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[arbus.livejournal.com]

Hi ladies! I used to be fairly active here but haven't been around livejournal at all much the past year or so. Well, I had a baby boy about 11 weeks ago and we named him Liam John. We had it narrowed down to William/Liam, Oliver, Noah or John Jude III (nn: Jett) and waited to meet him before we named him. My husband took one look at him and said "I think he is Liam" so about 12 hours after he was born, I agreed to it. I am a big fan of meeting the little one before naming. As soon as I saw him, I knew immediately he was not a Noah or a Jett, it was amazing. I was torn between William/Liam and Oliver and still wonder if we chose correctly, but I knew that was the one my husband really wanted, so I went with it.

Anyway... we are probably going to have another and I am now looking for sibling names that go well with Liam. Here are our top names... please let me know what you think sounds best, and feel free to pick apart the list and tell me why it works or doesn't.

Noah, Oliver, Asa, Indie/Indy, Nathaniel (Nate), Everett, Jasper (Jaz), Finnegan (Finn), Theodore (Theo)

Pippa, Josie, Elisabeth, Sophie, Sylvie, Tessa, Annabel/Annaleigh (Anna), Susannah, Brighde (Irish name pronounced Bree-zja), Aoife (pronounced Ee-fah)

Middle names will be family names...
girl: Colleen
boy: Gray, Francis, Colin, Edward or Shepard

Comments

[bohemianvegan.livejournal.com]

I like Josie. You can't go wrong with Elisabeth. Sophie and Sylvie are good. I like Brighde, but many people won't know how to say it. I know that the Spanish name "Brisa" is getting popular and it sounds similar.
I t hink Noah and Oliver are good with Liam.

[arbus.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Josie has been our #1 girls name for ages. If Liam had been a girl, he would have been Josie Colleen. I am not sure if we have a girl I want to use it now, since it would have been his name if he was a girl, if that makes sense. Thanks for the Brisa suggestion. I am going to look into it.

Brighde is pronunced just like the flower freesia, but with a B, obviously. I know that would be a big challenge, however. We just need to decide if it's worth it.

[duck-deluxe.livejournal.com]

Love the name you chose for your son!

Of your sibling names I love all the boy choices except Indie and adore Josie and Sophie. I also really like your more exotic choices for girls but don't know that they would fit well with "Liam."

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! And welcome back!

From your list I really like: Noah, Oliver, Nathaniel (Nate), Everett, and Finnegan (Finn).
Pippa, Josie, Elisabeth, Sophie, and Annabel (Anna).

The middle names are all nice to, I'm always partial to names that have family significance.

[lilacmermaid.livejournal.com]

I like:

Noah, Nathaniel (Nate), Theodore
Josie, Elisabeth, Sophie, Sylvie, Tessa, Susannah

Of the middle names, I like Colleen, Gray and Colin.

[spaceandclouds.livejournal.com]

I remember you! Well, your username, that is ;)

Congrats, I really like the name Liam!

I like all your other name choices except for Everett, Sylvie and Josie. There's nothing wrong with them, just not my personal style.

If I had to pick two, I like Nathaniel and Pippa best!

[pegasus2o5.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on the little one! I love Liam. To me the ones that stick out as going really well with Liam (as well as being names that I like) are: Nate, Finnegan, Theo, Josie, Sophie, and Susannah.