Nevaeh Rant

[sayga.livejournal.com]

There's a girl at my daughter's daycare named Neveah. Um, if you're gonna name your kid that awful name, at LEAST please spell it right. Neveah is NOT Heaven backwards. It's Haeven and that is not a word. Heaven is. Or Haven is. Not Haeven.

Oh no...even the common names...

[mrsduryee.livejournal.com]

There is a sign in my neighborhood for a concert at the park with

Mycle Wattson.

Of course, it could just be his music name, because he's an artist. But still.

We should come up with the most kre8tyve ways to spell the most normal names.

ROSE: Rauxse - like Faux... lol

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[opalfirefly.livejournal.com]

I love the name Lara Rhapsody and it flows nice with all things considered.
We also like the name Dominic Valor.

We like middles names with some sort of meaning and interest to them. Valor is to honor his time with the Marines, during Iraq.

the only problem with these awesome names is that the first 2 names we decided on are kinda boring...
Samantha Rose (long family history with this name)
and Scott Giovanni (FH loves the name Scott and I decided to be nice and let him have it and he's honoring his Italian heritage with Giovanni)
Mainly we chose Samantha to be able to have Sam as the NN, if there is another name to use, please let me know!

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[cathkitten.livejournal.com]

I think Eugenie is the prettiest name, lately. Opinions?

Pronounced: "YOU-jen-ee," or "you-GENE-ee"? Which is proper?

The British royals say it the first way, but the only person I know named Eugenie pronounces it the second.

Boys names for girls?

[tinylittlestars.livejournal.com]

Okay, so IMO some boys names can be used for girls. Riley for a girl is growing on me, and I even pondered using Zachary for a girl. Maybe.

But last night I was reading the birth announcements in the local paper, and saw that someone named their baby girl Marnie Benjamin

I am distraught. 

Opinions?

Help! Crisis!

[sayga.livejournal.com]

When my husband and I were thinking of names for our daughter, we had basically decided on Kira. We were trying out middle names. My husband suggested Isis. We thought it sounded ok, until we realized if you said it too fast, it would say, "Kirisis." Like the umpire yelling Steeeerike! she would be Keeeeerisis!

We still joke how funny it would've been to name her Crisis Paulson. There are all those Hope, Faith, Charity, Rain, Summer, etc names. We should add some new ones to the mix. Crisis, Disaster, Typhoon, Tsunami, Destruction... Oh, I'm not good at this. Help me think of good negative word names.

(we did not name her Crisis or Kira Isis).

More on Nevaeh and the like

[sayga.livejournal.com]

OK, for any bored people like me out there... if you HAD to name a child a name backwards, which name would you choose?

EDIT: if you come across any names that are hilarious backwards, please share.

I love it.....but Ill never use it.

[hotmaildt.livejournal.com]

I was just wondering....is there ONE name out there that you love more than ANY other----but you KNOW you wont ever use it? Various reasons cause this...it doesn't sound right with your last name, or it already belongs to a friends child, etc.

For me, I have a few. Ive always loved the names Sunny and Penelope for a girl. I KNOW I wont ever use either though. My last name ends with a -ee sound, so Sunny is out of the question. Penelope is just too....SOMETHING for my taste.

As for boys...I have always loved the name Ethan. But I refuse to use a top ten name :)

I simply must share

[mrsduryee.livejournal.com]

I just read this at www.behindthename.com:

SUSANNA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Russian, Dutch, Biblical
Other Scripts: Сусанна (Russian)
Pronounced: soo-ZAN-a [key]
From Σουσαννα (Sousanna), the Greek form of the Hebrew name שׁוֹשַׁנָּה (Shoshannah) which was derived from the Hebrew word שׁוֹשָׁן (shoshan) meaning "lily" (in modern Hebrew this also means "rose"). In the New Testament this is the name of a woman who ministered to Christ. It also occurs in the Old Testament Apocrypha as the name of a woman falsely accused of adultery. The prophet Daniel clears her name by tricking her accusers, who end up being condemned themselves.

And I was surprised to see it's Biblical, since I don't have the Apocrypha. I'd like to read that story.

It THRILLS me that in modern Hebrew the name is related to Rose, since that's my name.

My new favorite name. :) I hope my husband likes it. Not that it matters to him since we are "never" having children. LOL.

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[chippyjem.livejournal.com]

the husband and I really like the nn Suzie.  We don't like Susan though.  What other names could we use the nn Suzie?
Thanks!

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[maude.livejournal.com]

At work yesterday I met a little girl named Burgundy and a little boy named Burk...hmmm. (They weren't together.)

Avery

[sotypical42483.livejournal.com]

What are your opinions on the name Avery for a girl?

I honestly NEVER knew this was originally a boy's name. The first and only time I ever heard it, it was used on a girl (about ten years ago) and I always just figured it was a girl's name. So to me it sounds very feminine and not masculine at all.

I normally HATE boy's names on girls. I hate Riley, Peyton, Harley (not that I even consider that a name, but still...), Madison, Mackenzie, etc., and I feel like I shouldn't like Avery, but I do. I don't know if I could ever use it though, because... well, I don't want a little girl with a boy's name.

Is naming a girl Avery like naming a girl Leslie or Kelly or Shannon (almost completely gone to the girls)? Or like naming a girl Riley or Peyton (kinda in the middle, now socially deemed okay for either sex)? Or like naming a girl Ethan or Allan or Ryan (almost completely still thought of as boy's names. yes I know, half of you know girls named Ryan and its so super cool and cute and they adore their names, but to society at large, Ryan is still very much a boy's name, I think)?

Ahhh I'm conflicted.

If you hate Avery for a girl is it because it's traditionally a male name?

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[dancing-crazy.livejournal.com]

Okay, so I've been obsessing over Annabeth these past few days. It's right at the top of my list for made-up children. Two questions: Do you like it better on its own or as a nickname for Anna Elisabeth/Anne Elisabeth? (and which of those do you like better?) Also, middle name suggestions (assuming it's just Annabeth and not a nickname)? I don't know why it's so hard to come up with good middle names for it. I've got Annabeth Leah and Annabeth Claire, which I like. Suggestions?

_____ Francesca

[tallc00lone.livejournal.com]

I've decided that when I DO have a daughter, her middle name will for sure be Francesca. Why?

I am Holland Francesca.
Mother is Ariadna Francesca.
Grandmother is Leva Francesca.

It's only right to do. And plus, I love the name.

My three favourite names are Lillia, Leah and Anna.

Lillia Francesca
Leah Francesca
Anna Francesca

Which sounds best?

A plethora of... uhm.. stuff?

[super-bitch06.livejournal.com]

I saw Lillian crop up on a post here a while ago (don't remember which one) and ever since it's been in the back of my mind. I'm too lazy to go back and look to see what everyone thinks of it, so I'll just ask for opinions again!! Also, middle names?

How would you pronounce the name Jaya? If you wanted it to sound like JIE-ah, how would you spell it? Then, of course, what do you think of it in general.

Then, I found these twin girls names on a myspace group, WDYT:
Fiona Brenna and Kaitriona Elizabeth ::gag::

And I have to ask.. what do you think when you hear the name Brooke Otis? (I don't know the middle name, sorry) I just wanna see if anyone else has the same reaction that I did...

Lily and Lottie

[super-bitch06.livejournal.com]

Two posts in a row? Does that make me a post whore? ::ducks from the blow of the resounding "YES"::

Are Lottie and Lily too similar for nicknames for twin girls? Part of my ideal family is a set of twin girls and thats what I'm planning on while picking out my names. I've kind of set on Charlotte for the youngest of the two because I love the nickname Little Lottie. At the same time, I'm falling in love with Lillian the more I see it, which would be Lily as a NN. The names themselves are different enough that it wouldn't be a problem, and the nicknames would only be a family thing, as I plan on having them go by Lillian and Charlotte with else. But is Lily/Lottie just too much?

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[the-theorist.livejournal.com]

For some reason I have a name in my head pronounced "lil-uh" not "lye-luh."   Am I making this name up, or is it actually a name?  Regardless, how would you spell it?  

Thanks :)

Also, I met an 11 year old girl recently named Hollyn (Hall-in).   wdyt?