baby name help!

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baby name help!
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Tue, 03-20-2007 - 9:30am

i like the first names arabella, alexia, or riley for a girl and jayden for a boy but i would want to nick name him JJ so i was trying to think of a middle name (not the same as britney spears' baby jayden james. any other ideas for middle names or which one sounds the best?

arabella marie
alexia christine
riley alexis

Jayden John (JJ)

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Tue, 03-20-2007 - 9:40am

i like Arabella Marie the best from your girls list. for a middle name for Jayden-

Joseph
Joshua
Julian
Josiah
Jeremiah
Jacob
Jeffery

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Tue, 03-20-2007 - 9:46am
thanks, i like Jayden Joshua.
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Tue, 03-20-2007 - 10:57am

Arabella is the only name on your girl list I like. You may also like Araceli. ;)

Riley seems a bit odd next to the frillier feminine names like Arabella and Alexia, so it doesn't really seem to fit your style, though it IS the same style as Jadon -- the proper spelling, btw -- from your boy list (just an observation).

FWIW, you don't have to actively try to use a J mn just because you want to call him "JJ." I'm sure you've known, say, a Jason, called Jay or Jay Jay/JJ at some point in your life. The name literally starts with the "Jay" sound. As such, Jay would be a natural shortening, and JJ an obvious pet form when he's young.

It'd be one thing if you actually wanted to use a certain J mn. If John was the name of your beloved grandfather, for example. But you really don't need to purposefully use a J name just to make your intended nn make more sense. To be quite honest, J names tend to have such strong sounds, I don't think they work well together to begin with (and found Britney's Jayden James rather comical, especially next to the relatively classy choice she was first rumored to have used).

HTH


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Tue, 03-20-2007 - 12:54pm
I like Riley best from your girls list. Arabella seems very different in style from JJ/Jayden. I would strongly counsel you not to use Alexia, this is a reading disorder (similar to dyslexia) caused by stroke or brain damage. This is a very unfortunate connotation, especially if your daughter wants to study psychology, speech pathology etc. when she grows up. Alexis would be nice, also works well with Jayden/JJ.


Edited 3/20/2007 12:59 pm ET by sarah_dow21

 


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Tue, 03-20-2007 - 4:22pm
hello!! well, first for a girl-i really like the middle name christine-but i would do arabella christine-there are so many alex girls running around-alexias, alexises, alexandrias, alexandras, etc...while there are a lot of bellas running around too-i dont hear arabella at all-i really like that name too...for a boy, im not loving the name jayden, but if you do:
jayden:
jackson
john
jonah
joseph
jax
or
julian.
i also like jayden riley-you could call him jr if you wanted...take care!!
joanne
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Tue, 03-20-2007 - 9:21pm
thanks, i like the nick name jr too. i also like arabella christine. thanks!
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Tue, 03-20-2007 - 9:33pm

Let's start with girls:

Arabella Marie- Arabella is very pretty, Marie is boring.
Alexia Christine- The Alex- names are very overdone...
Riley Alexis- Riley is very outdated. How about Shelby or Calla nn Callie? They have a similar feel.

As for mn's, Marie and Christine especially are both very filler and boring, and Alexis is so trendy. Do you want some suggestions for mn's or are you set on those? Do you have any family names you could use?

Arabella Simone or Arabella Charlotte are both beautiful :)

Now moving on to boys...
PLEASE avoid Jayden! UGH. Or, if you MUST use it, spell it properly- Jadon. Or even Jaden is better. But really, all the -aden names are trendy, overdone, and will soon to be outdated.
If you want nn JJ, how about:

Jeremiah
Jameson
Joaquin
Jasper
Jace
Jonah
Jonas
Jeremy

HTH,
-Nikki


                             
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Wed, 03-21-2007 - 3:09pm
Jayden JAsper
Jayden Jones
Jayden Jared
Jayden Joseph
Jayden Jamison
Jayden Jack
Jayden JAckson
Jayden Joshua
Jayden Josiah