Baby Name Help! - Temple,TX

Boy names:
Arlo,Owen,Kermit, Joaquin, Octavio, Geronimo, Luca, Grant, Porter, Cole, Stone, Walker, Pascal

Girl names:
Devon, Isla, Lucia, Johnna, Lila, Iris, Portia, Carmela, Romika, Kemper, Jolie, Elen

example....my grandmothers name was mary elizabeth
my last name is french
I looked up family names in french to see what they were
and found that Elisa is french for Elizabeth
worked for us.

we have

Oh geez... I love names, new/unique names.
Girl:
Story
Asland- the lion, from The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Astor - Brooke Astor NY socialite and millionaire
Anniston - "Anni"
Jade
Lane, Laine
Tabitha
Presley - My mom would have spelled it Presleigh, the spelling runs in the family
Nahla - Lion King and Halley Barry's Daughter
McCrae - pronounced McCray, old scottish name
Boy:
Merrick
Boston
Land - the name of a mapmakers son, as opposed to Landon
Jude - Bettles reference
August
Monroe
Stone
Quinn
Wren

Our daughters name is Emerson after a News story.

Did you go for "uniqueness" when you named the other three? I don't have any suggestions except to remind you that what is unique and cute now may not be so 18 years from now, or even 10. Please give the child a name that the brothers and sister can pronounce and that he/she will be able to spell. Think of all the ways the name can be pronounced and twisted around in ways that kids (pre and early teens) can and will make fun of. Be sure to consider what the initials will be.

As someone who works with children in many different schools may I caution you about unique names. If you give your child a name that is very unique in spelling or pronounciation please teach them early that strangers will probably get it wrong and to be polite about their corrections. Also a name that is "cute" for a child can be embarassing for a young adult trying to be professional.
There are many websites for baby names. Good luck and best wishes for your new baby and your family.

Take a look at your family tree. Look at first and last
names. Very often last names are a great match to go with
your last name. It is fun to honor those that have come
and gone. I like to actually see my baby before I give
him/her a name. It's gotta feel (look) right for them.
So have several in mind for the big day.
Good luck and congratulations.

Kean Josiah
Kayla Kassandra
Sophia Alessandra
I. Leticia

How unique? Rare and unusual, or something silly and made up?

I would look up some Shakespearean names or names from the renaissance. Perhaps some Bronte or Austen books for a start.
Maybe something Norse, Gaelic, or Celtic.

Have fun with it!

2 of my boys have what I consider unique names- Duncan and Rowan.

My daughter's first and middle name and the meanings are:

Zada "Fortunate & Prosperous"

Samara "Under God's Rule"

I have to speak up sense I so have an unusual name...Maretta...I have never met another but heard about 2 others (one is a senator from Georgia).

I personally love my name. I never had to worry about being confused with someone else. Plus, I was named after my mother's favorite babysitter, who died young. My mom had my name picked out from the time she was about 10 years old.

The bad thing is...no one ever pronounces it right the first time. They never spell it right, even after being friends for years...even my own grandmothers. I had many a teacher call me the wrong name or variation of my name for whole school years. One teacher called me by my last name. A lot of the time I just kept quiet (not to hurt their feelings, as I knew they were trying)...

Oh, and it really bugged me that there were never personalized items with my name on them. All my friends had pencils, mugs, etc etc etc with their names on them.

I thought long and hard when naming my own kids. I had some various names that were as unusual as mine...BUT I ended up going with very common names, spelled the traditional way. Both my kids are in the top 20 popular names for their birth year. I went out there a bit with the middle names as they are hardly used.

Maybe I should have been more courageous when picking names but...my kids names just fit them.

I liked Krash (pronounced crash)for a boy (wondered if it would make him clumsy). Axel was another favorite. oh, and Ansel.

Girls, I like Bryn (my niece) and Bree. Poppy was a favorite too.

Good luck!

http://babynamesworld.parentsconnect.com/

this site might help you. it has tons of searches. you can also find out if the kid was teased if the person liked the name and so on. there are books with unique names too. look at your hippy store, new age, natural type shops too.

Boy names

Giorgio
Giovanny
Carlo

GIRL

Valentina
Marion
Josiane
Josette
Ximena

I'll think more and send them.

I named my first son Cooper and get lots of ooo I like that's and my second son Keegan and I get told it's intresting and nice a lot! I also like the name Quinn for our number three at some point elongated to Quinten for a boy and some people have suggested Quinlynn for a girl but I'm not sure if I can go there or not. I like it when the name "go" with the other kids names not matchy matchy but sound good together. Some people suggested connor for our second or third but thats too matchy for me ya know? I hope that helps a bit

Go online and search for boy or girl names. You can even search by Country if you want a name that may be common to the say Spanish or Italian region. Good Luck.

Boy--Rice,, Pierce,,Camp, Bryson, Dell, Sinclair, Renoir( Reny), Thurston, Rio,Flag,Vance

Girl--Daisy,, Jolie, Estelle, Annabella, Wisteria,Cale,Faline, Dessa, Party, Daphne, Leota, Kobi, Haven, Leaf, Paloma

Of course I LOOOOOOOVE my daughters name any of the three would make a good name (Of course I'm partial!)

Lola Valentina M.

Other names I like:

Christiana
Marley
Liliana - Lilly
Angelina
Skye
Juel
Sienna
Isabella
Myka

Boys
Jake
Canyon
Antonio
Dash - Dashel
Rhet
Luke
Jian Carlo (Spanish)
Jean-Marc (French)

Good luck!

My kids are Kellan (which is unisex), Dash Alexander and Cassian (pronounced Cassie-in...I've seen it pronounced Cash-in, though) Cade. My daughter Kellan was going to be Laken (pronounced Lake-in) but my in laws crapped on it so much that I changed it which still sticks in my craw a bit. Her middle name is Aisley. I googled unique baby names when I was preggers and names from the early 1900s as starting places...
Good luck!

Our grandson's name is "Jagger". It's a really cool name that fits a really cool little guy. I also like the name "Grayson" for a boy. I guess it could also be spelled with an "e", Greyson.

I know some kids with different/unique names Shaylee(girl) and Traceson(boy)

Our son's name is Chance. It is a masculine name, but not too unusual. I have received a lot of compliments on his name. Our oldest daughter's name is Sabrina. It is unusual, but very beautiful. Also, try looking in the wedding section of the newspaper--we take the NY Times. Good Luck!