common, but not too common?

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Registered: 05-14-2006
common, but not too common?
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Sun, 05-14-2006 - 10:49pm
We have the MOST common last name ever, but my DH doesn't like any unique names or unique spellings. Names cannot be unisex either. My fav for a girl is Kacie, but he says no because a boy can be Casey. He wants it to be classic, but not too popular. Is that even possible? Any suggestions?
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Registered: 03-07-2006
Sun, 05-14-2006 - 11:43pm

A few ideas for beautiful, classic names:

Lila
Calla
Catherine nn Cass
Amelia nn Mia
Annabel
Eva
Stella
Claire
Nina
Elena
Carys
Cecily
Cecilia
Celia
Caroline nn Carly
Juliana
Holly
Eliza
Clara
Adeline nn Addie
Gemma

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Registered: 05-14-2006
Mon, 05-15-2006 - 12:01am
Oh, I love Adeline. That's so pretty. Thanks for your suggestions. Hopefully, DH will like it and not think it's to unique! Ella was our original choice several years ago, but has gotten too popular (thanks to a certain Friends episode) to go with our last name and now we can't agree!
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Registered: 03-27-2003
Mon, 05-15-2006 - 12:25am

My dd's are Jillian & Tess & while everyone has heard of the names I haven't run across very many of either..I had tha sama problem when I was pg! Good luck!

Jenn
Mommy to Michael David,
Our angel Ashley Nicole,
Jillian Paige,
& Tess Alexandria

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Registered: 03-27-2003
Mon, 05-15-2006 - 12:43am

Wow my typing is bad tonight! I just wanted to also add that some of the others we loved for Tess were Nina, Georgia, Natalia, Bianca & Lydia, but the "ah" at the end didn't work with our last name...(thus the reason she is Tess & not Tessa lol)...I also love Charlotte & Natalie but dh wouldn't go for it :-) HTH!

Jenn
Mommy to Michael David,
Our angel Ashley Nicole,
Jillian Paige,
& Tess Alexandria

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Registered: 08-21-2005
Mon, 05-15-2006 - 12:56am

Just some ideas

Mia
Chloe
Kaitlyn
Brooke
Jenna
Andrea
Melanie
Naomi
Claudia
Kassandra

Also maybe you could compromise and use her initials as a nickname..like Kathryn Claire and just call her "KC" (Kacie)?

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Registered: 12-09-2005
Mon, 05-15-2006 - 7:58am

How about Angela? It is sweet and classic and the nn Angie is absolutely adorable. Other options are:
Bridget
Tabitha
Clara/Claire
Taryn
Laurel
Kristen
Erica
Faye
Greta
Cora

I also really like the idea of initials KC "Casey" :
Kristen Cora
Kara Claire
Kathryn Corinne
Kelsey Calista
Kimberly Cecelia
Karina Chloe

I think my favourite KC combo is Kathryn Corinne


                             
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Registered: 03-27-2003
Mon, 05-15-2006 - 9:56am

We're sorta the opposite -- we have a very unusual, difficult last name, so we wanted something common enough that people could generally spell/pronounce it, but not so common that there would be a ton of kids with the same names in their classes.

Some girl names we considered...
Amelia, nn Mia/Lia/Amy
Caroline, nn Cara/Carrie
Katrina
Eliza
Marina
Erin
Maya
Meredith
Clara/Claire
Josephine, nn Josie

Others you might like...
Elizabeth (I know it's common, but there are tons of nn possibilities -- Libby, Betsy, Eliza, Ellie, Beth, Lily, etc.)
Cassandra (nn Cassie or even Casey)
Carissa
Georgia
Maleah/Malia
Kendra
Cecilia, nn Cece

Hope that helps a bit!
Stephanie, mom to Megan Joy (nn Meg) and Julianna May (nn Annie)

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Registered: 05-29-2003
Mon, 05-15-2006 - 10:30am

Ideas:

Jacqueline
Laura/Lara
Margaret
Susannah
Helena/Helena
Claudia
Alice
Cecily
Eve
Eliza
Georgia
Frances
Jane
Louisa
Virginia
Jana
Lisa
Johanna/Joanna
Molly/Holly
Diana
Pamela
Tamara
Tara
Maya
Angelica
Adriana
Natalia/Natalie
Celeste
Carolina (pron Care-oh-lee-nuh)
Amelia/Emilia
Serena
Mariah
Alana/Elena
Alicia/Alyssa
Audra/Audrey

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Registered: 04-22-2006
Mon, 05-15-2006 - 12:32pm

Here are a few more common names that I like, but don't here every where I go:

Lauren
Brooke
Paige
Allison
Lindsay
Cassandra (nn Cassi)
Meredith
Molly (my neice is Mollie)
Mara/Marah
Kristen
Lacey
Carolina
Ivy
Andrea
Elizabeth (nn Lizzy, Beth, Lily, Liza, Eliza, ect...)
Faith
Pricilla
Violet

Hope this helps!

 

 

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Registered: 06-14-2003
Mon, 05-15-2006 - 2:14pm

Not sure if you mean historical when you say "classic" or not so here are my suggestions (a mix). I assume what he really means is nothing too odd...

Nora
Rebecca
Ruby
Michelle (not heard of in little ones much anymore)
Karen
Marissa
Sage