More changes to my name list...

[amspeck-myworld.livejournal.com]

What do you think of these:

Boys first names potentials:
Franklin
Dominic
Zachary
Mason
Edmund
Remy
Mendal
Newton
Conley
Lucian
Ezekiel
Gilon

Middle names (hebrew)potentials:
Eran
Reuel
Eliel
Elitov
Neriah
Zerachia
Nili
Zadok
Gilon
Liam (in Hebrew it means My nation, my people)
Yagil
Yeshuvam
Jashub
Yehucal
Elchai
Ever or Eber

Girl first names potentials, pretty much the same:
Celia
Winifred
Zofia
Irena
Mirabelle
Noreena
Erica
Martha
Amadea
Astraea
Naomi

Middle names (Hebrew) potentials:
Bithiah
Emuna
Serach
Meira
Shifra
Zerizah
Eliora
Elinoa
Ashera

Here are some combos I've just done: http://www.babynames.com/namelist/9529612
WDYT? All thoughts welcome.

Comments

[kitchen-poet.livejournal.com]

I absolutely love Franklin, Edmund, and Ezekiel. Lucian is nice as well. I like Franklin Liam.

And kudos to you for Winifred!

[amspeck-myworld.livejournal.com]

Thanks for your comments :) Winifred is one of our absolute favorites, I think it's such a rare gem these days!

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

Like:
Franklin
Dominic
Zachary
Lucian
Ezekiel

Don't like:
Mason - Okay, but kind of trendy and overused.
Edmund - I prefer Edward
Remy - Looks incomplete. Maybe as a nickname? (Please not for Remington, though)
Mendal - Makes me think of "mental." Plus, it sounds like a last name.
Newton - Last name. I can't picture this working as a first name. Maybe as a middle.
Conley - Last name. Plus, 'Con' isn't exactly the connotation you want people to have with a very likely nickname for your son.
Gilon - Not a fan.

The only one of the middle names I don't like is Ever, because it's a word, and people aren't going to be able to get past that (I know I wouldn't; I'd always want to make a joke about "How come your parents didn't name you For?") The rest aren't ones I'd ever use, but that's probably because I'm not Jewish and therefore wouldn't use traditional Hebrew names (Anglicized ones, yes, but not the Hebrew spellings).

Like:
Celia
Mirabelle
Erica
Martha
Naomi

Don't like:
Noreena
Amadea
Astraea
Winifred
Zofia
Irena

Again, all of the middle names are fine:)

[amspeck-myworld.livejournal.com]

Thank you for your comments!

[ifancylust.livejournal.com]

i like:
Zachary
Mason
Lucian
Liam
Ever or Eber
Celia
Eliora

i don't think it's fair for me to vote on a lot of the hebrew names because i'm not sure how to pronounce them.

[amspeck-myworld.livejournal.com]

Thank you for your comments!

For help with Hebrew names, it helps me to know that Hebrew is a phonetic language, like most romance languages such as Spanish, and vowels have only one possible pronunciation: 'O' is pronounced as 'oh', 'A' is pronounced as 'ah', 'E' is 'eh', "I' is 'ee' and 'U' is 'oo'. The only other real considerations is that 'ch' is as in loch and g is always hard as is good, to my knowledge.

[devofriends.livejournal.com]

Well, I've never heard some of these Hebrew names--especially the boys' names--but yay for knowing Hebrew so I can actually figure out what they mean....

That said, as far as first names, I like Zachary, Mason, Edmund, Mendal (I'd spell it Mendel though, as in the common Yiddish name), and Ezekiel. Most of the others kind of sound like last names to me.

As for middle names, I think I like all of them...Reuel is awesome, I've never seen it before...I really like Neriah, Yagil, and Elchai. I wouldn't use Liam, because people are going to assume it's short for William and pronounce it wrong. And I prefer Yashuv to Jashub; why Anglicize it when you have all these other Hebrew names?

Now for the girls: I like Celia, Mirabelle, Martha, and Naomi. The others just aren't my style. As for the middle names...I have to comment on all of these because I love Hebrew girls' names.

Bithiah: I'd spell/pronounce this Bitya or Batya. Bithiah just screams "Anglicized" to me.
Emuna: beautiful name, beautiful meaning.
Serach: This is on my list of middle names too! Do you know the midrash on the biblical Serach? (Ignore that if you have no idea what I'm talking about; I'm assuming, because you seem to know Hebrew based on your above comment.)
Meira: Love. One of my favorites.
Shifra: Not a fan, though I'm not sure why I don't like it.
Zerizah: Never heard of this one, not even sure what it means....
Eliora: Another of my favorites.
Elinoa: Don't think I've ever heard it, but I like it a lot.
Ashera: Never heard this one either, and I think I prefer Ashira, but Ashera's nice.

[amspeck-myworld.livejournal.com]

Thank you for your comments! Particularly your anglicized comments: I was using http://www.hebrewbabynames.com to find names - it has so many great names, but doesn't always tell you the original (while I usually catch and change it, I was just copy-and-pasting for this list).

Reuel is one of my absolute favorites! Geek note: It's the third R is JRR Tolkien's name which he also gave to his sons. I loved it before I found that out, but it amuses me greatly :)

And yay for someone else knowing Serach bat Asher! I've had to explain *soo* many times that it isn't a crazy kr8tyve version of Sarah. I really want to pair it with Celia (meaning heavenly) as a nod to her, as well as the wonderful conotation of 'heavenly abundance' when paired together :)

[djador.livejournal.com]

I like Franklin, Dominic, Zachary, Mason, Remy. Especially Zachary and Remy.

[shortbutfast.livejournal.com]

i like

Dominic

Neriah
Zadok

Naomi

Shifra
Zerizah

[bobinwales.livejournal.com]

I like these ones off your boy's list!
Franklin
Dominic
Zachary
Edmund
Lucian

[the-good-ship.livejournal.com]

Like:
Dominic
Zachary
Edmund

Eliel
Elitov
Zerachia
Liam

Celia
Erica
Naomi - absolutely LOVE this name

Meira
Zerizah
Eliora
Elinoa