May. 2nd, 2007

[identity profile] boysxkissingx.livejournal.com
Just talking about names...

Grandmother: Katherine Augusta
Grandfather: Douglas ___?___
Mom: Victory Augusta (I love that)
Dad: Hieu Quang
Sister: Candace Augusta
Sister: Shauna Linh
Me: Heather Thi
Sister: Nga Tuyet (gnaw tweet)
Sister: Nhi Tuyet (knee tweet)
Sister: Trish My


I love my mom's name, but she hates it, and I want to honor her by recycling it, but she insists that it's an awful name.  Thoughts?

opinions?

May. 2nd, 2007 07:51 am
[identity profile] hotmaildt.livejournal.com
I 'met' a girl baby yesterday named Leighton Auvaline. I had never heard either of those names.......what do you guys think of it?
[identity profile] turn-it-upp.livejournal.com
i'm new:)
i'm a sucker for names that relate to nature.
anyways, here are my fav. names:
girls:
Sage
Devendra
Amber
Stella
Jade
Lyric
Savannah
India
Lucy (in the sky with diamonds!)

boys:
Summit
Emery
Harper
West
Damian
Mikah
Dylan
[identity profile] shleep.livejournal.com
I've already posed this question to the community, but considering the recent spotlight & boosted membership, I thought I could get some fresh opinions.

I'm due to give birth soon and am still stuck between two names:

Stella or Petra?

Any thoughts? I'm really frustrated with my indecisiveness. :\
[identity profile] armenda.livejournal.com
Hello.

My name is Armenda Mae. I am unsure about where my name came from, since all the people who would know (Great-Grandparents) have passed. So, if you have any insight on my name I would appreciate that.

I'm not expecting but I think every girl (and a lot of boys) think about what they would name their children. My first daughter will be named after my sister who passed away when she was 13 (I was 9). Her name was Jessica Marie. I know it's common but it's really significant to me. For a boy I absolutely love the name Hayden though I'm unsure of a middle name at this time. Another boy name I like is Brian Isaiah. I just like how they sound together.

I just wanted to share. Comments and opinions are welcome. Thanks!
[identity profile] mzsocialbutrfly.livejournal.com
Hi All! Im new here and couldn't wait to post my conundrum!

My husband and I are expecting in August (my 2nd, his 1st) and at our last ultrasound, I found out the sex but my husband didnt. So, discussing names has been a challenge.

I've been looking at a lot of Unisex names, but it's pretty hard. So far I have on the list:

Aiden
Asher
Bryce
Bryn
Carey
Darcy
Dillan
Keegan
Kieran
Kirby
Reilly
Regan
Rowan
Addison
Cassidy
Bailey
Eden
Jordan
Avery
Emerson
Perry

Does anyone have any other suggestions??

Middle names will be between -
Davies and Paley (for a boy - both family names)
Louise, Grace, Jennifer or Lilly (for a girl)

My oldest son is called Ethan Rhys.

Thanks!!
[identity profile] mickey-sixx.livejournal.com
Came via the LJ Spotlight. Like many others that have posted here, I'm no where near close to having kids yet, but names have always been a fascination with me. Usually, I get inspiration from characters in books or TV, but some of these I've always liked. I was named after a song by a British 60's band called The Hollies. I was named for their 1967 hit Carrie Anne, but my Mum wanted to change the spelling so it ended up as being Karianne. I have yet to see anyone else have the same spelling, so I guess I'm unique. :P

Anyway, on to my names:

Unisex
Jamie (I've always wanted to use this for a girl, but for a boy is good too)
Jay (Same reason as above)
Jordan

Girls
Rai (I saw this in a book as a shortened version of Rachel, but I'm not too keen on Rachel, so I chose the shortened version)
Morgan
Rashel
Kimberly
Calleigh

Boys
Jason (Blame Power Rangers for this *rolls eyes* Sad, I know)
Zachary/Zachery
Darcy
Danny (Not Daniel, just Danny)
Hunter (Book again. Actually, a British character in an American Based book.)
Ash
Quinn

Aaaaand that's all I can think off at the moment. This comm is quite handy for me, because I'm a writer, and I need a good list of names to pick for characters. :D

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May. 2nd, 2007 09:59 am
[identity profile] mistresslane.livejournal.com
Hello all just wanted to post and share a few names that my husband and I picked out for our first first children. We already have one daughter and another child on the way (not sure of the sex yet).
Our first daughter is named: Natasha Nadir [insert last name] (nadir is pronounced Naa-dear)
And our other girl name we have chosen is Rosemarie Sue (Sue being a middle name passed down from my greatgrandma, granma, mother and myself..)
And then the two boys names we have are:
William Marin (though I think Marin is both male and female,..espcially as a middle name) And also Adrian Russell (Adrian being a close friend of the family, and russell is my step families last name..)

So what do you all think?
[identity profile] prizim.livejournal.com
hallo, I've heard a rumor recently about a name that i'm interested in, I was wondering if anyone knew the truth behind it:

An article claimed that the name "Wendy" was created by JM Barrie solely for the character in his Peter Pan book. That name had apparently never been used before in history.

Does anyone know the background for it? I love the name, and the history behind it would make it that much more interesting!
[identity profile] squirkey.livejournal.com
Some more unique names that I've heard and really like...

-Addis (pronounced Add-Is...pretty simple.  I met a guy named that the other day, and I think it's quite nice)
-Riles (also a boy's name...but I think it's a nice alternative to Riley which is becoming quite trendy)
-Isadore (it was the name of my great-grandfather, but I think it makes a nice little girl's name...you could call her Izzy for short)
-Kyler (not sure how I feel about this one...but it is kinda unique.  I saw a little girl with the name)
-Willard (boy's name...I kinda like it better than old fashioned William)

and these are the names that my sister wants to name her children one day...

Girl: Roxy Rae
Boy: Skecher Riles

Yes...I realize they're brands of clothes...but they are kinda cute names :D
[identity profile] pooshminky.livejournal.com
I've been in this group like, 2 or 3 days but it seems like forever with all the posts. I never said what names I like though.

Boy:
Peter

Girl:
Elizabeth
Jane
Margot

Anyway, weird question again.

I was watching something on TV awhile back and it was a British show. I think. The people on the show had a kid named Gemma. Now that I know there's atleast one person from across the pond in here, how is that named pronounced? Is it gem-a or is it Gemma with a g like in gay? Also, what is it short for? Where did it come from? I think it's cute.

Fun names

May. 2nd, 2007 11:35 am
[identity profile] deamonryoko.livejournal.com
I have a lot of friends right now who are having babies around now (me included!) and there have been a lot of fun names.

My little girl is Morrigan Kathleen, had she been a boy she would have been Garreth Cei

A friend's little girl is Elenore Zeta

And a little boy due in a few weeks is Killian (like the beer!)

I think it's great that people are looking for fun and unique names for their kids.
[identity profile] tehkiks.livejournal.com
Hi! I found this comm through the Lj spotlight, and I'm glad I did! I love names, even though I'm nowhere near close to naming any real babies. My list is embarrassingly long, but some of my favorite names are:

Girls
Caroline 
Elspeth (nickname Elsa)
Matilda
Penelope (nickname Nell)
Philippa

Boys
Theodore
William
Tristan
Matthew
Nicholas

What do you think?

hello there

May. 2nd, 2007 11:44 am
[identity profile] supermonkeyfics.livejournal.com
...and another to add to the tally of LJ Spotlight-induced new members. Hehe. Anyways, I'm not expecting to be a mother anytime soon. I just really, really like names. I enjoy writing, and since creating characters is my favorite part of the writing process, I spend quite a bit of time thinking about names.

My name is Nicole Marie. Both relatively common names, though Marie particularly as a middle name. I like my first name well enough, but it irritates me that it's common as both a first name and a middle name. Multiple times I've had classes where I've been one of 3 Nicoles. As for middle names, Nicole is the middle name of my current roommate, one of my best friends, and 2 of my elementary school classmates. And that's just for starters.

nickname rambling )

10 names I'm somewhat fond of, in no particular order )
[identity profile] mooingcow27.livejournal.com
I have forever loved the name Lexi, and however my boyfriend's (we are committed) last name is Lynch... I didnt want to name her Alexandra, Alexia, or anything because well, I like Lexi. But, I hate how Lexi Lynch sounds. I think Alexandra Lynch flows a little better. Should I go for Alexandra and just hope everyone calls her Lexi? (I was a camp counselor for many many years and most of the Alexandras I knew went by Lexi... so there's a chance! But I hate Alex!!! Which could happen just as easily)

How does the middle name michelle go with that?


We also like Nikki but I dont like nicole.. would it be okay to name a child Nikki or does it have to be Nicole? I dont know anyone whose name is just Nikki, haha

And just for the record, we love Hannah but cant think of a middle name. My dad's cousin has a daughter named Hannah though, we arent close or anything but they do visit on occasion... is that too close in the family to have the same name? She isnt MY cousin...

What do you think? Thank you!!!
[identity profile] ace-hart.livejournal.com
Hello all!

I just found this site moments ago through the spot-lite and I was thrilled to have found a community like this. I don't know if or when I'll ever have children, but I am a writer (or I like to think so at any rate), and I love coming up with or finding unique names to use for my characters.

Currently I am in the planning stages of a modern supernatural fantasy, and I would like to get opinions on the names of the characters I have selected so far, as well as any suggestions for names that people think would would fit well in my 'world'.

Names I have so far:

Boys:
Cato and Callisto (brothers)
Caspian
Alexius


Girls
Midi
Mona
Amaranta
Gabriella


Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. And, if it helps at all, the names are meant to be rather Mediterranean in origin, so that may narrow the field a bit.

Thank you!
[identity profile] amai-amaya.livejournal.com
Hello,

I'm new to this community but have had an obsession with names since I was little, so I guess this really is the right place for me ;)

Perhaps my obsession with names is a result of my own rather unique name, but who knows... ^.^

I tend to like unique and uncommon names, and although I don't have any children and don't plan on having any in the near future I still think a lot about them, but unfortunately, I'm also awfully picky.
Besides, I'm German but I think German names are pretty boring (I hope I'm not offending anybody by saying this, it's just my opinion and other people might very well like German names, which is also fine with me).

Despite all that, here are my personal favourites:

Girls:

- Kela (pronounced Kay-La)
- Illeana
- Isis
- Leia

Boys:

- Luke
- Josiah
- Keziah
- Nathan
- Rei

What do you think of them, any other suggestion that involve unique and unusual names?
I'd be very thankful (:
[identity profile] yoshi-in-black.livejournal.com
I'm also new here!^^ I wanted to ask what you think about giving children Japanese Names even if they're not Japanese. I'd like to do that, but I'm not Japanese and I don't think that I'll mary one.
My favs for a girl are Mariko, which means "child of the sea" and Ruriko which means "emerald child".
I don't have any ideas for a boy yet. So what do you think about?
[identity profile] twistedlilfreak.livejournal.com
A friend of mine suggested combining parts of the names of the parents or of people the parents admire (grandparents, aunts, friends, etc.) to form a new name for a child.

Ex...

Elizabeth and Jonathan

Most obvious blending would give you Ethan. E from Elizabeth and -than from Jonathan.
But you could also get JoBeth, Izana, Litha, Jobe, Zana, Onli, etc.

What do you think of this? I'm not sure of my opinion. It could help with finding unique and interesting names.

PS If I combined the names of myself and my significant other the best name I could get from it would be Alina. LOL

Noob Again!

May. 2nd, 2007 01:46 pm
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[identity profile] chadam-lives.livejournal.com
Found this community because of ljspotlight, as you can figure I'm completely obsessed with names, and especially their meanings.

I'm writing a novel at the moment, a horror/vampire/fantasy type that runs along the lines of BtVS or Anita Blake.
Just thought you might like to know the names of my main characters, because I decided to go the Joss Whedon route and give them slightly unusual names. :)

[identity profile] kassafrass.livejournal.com
Definitely not a parent, and not considering becoming one any time soon. But for some reason lately, I've become obsessed with picking out names. Mostly for boys though, since I only have a few girls names I really like. But I am getting a new puppy soon, so the hard part comes in deciding what I'm going to name my dog that I won't be upset I didn't get to use on my child. I don't really have middle names yet, but there's a few middle names that I do really like.

Girl's names:
Kenya
Rylie

and then I really like the name combo of Kenya Rylie.

Boy's names:
Levi
Tristan
Brodie
Gage
Ryder
Keegan
Korigan

and I like the name Tristan as a middle name a lot, I really like Levi Tristan


I think the hard part would be getting the dad of my children to agree to the names I like, because they are a little bit different.

Pet names

May. 2nd, 2007 02:15 pm
[identity profile] luvmyk9.livejournal.com
I do not have children of my own, only the 4 legged kind....and I have loved naming them....I also have enjoyed playing with the spelling of their names...nothing I would do too terribly much if I had my own children!  But my dogs are Brannigan and Baerrington.  My cats are Kymball and Keaton.

If I had children I love the names Taryn or Anzlee Anielle (pronounced Danielle without the D) for a girl and if I had a boy I like the name Aiden Caleb or Collin Spencer

[identity profile] notsoprettygrrl.livejournal.com

Hi there! This is a great community! I LOVE to think of names for people ( I write short stories) and animals ( I have a LOT)... but I have always wanted 2 kids with the names: 

Bentley and Hadley.  

I loved the names immediately when I heard them, but it wasn't until a few days ago that I looked the meaning/orgins of their names on a whim. THEY BOTH MEAN THE SAME THING!! Well, basically, Bently is a "meadow of grass" and Hadley is a "meadow of heather." Wierd, huh?

Bentley could be a guy or a girl, but I don't really want a boy. Since I will be adopting, I figure I will have greater control over that, but if my husband wants a boy, then I want his name to be Bentley.  And I would also love the name Bentley on a girl as well.

Hadley would be a girl's name, but I go back and forth on how to spell it.  There are ruins of "Hadleigh" Castle are in a rural area and hour or so outside of London, and I have a painting of the area from a really important person in my life... which would make a great story. HOWEVER, I just LIKE the way the name looks spelled "Hadley" better. I don't know...

What do yall think? Which spelling would you prefer and why?

[identity profile] spidersky.livejournal.com
I like really uncommon names (probably because my name, jessica, is so common among girls my own age). :P Here are my favorites:

Girls
-Guinevere
-Layla
-Duncan (traditionally a boys name but I think it'd be cute for a girl)
-Gwendolyn
-Peach
-Lolita
-Meena
-Sei
-Bebhinn (pronounced bevin)

Boys
-Noah
-Howl
-Achilles
-Hayden
-Icarus
-Loki
-Holland
-Odin
-Luca
[identity profile] cinicolives.livejournal.com
I have always loved names although I'm not sure if I will ever actually have children to name. I tend to lean towards literary or floral names with old-fashioned connotations. My taste is a bit outlandish which probably comes from my own name, Linnea, which is from a Swedish flower and my great-grandmother.


Here's a few female name combinations that I love... :)

Persephone Imogen

Azalea Celeste

Camilla Isolde

Claudia Evangeline

Clementine Louise

Sylvia Clematis

Allegra Calliope

Isadora Mercy

Amity Wren
[identity profile] caribbean-luv.livejournal.com
I just had a son 7 weeks ago. It took me the entire nine months of my pregnancy to name him. The worst part was everyone asking me if I had picked a name out while I was pregnant...when I would answer "no", they would give me a judging sort of look as if to say what kind of mother doesn't know what she will name her kid??!! It was a very important decision to me. I ran a few ideas past my mother and mother-in-law...talk about torture!!! I value their "opinions", but at times they were pushy and just plain rude. The decision was hard enough already. For my next pregnancy, I have decided that if anyone asks me what the baby's name is, I am going to say it is a secret. That way I don't have to deal with the added pressure.

The moment he was born, and I saw him, I knew...his name should be Diego Alejandro. )
[identity profile] amiasha.livejournal.com
Yep, I'm another person here from the LJ spotlight. :) But this seems like a nice community! I actually have, uh, sort of a tendency to get kicked out of babyname message boards for telling people to stop being mean to each other; go figure. Seems like this community doesn't have that problem, though. :)

So ANYWAY, I'm not a mother yet, and I intend to adopt toddlers so I may not have any part in naming any children of my own, but I love baby names in general. My pets always have very carefully picked names, and so do all my characters for novels and short stories. I tend towards exotic, ethnic names, or towards very elegant classic names.

My favorite names lists. )

namess

May. 2nd, 2007 04:31 pm
[identity profile] vanillaghost.livejournal.com

I love names! I'm glad this community exists

for girls I like the following
Abigail
Norah
Audrey
Ophelia
Ruth
Esther
Ella
Eloise
Sadie
Lola

old fashioned, unique and classy, but not weird as such

for my conversion to Judaism when I have to pick a Hebrew name, I'm going with Moriah, it means "the hill country" or "mountian" which is appropriate because I'm obsessed with folk/bluegrass music and the culture that surrounds it, and I play banjo, also it sounds good with my first name which is Andrea (Andrea Moriah has a nice ring)

for boys I like old biblical names

Mordechai
Issac
Noah
Ezekiel
Moshe
and as reminded by the post above me, I LOVE Hayden, I forgot about that one

I know there's more hah, though I tend to like/pay more interest to girls names
[identity profile] kenderika.livejournal.com
I am actually rather fond of Northern names: Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Lapland and a few simple generic names. I myself am Lithuanian, which is also pretty up there, and I like their names as well.

Girls: Asta
Tuve (after Tuve Jansson, one of my favorite writers)
Marit (or Marite, Marita)
Astrid
Sky

Boys: Tim
Bjorn
Eric
Roan (or Ron)
[identity profile] ladydiddymus.livejournal.com
So this is just my opinion on nicknames, feel free to disagree.
I understand that picking a nickname you like but giving the child a longer version of the name in very common, like wanting to call them Will but officially naming them William. But I don't think it is ALWAYS necessary. I understand that there are special circumstances - family names, etc - but I don't see the point in giving a child a name with no intention ever to use it, and this applies to going by middle names, too. Even if I think a name is pretty, but thought it was a little too "unique" or complicated to call a child, I just wouldn't name them that. If the kid chooses to shorten it later on down the road, fine, but it's not worth using a special or unique name if you're pre-planning to butcher it into something ordinary. The boys in my step-dads family include Joey, Ricky, and Monty, but these aren't short for anything. Thats what their mom wanted to call them, so that's what she named them, and that makes sense to me. I'm not saying it's bad to pick a nickname in advance, but not to the point that it makes the child's real name obsolete.
[identity profile] th3-unicorn.livejournal.com
Do the names Dylan and Dillon sound the same?
[identity profile] bugamok.livejournal.com
This post brought to you by the recent obsession with the name Loki.

Does anyone actually read the mythology behind Loki? He is one nasty, evil god. Why would you want to name yout kid that? Even if you just view him as a necessary trickster/badguy in the lore, he still ends up chained to a rock with his son's entrails and venom dripping onto his face. He gets to stay like that until the end of the world, according to the mythology. What a lovely story to tell your kid about his name.

I, for one, could never give a child a name with a historically negative connotation. Juliet even bugs me because she does (spoiler!) kill herself at the end of the play, after all. Ophelia, same sort of issue. Damian, Lucifer, and related names are all awful in my opinion and should doom the parents to a hellion of a child. (Don't anyone get the idea that Hellion's a lovely name.) Same with Adolf.

If Lolita's okay (not that I think so) then why aren't people offering up Humbert as a boy's name? Humbert Humbert is a great literary figure, after all. And Bert is such a nice nickname.

So in conclusion:
1) What's your opinion on using names with negative backgrounds?
2) Any other good examples of names with bad history?
[identity profile] kreptis.livejournal.com
My unhealthy obsession with names finally has a home! Yay!

A lot of my names are actually drawn from obscure Final Fantasy or Pokemon references (because let's face it, they have the best names)

So to start, I've listed the names I have picked out if I ever have children/pets/friends that need their children named:

Girls:
Lorelei
Sabrina
Alma
Celeste
Alanis
Clair
Atlanta
Iva
Erika
Jasmine

Boys:
Beowulf
Zeno
Zaki
Alexei (but my stupid uncle named his son Alexander *hatehatehate*)
Seth (but he's one of the main characters in a book I'm writing.)
Lance (no not after that one guy)
Gregory
Keenan
[identity profile] eb-girl.livejournal.com
Well, first of all, I suppose I should introduce myself.

My name is Jahnavi (born Jahnavi-devi Dasi). The name is Sanskrit, though none of my family is from or has ever been to India.

My husband (whose name is Konan, by the way - hooray for unnusual names!) and I have decided it's time to have a baby, and I'm so picky about names, I figure I need to start making a list as soon as possible. I've made numerous lists over the years, but there are only a few that have lasted through my changing tastes.

We've pretty much decided that our first boy (assuming we have one) will be named Alexander. We'd probably call him Xander because it's not quite as boring as Alex, but he'd have an alternative if he didn't like it.

Here are some of my other favorites:

Boy names:

Alexander
Gabriel

Girl names:

Sienna
Tourmaline (yes it's a rock, but I LIKE IT)


So yeah, not very many. Maybe I'll get some ideas here. :)
[identity profile] twilightshadows.livejournal.com
These are names that I hope to use for my future children.

I have a feeling that I'm going to get in a fight with my future husband or boyfriend over this but I'm set on naming my first born son Dominic James, his nickname will be Dom. I'm not sure where I got the name Dominic but I absolutely love it. And I picked James because it's my grandfather's first name and I would rather not use Emmet, his middle name.

I also like the name Wesley Chase. I love the names Michael, Devon, Alexander, and Blake.

For girls, I really don't have a full name picked yet. I want to use the name Lianne though. Anne is my grandmother's, mother's, and sister's middle name. Lee is my great-grandfather's, grandfather's, dad's, and brother's middle name. So I want to use them and I really like the spelling of Lianne.

I would also like to use my middle name Jo somehow. I like the name Astrid but I'm not sure if I want to name my daughter that or not. i really need to find some more names for girls.
[identity profile] axel-of-evil.livejournal.com
OMG guys, I found out today it's a boy! My fiance & I are so excited (especially him)

So, any name suggestions?

My fiance and I really like Caleb. What middle name would go with that?
[identity profile] turtle-dove-1.livejournal.com
I had a friend named Bryan, and one day someone teased him and said that it looked like a girls name. (I didn't agree, but oh well.) He said that when he was born, his dad wanted to name him Byron and his mom wanted to name him Brian. When dad left the room, mom wrote Bryan on the birth certificate, thinking it was a compromise. Mom and dad got divorced over it. The End.
I guess names are just as important to the namer as the named.
[identity profile] emmala.livejournal.com
am i the only one here who doen't have or doesn't think middle names are important? even if i had a middle name it would have just been my mom's maiden name nothing fancy or matching or anything. my name:emma lang is nice and short and i cant tell you how nice that was when doing all those sat like tests!
[identity profile] sykotropic.livejournal.com
All suggestions welcome.  I'm due in September and I don't actually know if its a boy or a girl, but for some reason I have some suitable girl names.  Anyway,  I'm looking for Spanish or Italian names to go with a last name that starts with a T and ends in an O and is 3 syllables.
[identity profile] annamayniac.livejournal.com
Hey! I just found this community on the spotlight :)

My name is Anna May-- both words. I used to love my name until I started getting asked if I was named after Japanese animation (anime). I started going by my nickname, Mazie, when I came to college, which I also love. I do miss going by Anna May, though, I still think it's a really beautiful name. I'm also Catholic, so my Confirmation name is Anna May Cecilia.

I want to incorporate my siblings' names in all my children's names eventually, so far I have the names:

Melisande Grace
Emily Joy
Matthew Thomas

Emily Joy would go by both names, like I do with Anna May. :)

I'm glad I'm not the only one who loves names and thinks about her future children! haha
[identity profile] christhiane.livejournal.com
I came over the Jewish surname Disraeli not too long ago, and I can't get it out of my head. Of course, there it sounds like 'dis-RAY-lee,' which I think sounds like a neat boys name.
Of course, it could be pronouced like Israel with a d in front. Or am I completely off the mark here?

For the record, though, I don't think I'll ever have any children so it's not like anyone's going to end up with it. =)
[identity profile] swiftheartlu.livejournal.com
Not for my babies. Not yet at least.
Brackets reference, Squared denotes full name.

For characters.

Girls.
Oubliette
Sera (Land Before Time!)
Koda [Kodiak]
Scout
Fallon
Keelin
Bunty [Elizabeth]
Iona
twins? Reiko and Ridge.

Boys.
Tristram
River
Jackal
Codi (Ty - Togruda)
Theo[dore]
Cy (Twombly)
Seamus (Harper)
Teek
and of course, if it's twins, Cain and Abel.

Current RP Characters - Riju/Ridge Waydrifter, Rishi, Shysie-Taima (shay-see), Cain Reaver



If I ever buy any children, they are so screwed when it comes to names.

They are getting medievil/native indian/inuit/elven names, or maybe just a normal word if I feel like it.
Oh, and it's getting Waydrifter as a middlename, girl or boy.
And it's bound to have hundreds of middle names as I don't have one.

And I hope to marry someone with an interesting surname.
As mine means 'Wallet or Bag maker, Celtic origin' or as a modern definition, Ooozing fat.

I shall change my surname to 'Fedaykin'.

So my spawn will more than likely be Tristram Waydrifter Fedaykin. Poor sod.
[identity profile] elizajane86.livejournal.com
Hi all,

My name is Liz (Elizabeth). All of my siblings were named after someone. For example, my younger brother's middle name is my dad's middle name Brother: (Michael Scott, Dad: Bradley Scott), my older sister's name is a combination of my two grandmothers (Evelyn+Joy=JoLyn), and my name comes from Eliza Jane, my great great grandma.

Anyway, I went to babynames.com one day and was playing around with it, and I went to the name generator, and it gave me Makaila Rylee. I thought it was a sign...the two names work perfectly together, and I love them.

Other names: JoAnn (for my sister, who's name is JoLyn Ann), Michael Scott (for my brother, of course), Mary Elizabeth (after my aunt), Cami, Crystee, Braxton, Rylee, Mackenzie, Cameron, Jackson, Timothy...and I'm sure there's more, but... :P
[identity profile] morningapproach.livejournal.com
Hello!

I came across the community in the community spotlight, and thought that I would drop in and make a post :) I am 23 and a writer so I am constantly putting names aside that I like for either use in a story or for future children. Right now my only child is my cat, named River. I don't have my (lengthy!) list in front of me, but I do know a handful off the top of my head:

Girls: Mersea, Alexandria, Ariana, Rose, Martha, Penelope, Lorelai, Aurora

Boys: Taylor, Eric Ryan(after my late brother and my boyfriend, to be the name of my first boy), Xander, Chase, Manfred, Sanford

And I know that there are more that I absolutely love, but I can't remember them at all at the moment. :)
[identity profile] smoreswhore.livejournal.com
Eeek, just found this group on spotlight, and I'm excited!

Hi, I'm Mercy, and I've pretty much been obsessed with names since the tender age of 5 when my mom's baby naming book and I were attached at the hip. I flipped through it every so days for years, until the pages started falling out. I still have it, actually, like 11 years later. So yeah, I love names!

Do any of you ever look back on names you absolutely loved and think "god, what was I thinking?!" I think mine must've been Aloha, Nebula, and  Clu.

Current faves:
Emmeline                   Keiran
Evanna                        Soren
Mikaela                        Mikah (My-kuh)
[identity profile] christinedaae87.livejournal.com
I'm yet another one that saw this community on LJ Spotlight. I just had to join, I love talking about baby names.

I've just got engaged! We have talked about kids, but not until after we're married. We would like a boy & a girl.
Boy to be called: Leland Alexander
Girl to be called: Indya Hannah

What do you think about those names?

I also have a fairly long list of baby names I like, you can find them under the cuts
Girls Names )
Boys Names )

New member

May. 2nd, 2007 10:09 pm
[identity profile] moonsparkletear.livejournal.com
Hi, I'm Allison (Ally) and my brothers and I all have 7 letters in our names and all end with "on". Shannon, Trenton and Allison, so I've been determined to name my daughter (whenever it happens) Madison (same 7 letters and 'on') Kary. My mom and I both have middle names that start with a K and ends with a Y (Kay for her and Kelly for me).

For a boy I would love to have Tobias Dean (Dean is my late grandmother's maiden name, also the middle names of my dad and my oldest brother.)

I'm also a writer so I have used the names below:

Nalani, Leilani, Elyzabeth, Melody, Gabriel, Evan, Bethany, Nathan, Morgan, Thomas, Lara, Faith-Amore, Trinity, Melanie, Shari, Jessica, Annabelle, Dakota (one of my favorite names), Matt, Jonah, Shawn, Summer, Xandra, Caliope, Arianna, Camille, Drew, Indigo, Lacey, Philip, Brody, Aspen, Savannah, and the list goes on and on and on...
[identity profile] delused.livejournal.com
When I was a junior in high school, I came across the term "anaphora" on one of my literary vocab word lists. Ever since, I've thought it would be the prettiest name ever. Am I being crazy here or does anybody agree? I'm not so sure if I like it as much anymore.

Edit: Everybody keeps stating their names... so I figured I would too. Alicia Katharina. I used to hate my middle name because it's so German, but I've grown into it.

Hello!

May. 2nd, 2007 10:42 pm
[identity profile] smileshine.livejournal.com
Hi everyone!

My name is Deborah (Lynne). Like most posts recently, I found this group on the spotlight, and I'm quite excited to be here! I love names. I'm not planning on having kids any time soon, but I have a preliminary list for them when I do.

I also have lists (and books) for stories and things I write, and of course my Sims games. ;)

Some favourites off the top of my head:

Karolynne, Brynn, and Maddison (my niece's name, but I totally liked it first! :P)
Sean, Christian, and Joshua.

I guess that's all I have to say for now. :)
[identity profile] roughxdivide.livejournal.com
Hey~ I'm new here. I wandered in from the spotlight (how typical) and thought this was an absolutely fantastic idea for a community so... here I am.

Anyway, I've been scrolling through a few pages of posts and thought I'd do my own.

For starters, I'm only 19 so no kids for me yet but I am a writer with a love for unique but not obnoxious names so please feel free to throw some at me in a comment. My name is Rebecca Elizabeth though I mostly go by Bec and have done so for the past decade. I wasn't named for anything in particular but my middle name is for both my grandmothers-- Elizabeth (Beth) and Helen Elizabeth. Interesting names seem to be a bit of a theme in my immediate family (my siblings at least), so I thought I'd post them along with a short list of my favourite names.

Names )

And that's it. Surprisingly there's not a lot of girls names that I actually like, so if you have any unique ones then please comment with them. I'm always open for new ideas, especially in character development.
[identity profile] cheer-meag.livejournal.com

How funnn!!I've always always had baby name lists!

GIRLS::::

- Ava Elizabeth ((same middle name as me :) ))

- Ellery Diane

- Adelaide

- Emma

- Riley

- Chloe

BOYS:::::

- Landon

- Layton

- Turner

- Dalyn

- Ethan

[identity profile] jivekitten.livejournal.com
what a fun community.
like a lot of you, i've always kept lists of names.

when i was younger, i always said i wanted triplets named madison, morgan, and mackenzie. i also said i wanted to name my son zachary tyler (which my oldest sister almost stole) or noah (my other sister almost stole that one.) i grew tired of those after a while.

then i decided on alissa kaitlin, so that i could call her ally kat. yeah, that one didn't last for more than a few years either.

i'm getting married next summer and we plan to start trying for a family next winter. we want to name a girl either isabella christiana (we both  love the nickname bella and christiana is my best friend's middle name) or sophia renee (renee is my middle name as well as my mom's. both of my sisters also gave their daughters their middle names.)

as for a boy, that has been a bit more difficult. i really liked the name jayden until britney spears decided to name her kid that. not so cute anymore for some reason. my fiance wanted to name a kid vincinzo. um, no. he really likes the name anthony. i don't. i have bad memories of someone with that name. marriage is about compromise though and it seems to be something that he really wants. so, after giving it a lot of thought, i decided that if that is what he wants, i will let him have it. it means more to him to have the name than it does to me NOT to have the name. his middle name will be christopher because that is my fiance's name and he has his dad's name as his middle name. if we end up having two boys i really want to name the second one giani (pronounced almost like johnny, more like gee-ani.) i also like giovanni, but he won't have that either.

the girls name are important to me, so i guess the boys names can be important to him. as long as they're not louie or vincinzo. ick. if you're wonering why so many italian names, my fiance is italian. although they'll only be about 1/4 italian, they'll have a very italian last name. so, it works.

other names i would love to give me kids but i know the chances are slim are molly or grace. so cute.

my sister's first two kids are named thia and liam. actually their full names are cynthia and william, but i like that they thought outside the box on those two and used thia and liam instead of cindy and will.

ok ok. i am supposed to be studying for my last final exam that i have tomorrow morning. i should stop procrastinating and do it.
i'll probably  just sit here and think of more names though. heh.
[identity profile] super-bitch06.livejournal.com
So everyone names their kids and everyone names their pets. Does anyone else name their stuffed animals? :-D!

I'm obsessed. Every time I get a new one, I name it. I'm just curious if I'm completely alone in that!


My favorites:
Rufus - dog
Loki Alabaster - Snow Leopard
Tubby - Hippo
Meatie Hash - Teddy
Wolfgang Leslie - Polar Bear pillow. (Named for my favorite members of Dschinghis Khan <3)
Winnifred - Bunny
Lysander - Whistling Gorilla (Shakespeare FTW)
Dulce - Teddy

And those are just my favorites that I brought to college. I've got about 60 million back home <3

So anyone else?!
[identity profile] iamcyber.livejournal.com
Choosing a name is one of the most important decisions parents will make. Names can have a special meaning, honor or remember a loved one or just be something "cool."

While I have several years yet before becoming a parent, I have reached a few basic decisions on the names of my children:

1. The names will be easy to spell and pronounce, thus reducing and/or eliminating the possibility of years of frustration and aggravation from teachers and peers.

2. The names will not be unisex names, be spelled uniquely or be the most popular names used at the time.

3. The names will be mature names, but not ones my children will have to do much growing into as they grow up.

4. My children will be named after loved ones in my family and my spouse's family that have passed on. (I'm very happily taken but we're nowhere near marriage yet!)

5. Both my spouse and I will reach a decision on names together, even if it requires a LOT of debate and discussion.

Ever since I've been within realistic grasp of parenthood, I've had my list of favorite names that I would bring into the discussion:

The Short List Of Names )
[identity profile] mykissmightkill.livejournal.com
so i like alot of other people found this from Spotlight. I love looking up names for my future kids even though i swear I'll only have 2. You never know. I grew up in a family of 6 so i had 3 siblings and after seeing the four of us, I pretty much decided I didnt want more than 2. :P well anyway

My name is pretty short and simple: Tara, and my middle name is Lynn.

When it comes down to it i really want a girl and my bf and I have decided on this name because I love it so much and he said he liked it to so yeah. I told him he could pretty much pick the middle name, but he has to discuss it with me haha.
the name I want to name my little girl is: Tess, or maybe Tessa though the bf says if Im just going to call her Tess anyway why bother wth the extra 'a', We'll see. We actually have a running joke thats hard to explain but we call our future baby Tess fish. and He decided it would be funny to look for middle names in other languages that mean fish :P I havent liked any of them so far though. XD some are pretty exotic sounding though. We're having issues of what sounds good with Tess or tessa. any ideas?

For boys names Ive always liked naming the son after the father (his name is David), but I've also always liked the name Aaron. Anywayyy thought Id post a first time here with my thoughts and name likes :)

names...

May. 2nd, 2007 11:58 pm
[identity profile] cutelildropout.livejournal.com
My name is Alexzandria, and I absolutely love unique names.

Possible girls' names:
Izzabella Pixie (nicknamed Izzie)
Izzabella Jayn
Izzabella Alice
(I really like the name Izzabella)

Possible boys' names:
Camden Korben
Camden Salinger
(I really like the name Camden)

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