Hi, Hello, and help

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Fri, 11-10-2006 - 6:08pm

Hi, it's early in my 2nd preg. I am only 14 weeks. I still don't know what I am having but I am convinced it is a girl. FROM moment one. So, We have a back up boys name... Ryan Charles.

However, my situation. My DH chose my DS name. So I get to pick this one's name. I had a brother pass away last year and want to honor him (Charles). If it is a girl, I want to name her Charli (or some spelling variation). I wanted to pair it with something VERY girly like Anne or Emma... any cute girly suggestions??? Anne is my mother's name....

BTW my husband HATES the idea of calling her Charli, but he got his choice... and my DS's first name was not something I would have chosen!!

Thanks!!

Becki
DS 2-20-03
EDD 5-6-07

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Registered: 09-29-2005
Fri, 11-10-2006 - 7:13pm

I'm with your dh on this one -- sort of. I absolutely love the thought of honoring your brother with your next child's name. I even think Charlie is an adorable nn (even for a girl). I don't, however, think of it as a given name for either gender. Your brother was named Charles, after all. He had the option of using his formal, adult name if he wanted (say, for educational or professional purposes) or his informal, childhood nn (I'm assuming he was also called Charlie?) with close friends and family.

There are actually quite a few truly feminine forms of Charles:

Charla (pron. Sharla)
Charlene/Charline
Charlize
Charlotte
Carolina (car-o-LEE-na)
Caroline (car-o-LEEN or CAR-o-line)
Karla
Karlene

... among others. I prefer the Ch- forms for you, for obvious reasons, and you could use the nn Charlie with any of them. ;) Anne, for your mom, would work well with many of these. Or you could pretty much use any other mn you had in mind, because all of these are already feminine.

Ryan Charles is great, btw. What is your first son's name, if you don't mind my asking?

HTH

~Kelli


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Fri, 11-10-2006 - 7:28pm

Hi!


I think it's great that you want to give you daughter such a meaningful name by honoring your brother.

 

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Fri, 11-10-2006 - 8:57pm

This is gonna sound HORRIBLE but my son's name is Shawn. My husband's name is Shawn. I KNOW... BUT it's not that I don't like the name Shawn. The problem lies with that my husband chose the ORDER of my son's name. Shawn Tyler. We call him Tyler. SO, at DR appt's I have to remind all the DR's that his name is Tyler, not Shawn. (He sees several specialists and it's annoying to remind them all every time). PLUS, he tells people his name is "Tyler Shawn ...(Our last name)...." LOL. I like Shawn Tyler as a whole, but... ohhhhhhh whine, whine, whine... I hear myself writing this and I just sound terrible! LOL

Anyway, He says that if this one is a boy he wants to name it Shawn "Something" and call it by it's middle name... he does this to be serious- he is not kidding. UGH...

He is such a smarty pants sometimes!

Becki

PS thanks for your input, I agree on the nickname thing. I am Rebecca legally but I have gone by my nn always.

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Fri, 11-10-2006 - 8:59pm
I like Carlie. My DH is playing with DS behind me on the floor. I mentioned it over my shoulder out of the blue I was told, "CARLIE, that's worse than Charli" LOL He is so picky. It's killing me! Thank Goodness we have a way to go before this one gets here!!!
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Registered: 10-26-2006
Fri, 11-10-2006 - 9:35pm
My vote goes to Charlotte Anne - think that was a great suggestion and so meaningful!
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Fri, 11-10-2006 - 10:18pm

LOL Ok, you definitely get the naming rights to this child ... just tell your husband he should check out George Foreman's Big Book of Baby Names! I actually don't have any problem with someone going by their mn (my FIL does, actually, and it's not a big deal for him), but I certainly wouldn't give the SAME name to both boys, regardless of what he intends to call them. ;) Men!

Glad to hear you like the nn idea. I'm sure you'll end up with the perfect name. ;)

~Kelli


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Fri, 11-10-2006 - 11:29pm

I love the idea of honoring your brother, and I agree with the others who said Charli is nice as a nn but not a given name.

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Sat, 11-11-2006 - 12:00am
I really like Charlotte and calling her Charli. I know a lady whose daughter's name is Charli, but I don't know it is spelled. Charlotte Anne goes very nicely together. I think Charli is fine also if that is what you would like for a first name, but I think by actually naming her Charlotte, your husband would feel better while at the same time you would be happy with the nn Charli. Felicia
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Sat, 11-11-2006 - 8:21am

Well, I think you're in a very lucky situation... If my mom's name were Anne, and I had a brother who I wanted to honor whose names was Charles, I'd name my daughter Anna Charlotte or Anna Caroline (Caroline is another feminine form of Charles), and I'd call her Anna Charlotte or Anna Caroline. But maybe that's just because I'm Southern and we love double names. I agree with Kelli that you owe your daughter the same consideration that your brother had: the right to a full name instead of just a nickname. Charlie is cute when she's a baby, but eventually she'll go to college and perhaps become a professional, and it would be nice for her to be able to use a professional name.

So, my official vote goes to Anna Charlotte or Anna Caroline, but if you're dead-set on calling her Charlie, then Charlotte Anne or Charlotte Anna is just as nice. Very classic and sophisticated, and feminine. Just a great name.

Edited to add: I totally agree that you get to bonk your hubby on the head every time he suggests that his own name get passed to more than one of his children. That's silly, self-centered, and entirely male. Please. There are so many great names in this world, and Shawn is only one of them. And clearly, your son is confused about what his actual name is...why would you do that to a second child?




Edited 11/11/2006 8:26 am ET by ab2203