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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Janet!! I've been wondering about you guys. Congrats on baby #4!
you're cracking me up w/ the Presidents. I know a McKinley and she's beautiful. I don't have any other names that haven't been suggested already.
Good luck naming your baby girl. I hope to see you around more. I miss you! You always made me laugh!
Kelly
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I'd think McKinley would immediately bring to mind "President" for most people, whether they're familiar with history or not. Even though it falls in with all the other trendy Mc- names at the moment, it's not as common as, say, McKenna, Mackenzie or the misspellings of Michaela. One of the only available points of reference is the president of the same name, so that will inevitably be the most ready association. In fact, if you do a simple search for "McKinley," nearly every result pertains to William (and it is the ONLY result if you search Wikipedia ... not the usual list of dozens sharing that surname, so quite linked to that one man).
Especially when thrown in with Carter and Kennedy! When coupled with the others, even the most historically-ignorant person might make that connection ("hmmm ... I think McKinley WAS a president, but who the heck was Hunter??" LOL). Which also brings to light the similar sounds in Carter, Kennedy and McKinley, all being very K-heavy, and Hunter all by herself. ;)
JMHO
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