BABY NAMES, what are your faves?

[carnation]

I've seen about 5 different pronunciations for Aislinn--which one do you use?

[ASUADPi]

Girls

Annikah
Emerson
Grayson
Finley
Olivia
Presley
Phoebe
Delilah
Sawyer

Boys

Caleb
Jonah
Nathaniel (as much as I love this name, I probably won't use it because everyone will shorten it to Nathan or Nate, which wouldn't be his name)
Connor
Elijah
Jackson
Landen
Quinn
Vincent
Zachary

I have a lot of names because I figure it depends on 1) what my spouse (whoever he may be) will like and 2) what his last name is.

I know that no matter what my daughter will have the name Beatrice in her name, whether it be her first name or her middle name. (It is in honor of my grandmother, who I was really close too, she passed in October 05).

Searching through the baby names at babynames.com, I cam across some names where I was like WTF?!?

Arizona (why would you name your kid after a state? Any state?)

Pluto (yes, because all children want to be named after a planet)

Pirate (don't know where to begin on this)

Phoenix (okay naming your kid after where they were concieved is one thing, but Phoenix)

Omega (why would anyone in their right mind name their kid after a greek letter, I'm greek and I still wouldn't do it)

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by ASUADPi

Pluto (yes, because all children want to be named after a planet)

You mean a dwarf planet.

[ForeverRoses]

I remember having lists of names that I loved, and I used NONE of them for my own kids! Probably because I couldn't get my husband on board for some of them, but here they are:

Boys
Alexander
Gabriel
William or Liam
Seamus

Girls (since I didn't have any of these the list is a little longer)
Annelies
Marina Caroline (what my daughter would have been named if I had her)
Skylar
Shaelin
Aberlin or Aberlynn (like Lady Aberlin on Mr. Rogers)
Kate

I remember when I was little I wanted a little girl and I was going to name her Lori-Jill Shauncy Ann. I have no idea how I came up with that name!

[SWTXBelle]

Were my last child a girl, she would have been named Catherine Acadiana - and called Cady. (Both my family and my husband's have a strong LA background.) He was a boy - William Henry - called "Liam".

I like using family names, or names with a connection. My eldest, Victoria Caroline, was named Victoria because 1.) I was in graduate school studying Victorian lit. when she was born and 2.) my Norwegian grandfather was named Tor. The Caroline is in homage to her father's family in North and South Carolina. My next girl's middle name, Alexandra, was because my mother is Sandra, and she was present at the birth. My first son is Jackson because that is my maternal grandmother's maiden name (wish it hadn't caught on with non-Jackson families!) and his middle name is Peter because his great-grandfather by that name was a sculptor in New Orleans, and our baby was baptized at St. Peter's Church. William Henry was named for his paternal great-grandfather. His father wanted to name him William Belcher (the family name) but I convinced him to use the ancestor's Christian names. Belcher? As a middle name????

[LSHCD]

Originally Posted by ASUADPi

Girls

Searching through the baby names at babynames.com, I cam across some names where I was like WTF?!?

Arizona (why would you name your kid after a state? Any state?)

Pluto (yes, because all children want to be named after a planet)

Pirate (don't know where to begin on this)

Phoenix (okay naming your kid after where they were concieved is one thing, but Phoenix)

Omega (why would anyone in their right mind name their kid after a greek letter, I'm greek and I still wouldn't do it)

Naming your child after a state is not unheard of, most of those names are Indian (Native American) however. The Native American's were in North America first before the English arrived.

Why would a person name their child after a state? For the same reason a person would want to name their child after a country they love so much or after a famous person they admire like Joseph 'Fighting Joe' Hooker or a movie character like Luke Skywalker.

Ever thought about it what way?

[ASUADPi]

Originally Posted by LSHCD

Naming your child after a state is not unheard of, most of those names are Indian (Native American) however. The Native American's were in North America first before the English arrived.

Why would a person name their child after a state? For the same reason a person would want to name their child after a country they love so much or after a famous person they admire like Joseph 'Fighting Joe' Hooker or a movie character like Luke Skywalker.

Ever thought about it what way?

And you had to go on the defensive because?

You could name your kid poophead for all I care, I would still ask you why you chose that name. All you would do is tell me why.

[carnation]

Originally Posted by ASUADPi

Girls

Searching through the baby names at babynames.com, I cam across some names where I was like WTF?!?

Arizona (why would you name your kid after a state? Any state?)

Pluto (yes, because all children want to be named after a planet)

Pirate (don't know where to begin on this)

Phoenix (okay naming your kid after where they were concieved is one thing, but Phoenix)

Omega (why would anyone in their right mind name their kid after a greek letter, I'm greek and I still wouldn't do it)

LOL at your comments...I just remembered that my great-grandfather was really upset because my great grandmother wouldn't let him name their daughter Alpha Omega (the beginning and the end--he only wanted one child).

And ForeverRoses, my family refuses to forget that when I was little, I insisted that my first daughter would be named Snowflake Rose.

[Leslie Anne]

Girls
Carolyn or Carole
Margaret ("Maggie")
Claire
Kate (but NOT Katy i.e. KayDee..so that might be a problem)
Emma

Boys
Declan (gotta pay homage to Elvis Costello...plus I really like the name)
Gabriel
Matthew
Zachary

[EEKappa]

Originally Posted by Leslie Anne

Boys
Declan (gotta pay homage to Elvis Costello...plus I really like the name)

I completely agree with you on this one! Unfortunately, Declan clashes with with our last name, so our son didn't get it. My name is on your list of girls' names.

When we had to select a name, I went to the Social Security Administration's website and made a spreadsheet of the most popular names based on applications for social security numbers. Anything in the top 20 was out of consideration for us since we have a common last name. Some of the most original-sounding names have become wildly poplular. Of the seven boys in my son's daycare class, there are two Trevors.

[PeppyGPhiB]

I like very girly names:

Emily
Grace
Chloe
Elizabeth
Eva
Victoria
Madeline
Olivia
Allison

I was so pissed when Rachel from Friends named her baby Emma - I knew that was the end of that name.

I have a harder time with boys' names.

[dekeguy]

A friend is expecting her first and asked for suggestions. We offered:

for a girl - Euthanasia
Mierda
Basura
Influenza
Melenoma

for twins - Conception and Contraception

for a boy - Hemlock
Flounder
Lucifer
Fecal
Groin

She said she liked "Gangrene" better as it had a melodius sound and could be used for either a girl or boy.

[WinniBug]

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

I like very girly names:

Emily
Grace
Chloe
Elizabeth
Eva
Victoria
Madeline
Olivia
Allison

I was so pissed when Rachel from Friends named her baby Emma - I knew that was the end of that name.

I have a harder time with boys' names.

OMG....like 75% of all the girl babies that I know who've been born since 2002 have been named Emma...I'm so tired of it...it should be RETIRED!!!


ETA:Now, I'm not saying I don't like the name...I do- it's cute, my sister's name's Emily which is close. I just think that we've had enough of a good thing and it's time to start thinking of something else.

[Benzgirl]

Originally Posted by carnation

LOL at your comments...I just remembered that my great-grandfather was really upset because my great grandmother wouldn't let him name their daughter Alpha Omega (the beginning and the end--he only wanted one child).

And ForeverRoses, my family refuses to forget that when I was little, I insisted that my first daughter would be named Snowflake Rose.

And, my friend's grandson wanted to name his baby sister Daisy Pickles.

[bluefish81]

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

I like very girly names:

Emily
Grace
Chloe
Elizabeth
Eva
Victoria
Madeline
Olivia
Allison

I was so pissed when Rachel from Friends named her baby Emma - I knew that was the end of that name.

I have a harder time with boys' names.

I have a friend who named her daughter Eva, they pronounce it Ev-uh, instead of Eva like Eva Longoria, which I hadn't heard of before.

I agree with the Rachel from Friends comment. It's insanely popular.
I lean toward more traditional names. Ideally if I had a girl, I'd like to give her my middle name, Jayne since it's also my mom's middle name.

Girls names I like:
Ella
Natalie
Lily
Caroline
Grace (potentially for a middle name)

Boys names I like:
Benjamin
Caleb
Theodore