It's much harder this time!

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It's much harder this time!
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Fri, 03-17-2006 - 11:24pm

Hi all,

My name is Alex (Alexandra), my husband's name is Doug. We are expecting our 5th child at the end of May. We currently have 2 boys and 2 girls, and the U/S says that this next baby (the tie breaker ;-) will be a boy. My problem is that naming this child is proving so much harder than naming the previous children, for so many reasons!!
1) We have already used the family names that we wanted to honor (or my sisters have).
2) My other children are old enough to have strong (vocal) opinions about what to (and what NOT to) name this child.(And are old enough to have hurt feelings if we go with one's suggestion over anothers).
3) I am much older now (17 years older than wih my first) and I find that my taste is getting more and more conservative. I am really not interested in whimsical/ creative/ romantic/ or trendy names. I want a name that sounds strong, with a good historical namesake.
4) My husband's family (thus our LN) is very German, (though I usually lean towards Irish/Celtic names), and starts with a "Z", so any name ending in s, th, or x makes for a tongue twister.
Ok, all that being said our children are named
Eric Charles Richard (2 mn's, one for each grandfather, though he usually uses Richard)
Alaina Marie
Genevieve Elyse
and
Mark Douglas

Names we are currently considering:

Evan James (my DH amd IL's #1 choice, BUT is Evan to close to Eric??)
James Brody (or Broden or Broderick- with Brody as a NN)
William Spencer (my mom and daughter #2's pick)
Jack Spencer (eldest son and daughter's suggestion)
Kyle James
Any and all help is greatly appreciated!
Alex
DD 5/28?/06

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Registered: 12-09-2005
Sat, 03-18-2006 - 9:28am

Evan James- I like this name, I actually know brothers Eric and Evan so I don't think its too close
James Brody- I LOVE James as a fn, I really the nn Jamie
William Spencer- again, very nice
Jack Spencer - love this name, but its terribly popular right now
Kyle James- This is my cousin's name :) I love it

Others to consider:
Luke Spencer
Justin Brody
Alexander James - this way he can be after you, but go with nn Xander or A.J.
Charles/Charlie/Chas
Luca Brody
Ethan James
Sean Brody
Jeffrey James
Wyatt Spencer
Noah James


                             
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Registered: 05-29-2003
Sat, 03-18-2006 - 1:07pm
William Spencer, definitely
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Registered: 03-26-2003
Sun, 03-19-2006 - 5:27am
I like Kyle James. to avoid hurt feelings, unless you LOVE a name that a family name has suggested, cross them off the list and just go with what you and DH like. This eliminates hurt feelings in he end.
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Registered: 03-27-2003
Sun, 03-19-2006 - 11:12am

Eric, Mark and....

Kyle would be my first choice. You still have the 4 letter first name, but each sibling has a name that begins with a different letter.

Kyle Alexander would be a wonderful combination and allows your name to be honored (which you certainly deserve after having 5 kids!!)

Your other choices are very nice too. Any of them would be a great name for your son. Congrats and good luck.

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Sun, 03-19-2006 - 1:38pm

Evan James - I don't think Evan is too much like Eric at all, I do find Evan to be feminine sounding, though

I like Broden James better than James Brody.

Same with William Spencer, I think it sounds better reversed, Spencer William.

What about Kyler James?

Broden and Spencer are great names.

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Mon, 03-20-2006 - 5:05pm
What about Connor or Nicholas?
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Registered: 02-23-2006
Tue, 03-21-2006 - 9:03am

Midwestmom,

Thank you for the suggestion of Kyle Alexander. That would give the baby the initials K.A.Z., which I actually think is kind of cute. :-)
Isn't it funny that I was sure that I wanted my 2nd son to have my DH's name as a middle name (my 1st son got the Grandfathers' names), but we never considered Alexander for this one??
I would never consider Alexander as a first name because I go by Alex, and Xander Z... just doesn't work for me. But I do think that I will pass this suggestion on to my DH. Kyle was not our first choice because we like historically strong (possibly biblical or saint) names and we don't know too many Kyles throughout history.
Keep the suggestions coming.
Alex EDD 5/28/06

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Tue, 03-21-2006 - 5:24pm

"Kyle was not our first choice because we like historically strong (possibly biblical or saint) names and we don't know too many Kyles throughout history."

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Just thought I'd mention that Kyle is often considered one of the "cill" names, coming from the word for "church," so it can have a Biblical/saint/religious connotation, if that helps! ;)

~Kelli


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Thu, 03-23-2006 - 12:18am
How about Tristan or Lucas?
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Thu, 03-23-2006 - 2:00am
For all it counts, I really like Evan or Kyle James. I was considering Evan as one of the names for my own baby until the u/s showed us a girl. But Kyle is also nice...good luck with your decision!

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