new here, what do you think?

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new here, what do you think?
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Tue, 08-03-2004 - 7:42pm
my husband and I don't know what we're having yet, but we've pretty much narrowed the names down to Adrian Michael for a boy or Avery Josephine for a girl. Do you think these names are unique enough that there won't be another one in kindergarten with mine? and do they sound nice with the last name Johnson?
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Registered: 06-14-2003
Tue, 08-03-2004 - 9:59pm
Welcome to our boards!

I think those are nice names that go well w/ your ln. They are probably not terribly unique but I doubt there'd be many others w/ that name as your baby grows. Adrian is one that I haven't heard much of at all here. I think you should go w/ those names.

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Registered: 04-18-2003
Tue, 08-03-2004 - 11:39pm
Adrian I'd say yes, I don't know even one.....but Avery is getting more popular because its now a "unisex" name. I know one Avery who's about 5 or so. But maybe where you live it isn't at all popular. I also think Josephine sounds odd with Johnson. What about Avery Elizabeth?
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Registered: 05-18-2003
Wed, 08-04-2004 - 2:59am
Welcome!!

I think the name combos are really cute however I dont care for the Josephine w/ the Johnson. I agree w/ the last post Avery Elizabeth is also just as cute!! Good Luck

JoLee

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Stepmom to Baleigh Ann

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Registered: 07-22-2004
Wed, 08-04-2004 - 4:38am
imho those names suit your last name really well.
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Wed, 08-04-2004 - 10:28am

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Registered: 08-01-2003
Wed, 08-04-2004 - 12:25pm
Adrian isn't something you see very often, so I think you're good there. Avery seems popular on this board, both boy and girl, but I personally don't know any little ones. I know one girl, about 24 years old.

I don't care for Avery much to be honest. probably because it is unisex. and I think Josephine is just so old-fashioned. If that's someone you're trying to honor, you could modernize it a little by going with Joelle, Josette, or Joselle as a middle name. much cuter for this era.

since you seem to have both As - here are some other girl names I could suggest besides Avery - Aubrey, Alaina, Amber, Anya (but not the Aine spelling, no one will get it right), Alyssa, Aleya, Ariel.

good luck.

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Registered: 07-15-2004
Wed, 08-04-2004 - 12:29pm
I believe your Adrian would have a 99% of being the only Adrian in his class! About Avery, I'm not as sure. She might have more like a 70% chance of being the only one. I have been seeing pro-Avery messages on the boards quite a bit lately. Best of luck to you!
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Registered: 11-29-2003
Wed, 08-04-2004 - 1:32pm
I think Adrian is a very handsome, distinguished name, and definitely not "trendy" for boys, so I doubt that he would have to share his name with a lot of classmates. The only possible downside is that this is definitely and legitimately a unisex name, and I've heard of little girls named Adrienne (same pr. as Adrian) and Adriana a lot more lately. If I had to guess, I would say that Adrian is more popular for girls than boys, and that could be a teasing factor or potentially embarrassing for a young boy. I don't necessarily think that you should give it up b/c of this, but it's something to factor into the decision, at least (and you may have already done that already).

I really like Avery Josephine a lot. I think the names sound find together, and I don't see a problem of using Josephine as middle name with last name Johnson. The only thing is that Avery Josephine, being 3 syllables each, and having a 2 syllable last name, makes for a pretty long name. If you wanted a shorter "J" middle name, I like:

Avery Jill

Avery Jane

Avery Joan

Avery Jean

Avery is probably becoming more popular for girls, but I don't think that it will ever be a top 10 name or suffer from extreme overuse.

But you've chosen really nice names. Good luck!