Any suggestions?!

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Registered: 09-12-2004
Any suggestions?!
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Tue, 12-28-2004 - 9:48pm

Help! We recently found out we are having a boy. We thought we had decided on Caeden Alexander till my family actually cheered when we thought it might not be the right choice. We are having no luck finding a name we like. We prefer names that are unique but not so unique you never hear it. Our daughter's name is Ashlyn Grace.

Any suggestions?!

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Registered: 12-08-2004
Tue, 12-28-2004 - 10:00pm

I'm with your family. I don't understand the recent popularity of the name Caeden, or any of its spellings. I love the name Cade, though, and I think it matches Ashlyn.

What about Owen, Elliott, Elijah, or Aidan. Also, I like the name Alexander, and if you don't want to use the really popular Alex as a nickname, you could use Xander (Zander).

Good luck!

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Registered: 04-01-2003
Wed, 12-29-2004 - 12:39am

Okay, I just have to write that it's weird -- I had a friend in college named Heather Martin and my son has a friend in his preschool class that is named Ashlyn Grace (spelled the same). Crazy.

Okay, I'm not a fan of Caden in it's various incarnations, mainly because it, although it is quite a nice name, it is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO popular and, frankly, overused, IMHO. So I would be in the cheering section...but I think Alexander Caden is better.

So obviously I do like Alexander, and I know those who've employed the nn "Xan" or "Zan" for little Alexander. Others I like that *I think* may be in the vein you're looking for:

Zane (like the western author Zane Grey -- I REALLY like this one)
Rex
Walker
Emmett

Just some ideas.
HTH, Alyson
#2 EDD 08-05

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Registered: 11-03-2004
Wed, 12-29-2004 - 5:12am
I LOVE boy names that start with "C". My DS is Conrad. How about Camden, Cannon, Chase, Colton, Cooper, Corbin or Cullen? (You could, of course, use Conrad also!)
All of these would go with Alexander for a middle name.

 
 

 


 


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Registered: 08-01-2003
Wed, 12-29-2004 - 11:22am

While any of the "aden'" aren't really my favorite names, they aren't ones I "cringe" at or say "yuck" when I hear them. I wonder what your family doesn't like about it?

anyhow, here are some others I think might fit the "style" of you liking Ashlyn and Caeden.

Brennan, Colin, Conner, Colton, Derek, Dustin, Eric, Ethan, Evan, Garrett, Holden, Hunter, Ian, Keegan, Kyler, Landon, Logan (although this is going girl a bit now), Preston, Payton (ditto on the girl thing unfortunately), Parker, Rhett, Spencer, Shayne, Tanner, Trevor, Tristan.

good luck.