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We get married on May 29th, and we've already decided that we'll stop the pill on my last cycle prior to the wedding....We talk about baby names often, and FI has had Baby Girl's name picked out forever (he LOVES Taylor Leigh, and my middle name is Leigh so we're doing that for Baby Girl)...My first name is Jennifer - hello!- easily one of the most common names in America.  Fi wanted me to pick out Baby Boy's name, and after having such a common name for 30 years, I would like to select a unique name.  

I like the name Nash. When I tossed it out to FI, he LOVED it!  FI's middle name is Michael, and our last name will be Holler (which I think is such a cool last name!)  So they'd both have our middle names, and Baby Boy's name would be:

Nash Michael Holler

I think it sounds so awesome and unique - like a handsome football player name.

What do you think?  Is it TOO different????

I'm not really a fan.   I can't put my finger on why that is though.

I do like the name.  However, because it's a unique name, I can see people asking you if you named him after the mathematician/ Nobel laureate John Nash.  That's the only person I have ever heard of with the name Nash (I've never met anyone with that name in real life - but that's what makes it unique!)

For some reason, I think I prefer Michael Nash instead of Nash Michael, but that's just my preference :)  Obviously he will be your child!

@Goodie:  So cool!  Does anyone ever say anything about it? Or call him Nash Bridges or anything?  My mom keeps saying it just makes her think of Don Johnson bc of the tv show, but I totally don't get that at all and I can't shake it!  Plus FI's pretty set on it now:)

@KatyElle:  You're so right.  I actually really adore the name Michael.  It's so classic but pretty and strong.  Or Mikey as a nickname...Our chihuahua is Frankie, I guess I think if I stick a "ey/ie" on the end it makes it cuter:)

@EvaBostonTerrier:  I hate to reveal my LSU education here (party first, academia second), but I have absolutely NO idea who that is! 

@Ms.Pink:  Thank you!  I do love it!  I only ask because my parents were so intent on my name for years (it took them about 3 years to get pregnant with me due to fertility issues), and they LOVE my name, but I have been really put out by it for my whole life!  I couldn't just be Jennifer, and 9 times out of 10, I couldn't even by Jennifer H...I distinctly remember that in each and every grade school class, I was one of multiple Jennifers.  There was a Jennifer Holmes, a Jennifer Jones, etc, etc...The only good thing that came of it was that, because my circle of friends always included other Jens, everyone resorted to calling me by my last name, which is Hart.  So to most people, I'm just "Hart."  And I find something about that really endearing - I don't know why.  My girlfriends all said, "What are we going to do when you get married and you're not Hart anymore? It screws us up!!!"  Ha ha....

So I guess I'm more sensitive about names, and I want our children to have unique names but not something super-odd that they'll get picked on for....But I really do think Nash is "the one."  I'm grateful that you love it too:)

@jholler25: Most people have only heard of him if they have watched the movie "A Beautiful Mind" I think.  As a side note, it's a really good movie to watch :)

@KatyElle:  You know, that's kind of where I got it from!  I'm Southern, and while Fi is not, we both love Nashville...And to tell you the truth -this may be crazy:  FI is an identical twin, and for whatever reason, we both have twins running rampant in our families, and the question has come up as to what we would do if we had twins that weren't fraternal since we have only 1 girl and 1 boy name picked out - so I thought about Nash and Knox.  Like, um, Knoxville.  Is that cheesy?  It's just my jelly bridal brain spinning around constant what-ifs:)

@KatyElle: I didn't know that!  I lost track of how many they have and what all of their names are!  Thank you!  That totally make me feel less cheeseball-ish!

@KatyElle:  I have thought that Cash Warren, Jessica Alba's hubs, had the DREAMIEST name for ages:)  It just sounds like a name for a super-handsome smooth guy - LOVE.

@EvaBostonTerrier:  Thanks for making me feel better about my LSU education:)  JK!  FI just left today to work offshore for 28 days (yeah- SUCKS) so I will check out that movie...I have to make myself do stuff while he's gone instead of just holing up in our house with weddingbee and an overweight chihuahua:)

@M.Ruder:  Woohoo!  I'm hoping it's one of those names where the person with that name is always lovely:)  My sister's name is Lauren, which I personally think is the most beautiful feminine name in the world (I named her...I was 6, and Lauren was my BFF in my kindergarten class.  She was supposed to be named Sarah, until I piped up and asked Mom if we could name her Lauren.  Mom adored it, and it stuck.  I didn't know that, at 6 years old, I was giving up my Baby Girl's name, because that's totally what I would name my daughter. Dumb ME!)  I have noticed throughout my life that every Lauren I meet is always so pretty and graceful and ladylike.  I kick my 6-yr-old self every time that happens:)  I'm hoping Nash is it's own "breed" of fine, strong loveliness, by the same token that "Lauren" is:)

A funny note as I complain all the time about my super-common name:  Lauren, my sister, always argues that my parents didn't even care enough about her to name her themselves.  They let a kindergartner do it, and she has a personal issue with that - haha!

Umm hello...Rick Nash, the hottest hockey player I've ever seen (Columbus Blue Jackets) and NashVILLE..best city ever! Love Love Love the name! Very studly. ;)

@MissGreen:  I'm SOLD:)  Thank you!  I knew I loved it, but I needed some positive reinforcement to not look back on it...Yeah - My son's name is Nash...Sounds SO weird to say but I can't wait!

@EleanorRigby:  I love your name - Eleanor:  how regal and elegant!!

I really like Nash! I think it sounds strong and handsome. 

@jholler25: I'm not convinced that's her real name. I was just assuming she picked that moniker after the Beatles song. I hope she chimes back in cause now I'm curious. :)

I love that you're looking for unique (but not crazy!) names for your kids. I don't have a super duper common name, but a few times I had the First Name Last Initial thing going on in class. Not enough to make me hate my own name, but enough to where FI and have already picked out unique names for our kids.

Nash is an awesome name, very cool! I don't associate it with anything else, nor have I ever met a Nash. And, like PPs have mentioned, if he himself doesn't like it, then he always has Michael to fall back on. A strong, beautiful/manly name. (And I love the nickname Mikey, too!)

I like it. I'm a bit biased though because my sons name is Cash! hehe. nash is unique, yet simple. thats what I like about it.

I had a mini-crush on a Nash once.  He was super cute but not very bright.  I still like the name, but I agree with miss Scarlet.  My sister has a similar problem with her name, and she ended up inventing a new name for herself so that there wasn't an S sound followed by more S sounds....this isn't her name, but imagine....Janis Smithson