During my pregnancy I was taking a bit of a break from blogging (a.k.a. sleeping and playing a lot of Candy Crush). But this doesn't mean that I'd lost interest in names. In fact, part of the great thing about giving birth is that I'm suddenly completely immersed in the current naming landscape - as a new mum I'm seeing what names my fellow new mums are using. And can I say I've seen some fabulous ones lately.
But before I digress too much, what did we name our son? His name is Atlas Bram!! That's him pictured above at two months old. Atlas was born October 30th 2015, weighing just 1.6kg (3lb 8oz). He was born five and a half weeks premature after a growth scan showed he was too small and our obstetrician told us to come in to the hospital for a cesarean birth that same day. I have to admit to having a few hesitations about naming him Atlas when we found out he would be so tiny, but my husband had none. Our boy may be small but he is strong and healthy and I'm glad we stuck with our choice (keep tuned for a post on how we chose his name in the coming weeks).
As I was saying, I've seen some great names lately, with one major source being on the Baby Center Australia forums. The below is a selection of boy names used by parents who had a December due date like I did. For those interested in popularity; Alexander and variant Zander/Xander was the most popular first name, and James the most popular middle name out of all of the boys names I saw.
The girls post can be found here ☺
The girls post can be found here ☺
Alexander Arnold (Xander) | Flynn Michael Lloyd | Landon Jonathan | ||
Apollo Ronaldo | Greyson Higgins | Leo Archer | ||
Archer Thomas Jack | Harrison Jack (Harry) | Lucas Rex | ||
Arkyn | Harry Leslie | Maverick Ernest | ||
Blake Anthony | Hudson Winston | Mitchell John | ||
Bradley Jonas | Hugo Robert | Nate James | ||
Carter Jacob (CJ) | Isaiah Lyndon | Oliver Michael | ||
Charlie Gabriel | Jack Michael Dillon | Oscar James | ||
Chet Bruce | Jackson John | Rhys James | ||
Coby Peter | Jacob Aydin | Riley Alan | ||
Cooper Ryan | Jarryd George | Ryan Alexander | ||
D'Arcy James | Jaxon James | William Paul | ||
Damien Michael Rhys | Jayden Charles | Wolfe Michael | ||
Darcy John | Job Edward | Xander Danny James | ||
Davy Jack | Kahlani James | Xavier | ||
Digby Anthony | Kaiden Dylan | Zander Roy Theodore | ||
Edward Max (Eddie) | Keldan Daniel | Zane Nicholas | ||
Elias Dennis | Kobi Blair | Zayn Fahd | ||
Elijah Albert | Kyran Silva | Zeke Robert | ||
Ethan Thomas | Lachlan Graham | Zion Ross |
Twin Sets
Lucas Robert and Cooper Riley
Rigby and Frankie
Stirling Royce and Eli Henry
Congratulations! Welcome back, and it's wonderful to hear about Atlas.
ReplyDeleteThank you Clare :)
DeleteCongratulations Brooke! I was absolutely convinced you were going to name your son Atlas - after looking through your blog - but couldn't pick the second name.
ReplyDeleteAtlas Bram is wonderful!
Thanks Anna - and good detective work! No one else was able to pick that we were planning to use Atlas :)
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