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[oddsod.livejournal.com]

'Ello! I just joined. My name is Jessica Renée. I'm 17. Not pregnant and won't be until I'm married, but I already have names picked out for my kids. I want eight kids: six girls and two boys. I grew up very closely to my grandparents and great-aunts and such, with names like Gail, Geraldine, Olivia, Agnes, so those are the sorts of names I prefer. These new names like Kaylee, Brayden, Trinity, and Destiny just rub me the wrong way (no offense to anyone who uses these!). I also like names from the Bible and Book of Mormon, such as Zephaniah, Isaiah, Nehemiah, Jarom (not juh-ROME, but j-air-um), Teancum, Delilah, etc. as well as Slavic names like Svetlana (girl) or Gavrie (boy). Anywho, here are the names I have picked out, with explanations.

Girls.
Ophelia Agatha, Xanthia which my cousin claims "sounds like a disease".
Cecilia Renée (I like my middle name, in addition to the Simon and Garfunkel song "Cecilia").
Eulalia (in the lower 1000s on the popularity chart in 1910) Lucille. It originally was going to be Evelyn Lucille, but Evelyn has gotten hugely popular and I don't want my kids to have to be "Evelyn with Brown Hair #6", or "Charles Isaiah S. with green eyes #3" in class (I was Tall Jessica S #2).
Clara Beau. Get it? Clara Beau? Instead of Bow?
Nora Sybil. My old best friend's name was Nora, and even though I nearly hate her now, I still think Nora is a nice name. And the story of Sybil Dorsett is one of my interests. Jane.
Vada Sophronia. Ever see the movie "My Girl"? I've been in love with the name Vada since I first saw that when I was about seven. Sophronia is my great-grandmother's middle name.

Boys.
Charles Isaiah. Charles after Charlie Chaplin and Charles Dickens (plus it just sounds nice). Isaiah, as stated earlier, is one of my favourite Biblical names.
Theodore Timothy. After my favourite President, Teddy Roosevelt. Timothty, after my dad (it's actually Mark Timothy, but for some unknown reason, all the kids on my dad's side go by their middle names).

Other names I like: Edith, Helen, Victoria, Octavia, Desdemona, William, Margaret, Penelope, Bridget, Leah, Hannah, Arabella (might interest those of you who want to jump on the "-ella" bandwagon), Keith, Philip, Alice, Anita, Olivia & Olive, Prudence, and Holly.

Edit: Just thought of two more: Xanthia for girls, and Lysander for boys.

Comments

[queen-exene.livejournal.com]

i lovvveeeee your name style

love penelope love them all instead i'll list the ones i dont like cause there are so few

dislike the name timothy and bible names. that's it.

[oddsod.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :)

[imyourrapunzel.livejournal.com]

Welcome! I really like your favorite names and how you chose them. We have a similar style. Oh and I love the song "Cecilia"!

[oddsod.livejournal.com]

Yay! Thank you very much :)

[pixiequeen112.livejournal.com]

I like the name Svetlana.

[oddsod.livejournal.com]

It is quite lovely!

[photosofme.livejournal.com]

I like Vada Sophronia. It sounds really unique.

[so-there.livejournal.com]

is Evelyn really that popular? it's my daughter's middle name, but it's a family name so I would have used it regardless. her first name is Germaine.

[semi-sweet.livejournal.com]

Evelyn was #215 in 1990 and last year was #83, so it's definitely rising in popularity - not yet a top 10 name though.

[oddsod.livejournal.com]

Well it's not as popular as Ava and Isabella have been, but it's up there!

[lolacat.livejournal.com]

I love your girl names... not a big fan of bible names for boys (beyond the standard Matthew, Luke, Simon). Nora is on my list, and so is Clara. I'm also really fond of Amelia. Lysander is fab.

Good luck getting the exact gender mix you want! I'm always afraid to say what kind of kids I want because I'm sure I'll end up with the exact opposite, and there's no real way to guarantee anything!

If you enjoy poking fun at baby names, you might look at the babyname snark community as well.

L.

[oddsod.livejournal.com]

That's what I'm afraid of, too! That I'll end up with like seven boys and one girl, and how do I choose between Ophelia or Nora? Oi! I'll definitely check out that community, it sounds great.

[morphinae.livejournal.com]

what's the link to that? It sounds fun.

[oddsod.livejournal.com]

baby_name_snark Their "worst of the worst" link directs back to this community, though! Interesting.

[morphinae.livejournal.com]

ha, great! There's been many occasions I've wanted to make fun of something posted here, but being the mod, it's not right :P Thanks.

[semi-sweet.livejournal.com]

I love some of your names - Renee, Cecelia, Nora, Theodore. I like those old fashioned names very much.

I'm sorry, though, I can't see using Sybil as a name. It sounds okay, but I wouldn't want to name a child after Sybil Dorsett - that name was forever ruined for me when I read the book about the horrible torture she went through - I wouldn't want to have that as part of my name.

[x-true-love-x.livejournal.com]

Only names i like out of those are Hannah, Victoria and Vada:)

[georgey629.livejournal.com]

You have a lovely taste in names (and music.. Simon and Garfunkel are amazing!). I love old-fashioned and Biblical names as well. Your taste is so refreshing! I love it. And you have meaning behind the names you like, too. That's very nice. =)

[oddsod.livejournal.com]

Why thank you! By the way, I like your icon!

Yep, I like to use reasons, not just "Because it's popular".

[georgey629.livejournal.com]

You're welcome. And thank you!

Yeah, names with meaning are great because you'll never regret it, you know?

[oddsod.livejournal.com]

Exactly!

[bigdorkymoron.livejournal.com]

all very nice names.

i'm particularly fond of ophelia (one of my first picks for my children), cecilia, sybil, penelope, and olivia (my favorite boys name is oliver).

definitely all great.

[oddsod.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Oh, I forgot about Oliver. That's another cute name. And it has the equally cute nickname, Ollie.