Possible names for our second baby..what do you think?

[Taurean]

Picking names for the second baby sure is a tough gig! This is our shortlist so far, what do you girls think? I'm open to suggestions along these lines too.

Girls:
Audrey
Ashlyn
Middle name: Samara

Boys:
Ethan
Jacob
Middle name: Isaac or Jacob if we use Ethan for a first name


- I love Audrey but DH isn't sold on it just yet. He's worried it's too old fashioned. I agree, it is old fashioned but love that it's not overly popular yet. DD's name is a popular girls name but an old fashioned name so they would go together well.
- Ashlyn is adorable and ASH is DH's initials so that's a nice link to him. My only issue is SIL is Ashleigh. Is it just too similar?
- Samara was one of my best friends during my teenage years. She was killed in a car accident the day before my 18th birthday. I'd love to honour her if we have another girl.
- We both really like Jacob and it's a family name on both sides but as I'd said in a previous name thread, 'J' names scare me a bit. LOL!
- Ethan is really funky and cute. We like to shorten names though and I'm not sure how we'd do that. Just 'Eth'? Hmmm

So what do you girls think?

[Pandora]

I like Jacob Isaac.

Audrey is lovely. Also Audra, but that would be rhyme-y with Samara.

[Tuesday's Child]

Jacob was on my boys list until a friend named her boy Jacob.

Audrey is lovely (I'm a big Audrey Hepburn fan). I like Ashlyn too. I guess it depends on your relationship with SIL - it might be a nice family connection. But I still vote for Audrey.

[Phteven]

If your last name starts with S don't use Audrey or Ashlyn :0

[Taurean]

If your last name starts with S don't use Audrey or Ashlyn :0

I should have said our last name starts with H and is quite unusual but it sounds great with all four names

[NaeNae]

ooohhh I LURVE Jacob Ethan and for the girls name I'd pick Audrey Samara x x x


lovely choices hun x

[feeb]

I am biased but I love Jacob (wonder why)

I love Audrey it was our girls name picked for DS2.

Samara is nice as well.

[Aries]

Hi Taurean

I LOVE Audrey - I think it goes lovely with your DD's name.. and Jacob is great too!

GL choosing

xx

[OceanPrincess]

I have a thing about J names too...

I love Audrey, it's lovely. Goes well with Samara too!

I like Ethan too. Eth works, I think!

[nickers]

So the initials would be ash also like dh. I am a fan of this as ds1 has my initals and ds2 has dh initals.
I like ashlyn better but it may be too close to sil name and if dd is an old fashioned name Audrey would go better.

I like Ethan Jacob

[blessedatlast]

Another fan of Ethan Jacob.. Girls I would say I like Ashlyn more than Audrey.

[sahbear]

I am biased, I love Ethan

Ours gets, E. Simple as that, and it works for us!

[onthefly]

I like Audrey much more than Ashlyn. Samara as a first name...? It's nice and she could be Sam.
I reckon Ethan could be E. Prefer it to Jacob, but both good names.

(Good catch Onyx )

[BlackRose]

What about Aubrey instead of Audrey?

[Babyluv]

Audrina, Autumn, Asher, are some similar names.

[Kazzo]

Love Audrey. I wanted for DD1 but DH said to old fashioned. I tried again when we found out 2nd baby was a girl but DH said no again. If we have a 3rd and it is a girl I will work on him again to use it .

I love Ethan too.

[Taurean]

Onyx - Oh big dumb preggy brain moment for me!! I've been trying to work out for ages what you were getting at with not using the A names if our surname started with S. Just said it out loud to DH and FINALLY the penny dropped! Nice spot but thankfully not an issue!

Nickers - another lightbulb moment for me after reading your post! Yes, both girls names would be the same as DHs initials!! That's fab and I didn't even realise!

Boy I'm daft tonight

MadB - we had considered Samara as a first name but I'm not sure if it would make me sad or happy, IYKWIM. We were super close and it took me a long time to get passed her death. I would be a bit worried I'd be cursing our DD (if this baby is a girl that is) but at the same time, Sam was a gorgeous girl with a wicked personality so it could be a real blessing for our daughter. It's a tough one, I'm just not sure.

Thanks for your feedback girls. It's going to be a tough pick!

[~Kaz~]

I am biased but I love Jacob (wonder why)

Me too

Isaac was on our shortlist as well.

I like Ashlyn. It wouldn't worry me that an aunty (of the child) had a similar name.