I'm new here...

[the-xarlster.livejournal.com]

... and not really planning on having a baby any time soon, but I have an obsession with names. For girls.

I have three categories that I like.
The first is jewels. I'd love to call my child either Amethyst Ruby or Amethyst Jade. Also, they can shorten it to Amy if they want. Incidentally, I love the name Ruby Tuesday, after the song.

The second is flowers. For me, the one that works is Lily Jasmine. Although, being myself, I would have to vary the spelling. Lilie or Jasmyn or something like that. 

The last one is beautiful colours. Indigo and Azure do it for me- Indigo Azure, I think, or Azure Indigo are beautiful names. If you know any other poetic colours, please say.

So, really, comments. Yay or nay?

Comments

[seksimaggie.livejournal.com]

Where did they come up with Kenny?

[ale3000.livejournal.com]

I love the name Ruby, and the name Indigo. If Ruby Tuesday wasn't a chain restaurant I would totally name a child after the song, as well.

[the-xarlster.livejournal.com]

Kenny is from my surname, which begins with the sound Ken. Not giving away the second half, though!

Indigo Ruby, perhaps? Yesss, mix and match my favourite categories. That's quite an idea. Amethyst Jasmine Indigo...

[misshoneybee.livejournal.com]

How about Emmy (like Emmy Rossum)? Or Jenny? Better than Kenny, anyway.
Interesting ideas. :)
I like Lily and Jasmine quite well.
I love Amethysts, and it doesn't sound too bad as a girl's name. :)
Colors...hmm...how about Sage, Magenta, Coral, Sienna (I like that one), Ivory, or Violet (a flower and a color)?

[justascream.livejournal.com]

As to gemstone names, I once considered the name Lazuli, but in the end didn't like it. I've known two people named Beryl, one a woman and one a man. I had a friend whose father's name was Malachite. Jasper is a male gemstone name that I like, and I read once about a set of twins named Carnelian and Peridot. They were boys. A friend's mother briefly considered naming her son Turquoise, Turk for short, but went with the less eccentric Adam instead.

Flower names, I have some lists of because of an artist's community that uses them... Camellia, Celadine, Dahlia, Fern, Jacinda/Jacinta (aka Hyacinth), Laurel, Lilac (I've used this one, but not as a flower name - an abbreviation of a bird name; it's also a color), Marigold (I hate the way these smell), Poppy (which happens to be what my family calls my paternal grandfather), Saffron (I've used this, also a color), Tansy, Zinnia (I had a great-great-aunt named this).

Other pretty plant names, not sure which are flowers: Acacia (which is also a symbol of hidden love), Azalea, Basil (I think this would only work for certain males), Bramble (again, male), Camelai, Cedar, Cherise, Cypress, Eranthe, Ginger (also a color), Jessamine, Kalei, Leilani, Maple, Quince (probably male), Sage (androgynous, but I'm used to it as male; also a color), Shamrock (eccentric to the extreme, but fun!), Verbena (a lemony scent!), Yasmin (related to jasmine, I don't know), Yasminah (?), Zara.

Some color names I learned from a fashion industry hobby...
Rusee (dark bluish green)
Emeraude (clear emerald green)
Serpolet, Caspienne (yellowish stem greens)
Diogene (light rose with a purple cast)
Aubusson (delicate, pinkish shaded rose)
Sapharine (dark greenish blue)
Ciel (clear, pale sky or baby blue, no greenish tinge)
Ascanio (medium reddish purple)
Eveque (bishop's purple with a clear tint)
Roi (bright crimson)
Tangara (clear, dark cardinal red)
Ceres (kinda gold)
Palatine (clear medium gray)
Ivoire (a white word)

Other color names I like: Sienna, Cerise, Cerulean, Cyan, Sunglow (very hippie-esque, courtesy of Crayola).

[justascream.livejournal.com]

Is "Kenna" better than "Kenny"?

[oneworldvision.livejournal.com]

Nay on the spelling changes. It'll just give the poor kid headaches.

Big nay on the Ruby Tuesday; what kid would want to be named after a diner chain?

[the-xarlster.livejournal.com]

Wow, you guys come up with some great, great colours, jewels and flowers.

And I've never heard of the chain restaurant, only the Rolling Stones song...

Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday,
Who could hang a name on you?
When you change with every new day,
Still I'm gonna miss you...

[afro-chiq.livejournal.com]

i've always thought amber was pretty, what do you think?

[fabgrrl.livejournal.com]

Uh...you do realize that "Ruby Tuesday" is a Rolling Stones song?

[oneworldvision.livejournal.com]

So? A kid is more likely to associate it with the crappy diner down the street. It's a pretty big chain.