Baby girl is still just baby girl and we are at a loss as to what to name her. When Rowan was in-utero we would constantly talk to him, about him, and he certainly got a lot more attention than this little one. I think part of the reason for that is because he had a name and this one is still generic "baby". I think it would help a lot for Rowan to have a name to ascribe to this unseen sibling. We recently took out quite a few baby name books from the library last week with the determination that we were going to solve this problem. If the process of elimination can be equated with success, then we definitely are making progress. No little Fidelma (Fidel as a nickname?!) or Gormlaith here.
Rowan isn't a big help either. Every suggestion we make is met with a resolute "NO I don't like that name." Today we were at the table pouring over books and Rowan kept saying "No, No, No." I turned to him in frustration and said "Well should we call her No then?" He shook his head- smart kid. His only suggestions have been Judson and Gwen, both friends of his and yes, one of them is a boy. I guess we just have to find a girl friend for him whose name we like and whose parents we don't mind antagonizing.
Part of our problem is we want something that is a little unusual, but not strange. If it's in the top 50 of popular baby names, it's out. Also, Steve is finding out that I know a lot of girls with names that he likes, and I can't stand the idea of naming my baby after them. I guess that says something about me. This is probably a bad idea, but here are some of the names we are currently considering. Feel free to name your favorite, but don't be offended if we don't follow your advice.
Nadia (our top runner and even Rowan has given his stamp of approval. Only problem here is her nickname would sound like "naughty"- if you can think of a good nickname for this one, let us know!)
Eden (this is bordering on unusual and almost strange for us- also have problems with the nickname Edee)
Constance (hate the nickname Connie- sorry to all you Connies out there)
Ilona (Steve thinks this is too exotic sounding, but I really like it. It does remind me of someone Donald Trump would marry though)
Julia (probably too popular but I still like it)
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I love name shopping! I do like the name Eden - I substituted in a class with a student named Eden. She seemed to be well behaved and her name went well with her New Zealand accent. Anyway, here's my 'A' list.
Alora (Except there’s the whole Willow reference…)
Ambry
Amelia (or Emilia)
Ashlynn
Audra
Audrey
Aubrey
August
I will have more later. :)
I like Nadia and Eden. I've never known a Nadia and that totally helps keep it pretty. I understand how knowing too many girls makes picking a name difficult. Nathan got tired of me shaking my head no because I had bad associations with a name. I had a co-worker with a daughter named Eden and it was really cute. Good luck! I think girl names are tough!
I was also going to say- I also don't love super popular names. I was very hesitant with using "Isabelle" because it seemed very common. I had another possible name that was even less common, but when Isabelle was born we just knew she was an Isabelle. It does make me feel better, though, to know that "Isabelle" is number 79 on the Social Security Administration's list of most common baby names for 2007. That's not TOO common. "Isabella" is number 2, so that's probably why EVERYONE calls her Isabella. (It kind of bugs me. =) I like Isabelle much more.) Anyway, I understand not wanting a super popular name.
doing a lot of genealogy gives you access to a lot of old school names here is a few of my faves
amelia
augusta
charlotte
annis
rosslynn
lilias
renee
rosetta
octavia
adelaide
those are a few and my personal fave....
vesta.
hee hee
I really like Nadia. Nadia and Rowen has a nice ring to it. Who says they have to have a nickname? We named Taylor purposely a name that would be hard to shorten.
I have a good friend named Nadia.
Eden is my favorite. Love it!
And we still call our #2 just plain old Baby Girl.
And we had no idea that Jackson was just about the most popular name here in Utah when he was born .. We lived in Alaska, for crying out loud! Blah!
I like Nadia--and if you were so inclined you could call her Dia. Just a thought. Tory insisted our kids have names that can be shortened. If I ever have a girl (fingers are crossed, and NO I'm not expecting :)) I am going to name her Vivian. I love how dramatic that sounds. Anyway good luck. I always thought girl names were so much easier to choose from, but maybe not?? Oh, and Judson is flattered that #1 would like a little Judson sister. :)
I know, I know, Anja...or Anya, you know we're were both bound to have little Anya's running around.
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