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My husband and I (been married for three weeks) just found we are pregnant.

Our last name is Norman.

But I don't know what names really go with that. I love Sienna and Kiera for a girl, but I don't have any boys names that I love. I like names that are unique and you don't see everyday - We have a nephew named Aidan so I don't want something with an A or something as popular as that has become.

For middle names, I would like a boy to have either Lance (Father-in-law) or Lucas (My younger brother-in-law's middle name), but I've always loved the middle name James. For girls, I have no idea, I've always liked Lee as a middle and my middle is Marie so I could use that also.

Help!

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Lee and Marie are considered filler middle names, but if you like them, why not.
Sienna and Kiera are not my style and definitely on the trendy side, but if you're cool with that, then go for it. At least they are legit names :D

I really like Lucas! I'm neutral to James and Lance.

I like Lee because it's my husband's aunt's name and Marie is my middle name because it's my Grandmother's name. Filler or not, they're special to us.

I love the name Lucas!

If they have a meaning then they don't classify as filler :)

Simon
Vaughn
Reid
Grant
Collin
Elliot

Moira
Brooke
Constance
Caroline
Abbey
Nora

I like Janes as a middle name, but not Lance (maybe that's the pop culture influence, I'm not sure). I really love Lucas!

Thanks for the names. I love Constance and Nora, but I have a niece named Nora already.

I only like Lance because it's my father-in-laws first name.

Some (slightly) unusual names:

Maeve
Faye
Nina
Rosalie
Anouk
Milou
Yara/Mara
Noémie
Selene/Celine
Geneva
Lenore
Lydia
Freya
Annika
Chandra
Odette/Odille
Luna

Sawyer
Milo
Nico(las)
Matthias
Bram
Jonah
Leo (could also be a nickname)
Dyon
Theo(dore)
Tristan

I like Lucas & Lance, I'm pretty much neutral towards James. Sienna is nice too, I think.
I personally find Lee & Marie a little boring, but hey, it's your child! =) Plus, they go with a lot of names (not Rosalie though...;)
Good luck!

Thanks for the names! There's a lot I like on there!

Lee and Marie are boring, but Lee is his aunt's name and Marie is my grandmother's name, so they're special. Otherwise, I wouldn't use them.

Sienna and Kiera are both becoming much more popular, so while they aren't too popular right now, you'd be right on the beginning of the upswing, so I doubt you'll want to use those, if you want something different.

I like the boy middle names a lot, but the girl middle names are kind of boring. If you like them, go for it, but they're just very . . . blah.

Ideas:
Eliza
Maren
Kendra
Cecilia/Celia
Camilla
Lorelai
Annalise
Ada
Maeve
Daphne
Phoebe
Simone
Anika
Lena
Anya

Alec
Beau
Judah
Reid
Jasper
Brent
Brett
Ezekiel/Zeke
Malcolm
Emmett
August (Gus?)
Asa
Ezra
Nico(las)
Soren
Lucian
Dexter
Thaddeus (Thad? I've also seen Teddy used)
Heath
Amos
Hugh

If you want names that are unique and that you don't see every day, don't use Sienna and Kiera. They're incredibly popular right now, and they're definitely not finished their climb. Sienna went from not even being in the top 1000 in 1994, to ranking 169th in 2007. Kiera is 293rd, but you have to combine that with Keira (128th).

Go HERE (http://www.behindthename.com/top/) to find out the popularity of a name.

Go HERE (http://www.babynamewizard.com/voyager) to find out popularity and how a name is trending (type in Kiera and Sienna and see what happens).

I'll try to come up with some suggestions for names and post them back here.

I agree with

sandtree. None of the names strike me as that unusual, if you are after something unique. Even Marie is less popular than Sienna/Kiera.

So here's a few names which aren't in the top 1000 most popular names but are 'real' names, (i,e, not just 'unique' due to weird spelling).

Cosmo (b)
Boris (b)
Vivian (b)
Sholto (b)
Piers (b)
Percy (b)

Cosima (g)
Venetia (g)
Sibylla (g)
Flora (g)
Poppy (g)
Vivien/Vivienne (g)
Jacquetta (g)
Imogen (g)

If you don't want a name you'll see every day, stay away from Sienna, it's gaining in popularity a lot. I feel like this is true for Kiera too, but I'm less certain.

I think you're right.

I think that when you use letter's from the middle of your last name for your child's first initials, it can help it flow more, especially with a short, straight-forward last name like Norman.

For example, Riley Norman and Michelle Norman sound good.
You could try looking up names that start with R and M, say them aloud with your last name, and see what you think.

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I wouldn't really know if they're common. I don't know many people who have had children nor have I heard the name Sienna or Kiera around here.

LOVE LOBE LOVE Lucas... maybe you could use it as a first name? Lucas James is adorable!

Kane Lucas
Harry Lucas
Braithen Lance
Tate Lucas
Brody Lance
Brody Lucas
Corbin Lance
Corbin Lucas

(I like Marie more than Lee...)
Eloise Marie
Erica Marie
Della Marie
Estelle Marie
Stella Marie

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