Suggestions?

[home-to-me.livejournal.com]

My brother and his girlfriend are expecting (she's only about two months along), and I absolutely hate most of the names she has picked out. I've been trying to throw my two cents in, but she doesn't like the traditional-ish names I've passed her way (Chloe, Emma, Hannah) either. The first two names she'd told me she was thinking about were Neveah (I hate this name) and Irelan (not sure if that's how she'd spell it... she said "Ireland, but without the 'd.' But I don't know if you'd make it "prettier" by spelling it Irelynn or something). Oh, and she's certain that it'll be a girl, and I'm hoping it'll be a girl, haha.

They already have two... a boy, Dominick Anthony, and a girl, Lilliana Rae (Lily).

I think they should have something that's also around the same number of letters or syllables. I don't think that with a Dominick and a Lilliana you could then have something super-simple like a Kate. For a girl, the middle name is apparently going to be Mena, after my brother's gf's grandmother. And for a boy, I'm betting a middle name would be either Michael (for my brother) or William (for my father). So yeah, I guess any suggestions of names that would sound nice with the other two kids' names, and possibly with the middle names that are floating around. And please make them semi-normal names. I hate trendy names, but I don't like way obscure stuff either, and I think they feel the same way.

Comments

[paperboat118.livejournal.com]

First name I thought of was Gracelyn.
Maybe something like... Kirie [Ky-ree]

[home-to-me.livejournal.com]

oooh, I think Gracelyn is pretty. Might suggest that to them.

I would pronounce Kyrie "Kee-ree-ay" Hmm.

[solyma.livejournal.com]

hmm. jocelyn/joceline, kyla, keely or keelin/keelyn are good non-trendy, but non-crazy names. i think they go well with dominick and lilliana, but none of them sound great with the middle name mena.

[etherealshores.livejournal.com]

I second Jocelyn...that would be a really good choice. :)

[home-to-me.livejournal.com]

Oooh, of those, I think Jocelyn is pretty. I really need to write a few of these down and be like "Here, use one of THESE." hehe. I have a feeling she wouldn't use that though.

[ifancylust.livejournal.com]

i hate nevaeh..it just seems so trashy. ireland isn't so bad.
here are some suggestions:
adrienne mena
alyson mena
caroline mena
jocelyn mena

[home-to-me.livejournal.com]

I don't think Ireland is bad, but to make it Irelan, I think is weird. Cause you would have to tell people "It's like Ireland, without the 'd'..." all the freaking time. Kinda like Nevaeh is always going to be "That's heaven spelled backwards..."

Alyson is definitely out. My brother has an ex gf with that name, lol, but I think that's pretty. Again, I like Jocelyn. Going to suggest that.

[trissyd.livejournal.com]

yah... it's their baby though... they can name their kid whatever they want.

[amandavanessa.livejournal.com]

Exactly. As long as the name isn't something like Nevaeh Mirakall Moonbeam Smith or whatever, who cares?

[home-to-me.livejournal.com]

they CAN, but I'm hoping they give it a normal-sounding name, since the other two kids have normal names. She asked me for suggstions, and I couldn't think of anything that sounded really good with the other two names.

[newreflections.livejournal.com]

thank you, i was going to say the same thing!

[lizziey.livejournal.com]

was thinking Mikaila (mick-kay-la) :)

[home-to-me.livejournal.com]

She and I both like that name, but the spelling Michaela. Except that my brother's name is Michael, and that might be too close.

[lizziey.livejournal.com]

that would make it cuter...lol. Maybe it wouldn't seem so close with the *other* spelling?

[straight-outta.livejournal.com]

i love the name dominick anthony, that's a really great name. i commend your brother & their girlfriend on their past choices!

i've always been partial to the name violet

violet mena sounds nice to me.

[home-to-me.livejournal.com]

That's pretty... but then with Lily, maybe too flowery?

[home-to-me.livejournal.com]

Oh, and I loooove your icon! LOOOOVE "The Giving Tree." I bought the book when I was like 19 or something. I love classic books like that. Now I am in the mood to go read it!

[oscillating-fan.livejournal.com]

The name Erin might be too traditional sounding for your brother and his gf, but it is the Gaelic name meaning Ireland. (They spell the country eirann, i think, and the name erin.)

Irene also kind of sounds like Ireland.

[pale-september.livejournal.com]

Please tell her how foolish it is to name your child Neveah.

[home-to-me.livejournal.com]

I have told her I hate it, as has everyone else she's mentioned it to (the rest of my family, her sisters, etc). I think she's over that.

[sotypical42483.livejournal.com]

I kinda like Irelan, but spelled Irelyn.

I don't think you need to match siblings names. My name is Kristen and my sisters are Kari and Heather, no one is like OMG KARI IS SO MUCH SHORTER THAN KRISTEN AND HEATHER. No one cares and I doubt anyone is comparing.

[sotypical42483.livejournal.com]

oops posted too soon. I love Lilliana, thats my nieces name, only spelled Liliana :) Okay but yah suggestions...

Marissa
Holly
Hannah
Elise
Kiera
Kyra
Miranda

[home-to-me.livejournal.com]

I loooove hannah. Brother's gf hates it. Good, cause I am gonna use it one day, hehe.

I like Marissa and Miranda.