I need HELP.....from you name experts...

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Registered: 03-26-2003
I need HELP.....from you name experts...
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Sat, 03-24-2007 - 11:18pm

So I am a little leery of asking as I have just spent the past hour or so reviewing this board so I know how some feel about giving girls unisex names etc.....BUT I also see how some of you give great honest responses so I am willing to ask for help. Here is my deal: I am now pregnant with #4 GIRL.Our current daughters names are:

Carter Elisabeth, age 6 (Carter is a family name and Elisabeth goes back many, many, many generations)

Hunter Elise, age 4 (I had wanted to name her Brier Elise but in the end dh suggested Hunter and I agreed.)

Kennedy Grace, 18 mo (No we are not naming them after Presidents....and no we are not Democrat as many think-actually when naming Kennedy did not know it was as popular as it was-MIL wanted MacKenzie so I went with something similar-Grace like Elisabeth is a family name passed on for generations)

So now the delemma-what to name a 4th girl?????? When we named Carter first we sort of have to have a unisex-surname whatever for the first names of the rest of the girls.I mean you can't have Carter, Hunter, Kennedy and say Lily?

Our last name is anderson so no 'son' names-not a big fan of those anyway....maybe ryan noel (noel is my grandfathers middle name-pronounced NO-EL)or logan marie though I have a nephew named logan.

guess i am hoping for some suggestions of first and middle names similar to our girls-surname with femmy traditional middle name???

thanks much in advance.
janet

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Mon, 03-26-2007 - 1:55pm
soccermom-dh and i were actually just discussing that very thing on the phone....kennedy and the new baby are sort of a sub set of the older two-meaning there is a larger gap of time between the two sets and then less then 2 yrs between each pair. i mentioned naming no name teagan mattea or landon paige and he shot those down and said maybe mckinley then we were talking mn's and i said mckinley drew and then mckinley paige and he said little better-so now i'll say delaney and see what he says....i do think it would be okay to almost look at the sets of kids as if they are subsets and that makes it so we don't have to go masculine extreme.....i know we still have time.not due til summer but my belly is big and noname kicks so much would just feel better if we could come up with the name. could always call her beck she loves to kick lol...janet
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Mon, 03-26-2007 - 4:57pm

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I might have left it out, but I did mean to suggest Beckett, nn Beck, in my OP. ;) Just thought that was funny.


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Mon, 03-26-2007 - 5:03pm

Here's some ideas:
Brennan
Brooklyn
Parker

Okay, this is harder than it sounds.

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Mom to triplets Genevieve Rose, Charlotte Elise, and Nathaniel Bennett, and Amelia Jane.  We have twins on the way, September 2009.

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Mon, 03-26-2007 - 7:03pm
ahhhh parker we thought of that when naming kennedy and i think we went with kennedy at that time toavoid another 'er' name. i like parker. was thinking about researching vice presidents lol.i never knew this could be so frustrating.it just never took as long with the others. i really feelfor these ladies having multiples!!!!!!janet
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Registered: 08-21-2004
Mon, 03-26-2007 - 8:49pm

Hey There~

Just some ideas from little girls I know of...

Bailey
Brecken
Kendall
McKinley- I like this with your other girls names
Parker- might be too close to Carter
Peyton
Reagan- this would also go well with the other girls' names

Best of Luck!

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Registered: 06-02-2003
Mon, 03-26-2007 - 9:33pm

How about

Quincy or Piper? Both would work well with Noel or Noelle.

Good Luck!

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Registered: 07-13-2004
Tue, 03-27-2007 - 10:15am

Here are a few girls I actually know with unisex Names.

I added your MN ideas

Blake Noelle
Kensington nn Kinzie Marie
Kendall Avery
Brennan Margaret

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Registered: 08-24-2006
Tue, 03-27-2007 - 7:58pm

Here are some Unisex Names
Alex
Alexis
Arden
Arley
Arlis
Ashton
Aubrey
Avery
Blair
Billie
Bobbie
Brody
Cameron
Carmen
Carson
Casey
Charlie
Clancy
Cody
Corey
Dana
Darby
Darcy
Devin
Elisha
Ellery
Emlyn
Emory
Gale
Gene
Harley
Hayden
Hillary
Hollis
Jackie
Jalen
Jessie
Jody
Joey
Jordan
Kai
Kelly
Kelsey
Kendall
Kerry
Kolby
Larkin
Lavin
Lee
Leslie
Logan
London
Loren
Mackenzie
Madison
Mallory
Meredith
Merle
Micah
Morgan
Nakai
Peyton
Presley
Quinn
Regan
Reese
Ricki
Riley
Ripley
Robin
Ronnie
Rory
Rylee
Shawn
Shelby
Sheridan
Skyler
Stevie
Sydney
Taylor
Terry
Tory
Tracy
Whitney

Hope that helps.

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Tue, 03-27-2007 - 8:25pm
you guys are great...to be honest there are so many i like....it's just getting dh to agree. i thought i would lay off of him for awhile and just keep my list of possibilities. then bring it out closer to the day.he seems okay with mckinley as a first name thus far. having 11 brothers and sisters makes it hard for me as they all have a slew of kids to include baylee, kendall etc....is it odd that kennedy and mckinley are both assasinated presidents????we had not planned it that way...carter was named for her great grandfather....then hunter because dh did not care for piper or brier my choices then kennedy because i wanted something similar to what my mil wanted in mckenzie but not.....so now everyone thinks we name them after presidents-reason why i am avoiding reagan....but hoping not many people remember president #25! ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! janet
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Registered: 08-24-2006
Tue, 03-27-2007 - 8:25pm
Here are some more unisex names that might not be as common or girls names that are not frilly sounding.
Altai
Alexy
Amur
Andes
Andy
Aral
Ashland
Austin
Blanc
Blake
Chelan
Colima
Cyllene
Dashen
Eliot
Francis
Hays
Helicon
Huila
Indus
Kemi
Kerinci
Khingan ( similar to Keegan that you liked)
Kolyma
Koryak
Lykaon
Marion
Matana
Mckinley
Olean
Recine
Seine
Shasta
Tethyan

Hope That Helps