not preggers yet...but...

[dayblog.livejournal.com]

Husband and I are trying to be 'in the family way' and I've already started my list of names. Whaddyathink?
Boys:
Ethan
Dylan
Nolan
Mason
Liam
Corbin
Dawson

Girls:
Madison
Abigail
Chloe
Makayla
Arianna
Sophie
Gabriella
Callista

Comments

[georgey629.livejournal.com]

Nolan and Abigail are my picks out of these. =)

[elemmennope.livejournal.com]

Ethan -- Ok but too common
Dylan -- Ok
Nolan -- Nice
Mason -- Nice
Liam -- Nice
Corbin -- I like this, but dislike Cory and think that might be unavoidable.
Dawson -- I don't like it enough to consider it worth the Dawson's Creek association.

Madison -- WAY too common
Abigail -- Also common, and I don't really care for it.
Chloe -- The most popular name on my own list. Again, too common for me, but I think it's very pretty.
Makayla -- Sick of this one.
Arianna -- Nice
Sophie -- Again, very common these days
Gabriella -- Nice
Callista -- Definitely my favorite on your list.


(Grew up as a Jennifer and I really avoid the popular names as a result... so take my opinion for what it's worth. I do wish their was more diversity in naming though.)

http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/
A good site to check popularity. As you can see you've got a lot of top 10s.

[dingo83.livejournal.com]

I like Ethan, Dawson, Chloe, Madison, and Ariana (but with only one N).

[morphinae.livejournal.com]

My son is Corbin Liam ;) So obviously those are my favorites. Not too big on any of the girl names, except maybe sophie, i tend to dislike highly popular names.

[flipflopsareluv.livejournal.com]

I really love the name Callista, but only with 1 L. :)

[dayblog.livejournal.com]

Thank you for your honest opinion! I'll check out that site!

[solyma.livejournal.com]

i love the name ethan.

[lkw18.livejournal.com]

Boys:
Ethan--love it
Dylan--dont like
Nolan--cute
Mason--dont like
Liam--really cute
Corbin--love it
Dawson--it's ok but I just automatically think Dawson's Creek

Girls:
Madison--I agree with elemmennope waaaaaaaaaaaay to common. It's the Jessica/Courtney/Sara/Ashley of the new millennium. I think it's really cute, but I would personally avoid it just for the commonality
Abigail--adorable
Chloe--love it
Makayla--ok
Arianna--cute
Sophie--cute
Gabriella--love it; one of my favorite names
Callista--ok

I'd say my overall favorites are Ethan and Corbin for the boys. Chloe and Gabriella for the girls.

[ericaamericka.livejournal.com]

Ummm, I like Corbin, and Liam. And I'm not too huge a fan of the girls names, sorry. I also like Mason, but that's my cat's name, so I'm biased, because my cat is pretty much my baby, lol.

[fallenangel2004.livejournal.com]

Boys:
Ethan --Adorable, everytime I hear that name I think a heartbreaker
Dylan --Eh, not my cup of tea
Nolan --Don't like the name.
Mason --Love it. But then again its my baby's (puppy) name.
Liam --It's okay.
Corbin -I instanly think Kurt Cobain and don't know why.
Dawson -nah.

Girls:
Madison --I love it but it's so common as everyone has said. But who knows in five years it may not be or whenever you have children.
Abigail --I am beyond inlove with this name. :-)
Chloe -- Eh, cute and common
Makayla -- No, please just no in my opinion.
Arianna -- Love it!!
Sophie -- Cute as a nickname I perfer Sophia
Gabriella -- I like!
Callista -- Cute.

i like these:

[caroles-baby.livejournal.com]

Ethan

Nolan

Liam


Madison

Chloe

Sophie

Callista

I like these!

[the-theorist.livejournal.com]

Ethan
Dylan
Nolan
Liam
Corbin
Dawson

Girls:
Chloe
Arianna
Sophie

[elemmennope.livejournal.com]

No problem, I hope it's helpful for you. Good luck with the ttc.

(and excuse my typo. "I do wish *there* was more diversity..." I hate seeing my own typos and not being able to edit. ;) )

[pale-september.livejournal.com]

I really like your choice of Dawson, I've never heard of it as a name.

[mysticamor.livejournal.com]

I like for boys Mason, Corbin and Dawson

For girls I like Madison, Arianna, and Sophie

[depeche810.livejournal.com]

Boys: Dylan or Corbin

Girls:
My favorites are Arianna, Sophie, Gabriella and Callista. I don't really like the others

[audiovillain.livejournal.com]

Ethan - one of my favorite names ever, alas my sister recently had a baby and named him this :(
Dylan - not bad
Nolan - great name, not too common so good
Mason - interesting, that's my boyfriend's last name. I like it
Liam - Another one of my all-time favorites, absolutely love this name
Corbin - It's different, interesting. Not really into it.
Dawson - Eck, I don't like this name at all

Madison - I like this name, it's not too girly
Abigail - it's all right. Don't like it a whole lot.
Chloe - lots of people seem to like this name so it's probably common, but not bad. Personally not a huge fan of it.
Makayla - I knew a few people with this name, it's a good name. Interesting spelling
Arianna - lovely, I like names like these
Sophie - cute but a bit annoying
Gabriella - don't really like it
Callista - so so, not bad

[semi-sweet.livejournal.com]

here's another useful site: www.behindthename.com. it has lots of meanings, and you can see the trend in popularity for names over time (click on http://www.behindthename.com/top/. so maybe a name isnt in the top 100 but is getting there. not that's that is a bad thing, just something to be aware of. good luck :o)