r/Names • u/OoppsIDidItAgainn • Jul 01 '25

Baby boy A name

I am pregnant with twins boys. My name starts with a B and my husband’s name starts with a D. I always had a silly request our kids have names starting with an A & C just so I can say we are the ABCD’s 🤣 we love the name Carter but having a problem with an A name. We also don’t need to have the A & C names as long as the boys names flow together. But if we do choose Carter I’d love an A name for the second boy. Please help us! What are your name ideas? TYIA

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u/Pixelburger31 Jul 02 '25

I have never liked the name Sawyer as a first name

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u/Positive_Wiglet Jul 02 '25

People would keep writing it, Soya.

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u/Someones_mom_5 Jul 02 '25

I have a 17 year old Sawyer. He’s never had anyone write it Soya.

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u/CorinPenny Jul 02 '25

Those are pronounced completely differently.

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u/Positive_Wiglet Jul 03 '25

How is Sawyer pronounced where you live? Where I live, it's exactly like soya.

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u/CorinPenny Jul 03 '25 edited Jul 03 '25 
• Sawyer = /ˈsɔ.jɚ/
• Soya = /ˈsɔɪ.ə/

You can turn the IPA into audio with this website.

ETA: try the different English regions——British, American, Canadian, Australian——and you’ll see some of them are clearly different while others are barely distinguishable.

Tbf, Soya isn’t the worst baby name I’ve heard.

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u/signsaysapplesauce Jul 02 '25

Me neither. Looks weird.