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Which name do you like best as a sibling for Benjamin "Ben" and Margaret "Meg"?
Caitlin "Cate"
Claire
Elizabeth "Beth" - but do you think Ben, Meg, and Beth all are too matchy?
Grace
Hope
Rosalie "Rosie"
or
Alexander "Alex"
Jonathan "Jon"
Patrick
Samuel "Sam"
Theodore "Teddy"
And what would you name a sibling that isn't any of the names mentioned above?
I'm struggling to find many boy's names I'd consider using right now, although it's not that big of a deal as I'm not yet having another baby nor even would know if it was a boy. :)
Caitlin "Cate"
Claire
Elizabeth "Beth" - but do you think Ben, Meg, and Beth all are too matchy?
Grace
Hope
Rosalie "Rosie"
or
Alexander "Alex"
Jonathan "Jon"
Patrick
Samuel "Sam"
Theodore "Teddy"
And what would you name a sibling that isn't any of the names mentioned above?
I'm struggling to find many boy's names I'd consider using right now, although it's not that big of a deal as I'm not yet having another baby nor even would know if it was a boy. :)
This message was edited 5/10/2015, 3:00 PM
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I think Theodore fits in quite well but I don't like any of the female options. I'll think on other options.
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I'm an Elizabeth nn Beth so that tends to get me vote, but I really like Rosalie nn Rosie with Ben and Meg. Although Ben, Meg and Libby could be cute. And Joanthan nn Jon totally gets my vote!
Other suggestions:
Emmeline nn Emma
Eleanor nn Nora
Adelaide nn Ada
Gabrielle nn Bri
Evelyn nn Evie
Genevieve nn Evie
Alice nn Allie
Andrew nn Drew
Nicholas nn Cole
Nathaniel nn Nate
Isaac nn Ike
Other suggestions:
Emmeline nn Emma
Eleanor nn Nora
Adelaide nn Ada
Gabrielle nn Bri
Evelyn nn Evie
Genevieve nn Evie
Alice nn Allie
Andrew nn Drew
Nicholas nn Cole
Nathaniel nn Nate
Isaac nn Ike
This message was edited 5/11/2015, 5:42 AM
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I forgot about Genevieve. It was on our longer list for our daughter, but got cut. I keep liking peoples' girl name suggestions more than boy name ones, which is the opposite of what I was hoping would happen. Haha! I do like Andrew, but am not a big fan of any of its nicknames. Nicholas is already my son's middle name, so it's out.
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I do think Beth is too much: too close to Ben and too doomed-sister with Meg.
Clare, that spelling, would be good. Rosie names are everywhere, and Grace and Hope sink my boat rather than float it. Would you really add yet another Cate/Kate/Caitlin/Katelyn person to an already overloaded planet?
I prefer Alec to the more common Alex and would be happy to see it. Jonathan and Samuel both seem flabby and slimy to me. John with an h would be refreshing. Theodore is nice and Theo is good. So is Ted, but Teddy is too bear and too babyish. Patrick is very nice, but I notice there's no nn. Hard to escape Pat! I like it on a boy, actually, but loathe it as a nn for Patricia.
What about Ruth as a girl possibility? Beatrice? Eve? Anne? (Anne could be Nancy!)
For a boy, Timothy? Tim is good. I'd also use Thomas, nn Tom, or William or Daniel.
Clare, that spelling, would be good. Rosie names are everywhere, and Grace and Hope sink my boat rather than float it. Would you really add yet another Cate/Kate/Caitlin/Katelyn person to an already overloaded planet?
I prefer Alec to the more common Alex and would be happy to see it. Jonathan and Samuel both seem flabby and slimy to me. John with an h would be refreshing. Theodore is nice and Theo is good. So is Ted, but Teddy is too bear and too babyish. Patrick is very nice, but I notice there's no nn. Hard to escape Pat! I like it on a boy, actually, but loathe it as a nn for Patricia.
What about Ruth as a girl possibility? Beatrice? Eve? Anne? (Anne could be Nancy!)
For a boy, Timothy? Tim is good. I'd also use Thomas, nn Tom, or William or Daniel.
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Benjamin "Ben", Margaret "Meg" and Samuel "Sam" go the best in my opinion. The girls are a little harder, I think Elizabeth goes best but Beth and Ben are perhaps a little too similar (but I'd like the kind of Little Women theme you'd have going on with your girls' names!)
I'd name a sibling to these two, Ellen "Nell" or Josephine "Josie" or Christopher "Kit".
Others:
Harriet
Isobel
Eleanor
Matilda
Katherine
Florence
Madeline
Frederick
Oscar
Lawrence
Gregory
Henry
Arthur
Edward
Robert
Oliver
Robin
I'd name a sibling to these two, Ellen "Nell" or Josephine "Josie" or Christopher "Kit".
Others:
Harriet
Isobel
Eleanor
Matilda
Katherine
Florence
Madeline
Frederick
Oscar
Lawrence
Gregory
Henry
Arthur
Edward
Robert
Oliver
Robin
This message was edited 5/11/2015, 1:42 AM
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Caitlin "Cate" - I like Caitlin but the million and one spelling options and the datedness it has now turn me off. Catherine nn Cate would be better with Ben and Meg. It's weird, I prefer Catherine to Katherine and then prefer Kate to Cate. But they're all good in my book!
Claire - Adore! This will almost definitely be a mn for a daughter for me and I think it sounds fab with your kids names.
Elizabeth "Beth" - I think Beth is too matchy with your kids and too Little Women with Meg. I think Ben, Meg and Lizzie would be adorable.
Grace - I love Grace it sounds good with your kids but for some reason it doesn't make me jump for joy
Hope - Hope is cute but seems in a different style to the other two.
Rosalie "Rosie" - I love this! I think I'd prefer Rose "Rosie" with your kids' names. Rose seems more grounded and solid than Rosalie (as do Benjamin and Margaret).
Alexander "Alex" - I prefer Alec but I like it
Jonathan "Jon" - I dislike Jon without an h and I'm not ridiculously keen on Jonathan
Claire - Adore! This will almost definitely be a mn for a daughter for me and I think it sounds fab with your kids names.
Elizabeth "Beth" - I think Beth is too matchy with your kids and too Little Women with Meg. I think Ben, Meg and Lizzie would be adorable.
Grace - I love Grace it sounds good with your kids but for some reason it doesn't make me jump for joy
Hope - Hope is cute but seems in a different style to the other two.
Rosalie "Rosie" - I love this! I think I'd prefer Rose "Rosie" with your kids' names. Rose seems more grounded and solid than Rosalie (as do Benjamin and Margaret).
Alexander "Alex" - I prefer Alec but I like it
Jonathan "Jon" - I dislike Jon without an h and I'm not ridiculously keen on Jonathan
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Bridget is one I really love but it's never quite made it into the list of names I'd consider using. Perhaps I should!
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Libby! Totally forgot about that one. Used to love it. Hmm.
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I like Claire the most out of those choices and I think it works with the others.
I also think Caitlin "Cate" works well.
There's no problem with Elizabeth "Beth" except the Little Women thing.
Hope is ugly IMO.
Grace is nice, but Claire and Cate are better.
Rosalie "Rosie" is ... eh. Rosie is so precious and Rosalie is even more. Rose with "Rosie" as a childhood nick, is far more pleasing to me.
I guess Sam (Samuel) goes best with the siblings so it gmv.
Jon and Alex do, as well.
Alex and Patrick are the only names I really like on the boy list.
Suggestions:
Amy
Melinda "Lindy"
Eve
Christina "Chris"
Christian "Chris"
David
Thomas "Tom"
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You know, I loved Abigail for years and it would've been at the top of my list, but I guess I got tired of it some years ago. Maybe I should rethink it. I also like Johanna. Nathan I like, but not quite enough, and I do love Daniel. I actually occasionally remember that I like Daniel a lot and should add that to the list, but then I remember it's my brother-in-law's name!
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I really like Grace, Hope, Beth, and Rosie. I actually really enjoy the cohesion of Benjamin, Margaret, and Elizabeth as Ben, Meg and Beth - they are all so sweetly classic together. I would like Elisabeth "Beth" a touch more than Elizabeth, although I suppose it hardly matters, really - most people would spell it Elizabeth anyway! Alexander is good too, but I'd go with Alec. Ben, Meg, and Alec? Such classy.
I'm pretty wild about adding a Sam. I love the name Sam, and Sammy. It's so friendly. Theodore "Teddy" is also aces.
Other ideas (of what I'd like to add to the set):
Annemarie "Annie"
Virginia "Ginny"
Roberta "Robin"
Gertrude "Trudy"
Mildred "Millie"
Judith "Judy, Jude"
Hester
Beatrice "Bea"
Isaac "Ike"
Henry
Peter "Pete"
Nathaniel "Nate"
I'm pretty wild about adding a Sam. I love the name Sam, and Sammy. It's so friendly. Theodore "Teddy" is also aces.
Other ideas (of what I'd like to add to the set):
Annemarie "Annie"
Virginia "Ginny"
Roberta "Robin"
Gertrude "Trudy"
Mildred "Millie"
Judith "Judy, Jude"
Hester
Beatrice "Bea"
Isaac "Ike"
Henry
Peter "Pete"
Nathaniel "Nate"
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Thanks, I also think Beth goes really well, and even though most people do seem to think it's too matchy it wouldn't stop me from using it if that's what seemed right. I love Alec too, maybe more than Alex, but I was just feeling Alex right now. I like just Al too. :)
So are you aware that Annemarie and Virginia were the two back-up names for Meg? Ha. For some reason they're not at the top of my list anymore though. Peter and Charles have been ones I'd use in the past too, but don't love them so much anymore.
Abraham. That's one I've been considering adding to my list of names I'd use. I might prefer Bram as a nn though, but again with the matchy sounds. Also I think it might be "too Biblical," so that when along with Ben's name it makes Margaret seem the odd one out.
So are you aware that Annemarie and Virginia were the two back-up names for Meg? Ha. For some reason they're not at the top of my list anymore though. Peter and Charles have been ones I'd use in the past too, but don't love them so much anymore.
Abraham. That's one I've been considering adding to my list of names I'd use. I might prefer Bram as a nn though, but again with the matchy sounds. Also I think it might be "too Biblical," so that when along with Ben's name it makes Margaret seem the odd one out.
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I like Elizabeth "Beth" and Grace a lot for girls and Samuel "Sam" and Theodore "Teddy" a lot for boys. Honestly, though, I like all the names on your list! :)
If it were up to me, I think I'd pick Elizabeth "Betsy" for a girl, because Betsy would sound so cute with Meg, and John "Jack" for a boy, just because I think it goes really well with Ben and Meg.
If it were up to me, I think I'd pick Elizabeth "Betsy" for a girl, because Betsy would sound so cute with Meg, and John "Jack" for a boy, just because I think it goes really well with Ben and Meg.
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I think Rosalie and Alexander work best. Elizabeth also works, but yes, Beth and Ben are too close and tongue-twisty.
Hope would be a nice middle name, but doesn't seem right in first place somehow.
& I love Patrick, but I've never found an nn that I like for it.
Others:
Isaac
Robert
Llewelyn Idris! well I can hope
Elinor / Ellen
Laura
Rebecca
Joanna
Ruth
Lucy
Hope would be a nice middle name, but doesn't seem right in first place somehow.
& I love Patrick, but I've never found an nn that I like for it.
Others:
Isaac
Robert
Llewelyn Idris! well I can hope
Elinor / Ellen
Laura
Rebecca
Joanna
Ruth
Lucy
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Oh how I would love to have the guts to use Llewelyn. It actually did make the final cut while we were naming Ben! But I'm too boring in real life. I actually would seriously consider using Idris as a middle name if we had another boy though. It's a family name and my Grandpa has mentioned before wishing someone would use it again.
Hmm, Joanna I have always liked, but never enough to consider using. Maybe I should keep it in mind just in case.
Hmm, Joanna I have always liked, but never enough to consider using. Maybe I should keep it in mind just in case.
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Caitlin "Cate"- I like Cate, but Caitlin and all it's variants became so popular and trendy that I just can't bring myself to like it. Caitrin is an alternative (I know a girl named Kaitrin).
Claire- I love this with Ben and Meg. Fits the vibe perfectly.
Elizabeth "Beth" - Ben and Beth are a little too match. I think Elizabeth is perfect with Benjamin and Margaret, but maybe a different NN?
Grace- Nice but a bit of a snooze these days.
Hope- Fine, but I've never quite loved Hope. I don't see it with Ben and Meg.
Rosalie "Rosie"- Lovely, though a bit more fanciful than Benjamin and Margaret.
or
Alexander "Alex"- Love this name. I like it with Ben and Meg.
Jonathan "Jon"- Never loved Jonathan (or Jon with no H), but it works.
Patrick- I really like with Ben and Meg.
Samuel "Sam"- Good but very predictable.
Theodore "Teddy"- Love this.
Claire- I love this with Ben and Meg. Fits the vibe perfectly.
Elizabeth "Beth" - Ben and Beth are a little too match. I think Elizabeth is perfect with Benjamin and Margaret, but maybe a different NN?
Grace- Nice but a bit of a snooze these days.
Hope- Fine, but I've never quite loved Hope. I don't see it with Ben and Meg.
Rosalie "Rosie"- Lovely, though a bit more fanciful than Benjamin and Margaret.
or
Alexander "Alex"- Love this name. I like it with Ben and Meg.
Jonathan "Jon"- Never loved Jonathan (or Jon with no H), but it works.
Patrick- I really like with Ben and Meg.
Samuel "Sam"- Good but very predictable.
Theodore "Teddy"- Love this.
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For a girl, I like Elizabeth, Grace and Rosalie best with Benjamin and Margaret although I wouldn't use Ben and Beth together. Knowing myself, I'd trip over the two names. That could be just me, though. Any other nns for Elizabeth that you like?
For a boy, they're all doable. Faves are Alexander and Theodore. You can't go wrong here.
Other suggestions:
Gabriel
Adam
Thomas
Catherine / Katherine
Susanna / Susannah
Eleanor
For a boy, they're all doable. Faves are Alexander and Theodore. You can't go wrong here.
Other suggestions:
Gabriel
Adam
Thomas
Catherine / Katherine
Susanna / Susannah
Eleanor
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Beth is okay, but prefer it as a nn for Bethany, as I really dislike Elizabeth. But Beth and Ben are very sound-alike, like goofy twins. Meg and Beth make you wonder where Jo and Amy are.
I like Caitlin, though much prefer Kaitlyn, and don't like Kate much, but it probably fits in best with Ben and Meg. Claire is limp and watery and Rosalie is too fussy, while Rosie is too dowdy.
I like all your boys' except not so much Alexander. Alex and Ben definitely sound like brothers, but the one I'd pick is Patrick.
For a name not on your list for a girl I'd maybe choose Rebecca, but not Becky, as Ben and Becky sound cutesy together. Rebecca or Allison.
For a boy, James or Robert.
I like Caitlin, though much prefer Kaitlyn, and don't like Kate much, but it probably fits in best with Ben and Meg. Claire is limp and watery and Rosalie is too fussy, while Rosie is too dowdy.
I like all your boys' except not so much Alexander. Alex and Ben definitely sound like brothers, but the one I'd pick is Patrick.
For a name not on your list for a girl I'd maybe choose Rebecca, but not Becky, as Ben and Becky sound cutesy together. Rebecca or Allison.
For a boy, James or Robert.
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Ha, I already occasionally get people asking if I use the nn Meg because of Little Women.
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Margaret nn Meg was also on our list - and is again if we have another girl. It was inspired by a book but not Little Women. It's inspired by A Wrinkle in Time.
I'm not a fan of Little Woman. Alcott hated that book, it's sad that such an accomplished and interesting woman is pigeon holed because of it
I'm not a fan of Little Woman. Alcott hated that book, it's sad that such an accomplished and interesting woman is pigeon holed because of it
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Ha, I remember wanting to be called Meg when I was younger because of A Wrinkle in Time!
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I've actually never read the book! *ducks* I want to someday. I've seen a movie of it though, so I do know the story.
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I enjoy the book. It's a little schmaltzy, but sometimes schmaltzy is good.
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I like Elizabeth "Beth" and Samuel "Sam" the best. Not only are those names gorgeous, they also fit in with the one syllable nn thing you have going and I like consistency! As for suggestions not on your lists, I like Frederick "Fred", Joseph "Joe", Maxwell "Max", Vincent "Vin", Josephine "Jo", Gwendolyn "Gwen", Rebecca "Bec" and Katherine "Kate".
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I definitely think a third child should have a nickname too. Otherwise, he/she might feel left out if their name didn't have a nickname to go with it like Ben and Meg.
Benjamin "Ben", Margaret "Meg," and Rosalie "Rosie" is my favorite for a girl.
Benjamin "Ben", Margaret "Meg," and Theodore "Teddy" is my favorite for a boy.
If I could choose my own names, I'd go with:
Benjamin "Ben", Margaret "Meg," and Eleanor "Ellie" or "Nell"
Theodore "Teddy" is already my favorite option for a boy. :D
Benjamin "Ben", Margaret "Meg," and Rosalie "Rosie" is my favorite for a girl.
Benjamin "Ben", Margaret "Meg," and Theodore "Teddy" is my favorite for a boy.
If I could choose my own names, I'd go with:
Benjamin "Ben", Margaret "Meg," and Eleanor "Ellie" or "Nell"
Theodore "Teddy" is already my favorite option for a boy. :D
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I know, that's one reason I'm like nnngggg about loving names now that don't have nicknames I'd use.
Funny story because I think you'd appreciate it (you like video games, right?), the other night I'd mentioned how a few people had named their daughters Samus last year, and my husband was all like I approve of that. If we have another girl we should name her Samus. Or Yuna.
Facepalm
Fortunately, he isn't ACTUALLY serious. But really. Hello, these are my children: Ben, Meg, and Samus. HAHAHAHA
Funny story because I think you'd appreciate it (you like video games, right?), the other night I'd mentioned how a few people had named their daughters Samus last year, and my husband was all like I approve of that. If we have another girl we should name her Samus. Or Yuna.
Facepalm
Fortunately, he isn't ACTUALLY serious. But really. Hello, these are my children: Ben, Meg, and Samus. HAHAHAHA
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That would be hilarious! Yuna is actually much better than Samus if we're talking about naming a real child. Haha.
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