Fun Facts for Figuring Us Out (Baby F Names, pt 2)
Previously, I posted about the struggle we’re having naming this baby growing inside of me. I like to decide the names as early as possible so I can mentally refer to the baby by those two (boy and girl) choices. We’re on letter F this time and it’s proving to be quite the challenge.
I’ll admit that we’ve sort of narrowed down the boy choices to two names and are heavily leaning toward one of the two. We have not, however, decided on a suitable middle name for him.
Now, if he turns out to be a she, we’re in big trouble. While we’ve received several suggestions, none have really grabbed us. Those of you who know us know we’re not the kind of people to name our daughter “Fiona.” It’s just not us. So, to help, here are a few more “rules” to help prompt (hopefully!) more suggestions.
As stated before:
- It should preferably be more than one syllable.
- It should sound decent being shouted from the Little League bleachers or the back porch (as in, “Go, Andy, go!” or “Brady… time for dinner.”)
- Either the first or middle name should be biblically based.
- I’d prefer it to mean something interesting or positive… nothing like “enticing” for a girl or “lover of silky fabrics” for a boy.
Newly added ”rules.”
- I should have mentioned in my last post that Nate has a hatred of what he calls “soap opera names.” Thaddeus… Trevor… Greenley. You get the idea. We’re not country club types. We’re regular people.
- Nate would also like the new name to “go with” the ones we already have. I should have mentioned those last time. They are:
Andrew (Andy) Joseph
Brayden (Brady) Matthew
Connor Stephen
Baby D (miscarried)
Evan Joy
So, keeping those in mind, you’ll see why we aren’t in love with the name “Felicity” for a girl. It’s cute and we don’t hate it, but it just doesn’t go with our other names. - Keen observers will realize that we’ve somehow managed to give our children all first names that could be last names, too. That wasn’t planned, but we do sort of like that.
- For some reason, I just can’t get excited about any of the Fr… names. Frank. Franklin. Francis. Francesca… Any like that. Just can’t get excited about those.
- Please understand that we’re open to any suggestions, but the “rules” above just show you where we’re coming from. I know I think about this way too much. I know I’m strange for putting this much energy into it. But my kid has to live with his or her name for the rest of his or her life. I don’t want them to hate me.
I think that’s all I can think of for now. Please send me suggestions! We need help. Really. I don’t have any fabulous prize to offer you, but you can have all the bragging rights you want.
October 24th, 2007 at 7:16 am
One of my favorite little girls in the world is FERRIS. It’s a family name, I think. Hope it helps.
October 24th, 2007 at 8:31 pm
I just stumbled across your blog and had to comment. I love names. I’m currently pregnant and am casting about for names too - I love surfing the SSI website. So I looked up F girl names for you - wow, that is hard. Especially if you don’t like the ones that are sorta pretty like Frances and Fiona (I know, I know, matter of opinion). But seriously, the other options are like Florence, Flossie, and Flora. Names are serious business - why follow a rule you made up for yourself if it results in a name you are settling for? Maybe you should ditch F and move on to G
My daughter is named Genevieve Grace and we call her Evie for short. Best wishes!
October 24th, 2007 at 9:48 pm
Hi Christa,
I know that naming babies is a difficult task!
I found a few female names that you may
like:
Floria (Flora) - latin
Flannery - Irish
Farhanna - Arabic/Persian - means “lovely”
Fayette - French - meaning fairy
Florine - means “blooming”
Fola - African - means “honor”
Francisca - Spanish/Portuguese
Fransesca - Italian
I found many of these here:
http://www.whattoexpect.com/Index.aspx?puid=CE37EBDA-1328-436F-A2E0-EA8AB09C065D&xid=google_bn&s_kwcid=ContentNetwork|548886375&gclid=CNqP2azXpo8CFSasGgodPUq5Sg
I like Farhanna and Fayette the best
You won’t hurt my feelings if you don’t
like any of them . . . but “bragging rights”
sounds good!
See you soon,
Sue
October 25th, 2007 at 7:35 pm
Stumbled on your blog. F names are a bit difficult to come by. It might just be me, but the names Evan and Farah seem to “fit” together. I’m not sure it fits as well with the A-B-C names though.
October 30th, 2007 at 10:33 pm
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October 31st, 2007 at 12:30 pm
Well. Hmmm. I’m not that great at names, but I like the name ‘Freeman’, ‘Fisher’, and ‘Finley’. How about ‘Farren’? You could also re-spell another more traditional name like Phillip? Anyway, those are probably pretty weak, but it’s a try.
November 7th, 2007 at 9:18 am
ok. you don’t know me, but i stumbled into your blog, and i could never resist a good contest. so here goes:
for a girl–
farah - joyful
faith - belief in God and acceptance of God’s will
fallon - leader
for a boy–
fairman (sounds kinda cool)
either–
faran, faren
seems to me nobody ever really settles on names that are suggested to them but it was worth a shot.
you could always name the baby ‘five’. LOL
hope you find a name for your new blessing!!
November 7th, 2007 at 11:44 am
Hi; someone linked here from Amy’s humble musings…
Here is all I can come up with:
Nature-y names: Fire/Fiery, Flurry, Forest/Forrest, Fury, Fauna
Fleance (Banquo’s son from Shakespeare’s Macbeth)
Fontaine (fountain)
Fortune
Fulton
Rule-breakers:
Fern, Fawn, Freedom, Frieda, Flor
I am guessing these are not your style, but I will list them anyway:
Fionnula, Filberta, Faustina, Felicia, Felissa
January 16th, 2008 at 11:04 am
Hi,
I have a website that lists names and their meanings.
You can look through the girls section to come up with a name.
It’s all alphabetically arranges, and many names show their meanings and origin.
Good luck and have fun!
http://www.book-of-baby-names.com