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Help me choose a name for my son

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Babynamehelp626 · 25/01/2023 23:43

Created a new username for this - I don't usually post in this forum and may post some very outing details!
Currently expecting a baby boy

I have a daughter - her name is Ayla. What name "goes" with this?

Find boy names much harder.
So far we like Alexander or Kaiden. I'm worried Alexander is too traditional and Kaiden ends in "n" which is also first letter of our surname so worried it doesn't sound so great?

And then we're stuck on the middle name too

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ShutTheBloodyBudgiesUp · 27/01/2023 15:30

Oh yes Dylan and Ayla. My friend has Dylan and Ava which work well too and Ayla is kind of similar to Ava?

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ancientgran · 27/01/2023 15:36

I don't know about names but do be aware giving them both the same initials will cause confusion with post as they get old. Is A Smith Ayla or Alex? Then the annoyance when one opens the others post.

Can you tell I fell into this trap?

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stopringingme · 27/01/2023 15:42

Fergus
Leon
Lucas
Jake
Jacob
Toby

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Aquamarine1029 · 27/01/2023 15:45

Definitely no to Kaiden.

Austin
Vaughn
Rhett
Camden
Riley

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Pinkdafodils · 27/01/2023 16:24

Instead of Kaiden how about

Cameron
Quentin
Clement

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cordelia16 · 28/01/2023 14:36

I agree about the -n ending before an N surname. I had that, and I hated it. I always had to over-enunciate or else the N would get dropped off the surname.

For example, if my name were Colleen Nestora, people would hear Colleen Estora. I spent so much time with doctors, teachers etc not being able to find my records because they were filed under E!

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KirstenBlest · 28/01/2023 14:44

@cordelia16 , that's a consideration with a name ending in -a preceding a surname starting with a vowel or R too.

Anna Atkins sounds like Anna Ratkins