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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Kylee linn powell
Elli Marie powell
Carla Elizabeth powell
I am also having a baby girl in November!!!! Her name is going to be Korie Jensyn….she is going to be called Jensyn! I think it’s a great, unique name. Good luck 🙂 p.s. her daddy’s name is cory, that’s why the first name.
So…Jensyn! Thats what yours should be 🙂
How about Charlie or Charlea?
So maybe something like Charlea Elaine? Or the other way, Charlie Elaine?
Sounds cute, and quite different. And it won’t make Cash feel left out, and it sort of fits with Marley.
I agree with an H name! I love the name Harper for a little girl
Caris (meaning grace and charm ) lily (meaning purity and beauty ). Starts we ca and is unique like your other kids names !! CARIS LIlY POWELL. We love the show and I love reading your blogs . You are both such and inspiration !! I pray you have a safe and easy labor and both healthy !!
Kiana Noel Powell:) [Ciana??] My parents had 4 children and the first 3 were “C” names but they went with a “Z” name for the last one. He never felt left out and actually LOVES his name.
There was a 5th child who died just before she was born – my only sister but I never got to meet her. Her name was Qiana Noel. My husband and I want to honor her but will use the Hawaiian spelling instead (since we live here.) But we haven’t been doing well at this whole getting pregnant game, so someone should at least get to enjoy the name 😉 We really struggled with picking out a boy name but in the end, we chose the name of someone I love and respect AND I just plain love the name, too. It seriously took us over a year to agree, though! SO… we have a girl name, we have a boy name, now all we need is a BABY to name 😛
Marie Christine Powell (so you’ve got the M&C ;))
Marisa Candice Powell (James Morrison inspired, Candice after the middlename of Joan Baez “Chandos”)
Cara Maribel Powell (Cara is nice&short and perfectly fits to Cash, Maribel “beautiful Mary” is just a very lovely spanish name)
Thank you for your inspiring book and the great blog(s)! It’s fun to follow your postings about all family issues. 🙂
Greetings from Germany!
Sandra
First off, congrats to all of you!!! I like the idea of a “C” name. I like the name Candice Dawn Powell. Candice is the name of my mother who is the epitome of a strong woman. She raised my sister and I to be strong, independent women, to speak our mind and to be the best we can be. Dawn is the middle name of my favorite cousin who is a single mother, raising 2 kids on her own. Again, congrats to the Powell Pack!!!
Definitely go with a “C” name. I love the name Caryn spelled with a “C”, classy I think
I heard the name Arayah recently….as in A RAY OF Sunshine. The baby’s middle name WAS sunshine but it wouldn’t have to be. Such a sweet name <3