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babynamesMy husband and I are about to start TTC (next month, but maybe even this month) and while I am quite settled on my girl name, I keep flip-flopping between my boy names. It's not that I can't fall in love with a name, it's that I've fallen in love with so many. So I'm going to list the names that have topped my list, gotten crossed off, and then have made a return because I just can't decide for sure! I'm sure all of you reading can relate to that internal debate that never ends!
As the title said, opinions, suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Feel free to swap middle names around as well or substitute one with something you think is better. After you see my list and think you have a name I might love that's along these lines please share it! It's still a very creative process since I'm not "100%" on any one name yet. Double middle names aren't my usual tastes but I would consider them if it flows really really well. The last name is Gibbons.
Theodore Ambrose-nickname would be Teddy. I actually love Teddy while the proper Theodore is second fiddle to the nickname, but I think it would age well. I love how my 4 year says Teddy too, it's really clear and she doesn't struggle like most of the other names. I'm not sure if I will love this choice later on though since Teddy might only be good on a young kid and not so much grown up. I don't like the other nicknames at all.
Gabriel Beauregard-This is a favorite for both myself and my husband, although he loves it more. This is his top choice actually. I do love how Beauregard flows with the whole name, but am always open to different suggestions. There isn't a downside to this name, I'm just not sure I love it as much as I love others.
Ambrose-I <3 LOVE <3 this name but my husband doesn't. He doesn't veto it, but said it depends on the middle name. The only middle name he's liked so far is Theodore, but I don't think it flows so well. So I need a different middle name. Plus I don't know if I should be selfish and go with a name my husband doesn't love. He doesn't overly care about names, but it's something I do try to consider. (He named his Skyrim character UMM, because he's that unconcerned with names to give you an idea....he's NO help at all!)
Rafe Hollis-Last year I was certain if I had another boy I would use this name. I still love it, but like Ambrose it may not be the one. I wonder if this is going to be a new trendy name like Aidan got after I used it. (Ralph Fiennes is pronounced the same way, but I don't like how his is spelled Ralph but pronounced Rafe.) I don't see anybody really suggest it on these internet forums though so perhaps I am wrong!!
Grayson Fitzpatrick- Love Grayson, and I think Fitzpatrick would flow well with it. I think this name has a romantic, old-fashioned feel to it. This is another one that worries me though, because I am seeing it everywhere online. I'm not concerned with popular, but trendy does bother me. I want something that ages well too!
Some of the names I worry about if they would be ridiculed or picked on. They aren't all the most macho of names, but they are boy names. I am also trying to weigh in how they look with just the first and last name since that's how they'll be known mostly. So Teddy Gibbons, Gabriel Gibbons, Ambrose Gibbons, Rafe Gibbons, Grayson Gibbons.
Aidan Mackenzie, Ava Dulcea, Remy Forrester and Mia Isobel are the names I've already used.
Remy was my son who passed away from SIDS. I'd like to honor him without it being creepy, but I haven't thought of a way. It's not absolutely vital, but it would be a nice gesture if it worked out that way.
As the title said, opinions, suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Feel free to swap middle names around as well or substitute one with something you think is better. After you see my list and think you have a name I might love that's along these lines please share it! It's still a very creative process since I'm not "100%" on any one name yet. Double middle names aren't my usual tastes but I would consider them if it flows really really well. The last name is Gibbons.
Theodore Ambrose-nickname would be Teddy. I actually love Teddy while the proper Theodore is second fiddle to the nickname, but I think it would age well. I love how my 4 year says Teddy too, it's really clear and she doesn't struggle like most of the other names. I'm not sure if I will love this choice later on though since Teddy might only be good on a young kid and not so much grown up. I don't like the other nicknames at all.
Gabriel Beauregard-This is a favorite for both myself and my husband, although he loves it more. This is his top choice actually. I do love how Beauregard flows with the whole name, but am always open to different suggestions. There isn't a downside to this name, I'm just not sure I love it as much as I love others.
Ambrose-I <3 LOVE <3 this name but my husband doesn't. He doesn't veto it, but said it depends on the middle name. The only middle name he's liked so far is Theodore, but I don't think it flows so well. So I need a different middle name. Plus I don't know if I should be selfish and go with a name my husband doesn't love. He doesn't overly care about names, but it's something I do try to consider. (He named his Skyrim character UMM, because he's that unconcerned with names to give you an idea....he's NO help at all!)
Rafe Hollis-Last year I was certain if I had another boy I would use this name. I still love it, but like Ambrose it may not be the one. I wonder if this is going to be a new trendy name like Aidan got after I used it. (Ralph Fiennes is pronounced the same way, but I don't like how his is spelled Ralph but pronounced Rafe.) I don't see anybody really suggest it on these internet forums though so perhaps I am wrong!!
Grayson Fitzpatrick- Love Grayson, and I think Fitzpatrick would flow well with it. I think this name has a romantic, old-fashioned feel to it. This is another one that worries me though, because I am seeing it everywhere online. I'm not concerned with popular, but trendy does bother me. I want something that ages well too!
Some of the names I worry about if they would be ridiculed or picked on. They aren't all the most macho of names, but they are boy names. I am also trying to weigh in how they look with just the first and last name since that's how they'll be known mostly. So Teddy Gibbons, Gabriel Gibbons, Ambrose Gibbons, Rafe Gibbons, Grayson Gibbons.
Aidan Mackenzie, Ava Dulcea, Remy Forrester and Mia Isobel are the names I've already used.
Remy was my son who passed away from SIDS. I'd like to honor him without it being creepy, but I haven't thought of a way. It's not absolutely vital, but it would be a nice gesture if it worked out that way.
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Date: 2012-03-30 06:27 pm (UTC)I love the name Gabriel, it's one of my favorites actually. Beauregard just reminds me of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory though haha.
Ambrose is nice but I too agree with the whole everyone else except Mia get A-names thing. I'm the only one out of my siblings who doesn't have an S and it's annoyed me quite a bit even though I like my name.
I'm not a fan of Rafe at all and Grayson is so trendy these days, I keep seeing it everywhere :\
And I just have to mention, ever since I read this book series a few years ago where the MC was called Fitz on a regular basis, because it was slang for bastard or something (he was the Prince's bastard son) ((I might be mistaken, it's been years)) , I can't take names beginning with Fitz seriously :\ I mean, they're nice and all that but I just keep thinking back to the book and how it means what in means there... haha
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Date: 2012-03-30 06:49 pm (UTC)Theodore is the ONLY name on my list that would go by a nickname, because like you I don't love nicknames as a general rule. Ava, Mia, Remy, Aidan are names that don't have nicknames, but Teddy is so cute I can't help myself. I'd just use Teddy honestly but I do worry about how names will age. I actually like Theodore too, but I hate the idea of Ted or Theo. Ugh. That being said it's still currently a top contender with Gabriel.
I do not get the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory reference to Beauregard. Are we talking book or movie, because I can't remember the book it's been so long and I don't recall the name in (either) movie.
Hahaha, that's a funny story about Fitz. Didn't know that. Mind you it doesn't effect how I feel about the name since I didn't read it, but I'm still glad you told me.
Mia and Remy both didn't have A names. It was a theme for me where everybody had to have A names, I just find that I'm drawn to them. And if I have a girl her name will be Elsa so no A there either. But I do see your point, since Remy is gone and if I used Ambrose there would be 3 to 1 in the house. I'll probably get Ambrose as a middle name likely. ;)
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Date: 2012-03-30 07:32 pm (UTC)Fitz means "son." Fitzpatrick means "son of Patrick." Fitzroy means "son of Roy" or "son of the king," which is the last name sometimes given to kings' bastards (King Henry VIII famously had a bastard son by a mistress named Bessie Blount and the kid was called Henry Fitzroy). But she's not considering Fitzroy and the "Fitz" name is a middle name, so it shouldn't be a big deal.
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