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[heatherejc.livejournal.com]

We are at eat other's throats trying to agree upon a name for our baby boy due in September. (We had absolutely no problem agreeing on a girl's name and then found out we were having a boy - darn.) We've each gone through several books and websites and come up with separate lists of names for each of us to draw from. Nothing substantial has come from that. I have a name that I love that he totally hates (Harrison). He has a name he's really fond of (Hayden) but it's too trendy and gender neutral for me. Today, he pored over 8000 boys names and came up with a list of about 80. From that, I've nixed over half of them. Here are my favorites from his list.

Aidan (little fire) - love the name, but I'm way too afraid my kid will be one of 10 Aidan's in his class

Alden (old friend, wise protector)

Ansel (blessed, angel)

Eben (stone of help)

Emory/Emery (bravery & power, ruler of work)

Harris (home ruler) - I think he added this one as a consolation prize since he hates Harrison.

Holden (deep valley or kindly, gracious)

Keirnan (little dark one)

Nolan (chariot fighter, champion, famous and noble)

Teagan (little poet or attractive)

Tenneyson (son of Dennis) - Not that my husband's name is Dennis, but I like it anyway. Would need a nickname though, since it's long, and we can't think of any.

Wyndham (winda's water meadow) - Although, I much prefer Wynden over Wyndham. Either way, we like that the kid's nickname could be Wyn.


Okay, things to note...our last name is Close, and my husband's not too fond of alliteration or assonance. Plus, 3 out of 4 of the babies born in our group of friends all have names that start with a hard C/K sound, so we are trying to avoid that.

Please...offer as many suggestions as possible...

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[heatherejc.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm 32 and have never known an Aidan, well, other than the actor whose last name I can't remember. Aidan wasn't popular until just recently. At least two baby name websites I've been to list it as the most popular boy's name. The Social Security Administration lists two different spellings of it on the top 50 boy's names of 2006 - and it's higher than it was for 2005.

Names that were popular when we were young are usually not names that are going to be popular when we have kids of our own.

[thejoysofjess.livejournal.com]

If you actually add up all the different spellings of Aidan on the SSA website (going by percentages), there are more Aidans out there than Jacobs (which is listed as the #1 name). I really wish they would find a way to combine spellings of names on that website.