Does Association make a name bad for you?

[quiritis.livejournal.com]

I'm not referring to extremes like Adolf...but I am looking at many of the names people recommended (which I do appreciate) but I know someone for most of the names.

Like Zachary-the name of a little boy we knew who drowned when his mom wasn't watching him (this past year)

or William-the name of my sisters husband who at times can be really loud and obnoxious.

or Nathanial-the name of this gamer guy we knew that thought he really was a vampire.

I dunno...does anyone else do this? Am I over-analyzing these things? I really did not want my neice named Sarah, because I knew a bully in school names Sarah...but now after knowing my neice I really like that name.

The boys names above are all fine names, but by association, I don't like them (for my child.) I don't know, maybe I'm just weird. I like the name Jeremiah and Daniel, but my sons cousins are named that, so I don't want to copy a name. I'm thinking of using Matthew as a middle name-For first names I like Jacob, Thomas, or Cedric.

What do you guys think of Cedric? Too strange? Why is naming a baby soooo hard?!

*Name idea*

[whatdouthink57.livejournal.com]

I talked about it with my husband...and we love the name--for a girl--

Manessa

Pronouned--
Man-ssa

It was my mothers middle name, I had never heard of it before her. And I really want to carry on something from my mother!

What'da think?

*Me*

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[sweet1986.livejournal.com]

My FH and I are wanting to start a family after we are married. We have always dicsussed baby names, and we have finally settled on on for a boy:

Rhys Edward Lee (middle names after FH)

Girls list is this so far:
Aurora (I love, FH doesn't really)
Annika
Grace
Iris
Isla
Kiara
Layla
Lilly
Paige
Scarlett (I like, FH doesn't)
Violet (same as above)
Victoria

But a girl is a different matter. The names I really love, FH doesn't =( We both love Lilly (it would be Lilly Victoria) but he would want a longer version that can be shortened to lilly, like lilian, but I can't think of any that I really like, any suggestions? or other names? middle names would be either victoria, grace, kate or sylvia (family names).