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[rubytitania.livejournal.com]

Sorry for posting again so soon!

Just wondering what you guys think of the name Tanith for a girl?

I absolutely love it but couldn't use it because my partner's surname is also two syllables ending in 'th' and it'd sound stupid.

Are there any names you love but couldn't use because of how they'd sound with the child's surname?

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[in_excelsis_dea.livejournal.com]

My last name is lame, but it goes with pretty much everything. I think I'd definitely give my child their father's last name, though, and so maybe then there might be a name that doesn't fit with it.

[in_excelsis_dea.livejournal.com]

And since I was stupid and accidentally posted before I was finished:

I like Tanith, but I don't think I'd use it. It is pretty, though.

[livedream.livejournal.com]

I love the name Jack for a little boy, but our last name is King... Jack King... you put it together and see how far into adolence that boy would get before he got sent home for beating someone up... then who's to blame! lol! ♥

[lyndsaysworld.livejournal.com]

I've never heard it before I like it!

[eleanorgrace.livejournal.com]

I'm like 99% sure that name is one of the little kids (a little mummy, I think?) in a Scooby Doo movie. They're at like, a monster boarding school or something and they play volleyball at one point.

I think it's a cute name. It's not super feminine, but that's not necessarily a negative.

[xxriotgurlxx.livejournal.com]

I don't like it very much. It makes me think of someone with a lisp trying to say "Tannis".

[irishkitten441.livejournal.com]

Tanith isn't bad at all.
I have a stereotypical Irish surname beginning with "O'D", and my boyfriend does as well. We'll have to steer clear of names ending in 'O' or 'D'.

[mandy-23.livejournal.com]

I'm not really a fan of Tanith. Sounds like someone is saying "I will tanith you". That could totally be me though. :)

I always loved the names Ronan and Rowen but the fiances last name is Ronan. So I have to stay away from most R names and names that end in -in sounds.

[holdshiftpress8.livejournal.com]

I have a friend called Tanith.
I asked her once why she got an interesting name, and one of her sisters is called Nicole.
Apparently her parents chose it because one is Danish, and one is English, and the other family would be offended if they used a danish/english name. So her name is Romanian (I think?) Anyway, later they realised they could use french names.

I like her name, you know she's extremely unlikely to meet someone else with her name, yet its obvious how to spell it. It doesn't sound like anything bad, so there aren't any horrible nicknames. Plus, the fact that its not really feminine means that anyone can borrow her bus pass or things like that.

Its annoying that you have to consider last names when choosing first names. I figure I'm going to choose a first name I like, and then choose one of four surnames (my mother's surname, my father's surname, other person's mother's maiden name, other person's surname) that fits best. I guess I'll grow out of that idea though. (Currently some of my reasoning is: grrr, its so unfair that girls are supposed to change their last name, i'm NEVER doing that. and its so unfair that last names get lost when the children are girls. I personally have both my parents last name, my mum's last name is one of my middles.)

[krosp.livejournal.com]

lol I've never heard of "anyone can borrow her bus pass" being used as a good aspect of a name before! =)

[krosp.livejournal.com]

Yes.. my fiance's last name is a common suffix of many English words... which makes a lot of names sound like words. Most of the words aren't terrible ones (although there are a few) but still, they are words. We will have to think so long and hard when we name our kids.