Names for a boy or a girl...

I would go with a name that's not too unusual & not too popular, something that everyone is familiar with & knows how to spell but not something on the top 10 list of most popular names that they'll share with 10 of their classmates & everyone who sees their name will be able to guess what year they were born. I have an unusual name & I hate it. My teachers & classmates could never spell it, I still have to spell it over the phone, people can't pronounce it even though it's spelled exactly the way it sounds, & it rhymes with some easy teasing possibilities. My daughter, who is black, is named Nicole. In addition to what I just described we wanted her to have a name that didn't sound too "white," or like a stereotypically "black" name. I'm a huge 80s fan so I wanted a name from the 80s but that's still used today. I also love being able to find keychains & stuff with her name on it, they never made stuff with my name. I don't know what your taste is for names, these are just some suggestions.

We had a whole list of names for boys and girls with both of our adoptions. Then we saw the baby and not one of them suited either of them. So we started looking again from scratch. One of our sons was over a week old before we settled on the perfect name for him. The other son was 2 days old before we picked. You have time!

These are names that I like. A little familiar but there shouldn't be 20 kids with that name. Boy: Spencer Avery Noah Logan Hayes Girl: Gia Leah Mia Kira My name is old English. Pronouned the way it sounds but people always mispronoune it and it's never on anything.

Our neighborhood has a boy and a girl with the same name-Micah. Our son has one name first mom chose, one name from DH's family, and one from my family. We call him a contraction from DH's and my choice of names.

Here's my list of names I like:Girls:NicoleHeatherStephanieMarissaSaraRochelleDanielleMichelleMelissa TiffanyBrianne/BriannaChristina/Christine/ChristaCrystalJulieBoys:ScottBrettBrianShaneShawnKevinMatthew (my husband's name, which would be my son's middle name)Also you can't go wrong with a name that's traditional & classic & have lots of nicknames, like these:Girls:ElizabethChristinaKatherineJenniferSara/SarahBoys:MichaelChristopherMatthewJosephDanielPaul

Thanks for the names everybody! We'd just like to come to some idea of what we could name the baby before the baby comes.

Some of the names we considered~ Boys: Hassan, Malachi, Malik, Ali, Jamar Girls: Alana, Leilani, Aliyah, Renee I LOVE all these names but they are not the names everyone would love.

Biblical names are very popular right now, at least where I live. We have many Noahs and Elijahs. Boy names for girls are also very popular, like Samantha (Sami) and Alexandra (Alex). Some names I personally like: Jackson (our son's name) Christopher Gabriel Clark Rhett Xavier Cassandra (what we'll be naming our daughter) Tabitha Alexandra Samantha Andromeda Kathryn We have a family of friends who have 4 kids: Persephone Demetrios Lucius Calandra They go with Greek & Roman names, as you can tell. Hope this helps! ~Robyn

We went with family names. DS6 has a first name from DW's family (with important historical significance) and a middle name from both of our families. DS4's first name just occured to me out of the blue one day, and DW liked it too. We struggled over a middle name. DW wanted William, as it is a family name on her side. Her mom wanted Ralph (her father's name) - no way. My parents liked William, too - my mom's father's middle name, and my dad's favorite grandfather's name. I did not like William. I thought it didn't go with his first name at all. DS4's birth mother lived with her dad. Her mother had passed away several years before. I asked if any names had occured to her while she was pregnant and she said no. Since she talked to her dad on the phone several times a day, I asked what his name was. Any guesses? That's right, William. So my younger son's middle name is William now LOL. And I have to confess that I like it after all. :) Boy names we considered (that we didn't use):DavidKarl/Carl (family name on both sides)MichaelLuke/Lucas for a middle name (my name)Adam Girl names:Elizabeth (wife's grandmother)Helene/HelenaEleanorSimone (we bothed especially liked)Madeleine We also wanted names that weren't Top 10, but not hard to spell or pronounce. With a girl, if we had used Elizabeth, it would've been as a middle name. When DS6 was in a home daycare, there were 4 other boys: Aidan, Aiden, Dylan and Dylan! When we were looking at baby name sites, one had a little angel at the top carrying a pink banner that said, "PLEASE don't name me Caitlyn!" LOL At DS4's preschool they have an abundance of Dylans, Aiden/Aidans, Jaydons, Cadens, Draydon etc. At least the girls, while many have names like Madison and Caitlyn (in its various spellings), have a little more diversity. The current trend of place-names - we know a Brooklyn (doesn't everybody), a Dresden, a Paris, a London, and a Vienna - at least aren't all always the same. I'm waiting for someone to name a little girl Pittsburgh or Reno! LOL

My favorite girl names are:Ayla (pronounced like Kayla, with out the K;))MadisonEmmaChelseaAlyviaKenzieI love Grace as a middle name....Boys:WestonHaydenLukeJacksonJakeBlaine

FWIW, we wanted names that had family connections. I know my son find his family name really important. We also wanted our kids to have names that would be easy to spell and recognize. I think they have enough to deal with in terms of the transracial adoption, why make one more thing complicated for them?