DH and I are thinking of names for our second daughter who isnt too far away from arriving, theres a few months still, but at the rate were going she'll be 10 before we agree on a name.
The strange part is that we like the same idea for a name, not too common (being an Amy and a John there were quite a few of both of us in school, thats how I ended up being called Amy Belle, combining my first name with my middle name, Anabelle, because there were 3 Amy's with the same last initial in my year) but not ridiculous off the wall, and no funny spellings. So its not like were at loggerheads, its just that we sit around umm-ing and ahh-ing and no-ones passionate about anything. So we ask Rebekah what she thinks, and she just lists off the names of Disney characters, and im not too keen on having a daughter named Cinderella or Pocahontas.
My dads arent much help either, Dad keeps saying that the only girls name he's ever likes is Amy (yeah I know, brilliant help) and Papa Trent thinks its funny to side with Rebekah, so I get no serious response from him. DH's parents want a 'family name' from their side, seeing as Rebekah's middle name is Catherine, after my mother. Thing is the only ones there are Dorcas, which is just a big sign saying "HELLO, TEASE ME!" and Beryl, which is awful, and John and I have both agreed on no names from living relatives.
This week we discided just to list our 5 favourite names each, then combine the lists to see what appears in both, nothing does, but the same name idea is there pretty much, noen of us hate any of the names on each other's lists, but were not amazed by them either, so we wanted some outside opinions, so can anyone give us anything to think about on these? Name combinations, teasing potential, anything, because at the moment were at a big stop sign and were not moving anywhere.
John's List:
Lilith
Gabriella
Keely
Mabel
Patience
My List:
Paige
Abigail
Jasmine
Violet
Michaela
They all go with our surname, its just the name itself thats holding us back.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
The strange part is that we like the same idea for a name, not too common (being an Amy and a John there were quite a few of both of us in school, thats how I ended up being called Amy Belle, combining my first name with my middle name, Anabelle, because there were 3 Amy's with the same last initial in my year) but not ridiculous off the wall, and no funny spellings. So its not like were at loggerheads, its just that we sit around umm-ing and ahh-ing and no-ones passionate about anything. So we ask Rebekah what she thinks, and she just lists off the names of Disney characters, and im not too keen on having a daughter named Cinderella or Pocahontas.
My dads arent much help either, Dad keeps saying that the only girls name he's ever likes is Amy (yeah I know, brilliant help) and Papa Trent thinks its funny to side with Rebekah, so I get no serious response from him. DH's parents want a 'family name' from their side, seeing as Rebekah's middle name is Catherine, after my mother. Thing is the only ones there are Dorcas, which is just a big sign saying "HELLO, TEASE ME!" and Beryl, which is awful, and John and I have both agreed on no names from living relatives.
This week we discided just to list our 5 favourite names each, then combine the lists to see what appears in both, nothing does, but the same name idea is there pretty much, noen of us hate any of the names on each other's lists, but were not amazed by them either, so we wanted some outside opinions, so can anyone give us anything to think about on these? Name combinations, teasing potential, anything, because at the moment were at a big stop sign and were not moving anywhere.
John's List:
Lilith
Gabriella
Keely
Mabel
Patience
My List:
Paige
Abigail
Jasmine
Violet
Michaela
They all go with our surname, its just the name itself thats holding us back.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Heyyy. Nice choice. 
