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[monalyssasmile.livejournal.com]

What do you think of this sibling set?  These are Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris' kids names.  Everywhere I read it said that she had five kids so I'm thinking they didn't include the first kid because he died and the last name could be something else.

Reynold Abel
Jeffrey Sava
Madeline Hannah
Persia Andromeda
Pallas Antigone
Aza Marion
Azure

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[anapology.livejournal.com]

Don't take the popularity of the name into account...
Sophie or Sophia?

Why?

I think this is *the* name for my baby girl

[i-am-dsh.livejournal.com]

Our baby girl, due in April, is destined to have a *mouthful* of a name. (This is our first baby.)

His family named all the children with "A" names
My family named all the chidren with "D" names

His surname is a 4-syllable Greek name starting with A.
My surname is a 2-syllable German name starting with H.  (I didn't change my name when we got married.)

Adriana Lucia (my surname) (his surname)

                             (Adriana pronounced like "Audrey-ana," not "Adrian-a" )  Maybe Adri (like Audrey) for short.
                             For daily use:  Adriana (his surname)

BONUS:  It starts with an A & a D.  It's pretty in writing and said out loud.  The only Adriana I ever knew was smart, attractive, and kind, so I have good associations but not a lot of associations.

His Spanish-speaking relatives say Adriana the way I expect.  I'm afraid that at school or with my midwestern relatives, there may be some confusion - but I love the name, and I'm prepared to be a bit stubborn about how the name is pronounced.

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[---bellina.livejournal.com]

i was wondering what you think about the names tiesa, thayre, briar, arley and finley for a girl?

she would be a sister to renner, ramsey and tressa. i personally think that tiesa is way too close to tressa, but my brother and his wife really like it. any other suggestions would be excellent.

EDIT: the names are for my brothers baby not mine.

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[wizened-cynic.livejournal.com]

When I was a kid, I read a book called Ten Kids, No Pets by the same author who wrote the Babysitter's Club series, and I can't seem to forget, for some bizarre reason, the names of the characters in it. The kids were named in alphabetically according to birth order; for the first kid, the mom picked the first name under A, for the second kid, the mom picked the second name under B, etc. etc, which sounded completely insane to me, even when I first read it.

Anyway, here are the names, nicknames in brackets. Most of them are terrible but a few are okay. What do you think?

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Keegan is the name of their eleventh child, and Zsa Zsa is what they named their cat. I don't know. The family was deranged, if you ask me. I mean, WOODY? Poor fictitious kid.

Rosemary

[ilovehounds.livejournal.com]

What do you think? I originally came up with it because my sister-in-law is named Mary Leslie (double first name) and all the first daughters in her family are named Mary (Something). Her mom is Mary Jane, etc. I thought of Rosemary as an alternative. I love it. I think it's classic, a bit retro, and has a lovely feminine quality.

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[---bellina.livejournal.com]

what do you think about taking common names and spelling them differently?

one of my best friends is named aishliee mahryee and while i like how the name looks i can help but think how rediculous it is. she also has four older brothers named nykolas jayms, anndryw jihonn, evyn scot and wiate danyle. all four of them however have changed the spelling of their names back to the traditional spelling.

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[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

Is it uncouth to use a name that is also the name someone in your family, but that you don't see often? I mean not to name your baby after said person, but just give them the same name?

Here is the specific situation:
My fiance and I (not pregnant, but hopefully will be this time next year) have a REALLY hard time agreeing on girls' names (a fact some of you may know).
Recently, he told me he really likes the name Abigail, and the meaning "my father is joy".
However, I nixed it because my cousin's wife is Abby.

But, since it is so hard for us to agree on names (and I do like Abigail) and since we only see these cousins once a year (though Abby is the mum of our flower girl), would it still be tacky to use the name?

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[kati-d.livejournal.com]

Ever since I watched Walk the Line - the new movie about Johnny Cash... Ive loved the name Carlene. I think its a really pretty and semi unique name (unique as in not common right now not as in weird). I think you could use the nickname Carly as well.

What do you think?

Also which way do you prefer it spelled
Carleen?
Karleen?
Carlene?
or
Karlene?

Ive always loved the name Colleen and this name sorta reminds me of that with a twist :)

Rowen

[super-bitch06.livejournal.com]

I just watched the movie Wicker Man, and I'm curious to see what everyone thinks about the name Rowen on a little girl? It's cute, IMO, but I'm not sure if I would ever use it.