My Top Ten... +

[seksimaggie.livejournal.com]

Top ten names I like well enough to give them to my own children:

Boys: 
1) Noah
2) William, nn Will (not Willy, makes me think of a wet willy or even a penis, def. NOT Bill b/c it's too hillbilly)
3) Jack
4) Robert, nn Rob or Robby (NOT Bob b/c it's too hillbilly)
5) Samuel, nn Sam (not Sammy, that sounds feminine, like it comes from Samantha)
6) Jacob, nn Jake
7) Maximillian, nn Max
8) Benjamin, nn Ben
9) Zachary, nn Zach
10) Adam

Girls:
1) Sophia, nn Sophie
2) Lorelai, nn Lora
3) Analise, nn Anna
4) Emily, nn Emma
5) Rebecca, nn Becca
6) Chaeli (pronounced Chay-lee)...(It's Gaelic, not made up or cre8tive or whatever)
7) Lynlee
8) Victoria, nn Tori (NOT Vikki, I hate how that sounds, possibly because of Fairly Oddparents... haha)
9) Hannah
10) Breanna

I also really like _, but can't use it because _:
-Abigail (nn Abbie), because it's my sister's name.
-Sylvia, because it's a friend of mine's daughter's name.
-names with the nn Katie, I love it but I have a million friends with that name
-Megan, because it's too close to my name, it would be like naming her after myself, esp. since some people call me Meg
-Nicole and Samantha, I love both of those names whole, but I don't like any nicknames they would surely get

My first son's name will definitely have the middle name David, because that is the name of both of my grandfathers, and my dad's middle name, so it'll have some family meaning for him. My first daughter's middle name will def. be Mary for the same reason. Then I'll let their daddy have some say, after that :D

Obviously my taste is *mostly* older, tradition and traditionally spelled names. I'm not a fan of names that can be for either sex, or names that are meant for one sex used on the other... Well, I won't list off other things I don't like, because it might offend people who do like those.

Comments

[the-xarlster.livejournal.com]

Sophia is lovely. I also know a great person called Hannah (and loving the spelling backwards!) and I think Lynlee is great.

If you don't like Nicole and Samantha's nicknames... my friend Alice hates being called Alli, but her surname begins with J and she is known to the world as AJ. If that helps at all.

[seksimaggie.livejournal.com]

My mom wanted to name her new puppy Sophie, but I told her to save it for her first granddaughter instead, haha, because I wouldn't want to name a baby after the family dog, but I love it.

[jamykins.livejournal.com]

You Top 4 boys names are some of my favorites, especially Robert. That's my dad's name. :)

[seksimaggie.livejournal.com]

It's my best friend's name too, but I've loved it since before I knew him.

[oneworldvision.livejournal.com]

I really like most of those -- but isn't Caeli spelled without an 'h'? Or am I thinking of the Latin word?

I think we definitely have similar taste. :)

[seksimaggie.livejournal.com]

Hmm, honestly I fell in love with the name when I met a little girl named that, but I only heard it spoken. I mentioned loving it to the girl's grandmother, who then told me what it meant and all about the little girl's life story and went on and on, but never told me how to spell it, so I don't know for sure, haha.

[oneworldvision.livejournal.com]

I fell in love with the name Regina Caeli ("queen of heaven") when my religion teacher made us memorize the song in Latin two years ago. It was definitely spelled just like that.

[turtle-dove-1.livejournal.com]

I saw on a baby names website that Chaeli is also a Hebrew name...

[jesuslovesbono.livejournal.com]

Hey--MY name is Bob!


haha, i'm just kidding.

[anapology.livejournal.com]

1.Rory
2.Lucas
3.Sebastian
4.Charlie
5.Jett
6.Joshua
7.Ethan
8.Leo
9.Noah
10.Quinn

1.Amelia
2.Anabelle
3.Esmé
4.Felicity
5.Iola
6.Juliet
7.Ophelia
8.Aurelia
9.Evie [Evelyn as a full name perhaps]
10.Isla

I like Elyse, Mariella, Olivia & Madeleine too. Would use them as middle names maybe... along with Sophia [my name]