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[flannel-flowers.livejournal.com]

So my husband and I are expecting our first baby in November, and we're determined not to find out the sex until the birth.

We've already chosen both our girl and our boy name and now I'm trying to decide middle names. That's where you come in.

For a girl we've chosen: Liliana (lil-ee-ON-uh)

For a boy we've chosen: Jonah (not hard to pronounce)

Our last name is one syllable (Brown), so for Liliana I would like a middle name with either 2 or 3 syllables, and with the emphasis on the first syllable (i.e. Avery or Charity..but I don't like Charity..I'm just giving examples). Also I want to stay away from a middle name that ends in "uh" because the first name is enough "uh" for the whole name. : )

Jonah's middle name I guess is easier. 2, 3 or 4 syllables would work, and it doesn't matter to me where the emphasis is. I am playing around with Elias (ee-LY-us).

Any suggestions you have to throw at me would be much appreciated!

Comments

[home-to-me.livejournal.com]

Just wanted to say I love the name Liliana. My niece is Lilliana Rae. Not huge on the name Rae or the reason her mother picked it, but I love the name Lilliana/Liliana/Lillian/Lily! :)

[flannel-flowers.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I love the name too, and I think Lily's a cute-as-pie nickname. : )

[home-to-me.livejournal.com]

I think so too! And at the same time, it's not a name that when she's older, it's going to see all juvenille and stuff. I know a 100-ish year old woman named Lillian, so yeah. And Lillian was my grandmother's name. I think it (and its variations) are names that grow up nicely.

[flannel-flowers.livejournal.com]

That's pretty, and it fits. Thank you, I'll keep it in mind (although I keep thinking of the Cosby Show..). :D

[mommy-to-nico.livejournal.com]

my name is Tareena Elizabeth
I have a son named Nicholas Antonio, i've always loved Angelina for a girl.

[flannel-flowers.livejournal.com]

Those are all great names! : ) If that's Nico (awww) in your icon, he's a cutie pie.

[mommy-to-nico.livejournal.com]

thank you that was him in oct

[littlehounddog.livejournal.com]

I love the name Jonah. :)

How about Liliana Madeline? Or Jonah Arthur?

[flannel-flowers.livejournal.com]

: ) Thank you!

I really like Liliana Madeline! Arthur is my dad's middle name..I don't love it, but it does sound nice.

[littlehounddog.livejournal.com]

I like Jonah Gabriel, as well. :)

[ericaamericka.livejournal.com]

For Liliana, I like Violet, I think it's cute.

For Jonah I'd choose something like Christopher, that's longer, and begins with a consonant, and something that's not so biblical.

[iwanttobemyself.livejournal.com]

what's wrong with a biblical name?

[flannel-flowers.livejournal.com]

Violet I did consider, and I think it's cute too. But I'm going to call her Lily for short, and then I'd be calling her Lily Violet heheh.

I don't like Christopher..personal reasons, but I know what your saying..to some people it might be overkill on the biblical names (not my family though : ) )

Thanks for the suggestions!

[queen-exene.livejournal.com]

Liliana Simone Brown
Liliana Emerson Brown
Liliana Clementine Brown
Liliana Cyrene Brown (pronounced Sigh-Rene)

Jonah Elias is cute.

[flannel-flowers.livejournal.com]

Hee. : ) Clementine is Cute!!!

Emerson I can't use. My sister already got it for her second daughter. : )

[home-to-me.livejournal.com]

Even though the original post wasn't mine... just had to comment on the name Liliana Emerson. That's too cute. I'm not big on male names (Emerson) for girls, but I think that's cute. And well, it combines two of my favorite things in the world: My niece (Lilliana), and one of my favorite bands (Emerson Drive). Seeing that combination made me smile.

[iwanttobemyself.livejournal.com]

Jonah Elias sounds really good. How about Liliana Grace, Liliana Faith, Liliana Rachel, Liliana Jade...ok I'm out of ideas for. Hope this helps.

[flannel-flowers.livejournal.com]

Thank you : )

Liliana Faith is actually my favorite combination, but it doesn't sound right with the last name. :/

Thank you for the ideas though! Liliana Rachel is really pretty.

[iwanttobemyself.livejournal.com]

You're welcome. Just lending my creative nature where needed.

[tuedaystea.livejournal.com]

Liliana Justine Brown, Liliana Camille Brown, Liliana Viola Brown, Liliana Kristine Brown, Liliana Caresse Brown, Liliana Simone Brown, Liliana Emma Brown, Liliana Cheryl Brown, Liliana Latoya Brown, Liliana Rebekah Brown, Liliana Mirabel Brown, Liliana Clementine Brown, Liliana Tierney Brown, Liliana Velvet Brown, Liliana Rosalind Brown, Liliana Lilac Brown.

Jonah Raphael Brown, Jonah Charles Brown, Jonah Spencer Brown, Jonah William Brown, Jonah Lincoln Brown, Jonah Bradley Brown, Jonah Vincent Brown, Jonah Cameron Brown, Jonah Corbin Brown, Jonah Frederick Brown, Jonah Dante Brown, Jonah Raoul Brown, Jonah Sterling Brown.

[flannel-flowers.livejournal.com]

Aww wow you spent a lot of time on this! Thank you! : )

It's so funny too because when I picked Liliana and started thinking of middle names (and this was even before we were pregnant) the one I liked most and thought fit best was "Justice"...because Justine has the emphasis on the second syllable and Justice has it on the first. But no one else seems crazy about it. :/

I also really like Liliana Mirabel.

[carrot-princess.livejournal.com]

Oh, don't I understand. My last name is Brown, too, and my husband always picks these flat, one-syllable first names. I quickly reject them. He honestly (without thinking it through) thought of naming our third (the one I'm currently pregnant with) Charles. "We could call him Charlie, Sarah!" Oh, and he wouldn't be beaten up every day of his life, poor Charlie Brown.

I really like Jonah. That name was one in the running for me. That or Owen. My husband likes Cecil (80-year old man being born!) and Jack. We already have a Caleb Kenneth and a Graham Andrew.

Hopefully we have a girl. Things would be easier then.

Ooh, I've rambled!

[flannel-flowers.livejournal.com]

Hooray for the Browns. : ) Hopefully you will be able to lure him away from Charles by the time the wee one is here. You've done well so far with your choices. Are you going to find out the gender or wait?
For his part, my husband is skimming his large library of Star Trek characters for names. :/ You're the lucky one!

[carrot-princess.livejournal.com]

My husband has a tendency to pick names from movies...so they at least end up not being Klingon or Romulan names. ;) He likes Brooks (from The Shawshank Redemption), Jack (from Hook), etc. It's a bit interesting.

We can't find out the sex where we live (near Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)...it's against the law. Many people were suing the ultrasound techs due to false predictions and we live in an area in which many "gender-specific" abortions were being conducted. So we're hooped. I'd love to find out, but I'd have to pay quite a bit and travel about four hours.

He's leaning more toward Owen right now, for which I'm quite ecstatic. I'd really like to have a girl, though...we agree on the one name we've had picked for a daughter!