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Help with my favorite names
| Mon, 12-25-2006 - 1:55am |
Hi. My dh & I have been TTC. I have four favorite boy names & two favorite girl names. Just in case my dh doesn't like my favorites, I would like to try & lengthen my lists a little bit. Does anybody have any suggestions of names that are similar in style to the ones I have listed below? Any help would be appreciated, thank you.
Boys:
Dylan
Connor
Sean
Landon
Girls:
Alexa
Savannah

Girls:
Both Alexa and Savannah are fairly trendy and popular right now, so I'm guessing that you prefer more modern names over the classics, which is fine, just make sure that you don't choose something that is REALLY popular right now and will date your child to this age (think Nicole/Michelle/Lynn of the 80's). Here are some ideas (some are classics, with modern nn's or ones that are making a comeback)
Brooke
Amelia nn Mia
Ashlyn
Bronwen
Annika
Hadley
Tatum
Rowan
Avery
Lola
Jenna
Darcy
Maren
Celeste
Sienna
Camille
Leah
Georgia
Tessa
Chloe
BTW, on the SSA charts for popularity in 2005, these are the listings:
Alexa- #65 (similar names- Alexis #13, Alexandra #37, Alexandria #133, Alexia #160, not to mention the alex names for boys)
Savannah- #35 (Savanna spelling is #258)
http://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/popularnames.cgi
Boys:
Like the girls, these names are fairly trendy, with the exception of Sean. I would be careful with Connor- as nice as it is, it is VERY popular, at least in my area. This is what each name was listed in popularity on the SSA charts for 2005:
Dylan #24 for boys and #605 for girls
Connor #48
Sean #75
Landon #61
None are dangerously popular, but the popularity is enough to bother me, at least for Dylan and Connor.
Sean and Connor are both Irish names, so I will list a few of those for you:
Brady
Casey
Cian "key-in"
Declan
Finnian/Finley/Finn
Flynn
Gavin
Grady
Keenan
Kieran
Lennon
Liam
Nevin
Quinn
Riley
Ronan
Rowan
Seamus
Shae
Tiernan
And a few other names you might like:
Wyatt
Caleb
Anders/Anderson
Micah
Noah
Nolan
Jonah
Jonas
Zane
Cade
Rogan
Although your girl names are too trendy for my liking, I love Sean from your boys list. It is a strong, underused classic. I like Connor as well, but I have heard it too often. Landon has a very trendy feel to it.
HTH
-Nikki
Boys: I like all of these names!
Dylan - I do know several girls with this name, so this may be the next "Taylor" - Watch it closely!
Connor - in my area I never hear this name, so ask around in your area
Sean - great name!
Landon - I do know a few of these, but I think that it is a nice name. This name may grow in popularity when fans of Nicolas Sparks "A Walk to Remember" start having kids.
Others you might like:
Declan - Dec is a great nn
Griffin, nn Finn/Griff
Anders
Harrison
Gage
Bryce
Gavin
Graham
Gray/Grayson
Liam
Miller
Miles
Milo
Quentin
Spencer
Troy
Wyatt
Girls:
Alexa - as pp mentioned "Alex" names are very hot right now. They are hot for a reason - they are great names. Just know ahead of time that you won't have the only Alex.
Savannah - pretty, but I think that Georgia the same feel, but has a nicer sound and is not near as trendy. Scarlett might work too.
Others you might like:
Aubrey/Audrey
Brenna
Clara
Gina
Iris
Ivy
Lucy
Maya
Maeve
Phoebe
Shelby
Tabitha
Boys similar to Dylan, Connor, Sean and Landon:
Dillon (different origin and meaning, and dh may visually prefer it)
Dorian
Donovan
Drustan/Tristan
Owen
Oran
Connall
Colin
Callum
Conrad
Corbin
Crispin
Craig
Ian
Lachlan
Logan
Lawler
Griffin
Gavin
Holden
Walden
Nolan
Rowan/Rohan
Brody/Brady
Girls similar to Alexa and Savannah:
Alanna(h)
Allegra
Amelia
Adelia
Audra
Addiena
Angelina
Evangelina
Juliana/Julianna
Juliet(te)
Hanna(h)
Breana/Breanna/Brianna
Brenna
Cecilia
Catriona
Teresa
Zaira
*Both Alexa and Savannah are pretty trendy and popular, so you'd probably find many names that fit the same style on the SSA list http://www.socialsecurity.gov/OACT/babynames/
HTH
~Kelli
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Some names I like that are similar to those ...
Boys:
Logan
Beckett
Bennett
Drew
Foster
Colin
Girls:
Samantha
Allison
Arianna
Adrianna
Melina
Vanessa
Good luck!