me. I think the Spanish pronunciation is way prettier! But I absolutely couldn't pull it off and I think the kid would get tired of correcting people.

Girls:
Katelynn (our #1 choice if we were having a girl)
The "too popular" ones: Charlotte, Emma, Sophie, Sophia. Plus our last name is very Italian so they're kind of odd names to pair. Emma in particular, paired with our last name, sounds like the middle of the alphabet.
Alexa (Alexandra) or Alexis was a name we considered using for a very long time.
Frances, that was my mom's name and I love it (Franny for a little girl? Too adorable) but we had decided to use it as a girl middle name instead.
Sylvia, Sylvie

Boys:
I also liked all the "too popular" ones here: Jack, Sam, Max.
I always loved "Frank," that was my grandfather's name.
Anthony was the name we were going to use for the longest time.
Jacob (too "Twilight" now probably lol)

Can you tell I love old-fashioned names??

There are a lot of names that I like, but that would never work. This is because DH and I agree that any name we choose should sound good in English and Spanish.

For example, my name is Megan (which I love despite its popularity with people my age), but it sounds terrible in Spanish (may-GONE).

There are tons of classic, beautiful names that would never pass the Spanish/English test.

@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 & he's black, so no irish there & 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.

@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!

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

Truman, Finn, Seamus, Liam, Jackson, Noah, Oliver, Henry, Harrison and Nathan were all vetoed.

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).

Somebody use these names because they are all awesome!

Boys: Luca, Matteo, Zev, Kenzo, Teague, Elias.
You all can have these too, but know if we ever have a boy (unlikely) he will probably get one of these names

@lawbee11: @Coco Bee: I knew a Juliet in college and I think if anyone dared to ask her that she would have punched them!

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.

@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!

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.

Boys:
Oliver - DH's cousin used it 3 weeks before our team green baby arrived so we took it off the list
Hamish - pronounced HAY-mish but again would be butchered in the States
Lachlan - too Aussie
Angus - love it but makes me think of yummy steaks
Henry - loved it until I had a Henry as a student, never will I use that name now!
Noah - DH said uhh no [ah]!

Can't remember what else was on our short list!

@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...