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Avery or Layla

36 replies

cowsarecool · 21/10/2018 14:21

I need some baby name help!!! We are team yellow and are totally not agreeing on names! So I need some opinions on the following:

Girls:
Layla Rae
Avery Grace

Boys:
Jackson James
Isaac Michael
Archie Michael

I love Avery for a girl husband hates it.

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PiperPublickOccurrences · 21/10/2018 14:23

Avery is a company which makes printer labels. It's not a name.

Layla is a great name, not keen on Rae as a middle name as it's this decade's answer to May of the 2000s and Lee/Leigh of the 1990s.

Like Isaac and Archie.

SilverySurfer · 21/10/2018 14:26

Piper pretty much said what I was going to say.

GeorgieTheGorgeousGoat · 21/10/2018 14:27

What is team yellow?

Not keen on the girls names. Avery Grace sounds a bit like Amazing Grace.

What about Lyla?

DollyWilde · 21/10/2018 14:27

I don’t really like Avery, makes me think of a bird house! Love Grace - would you consider it for a first name? Like Archie and Issac from your boy list but know so many Jacksons and I always think of it as a surname.

I do prefer Layla although I definitely hear the song Wink If you’re after a few curve balls how about:

Lara
Luna
Taylor
Louella
Lyra
Amerie
Reagan

Nightmanagerfan · 21/10/2018 14:28

I think Layla will date - there are so many Isla/Lyla/ Lila/Layla names around. And agree with PP re Rae. What about Grace for a first name?

Isaac my fav boys name from your lists

Jaxtellerswife · 21/10/2018 14:30

Avery is a popular girls name.
I prefer Layla personally. Also if your husband hates a name I'd pass

Ariela · 21/10/2018 14:34

Avery is a company that makes weighing scales and labels...
Layla makes me think of Eric Clapton....

Combine the two : Ava?

DramaAlpaca · 21/10/2018 14:39

Layla is nice. Grace would be a better middle name with it than Rae.

Avery just makes me think of aviaries & stationery. I really dislike it. Anyway, if your DH hates it it's off the table, surely.

I don't like Isaac or Archie at all so Jackson would be my pick for a boy.

mikapatika · 21/10/2018 14:40

Is Avery not a boys name as in Nashville?

alfiesmam · 21/10/2018 14:41

Greys Anatomy fan I’m guessing ?

I like Jackson & Avery but reminds me of G.A .

Escolar · 21/10/2018 14:44

To me, Avery is a boy's name. Grace is my favourite of your girls' names.

Boys - I'd go for Jackson James and call him JJ for short.

AuntieStella · 21/10/2018 14:51

Avery is a boys name (and a death eater) so I'd definitely go for Layla

I Ike Archie best of the boys names, with Isaac a close runner up

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 21/10/2018 14:58

Layla out of the two, but prefer Lara.

Archie is fine.

EvieV28 · 21/10/2018 15:35

Not keen on your girl names but Layla is slightly better.
I like Jackson

Peachbubble · 21/10/2018 16:22

I like Avery or Jackson

IVflytrap · 21/10/2018 16:37

Avery makes me think of a bird cage (there was a boy with the surname Avery at school, and that was his nickname).

So, Layla.

Boys names: favourite is Archie followed by Isaac. Really dislike Jackson as a first name. Jack is OK, but "son of Jack" is an odd name to give a child (especially if his father isn't actually named Jack).

IzzyGrey · 21/10/2018 16:54

Avery reminds me of birds too. What about Everly Grace? Isaac for a boy.

daisypond · 21/10/2018 17:58

Layla is lovely. It's a very old classic name.
I quite like Jackson. Archie is too cutesy for me, though I do like it if's short for something longer. I'm not wild about Isaac.

Shadow1234 · 21/10/2018 18:01

Im with you on Avery - I really love this name. (but you both have to like a name).

Layla is a pretty name and goes well with Rae
Archie is my favourite on your boys list
Jackson will more than likely end up just being called Jack (which is very overused name now)

HisBetterHalf · 21/10/2018 18:13

I prefer Layla Grace

TatianaLarina · 21/10/2018 18:13

Your husband is right about Avery. Layla will date.

Lara and Lyra are more classic.

Like Isaac.

Sallygoroundthemoon · 21/10/2018 18:17

Layla is lovely but Avery is a boys name.
Archie is very popular but nice. Jackson is just ick but then I don't like surnames for first name. Isaac is fine- a bit religious but nice enough.

himym · 21/10/2018 18:25

Layla is okay, not too keen. Avery is okay too although I think I'd prefer it on a boy.

Not keen on any of the boys names either! (Unless you moved Avery over!) 😂 sorry!

Notmissmoneypenny · 21/10/2018 19:22

Avery is a boys name and a diminutive of Alfred.

MikeUniformMike · 21/10/2018 19:38

Layla Grace. I'm not keen on any of your names but Isaac Michael is OK - I prefer Michael Isaac.
How about Rachel Grace known as Rae?

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