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babynamesHi all,
First-time poster, longtime name geek. No kids now, none in the foreseeable future, but check with me in ten years.
First off – and I know not everyone will be in agreement with me here, but this is just how I roll – I’m a big proponent of naming after someone. I think it’s classy, and I like the idea of getting to explain to the hypothetical child how he or she got his or her name.
I have a long list of names I like. I tend to stick very, very safe in my selections, for I am not one to upset the apple cart. Given that unique and/or bizarre names seem to be more appreciated in this community, I'll spare you the full list. That said, there are a few names that are a bit more original than the rest, all after people in my life.
-In my late teens, I was extremely ill for nearly a year, and I credit a physician named Dr. Irianni for saving my life. Thus, as a girl's middle name: Irianni
-Two of the strongest role models in my life have the last name Lowenstein. Because it’s physically impossible to choose between the two for naming a child, Lowen tops my list of boys’ names.
-For a boy, after the two physicians who got me started in my career in women’s medicine: Wilson Dabinett (“Will” for short)
-I’m extremely close to my mother; thus, a derivative of her last name, used as a boy's middle name: Connell
Thoughts?
First-time poster, longtime name geek. No kids now, none in the foreseeable future, but check with me in ten years.
First off – and I know not everyone will be in agreement with me here, but this is just how I roll – I’m a big proponent of naming after someone. I think it’s classy, and I like the idea of getting to explain to the hypothetical child how he or she got his or her name.
I have a long list of names I like. I tend to stick very, very safe in my selections, for I am not one to upset the apple cart. Given that unique and/or bizarre names seem to be more appreciated in this community, I'll spare you the full list. That said, there are a few names that are a bit more original than the rest, all after people in my life.
-In my late teens, I was extremely ill for nearly a year, and I credit a physician named Dr. Irianni for saving my life. Thus, as a girl's middle name: Irianni
-Two of the strongest role models in my life have the last name Lowenstein. Because it’s physically impossible to choose between the two for naming a child, Lowen tops my list of boys’ names.
-For a boy, after the two physicians who got me started in my career in women’s medicine: Wilson Dabinett (“Will” for short)
-I’m extremely close to my mother; thus, a derivative of her last name, used as a boy's middle name: Connell
Thoughts?
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Date: 2007-09-04 04:30 am (UTC)I agree with the idea of naming a child after someone. I tend to stick to using middle names in that fashion, while giving a kid his/her own identity with a first name, but I'm not opposed to first names, either. My only requirement is that my kid's first name can't be the same as someone in my family (which moves my favorite name, Michael, to a middle name, and removes my #2 name, James, altogether).
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Date: 2007-09-04 04:31 am (UTC)i'm not a big fan of the name Wilson, i do like the nn Will, though.
Lowen is interesting... not bad, but not my style. but i do like that it has meaning to you.
would Irianni be pronounced like: Ear-ee-ah-nee/Erie-ah-nee?
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Date: 2007-09-04 04:32 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2007-09-04 01:26 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-09-04 04:45 am (UTC)Personally, I like unique names that are unique and not stupid. I hate the new different spellings for names. I hate when people try to use words for names, for the most part. Blech!
But I like all your ideas. :) I especially love Lowen.
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Date: 2007-09-04 05:08 am (UTC)But literally, as a name, I really only like Wilson.
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Date: 2007-09-04 05:12 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-09-04 06:53 am (UTC)My mother's maiden name is Finley, and if I felt anything BUT bitterness and disdain toward her, I'd totally be into naming a son after her.
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Date: 2007-09-04 08:36 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-09-04 01:27 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-09-04 08:06 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-09-04 08:35 am (UTC)-Lowen, because it reminds me of 'low' and 'lower', and it might also raise the issue of wheter it's pronounced like that or with a 'v' sound. I feel like suggesting Loven (prn Low-ven), although I would understand how it might not be the same to you.
-Wilson also is a fine name, but Dabinett it too close in sound to 'cabinet' :/
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Date: 2007-09-04 08:38 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-09-04 10:56 pm (UTC)