My names

[lornyloo.livejournal.com]

Hi! It's been really interesting and inspiring to reading through all these posts and see what you guys like/dislike etc.

My name is Lorna Rachel, not really sure what I think of it. It's not really common which is nice because I never get confused with other people, but you do get called Laura quite a lot which is annoying.

I'm not planning on having kids any time soon/ever but there are a few names that have stuck with me.



Boys:
- Jack - I know it's the most popular name ever seemingly (at least in the UK) but it's still a strong boys name, timeless and classic.

- Luke - ever since I was 8 and saw Star Wars I wanted to call my son Luke after Luke Skywalker! How embarrassing. Luckily it's a solid enough name that no one will ever know... apart from all you people

- Nathanael/Nathan - a new addition to the list, I've met a few Nathanel's since I've been at uni and just really like it, plus I'm a big fan of biblical names.

Girls: I struggle with girls names a lot, I like quite masculine/ interchangable girls names;
Carmen - loved this name for years now.
Alex - I remember telling my mum I'd call my daughter Alex when I was about 5, but I like it for a boy too.
Addison - again for a boy or a girl. I think it's quite distingushed for a boys name, but Addie shortened for a boy? hmm.

Other than that I'm stuck on girls names (I realise that all my girls names are also boys names,(I also used to love the name Roberta, see my problem?) I don't like really common girls names but I still want something really solid. Any suggestions? I also really love biblical names. My friend's daughter is called Kezia (Job's daughter, meaning beloved daughter I think) which is lovely, but probably too girly for me.

If I could name my son anything, and not be laughed at or judged or have people make fun of him or him hate me for life I'd call him d'Artangnon. Just because it's such a cool name to say, and you'd ALWAYS have to say it in a french accent... but don't worry, I wouldn't ever do that to a child.

Comments

[lornyloo.livejournal.com]

haha Smeagol.... can you imagine it. I think before the films you could have got away with a lot more Lotr names, Arwen for example (I think Ewan McGregors niece is called Arwen actually) because even though it's well known from Lotr before the film it wasn't mainstream in quite the same way.

II'd love to shout FROOOOOOOOOOOO DOOOOO over the playground, it would crack me up every time.