The
Simon Family
Aidan and
Lee are expecting their first child, a boy. They would prefer a very short (preferably one-, but maybe two-syllable) name, or a longer name with a short nickname. Names they like but can't use include
Leo (too close to
Lee) and
Maxwell, nn
Max (too close to their nephew's name, Mac).
DH:
Aidan MaxwellDW:
Magnolia Jessamine "
Lee"
DS: Eric Matthew
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The
Norris Family
Jill is expecting a daughter. Since she was a little girl,
Jill has wanted to name her daughter after her sister,
Emily. Unfortunately,
Emily absolutely hates her common name, so
Jill doesn't feel comfortable giving it to her daughter. Even more unfortunately,
Emily's middle name is
Bruce, her mother's maiden name, so that's not an option either.
Jill is looking for a name that honors her sister in an obvious way but isn't as common as
Emily.
DMom:
Jillian Rae "
Jill"
DD: Emmeline Juliana
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The Zeigfield Family
Brenna and
Jeffrey are expecting twin boys.
Brenna likes eccentric and, in her words, "romantic" names, but
Jeffrey wants their sons to have "normal" names to balance out their unusual last name. Names that
Jeffrey has vetoed include
Ashley ("Too girly.") and
Algernon ("Just plain weird.").
Brenna has rejected his suggestions of
Peter ("Sounds like an accountant's name") and
Jonathan ("Way too bland"). They're searching for a way to reconcile their different tastes.
DH:
Jeffrey DeanDW:
Brenna Joy
DS/DS: Albert Branden / Ashton Jeremiah
(
Albert it
Peter and
Algernon combined -
Branden is
Dean and
Brenna combined.
Ashton is
Ashley and
Jonathan combined and
Jeremiah is
Jeffrey and
Brenna combined.)
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The Cochran Family
Damian and
Rose are expecting twins, a boy and a girl.
Damian loves the name
Adam for a boy, and
Rose has her heart set on
Evangeline, nn
Eve, for a girl, but they have agreed that it would be cruel to use the two names together, so they need to pick one and find a suitable replacement for the other, or replace them both. They both like short, simple names for boys and longer names with short nicknames for girls. Biblical names are a plus, but not a must.
DH:
Damian RileyDW:
Rose Evelyn
DS/DD: Adam Robert / Chava Rose
(
Chava is the Hebrew form of
Eve.
Robert is kind of a combo of the parents names.)
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The
Merrick Family
Mike and
Molly are expecting their first child; they don't know the sex.
Molly loves the names
Morgan and
Marin for a boy, and would love to honor
Michael by naming their daughter
Michaela or
Michelle, but
Michael has declared that there's far too much alliteration going on in this family already, and has firmly vetoed all M names. Now they need to find names that are similar to those that
Molly likes, but don't begin with M.
DH:
Michael William "
Mike"
DW:
Molly Jean
DS or DD: Rein Joshua / Chelle Jeanne
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The
Jarvis Family
David and
Claire already had names picked out for their future children when they got married in 1997. They settled on
Isabella Faith for a girl; at the time, neither name was in the top 100 in the U.S. Since then, however, both names have become too popular for their tastes. They're looking for a less common (i.e., not in the top 100) but not too unusual name that's very similar to
Isabella Faith.
DH:
David SethDW:
Claire Tabitha
DD: Lysanne Faithe
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John 3:16