Confirmation names

[ouronlylight.livejournal.com]

So, I don't know if other religions have an equivalent of this or not, but, in Roman Catholicism, when a person is confirmed, he or she is required to chose a confirmation name. The confirmation name was once supposed to be the name of a saint or biblical person for whom the confirmand has an affinity, but they've started letting people use their own names if they don't want a new name. I went through confirmation in eleventh grade and, of course, wanted to pick a new name for myself. I almost picked Gemma, but ended up going with Veronica, officially because I liked her story and Veronica was my great-grandmother's middle name, and unofficially because I was in love with Veronica Mars.

So, did anyone else here have to pick out a confirmation name, or something of the like?

Top 10 Names of 2007

[hockeychick57.livejournal.com]

Just saw this on the MSN home page.  No surprises here, I suppose..but Emma has been knocked off its top spot for the first time since it landed there in 2004.

Top 10 Girl Names

1. Sophia
2. Isabella
3. Emma
4. Madison
5. Ava
6. Addison
7. Hailey
8. Emily
9. Kaitlyn
10. Olivia

Top 10 Boy Names

1. Aiden
2. Ethan
3. Jacob
4. Jayden
5. Caleb
6. Noah
7. Jackson
8. Jack
9. Logan
10. Matthew 

Two new babies

[mrsduryee.livejournal.com]

I've posted this one already, but my best friend and her husband just welcomed Xander James into their family. I hate the name Xander. One of the reasons is that no one can get it right. Our pastor wanted us to pray for them the week they were to have him, and he called him Anders. At her baby shower, all these ladies kept calling him Ex-ander. My husband calls him Xerox, shamelessly. Bleh. But I can't say anything.

This morning, another couple in our church welcomed Sabra Lynne C. She is little sister to Lucas. I don't know Lucas' middle name.

I don't mind Sabra, but it reminds me of So You Think You Can Dance. Mom and dad are Sara and Jonathan.

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[ironqueen.livejournal.com]

Hi! I was thinking about names and I was wondering what your favorite combinations are out of these...

Girls:
- Charlotte Lydia
- Devonny Marie
- Devonny Rose
- Verity Rose

Boys:
- Colin Laurence
- Harry Laurence
- Logan Maxwell
- Logan Nicolas

Also, if you hate these, I'd love some suggestions! Thanks! ಌ

kendell

[tak3th3fall.livejournal.com]

So once again, I was looking through old pictures and stuff from when I went to summer camp & found a picture of my favorite guy counselor - not considering he was the hottest counselor. haha. =] anyways, his name was kendall and i totally just fell in love with the name, but is kendell more of a boy or girl name? or both? & what do you think of the name. <3

I didn't see this posted...

[schexyschteve.livejournal.com]

Law and Order: Criminal Intent actress Julianne Nicholson, 36, and her husband, actor Jonathan Cake, 40, welcomed daughter Ignatius in early September.

http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/18786689.html

Ignatius? FOR A GIRL? WTF PEOPLE?!

band wagon

[sarahness.livejournal.com]

I've been posting here consistently for a couple months now and I've never officially shared my favorite names. I'm not pregnant or trying, I just like names!



Some of them are kind of boring, some of them I would never actually use (for various reasons), some of them I'd only like as middle names, and some of my favorite names didn't even make it to the list since it's a max of 100 (yes, my list is that long).

Anyway, there you have it. Enjoy!

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[americandiva.livejournal.com]

Kian (pn Kee-an)




what do you think?

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[americandiva.livejournal.com]

Ok so I know there are a lot of names on this list

but this is why I need you to vote

Help me narrow down my list by A LOT

http://www.babynames.com/namelist/9527519

i'd really appreciate it!

AL or IL?

[trivher.livejournal.com]

Which do you prefer Neal or Neil?

And also below you'll find every 13th name on my name list @ behind the name. Feel free to comment, rant, rave, do a silly dance, or whatever you feel is best.

( 7 female 10 male )

OMG !

[scouty.livejournal.com]

I just read an post about names of prince and princess

*breath* look at that :

Infant of spain and portugal, Don A l f o n s o Maria Isabel Francisco Eugenio Gabriel Pedro Sebastian Pelayo Fernando Francisco de Paula Pio Miguel Rafael Juan José Joaquin Ana Zacarias Elisabeth Simeón Tereso Pedro Pablo Tadeo Santiago Simon Lucas Juan Mateo Andrès Bartolomé Ambrosio Geronimo Agustin Bernardo Candido Gerardo Luis-Gonzaga Filomeno Camilo Cayetano Andrès-Avelino Bruno Joaquin-Picolimini Felipe Luis-Rey-de-Francia Ricardo Esteban-Protomartir Genaro Nicolas Estanislao-de-Koska Lorenzo Vicente Crisostomo Cristano Dario Ignacio Francisco-Javier Francisco-de Borja Higona Clemente Esteban-de-Hungria Ladislado Enrique Ildefonso Hermenegildo Carlos-Borromoeo Eduardo Francisco-Régis Vicente-Ferrer Pascual Miguel-de-los-Santos Adriano Venancio Valentin Benito José-Oriol Domingo Florencio Alfacio Benére Domingo-de-Silos Ramon Isidro Manuel Antonio Todos-los-Santos, * Madrid 15.11.1866, † ebd. 28.4.1934

one name !!! ...how could this person ever remember every name in the correct order O_o

frodo ?

[scouty.livejournal.com]

its me again....

I just talked to a good friend of mine and she told me that if she would expect a little babyboy she´d give him the firstname FRODO
her boyfriend´s last name starts with a B and she told me very proud about this fact
I asked her if she would give him a middle name but she wasnt sure....

first I was a bit..well...not sure what to think about that...

I mean I like eowyn or arwen ....but frodo ? or aragorn ? or legolas ?...

but then I remembered a boy with the name frodo..he is about 35 years now and he never had problems with his name and was proud of it...

and I must say..this idea is growing on my..not as a first name but maybe as a third name...

fourth set of twins in the family born today!!

[sloane-hd.livejournal.com]

My cousin gave birth today to a set of twins. A boy and a girl.
Their names are Jooly Keira Pansy (nn Jools) and Miles Bradley.

I like the name Julie but not written 'Jooly', I really like Jools though.


WDYT??

Foreign language names...

[ouronlylight.livejournal.com]

So, this came up in the confirmation name discussion... did anyone, in the course of taking a foreign language in school, ever have to pick a name in that language to use for class?

I started taking Spanish in the eighth grade, and we had to pick the name that was a translation of our name. My name is Bethany, which doesn't have a widely-used translation (I didn't find out about Bethania until this year), so I was supposed to pick something that started with a B. The only two my book had to offer were Bárbara and Beatriz, neither of which I liked, so I went on line and found Bella. I assumed that it was pronounced like it is in English, but I told my teacher the name and she was like, "Oh, BEH-ya". I thought it was pretty ugly, but she'd already written it down and I was too timid to tell her I didn't want to be saddled with something so fugly.

In high school, though, I changed it to Bianca, which is actually Italian and not even Spanish, but my Spanish II teacher didn't care. My Spanish III teacher alternated between calling me Bianca and Blanca, but other than that it was Bianca. I'm thinking that colleges don't use Spanish names, but if I get to pick one next semester, I'm totally going for Lola. If it has to start with a B, though, it will probably be Blanca.

Anyway, anyone else have tales of foreign language names?