Name help

jlf41 Posted: Jan 04, 2004 10:06 AM

Name help

We are finally coming up with a top ten list for our little guy- I would love your brutally honest opions. James will be the middle name. My DH's last name is one syllable and only 2 letters long.

Caden (concerned it may also be used as a girls name, which I am not into. Also think it may be getting too popular, which I am also not into)
Connor
Eric
Alec

Okay, only four names on the list so far, not ten, but who's counting? Other suggestions?

JennRenee Posted: Jan 04, 2004 10:13 AM

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I LOVE Caden. It was my #1 choice for a Nicolas' name, but I compromised.

Caden James sounds teriffic!!

I've never seen it used as a girl's name. I did a little reasearch for you and came up with this...
Caden

So even if someone uses it as a girl's name, it IS a boy's name!

Sonicstef Posted: Jan 04, 2004 10:14 AM

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I think Connor is a nice name - easy to say, spell, different but not crazy. And Connor James has a nice ring to it.

Alec reminds me of Alec Baldwin so Im not crazy about that.

Caden does sound like a girl.

Eric is nice but as someone who has spent her whole life with a standard name but an unusual spelling, its very annoying.

RichsBride Posted: Jan 04, 2004 10:46 AM

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I love Caden & I do not think it is girly

but my son's middle name is Eric, so I love that as well.

jennbaby Posted: Jan 04, 2004 10:49 AM

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I like Connor

Teri Posted: Jan 04, 2004 10:52 AM

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I love Caden AND Connor! Is Caden an Irish/Celtic name?

I love many Irish names, but since my DH has such an ethnic sounding Italian last name, a first name of Irish decent would be odd, I always thought.

MrsERod Posted: Jan 04, 2004 10:53 AM

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dont like Caden at all...sorry, jmo..(you said to be brutally honest! )Anyway, I think Connor James __ sounds like a really solid name!! I like.

michele31 Posted: Jan 04, 2004 10:56 AM

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I am not into trendy names so Caden is not my favorite. I like Eric James a lot. I also like Steven James, Alexander James and William James (Billy).

Keep trying the names out on the baby and see which name fits.

anna Posted: Jan 04, 2004 11:03 AM

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I like Caden also

I think Connor is very popular right now.

Eric is my next choice from your list.

We havent decided either!

Samanthas Mom Posted: Jan 04, 2004 12:06 PM

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I like Eric James and Caden as a second choice

Jenn P Posted: Jan 04, 2004 12:59 PM

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Like Michelle, I'm not crazy about trendy names and I second her suggestions about Steven and Alexander. There's also Brian, Daniel, Anthony, Joseph, Michael... but those are more traditional. Connor seems very popular right now.

kptoys Posted: Jan 04, 2004 01:06 PM

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I like Conner also

chmlengr Posted: Jan 04, 2004 01:17 PM

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I like Conner as well. It's one of the boys names that my DH and I can agree on. I'm not a big fan of Caden. I am the type who won't name their child a name if, written on paper, you can't tell if its a boy or girl. Just my 2 cents.

yabbobay Posted: Jan 04, 2004 01:23 PM

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Alec is my favorite of those choices...but I would prefer Alexander or Xander to Alec

MrsTC Posted: Jan 04, 2004 10:06 PM

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I love Connor

alina Posted: Jan 04, 2004 10:23 PM

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I like Alec, Eric and Connor in the order posted.

sophie78 Posted: Jan 04, 2004 11:07 PM

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I think Connor is the best out of the choices. I really don't like Caden. Reminds me of those bugs (i.e., secadas (sp)).

jlf41 Posted: Jan 05, 2004 07:38 AM

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LOL am470! Isn't it funny how names evoke such different thoughts in all of us?

At this point I definetely think Caden is out- just too popular right now. I thought we were making the name up. I didn't think Connor was that popular, maybe I am wrong. I just don't want the poor little guy to have 4 other kids in his class with the same name.

I like Alexander too but my DH's BF has a daughter named Alex and I feel weird about using the name too. Maybe we will reconsider. We are trying to find a happy medium between traditional and trendy- like Michael is way too traditional for us while Jack or Tyler are too trendy.

This is so hard! Thanks for the input. I appreciate it all.

Cira Posted: Jan 05, 2004 09:41 AM

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I like Eric James!

Kaycee0921 Posted: Jan 05, 2004 10:25 AM

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I love Connor! (but I'm a little biased as it's one of my little guys' names). We too were a bit concerned with the popularity issue, but to us it stood out as a nice classic name that goes from child to adult. And I love it paired with James!