Help with my favorite names

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Help with my favorite names
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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

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Registered: 12-09-2005
Mon, 12-25-2006 - 8:25am

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


                             
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Registered: 08-26-2006
Mon, 12-25-2006 - 9:33am

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

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Registered: 09-29-2005
Mon, 12-25-2006 - 3:30pm

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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Registered: 03-20-2003
Tue, 12-26-2006 - 6:43am

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!