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[amiasha.livejournal.com]

Yep, I'm another person here from the LJ spotlight. :) But this seems like a nice community! I actually have, uh, sort of a tendency to get kicked out of babyname message boards for telling people to stop being mean to each other; go figure. Seems like this community doesn't have that problem, though. :)

So ANYWAY, I'm not a mother yet, and I intend to adopt toddlers so I may not have any part in naming any children of my own, but I love baby names in general. My pets always have very carefully picked names, and so do all my characters for novels and short stories. I tend towards exotic, ethnic names, or towards very elegant classic names.

Girls
Evelyn
Elizabeth
Alexandria
Adrianna
Najwa
Saffron
Lorelai/Lorelei
Victoria
Jaquelyn
Artemis

Boys
Arthur
Cedric
Hayden
Isaac
Ian
Ewan
Peter
Victor
Ethan

Comments

[ladydiddymus.livejournal.com]

I've always thought Loralai was very pretty, and less common than Laura :)

[levis-jules.livejournal.com]

LOL I think I love you for your intro!

The only name of yours I'm not sure about is Najwa? I don't have any clue how to pronounce, and can just imagine butchering it.

I'm not a big fan of Artemis or Ewan, but other than that, I love your choices :)

[amiasha.livejournal.com]

Hehe, yay! XD ♥

Najwa, from what I have found, is pronounced with 'ah' sounds for the 'a's, and a normal hard 'j' sound for the 'j'. It's an Arabic name, and if I remember correctly it means 'jewel' or 'beauty'; I think 'jewel'. But yeah, it would be really easy to mispronounce and get confused, which is why it'd probably be my least likely choice, even if I love the look and sound of it. :)

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

I like Evelyn and Lorelai.

(The latter mainly because of Gilmore Girls.)

[midnightquarter.livejournal.com]

I'm an Alexandria, and I have to say that it's defiantly a name that you have to grow into. I'm glad I have it, because it's a very professional name but I hardly ever use it socially. I usually use my nicknames.

I love, love, Artemis. However, I'm not at all fond of "Art".

[jadedone2many.livejournal.com]

I'm partial to Elizabeth.
Of course, that's my middle name, and my daughter's first name. :)

However, I love love love Evelyn and Victoria. I like elegant names. :)

And Hayden, Ian, and Victor are great, too.
Should the hubby & I ever have a boy, we like the name Vincent for a boy. :D
(As for the name Ethan, it was killed for me by "Lost" lol I'm such a Lostie...)

Ennis del Mar

[techequeen.livejournal.com]

I was looking at the website babynamesworld.com, and they list Ennis (meaning 'island') as a girl's name. Delmar is listed for both sexes, and it means 'the pond.' Thought this was interesting. I wonder if Annie Proulx knew the meaning of Ennis' name when she chose it?


According to the book THE VERY BEST BABY NAME BOOK IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD, by Bruce Lansky, Ennis has several meanings:

In Greek, Ennis means 'mine'.
Angus is the Scottish equivalent of Ennis
Angus means 'exceptional, outstanding'
Angus Og is the Celtic God of laughter, love, & wisdom

[mykissmightkill.livejournal.com]

so this is a like..community thing? How do you join? or can you? lol I'm so confused.. but if someone could let me know. thatd be awesome cuz id like to join :)

[amiasha.livejournal.com]

Yep, this a community that people can post to. :) You can join by going here: http://baby_names.livejournal.com/profile Then click on 'join community' in the first paragraph. When you go to update your journal normally, on the page where you type and entry there should be a dropdown menu somewhere depending on your layout (it's at the top for me.) It'll say 'post to' or something like that, and if you've joined a community, that community will be a choice on the dropdown menu. Then you just type your entry and click the post button, and it'll post to the community. :) I hope that makes sense. :)

[mykissmightkill.livejournal.com]

heya thanks for letting me know :D haha i didnt even expect a reply so soon. but cooio and thanks again :)