What the world has come to

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Sibset I saw today written on one of those cards that you sign for donating a dollar to a cause at a business:

Merrek
Zander
Kynyn

WDYT? Personally, I think the spellings are awful, and am not entirely sure how to pronounce Kynyn.

'cool saints' names' (female)

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from the baby name bible:

'cool saints' names'

Adela
Angelina
Antonia
Auria
Colette
Daria
Felicity
Flora
Gemma
Hyacinth
Joaquina
Lelia
Matilda
Maura
Natalia
Phoebe
Seraphina
Susanna
Tatiana
Verena 

WDYT?

Boys Names

[rainbowshine.livejournal.com]

Hi, its my first posting here.
I find out what gender baby I am having on Monday. I don't intend telling anyone what it is...hence this posting being in advance whilst I don't know!!

My partner and I have really struggled with names. We spookily agree on everything else in life but are poles apart re names. We can just about agree on a couple of girls names but boys names we don't have a clue despite trawling through tens of thousands of names.

I have 3 main criteria:
1. The name has to look good on a CV - ie not twee / nickname / non gender specific / or plain daft - for example my nieces are called Princess and Frankee....I know!! It doesn't have to be too formal though either...just normal!
2. The name needs to be able to be shortened to a nickname that I like - because I never had one as a child and I longed to have one. I have found several names that I like as either a full name or as a shortened version but not many for both.
3. I want it to be a little bit more unusual without being too way out ie I dont want it to be one of 4 Thomas's in the class.

However if I really liked a name then I would comprise! I like Storm and Blaze for example - but wouldn't give a child either because its kind of labelling them as angry - and also Cosmo/Cosimo, Orson, Oriel, Oberon, Oscar which all would struggle to be shortened. My partner hates all of these :(
He tends to go the opposite way and wants something very plain and ordinary like David or Mark. He doesn't get the nickname thing and thinks if you want to call a child Toby then just call it that and not have Tobias on its birth certificate (BTW thats just an example).

Have you any ideas for slightly more unusual boys names? I really like pagan / earthy / gods names but am open to any suggestions all round. My partner won't go for anything which doesn't sound vaguely english!

Thanks in advance.

Possible Names

[dustkitty.livejournal.com]

These are the possible combinations we've been pondering lately. We're certainly open to other combinations, and there are a few names on our "Agreed upon" list that aren't found in the combinations below (Catherine, Jacinthe, and Savannah). So...thoughts?

For a boy:	For a girl:
Owen Broderic	Aurora Jade
Owen Zane	Rhiannon Jade
David Owen	Aislin Freya
David Alexander	Aurora Celeste
James Alexander	Kaia Isabelle
Teagan Alexander	Kaia Jade
Gavin James	Gwenevere Rose
Cedric Teagan	Sierra Jade
Aurick Zane	Gwenevere Rhiannon
Brennan Zane	Isabelle Raven
Aelric James	Amelie Rhianne

I'm having pangs of regret again that Hubby vetoed Tallulah. My mom told me yesterday that she really likes it, so I got sad all over again. But Hubby has reconsidered Aurora, which makes up for the loss of Tallulah.

The New SSA Popular Baby Names List Is Here!

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SSA Popular Baby Names

Jacob is number one for boys, Emily is number one for girls. Respectable, traditional names, yay. Naveah has been pushed to number 31 from #43 (*cringe*), Aidan has fallen ten spaces (but Aiden has risen five),  Madison has fallen two spaces (still in top ten), and Jayden has gone from number 49 to 18 (not surprising, but no less unfortunate).

Top 10 Names for 2007

Rank	Male name	Female name
1	Jacob	Emily
2	Michael	Isabella
3	Ethan	Emma
4	Joshua	Ava
5	Daniel	Madison
6	Christopher	Sophia
7	Anthony	Olivia
8	William	Abigail
9	Matthew	Hannah
10	Andrew	Elizabeth

Thoughts?

sibsets

[aimeewins.livejournal.com]

some of my facebook friends' sibsets:
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They are at it again!

[solagirl.livejournal.com]

Get ready for one more Duggar...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_re_us/18_kids

Guess the new baby's name one for a boy and one for a girl.

My guesses are:

Boy: Jared
Girl: Judith (or Joana to go with Joy-Anna and Johannah)

BREAKING NEWS: Guess who's having a baby!

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_re_us/18_kids


Care to guess what the next name will be?


I'm going to say Judah Benjamin for a boy (that was what Jackson was originally going to be named) and for a girl.........gosh there's several possibilities: Jerusha, Jerrica, Jamie, Janine, Jeanna, Juliana, Julie....I personally love Juliana, and it's one that wouldn't get confused with the other names (like Johanna and Joy-Anna, for instance). 

From the society pages

[katie-oo7.livejournal.com]

I was looking through the society pages and came across some very interesting names.

( WASP names )

I'm not sure if I'd be brave enough to use any of them, but I like Lydia, Genevieve, Lauren, and Margherita. And I had a friend in high school that went by Bee and I always thought that was cute.

Facebook sibsets

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I got bored, and decided to copy the girl a few posts down and write down names of sibilings on my face book.

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