Wow. We are honestly stunted in the baby name dept. Well, Aaron is anyway. I've had a name in mind for quite some time...but here we are with 7 weeks left and no decided name for this baby.
When Reese was born, we argued over her name in the hospital for the first 24 hours of her life. With Quincy, we finally agreed on a name about an hour before we left the hospital...two days after she was born! Aaron chose Reese's name. I chose Quincy's. I guess if we follow that pattern, it would be Aaron's turn again....which is precisely why I'm changing the rules and want us to have a name tentatively decided on for "baby brother" before he arrives.
We looked at baby names for an hour this evening...here is a sampling of what we keep coming back to. Don't knock 'em...he's our baby, we'll name him whatever we want. A few people gave me a lot of CRAP for selecting "Quincy" (some still do...and to them I've finally said, "No soup for you." -they did not receive an invite to read our blog) We still love her name...I don't really care what anyone has to say about it I just got tired of hearing it. It suits her. It suits us.
Our main problem (aside from the fact that Aaron hasn't just given in to the name I've selected...I can tell you right now who will win if he passes out while I'm in labor again.) is that once we come up with a first name that we like...we can't find a middle name that fits. I refuse to have a child without a middle name, because every parent needs something to fall back on. I bet all those mothers were happy they had a backup name for their sweet baby Paris who was born only days before The Simple Life aired it's first episode. Stuff like that. You never know. We also refuse to have our kid go by their middle name, just because the name sounds better that way. Aaron is actually a James Aaron, and it is ridiculous how much trouble this has caused. Work ID cards, nametags, college papers, tithing settlement, medical insurance billing...the list goes on and on and on.
So I guess I'm doing the risky thing of asking for advice without criticism. We like these names. They are all real names, most came from the genealogy books. (Our deepest apologies to Albus, Robaird, and Haroldean. You didn't make the cut...but may you rest in peace anyway after having lived your life with a terrible name, and I'm sure you'll be thrilled to know you've not passed it on to your posterity)
Here's what we've got so far. Don't knock 'em cuz you'll feel stupid when we choose that particular name in 7 weeks and vote you off our blogging island for making fun of our baby. Until they're like 6 months old, only I'm allowed to do that. But feel free to throw in suggestions for middle names, alternate spellings (except for Kort-it took me weeks to convince Aaron that it shouldn't be spelled "like basketball court" as he'd suggested), and other names you think we might like, etc.
Soren
Kort
Corban
Cam
Mac-for a middle name...but with what?!
Aaron also wants to throw Seth into the mix. And since it's his birthday, I will. I do really like the name Seth actually, but it just doesn't seem to fit, with no explaination other than "that's just not his name"...which every mother is entitled to say as many times as she wants. I feel the same way about "Nate". Like it, it just isn't his name. Does anyone else do this?
And FYI to those I may have had this conversation in real life with...Aaron has "veto'd" Anhder, Cal, and Sam (sorry to the like, 17 Sams in my family that have access to this blog) from my list, and I've thrown Brody and Cade from his.
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One thing that is really important is seeing how a name looks written out in my prettiest handwriting. The full name. It makes a big difference cause I have difficulty making some letters of the cursive alphabet not look stupid. It is also good to include Willardson cause it completes the whole package. Sometimes a middle name may not go with the first so much, but the whole things flows. Cause really the only time anyone uses the first two without the last is when they're yelling at the kid, and hey, maybe if it sounds weird they won't yell so much? I like Corban Mac Willardson. Who doesn't love a baby Mac?
Emily, I love a Big Mac!
ok i know i am suppose to be on your side but i think Brody should make it back on the list...i like it. "Hey mom I'm going to hang with Brody at the skate park"
my faves from the list are Kort and Corban. Mac would be a great middle name for either Soren or Corban. but i like Kort when you say "Reese, Quincy and Kort"
ya know Mac would be an awesome first name. Mac Willardson...has a nice ring...like future basketball star.
most def pick a name with a "K" sound...sounds cool with Willardson and the girls names.
i am with you on Nate and Seth...do NOT use those names, please.
Wow! James and I did not have so many problems with Gabriel's first name. We both came across the name seperately and realized that we like the same name a week later.
The middle name however was a different story. We did not decide for sure on the name until Gabriel was two days old.
My suggestion is:
1- pray about it, God already has named the baby in heaven so maybe he has an opinion about his earthly name.
2- We looked at meanings to the name and where they are found. I wanted something to remind me that it was only through God that I got Gabriel not by chance.
3- Family names. I simply looked down the long list of names to see if one stuck out to me. No boy names did but, we knew for sure that if it was a girl her name would be Hildrey after my Great Grandma Hilda (no I would NEVER stick my kid with Hilda but Hildrey seemed great)
4- of the names that you have I like Kort & Soren best.
Good luck to you guys!
Meg,
I have had tons of people question the name of our daughter, Koree... they say it is a boys name. I won't go into the whole thing, but we knew she was a Koree and that was supposed to be her name. So I totally understand where you are coming from.
I really like 'K's' so I really like Kort and I think Corban would be "tough" (my husbands says you can't call guy stuff cute) spelled Korban. I also like in the 'K' department Kyson, and Kashden. I love Cam though too... picking a name really is a long process... good luck!
One of the sisters in my ward teaches an Old Testament class at the Y and she said that it says that the woman should name the baby. I'll have to ask her which scripture it is.
Um, well, darling, I can't say I adore all of the names you are contemplating BUT as strange as I thought Quin's name was at first, you are right. She IS a Quincy and I don't think any other name would have worked for her. So, go with your gut feeling, the scriptures say you have all the right to name your baby how ever you choose :)
And I promise I will never make fun of any of your kid's names. My maiden name is, after all, Leake.
My vote is for Soren, though they are all great names. I have always been fond of Kierkegaard and my husband unceremoniously vetoed this one for us. Instead, our daughters have old lady names (Elsa, Alaina, and the soon-to-be Adeline in two months), which we love and constantly have to defend to noisy and rude strangers. I think you guys have great names and your son needs something unique like his cute sisters. How about Kiernan or Tynan for middle names? If all else fails, why not Willard Willardson? :) Just kidding. Maybe once you see him, you have an "ah-ha" moment and you'll know what his name is.
I think I like Corban Mac Williardson.
Ok, so after reading all your name options I think I like Corban Mac the best as well. When I read through the other comments it seemed I was not the only one who chose that as my favorite-maybe that's saying something. I think you'll know when you see your little guy for the first time, but I also think it is wise to go in with a name in mind. Seth and I have all our baby names picked out already-the next one will simply be determined by whether it is a boy or a girl, hehe :). Good luck!
I think Kort is really cute. I also like Corban Mac. Boy names are tough for some reason for us too!! Good luck!! :)
I believe that kids "grow into their names" so whatever name you choose will be the right one.
The first five names in your list are "stronger" than Seth. Seth is light, although I do like it.
How about:
Cam Sterling
Cam Preston
Cam Aaron
Cam Noah
Cam Russell
Kort Aaron
Kort Sterling
Soren Rex
Mac means 'son of' so it makes a very good middle name, to precede the last name! And I think it's cool that it's a family name.
Sterling Mac
Asa Mac
Archer Mac
Carter Mac
Tyler Mac
Keaton Mac
Donovan Mac
Soren Mac
Corban Mac
Hopefully you'll just know when you meet him!
The only comment that I have is that I really like boy names that have hard consonant sounds like K & T it just seems to me like boys should have strong sounding names. That being said,we will love whatever you choose cause that is the way we are. We just love, love our grandbabies.
Mom
I am no help. But I am really really good at coming up with not good names. Boys are so so SO hard!! I feel like there are a million girl names I love, and zero boy names. I seriously stress out about it....and I am not even pregnant.
Are you sure you're ready to throw out Albus?
Brothers at our gym: Diesel and Denim. No, I'm not kidding.
The really popular thing to do in Utah is take a popular name, and add a new letter:
(F)aaron
(M)eric
(T)robert
really, I could do this all night.
Also, since I'm already making the longest comment ever, I just found a facebook page today dedicated to terrible names. I guess names like this
Da-Da are the new thing. You pronounce the "-"
"Dadashda" again, I kid you not.
also, a little boy named AngelMoroni--one word.
I will find that facebook page for you.
and then I will be back with more names.
I'm sorry. You are going to hate me, because I am NOT helping.
but I'm telling you, I'm really good at bad names.
If you veto Denim, how about.....
Blu Gene Willardson.
middle name, check.
you live in Arkansas....blue jeans are popular I'm sure, check check.
ding ding ding. we have a winner.
and, you're welcome.
Oh yeah, I remember the add a letter onto a normal name thing.
AngelMoroni? that's awful. Angel is bad enough...but a necessity for at least one of your 10 kids if you're hispanic and from Gilroy.
Seems like you like the 1 syllable thing...
I like K's suugestion of Soren Rex, but Soren Cam is cute too. Another name I like is Jace. Jace Aaron would be adorable. JMO
I think a good rule for middle names is that if the 1st has 1 syllable, you do 2 or more for the middle...and vice versa.
Sheena is right about Utah. We had a kid in our Sunday School class named KIMOTHEE. I kid you not. And I've met more Daniel Daniels and Robert Roberts than I care to admit in my recruiting days. Or just plain bad ones, my friends and I adopted these as nicknames that we are still using a decade later. I am Roobin Gookin and my friend is Cletus Fuddrucker, the other is Bernard Hoogerwerf. No lie. Sometimes I think parents are just plain mean.
I'm sure you'll find the perfect name for your little man though, this post alone shows you care enought to try to not screw up and force him into years of therapy resulting from an awful one!! LOL
Oh, and Anders was our choice for the boy name when I was preggo with Sydney. We already had Gunnar so we needed another strong Norweigen name. I love that name, sad that Aaron vetoed it.
Too funny - just call him Juan Angel, like any good Gilroy gal, and call it good! ;)
This just came to me - you know how everyone in Utah loves a good theme for their kids names? You should just name all your boys girls names, since your girls have "boy" names. Ashley Mac Willardson has a good ring to it, doesn't it? *wink wink*
I like Corban the best. My nephew's name is Camden and they call him Cam for short, just too give you an option. Good luck on agreeing on a name.
i used to know a guy named corbin, with an i instead of an a, and i always really liked that name. good luck with choosing! i can't wait to hear your final decision.
Jimmie says if you name him Mohonrimorianchumur you can call him "Monhi" (pronounced Money). It's on his 'boy name' list.
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