The Alphabet Name Game

[requiem-morrow.livejournal.com]

I've spent the last few weeks playing the alphabet name game with baby name sites. That said, these are names I like, not all are necessarily names I'd give my children. Please be warned, I like surname names and occassionally intergendered names (boy names on girls, girl names on boys). Its a huge list so I'm starting with A and B. 

BOYS	GIRLS
Asher, Aiden, Ash, Archer, Alexei, Abraxus	Annagrey, Annabella, Annabelle, Arabella, Alora, Alaura, Azure, Ainsley, Aisling.  Acacia, Asher, Adair, Adresteia, Andromeda, Annora, Anya, Aoife
Bard, Beckett, Boone	Beckett, Bronwen, Bailey, Bella, Brontë

Thoughts?

Comments

[nobodynomore.livejournal.com]

Oh Asher is one of my favourite names for a boy.

[requiem-morrow.livejournal.com]

Isn't it great! Its in my top three, even though my step nephew named his son Asher. I personally haven't seen him since he was six, so I figure it won't be too tacky to still use it:)

[requiem-morrow.livejournal.com]

*seen my step nephew, not his son. I've never seen his son:)

[nobodynomore.livejournal.com]

My mum likes it because it's from the Bible, but she hates Canaan, which is from the Bible too but she says it's a DEVIL'S NAME ZOMG.

I, on the other hand, plan on naming a son Canaan. And perhaps Asher as a middle name for a child.

[politicking.livejournal.com]

pronounced like Cay-nan or Can-an?

[nobodynomore.livejournal.com]

Cay-nan.

[politicking.livejournal.com]

i thought, but wasn't sure.

the first thing i think of is the movie Varsity Blues... they are in West Canaan lol

[nobodynomore.livejournal.com]

I visited New Canaan, Connecticut and I bought a shirt that said I HEART CANAAN.

I left it in my hotel. =[

[politicking.livejournal.com]

lovee: asher, alexei, beckett... ainsley, acacia, asher, adair (!!!! i LOVE this name, my ex said it sounded made up & stupid, bite me!), anya, bella.

[requiem-morrow.livejournal.com]

There was a character on the Showtime show Dead Like Me named Daisy Adair. Daisy is soooooo not my usual taste, but I really like the name Daisy Adair.

[politicking.livejournal.com]

that's really cute together, actually.

i loveeee the name Adair, like so much. i tend to like a lot of girl A names for some reason lol. but my ex hated it for a girl. i'm like "but, but... i love it!" haha.

[unbakedbrownie.livejournal.com]

I LOVE that show! O_O I have never seen anybody talk about it. I am going on an internal fangirl fritz right now. heh.

The name fit the character, too! She was very believable with the name, role, etc. :)

[requiem-morrow.livejournal.com]

the sci fi channel did a marathon a couple of weeks ago and I recorded all of the episodes again. I've been having little Dead breaks all of the time!

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

LOVE Beckett, though only for a boy. It's one of my favourites.

[requiem-morrow.livejournal.com]

The first time I heard Beckett as a first name was on a girl, so its always been for both for me. Someone in the community pointed out before that on a girl it would probably be shortened to Becca or Becky - which I don't like and makes me lean more toward a boy. I like Beck and Bex as nns.

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

Beck's a cute nickname, but I love Beckett just on it's own. And yeah, Becca and Becky are possibilities, but it's still decidedly masculine to me.

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

its own*
Woops.

[confusedanswers.livejournal.com]

One of my first boys will be named Aleksei (you spelt it Alexei) but I prefer the true Russian spelling!

Other than Aleksei, I like Asher... and for girls, I like Annabelle (AnnaBel) and Bailey.. though I'd see Bailey more on a boy, than a girl.

[bornto-fly.livejournal.com]

I LOVE Asher for a boy. It's one of my favorites. However, I really hate the idea of using it on a girl. It's too much of a masculine name to me and I think it sounds ugly for a girl.

[neverstarsburn.livejournal.com]

i've been really considering Alexei lately because i love the nickname Lex on a boy

[slayerkate.livejournal.com]

I love the name Anya, and I always thought that Anderson would be a cute name for a girl.

[requiem-morrow.livejournal.com]

Anderson is actually Andie McDowell's first name!

[requiem-morrow.livejournal.com]

Aiden is entirely tooooooo popular right now, I agree. It wasn't elven years ago when I tried to name my nephew Aidan. If there were just a bunch of folks named Aiden, I'd probably use it in some way, but given the crazy number of rhyming names....it'll be a very, very long tome before its usable for me again.