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[bas-cule.livejournal.com]

well i am unlikely to become pregnant any time soon, but i love names.  i have a couple of names i really like for girls and boys:

Girls:

Johanna - after my favourite Bob Dylan song called Visions of Johanna.  It means "god is gracious", and even though i'm not religious i really love the sound of the name.

Alba - another great sound, it means "white", "pure", "light" etc

Margarita - a spanish/russian name meaning "pearl" which sounds fantastic to say, but as it's also a cocktail i could probably never actually call a child that!


Boys:

Henry - i think it just means "ruler" but not certain!  I think it sounds really comforting, but also unusual - it's a name that's old enough to have come around in a circle to be quite trendy again!

Hal - actually diminutive form of Henry, but i have always liked it!

William - after my dad and Shakespeare both, and can be handily shortened to Will!

what does everyone think?

Comments

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

Have you, by any chance, read the Time Traveler's Wife?

[bas-cule.livejournal.com]

you know i have :0) it introduced me to the name Alba, but i was already sweet on Henry before i read it! Do you like the book? i really loved it!

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

Looooove it.
It's one of my favourite books.

I loved the name Henry long before I ever read it, and I thought Alba was pretty cute.