Navy, Knox, Brighton and Merritt… if those names have anything in common at all, it’s how UNCOMMON they are! Stockton and I loved choosing the names for our brood; getting creative while still choosing names that have meaning to them as well (well, except for Navy… I can’t lie, that one is just straight up unique with no real meaning or homage at all).
Since we are done, finito, CLOSED FOR BUSINESS on the baby-making front, I figured why not unlock the vault and share the woulda-been names with the world. To be honest, this is going to be the abbreviated list because after Merritt was born, I actually deleted my whole list off my phone! I guess I felt like I wouldn’t be needing it anymore so I just chucked it! HOWEVER, I do remember all of the opposite-sex names we would have used for each of our kids since we didn’t know their sex prior to delivery. So for all my fellow unique-name-loving-peeps, I hope you get a kick out of our alternates.
Navy Hudson (would have been named Kennedy Capri)
Knox Jeffrey (given the middle name Jeffrey after my dad; would have been named Haven Mara)
Brighton Belle (given the middle name Belle after my alma mater’s mascot; would have been named Rome Russo, after my grandma’s maiden name)
Merritt Eileen (named after my late sister, Mara Eileen; would have been named Boden August, after our great grandfathers who shared the first name August).
And a bonus: the other name we considered for Merritt was Sutton Eileen and I wanted to call her S.E. Similarly, I considered calling Merritt M.E. but we already have a niece named Emmi and she’s amazingly unique already so we couldn’t bear the thought of stealing her name 🙂
I LOVE our kids unique names but more than anything, having kids with unique names has made me appreciate ALL names, unique or common. I love hearing people’s process for choosing names for their kids and I have so much respect for people’s choices (after having received some criticism for our names, I know how personal these choices are and I always now want to affirm people’s choices!). What are your kids named? What did that process look like for you? What names are left behind on your list?