Thursday, June 25, 2009
What will their names be?
I spent some time today looking through a book of baby names. Thomas and I have twelve names (first and middle) to pick out for these little ones. I thought we better get started now because twelve is a lot of names. I have heard some have a hard enough time with picking out names. I can only imagine how it is going to be with twelve. If there are any suggestions let us know.
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My two cents: do not choose names that rhyme and nor those which employ "creative" spellings! (be compassionate, consider their future!)
ReplyDeleteThat's a daunting task indeed. We have trouble agreeing on one name. We liked The Baby Name Wizard book. It showed social trends. It also has lists of sister/brother names. Good luck you guys, and if you want to borrow The Baby Name Wizard I could swing it by. Let me know.
ReplyDeleteAnything, as long as you don't end up like that one quintuplet family that used y's for literally ALL vowels in all names.
ReplyDeleteI don't suggest giving them first names that all start with the same letter (like joshua, johanna, jude, jackie, etc.). Also, try to pick names that aren't overly popular. As sextuplets, they will try their hardest to show their own identities, the last thing they need is to be Emma S. and Jacob S. or Emma 4 among their classmates (I was always so thankful not to be one of 5 Katie's or any variation of that name). Some names I love are Nadia (it means Hope), Emerson, Trey, Craig, and Lena. Not too off the wall (like Pilot Inspektor), but not too common either. Good luck, I'm sure whatever you choose they will fit the babies perfectly and will have a lot of meaning to you and your husband. Best of luck in the rest of your pregnancy and choosing names for your 6 miracles.. God Bless.
ReplyDeleteBaby Names World (http://babynamesworld.parentsconnect.com/) is my favorite baby names website, because it brings up a lot of important things that I hadn't thought about. Like, is it easy to pronounce? What are teasing nicknames? Do people with that name like it? The site helped us narrow down some of our original choices.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I'm a fan of using family names for middle names, especially with girls. Not only does it give the name more meaning, but it's a neat way to honor family members who are important to you and gives the babies a name link to their ancestors (especially the girls, who might not otherwise keep one).
I like more traditional names, personally. Like names found in the Bible and Book of Mormon. (Well, not ALL the names in the Book of Mormon. But like Sariah...) I like Amber's idea about the middle names!
ReplyDeleteYou might think about giving them all the same middle names. Like the girls could all have the middle name Elizabeth and the boys middle name could be Mason. Then you'd only have six names plus the two middles to decide. I've always been able to figure the middle name out first.
ReplyDeleteOn the bright side, though, you get to go with your top 4 and 2 choice without having to pick just one! I also like the Baby Names World site - the feature your friend mention is called "Considering this name?". They've surveyed people with the particular name to see what their experience of it has been pretty cool! I also like to pick names that are between #50 and #150 on the popularity charts - that way they aren't terribly common but not terribly, um, odd, either. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteCheck your genealogy and keep it in the family. You might find some really nice names that aren't too common. And my granddaughter is named Sariah, and we all love it.
ReplyDeleteHi, I have to second Judy's post about looking back into your genealogy on both mother and father's sides. This is a wonderful way to keep alive your children's heritage, plus some of the most beautiful names are not trendy but come from the past. Strong, elegant, classic -- they will sound as good at 8 or 9 as they will at age 80 or 90. My four children all carry first and several middle names exclusively from our family tree, so it's fun as they've gotten older to go back and explain to them where each name came from and a little about that person. It makes for a great family history lesson. Also, some surnames in your family might make good first names. My two sons both have historical family surnames as their first names -- Wells and Blevins. They are unique and in remembrance of awesome ancestors. :o) Best to you all!!
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Ava
Ella/Elle
Lily
Samuel
Liam
Seamus
Cole
Kale
Ian
Rory (boy or girl)
The good thing about having 6 babies is that you DON'T have to narrow it down. If you really like 4 girl's names, you can use all of them. My sister and I have been talking about baby names and "calling dibs" on them since we were teenagers, so it wasn't that hard to have some names to choose from. The hard thing is that I really like more than one name, and it's hard to narrow down. I would suggest looking at family names, especially for middle names. I didn't do that with Sam, but all of my sister's girls have a great-grandmother's name as their middle name. We have a "different" (ie, Romanian) last name, so all of my children are getting more traditional (no strange spellings) names. I couldn't decide between Samuel and Alexander, so my son was named Samuel Alexander. I hope for another boy so I can have a Nathaniel. I would suggest nothing too common but nothing weird and normal spellings, please. Think about how they are going to learn to spell and write their names. So many people give their children either stupid names or stupid spellings, it's ridiculous.
ReplyDeleteGreat, another litter of children to hog resources. I hope you end up like the Gosselins.
ReplyDeleteI just have to apologize for Shelly. There was no reason for her to be so rude! There is a reason why God chose you to be the mother of these 6 wonderful babies! Congratulations and don't ever let anyone like Shelly bring you or your spririts down! I only wish you the best!
ReplyDeleteI wish I could offer some great help but my husband and I had a little girl (1st girl after 2 boys) in January. Choosing a name this time proved difficult for us. I went to the hospital with our long short list of 14 names. I congratulate you on having a list of only twelve names. I can't wait to see what you choose for your blessings.
ReplyDeleteMy grandson has Trenton Chase as his name. I had never heard of the name Trenton until she announced it. Then I noticed that a television reporter in So Fla. had the name Trent and he informed me of a couple of sports figures and a band member all had the name either Trenton or Trent. Now I really like it....is a strong name, easy to spell and not too common.
ReplyDeletea baby in our ward is named liahona and lia for short.
ReplyDeleteShame on whoever Shelly is. Really, what does such a nasty person think they add to a perfectly beautiful and interesting conversation about an awesome life experience. More folks are pulling for you than pushing against you, so please don't let the naysayers bring you down. Those are God's babies and He wouldn't be sending them if the world didn't need them!
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