What do you think of these names?
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What do you think of these names?
| Fri, 09-16-2005 - 2:34pm |
OK I am 11 1/2 weeks pregnant, so we still don't know what it is. But we have chosen for girls:
Lilly Ava
OR
Avery Ryan
and for a boy
Fallon Nash (Nash is my husbands grandparents, who are 81 and 79, last name)
What do you guys think??
Megan

My thoughts:
Lilly is lovely, but quite popular, especially with all the Lilianas and Lillians being born. Lila is a pretty alternative.
Avery is a bit too unisex for my tastes and paired with the very masculine Ryan I would assume it was a boys name. I would like this much better with a more feminine mn.
Fallon is a name I have only ever heard on girls. I have met a male Faolan (he was Irish) but in the last few decades Fallon has only been on the American top 1000 Social Secuity charts as a girls name. Nash is a wonderful choice however, I like it a lot and the family significance makes it even more special
Lilly/Lily is very popular right now, but pretty. Avery is also a popular boy and unisex name. I would chose Lily over Avery.
Fallon reminds me of a female character on the show Dynasty, so I think girl's name. I check babynamewizard.com's name voyager to get a sense of Fallon's popularity. It shows it as a girl's name reaching its peak in the 1980s and then pretty much falling off the map. Personally, I'd stay away from that one. Nash as a first name would be a better choice, imo.
Hi there, Megan. Here are my thoughts:
Lilly Ava-That's beautiful. It's sweet, timeless, feminine, all of the right qualities. Lillian Ava nn Lilly would be good too if you want to give her a more formal name.
OR
Avery Ryan-No. Avery & Ryan are both boy names. If you have a baby girl, stick w/girl names!
and for a boy
Fallon Nash (Nash is my husbands grandparents, who are 81 and 79, last name)-I do like the Nash part, but the only Fallon I ever knew was a girl. How about Avery Nash or Ryan Nash for a boy? Those are both perfectly nice.
Hope this helps!
Lilly Ava - way too trendy for me. I guess it's pretty, but nmsaa.
Avery Ryan - maybe Avery for a girl and maybe Ryan for a girl, but definitely not Avery Ryan for a girl. I love both names separately but I love them for boys. I wouldn't name a boy Avery Ryan, though, either.
Fallon Nash - Nash I like a lot. Fallon? I see it as a girl's name.
How about Ryan or Avery as a boy's first name w/ Nash as a middle? How about Fallon as a girl's first name w/ Lilly or Ava as a middle?
Just some suggestions. Good luck.
Lilly Ava is a pretty name, but both names have become increasingly popular in recently years. If that doesn't matter to you, then I would definitely go with that name over Avery Ryan. I like each name separately, but together, I think its too masculine of a name for a girl.
Fallon I'm not fond of at all. I gather from reading other posts that it was popular because of an 80's TV show, but I'm too young to remember that show, so I didn't know what gender to associate with it. I love the idea of using Nash, and would probably try Nash Avery or Ryan Nash.