Have you ever "ruined" a name for someone?

[bookity.livejournal.com]

My sister has for a while really liked the name Ethan Alexander. She would write stories and use the name for a character, or mention it whenever there was discussion about possible future names for her kids. Well, recently the name subject came up again and I mentioned how everytime I hear her talk about that name I think "Ethan Allen", the paint brand, or store (I don't remember what it is, but everytime I hear it I think PAINT). Well she has told me since that she can't think of the name the same way she used to. I feel kind of bad for making her lose her love for that name.

So have you ever done something like this?

a funny story

[velkoria.livejournal.com]

I was watching this show on t.v. and there was a pregnant woman named Jennifer, she was pregnant with twins whom she named:

Ella Grey (f)
Dylan Hunter (m)

I really like the names, nice and a classy and have themed middle names.

The real funny story was that the grandmother was laughing at the names and Jennifer said "you can't talk about names! You thought it was okay to name me Jennifer!" and the mother replied that she wanted to name her Jenna (which was what everyone called her) but that her dad loved the name Thalia and decided on that for a middle name. It wasn't until someone at the hospital read the name out loud that she realized that she was going to name her daughter Jenna Thalia... so she changed her name on the birth certificate to Jennifer Thalia.

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there has been a HUGE baby boom in my area lately (mostly of my former '08 classmates) Here are the names they have chosen; i'm personally not impressed by any of them.

halle mae
carsyn ann
maddison leigh
trinity anne
kennedy ann
charlotte alice
peyton lee
joanne marie
addison rose
lily faith
callie rae
alexus (yes a 'U'!!!) lynn
olivia angel
allyson lee
avah (not sure on middle name)
twins: hailey sue and bailee lynn (LOL, cute they rhyme)
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david michael
kingston james
ashton james
carter michael
silas john
gage raymond
domnick cole
edan james and dominik saint
evan and aaron (sibs-- not sure on middle names)




... which got me thinkin' about names i enjoy:
giada camille
mischa claire
chloe estelle
adela elise
norah kate
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nolan maxwell
gavin isaac
avrum dean
roarke henry
rowan james

What do you think?

Birth Announcements

[lilacmermaid.livejournal.com]

Alana Josephine (Lucas)
Mackenzie Jillian Elizabeth
Verona Evelyn
Zoe Mackenzie
Peyton Catherine
Raya Ann Katharina
Isabella Mary
Broly
Nicholas Michael Johnathon

birth announcements

[sharon20lostie.livejournal.com]

Daphne Olga Amelie (Beatrice, Henry)
Merlin Charles
Sophie Ineke
Ezra Martin (Dolly, Albertine, Lilac)
Heidi Ravello (Tippi)
George Walter
Ione Patricia Catherine (Holly)
Beatrice Elsie (Clemmie)
Oliver George
Emily Margaret
Charles Richard (Grace)
Luella Helen Willa
Patrick Charles John
Chloe Elizabeth (Isabel, Zara)
Holly Ann
Arthur Charles Granville
Maya Emily Catherine
Isla Cristina (Dylan)
Phoebe Ruth (Daniel, Matthew, Benjamin)
Octavia Mary
Matilda May
Freya Isabella
Fletcher Christopher
George Robert
Francis John
Grayson Stuart
Lily Mae (Molly)
Esme Freya (Evan)
Danni Grace (Kai)
Mabel Rose
Freddie Jack
Matilda Isla (Lilly Daisy)
Mollie Jessie
Maxwell Zane
Katie Victoria (Lauren Elizabeth)
Gaetano Thomas
Emmalie Jeane (Maxx)
Shawn Tucker (Kady Rain)
Genevieve Marie (Gabriel, Koal, Graeson, Kiera)
Logan Daniel (Kayla, Makenna)
Jacob Edward (Blake)
Layla Dorothy
Matthew James and Meghan Ashley (Drew)
Analeigh Joan
Cordelia Jhordis Anne
Daisy Jane
Reid Henry
Rafe Michael
Jaxton Michael
Matilda Josephine
Romelia Noelle
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[ounceofpeace.livejournal.com]

I was talking with some family friends this weekend who are having children in the near future. Their picks (I am not 100% sure of the spelling):

Julia Ann
Cadence Elizabeth
Dante (with an accent on the e) Charles
Ezekiel (I forgot the middle name)

I love Julia so I'm a little disappointed that it's on their list, because I wouldn't use it if they did. But none of the others are my style, so I'm kind of relieved.