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[pickleshmickle.livejournal.com]

so i'm having a baby and said baby is due nov. 5th, and we still don't know the sex (but we will here REALLY soon!!) but we have a couple of names picked out and i wanted some input.  here they are:

girl (duh!)

maggie abigail brecht

boy:

owen ______ brecht

owen is my last name and i've always wanted it to be the first name if i have a boy, with maggie abigail brecht, i just came up with the abigail part last night in a dream i had, but i think i really like it, it seems to flow well together, i mean with the g's in the first and middle and the b's in the middle and last but before i share this with my boyfriend i wanted other people's opinions (i'm afraid it sounds silly and is going to be shot down by my boyfriend fast, but i've been saying it out loud all morning and i am really becoming quite attached to it so i don't want to get upset if he does this, so if other people shoot it down first then i won't take it out on him....poor poor brendan.  he gets the brunt of my pregnancy a lot....)  oh and just in case it's not clear, brecht will be it's last name.

Comments

[tigress-oils.livejournal.com]

I second Magdalena as an option for a "fuller" name that could use the nickname Maggie, although Magdalena is so beautiful that I'd hate to see it shortened.

Maggie Abigail has very similar sounds, as has been noted. There also doesn't seem to be much "balance," IMO--the names are very similar in feel; i.e. both are well established as currently popular, semi-classic names. "Abby" and "Maggie" seem almost interchangeable to me.

[trissyd.livejournal.com]

I was going to say "Magdalena"! My friends cousin named her daughter this name to honour a great grandmother, but since day 1 she's only been "Maggie" ... I like "Maggie" as a nickname, but as a full name, no.

All the suggestions I had for "Owen ____" have already been noted, so I won't repeat them. There are TONS of good suggestions up there!