while at work...

[nevercomplacent.livejournal.com]

so, i'm a hairstylist. i work in a very busy salon near my home.
One of my regular clients came in this past Saturday to bring her assistant in for a haircut. fine.
So while I was cutting her hair, she was telling me about her children. 2 girls and a boy.
their names?

Kadentz Jadyn
Kristofer Ravyn
Krystal Rayne

omfg. I almost fell over. The spellings, the trendy, everything.
She told me that she ONLY likes unique spellings and can't stand any name that is spelled how it normally should be. She also explained how her husband faught her tooth and nail on all the spellings but ultimately gave up because he's a pushover.

WDYT?

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[songspell.livejournal.com]

So, I was looking at my name list yesterday. One of the names for a girl that I really like is Rayne. So I got to thinking that if I spelled it "Raine", then it could be considered to be in honor of my grandmother, "Lorraine" (which name I really don't like. Bad connotations having nothing to do with my grandmother). I was wondering what you all thought of naming a child "after" some one, but not using the exact name. Not necessarily a using nickname, but a variation or different spelling?

Anyway, the four [EDIT]grandmothers great-grandmothers of the aforementioned potential child are: Lorraine, Margaret, Helen, and Josephine.

Variations I've come up with are:
Lorraine:
Raine
Raina
Lorelei
Lorelle

Margaret:
Margaux
Margot
Marguerite
Greta

Helen:
Helaine
Helene
Helena
Lena
Elaine

Josephine:
Josephina
Josette

Any others spring to mind?

Playing around with name combos..

[feisty-fitz.livejournal.com]

I dabbled with different name combinations from my "favorite names" list and I really like these:

Lilith Renee (Lily)
Neve Christine
Evelyn Raine (Eve/Evie)
June Aerie
Gemma Paige
Teagan Jade
Peyton Ivy
Charlotte Marie

Cedric James
Finn Patrick
Jason Avery
Sean Michael
Oliver Harrison

What do you think of those combinations? Are there any good sibsets out of them, or any other suggestions? Feel free to move names around if you see fit.

These are some of my favorite names that I haven't thought of a good combination for yet:

( Names )

What are the different ways to spell this name.

[janelleandheart.livejournal.com]

Its pronounced "sir-ahd"

Serahd?
Serad?

How does the spelling go?

Hmmm....

[requiem-morrow.livejournal.com]

 There are a lot of names that make me go hmm.....and I am pretty broadminded about names. There is one thing that really gets me though - titles as names. I know it sounds weird since I don't have a problem with "job" names (Thatcher, Archer, etc), but title names irk me. Today I met a boy named Sir Charles Edward (last name). Until recently I had a client named Sir Reece (last name). He went by Sir. I don't think Lady, Countess, or Princess are good names. One of my coworkers has a cousin named Sir Mister (last name). We also had a client named Mister President (last name that rhymed with mister). 

Records also show a Sir James, Sir Mack, Sir Dawn, Sir Bryan, Sirdarrius John, Sir Jonathan, Sir Charlton Edward, SirGaren DeMale, Sir George, Sir Gregory, Sir Christian, SirKendrick, Sir Larry,  SirElen Ray, Sir England Dominique, Sir Erok Edwin Dawon Goodwin, Sir Christopher, Sir Jermaih, SirJames, and Sir Melvin James.

Now, most of these names are fine names. James is one of my favorites. The Sir ruins it for me. WDYT?

My list of top name combinations

[chocklit-frog.livejournal.com]

I know that some of these are a little out-there, but I've tried to combine some of the crazier ones with a more conventional/classical one, or use them as middle names. 

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WDYT? Are there any that are so crazy as to be totally out of the question? Criticize away, I'd like to know particularly if there are any negative associations with any of these that I may have missed.

 

Oh fun!

[istytehcrawk.livejournal.com]

Last night, I was covering a school board meeting and had a ton of time to kill while they were in executive session, so I wandered the halls of the primary school where the meeting was held. As is the case at most primary/elementary schools, the walls were covered with pictures and artwork made by the kids, so I decided to look for names. I didn't find any absolutely horrible ones, but some names and spellings that are a little unusual/uncommon. I definitely expected worse.

For the record, these kids are in grade K-3.

Girls:
Sarahjane
Stasia
Madelynn
Kaelyn
Lynde
Raiven (who had very pale coloring, light blonde hair and blue eyes)
Lilly Pepper
Corin
Paityn


Boys:
Rylan
Grayson
Zander
Alonzo
Broedy
Leighton

My friends and their sibsets...

[wowthatisminty.livejournal.com]

So...who has weird names? Which ones do you like?

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Schoolhouse Rock

[anaphylexis.livejournal.com]

I've been on a Schoolhouse Rock kick for like a week, so I thought I'd post some of the names in the songs.

Girls:
Janet
Faith
Hope
Charity
Lucretia
Susan
Julia
Rafaela Gabriella
Geraldine


Boys:
Geraldo
Reginald
Franklin
Thomas
Robert
Elias
Eli
Orville
Wilber
Albert Andreas
Rufus Xavier

WDYT?

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[americandiva.livejournal.com]

What do you think of

Zoe

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[emtotherescuee.livejournal.com]

Well, there  seems to be a lot of ZOE posts going on! Sorry I must add to it:]

Am I the only one who pronounces Zoe just "zo"? Everyone else seems to say the actual "e", but it doesn't sound like a normal name to me then, it sounds like a nickname.
That being said, oddly enough, the name Zoelie is on mah list. I'm not planning on ever using just Zoe because I didn't know how to pronounce it.

Anyway, how does the name Zoelie Verity sound to you? Zoelie, a form of Zoe, means life, and Verity means truth, so I thought it would be cute to have the entire meaning basically be "truthful life".
Just a few thoughts:]


 EDIT: Oh, I forgot to say, Zoelie is really just a guilty pleasure of mine right now. I'll get over it in time:]

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[anaphylexis.livejournal.com]

Aside from the fact that it's an actress's name...WDYT of

Evangeline Lily?

I think it's a really good name.

Yes I  just posted...sorry. 

One more and I promise I'll stop

[requiem-morrow.livejournal.com]

I'm very disenchanted today and I'm stuck at work so I'm been looking up title names in our records. While there were only a dozen Kings, there were at least three dozen Princess(es). Two reallllly stuck out (three actually, but I can't release last names so there was no point in the third):

Princess Lea (last name)
and
Princess Vlandamir (last name)

I should mention that I've had a dog and two cats named Princess soooooooo....  

PS One of the Princesses has a sibling named RHIPHIFIEAL. Does anyone know how to pronounce it? All I come up with is Rhif-if-eye- eel.

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[memorymaze.livejournal.com]

I'm not copying the School House Rock post, just coincidence. I've been a huge Beatles fan since I was little and a friend of mine is fostering puppies and named them all after Beatles names-in-songs (Eleanor, Penny, Lucy, Sadie, Desmond, Jude, Maxwell, JoJo).

Here is a list of names appearing in Beatles songs: (XXXX= ones I like)

Girls:
Anna
Bonnie
Carol
Eleanor
Georgia
Julia
Lizzie
Lucille
Lucy
Madonna
Maggie Mae
Martha
Mary Jane
Michelle
Pam
Penny
Prudence
Rita
Sadie
Sally


Boys:
Bill
Desmond
Jo Jo
Johnny
Jude*
Maxwell
Robert
Rocky
Teddy

Other names from songs I like are:

Annie (Our Lady Peace)
Janie's Got A Gun (Aerosmith)
Jane and Enid (Barenaked Ladies)
Like Dylan In The Movies (Belle and Sebastian)
Phaedra's Meadow (Blue Rodeo)
Laura Laurent (Bright Eyes)
Sister Kate (Ditty Bops)
Sweet Adeline and Clementine (Elliot Smith)
Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town (Kenny Rogers...)
Under Zenith (Guilty Pleasure... Our Lady Peace again)
Jeremy(Pearl Jam)
Adia (Sarah McLachlan)

Anyone else inspired by artists/songs in their name choices?

just wondering...

[biancasablancas.livejournal.com]

there was a lady here that was about to have twins and had Anders Joseph picked out for one of them... I haven't seen her post in a while, maybe the babies have come? If I've missed a recent post of she's changed her icon and I haven't been observant enough, I'm sorry. Just being curious :)

I am in love with Zoe and Evangeline this week. Do you think Zoe Evangeline is a cute match?

Also, my sister and I have pretty similar taste in names, but she really dislikes Evelyn, and sees it as old-ladylike. What do you think? I personally like that you could call her Eve or Evie, which don't sound old-lady to me.

Pity the kid

[meteorfire.livejournal.com]

What do you think of the name 'McLoving'? I honestly think the parents have gone to McDonald's one too many times or...something...But honestly, what is your opinion?

(And yes, I have actually met someone named this. He is also listed on my Biology class list, but there's tons of people on there and now I can't find his name. That's what I get for signing up for a class with over 100 people and a 10 person per page listing only. And yes, I am aware that McLovin is the name from Superbad, however, I am relatively certain that this guy was born BEFORE the movie).

Name questions

[aurelia-star.livejournal.com]

So, I am nowhere close to having kids (I don't even have an SO!), but I love names!  I would love some feedback and suggestions for middle names for the ones with questionmarks!:-)

Boys:  (Evan is a family name)

David Evan
Christopher Evan

Girls:

Meav Elaine
Meav Alexandra
Meav Lorena

Catherine Elena

Catria Helen
Catria Eileen

Meryn (Elena?)

Cassandra Helen

Amarna (Leigh?)

Carolan (Meav?)


(Meav rhymes with "wave"; I pronounce Catria Ca-TREE-ah)

It's so much easier with girls names, I think!:-)

Thanks!

~Emily

is...

[mscac.livejournal.com]

is it just  me or have a large percent of people recently (in the passed couple years) given their kids names like these:

ayden, caden, jayden, bradon, cameron.. etc??

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[alexandria-skye.livejournal.com]

here some friend names... middle names and nicknames when available :) [and some of my comments ;) ]

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[mscac.livejournal.com]

I had a daughter in August and would like some feed back.  I named her Serenity. My family has been bugging me a lot lately about what i'm going to do for a nick name. Ahh.. I don't know, I have yet to hear any good suggestions. 
Some on the list are Erin, Serin, Ren, Nity.. since her middle name is Cadence, some relatives have just been calling her Cady.

Any other suggestions? 

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[schexyschteve.livejournal.com]

The family on Supernanny tonight:

Lisa and Steve (parents)
Josh, 13
Halley, 12
Alexus, 8
Alisen, 8
Ireland (not sure of spelling but I'm guessing it's not really like this, and probably has a Y in there), 6 or so
Brynleigh, 2

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[americandiva.livejournal.com]

Boys;
Jake
Justin
Gavin
David

Girls:
Peyton
Taylor
Brynn Elizabeth
Alexa
Kylie
Natalie Jean
Isobel Kathleen (nn Izzie)
Stella Marie



what do you think?


I know I have posted some of these before...so if you have already responded to my posts about it...you don't have to comment on those names again (unless of course you want to) I just like to post them again bc I know there are always new people here!

btw the ones without middle names are just bc I can't figure them out yet. The mns I have listed are all family names.
I also will likely use Daniel as the mn of my first son (family name) so Daniel is a potential mn for all the boy names