This week's finalists ...

[Aquarius68]

We were thinking of conjugating our surnames but it's a weird juxtaposition and both our surnames are also common first names so we're probably going with a Korean middle name and we both seem to like Jae-Sun as it's kinda cute and also sounds like the American "Jason" (well, technically "looks" more than "sounds" if pronounced correctly)

So we've got

Trevor Jae-Sun
and
Ian Jae-Sun

We've been thinking about names for months now I never knew it could be so darn hard! I like both, even though neither Trevor nor Ian "mean" anything notable. They both seem masculine enough, yet poetic and neither are really very common in the US right now.

My (Euro/American) last name is also two syllables.

My friends really like Trevor. It passed my high school teacher friend's litmus test. Kiran was on the list for a while but we do have to admit though we love the name it is a bit too much like "Karen" for him to get through school without having kids taunt him with that. I was getting attached to it though.

Thoughts on Ian or Trevor? :-)

[H.Starr]

I like Kiran best, haha.
I'm no help. :(

[RImommy]

Of the two, my vote would be for Trevor. I like Kiran alot too. If that sounds too close to Karen, could you use something very similar like Kirnan?

[Aquarius68]

Thanks for the feedback. We still like Kiran but I think we're going for Trevor (at least right now we think we are).

I was pretty psyched to finally have a name, and to tell my dad that we've decided just to go with my last name and not the conjugation (which would have made him ecstatic) but as usual he dominated the conversation ... taking about 45 minutes to tell me in painful detail how they spent their Saturday. Then he concluded with "well, so that's it ... keep in touch" ... erm ... I figured he could wait until the birth announcement then :-)

[hardworkinmama]

If you like Kiran but think it sounds a bit too girly, you could always try Kiernan(pronounced Ki-aire-nan). It is Gaelic and a variation of Kieran so it would be close. The meaning in Gaelic is black so it's just a color, but it is very unique as a first name.

Of the two that you put out there for us, I would lean towards Trevor. Of the two it is the more uncommon. Nothing against Ian ( I do like the name) but it is becoming more popular and you seem to want to steer away from that.

And I see now that RImommy already suggested a variation of Kiernan. Great minds think alike!

[RImommy]

When you're right, you're right :)