Mulder Doesn't Mean X-Files

[googlebee-ohmi.livejournal.com]

My husband and I are expecting our first child in mid-October ... complete surprise since we were not planning or trying at all - but such is life. We have finally started getting everything in order and we are very excited.

We are not finding out if the baby is a boy or a girl in advance (much to the chagrin of our family members - you would think they would want a surprise too!) We also have decided not to let them in on the naming beforehand. (of course this is driving them all crazy!)

Josh and I have come up with three names for both boys and girl. Now our last name is Mulder (yes. like the X-Files - so we have been hearing lots of Scully and Fox suggestions ... sigh - haha)

Our Names:
Joshua Francis
Lauren Marie

Boy Names:
Benjamin Archer
Axel Harrison
Reed Emerson

Girl Names:
Nora Brennan (EDIT: Brennan is Josh's mothers maiden name.)
Jo Helena Rose (EDIT: Jo would be after my grandmother and uncle who both passed away when I was very young.)
Suzanna Charley

Now these aren't in any order of favorites ... it really depends on what we think when we see the munchkin. Suggestions, thoughts, opinions?

Comments

[lower-class.livejournal.com]

I like Benjamin (but not with Archer).

I like Nora (but not with Brennan).

I'm not really a fan of the other ones.

[auraofmyself.livejournal.com]

I LOVE Brennan! Its second to my first favorite Temperence :-) LOL

^^ Hopefully you get this reference so i am not the only one giggling at myself!

[googlebee-ohmi.livejournal.com]

Haha, no the reference is understood. It is Josh's mothers maiden name so that is where we got it. Our only reservation with using it for a girl would be the Bones association.

[auraofmyself.livejournal.com]

Oh :) Well i LOVE that show! So its a good thing to me :P

[googlebee-ohmi.livejournal.com]

it is one of the shows I find myself sucked into when it is on. Josh and I were talking about it and by default we have a last name that has a someone cult following due to a television show ... we arent sure if we can give her two tv show associated names. ha.

[spaceandclouds.livejournal.com]

I like that you're not finding out the sex in advance! Also, kudos for not letting anyone in on the naming process - I definitely wouldn't want that either (except for my partner, of course).

I like all your name options except for Axel and Charley, but even those aren't bad. Nora Brennan and Reed Emerson are my favorites!

PS. Mulder is super common here - it's a Dutch last name! It means "miller"...but perhaps you knew that already =).

[googlebee-ohmi.livejournal.com]

I actually did not know that! We decided to keep everyone out of the naming since both sides of our family are incredibly opinionated and there are some strong opinions on legacy names - Joseph actually being one of them on both sides but if we named our girl Jo she would be the first girl with the name (my grandmother was Mary-Jo).

[http://users.livejournal.com/___heyvanity/]

I think that's smart. When I try to talk to my mom about names, she's like, REALLY? Henry? I don't like it. Archer? Ew. I'm like FUUUUU!

I'm just going to call the baby some little nn (when I get pregnant, that is) and then wait until he/she arrives. Once the baby is here, everyone is like ~OMG BABY~ and won't worry too much about the name. Unless you're a name nerd like me, and in that case, you still judge the hell out if it. But it feels better because you know it's on a cute little bb and you somehow can't be as harsh.

[googlebee-ohmi.livejournal.com]

We have been calling the baby munchkin and earlier when I was still horribly nauseous it was occasionally spawn. Poor thing. My niece Elizabeth has been calling it 'alien' thanks to her father, my brother in law, haha. Thanks. But that did give us an idea for our Halloween costume for his family's annual bash. Now to make an alien costume for a newborn .... ha.

[http://users.livejournal.com/___heyvanity/]

I like Benjamin Archer although I'm not *huge* on Benjamin because my BIL is Benjamin and I hate the nn Benny for some reason. Love Archer though.

Axel Harrison is a little too... macho, IMO.

I prefer Reid to Reed, but Reid Emerson would be very nice!

Nora Brennan is cute, but I think Eleanor Brennan (nn Nora) would be even better.

I don't like Jo, what about Josephine? Josephine Rose is nice.

I don't mind Suzanna Charley... although I don't like Charley for a girl (Charlie would be a bit better).

[googlebee-ohmi.livejournal.com]

That is our reservation on Benjamin as well! We both really don't like the nn Benny but we are fine with Ben. But I am not sure how many people would call him Benny if we introduced him as Ben or Banjamin.

If we named our daughter Jo it would be Jo without a longer name with Jo being the nickname.We both love the name but obviously have concerns with how she would feel just being Jo (Joey as a possible nickname - but then the whole Dawsons Creek thing ... )

Charley is actually for Josh's Great-Aunt Charley (Her name is actually Charlotte but never went by it.)

[http://users.livejournal.com/___heyvanity/]

Awe I love Charlotte. Suzanna Charlotte sounds fabulous.

But then again, I'm big on full name with nn options. If I would have been Jenny and not Jennifer I would have been pissed. I like that once I was out of school I changed my nn to Jenn and didn't have to stay a Jenny. The more options, the better IMO.

[googlebee-ohmi.livejournal.com]

Exactly our fears.

[femi.livejournal.com]

My son is named Benjamin and we call him Benny.

More people tend to call him Ben than I would have ever imagined.

[serendipitous13.livejournal.com]

I have a son named Benjamin and I'm pretty sure I'M the ONLY one who calls him Benny. :) (And most of the time I call him Ben or Buddy.) Everyone calls him Ben. We've had a few people try to call him "'Jamin." Uh. No.

[kort-ni.livejournal.com]

We decided not to find out the sex or tell the families our name choices either and I was super surprised how much it seemed to bother everyone.

On your names:
I like Benjamin Archer, Reed (though I would spell it Reid) and prefer Helena Jo Rose, the other names are NMS but are certainly nice enough

[googlebee-ohmi.livejournal.com]

I was super surprised too! I mean you would think they would like a surprise in at least one of the kids since all of the others found out the sex beforehand. I am not against it either - we will probably find out the sex for future kids, but who knows what we will think then.

You are the second person to mention the alternate spelling of Reed and I actually never thought of that spelling and it is actually really nice and I think I may prefer it.

[beepandetch.livejournal.com]

Love the names Reed and Harrison. I think Reed Harrison Mulder would make a fantastic name.

Not hugely fond of the girl names. Suzanna Jo would be really cute though.

[coendou.livejournal.com]

I love pretty much all of these except Axel. Aside from the Axl Rose connection, it always sounds like a caveman name to me.

[isnthatcute.livejournal.com]

I think that the reason Fox Mulder always sounded so great, was because Fox was a short first name. For some reason the shorter the name, the better it sounds with the last name.

Good luck with whatever you choose! I'd be interested in hearing what the final outcome is!

[how-obscure.livejournal.com]

I'm a Lauren Marie as well.

I think I may like Benjamin Archer the best, but the -er ending being on both Archer and Mulder bothers me a bit and the initials would be BAM. :\
I really don't like the name Axel, and the -el Mul- part bothers me when I say just the first and last name. I do love Harrison though, and actually, I think Axel Harrison Mulder flows the best. Reed is nice enough. I don't care for Emerson. Something about the whole name combo bothers me, but I can't quite figure out what it is.

I like Nora Brennan the best, although I think I may prefer Norah Brennan. I like that Brennan is a family name and I think the whole name flows pretty well. Jo Helena Rose is my next choice. I'm in the give-full-names-with-nn-options camp so I would prefer to see Josephine Helena Rose. I love Josephine and Helena is quite nice too. But I see why you're sticking with just Jo. I dislike both Suzanna and Charley.

[googlebee-ohmi.livejournal.com]

omg BAM ... didn't even think of or notice that. That must change, haha, thank you actually for pointing that out!!! I went to school with a kid whose initials were ELM and a AAA ... there was some not fun teasing with those.

[stormqueen280.livejournal.com]

Nora Brennan is quite pretty, but Eleanor instead of Nora would be equally nice. I would use Charlotte instead of Charley with Suzanna, but it's also a nice name.

Axel doesn't seem a nice choice to use with Mulder... he would grow tired of axe murder jokes, I think. I like Benjamin better.

[octobre09.livejournal.com]

Congratulation on your baby! I too have an October baby (hence the lj-name) and they are pretty special.;)

On to the names...

I don't understand the whole middle name appeal. I don't think you need them or they need to flow with the rest so I won't touch those.

I like Benjamin but I much prefer just plain old Ben.
Axel...Sorry can't get Axl Rose out of my mind. :/
Reed, I love it! I have a little cousin named Reed and he's the cutest thing ever!:)

Nora is nice. I wouldn't use it because I'm French and I don't like the way it sounds in French, but in English it's okay.
Jo...Hummm. I actually like Jo for a woman, a couple of my friends (Joanna and Joelle)go by Jo. But I think it'd be better to give her a longer name even if you're only going to call her Jo. If you really want to stick to only Jo, I would keep it as a middle name...
I don't care for the name Suzanna at all. I also don't like Sue or Suzie, so that one is out for me.

Trust me, you'll know what the Munchkin's name is when you see her/him.;)

[googlebee-ohmi.livejournal.com]

I am an October baby and so are my two sisters, we actually are all born in the same week, the baby is due the day after my birthday (happy birthday to me!)

I see everyone's point about Jo ... I just don't know of any longer versions I really like.

[stormqueen280.livejournal.com]

This may help (though there are some hideous names in this list, there are some very nice ones too).

http://www.thinkbabynames.com/beginning/0/Jo