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As anyone who has ever had a baby knows, choosing a name is hard! There are so many factors to take into consideration: family names, does it go well with the last name, how many will there be with similar names that are their age, do you spell it normally or give it a twist, what does the name mean, are the initials appropriate or spell anything, and on and on.
Once in a great while a name comes up that just fits and you KNOW that is the name meant for your child. That has happened to us with a couple of our girls. Oh how I wish that were the case with this new little boy coming in just 12 days!! Instead we are having to work for it.
First thing we have to consider with names is the family that lives nearby. We don’t want duplicates. Since we all farm together that is a lot of names to consider! Here’s a list of first and middle names of the boys already in the family: (starred names come from the Book of Mormon)
Franklin Brent
Nathan Brent
James Nephi*
Joseph Hinckley
Jacob Moroni*
Benjamin Adam
Ammon* Hinckley
Jared Nathan
Jesse Gordon
Brent Nephi*
Jonathan David
Jedidiah Ephraim
Spencer James
Caleb Daniel
Ira Hinckley
Darren Arthur
Hyrum Daniel
Samuel Darren
David Arthur
Ethan Jacob
Franklin Dean
Daniel Ritchie
Brent Lyle
Joseph Brent
Lyle Brent
and from my side of the family:
Peter Gibbs
Pere Alba (Pere is the Catalan form of Peter)
Jonathan Alba
Kevin (ha, isn’t that terrible I can’t remember my brother-in-law’s middle name!)
Spencer Jeffrey
Pere Samuel
I know there are several duplicates there already, mostly with middle names, fathers giving their first names as middle names to sons, etc. We are trying to stay away from duplication which means any family names, especially on my side, that we would normally consider don’t even make the list. Take Samuel and Jedidiah for instance – both names we like, both great men on my side of the family tree, but have been taken by others already. Strike them off the list!
After scouring several baby name books, writing down anything I even remotely liked, then having Mr. Ferrero Rocher go through that list and cross off the ones he doesn’t like, adding any he does that I didn’t put on there we have FINALLY narrowed down the list to a select few. We have a list for first names and a list for middle names. (again those with an * are Book of Mormon prophets)
First Names
Enoch
Gideon
Henry
Israel (Mr. FR’s addition)
Levi
Stephen (Mr. FR’s addition)
Middle Names
Abinadi * (a-bĭn´a-dī)
Ashton (family name)
Don (family name)
Helaman* (hē´la-mun)
Moroni* (mō-rō´nī)
Mosiah* (mō-sī´a or mō-zī´a)
Murdock (family name)
As you can see from the first name list we are drawn to very old-fashioned names. Now to find the right combination. I’m afraid we’re going to have to wait until we actually see this little guy to make a final decision. . . .12 days left and counting. I’ll talk about that in the next post.
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I vote for Gideon Mosiah and call him Gid for short. Without being very sure of the roles they play in the scriptures, I like Gideon because of the Gideon in the Book of Mormon who helped the people escape (?) and what a great man he was. I think he was later killed by an antichrist. And, of course, King Mosiah. Two very great men, and I like the way they sound together.
I’m a fan of waiting until you meet the baby to name him.
My sister didn’t have a name for two weeks because parents couldn’t decide. It’s not like the baby knows it doesn’t have a name. 🙂
Some cultures don’t name the child until they are YEARS old (like 8) because they want to make sure the name fits the child. Following that rule, if we named newborns all of us would be called Sleepy, Grumpy, Gassy or Fussy! Of course, if my mom had named me as an eight year old, she’d still have chosen Fussy, so maybe it’s best I was named before birth. 😀
I love Levi. My sons name is Levi Christian. I love it! Good luck!
And PS, is that picture from the Golden Book, “Baby Dear”? That was my all time favorite book growing up, but I’ve tried to find it for my kids, and it must be out of print.
Oooooo, Israel Ashton! What a great list of names.
When I had my kids we did the same thing going through and making lists (I LOVE lists!) and coming out with a list we both could agree on. BUT, we had names picked out and darn those kids if they didn’t fit the ones we picked for them! 🙂
My brother was a week old and still no name until my mom was watching TV credits and along came his name! (one of my son’s middle names comes from Jepordy. :D)
Choosing names is so hard. (BTW, for your list of chocolate names, we have a super delish chocolate bar here called “Big Turk” totally yummy chocolate coating with turkish delight inside…mmmmm!)
Good luck with delivery and all that happens in the inbetween. We are thinking of you.
My husband has a Uncle named Israel, he goes by Lalo 🙂
I like those boy possiblities! Our boys are:
Joseph Ryan
Daniel Carter
Oliver James
Caleb Alexander
If I have another boy I have no idea what we’ll go with!!! Our only rule is the first names cannot start with the same letter as any other sibling of their gender. My girls are Makayla Lynn and Emma Kristine, so we could do an M or E boy name, and any girl name but M or E. I’ve got months and months yet….
Looking forward to hearing the story of why you’ll be inducing. Want to know why? Because I’ve ended up on Pitocin for ALL 6 babies so far!! No epidurals either, so my nurses think I’m crazy..LOL.
I always find it interesting to see why others end up that way. A few of mine were inductions (one baby was over 2 weeks late, another showed signs of needed to be born), others I had dilated to as far as 6 or 7 cm and when my water broke my body just never started contractions. I told my midwife that this time my plan is to skip labor all together. I’m going to dilate to 9 and we’ll just reach in and pull the baby out. A mom can dream, right?
Love the name options! Good luck on choosing- I think boy names are even harder to choose than girl ones… because so many girls are given boy names. In my acquaintance I know girls named: Taylor, Charlie, Aiden, Colbie, Alex, Ryan, Andy… and probably more if I thought about it longer. With both my boys I tried to pick names that no parent would EVER name a little girl, lol! So we ended up with Hyrum Floyd and Hank Edward (Edward being a family name – I did not name my kid after a Vampire!)
Again, GOOD LUCK!
We were the same way with our most recent baby. The first two we settled on names that we knew were perfect a couple months ahead of time. This time nothing sounded just right until about a week or two before the baby was born. Then we finally hit it.
I think boys are even harder to name, because there is an even bigger tease factor. You can’t have anything too weird or sissy for a boy. We like old fashioned names too. We also try to stay away from anything too popular.
The Name Game is one of the best parts of pregnancy that I miss! We had great conversations, dreams and a few heated debates while trying to discern the “right” one for each new baby. And since we usually didn’t know what gender we’d be getting, we’d have to pick TWO…and agree:) It’s fun to dream about what they’ll be and how they’ll act. Enjoy the time while you have it. Also, good luck with the induction. I had to be induced for two of ours. When it kicks in, it kicks in harder than usual. Maintain a sense of humor. It’s the only way.
The picture is from “Baby Dear,” and I just got a copy from Costco, so it’s still out there. It’s in a collection of Sleepytime stories, I think.
I love the name Gideon too, but I’m not sure you were asking my opinion, seeing as we’ve never met. 🙂
I LOVE Gideon! I’m a fan of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers the classic musical. I have 4 girls so I’ve never had to “worry” about boy names.
Gideon Murdock =)
Wholy Moly that’s a lot of family!!! I thought my family wast big… I guess not 🙂
I think it might be kinda cute for your new one to have the same initials as his brother… something fun for them to share… Since so far they are the only two
Happy Birthing… and naming!
Naming babies, boys in particular, is hard. I like the names you have listed any of them will be great!
Good luck.
Naming my son was 1000000X worse then trying to name our 2 older daughters!
here are a couple of good old fashioned names you could also consider 9works for first or middle name)
Theodore (meaning: divine gift)
Andrew (meaning: manly)
Aaron (meaning: enlightened)
But i took like the idea of waiting to see baby to see what name they may “bring” with them 🙂
We named all our children after they were born… my dh won’t even really discuss it until I’m in labour. (but it does make a nice distraction…)
I like your name choices. Just thought I’d mention that we took Moroni off of our own lists because of how easy it is to change it to Moron for teasing purposes…
Another good LDS name is Dallin. (I’m partial to that one, as it is one of our son’s names…)
@ Tori, Gideon Murdock is the exact combo my oldest three are rooting for.
@ Suzuki Mom, my BIL has Moroni as a middle name. He never had any trouble except for when he went to Ricks. Of all places they should have gotten his name right. Not so! His I.D. card said Jacob Moron the whole time he was there! The funniest thing is he didn’t even notice!
I love love love boys names! One of my favorite parts of being pregnant is going over hundreds of names and name combinations and thinking about which stories I’ll tell my sons about their namesakes (we pick a first name just because we like it and a middle name of a family member or person we want them to look to for an example).
Those are wonderful names to choose from. If he was my son I think I’d pick Henry Moroni. My paternal family tree is full of Moronis; one great-grandfather was nicknamed Rone which I think is uniquely awesome. But he’s not my son so you pick:)
12 days! Can’t wait to see pictures of him! Good luck!
I’m in for Levi Murdock. (As if it matters what I’m “in” for, 😉
It sounds solid, strong and pioneerish. And I know you have good pioneer heritage. 🙂
Blessings to you these next few weeks. I am praying for you.
Ah…naming a child is so hard! We had a difficult time with my little girl born just 3 months ago, but we were able to find a name that just fits, Layla Rachel. You have a great list. I like Henry! Good luck
Well my boys are Hyrum (Glenn), Heber(James) and Ammon (Gary)…looks like you could use Heber. I have to say though the Lord picked that one out for us. I probably never would of…but boy is he a Heber!… and I like that he is a Heber J. You have to be a tough boy to get through this world with the name Heber and he definatly is.
I really like the names Reed, Harrison, Jackson,… Burk. The problem is my other half doesn’t. That and Reed J. Reed probably wouldn’t appreciate me when he’s older. My husband’s family has the tradition of naming all of the boys’ middle name with the Dad’s first name… I didn’t do that but they have. I have to say I NEVER forget my brother-in-laws’ middle names.
Here are some of our family names that I like and can’t use so maybe you’ll find something to add to your list… Gideon, Levi, Garrett, Graham, Lance, Glenn, Warren, Spencer, MacKay.
I am expecting baby #6 and I haven’t had a girl for 11 yrs. so everybody is wanting a girl…. I picked out the name Pheobe (can’t decide on a boy’s name…means it’s a boy) thinking NO ONE would ever pick that name… just found out my first cousin’s wife is having a baby this month and they are naming her Pheobe….grrr. The other name I had picked out forever was Lillian Ruth….my brother had a girl first.
I love the name Levi. I say go with that! congratulations!
I love Enoch. We consider the other boys names as well. Something you might want to consider with just one other son so far. We have Daniel, Micah, (Jacob) Maxwell, Isaac, Samuel. Obviously a OT bent, but the third son was a compromise:) So his first name is Jacob to go with the OT Prophet theme and we call him Maxwell. Our 5th son insists he is Samuel the Lamanite:), but he is 4, so we don’t worry about it.
Best with naming your son. We have found that children will help name themselves. Hope all goes well with your delivery and recovery!
When I saw the title of your post I thought of your Guelito. He will be giving last minute instructions…. 🙂
I like Levi Murdock. We knew our Jake was Jake the moment we found out for sure he was going to be a boy…and before that really because we always thought he was going to be a boy and we couldn’t think of any girls names. Now I have a list of girls names I am just dying to use. 🙂 Good luck on the tough decision.
Know my opinion will not sway you, but I am very fond of Levi. I wrote a book with he main character, a little boy, the youngest child in a large family, and named Levi. Murdock sounds cool with it, too. But I am just saying.
I like Henry Murdoch. But I understand how joyous it is to have to choose a name. We only have 4 but if we ever have more I have no idea what we will do, unless it’s a girl then that might be easier!
Good luck. I hope it all goes well for you.
Henry
Israel
Levi
are my fav’s
I like Ashton and Murdock for the middle
we’ll have babies the same time….after one daughter and six boys, we are finally getting another girl. Sounds like your story is the same only opposite.
Our last has the middle name of Gideon. I really wanted his first name to be Gideon, but DH didn’t love it. So I vote for Gideon!!!
Levi Ashton. Love that.
Good luck to you and your family ~ We were in Reno a couple of weeks ago & got to visit with your in-laws! Such an amazing family! You have a great list of names to choose from I think my favorites are Levi & Stephen! As for middle names I’m partial to family middle names, all of my children have a family middle name – 2 great grandparents 2 grandparents and my last little man got his dads middle name! Maybe Stephen Murdock or Levi Ashton??? I’m sure as soon as you see him and snuggle for a bit you will know for sure!!
I like Levi Don Wadsorth:)
Stephen Ashton is my vote. Also, I have that same book. I remember it when I was a child and now I share it with my girls.