Sibling for Blake!

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Registered: 12-21-2007
Sibling for Blake!
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Wed, 01-02-2008 - 4:50pm

I need a name for a sibling to my son Blake. My husband and I do not agree on ANYTHING.


I love classic, strong and somewhat "simple" names that don't break down into nicknames. I am very anti-nickname. I definitely don't want names that are in the top 50 most popular. And I tend to lean more towards one or two syllable names.... anything more than that is just a really long name that can be broken down into a nickname!!

 

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Registered: 01-02-2008
In reply to: jnr927
Wed, 01-02-2008 - 5:28pm

I'm not sure of the popularity of this name but it's old....Jack or Russell, which I guess could be broken down to Russ, so maybe instead, Ross.


Camden


Palmer


Julie


Lisbeth (not elizabeth, but l-is-beth)


Cadence


Lyla


Ava (definitely becoming more popular though)


Deacon


I'm not sure, I'm running out of names that can't be shortened....


Courtney


Nicole (could be nikki, but most nicoles I know are straight Nicoles and have always and will always be nicoles)


Kate (not katherine, or katie, which I hate, but Kate)


Jason


Aaron


Erik


Luke


Maybe that will help....I tried :)



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Registered: 05-31-2007
In reply to: jnr927
Wed, 01-02-2008 - 6:02pm

How about...

Boys:
Chase, Bryce, Devin, Cole, Drew, Spencer, Logan, Riley, Parker, Carson, Hunter, Parker, Conner, Dalton

Girls:
Paige, Brynn, Jenna, Jade, Sierra, Hailey, Avery, Bailey, Aubrey, Shelby

WDYT?
Karen

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Registered: 12-31-2007
In reply to: jnr927
Wed, 01-02-2008 - 6:03pm

Blake and Tess
Blake and Jolie
Blake and Quinn
Blake and Camille
Blake and Nina
Blake and Livia
Blake and Piper
Blake and Elise
Blake and Marlee
Blake and Aria

Blake and Jett
Blake and Jude
Blake and Kai
Blake and Noah
Blake and Dean
Blake and Adrian
Blake and Max
Blake and Wyatt
Blake and Ross

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Registered: 12-07-2006
In reply to: jnr927
Wed, 01-02-2008 - 6:47pm

for a boy the first think thay came to mind when I read your post was Sawyer.

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Registered: 08-26-2006
In reply to: jnr927
Wed, 01-02-2008 - 9:25pm

Iris is my most favorite girls name :)

Others you may like:
Eric
Seth
Cole
Colin
Dean
Zane
Heath
Adam
Reid/Reed** My favorite with Blake

Girl Compromises:
Chelsea
Zoe** WDYT? I love this with Blake :)
Lucy
Ivy
Nora

Good luck,
Brooke

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Registered: 09-25-2006
In reply to: jnr927
Wed, 01-02-2008 - 9:55pm

I think Claire would be adorable!

 
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Registered: 10-13-2005
In reply to: jnr927
Wed, 01-02-2008 - 10:22pm

Here goes:


Blake & .....


Girls:

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Registered: 03-26-2003
In reply to: jnr927
Wed, 01-02-2008 - 10:37pm

I'm a short name person, too, so this is right up my alley. Iris is my favorite from your girls' list (you hardly hear it and it's simply elegant.) Mason is relatively popular in our neck of the woods--pretty sure it's towards the top of the Social Security list; Brody isn't common, but I'm inclined to find it too cute with Blake. (But it does conjure up the oh-so-yummy Adrien Brody.) Let's see what else comes to mind:

Dove
Fern
Fiona
Gemma
Alair
Mary

Graeme/Graham
Hoyt
Rafe
Keir
Nolan
Truitt
Quinn


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Registered: 12-21-2007
In reply to: jnr927
Wed, 01-02-2008 - 10:56pm

Thanks everyone for the suggestions - keep them coming!


I especially love the following:


Jack - But a no-go. This

 

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Registered: 01-02-2008
In reply to: jnr927
Wed, 01-02-2008 - 11:23pm

My name is Paige and my brother is Dion because my parents had the same view on nicknames as you.


Due to this people insist on calling my Paigey (which I loathe!) and my brother gets Deaka. I find a lot of people around me with one syllable names get their name lengthened rather than shortened to nn it eg Brookey or Brooka, Paigey. So please dont think as my parents did that it wont be able to be made into a nn.


The other thing you could possible do is what I did for my daughter and choose a name that you can accept the nn of. I chose Anthya (traditionally spelled Anthea) that is shortnened to Thya which I can tolerate, even thought I'm not a huge fan of nn.


My debutante partner was named Blake and his brother's name was Kane. He didn't have any sisters.


Good luck with the naming.

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