DH throws me a curve ball! Not sure of our top name now!

Well I thought we were pretty much done and dusted with a name, and while I don't mind heading in with 2 options, I am stumped that DH has suddenly changed his order.

Originally we both had

Carys Aeryn as our number 1 and Georgeanna Ashleigh as 2 and now he has switched! ARRGH!! I asked him why and he can't clarify, just said he felt maybe Georgeanna fit better with our DS (Alexander). My feeling was that yelling those two out the back door might be a bit much which is why it is number 2 for me...

Sigh...

What does everyone think?

Carys. It's such a lovely name.

Carys would be my name of choice from what you've chosen. Georgeanna looks a bit confusing to me...I'm not sure how you would say it....if it's a weird spelling for Georgina or not....(I'm thick!)

A friend of mine yesterday gave me a good tip....imagine your child is a doctor and see if it's a name that people can take seriously or not :)

I love the name Carys!

Am a fan of Carys (my DD is Cerys - same meaning just the other spelling - there are not many of either spelling about so is quite unique but still has traditional link as is Welsh), and I think does go well with Alexander - I know one is short and one is long but I think Carys and Alexander do go well together. Alexander is quite a traditional name was a royal name in Scotland so I think having two Celtic names is also good.

Although Georgeanna and Alexander both have Greek origins so there is the link there too. To me though probably because grew up in UK, when I think Alexander I think Scotland so that is why I personally would pick Carys to go with it.

I like Carys. It looks so pretty written down & I tend to prefer shorter names personally. I hope you can convince him!

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Georgeanna looks a bit confusing to me...I'm not sure how you would say it....if it's a weird spelling for Georgina or not

A friend of mine yesterday gave me a good tip....imagine your child is a doctor and see if it's a name that people can take seriously or not :)

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Hi Mini! Yes I like the doctor thing! My DH always tries announcing them like they have just won a big award! I just imagine cheering them on the sidelines at soccer! LOL

Georgeanna is one of the female variants of George, I read recently they are sort of like this:
Georgina - most old fashioned
Georgeanna (pronounced George ayna) next
Georgieanna (Georgie anna) then finally
Georgia (most modern variant).

I would have gone with Georgia, but is very popular, plus sounds terrible with our surname!

Hopefully after the birth DH will give me the deciding vote!:lol:

Get your DH to yell the two names out as if he were calling the kids...see what he thinks then

I love Carys....so feminine. I prefer Georgia though if it had to be a form of George.

Naughty DH for doing this at the last minute. Lock it in next time Eddy!

xxxx

I love Carys

You might find a lot more pronunciation issues with Georgeanna

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Hopefully after the birth DH will give me the deciding vote!:lol:

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:rofl: and so he should!

Carys is my favourite name and if I was lucky enough to have a girl this would be her name. I have had my girls name picked since I was 9. But the world has different ideas and I am the very lucky mother of two boys and was not planning anymore but since findng out bubba 2 is a boy...well who knows lol

Just on the name thing I hear you we are really really struggling with a boys name for this one. We cannot decide at all. So much easier if bubba was a girl lol.

How would you pronounce Carys and Georgeanna? Knowing how they're pronounced would help me to cast my vote;)

Hi. I much prefer Carys, but I also like Georgia?
Did your DH and yourself rule out Georgia?
If you were to have Georgeanna, she may have the nickname George anyway, so you may call Alex and George out the back door! haha. Not 100% sure about pronounciation either.

Goodluck deciding!

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How would you pronounce Carys and Georgeanna? Knowing how they're pronounced would help me to cast my vote;)

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Carys is Car (as in carrots) and 'is'. Aeryn is just pronounced the same way as Erin.

Georgeanna is George ahh na with a long ahh sound in the middle. We have ruled out Georgia as sadly is does nto sound any good with our surname with starts with the same G sound and ends in 'er'.

Thanks for the help girls! Just confirming what I already know which is that Carys is the way to go. DH's main concern it seems is that someone else that we know slightly in town (very small town!) named their daughter this last year. They will go to different primary schools and we move in mostly different circles and I don't see it as a problem.. After all my DSs best little friend, and one of the close gf's I met at mother's group with he was born, has the same name and there is never any problem with that. My DS is always Alexander and he goes by Alex.

I still love Carys.
I dont think its a big deal that someone else in your town has the same name. Its not like its your sister or someone close.

Just to throw my two cents in, I'm not sure about the spelling of Aeryn. I think it sounds more like air-rin and it reminds me of the Aryan race. If your little girl is going to have a slightly unusually spelled first name, then I would avoid have a differently spelled middle name. Having grown up with an unusual last name and now an unusual married name, I am all for making things simple for my children.