Baby #3 - Which Name do you like best?

[BlackRose]

Hi All,

I am expecting a baby girl after 2 boys, due mid may. I have a short list of 5 names and I'd love your opinion!

Our last name sounds like Warmer (just replace the “m” with an “n”). We have two sons, L@chlan D@vid and Willi@m Mich@el. My husband is Scottish by decent and my background is Welsh/English. We currently live in Australia!

A little about our name choices for our current children: We chose our first son’s name, by pulling his name out of a hat! My husband and I could not agree on 3 names we liked (Matthew and Andrew being the other two), so we put all three suggestions in a hat and I pulled out L@chlan. His middle name D@vid is, of course, after my husband. Our second son’s name was chosen through mutual agreement as soon as we knew it was a boy. Willi@m is a family name on both sides of our family, being the great great grandfather on both sides! Mich@el is my father and grandfather’s name and goes wonderfully with Willi@m.

Another reason why we chose L@chlan and Willi@m is because we liked that they could be shortened to nicknames. L@chlan quite often gets called “L@chie” and Willi@m goes by “Li@m” from day to day.

We are now expecting our third baby due in May, a girl this time! If baby 3 had been another boy he would have been called Angus or Hamish (middle name Eric), to keep in line with the Scottish/Celtic theme.

Some guidelines we would like to stick with:

1. Traditional/classic/Old School – nothing too popular
2. Scottish/Celtic/English/Australian origin
3. Middle name will be F@ye (after my mother in law who passed away 5 years ago)
4. Can be shortened for a nickname

Some of the names we’ve been throwing around:

1. Annabelle – a little on the popular side. Also has the name “Ann” incorporated which is my mother’s name. Love the meaning of this name – Grace and Beauty, however no nicknames I really like… dislike Belle as a nickname and Anna/Annie is too close to my mums name and I do want a bit of originality
2. Elspeth – I fell in love with this name when I heard it, it’s old school, classic, not popular and easily shortened to Elsie or Ellie which are gorgeous nicknames.
3. Cecelia – this is my mother’s middle name, and is another old school classic name. The only shortened name I could think of is Cece or Celia which is cute but I’m not sold. I don’t want another nickname starting with “L” so Lia is out.
4. Matilda – a classic Australian name, shortened to Tilly or Mattie. Goes nicely with Faye. I keep coming back to this name
5. Maisie – my husband’s grandmother’s name. No nickname but a sweet girly name that goes nicely with the boys names
6. Madeleine - another classic name that can be shortened to Maddy. My hubs suggested this one

Choosing a girl’s name is proving quite the task and I would love your input!

[PumpkinZulu]

They're all great names! I'm not sure I can choose! I had a bit of a laugh though, when I read your heritages I was going to suggest Isla. DD1 is Isla-Mae, I was imagining you with an Isla-Faye haha.

[Beatrix]

I love Annabelle. Beautiful name

[Beautiful Disaster]

I like Matilda

[Andie78]

Matilda or Maisie. Matilda was on my short list but I had a little boy. : )

[~Gee_Whizzy~]

I like Matilda & Annabelle

a gorgeous Welsh girls name that I loved was Carys but DH vetoed it

[sahbear]

I love Matilda, if DS2 was a girl it was the name I'd picked out. It goes great with Faye, and Tilly is a great nickname.

[emmalee86]

I like Matilda and Madeline! You had the same criteria as me!
Have you thought about Madison (Maddie) or Georgia (Georgie)? Both fit the bill and go well with Faye!

[Mummy&Daddy2Be]

YAY for a girl ! love Annabelle - so gorgeous. not a fan of the other names, sound old fashioned IMO

[little_O]

I like Madeline.

Matilda and Annabelle are nice too.

Do you like Eloise, Alannah, Caitlyn?

[BlackRose]

They're all great names! I'm not sure I can choose! I had a bit of a laugh though, when I read your heritages I was going to suggest Isla. DD1 is Isla-Mae, I was imagining you with an Isla-Faye haha.

I love Isla but hubs doesn't which makes me very sad it is a beautiful name

[BlackRose]

I like Matilda & Annabelle

a gorgeous Welsh girls name that I loved was Carys but DH vetoed it

How do you pronounce it? Is it 'Car-Iss' or 'Care-iss' or 'Car-is' or Care-is' or 'Ca-Riss'?

[BlackRose]

I like Matilda and Madeline! You had the same criteria as me!
Have you thought about Madison (Maddie) or Georgia (Georgie)? Both fit the bill and go well with Faye!

I don't like Madison... Doesn't have that old school feel to it. Hadn't considered Georgia but I do like it! Will be suggesting that to DH! Thanks!

[BlackRose]

I like Madeline.

Matilda and Annabelle are nice too.

Do you like Eloise, Alannah, Caitlyn?

DH doesn't like Eloise or Alannah and the boys have a cousin called Caitlyn which is a shame cos I love that name too. I might run Eloise by him again as I do like it

[Sunny Love]

I am a huge fan of Elspeth. I love it and it just flows so nicely with your son's names x

[Aries]

Eloise is lovely good luck choosing!

[~Gee_Whizzy~]

How do you pronounce it? Is it 'Car-Iss' or 'Care-iss' or 'Car-is' or Care-is' or 'Ca-Riss'?

a lady I worked with who's Welsh, named her daughter Carys and they pronounce it Ca-reece, so that's the only way I know how it's pronounced

[wysiwyg]

My DD is Cerys - very popular Welsh name (my mum is Welsh) Carys and Cerys are both popular there is like Clare and Claire. Pronounced KAH-ris and Cerys is pronounced Keh-ris/Kare-ris. I have never heard it with the -reece ending. I still like it but find in Australia people don't get the hard C and we get more like se-ris or se-reece, or they hear Paris. Particularly non English speakers can't make the leap between seeing a C and it sounding like a K.