Thanks to my inability to filter this mouth of mine, it is now known that the Powell Pack will be bringing a baby GIRL to this world in November ?. While we are beyond excited (who doesn?t love ruffle buns and bows?), I am totally stressing about one of the most important parts of having a baby: choosing the name!
I am asked on a daily basis if we have names picked out yet. I feel bad answering NO each time, but let?s be honest ? there is some pressure to this decision! A name is important. Once we choose this name for our little girl, she is stuck with it for life ? or at least for18 years, at which point she can go change it if she doesn?t like what we chose. LOL.
Let?s face it: humans are judgmental creatures. If a name is tease-worthy, you better believe that little 6 year old is going to get teased on the playground. What parent in their right mind wants to give a child a name that might add to their risk of getting teased or bullied?
As adults, we also judge based on names. Before we get to know a person, the only bit of info we have to judge by is their name. Some names sound powerful, some sound weak. Some sound prissy, and some sound sassy. Some are boring, some are wacko. As a parent, how can I be sure that the name I choose for this little innocent bundle of joy helps her more than it hurts her?
Oh the joys and stresses of parenthood.
I need your help with some suggestions! Please, please, PLEASE comment here with your baby names. Heck, I?ll even throw in a prize of some sort?I don?t know what yet, but if you throw out a winning name, and you’re the first one to suggest it, I will contact you after the baby is born and send you something awesome ;). Be sure to suggest a first, middle and last name!
Other Things to consider:
Matix and Marley both start with M. Cash is a C (obviously). Does baby #4 need to start with a C? If her name starts with an M, will Cash feel left out?
Marley and Cash both have names that come from famous musicians ? Bob Marley and Johnny Cash. Poor Matix is left out. Will we need to make sure NOT to give baby #4 a name that can be related to a famous musician?
So much to think about. When you share your name suggestion, if there is a significance in why you picked it, be sure to let me know!
Comment away!!!!
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I think a name starting with a C would be good. Two Ms and two Cs. How not sure matters Im sure having two from musicians and 1 because you liked the name and the 4th … Cassie, Carlie, Ceyona, Ciana but its what speaks to you two when you meet her for the first time. God Bless
I really like the names Isalie, Aussane and Malia
Isalie is a french name. You prononce the beginning like Isabelle.
Delila Gracin , Dalila means delicate/gentle, Tempest Storm , Tempest means prankish spirit, Luciella Chistina (Lucy) means bright, my final pick Vittoria Neila , vittoria means winner/victorious, neila means champion
Carley Jo
Matix, Marley, Cash, and Carly 🙂
I think my favorite girl’s musical name is Presleigh, after Elvis. It doesn’t hurt that the Presleigh I know is a beautiful young girl.
Hello Heidi! So I am willing to share my fave girl name! It’s CAPRI it is my daughters middle name and I picked it bc of the beautiful song by Colbie Callet! It is about a mamma that is pregnant with a baby girl. It brought me to tears every time I heard it! You tube it! And it’s a “C” so that works with CASH! Xo
The fact that my name has no meaning and no family connection bothers me. The baby name books all say it comes from Greek roots, means “all honey” or “sweet as honey” but it doesn’t. It’s just a name a novelist made up centuries ago.
My brothers’ names don’t have very significant meanings or family history, but they at least have an ethic connection to the surname, which is nice, but not… special.
There are so many wonderful names with deep meanings. The Hebrew names especially have multiple layers of meaning. Each Hebrew character has not only a phonetic value, but a numerical value, a pictographic meaning and what’s called a ‘rabbinical’ meaning.
The character for ‘n’, for example represents a nail, and rabbinically that stands for a covenant. So each name has its superficial meaning, like the name Channa (in English: Hannah, Ann, Anne, Anna, Annette, Nancy, Nannette…) means “Grace” superficially. The characters mean a covenant with God, and… I think a sacrifice… (I don’t recall exactly and can’t find the book) The whole name can be read to mean a sacrificial covenant between God and mankind and can be extrapolated to be read as an honoring of the Atonement.
On the other hand. Our culture does not put such importance on the meanings of names and I think we have lost something that can be a meaningful gift to a child, even to generations after.
In contrast to the old traditions of our ancestors, the popular baby name books like to say nice things, even when they aren’t true. Kenedey means ‘deformed head’; Cecil, Cecily and Cecilia mean ‘blind or dim-sighted’; Claude and Claudia mean ‘clumsy’, Calvin means ‘bald’ Madison means ‘son of Matthew’, McKenzie means ‘son of Kensie” and Andrea, comes from Andrew and means ‘manly’. There is also a popular Irish name (don’t recall if it’s Brandon, Brendan or something similar) that means ‘stinking hair’. I found a book on surnames once that told the truth, but the baby name books tell a whole lot of pretty little oversimplifications and lies.
In any case, I encourage you to look for names from your family history that are meaningful, and be sure you check out the real meaning of the name. Also note that with a two syllable surname, one or three syllables first names sound most poetic, though two and two isn’t bad like the awkward staccato beat of one and one.
Also be sure to check this site for naming trends and current most popular names. http://www.babynamewizard.com/ I hated being one of three girls in my forth grade class with the same given name, and my surname is common too, 32nd in the US. Powell isn’t unusual enough to saddle your kid with something too popular. (There are at least a dozen women in my area with my same given and family names, and believe me, it does cause trouble.)
Last suggestion. I have a niece named Marina because her parents met at the beach in Gibraltar and my brother followed her into the ocean. The name has no historical value to our family before that, but it always will afterward. Their name of their second, Sofia (which means wisdom), was chosen before she was born, but of everyone in that family, she has always been the least reactionary, the most careful and prudent. Her name may be too common, but it certainly suits who she is. The third, Alma, was also named well before her birth, and while our side of the family is predominantly from the British Isles(mostly Scot), the mother is Spanish, and my father’s mother was named Alma. In Hebrew the name’s superficial meaning is ‘little girl’. In Spanish it means ‘soul’. It has a meaning in Irish as well, but I don’t recall it (just that it’s a good one). She was born about three hours after the World Trade Center came down, and though few in the family liked the name, it also has come to suit her perfectly. There is poetry in the Spanish meaning and the goings on of that terrible day, but it also turns out that she looks almost exactly like the great grandmother for whom she was named.
Anyway, give your child a name that will be deeply meaningful to her, let your consideration be a symbol to her of your love for her and your anticipation and joy in welcoming her to your family and to this adventure we call Life. Don’t let yourself be confined to any particular beginning consonant. Follow your gut feelings and when your hearts are settled and at peace with the decision, know that you’ve chosen correctly.
Then, don’t tell anyone your choice until the child is here and named. Otherwise… you know, there are always people who disapprove, and some feel a need to say so.
Oh, wait, one more story:
My youngest brother and his wife had their list of names for their son whittled down to just two: Declan and Aidan. Both have the ethnic identity and they thought both were uncommon enough to work with our pathetically common surname. My sister-in-law was in delivery and they still did not know what his name was going to be. My brother was praying, literally, that they would have a name for him when he arrived. When he quieted himself enough to listen for an answer, he heard a voice in his heart speak quite clearly to him, “I’m Declan.”
My other brother says that Alma chose her own name to.
Be open to that possibility.
(Oh, and while they thought they were coming up with something unusual, Aidan turned out to be the number one boy name that year.)
Well, I have looked at many of the suggestions. They are all great! I don’t really have any more to add. I know you and Chris will find the perfect name for your little girl. You may not know the perfect name, until she comes into this world. 🙂
I think your next family member needs a name that begins with the letter H. You have two C’s, (Chris and Cash) and two M’s (Marley and Matix) and only ONE H… Heidi. So, you need another H.
I suggest a name like your others that is not gender specific, but one that is still feminine, strong, and unique.
The name I think you should go with is:
Hollan Lieke
or
Hollan McKenzie.
When I look up the name, ?Hollan? some sites says it’s a boy’s name, but who cares. I cannot find a meaning for it, other than it is short for Holland. There are many spellings for it, Hollyn, Hollin, Hollynn… but I like Hollan best for a girl. I looked up middle names, and there are several nice names that would go with Hollan that are popular in the Netherlands (just to keep with the theme of the name) one that I thought was cool was Lieke. Pronounced: Lee-kah, which means, ?Messenger of God,? Dutch origins. It is the #3 name in the Netherlands according to several websites.
If you?d rather not go with the ?Dutch? theme, McKenzie makes a nice middle name as well, and then you?d have another ?M? and ?C? to go with the other names, kinda wrapped up in her middle name? okay, maybe that?s stretching it, but I think McKenzie goes well with Hollan. I can see a girl named Hollan could possibly be called Holly, as a nickname, which is also very cute, while she is young. Good luck!