I love Riley, Reese, and Jack but they are already taken but friend's kids. I also really like Morgan but it doesn't go with our last name.
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Most names that end in -er we can't use because it doesn't go with our name. Hunter is one i would have considered.
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Sydney
Jackson -
Violet (friend used it), Jude (doesn't work with our last name). Anything starting with B because our last name starts with B and I just don't like it - they all end up sounding too cutesy to me!
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Cole
Finn -
For the most part my fav boys names have received a resounding veto...Landon, Liam, Alexander, Jackson. I scratched Landon off myself because it rhymes with a BIL.
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I love the name Ellie/Elly as a nickname but it's one of my BFFs names, so DH thinks it is weird. I just love it. Nickname for Ellison or Elodie.
Other names: Anything wtih a W or an S due to last name (Willa, Willow, Wyatt, Sutton, Sailor, Stella, Sloan.)
Also, we decided against any J names due to both our first names being a J...didn't want to be matchy like that.
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@Smurfette: I like Lila but it sounds strange with our last name
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I like Jeremiah but hate the nickname Jerry. I also really like Benjamin but have a second cousin with that name.
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Benjamin
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Jack / Jackson- love the name but it just doesn't sound right with our last name.
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@T.H.O.U.: I love Hunter, DH doesn't.
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Love Molly but my cousin's wife is named Mollie, also love Samantha for a girl but we have cousin Sam and baby cousin Sam (both boys).
Also love the name Twyla but I think it might just be too out there... although it does sound good as a sibling name for my Gwendolyn
Oh I also looove the name Patrick but my MIL is Pat. Wah.
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I love some names that sound so similar to the name we are using! We are using Arie, and I love Arlo, Arrow, and a ton of other A names! I guess those cannot be used in the future! I super love August, but DH doesn't :(.
I also LOVE Elle for a girl, but our friends are naming their girl Ella and we have a baby cousin named Ella so I don't think I'd use it.
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Anything that doesn't start with an E
I really love Beckett for a boy and Sloane and Blair for girls.
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I love the name Lucas, but 2 of my college roommates named their second sons Lucas. I might still use it though if I can talk DH into it. He doesn't really like it because he doesn't like the guys that he knows named Lucas.
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Rowan, Ronan, Lawson, Hudson and Griffin (I have this thing where I can't give my child a name that already belongs to someone else I know or have met) Also anything that starts with P, our last name starts with P.
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@stine_ciro: tell him my DH is named Lucas and he's a great guy!! lol
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Autumn, Willow, Winter, and Sage. Our last name is a plant so any of those woodsy sounding names would just sound too 'hippy-ish'.
Patrick for a boy. My husband hates it, and also my friends husband kind of ruined that name for me.
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Jack (nephews name), Abigail (DH nixed).
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Linnea
Avery
Isaac
Ethan -
I like color names (Violet, Iris, Scarlett, Ruby) but my husband would not go for them because our last name sounds like Haze. He says Violet Haze sounds like a song about drugs...
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I was ALWAYS planning on naming any daughter I had Kathryn, but Hubs has a cousin named Katherine, so I feel like I can't use it. Boo.
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@LuLu Mom: I have a friend who named her daughter Eily, which I think is SOO pretty! Kind of like Elly, but not!
Quinn was in our top 5, but my sister is calling her son that, so that's out. I also love the names Avery and Sydney, but I have nieces with those names.
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Oh! I also love Eisley and Everly but DH nixed both.
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Eden, Hudson, Lyla
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@Bookish: One of my parents' friend's name is Twila, never seemed "out there to me" since i've known her my whole life! ha I think it is a cool name
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I like the name Lucy, but our last name is also two syllables and starts with "Lu" so I think it'd sound silly.
I also love the name Findley, but unfortunately it was my dog's name so I'd feel odd giving it to a child now.
My favourite girl name is Beatrice, but DH HATES it!
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@Running Elley: I love Everly too, DH is nixing it now...but I'm holding out hope for when we actually get prengnat he will come around. It was our #2 pick for E this round so I don't know how he can decide he doesnt' like it much anymore
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James (runs into our last name)
Molly (husband's ex. Grrrr)
Sarah (might use but it's my boss)
Ian (FIL's boss who his family hates) -
@littlebug: How is it pronounced, eye-ly? I'm intrigued
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@LuLu Mom: Yup! Just like that!
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@LuLu Mom: Haha it was our #2 as well! Fingers crossed for both of us that they come to their senses next time!
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@Running Elley: I think you should name your next girl Emmaline. I LOVE it. DH, not so much.
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Abby. I love the name but I had a dog named Abby when I was a kid, so it's a little weird to name a child that.
Cora, Corey, any other Cor- name, and anything that ends with a k sound. Our last name starts with Cor so I don't like them together.
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@LC: hehe I had a dog named Abby too!
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@Running Elley: Agreed! We have such similar naming styles
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Francesca... I love it but that would mean our kiddo would have the same exact name as a cousin!
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Summer, Katherine, Anika, Kalena.
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Our last name ends with -ley so anything ending in -ley (or -ly, or even -y or -ie) sounds too matchy cutesy to me.
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