Found 'the one' - and it's not Beauden [grin]

I still prefer boden! :)

i also liked soren. And i also like sonnet for a boy.

But to answer your question i like erin erin from your choice but what about elizabeth.

What about lochlan for a boy?

To just keep to the topic of your names, I would say that Winter Alexander Beau flows in a much better way than Winter Beau Alexander.

What about Storm Alexander Beau and Sonnet Melody Grace?
I don't have a huge problem with Winter as such; but to have two children called Autumn and Winter I find a tiny bit silly. I would also assume Winter was a girls name,

Er, not to be completely mocked.

Well done Cloudydays - playing on the fact that calling a child Winter when you have an Autumn lacks originality. Not being original or creative or special is probably the only thing that will get through to the OP!

I mean this in the nicest, most constructive way - originality is all well and good, but it does you (generic) good to also have a sense of empathy, especially when it comes to your own children.

I do think it is really quite self-indulgent to put your need to name uniquely over your child's need to be completely mocked.

No-one is saying you need to chose James or Thomas. Just a reasonable middle ground. :)

Rowan
Storm
Ash

You really can't have a Winter and an Autumn. Not fair to either of them - or to the one who isn't named after a season. It'll be the only think people will talk about wne they first meet.

You've already said you can't have River because it's too close to Ocean, and you can't have Alexander because it doesn't go with the other two. Apply the same logic to Winter and go with something else.

I like Erin best for the girl's mn.

I like Winter BUT not with an Autumn already and not for a boy (double whammy). Winter conjures up for me an image of someone who could also be called Nina -- willowy, artistic, a ballet dancing kind of girl.

Would you consider
Dmitri? (as in Demeter of Greek legend although she was a woman)
Denali? (Alaskan National Park in the US, makes me think of winter even on the 4th of July)
Bodhi? (December date; Buddhist Day of Enlightenment)
Rory? (refers to the colour red, good for Autumn leaves or winter colour of berries, robins' breasts)
Abner?
Kiran?
-- both mean 'light' which is a recurring theme of the Winter season.
Sadeh? (Iranian holiday to defeat the darkness)

Hi there,

I didn't really get why you got such a hard time about Beauden. The association with the store pronounced the same way was, I thought, a silly hang-up that a lot of people posting seemed to have about it. It's not a name I'd choose but neither would I think anything other than "that's different and kind of nice" if introduced to someone with the name.

Now I wish I'd written that on the Beauden thread because I feel compelled to tell you (because you seem genuinely interested in feedback, even though you're pretty much decided now) that I wish you wouldn't go with Winter. I really like your other kids' names, which you posted on a thread a month or so ago, but aside from what others have said about Winter for a boy, there's one thing that I hope you would think about:

Don't you think that Autumn might feel her own name is a bit less special if there's another 'season' in the family? I mean, you obviously choose your kids' names so that they'll stand out, but in this case (even if it's not your intention) you've kind of matched two of them together and made them less individual by doing so. I think you said in the previous thread that "Lake" (or was it "River"?) wasn't an option because you already had "Ocean".

Isn't this the same thing, but worse?

And besides, he's being born in the Autumn - kind of seems like his season was already taken so you're pushing him out to the next one!

I mean all of this well, honestly. Just wondering why you see two seasons as a better option than two bodies of water.

Re: second middle name for a girl, I like Grace the best.

Whilst I'm afraid I agree with everyone above, I recognise you came here for an opinion on a third name

Go for Grace, IMO

Would you consider Winn instead of WinTER?

Arizonagirl, I have no objection to Winter as such, it's just with a sibling called Autumn it sounds ridiculous.

Am actually with the others on Winter re nickname and potential for Winnie - but you could choose something else like Thorn, Snow, Ice, Spruce, Hiver, if you want to go with the Winter theme.

Sonnet Melody Anne
Sonnet Melody Eleanor
Sonnet Melody Fleur
Sonnet Melody Moonlight

just a few ideas.

A 1980 - couldn't agree more. Your reshuffle is fab...
Alexander Winter Beau
Melody Sonnet
I like Emeline for a girl's name beginning with E.

If the Winter thing is really happening then yes call the child Wynne from day 1. Winter is just plain mean.

Why not just Wynne then? You really cannot call a boy Winter. It's bloody cruel. He has to live with it,and the bullying and teasing that will result from it, not you.

Call the boy Sonnet, then he can be Sonny if he wants. When are you due, cos I quite like October ...

I would shuffle the names:

Alexander Winter Beau
Melody Sonnet .....

Alexander is a great name for a boy and the worst you can do with it is Alex which is a great name for a boy.

Melody isn't too out of the ordinary as there was one in my school.

I'm so sorry to trash your choice of names but there's being different and there's being daft. Sonnet is awful. As is Winter when you already have a child named Autumn.

You can't have two children named Autumn and Winter. Please don't do it to them.

You cannot, really cannot, have an Autumn and a Winter......

I do sympathise with your desire not to name your baby another Jack, Oliver, Lily, Eve etc.

It is hard to find that middle ground of unusual but not wacky.

And who knows, you may start a trend.

My mother remembers Hayley as a really way-out name she couldn't believe had been chosen.

Your girl's name is gorgeous.

Must be in the minority here because I like your names!

Oh god. Please stop smoking pot.

Beau is better than Winter IMO.

Especially as you already have Autumn.

I agree with others that it sounds like a girl's name.