Baby Names- Help I'm Stuck

I LOVE Cohen, to bad that's out! Some suggestions (maybe a little trendy though)....
BOYS
Julien
Keegan
Madden

GIRLS
Ryan
Julia
Camdyn

This is fun!
Girls-Avery, Tatiana, Tess, Chloe, Claire, Vivian, Marcella, Anya, Grania, Sophia, Sabine

Boys-Adrien, Hudson, Hayden, Kai, Kirin, Grant, Dylan, Ryder, Mason, Luke, Shay, Trey, Tucker, Jackson, Lance

Let us know what you pick

I don't have any names to give you (my boys are either in or creeping toward the top 10) but...I was given this advice that worked well for us once we narrowed it down. When you get some ideas, test the names by calling them out loud (as if you are calling them in from the backyard, or to dinner!) We had twin boys, so it was hard for us to find two names we loved together...and when we called them out, we were really able to 'feel' what it would be like having these people in the house, and using their names!! Good luck with the baby, and keep us posted!!

I think you have some great choices picked out-if you can agree-isn't that always the toughest part?!

I love Greyson for what it's worth-actually they are all really great. We are a big fan of unique names that have important meanings too. Our kids are Bodhi, (after Bodhisattva), and Lennon, (after John, but she's a girl). Enlightenment and Peace.

We struggled with a name for Lennon for awhile since we wanted something as unique and meaningful as Bodhi. The best I can say is think of the things you like-people you like, etc.--the last names as well as the first. Or books you like-and names in the stories or places you've been-or origins you like..like celtic or gaelic, etc. We were listening to a John Lennon song and that's when it hit us.

Not sure I'm helping, but I hope so.

Congratulations!

I think Jocelyn goes really well with Lily. I also loved the name Greyson or Graceyn for our last but DH vetoed it for me as well. I heard a name the other day Brielle and I really like it. We had Bree as one of our top two with our girl... What something that is a derivitve of Kai or Cai... There are many...
I love the name Wyatt but not crazy about it with Lily. I also liked the boys names Case( which was a shortened Casey) or Memphis, Jett, or Zain... but again not sure how well with Lily. Good Luck and Congratulation on the baby, let us know what it is and their name!!

I LOVE the name PAISLEY for a little girl and NASH for a boy. Both are different, or unique, but not so out there that people will have a hard time spelling or pronouncing them.

I always liked Grant for a boy. I like Wyatt, too - that's a good pick.

I love the name Amandine for a girl (it's somewhat traditional in France - pronounced Ah-mahn-deen). We named our oldest daughter Corinne (also French), and when we named our youngest Isabelle, it was not a popular name - now there are Isabellas all-freakin'-OVER the place! So I know what you mean! It's a bummer to think you named your child something unusual and then suddenly it's in the top 10. Sigh.

Hi Heidi there are some great baby name ideas here. What I thought when I read your message was that you probably would do better with names that were used during the late 1800's - early 19th century. The reason is that since your husband is conservative it would appeal to him (the history of names in the early U.S. is so interesting) and for you being artsy those names would be unusual but carry a bit of familiarity and culture. Here are some ideas:
Boys - Ansel, Leland, Newland, Noland, Westly, August, Winslow

Girls - Evelyn, Evie, Flora, Grace, Eliza, Aubrey, Lucinda, Aline, Juliett, Madeleine
Note: I do like Greyson. I've met a lot of Wyatt's so not my favorite.
Good luck and congratulations on your upcoming birth!

I tried to read most of your suggestions here but you have received a lot of advice. Many good idea's and names. I was like you in that I like the unique names. I didn't want my child to have two or more other children in class with the same name. My husband on the other hand preferred traditional names that I didn't like at all. Choosing a name is such a difficult task. All I wanted to add is perhaps consider combining two names that have meaning for you. My daughter's middle name is a combination of my husbands middle name (Lee) and my mother's middle name (Ann), making her middle name Leanne. My daughter's first name came to me during my first ultrasound when they said she was a girl. Her name just popped into my head and it took some time to convince my husband. My daughter is Laci Leanne and she has yet to meet any other person with her name or her middle name. You did say you were artsy, but you did not say in what respect. Do you paint, do you write? At my daughter's school there is a little girl with the name Sonnet, I have never heard that as a name before, so perhaps try along the "artsy" line of names you may not have considered.

Other suggestions for a girl would be
Arianna, Adrianna, Julianna, Jillian, Skyla, Tianna (Tea Anna), Collette, Celeste, Cecillia, Alanna, Katrina, Bethany

As many other's have already said I too love Greyson,
what about
Hudson, Garrison, Travis, Trevor, Vance, Spencer, Walker, Parker, Sawyer, Brady

Good Luck

I named my son Grant. Older name that is not unusual per say, but not too common now either. I named my daughter Sierra Eve , which I love, but feel is a little too common now - anyway it fits her because she is a mountain girl. I like the name Jane, Liberty ( aka Libby), June. I think of simple names from the past, beautiful names that are just not too common anymore.......If she's born before the end of the month you could name her July, Juwli, Summer. Would her birthstone still be Ruby - I like that name too. My great grandma was named Cora. I think Cora Jean would be cute. Look into your past for names that were common 50-100 years ago........

I named my daughter Ava Marie and for a boy i love the name Bentley:) Good luck.

Hi, I do really like Wyatt and Greyson. Actually, Wyatt Greyson is a cool name. Also like Hudson and Mason.

Just named our daughter Olivia Harlow, perhaps Harlow is unique enough. Jade, Addison, Harley.

Boys: LOVE Greyson! Cash, Jack, Will, Cole
Girls: Parker, Peyton, Jude, Elizabeth, Taylor (Tay)

Good luck and congrats!

Hi Heidi,

I love the name Greyson and the name Irley, my co-worker actually named their son Greyson and their daughter Harper. Both are very cute! I hear you on the unique names, my husband has a very common name (Joe) and seems like there's always a million people around with his name. Anyways, my sister recently had a baby and named her Iris Lydia. I thought that was beautiful as Lydia is a family name. I put a couple of other unique names below (if you can't tell I like the old fashioned names). Hope that helps you out!

Boys: Cairo, Tate, Otto, Oliver, Cole, Archer, Axel

Girls: Kinley, Elise, Kiera, Natalie, Kennedy, Charley

Best of luck and congrats!

When we were thinking of a baby name for our first, I was reading down a short list, some I liked and he didn't and vice versa, or we'd say "that's ok". When I read a name that we both liked, we both looked at each other and said that's it. If you both like Wyatt, stick with it.

I love Gavin for a boy! I also really like Cooper!

For a girl some of my less top 10 but fabulous are - Molly, Harper and Lucy!

if you like unusual names what about Allora leigh or galeana rose, I also like the name gabriel

How about:
Mason
Colby
Samantha
Sofie
C.

Do what I did. Flip throught he 1800's popular names and see what names you can find. I found Ada with my second and fell in love with it!! I chose Aubrey (althought becoming rapidly popular with girls) for my Oldest girl. Aubrey is originally a boys name and a good one at that. You could us it for a boy wihtout it being popular or too girly

If you're open to Hawaiian names Leilani is a beautiful one that is different. It means Heavenly Flower.

I've like these girl names... We've always chosen family names (grandmothers' name, etc.) for middle names.

Jessa
Arden
Eris
Mae

The only boy names that have always appealed to me are Simon and Spencer.

Good luck!

boy: Jayden or Jekobi
Girl: Jayden or Abbigail(Abby) I always liked Abbigail cause it is on the "Walton" side of traditional but Abby is more trendy or artsy.

Sorry if I'm repeating, I didn't check out all the other replies. I'll give you some of the names on our lists (our baby is now 15 months old and we have three older children)

Girls--- Vivian, Quinn, Alexandra, Ariel, Ava, Jillian, Katerina (Kat or Katya), Erica, Margaret (Meg)

Boys---- Max, Holden, Cooper, Jonathan (Jay), Finn, Casey, Brady, Cruse

Some of the names we used for our kids first and middle names and some were on the lists, but not chosen

Good luck and congratulations!!!

I don't really have a name to suggest, but just an idea. My husband and I were in similar situations.. but he was the more "popular" name type guy and wanted to name our baby Ashton... eeks... hahaha. Anyways, I wanted a traditional name like Joseph or John. So, anyways, our solutions so for have been choosing names that their meanings are traditioanl. Our son is Ian, which is galic (sp) for John. We are about to have our third and also do not know the gender. If it is a boy our name as of right now is Nicholai. My husband will probably call him his full name and I will probably call him Nick! haha.

Good luck and Congratulations!

I have a friend who didn't name her son for 10 days! Wait and see what the baby looks like. You may have an epiphany as you're giving birth or the first time you see/her.

Have you tried looking at a top 100 list from the past (like 1920's or earlier?) Those names might meet your husband's requirement for "normal" but also be not as frequently used today.

Here are a few that I saw in my kids' school directory:

Boys: Eamon, Spencer, Felix, Bryce, Kaden, Beaux, Hudson, Everett, Quinn, Cambry, Ewan, Kent, Braison, Kieran, Dante, Dawson

Girls: Emery, Helena, Afton, Sutton, Lydia, Tess, Margaux, Annyn, Janine, Bonnie

By the way, I never paid attention before, but in just casually glancing through the school directory I caught sight of at least 7 Grayson's or Greyson's. It's a great name, but may not be as uncommon as you would like.

Good luck,
K.

I married a latino and he named our middle daughter--we get compliments all the time on her unusual but girly name--KALIZ CRISTELA. (pron. Kalees). Just one little thought out there. Good Luck.

Love your daughter's name..Lily was one of my top names for a girl. We had a boy and named him Wyatt. It is not common and some people actually ask if "Its a family name"...what? Anyway, names I also like for a girl are Marigold, Annabelle, Adele, Audrey, Alana, Camille, Vivienne, Claire and Rosalind. For boys : Henry, Grant, Wyatt,Richard, and I like Greyson. Let us know what you pick!

Hi Heidi,

You are right - Lily is a popular name. So now you want a less popular name.

I also had the same problem w/ my husband - he vetoed all of the names I liked for our second son (we agreed on names for our first and third sons). I also wanted to stay away from the top 10 (at least), but since he vetoed all of my names for our second son, we ended up w/ one of the most popular boy names - Ethan. LOL! Anyway, the name I wanted for Ethan was Preston. I love that name. I also like the name Carson. Our first son's name is Brenden and our third son's name is Landen. Landen is starting to get popular. Brenden isn't as popular (especially the way we spell it). However, I realize that's probably not "artsy" enough for you. Other names I like for boys: Tucker, Emmett and Everett. I think the name Porter is okay (I mention Porter b/c maybe you would like it more than I do, since it's on the more rare side). Also, you might like my friend's boys names: Dane, Cody, and Boone (Boone is extremely rare, so you might want to consider that one).

For girl names, I like Skye (I am not artsy, but I LOVE that name. If I had a girl, I would have named her Skye). I also like Bianca, Tatum, Ashlyn, and Tanvi (Tanvi is an Indian name, BTW, and I love it).

Anyway, hope I have helped you! Let me know what you choose, and best of luck with your delivery!

Hi Heidi, I like the name Chance for a boy, it is short for Chandler, and I like the name Raeana for a girl, it is pronounced ray ana.J.

Girls:
Bridget
Daphne
Arwen
Ruby
Jordana
Sadie
Vivian
Shiloh
Beatrix

BOYS:
Milo
Dawson
Grady
Tucker
Crew
Adler
Brandt
Sawyer
Tobias/Toby
Bodie
Beckett
Ian
Brooks
Crosby
Rhett

Boys----Brody, Glenn, Julian, Jared, Mason
Girls-----Avianna, Aurelia, Brianne, Alaysia, Vivienne, Corinne

Congrats!!

Baby naming is frustrating because of trends. I'm like you, I avoid overly popular names. My son is Cameron Gary, and my daughter is Allison Jane (Allie). Classic, normal names.

I LOVE the name Skye for a little girl. So pretty. And I love the name Madsen for a boy.

Good luck and be sure to tell us what happened!!

Lorelei, Noor, Shane, Carys, Ceanna, Gianna, Brielle, Nolan. I like pairing traditional with unique, as you did with Lily Jane. And I LOVE Wyatt, but I am biased. It is my son's name. Congratulations!

Greyson is popular but I love it. Wyatt is great, too. I also like Hayden and Ian.

Girls: Ava, Grace, and Amy.

I have no idea where any of these rank.

Congratulations!!

I have a friend that named her daughters lovely but less common names. They are Aurora Belle-- named after two Disney princesses (Aurora is Sleeping Beauty's name and Belle is from Beauty & The Beast). Astrid Jane loosely translated means beauty & grace.

I like Greyson for a boy-- maybe with some coaxing, your husband will come around to it. Gavin and Tristan aren't terribly popular but I have always liked those names too. Landon is a new one I heard just the other day.

I wish I could've of remembered about the name 'Tatiana' when my 21 mo daughter was born. But my husband had come up with a name that was half his and half mine, 'Melina' is the name for my daughter.
I don't think you even heard of Tatiana, right? There's also Yesenia. I have a step-nephew who's name is Skyler. I also like Drake for a boy. Oh! and I also like Chloe for a girl. Good luck, I'm sure you'll come up with a very cool name! Bless you!

Not the most unusual names (sorry) but may be normal enough to suite your husband:

girl - Cheyenne Nicole
boy - Matthew James or Matthew Charles

Girls....
Anais (as in the author Anais Nin)
Joy
Rainne

Boys...
Asher
Isaac
River
Bennett

I haven't read the other posts, but here are my two cents. Compromise is the soul of marriage. If you both like Wyatt, I would say that should definitely be one of your top picks.

I am with you as far as avoiding the Top 10 names. For me personally, I wanted a name that people would know how to spell and pronounce the first time they see or hear it. I didn't want it to be super popular - no offense to those with babies this name, but I literally know more than 20 Isabellas - but I didn't want it to be weird either.

The other thing is that I like for names to be personally significant rather than just being picked out of a book. So scour your personal histories for ideas from locations, close friends, family names that you can use. If you don't like any of the actual names, try to maybe choose ones that have the same first letters? Or the same first letters of your and your husband's names?

BTW, our boy name was Paul. We had a harder time with girl names. These were top contenders: Juliet, Clara, Natalie, Taryn, April, Amelia, Violet, Diana.

The first poster who replied suggested Leilani for a girl. I love that neme - would definitely use it if I had another girl. I also like Jasmine, Paige and Vanessa.

For boys, how about Chase, Seth, Lawson or Bryce?

Girls: Capri, Lydia, Julianne, June, T.
Boys: Brick, Easton, Drayden,

We wanted unique strong names for our kiddos, our daughter is Madeline Elise and our son is Aidan Guy...however, now Aidan is close to the top so I don't know how that happened. :) We are pregnant with another girl and her name is going to be Camille Juliana-Elise, my daughter wanted her named after her as well...so, we decided to do a hyphen. Good luck, it is hard to find the perfect name :)

Girl- Tatum, Lyla, Brynn (I also think Greyson is cute for a girl....maybe you could spell Gracyn?)
Boy- Wade, Levi, Joel (those to me sound both conventional, but not common)

Good luck!

I love rayne or ryver both unisex names. audra. chance, chase, aaron or for a girls spell it erin. gene for a boy jean for a girl. destiny. sydney. dylan, cheyanne, wrangler for a boy. I have a coalton and a storm. austin for a or austyn for a girl.(but probably in the top 10)serenity, revelee. some to ponder. congratulations and good luck with the name.

For boys I like Jaxson, Mason, Dutch, Dayne, Wyatt is really nice too.
For girls I like Jasmyne, Ariela, Micah, Michayla
For both I like Jordan or Taylor

Congrats!!! Maybe the name will come when you see that adorable little face:)

hello...here are a few names hope you like.
girls....zara....
boys...parker..myles..connor..

My pastor's daughter just named their little girl Karis....means Grace in Greek...I've never heard that name before and I love it!! Sorry no suggestions on boys name...I also love Grayson, but my hubby vetoed as well :)

I love the name Malin for a girl. A friend of mine just had a baby girl named Seraphina and I like that a lot to. I've always liked the names Brielle and Kali for girls as well. For boys how about Jarrett, Dean or Neal? Good luck!

We were in the same situation with the birth of our second child. I'd say a name and well-meaning friends would say "oh I didn't like that guy in school", or "I have an old uncle with that name and he's a creep". It helps to have choices so that when you see your child for the first time you'll know if it fits. (and all of these wonderful Mom's have offered great suggestions!) But PLEASE think about your child and avoid quirky names that could be made fun of or have to be s-p-e-l-l-e-d out by the kid every time he gives his or her name. I have 3 children and have heard lots of name variations over the years. Your kids friends, coaches, teachers etc. will all use nicknames, so be aware of derivatives of your chosen names too. Don't forget, we get to choose the names, but they have to live with them! Good luck with your baby and happy name choosing!

Well, if you have a girl you could use my name, T. Marie. Its unique, and I havent meet alot of people with my name. For a boys name, how about Jackson?

I too, like rare names...I love my name and had a terrible time choosing my own kids names because I was hoping for rare names for them...have to be honest I am not a fan of hearing all the love for Wyatt these days ( if only DH hadn't vetoed Wylie)..My Wyatt Brodie is almost 5 and I hear it everywhere these days...it's gotta be pushing the top 100 by now:(

I love Greyson BTW...and Tristen...and Cole...and Coop (I tried for weeks to convince DH that Coop was a "real name")

I have always loved Ainsley for a girl.

Good luck! Naming them was always the hardest part of having them:) for me anyway!

*Update*
Thought of another one I wanted to use but never had that 3rd boy...Trip! I love it...I think its very cute!

Girls' - Kalie, Chrystian, Bethany, Alexis, Colese, Khloe, Nadine, Natasha,
Anastasia, Gabrielle, Brooklyn, Abby, Paisley, Kerstein, Mikala, Chantelle, Marly, Tasia, Arielle, Tana, Rochelle, Candace, Danielle, Carey
Boys'- Jordon, Greyson, Joshua, Abraham, Brycen, Desmond, Mesiah,
Elton, Christopher, Larson, Mason, Preston, Reyson, Ryder, Tyler,
Travas, Joseph, Arienne, Larson, Harley, Benson, Brady, Wyatt,
Zach, Eric, Antoine, Paydon, Paisley, Dwayne, Darcy, Curtis, Sean,

Hope this helps, so many have given you many names but hopefully between you and hubby, you can choose a name that is different. Congratulations on your new little one, and he/she is a healthy, happy little bundle of joy.
Siera, Bolton

I would like to hear an update to this post! I'm curious if your baby is a boy or girl and what name you picked out! :)

I like V's

Boys: Vadin, Vance, Victor, Vince (the boys names were harder for me to come up with---) I detest most of the ones in the baby book.

Girls: Valena, Valorie, Victoria, Vivianne, Veronica

here are some suggestions for girl names

1. IRIS
2. DANNILYNNE
3. AMBERLY
4.EMMALYNNE
5.CORA

here are some suggestions for boy names

1.MATTHEW
2.ALEXANDER
3.JAYDEN
4.ROLAND
5.JOSHUA
hope you like any of these names!!!!!!!!! GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR NEW CHILD!!!!

It's so hard to find unique names that sound good (and like you didn't make them up).
Here's a few I came up with:

Girls: Greta, Eva, Elle (pronounced Elle or Ellie), Corrine, Cora, Mara, Marin, Jaren, Jadalyn, Jada, Amelia, Catherina, Nahlah, Monique, Malia, Helene, Helen, Therese, Adrienne, Anika, Carly, Jessena, Kjersti (pronounced Cheer-stee), Malene, Amberly, Stella, Vonda, Tia, Marielle, Aurora, I., Jaelle, Daniela, Lucy,

Boys: Griffin, Owen, Camden, (Wyatt is nice), Hudson, Simon, Cale, Cameron, Orion, Henry, Fredrick, Evan, Everett,

Good luck!

Oh I was in the same boat with my second child! We didn't find out the sex and we just couldn't agree on names. I bought an awesome book recommended to me by a friend that helped make my decision. It's called The Secret Meaning of Names by Pierre Le Rouzic. It nailed all of our personalities down based on our names, so when I narrowed down the names, I ended up going with the one that I most like the meaning.

My husband and I picked out a name for each gender so we had a total of 4 full names narrowed down. We also mixed and matched the names. For example If I picked the first name then he picked the middle name and vice versa.

We waited to see the baby first before we officially named what turned out to be a boy. Honestly, I looked at my baby and nothing came to mind. We banked his cord blood and they came to collect it, along with the paperwork and so we had 4 hours to come up with a name after he was born.

I have to say that I love the name Greyson! Too bad your husband isn't in agreement!

I also love the names London, Ireland, India, Lexi, Anya, Enya, Arwyn, Raina and Kamilla for a girl. My hubby vetoed all of them. (London/Lexi and Lily go well together)

For a boy I liked Garrison, Garreth, Elijah and Marcos. Those all got vetoed too.

Good luck to you!!!! Let us know what you go with!

girl: KE'ANGEL
boy:MATTHEW
good luck!!!

How about Greyling or Arden for a boy and Emmeline for a girl?

I love Greyson! Also like Wyatt, preston, Parker, Leland, and taio. For girls I like Camille, maren/maryn, Gianna, ruby, Cora, Cordelia or Delia, hauna, Fiona, lucy, lucia, Morgan, rhiannon, and Evelyn. We have one popular name (Olivia) and picked Amelia because it wasn't so popular, but now I've met more than ever! It's like getting a white car then noticing how many other white cars you see ;)

I love the name Raef for a boy. If I have another boy, we'll name him that. My husband likes the name Sinjin for a boy. I'm not too crazy about it, but he went with my name for our first son.

Also like, Aedan, Brodan (nickname, Brody) Tristan, Tate & Blaine for boys.

For girls...the only girl name I like, is Morgan. I hope I only have one girl, or the other just might end up with a boys name! :)

Good luck to you, let us know what you decided!!