TTC and baby names

[breazeale1331.livejournal.com]

My husband and I are TTC and we have picked out a few names for both a boy and a girl.
For boys we have the following picked out

1. Liam Jeffrey


2. James Eoin (James Owen)


3. Aaron Alexander


4. Stephen Braydon


5. Leonard Mason


6. Jeffrey Stephen

For Girls we have the following picked out

1. Audrey Ellen


2. Clodagh Brennan (Claudia Brennen)


3. Brigid Adora


4. Sarah Jane


5. Elizabeth Catarina


6. Clodagh Aideen


7. Adrian Brigid


8. Summer MiKayla

I want an Irish name for my child. My heritage means a lot to me. What do you think of the names? Which do you like best?

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[illy-borgia.livejournal.com]

I am sooo bored so I decided to post my list of my ABSOLUTE favorite names... I have a weird taste in names but I am probably not going to be able to use them anyway. I live in South America (I was raised in the States though) and my whole family is hispanic and they HATE my choice in names because they mostly can't pronounce them. 

My top two right now are:

1. Sage (Girl, but could work for a boy too?)
2. Cyan (Boy, but could work for a girl too?)

Girls:

Aurora
Paloma
Lyric
Livia
Magnolia
Violet
Lucretia or Lucrecia (the C would be the way it would be spelled in spanish)
Harley
Belladonna

Boys:

Benjamin
David (though if I use this my family would KILL me, because it is the name of my ex husband)
Andrew
Kylen
Nathaniel
Thomas
Tobias
River
Paul

and I am kind of stuck on those...

As for names I love and I would probably never use (I've probably used them on characters and can't get past that)

Rory (B) (I looove this)
Rordan (B) (Ditto with Rory, I ADORE this name)
Damien (B/G)
Aeryn (G)
Vincent (B)
Raven (G)
Jordan (G)

 Opinions?

Note: Kylen, Belladonna. Livia, Lyric and Paul are names of characters too.... but they don't hit me as much as the other ones...

I'll probably post more later.

Scandinavian Names...

[cherryboomstick.livejournal.com]

Hello everyone!

I was just wondering if anyone had any good sites for Scandinavian names, specifically Norwegian female names. I'm looking to give myself a new name since I have one of the most common names in the world (first, middle, and last). I really like Lene and Birgitte, but I'd like to look more into Scandinavian names first before ultimately deciding. :)

Thanks in advance.

Name Sounds..?

[aqualectra.livejournal.com]

My daughter turns 13 in December. Im expecting baby no. 2 in September.

Ceilidh (pron. Kaylee) is my first daughters name. do you think Keeley is too similar in sound? its one of my fave girls names but i worry its too similar.

if the baby is a boy his name will be Finn Nicholas. but im am completely stuck on a girls name. I'm still playing with Seren and Salome also.

Im very confused.  thanks for any suggestions!

EDIT: any suggestions for middle names to go with Seren and Salome?

Meanings and Names...

[aqualectra.livejournal.com]

do you find people often match the meanings of their names? or not?

Ceilidh was essentially named "party" and she grow up hating them and still dislikes crowds and loud places..
Im named Giselle after the ballet, and well, am not dancey at all. lol.

My mother teaches a boy called Sage and says he is anything but... (funny cos i always thought of this as a plant name, but its also a virtue name too!).

Im hoping that Finicky (finn nicholas) would be a good eater. and seren (dipity) wouldnt rely on chance too much. lol.

dunno.  Thoughts?

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[pythianlegume7.livejournal.com]

Lately I've been liking names with the letter "v" in the middle. They sound sharp to me, for some reason.

Oliver
Calvin
Evan
Ivy
Lavender
Eve

Can you think of any more along the same lines?

MTV's True Life...

[politicking.livejournal.com]

Triplets named: Holly, Candy and Millie... not bad, right? Until you pair it with their last name Graham (in case you don't get it: Hologram, Candy gram, Milligram...) And their parents seemed really proud that they came up with these names.

Also, what do you think of the names Kinley or Kenley, for a girl?

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[arbus.livejournal.com]

kids ive met recently, with ages:

bronx (5 year old boy)
ruby (3)
adelia (pronounced uh-dal-yuh)
rowan (3 year old boy)
rose alexandra (just born two days ago, big brother is riley)
xavier (4)
selina (9)
deasia (pronounced dee-asia, 6 year old girl)
kasey (5 year old girl)
keegan (3 year old boy)
ashley (2)
olanea (4 - pronounced alannah)
alexus (9)
zander (8)
ty (9)
sam (7 year old boy)
bryce (9)
abigail (9)
lily (6)
hannah (5)
marja (14)

emily and olivia (sisters)
hannah and olivia (sisters)
emily and elizabeth (twin girls)

ruby is my number one girls name, and it made me smile to meet this adorable little girl with that name yesterday.

adelia is my cousins new baby, when i asked how to spell it, my aunt spelled it out and said "i think its supposed to be pronounced uh-deel-yuh (like amelia) but she says it uh-dal-yuh" which is kind of like the flower dahlia is pronounced)

Orlando, FL Birth Announcements

[xx-imagination.livejournal.com]

Mikayla Jasmine
Ja'Liyah Ja'Niye
Sophie Faye
Cash Nicolas
Declan Blue
( I promise, it doesn't get much better. )

Potentially teaseworthy?

[sarapod.livejournal.com]

My husband and I are expecting our little girl in September. So far, we have somewhat of an idea for a first name (But aren't referring to the baby by it as it is always subject to change in upcoming weeks or when she's born). For the middle name, I've toyed with Jade, Jay, Jo...I'd really like something that starts with a "J" (Preferably one syllable, also) because the initial is popular in both of our families (Not to mention, James is my husband's middle name and is a HUGE name on both sides). Jo is my sister's middle name, among other things.

One problem, however, with "Jo"...Our last name is King. I didn't realize it at first, but my mother brought it to my attention. Jo King. Joking.

My first question is: If I hadn't mentioned the "Joking" issue, would you have noticed? Throw a first name (Any first name, really) in front and say it out loud a few times. What do you think?

Second question. If we used James as a middle name on a girl...Is that a bit much? It's very popular...Just not for females. I wouldn't want it as a first name because I'm not a fan of "Jamie", but for a middle name? I can't decide. I like it, but then I start to think it may be a bit much, but then I start to think that there are always WORSE names than that, so...Again, what do you guys think? I'm not thinking too seriously about this part, but...it's always nice to keep the options open. :)

Worst Celebrity Baby Names:

[gentlebutterfly.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry if this has been posted already, but I did a search and didn't see it. I came across an article on iVillage that lists the worst names that celebrities have used:
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/23631411/?pg=2&#TDY_Names_Bad>1=43001

ETA: It gets worse, I clicked through the rest of the article and it also lists diseases, food, etc that people have actually named their children according to the census reports.

Variations on Elizabeth?

[emilybrianne.livejournal.com]

I don't even know the sex of my baby yet so I'm not sure why I'm fretting over this, but...

Hubby and I like the name Elizabeth. However, my husband's sister's name is Elizabeth and I have a 16 year old cousin named Elizabeth. I also just lost a good friend named Elizabeth this week (her death is "suspicious" and under investigation). I would love to honor my friend and perhaps even capture a teensy bit of her compassionate nature by passing her name on to my child. But with two Elizabeths in our immediate family, I don't want to create confusion or muddle my child's identity by giving her a name she would share with two relatives that she'd see frequently.

So, I'm here to ask - what is your favorite variation on the name Elizabeth, and/or what is your favorite nickname for Elizabeth? Creative suggestions are welcome, so long as they are credible. Foreign variations are also welcome. I'm hoping for a little more help than the crappy baby name book I have.

Thanks. :)

WDYT

[wowthatisminty.livejournal.com]

Sib set I heard of today:

1. Eliana (4, hilarious and very opinionated, female)
2. Zev (2, male)
3. Jessa (2, female)
4. Davica (3 months, painfully adorable, held my finger most of the night, female)

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[corielcries.livejournal.com]

What do you think of the combo Violet Irene? It is in part after my husband's grandmother.

Unusal names harm a child's future success?

[feelslike-2day.livejournal.com]

My best friend is still quite a ways from having kids, but her and her boyfriend have decided to name one of their future daughters Nizani (niz-awhn-ee). It means 'miracle' in some Native American language (she is half native and he has some native background).

Personally, it reminds me of lasagna. I've mentioned it to her a few times, but she's still pretty set on it. Which brings me to my question, when a person has a particularly unusual name, say; Nizani...who wold hire them? When you phone for reservations, will people think you're joking?


Is it harmful to a child's future success to have a strange name?

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[samaside.livejournal.com]

One thing that I've noticed a lot of people saying is that they would not encourage parents to give their kids culturally based names from other cultures if living in the United States. The biggest one is the very obvious Celtic and Welsh names with their 'unusual' spellings that really wouldn't be understood in the United States. I full agree.

HOWEVER.

I was wondering what names people would suggest in place of those sorts of names. Like, names that could be easily recognized as cultural or ethnic names (not limited to just Celtic and Welsh, but others as well) but could be easily comprehended in the United States.