Do you think we could do it again?

[Stevie]

ok, thats pretty cute btw i love it haha

~Kim
~Tim
~Jim
~Tom

I dont really know what middle names you could use.. for those middle letters!!

I really think thats a neat idea, would be pretty cool to do soemthign like that haha

[butterfly_warrior]

I did warn you this was coming!

We can't use Ian as a middle name as it's a BIL's name and I'm determined not to use any family names at all. I suspect that rules out any of the XIM names for boys as I can't think of any other decent boys names that DH would agree to starting with an I.

Close friends have also taken Tim and Tom, and if we go for Jim from James - well, that's another BIL's middle name.

Kim from Kimberley wouldn't be too bad, I'm just not a big fan - comes down to one of the pitfalls of being a teacher.

BW

[Floweryfields]

How about Tam for a girl, as in tamara.

[butterfly_warrior]

Kazbah, I'm glad I'm not the only one that likes names like this! I doubt I could have compromised in your position, though!

Tamara is the name of a friend at church. Not a particularly close friend, but one that we see often enough for it to be odd.

BW

[thepixie]

What about Isaac for a middle name?
LIAM
struggling for an option for girls though... you might just have to have another boy LOL

[luna moth]

We have thought about this too, but only with girls' names, as our surname is an A name.

You could probably do it, but I wouldn't go wasting your life with worry if you can't!
PAM? DOM?

The nickname doesn't necessarily have to be an abbreviation of the first name, either. It could just be an alternative for a nickname. Thinking like that, you could do a lot, like JEM, NIM, ROM etc.

Or you could just be mean and roll with SPAM...

[butterfly_warrior]

Isaac! Noted - thank you!

DOM from Dominic was a favourite when naming Sam - but a close friend called their son Dominic and we see them often enough for it to be weird, I think. The same friends called their second son Liam - which is a shame as I could go with that one! Name thieves!

Pam... pass... unless you can come up with something other than pamela that starts the same way!

Audax, you can come up with some really nice names there... I can see why you'd only do it for a girl, though.

Obviously coming up with some sort of name where this will work isn't going to be the deciding factor in whether or not we have a second child (more likely to be whether embryos defrost or not!), but it's been a weird stress bugging me lately and I do need to make it go away.

BW

[luna moth]

DOM for a girl though?

If you don't like PAM, how about NORM?

And you didn't comment on SPAM. I'm devastated.

[butterfly_warrior]

Dominique - nope. Bad teacher association.

And I think I would prefer Norman to Pamela! Not that I particularly like either!

Would a CAM from Cameron be too odd along with a SAM?

I think there really is only one solution here - I must have another boy!

I missed SPAM... I think I will continue to ignore it as it's just Python-esque enough for my husband to go for it!

BW