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I am currently pregnant with my first baby. We do not know whether a boy or girl yet, but we are brainstorming names. I love the girl’s name Tatum, but my best friend’s daughter has that name. Can you think of any similar girl’s names I might like?
I get this question every once in a while — probably because Tatum is such an idiosyncratic name.
Sloane has always been my default answer. But it only works for non-UK babies, thanks to the Sloane Rangers.
Other names that come to mind are:
Ainsley Astrid Beatrix Blair Blythe Bryony Cleo Darcy
Deirdre Hazel Imogen Kendall Maeve Meredith Miriam Morgan
Piper Quinn Reese Rory Rowena Sybil Tamar Tanith
What other Tatum-like names can you come up with for Kate?
Britta her husband Morgan live in Sweden. They’re expecting their third baby in a couple of months and would like some help choosing a name.
They already have two sons, Linden and Everett, so they’d like the baby’s first name to be similar in style to these. Britta also mentions:
We definitely want a more English/American first name while the middle name should be more Scandinavian. The name should also be pronounced similarly both in Swedish and in English.
The baby’s surname will sound like Bergstrand.
So far, for boy names, they’re considering Amos. Here are some other names I thought they might like:
Carl/Karl Casper/Kasper Conrad/Konrad Felix Frank Gabriel Glenn Grant Grover
Harris Henry Herman Linus Nelson Nolan Norris Oliver Oscar/Oskar
Otis Philip Reuben/Ruben Roland Sidney Simon Tobias Victor/Viktor Vincent
For girl names, Morgan likes Rowyn and Rowena. Britta doesn’t care for names that end with a vowel-sound, though. So how about:
Agnes Alice Beatrice Charlotte Clara/Klara Edith Florence/Flora Frida Greta
Harriet Henrietta Josephine Madeleine Marion Nora Pauline Petra Ramona
Rosa Roselle Sabine Selma Susanne Sylvia Therese Ursula Viola
(It was hard to avoid vowel endings altogether, but I did try!)
As for middles: Linden’s middle name is Anders, and Everett’s middle name is André, so my first instinct was to suggest they continue the pattern with something like Andrea or Andreas.
Other than that, I have a hard time coming up with middles when there’s no first name in place. I personally like Astrid, Gustav, Inger, Johan, Olga, Sören…but how well these work will depend a lot upon the sound/rhythm of the first name.
Do you like any of the above names with Linden and Everett? What others would you suggest to Britta and her husband?
Update – The baby is here! Scroll down to see what name Britta and Morgan chose.
A reader named Kim has a son named Harvey James. She’s expecting her second baby (gender unknown) this fall. The baby’s last name will be similar to Landsberg.
She and her husband like different types of names, so let’s tackle one gender at a time.
For a girl, I like (stodgy?) old fashioned names like Matilda, Agatha, and Wilhelmina, and he likes more common names like Kate and Anna.
I looked for girl names that have an old-fashioned feel, but a contemporary look/sound (i.e. shorter, simpler, more melodic than Matilda, Agatha, Wilhelmina). Here’s what I came up with:
Ada Alice Beatrix Bettina Celeste Celia Charlotte Clara Cora Delia Edith
Eliza Flora Frida/Frieda Georgia Greta Jane Leona Louisa Lucy Lydia Martha
Mina Nina Nora Petra Phoebe Rose Rowena Sabina Sylvia Vita Willa
Now boys:
For a boy, I love the more classical / romantic Oliver and Frederick, but my husband likes the more (stalwart? masculine? mainstream?) Connor and Owen.
Finding middle-ground male names was a bit trickier, but I think most of the names below fit the bill. (I also sprinkled in a few random others that I happen to like with Harvey.)
Bennett Charles Clancy Conrad Desmond Dominic Duncan Edgar Emil Emmett Evan
Everett Felix Garrett Gavin Graham Grant Jasper Leo/Leonard Luther Malcolm Maxwell
Morris Nathan Nolan Oscar Sebastian Simon Stanley Stuart Theo/Theodore Travis Walter
Which of the names above do you like best? What other names would you suggest to Kim and her husband?
Update – The baby has arrived! Scroll down to see what name Kim chose.
A reader named Kelley is looking for a female name to go with the surname Phelan (FEE-lan). So far, she likes Eleanor, and her boyfriend likes Megan.
This is a very open-ended question, but here’s my take:
I find it interesting that Kelley’s boyfriend likes Megan, because I actually have the opposite view. I think a first name that has both the same rhythm and the same n-ending as Phelan would sound a bit odd, so I’d cross Megan and similar names (e.g. Erin, Helen, Lauren, Susan, Jordan) off my list.
I do like Eleanor with Phelan, on the other hand. They share some consonant and vowel sounds, but each has a distinct rhythm, so (to me) they are similar without being “matchy.” A nice balance, I think.
Margaret Mara Maya Muriel Natalie Natasha Nicole Nora Rowena Theresa Valerie
Sticking with the “Eleanor” pattern, most of the above are have sounds in common with Phelan, but rhythms all their own.
What other names would you suggest to Kelley?
Update – The baby has arrived! Scroll down to the last comment to see what names they chose…
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