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!

[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

[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.

[lovespink88]

Originally Posted by ASUADPi

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

I know this is an old quote, but I had to respond cause, well, my name is Georgia.

I used to hate it cause when I was little people used to be like "Oh hey, Atlanta!" or "Hey Florida!" among other things...

Now I've grown to like it because of how unique it is.

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.

[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!!!!!"

[sjsoffer]

Originally Posted by carnation

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

I've been told the correct gaelic pronounciation is ash-lin

[ISUKappa]

Our son's name is Grant Edward. It suits him and works with our somewhat German last name.

I have no idea what I'm going to name this kid. Nothing is really standing out to me like it was when I was pregnant with G. Whatever it is, it will probably be somewhat short and classic/old-fashioned sounding but not extremely popular right now. I have a niece, Emma, who was named after two great-grandmothers. So the name has great meaning to the family, but there are also three other Emmas in her Kindergarten class.

I do remember when I was in middle school, my favorite name for a girl was Autumn Rose. Hello Harlequin romance novel!

[squirrely girl]

loving the girl's names

emelia, ava, and taryn

[tld221]

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.

or shi'thead, as someone is always able to mention in these name threads.

[RU OX Alum]

for a girl I always liked the name Vanessa Corinne

[txdiva]

Originally Posted by RU OX Alum

for a girl I always liked the name Vanessa Corinne

That is a really pretty name!