I named my son Patrick after his dad. I read that if you pick a common name that is easy to remember and say that the child will have more success in life.
Do you like James Steven? It sounds very sophisticated. or Joshua Stevens ?
I really like the name Steven as it was my dads name and he passed away very young.
I like Chase Steven better but also like Steven James I like that alot
My daughter was named Stephanie after my dad as I was pregnant with her when he died. Good Luck
I like the two names, but I like most Marc Steven.
I like Chase Steven... I have a Chase myself! Good name!
I like Ryder Steven.. it sounds nice! we were gonna name our little one ( if it were a boy) Jackson.. i just love that name!
My friend's boys name is Jackson, but they spell it Jaxon, I just love that name and also the way they spell it.
Amanda, I like both the names you's have choosen, nice and strong. I have a frined and there son is named "Chance" which I like also, close to Chase. I have to agree he will have a hard last name so make the first name a little easy for him :)
I really like the name Chase Steven. It's a nice strong name and not way out there.
I really like Ryder!
What about Carter??
Chase is my vote, but they are both very nice.
Colten was tough to name too- Taylor came easy because we had a boy's name picked with the first- Tyler- so... we just changed it to Taylor- even though Tyler is nice for a girl too... but since we have a Taylor, we didn't want a Tyler too.... so... I had a whole list of names, and we slowly crossed names off... we were actually only about 90% sure we were naming him Colten when I went in to have him.... wanted to wait and make sure he didn't look more like a Brenton, or something! :) Actaully DH was at work when they made me fill in all the papers naming him, when DH came in I said "you did want to name him Colten, right"?! :) he laughed...
Jaxon was on my list- shorten to Jax then... but DH didn't like it! :)
I really like both names!! I think which ever one you pick will be great!! Here is our boys name list :o)
Madden
Kole
Holden
Jaxon
Johathan
Isaak
Chandler
Owen/ Conan
Dillon
Wesley-wes
Liam
Rees
Ian
Van
Porter
I love Ryder and Chase...How about Ryder Chase? This is the fun part! XOXO
Jonathan Steven?
Ethan Steven?
if i have to choose between Ryder and Chase, I like Chase better....
Amanda, I like both names. When I had my second son he was suppose to be Antonio James, but when he was born he didn't look like an Antonio, poor little guy was nameless for 3 days, we finally decided that Baby R. didn't fit either so we ended up naming him Mario James, very fitting :) I guess what i'm saying is that you should have a back-up name just in case(you don't want the poor little guy to end up like Mario, nameless). Good luck, it is a huge responsibility!
I love Ryder! That was one of my names and Chase was one of my husband favorites! I don't think you can go wrong with either but of course I am leaning towards my pick ;-)
I love Ryder. I also like Carter. Our last name ends in "er" so I doubt we would ever use those but I really like them.
Good luck. It is a very big decision and responsibility. The good thing is once your little boy is born and you chose a name you immediately stop thinking of what a huge responsibility it was and just know them as their given name.
I like both Ryder and Chase. Some of the names I really liked, too, that we considered were Gavin and Nolan.
I vote for Ryder. Sounds like a man of action :)
Thanks for the input everyone. I am so glad we still have a long way to go just so we can pick out a good name. I am trying to think of my little boy as a man as well. Nothing to babyish, know what I mean? I love Nolan and Liam as well. They were both on my list, but DH wasn't crazy about them. He also isn't wild about the really traditional names, so those are out. Carter is nice and Jaxon is on my list as well. I can't believe this is so difficult. With our inability to make a decision, baby won't just be nameless for a few days, it could be months! And I told DH I am not calling him beaner much longer.....although I am beginning to think it may stick as a nickname...poor little guy! I am currently really liking Ryder and Chase though. I am betting it comes out as one of those as our final pick. I appreciate everyones input and taking the time to give me other suggestions! Thanx!!
Amanda, it's a good thing you don't live in Southern California. Every time I read a post of yours where you call the little guy "beaner", I kind of crack up. Around here, it's a not-very-nice, kind of disrespectful and racist thing to call a person of Mexican descent. LOL.
As for the name - don't stress. It will come to you as you get closer. And you may end up giving the baby a name you aren't even considering now. I decided on my daughter's name after I saw her...and it was a name I hadn't even considered, but read in a book the night before she was born! (Her name is Alexandra.)
Tricia
Oh dear. I didn't know that. I have never heard that slur before. I hope I didn't offend anyone. Beaner came as a result of little bean and we didn't want to refer to the baby as "it". I feel bad.
Tricia, my mom says the same thing. My name was supposed to be Kirsten, but when she saw me Amanda came to mind. What worries me about this is that Warren takes forever to make any kind of decison. He is very analytical and needs to weigh the pros and cons of everything....I can just see it know...the birth certificate will wind up reading "Baby Boy Steven St. so on (beginning of our last name). The poor child will have his teachers calling out "Baby Boy" during attendance...
well, you get 30 days..... apparently. names are tricky. we had finally hashed out a boy name and i found out we were having a girl......
good luck agreeing!
I like Ryder Steven Chase.....then last name why not have a two middle name boy :-)
Hi,
I like Ryder - but, in case he doesn't look like a Ryder when you see him here are some other ideas :
Cody
Kristopher
Jesse
Rory
Reilly
Ryan
Daniel
Hunter
Callum
or how about a french sounding name ?
Remi.
Sebastien
Luc
Marc
Andre
When my sister was pregnant with her kids ( 3 ) - she didn't tell anyone the names they'd picked because someone always said something like : "Oh , I knew a __so and so__, what a ___________ !" ( fill in blank : jerk, nerd, wackjob, perv , etc Maybe you might want to consider keeping the names a secret. That way, when he is born you can say, "Voila, I present to you so-and-so Steven St. Something !" and then everyone will ooh and aah and say , "Oh , that suits him , how perfect ! "
Good luck - hope you find a name you both like - plus a "back up" or two. I don't think he'll be called "Baby Boy" for long - the name will come straight to your lips when you're holding him. Have fun !
I happened to pick out such a popular name for my baby - I have such a habit of doing that! When I picked out my oldest son's name (Brandon in 1984), I thought it was so unusual and come to find out, it seemed later on that every little boy born at that time was a Brandon. Noah - the same way. I did a little better w/the girls but not much.
Anyway, I like Chase Steven - has a nice ring to it. I love the name Jack (short for Jackson). I've never heard of Jaxon. I also like Nolan a lot! My Becca was going to be a Nolan if she had been a boy.
Sue68 has a good point about keeping the name a secret (but not w/us - LOL!). When my sister wanted to name her baby Caroline, people would tell her about the Kate Hudson character's name on The Skeleton Key which also was Caroline. Sis ended up changing baby's name to Amanda. It's so wonderful to pick out names - have fun! - jen
Chase Steven - pretty darn cool!