i love this name, but DH doesn't

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i love this name, but DH doesn't
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Thu, 09-23-2004 - 11:23am
hi. i am not really from this board, i'm from Trying To Conceive and was looking for help on baby names.

our boy has to be named after his father and his father and his father... Daniel Kenneth

(pretty boring to me, i like to be original, but whatever. i get to pick the girl's)

for our lovely little lady that has yet to be conceived, i would love to name her

Cloe Aidan

DH doesn't like Aidan for her middle name because that is the name i had picked out for the second boy. i think if it is spelled girly (if that's possible) like Aaden or Aedan it could work for a girl. maybe i should just come up with another girls middle name. what do you think??

TIA

Brittany

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Thu, 09-23-2004 - 11:32am
To spice up Daniel Kenneth, have you considered nn Dane or Kent? I like these much better.

I think Chloe Aidan is a beautiful name, and if you are supposed to get to name a girl then...YOU GET TO NAME A GIRL!

I do disagree with variant spelling of Aidan to make it "more" girly. The name is Aidan regardless of how you spell it and variant spellings can be confusing.

I think it's a lovely combo! If it really is a problem for your dh, might you consider-

Chloe Adrienne, Chloe Ayla, Chloe Arden, Chloe Adanna(which means daddy's girl, by the way), Chloe Arienne, Chloe Hayden, Chloe Annslyn, Chloe Ashlyn?

Keep us posted! Ginger










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Thu, 09-23-2004 - 11:50am
oh, i LOVE Arienne. is it pronounced, ARE-ienne or AIR-ienne? i think i might reserve Aidan in case we have a second boy though i am planning on having more than two babies, they may both be boys. thank you so much for the advice.

Brittany
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Thu, 09-23-2004 - 1:00pm
first, the Chloe needs an H. I like Chloe a lot, but to me Aidan does not go with it for a couple reasons. Chloe is very unusual in sound in that it has two vowel sounds together at the end of it - Long O and Lone E - long vowels are very dominant to begin with and having two of them back-to-back is very unusual and rare. So then - to start Aiden with a third-in-a-row dominant long vowel - the long A - makes for a very awkward pairing.

I say keep the Chloe - find a middle name that does not start with a vowel at all (long or short) and does not have another long O or E in it. I found a few with the Long A sound that did sound OK

here are some examples

Chloe Belinda, Chloe Danielle, Chloe Dawn, Chloe Gisele, Chloe Janelle, Chloe Javonne, Chloe Melinda, Chloe Michelle, Chloe Paige (long A sound, but OK), Chloe Renee (long A sound, but OK), Chloe Suzanne.

as I went through I also found that mns that start with L did not flow well either.

good luck.

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Thu, 09-23-2004 - 3:51pm
I think reserving Aiden is a great idea! You'll probably wish you had it, if you had more boys to name later. After all, there are many pretty options out there for Chloe.

Arienne is French. I've only heard it once and it was with the hard R. R-ee-nn. And actually the correct French pronunciation has the emphasis on the nn's. r-ee-NN. There is also the French Erienne. This has more of the "air" sound, if that's what you like. Starts like Erin. ehr-ee-NN.


I also think either name would be gorgeous without the French emphasis on letter N. This is what I had in mind when I suggested them. Chloe Arienne (r-ee-in) or Chloe Erienne (ehr-ee-in).

Hope this helps! Keep me posted and good luck, Ginger

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Thu, 09-23-2004 - 7:06pm
If you still want to use Aidan, you could see if he prefers the more feminine form Edan (which is pronounced the same). I think it's actually even prettier, maybe because it looks similar to Eden and brings to mind all those lovely images. :) (By the way, I'm sorry if anyone has already suggested this, but I haven't had a chance to read all the responses yet).

If you decide to save Aidan and just want another unique "A" middle name, here are a few:

Abrielle (my first daughter's middle name)

Angeal / Angel

Anwen

Ashlyn / Aislin

Auryn

Aven / Eavan

Amelia

Abigail

(these last two aren't as unique, but still beautiful) :)

HTH

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Thu, 09-23-2004 - 8:26pm
first of all i would just like to thank everyone who responded. there were a lot of really beautiful names there. i think i will keep aidan for boy #2. as for Chloe, i have narrowed mns down to Abrielle and Arienne. i am also thinking about adding the double dot accent to the e of Chloe. is that too wierd? on another note; i was talking to dh about planning for the baby before conception (i.e. nursery stuff, etc) and he said that was a good idea but when i talked about actually 'doing' things before i get pregnant, he said that was just "stupid." is he overreacting or am i?? i just want things to be as perfect as possible for our baby Hunter and i am a planner by nature. let me know what you think about this one. tia

Brittany
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Thu, 09-23-2004 - 9:41pm
Or you could spell her name Aydyn. I think it's a pretty name (and unique) ;)

Just a thought...good luck!
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Thu, 09-23-2004 - 10:24pm
I don't see anything wrong with the dots over the e in Chloe, but it may end up presenting more of a problem than it's worth (for example, when she wants to put her name on a paper, Web site, etc. she can't just type Chloe ... she'll have to be able to use the special character, which I'll admit I don't know how to get to come up or I'd have done it up above lol).

As for middle names, I think both would be beautiful choices (of course, I'm biased toward Abrielle, or I wouldn't have used it for my own daughter lol). :)

Good choices all around!

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Thu, 09-23-2004 - 11:32pm
I don't like the name Aidan as a female name. It's such a trendy name right now for boys, I think it's going too far when using it for a girl name, no matter what the spelling. I know of a few Aidan's who were born this year, so using it as a middle name for a girl just doesn't work for me. Just my opinion!!


Edited 9/23/2004 11:33 pm ET ET by bethanne770
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Fri, 09-24-2004 - 12:12pm

I think that it's okay to use a male name as a middle name for a girl...but Cloe Aidan sounds just slightly choppy to me...it doesn't seem to flow as well as some other names might. Maybe b/c the vowel sounds are so close, I'm not sure.


As far as Daniel Kenneth goes, I think it's a nice enough name, I think I prefer Kenneth Daniel, but if you're looking for a way to spice up the name a bit, I'm sure some of these lovely ladies will be able to help you out...


One thing that came to mind, but I don't know if you'll like it...


Daniel Kemar? (pronounced Keh-MAR). Maybe that's not close enough to Kenneth, I dont' know. But if you're girl mn is going to be altered, it's only fair that his boy mn gets altered, too. ;-)


Well, best of luck to you!




Edited 9/24/2004 12:14 pm ET ET by veildancer9

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