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Struggling with names

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LikeMummyLikeDaughter · 05/08/2021 17:06

Hello everyone… I am a bit fed up of thinking about names for our baby boy… It used to be fun but now feels like a burden and I am tired of thinking about this… I am 31 weeks pregnant. We already have a girl called Emily. We love her name and we wanted something nice, simple and short for our baby boy as well. However we cannot agree on a name. We live in the UK but we are a Portuguese speaking family. I think that just makes things harder as we don’t want a name that our parents can’t pronounce like Andrew or Henry. We have come up with a name but I am not sure about this as it is unusual, long and the pronunciation changes a lot in English and Portuguese - ESTEVAN. My daughter loves the name because it starts with an E (it was not on purpose). Everyone in our family keeps asking what his name will be and we don’t know what to say anymore. My question is should we just name him Estevan and hope I will love the name one day or should we try to find another name that we both love? (Which feels impossible right now).
How would you pronounce Estevan?
My favourite names are Caleb, Jacob, Logan and Alex but my husband is not a fan. He likes Oliver, Kevin and Henrique (Portuguese version of Henry). Heeelpp!!!

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SugarPlum10 · 09/08/2021 11:45

I would keep going. I waited until my DD was born thinking she would look like a name and we still couldn’t decide! And then the clock really starts ticking and you start panicking to find one, which clouds your judgement. If it was me, I’d go with a traditional name to match Emily. Don’t give up. I know it’s hard to find the time when you have an older sibling but set a quiet evening aside and go through a list together, crossing off any you both don’t like etc. If you can’t find any in the top 100, go to 100-200. Good luck and listen to your gut. If you have doubts about a name now it will get 10 times worse once it’s written down on that birth certificate!!!

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