Boy name problems...

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Ok, so we are expecting our third child in January. We currently have a boy(3) and a girl (16 months). We always have trouble with boy names. I like seldom used Bible names for boys, but not Bible names for girls because there are so few. We ended up naming our son Micah and our daughter Allison (Allie).
Now we are expecting another boy and have no idea what to name him. On top of the fact that we aren't very inspired by our short list of Bible boy names that we half-way agree on, there is the addition of another boy name that for some reason has been on my mind since the second I was told it was a boy.... Max. I think the reason I thougth of it was that there is a popular tv show we like that is about a family with three children, an older boy, a middle girl and a younger boy... the younger boy's name is Max. After walking out of the ultrasound room and into the next room for blood tests, I sat in the chair and was looking at a bulletin board in front of me with only one thing on it- a child's handprint on a piece of paper with a name above it, guess what it was? yup... Max.
Before that day I don't think I would have ever had that name on my list, but I came home and told my hubby and amazingly enough, he kind of liked it, but like me isn't sure. In my mind, despite trying out other names, every time I think of the baby in my tummy I think of him as Max. Not sure I can picture having a kid named that though. Still, never have known a Max in my life, so I guess that is why I am open to it. Plus it is certainly a friendly name. Our names are Misty and Joe
On top of all that, there is the drama that happened with naming our daughter. When we were about this far with her, we chose the name Zoey Violet... then there was a big deal where my MIL ruined it for me and then about two weeks before she was born we changed her name to Allison Snow (Snow is my mom's maiden name) Anyway, we loved the name we ended up with and cannot imagine the name Zoey on her at all. So that makes me even more hesistant to go with Max just because it is stuck in my head right now.
Sigh! So I know that was a long story but here is where I ask advice...
For one thing, if we go with Max, we can't seem to work out a middle that works because our last name is one of those three syllable names that starts with Mc. Also, Not sure we like Maximillian... and do not like Maxim or Maximus or Maxwell at all. Might just go with plain old Max.
Our other two children have somewhat odd middles... Micah's is his daddy's middle name which is Venis (sounds like the city)

On the other hand, if we go with a Bible name, our only thought right now is Noah. I like Elijah, but hubby won't agree to it. I also love Luke but he won't get with me on that one either. We also like Levi a little bit. I like Linus too (Yes a Bible name) but nobody on earth seems to agree with me on that one! lol
 
Any help or advice would be great. One hindrance for us is that we have a lot of Christian friends and fellow church members who are also taking up all the less used Bible names with their kids. We already have friends with - Silas, Josiah, Ezra... we even know of a Malachi.
Help!

Comments

[laminy.livejournal.com]

Wizards of Waverly Place!

I don't really like the names that Max comes from either, though I have a friend Marcus who only ever goes by Max. I met him in elementary school, and made it to grade 11 before finding out that it was Marcus, and not something like Maxwell. I think Max works really well just on its own, though. Maybe the middle for Max could be a Bible name. I consider Linus to be 'somewhat odd', but that's just me.

But I also think that you've got quite a way to go before the baby comes. Some people still don't know the week before they have a kid, let alone four months beforehand. I wouldn't worry that much, and just see what other names come up along the way, and what you feel when you actually meet him.

[harinakshi.livejournal.com]

A friend of mine didn't come up with a name until she was about ten days old, LOL.

LOL! you guessed it.

[pollysweet.livejournal.com]

Yes, we are big 'Wizards' fans. Was hoping nobody would know! lol It is cheesy but I keep thinking of how we will have a boy/girl/boy situation like they do.

and, it's not just you... everyone thinks Linus is odd but me. I think of the Bogart character in the old movie "Sabrina" instead of the kid on Charlie Brown.