Charles and first names

[drunkontea.livejournal.com]

I like the name Charles but hate the nickname Charlie. Are there any other alternatives as nicknames?

Also, I just stumbled upon this article about first names, and thought you guys would be interested. Wdyt?

*edit* I just scrolled down and found a similar article posted, but am leaving the link up because it's a slightly different read.

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[knava.livejournal.com]

I've been lurking off and on for a while now, but especially since I found out I was pregnant. I have a girl name that I'm pretty sure I'm set on, but so far nothing seems to have really stuck for what to name a boy =/

Anyway, I've been really wanting to ask this for a while now. If we have a daughter I really want to give her the middle name of my husband's deceased sister. We met online and she died about a month or so before he flew to meet me in person. I've heard a lot about her and have seen pictures. She was beautiful, artistic, and she definitely had a wild side. My husband was 17 when she died and they had just started to form that bond that older siblings typically do, and he's been mourning her a lot lately and I thought it would be a great way to honour her.

ANYWAY.. :) On to my question. Her name was Eressa. I've never in my life heard this name before, and I keep meaning to ask my mother in law where or how she heard it/came up with it. I've searched online and in baby name books and I've never seen it, nor any other name that really resembles it, which surprises me because it doesn't sound that odd to my ear.

So, WDYT? (No need to be polite because of it's origin!) and if you've heard or seen it anywhere, let me know!

Hmmm...

[parresa22.livejournal.com]

What do you think of the name Laura?
Do you like it better spelled Lora?

and....

What do you think of the name Donovan?

I've noticed it getting popular lately and I hate it!

New name I encountered...

[seksimaggie.livejournal.com]

Vangelica

WDYT? I don't really like it. But I'm really curious about the story behind it, because it seems made up to me, so there must be a story, haha.

baby name poll!

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Attractive names..

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From http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23432324-2,00.html ;

 

( News Article )

What do you guys think? Nothing shocking, I know.

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[babyjess8.livejournal.com]

Here's my list of grade 2 kids yesterday...

( Cut for your convenience... )

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[seksimaggie.livejournal.com]

What do you think of the name Lowden as a first name for a boy?

It's my last name now, but supposing I ever find a boy who can put up with me, I plan to take my husband's name when I get married. I am the last Lowden in the line, though, but I feel like using it on a potential future son would be a good way to honor the family. So that's why I ask :]

P.S. "Low" rhymes with now, it's not like the opposite of high.

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[mojojoyjoy.livejournal.com]

Hi, all.  I'm about four months along with my first baby and need help choosing a girl's name.  (Don't know yet if we're having a girl or boy but if we have a boy, hubby has already decided to name him Jacob.)

BabyNames.com list.
Poll in my journal.

(I'm leaning towards Ava Sophia.)

Can you spot the pattern?

[requiem-morrow.livejournal.com]

I was working with a family of eight children today....and I thought their names worth sharing.

( Imagination Station )

 

nicknames for Albert Edward

[fleckerbug.livejournal.com]

As we get closer to our wedding and closer to TTC, I'm feeling myself getting more sentimental. I've decided I don't absolutely hate my fiance's name anymore and it might be nice to have a 'IV'. I still don't care for his first name, Albert, but his middle name, Edward, has grown on me; we actually plan on using it as a middle name even if we don't use the whole name. Anyway, we were discussing nicknames as we don't care for Albert and that's what his dad goes by. My fiance said we could use Ed or Eddy and I said absolutely not-- if it's Edward, it's EDWARD, but then I thought of the name 'Ward'. What do you guys think? Too 50s? I think it's kind of cute.


Anyone else get frustrated with naming after people? I really love my fiance and think it'd be sweet to carry on his name; on the other hand I don't want to name a child after my father-in-law. FWIW, his father is terminally ill and it could be a nice gesture to carry on the name.

His sister also wants to use the name, which makes it hard because we need to either give her the go-ahead or not, but we're not sure. I think we should have first dibs at least, since it's my fiance's name. I think I've mentioned before that if we don't use the name for a son, we're using it for a dog, so it's up to her if she really wants her son to have our dog's name. Is it horrible that her husband's name (which he doesn't go by but still..) is another hypothetical dog name we have picked out?

quick poll

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