My husband and I cannot decide on a name for our new daughter?

Question

My husband, Mike and I are expecting our fourth child. We are arguing between names for our baby girl. I am due in two and a half weeks.

Like I said, we have three children already; two girls and a boy.
The names of my other kids are Chloe Laurelle, Syler Ceydric, and Peyton Sophia. It is a tradition in my family to use the name that you were going to name the child, and put it as the middle name. For example, we were torn between the names Peyton and Sophia for my third child, so we decided on Peyton and used Sophia for the middle name.

Anyway, Mike and I both have names that we would like to use. We already know that one will be the middle name and one will be the first name.

I chose Aila and my husband chose Evelyn after his grandmother. I hate the name Evelyn and told him that I will not name my daughter that. I never even knew his grandmother so it is unfair. She never comes to visit and has never even talked to our children. What should we do?

Thankyou so much for all of the answers. We have decided on Ayla Eve. We decided to spell Ayla differently saying as everyone would mix up the L and the I in Aila. Also, we think Ayla Eve sounds a lot better than Ayla Evelyn.

Answer 1

Alyssa Jade!
Madison Grace
Jada Ryanne

Answer 2

Why not compromise and pick a name that is related to Evelyn, but not Evelyn, Like:
Eve
Evay
Evline
Avalyn?
The you could name your daughter Aila Eve.

Or, he could pick a name that starts with E to honor his gramma but it would be a different name like:
Elizee
Elizabeth
Emma
Emanuelle
Elaine
or whatever you like.

If that it the tradition, then don't break it. Just cause she is old and can't travel, maybe he has some special memories with her. If he does, ask him about them. Maybe he remember reading a certain book with her, like Amelia Bedelia, in which case you could use the name Amelia...
Or, if he doesn't have special memories and isn't close with her, he just couldn't think of anything else, then make him pick another name!

Answer 3

Aila Evelyn flows nice. You're not going to use her middle name all the time, and your husband deserves to help pick out the name. Here are some other names you might like:

Ariana/ Arianna
Paige
Haley/ Hailey
Audrey
Brooklyn
Kylie
Autumn
Layla
Mya/ Maya
Kennedy
Zoey
Shelby
Rylee/ Riley
Ruby

Answer 4

i agree..stop with the traditions, save it for something like b-day parties or x-mas. don't make the kid have to live with it b/c you 2 couldn't decide. i agree for it to be unfair if you named the baby evelyn b/c what if you wanted to name it after someone you went to high school with..same concept...anyways, both of you need to take a week and come up with a list of names, even if it's so-so names that you kind of like but aren't sure, write them down, and at the end of the week, sit down and review. if nothing gets solved or one of you absolutely will not go for anything but a name that you want, try looking at the meaning of the name and see if there is a name that means the same, but diff. from the original, or maybe where the name comes from and choose a diff. name from that country. but ultimately you won't know until the baby's born!

Answer 5

# 1 - stop with the traditions!

You need to pick a name that goes with the other three children's names. Look on the social security website at the top 1000 names and see what names hover in the same region as the other names, and pick from that.

Alia is nice, and Evely is also, but neither "go with" the names of your other children. Alia is TOO different, and Evelyn is an older name, and what you need is something more trendy. (much as it pains me to say that!)

Answer 6

well if you dont want to name your baby evelyn then dont because in the end its all your choice, but you should consider that it is your husbands baby too and maybe this grandmother really means alot to him maybe you could try changing up the name a bit to have it begin with ev and end with another ending or something. hope you can come to an agreement by the time she gets here. good luck

Answer 7

I like Aila, its cue and sweet. I strongly disagree with Evelyn. Tell him to choose another name besides Evelyn. Use his mother's name. You chose a very unique way of spelling your children's name.

Answer 8

Look for baby names on the Internet and get a name and try to meet the grandmother before the baby comes and discuss names.

Answer 9

Just use Evelyn for a middle name out of respect for him

Answer 10

Aila Evelyn sounds better than evelyn aila, as aila is rare enough to be mistaken as a surmane i think. so tell your husband to go for evelyn as a sexond name just to avoid confusion.