Mar 17 2010
What should we name the baby?
When Brad and I started talking about having kids, we decided it would be wise to pick a name first. We figured that if we could get through the incredibly difficult decision of finding a name that we both liked, couldn’t be turned into some bad joke and would be easy to pronounce in both English and German, we figured having the actual kid to go with the name would be a breeze. Once we settled on a boy and girl name we both liked, we got pregnant.
2.5 years later we are now faced with the same decision, except that we’re already 5.5 months pregnant. We’ve gone through a couple of names that we both thought we were very happy with, only to find a few weeks later to not like them anymore. We’ve searched the baby names websites and are constantly asking each other: “Do you like ____” or “What do you think of _____”.
Well beloved blog-readers, we need your help? What should we name this next Baby Riddell? We didn’t (and aren’t planning to ) find out the sex so suggestions for either would be great!!
Hm, you most probably have thought of them before, but here are some names that would work in german and english (And Im not saying that they are any good!):
Boy: Nick, Andy, Ben, Tom, Tim, Will, Nico (english?), Alex, Chris
Girl: Jill, Emily, Alexa, Anna, Carlie / Carly
You could also check out this website: http://www.vorname.com/englische,vornamen,20.html
Its a german site where they list english names
Good luck
I always loved naming people after places. How about going with your US heritage, a la Lexington/Lexi? Or Cincinnatti? Ooh, I like that one…
I like Sydney because it goes well with Sophie and could be male or female.