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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? :)

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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

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 :)

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!

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. :)

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...

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.

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)

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

Well thank you!

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?

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!

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 ?

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!

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

Middle name suggestions:
Liam Matthew?
Issac Michael?

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.

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.

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.

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! :)

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

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.

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.

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!)

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.

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

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.

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!

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