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

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 :think:

So what do you girls think?

I like Jacob Isaac.

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

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.

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

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

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

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


lovely choices hun x

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.

Hi Taurean :)

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

GL choosing

xx

I have a thing about J names too... :hide:

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

I like Ethan too. Eth works, I think!

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

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

I am biased, I love Ethan ;)

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

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 ;))

What about Aubrey instead of Audrey?

Audrina, Autumn, Asher, are some similar names.

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.

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! :rofl: 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 :rolleyes:

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!

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I am biased but I love Jacob (wonder why)

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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.

LOVE the name Audrey Samara. Audrey is such a classic elegant name IMO.

Boys I'm a big fan of Jacob. It's on my list too (not that I'm preg!) Ethan, I'm not a fan of as the next door neighbour at my mums had an Ethan and she was CONSTANTLY yelling at him!


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i wish i was picking girls names
but i find it so hard to get names we both like.
one of my besties son is Jacob and i really like that name. i also have a friend whos son is Ethan and like that one too.

i like Lachlan or Mason but DH said "Lochy "eerrrrrrrrrrrrrr yukkkkkkkkkkkk. :-(

it is so so hard.

ideas or a baby names book is what we need maybe.

Ashlyn is a lovely girls name. I like the Irish spelling (Aisling), but your way would make it easier for most people to pronounce.

Do you like Jake, as a short form of Jacob? Because my guess is that's what he'd get once he's a bit older. If you like it, then go for it, otherwise, might be a consideration. I think both names are nice.

I had a mummy friend who named her DD Audrey (she's my DD's age). So it's not completely unused! I think it's pretty. Not much help, am I?! :)

I like both your girls choices. I prefer Ashlyn but if it was me, I would probably skip that one based on the similarity to your SIL. I like Audrey too.

Of the boys, I think Ethan Isaac flows really well. I really like Ethan for a boy.

hey Taurean

i love all the names! Funnily enough i have jacob and ethan both on my list as well. I am also having the same issue with Ethan having a nickname and if it sounds good for a forty year old as well as a boy, but i do like it a little bit more than jacob.

I work with an audrey and she is lovely. that is my pick for the girl name.

i tend to take names of my list if they sound familar to family names or the shortnened versions are the same. it does make it confusing if you spend a lot of time together with the person.

Thanks heaps for your thoughts girls!

We may have one more girl name to add to the mix - Chloe. We've just been on holidays and Chloe was our waitress several times at dinner and breakfast at the resort and we just loved her! So did DD! What do you think?

I think regardless we'll more than likely making the final decision once we meet our LO. I think at this point Ethan and Ashlyn are winning but only just.

My SIL (my little brother's wife) lives in Victoria and we are in WA so although we chat regularly, we only see her once a year usually. We do all refer to her as Ash though so there would be two 'Ash' girls in our immediate family which is totally against my naming rules :lol: but I just love Ashlyn, it's so pretty!

If we choose Jacob, we would definitely shorten it to Jake. We are typical Aussies and love a nickname :lol: I'm still scared of 'J' names though which is annoying me as that's my only qualm with Jacob! :doh:

I love the name Chloe and Chloe Samara sounds lovely. I also really like Audrey.

For a boy I like the name Ethan Jacob.

Good luck!

I like Chloe