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[jamie-marie.livejournal.com]

We won't be TTC for a couple of years, but it's fun to think about this stuff now :) Our children will have the last name Lefferd, if that makes any difference :)

I like the names:

Ava Rose
Hazel Grace (though Hazel is my dog's name..)
Iris (Any middle name suggestions?)
Jean (as a middle name, after my grandmother)
June (as a middle name)

Connor James
Isaac (What middle name goes well with Isaac?)
Liam

I've been told I go for the "old lady" names.

Input? Comments? Suggestions? :)

Comments

[tinylittlestars.livejournal.com]

A couple in my church had a baby in the first week of April and called her Ava Rose.

I don't like the other names, I agree that they are "old lady"ish :P

I really like Connor James :) And I actually think Isaac and Liam go well together either way - Isaac Liam or Liam Isaac :D

[jamie-marie.livejournal.com]

I would *really* like to use the name Avery Rose, but my cousin has a little girl named Avery Grace.

I hear the old lady comment all the time. I can't help it though, I love them! I agree that Isaac & Liam go well together!

I'm just not a big fan of modern names. Though I do like Felicity :)

[sotypical42483.livejournal.com]

hey, liking "old lady names" is, IMO, better than liking tryndee namez like Madycynn and Aydyn. Anyway, Ava isn't really an old lady name, it's in the top 10 for 2005!

[jamie-marie.livejournal.com]

I totally agree about the OMG trendy names with the funky spellings :) I can't believe Ava is so popular... as you can see, I don't have any friends with children... I'm out of touch with this stuff. My favorite name is Hazel. Just about everyone I tell hates it, but that's life. :)

[tinylittlestars.livejournal.com]

Oh, I have one more suggestion. If you really like the "old lady" name then how about using them as middle names with a more modern first name.

I like Felicity Jean... or Mackayla Jean...

[greenstripe.livejournal.com]

Those are all wonderful names with the exception of Hazel, it is way too wart-nosed witch for me!

I think a one syllable name would be best for both Iris and Isaac but can't think of anything off the top of my head.

[jamie-marie.livejournal.com]

Haha you think of witches when you hear Hazel? That would've never occurred to me! Unfortunately, I love the name so much that I named one of my Boston terriers that. So although I don't think of wart-nosed witches, I do think of flat-nosed doggies.

Hazel:
(http://photobucket.com)

[mandapants74.livejournal.com]

That's the cutest Hazel I've ever seen!

[jamie-marie.livejournal.com]

Well thank you!

[trissyd.livejournal.com]

I think 1/2 of the babies named "Ava" have "Rose" as their middle name... seriously.

I guess it's because it sounds so pretty together?

[jamie-marie.livejournal.com]

I really like Ava Grace too, but I have a cousin whose little girl is named Avery Grace. Plus my best friend since the age of four is named Rose, so it has value for that reason as well :)

I didn't think that Rose was a popular name at all, but I guess I'm out-of-touch when it comes to this stuff!

[trissyd.livejournal.com]

Most of your names sounds really nice with 1-syllabel middle names... here are some of my favorites... for girls:

Girls:
Brynn
Bree
Quinn
Faith

And I love "Zachary" as a middle name for boys: Liam Zachary ?

[jamie-marie.livejournal.com]

I really like Bree. My niece's name is Aubrey, Bree for short, so it would be nice to incorporate that into a middle name. Thanks :) I've never heard of Brynn.. I like that too!

[p-inkjeans.livejournal.com]

I really like Ava Rose, and I LOOOOOVE Isaac and Liam.

Middle name suggestions:
Liam Matthew?
Issac Michael?

[jamie-marie.livejournal.com]

I have always loved Liam, but unfortunately my fiance doesn't value my Irish roots :) Isaac is his little brother's first name, so I would love to use it as well.

Maybe Liam Isaac Lefferd? Is that too cutesy with the double L's? Hmmm.

[p-inkjeans.livejournal.com]

Aww, I really like that one! I love Isaac as the middle name and I don't like the double Ls sounds cutesy. Normally I think it would, but in this case I like it.

[mrsduryee.livejournal.com]

I'm Rose!!!! It's the best middle name next to Joy.

Your names are old-ladyish, but I like most of them

Ava Rose - kind of popular, but gorgeous
Hazel Grace - cute
Iris - Iris Eleanor? Iris Amanda? Iris Jane? Iris Jean is lovely.
Jean - see about
June - Needs a long name, like Evangeline or something. :)

Connor James - love Connor, not crazy about James
Isaac - Isaac Joshua? Isaac Matthew?
Liam - Love it. Isaac Liam is great too.

[jamie-marie.livejournal.com]

I really like your suggestion Iris Jean. I think it's lovely, but I wonder if my little girl would grow up hating it?

Yay for Roses! :)

[sotypical42483.livejournal.com]

Isaac is one of my favorite names for a boy. I love Isaac Alexander and Isaac Nicholas and Isaac Gabriel

[thejoysofjess.livejournal.com]

I love your old lady names!

I do think of Iris as a middle name though, not really a first name.

I think Isaac goes well with Michael and Matthew. Possibly William, but I generally don't like William as a middle name because so many people have it for a last name. Isaac William would sound like a full name to me, though I don't know why Isaac Matthew doesn't have the same effect.

[jamie-marie.livejournal.com]

Hey lady! Thank you :) I don't think there's anything wrong with old lady names. I happen to like most old ladies. Haha

Even though most people hate Hazel, I feel like I love it too much & I need to use it. I'm going to be the crazy woman who names her daughter after her dog. I agree about Iris making a better middle name.

[anapology.livejournal.com]

You've gone for the pretty old lady names that are coming back into fashion.

Ava is absolutely beautiful, and i hate that's so popular!
Ava Rose it's lovely.
Hazel Grace- i dont especially like Hazel but i can definetly see the appeal. Grace is such a popular middle name, but it's pretty and goes with everything.
Iris- lovely, I like Iris Olivia/ Iris Lavinia.

(i used to love Ava Lavinia, then i found out that was Ava Gardners name...not that it's a bad thing, just didnt want to steal a famous persons name!)

[jamie-marie.livejournal.com]

I hate that all of these names are gaining popularity. I don't want my daughter to have 7 Ava's in her kindergarten class, the way my generation had Jennifer's.

[smasharash.livejournal.com]

Iris is really difficult to find a good sounding middle name for... Iris Jean and Iris June are OK, but they just don't seem to be quite right together somehow.
Iris Nicole
Iris May/Mae
Iris Margarita
Iris Sophia
Iris Louise
Iris Georgia

Ava Rose and Hazel Grace are really beautiful

[jamie-marie.livejournal.com]

I'm glad someone else likes Hazel :)

I think when you attach our last name, I like Iris May/Mae Lefferd. I agree that it's difficult to pair Irish with middle names.

[solyma.livejournal.com]

you do kind of like "old lady" names, but i think they're really cute on children. it may be kind of awkward in the adolescent and young adult years (at least with a name like jean, not so much with ava and hazel)... anyway, i really love the name ava, i have a little niece with that name (see avatar) and it's just a very precious name that i think is wonderful! i also don't think hazel is bad... that's my great grandmother's name. :) her name was sophie hazel, but she went by sophie. anyway... i like how iris jane sounds as a combo!