BABY NAMES, what are your faves?

[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.

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

Priscilla sounds kind of.. stuck up to me.

LOL! My sister's best friend in HS was Priscilla. Her initials were P.B. does anyone remember those P.B Max candy bars in the early 90's? They had a commercials "PB Max Don't mean..."with lots of things that P.B. didn't stand for like "portly ballerina" and would show a fat girl in a tutu. It was really a peanut butter square covered in chocolate. ANYWAY, we started calling Priscilla, "P.B. Means Prissy B*tch." I don't think she liked it, but we all thought it was HILARIOUS. Ahhhhhhh, memories. She was a prissy b*tch.

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

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

I knew I liked you! The daughter I didn't carry to full term was named Priscilla, and I've also liked Camille/Camilla. One of the PNMs for whom I wrote a rec but went ChiO was called Cammy - it seems so friendly, but classic.

[VandalSquirrel]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

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

Originally Posted by honeychile

I knew I liked you! The daughter I didn't carry to full term was named Priscilla, and I've also liked Camille/Camilla. One of the PNMs for whom I wrote a rec but went ChiO was called Cammy - it seems so friendly, but classic.

The first thing that comes to mind is Queen of the Desert. There's also the possibility of the nickname Prissy, or mean children calling her Pissy.

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by VandalSquirrel

The first thing that comes to mind is Queen of the Desert. There's also the possibility of the nickname Prissy, or mean children calling her Pissy.

We had already planned on calling her Cissy as a preemptive strike.

And people who like Max or Maxwell - expect Maxi Pad nicknames.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by honeychile

I knew I liked you! The daughter I didn't carry to full term was named Priscilla, and I've also liked Camille/Camilla. One of the PNMs for whom I wrote a rec but went ChiO was called Cammy - it seems so friendly, but classic.

We have a Camilla friend who goes by Cam.

[ellebud]

The funny thing about the name Max..when I was a child it was a grandpa name. When my son was born Max and Maxwell was a trendy happening name. (Maxwell Schwartz for example..). Nowadays, in these parts half the dogs are named Buddy or Max.

Husband's brother's wife WAS nicknamed (by her mother) Prissy. And no, her name wasn't Priscilla or anything like that. Her mother just liked it....Prissy that is...as opposed to (swear) her father's nickname for her...Muffy...from Muffin. Again...no relationship to the real name.

[Pirouette]

I have a female student named Hartley this year. I can't decide if I love it or hate it.

Also bumping cause my husband and I have decided to try for baby #2 soon!

[PGD-GRAD]

As a college instructor, I have seen my share of names. Each year, I scan my freshman class lists for interesting/classic/unusual names.

A name that CONSTANTLY comes up is Tiffany, even after 7 years. What has changed, though, is the spelling.

I am (for good or bad) a purist when it comes to names, so tweaks/clever spellings/phonetic spellings horrify me. But--to each his own!

Here are some of the spellings of Tiffany I have seen--and continue to see:

Tiffany (the classic) Tifany
Tiffanee

[IrishLake]

My good friend is pregnant with her 4th. They don't know babys gender yet, but it's name is Brady no matter what. I don't think I care for that.

[WCsweet<3]

Originally Posted by IrishLake

My good friend is pregnant with her 4th. They don't know babys gender yet, but it's name is Brady no matter what. I don't think I care for that.

two thoughts:
the Brady bunch.
SATC Miranda's son was named Brady.

[PGD-GRAD]

Oops--I posted too quickly! The rest of my "Tiffany" variation list:

Tiffanae Tiffany (but goes by "Tiff")
Tif-anee (no kidding!) Tiffany (but goes my "Tiffy")

And--the variations go on! Can you imagine: Breakfast at Tif-anee's?!

[SydneyK]

^^I have noticed the same Tiffany trend.

This semester, I have two: one Tiffini and one Tiphanie.