BABY NAMES, what are your faves?

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

Ok, now we have to know..

What names does he have picked out?

Yes, we must know!

[Pirouette]

This weekend was BIL's girlfriend's baby shower. At the end, she announced the name for their daughter: Kassidy Grace, Kassi for short.

I've always liked that name...so much that it's the name my husband and I were going to name our son if he had been a girl (well, Cassidy Grace, Cassie for short). Looks like we'll have to come-up with a new name for a girl if I ever get pregnant again.

[IndianaSigKap]

I have always liked Violet as a first or middle name for a girl, giving a nod to Sigma Kappa.

[agzg]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

Ok, now we have to know..

What names does he have picked out?

Originally Posted by AGDee

Yes, we must know!

One is Mackenzie. Another is Cadence. I think they're completely stupid and insufferable. I quite literally cannot utter either of them without rolling my eyes. I should note that I think they would be fine for others (I'm not about walking up to people and being like "Your name is Mackenzie? That's a really stupid name."), I just cannot imagine a time where I would ever think "Hey, yes, this name is totally a reflection of the person I hope my child to become and my personality as well. Let's use this name." Also, I cannot imagine screaming either of those names out the back door.

Our list of "do not names" is getting longer the longer we wait to form babby since we have so many redundancies in both of our families.

[lovespink88]

Originally Posted by ASUADPi

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

Still giving ASUADPi the evil eye for hatin' on state names

Originally Posted by lovespink88

But one thing is still hate is when I meet someone, usually men, and they think they're REALLY clever because they start singing Ray Charles' "Georgia On My Mind" to me. You are not creative and you are not getting my number.

This ended up being my father/daughter dance at my wedding. It was perfect

The whole crowd didn't realize the song until the first "Georgia..."...and then there was a collective "AAAAWWWWWW!!!!!"

[ellebud]

Husband and I were at a cocktail party last week and the subject of naming children came up. The guests were a combination of new grandparents and parents with preteens. Admittedly this is a very west coast crowd (so no "southern multiple naming" is generally done here).

I will say that one of my children does have my maiden name as his or her middle name. General consensus: misspelled names, cutsy names put kids at a disadvantage. As one grandmother (newly minted) said that she was grateful that the first set of names were rejected...if it was a girl the thought was: Bambee.

I'm not saying what the last name is except to say that this child would have had every teacher fighting for laughter control. The parents settled on Rebecca or Robert.

Cadence? as in music cadence?. Seriously?

[Kevin]

^My wife and I have agreed on a general rule for naming. If it looks stupid as Dr. or Justice (name goes here), that name is off the table.

[ellebud]

Originally Posted by Kevin

^My wife and I have agreed on a general rule for naming. If it looks stupid as Dr. or Justice (name goes here), that name is off the table.

Great minds...although we only put Chief Justice in front of our kids' names.

[KSUViolet06]

My local paper has a "new baby" insert every year around the holiday season. If your baby was born during the year, you can submit their photo, name, and birthdate for publication in the insert. There are something like 200 babies in it every year.

I make sure to get the paper when it comes out simply for the entertainment value of seeing what people are naming their kids.

Every year there are some really bad ones. The ones I remember the most from the last one:

Cassadee (dumb spelling version of Cassidy)
Jakkelyn (dumb spelling version Jacqueline)
Lamar-Trae
Taquaerius
Gucci & Gucciana (boy/girl twins)
LaTayshanique

[ellebud]

Slightly off but a friend of mine named her dog Bone quisha.

And lest some of you accuse her of racism or me of repeating something racist: Friend is African American so she said she could get away with it.

Oh...dog's call name? Rosie.

[dekeguy]

My brother and his wife are expecting their first in November. They remembered a list of names I proposed some time back and asked me to send them a copy. I'm not sure they remembered the context of my list, but here goes:

For a girl: Euthanasia
Mierda
Basura
Pneumonia

For twin girls: Conception and Contraception

For a boy: Scrotum
Merde
Bris
Gangrene

For twin boys: Oral and Anal

Somehow I suspect that they will choose something else.

[IrishLake]

dekeguy, lol. I would not be surprised if those were actual baby names somewhere.

We have friends who have a Cadence. She is aka Cady. Meh... not my favorite name.


We absolutely loved the name Ayla/Isla. It sounded horrible with our last name though. Just didn't flow right. If my husband has his way, and we have a 4th who happens to be a boy, he will be Tristan.

[VandalSquirrel]

Originally Posted by dekeguy

My brother and his wife are expecting their first in November. They remembered a list of names I proposed some time back and asked me to send them a copy. I'm not sure they remembered the context of my list, but here goes:

For a girl: Euthanasia
Mierda
Basura
Pneumonia

For twin girls: Conception and Contraception

For a boy: Scrotum
Merde
Bris
Gangrene

For twin boys: Oral and Anal

Somehow I suspect that they will choose something else.

Originally Posted by IrishLake

dekeguy, lol. I would not be surprised if those were actual baby names somewhere.

We have friends who have a Cadence. She is aka Cady. Meh... not my favorite name.


We absolutely loved the name Ayla/Isla. It sounded horrible with our last name though. Just didn't flow right. If my husband has his way, and we have a 4th who happens to be a boy, he will be Tristan.

Concepción is not that uncommon for those with a Spanish or Tagalog speaking background. Though many of those ladies I know have gone by Connie, Concha, or a middle or Saints name.

[SWTXBelle]

I have a student this semester named Priscilla - I like it. Also Camille - thought about that for Cinderella.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by Pirouette

This weekend was BIL's girlfriend's baby shower. At the end, she announced the name for their daughter: Kassidy Grace, Kassi for short.

Originally Posted by Low C Sharp

Argh WHY WHY the stupid misspellings WHY?

Ahem.

I actually know a few girls named Kassi, one of which is my pledge sister. Although, Kassi is their given name. I guess I've never looked at it as an extremely unusual name. And at least it doesn't take a whole lot of brainpower to figure out how to pronounce it, unlike other misspelled names.

Originally Posted by agzg

One is Mackenzie. Another is Cadence. I think they're completely stupid and insufferable. I quite literally cannot utter either of them without rolling my eyes. I should note that I think they would be fine for others (I'm not about walking up to people and being like "Your name is Mackenzie? That's a really stupid name."), I just cannot imagine a time where I would ever think "Hey, yes, this name is totally a reflection of the person I hope my child to become and my personality as well. Let's use this name."

I don't think Mackenzie is horrible, but I do understand what you mean about never wanting to name your child that. I also would be quite opposed to the name.

And I would NEVER think of naming my child Cadence. I've never even heard the name before. Not thrilled with it.

Also, I cannot imagine screaming either of those names out the back door.

I had read the bold, and I thought this was heading in a very different direction...

... I thought that, like those people who said they "test" the potential name with "Chief Justice" in front of it, you would test your potential names by imagining someone screaming them in bed.....



And in thinking about this further... I suppose both of these names would fail that test.

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

I have a student this semester named Priscilla - I like it. Also Camille - thought about that for Cinderella.

Priscilla sounds kind of.. stuck up to me.