BABY NAMES, what are your faves?

[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.

[LSHCD]

Originally Posted by ASUADPi

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.

And everytime someone asked me that I would say, because I like it. Hows that for a reason?