BABY NAMES, what are your faves?

[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.

[carnation]

I'm sure that Mierda and Basura would have been great hits with the Hispanic community, along with Pendeja maybe.

[JennRN]

Originally Posted by carnation

I'm sure that Mierda and Basura would have been great hits with the Hispanic community, along with Pendeja maybe.

I LOVE YOU.

[DeltAlum]

Originally Posted by dekeguy

Influenza.

Would that be "Floozi" for short?

That was some sick, but funny stuff.

[bluefish81]

Originally Posted by DeltAlum

Would that be "Floozi" for short?

That was some sick, but funny stuff.

One of my friends goes into an insurance agency with a husband and wife that work together. The wife is known as Floozie. I have no clue what her real name is but my friend has a real tough time calling someone that.

[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.

[LSHCD]

Originally Posted by WinniBug

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.

Maybe it just got overly popular?

Heh, either way, I'm proud of my name, it stands out from the crowd of popular names for boys.

[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