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[smallandneedy.livejournal.com]

[Poll #1793087]
It's for a book character. Both names are important as the baby will be named after two other (dead) characters, Olivia and Joseph, but I'd be open for other suggestions that would still honor both those people. Thanks guys :)

It's funny...

[spankinsandwich.livejournal.com]

...because for as long as i can remember i've made baby name lists...my mother even showed me one poorly written/spelled one from when i was only 9 years old. I guess i have always had the desire to be a mother (nameless, faceless husband/father) and for some reason i always wanted to have 11 kids no more, no less...what an imagination! LOL. So here is a more updated list of my imaginary children lmao, just for fun i'll use my current bfs last name :)

1. Devin Jacob Lewis
2. Noelle Symone Lewis
3. Kaleigh Brynn Lewis
4. Emmett Luka Lewis
5. Lianna Nicole Lewis
6. Reece Riley Lewis
7. Aubrey Jade Lewis
8. Joel Ashton Lewis
9. Jonah Griffin Lewis
10. Spencer Fiona Lewis
11. Tristan Ian Lewis

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[amiableweed.livejournal.com]

Maybe it's being saddled with a slightly unusual one people struggle to pronounce (goodness knows why, it's not really difficult), but I've always had an obsession with names. From where I'm sitting I can see two baby names books in my room, heh. One memorable summer my cousin and I made a 'Dictionary of Horse Names'. I will never know exactly why. 

As of now my favourite names are:

(for a boy)
Benedict (...yeah...he'd get picked on if he was called 'Sherlock', wouldn't he?)
William (mainly so I could call him 'Elmo', short for the Italian equivalent Guglielmo)

(for a girl)
Jemimah ('Jemmy' for short)
Beatrice ('Bea', but maybe this as a middle name)
Giulia (Italian equivalent of 'Julia')

Advice on names

[humlikearadio.livejournal.com]

Been lurking for a few weeks but my first time with a post. I'm 2 months pregnant so clearly don't know the sex yet.

Huck for a boy, yay or nay?
Wren for a girl, yay or nay?

My husband thinks Huck is too "gimmicky" and would probably prefer it as a middle name. I adore it but wonder if the kid would be tortured in school because of what it rhymes with...

As far as Wren goes, I have absolutely ADORED it from the moment I saw it but he hates it completely. Is is really such a weird name?

Baby wants a name

[loverofhistory.livejournal.com]

 I am having a bit of a naming conundrum that ya'll might be able to help me out with.

Next month my first child, a boy, is due. We're having a bit of trouble with the naming process, though, because we have very different tastes.

After much bickering we settled on the middle name Paul for his grandfather. He originally wanted it as the first name, but I'm just not a fan of the name.

So for the first name I chose Liam, and I thought we were settled, but now he's championing the name Anthony. He is of the opinion that Liam is weird name, too exotic or something because he had never heard it where he grew up. I tell him that it's becoming a pretty popular name, but he just isn't buying it.

Anyway, what do you guys think?

Anthony or Liam?

New

[j-ampersand.livejournal.com]

Just joining in on the fun, from the LJ spotlight!
Of course, being a bit of a comic artist, I've thought of a myriad of names for the characters I've made up. I actually love the create some which don't exist, but then again like to use names which have fantastic meaning or just plain sound good to me.
( Short list! )

Thank goodness for this community, I'm sure this will be all kinds of fantastic.

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[aimeewins.livejournal.com]

The Duggars are expecting their 20th child... Any bets on what this one's name will be?

As a reminder, the family's names are:
Jim Bob and Michelle (parents)
Joshua, 23 (with wife Anna has two children, Mackynzie, 2, and Michael, 4 months)
Jana and John-David, 21
Jill, 20
Jessa, 19
Jinger, 17
Joseph, 16
Josiah, 15
Joy-Anna, 14
Jedidiah and Jeremiah, 12
Jason, 11
James, 10
Justin, 8
Jackson, 7
Johanna, 6
Jennifer, 4
Jordyn, 3
Josie, 2

Hello!!

[incogneato86.livejournal.com]

I'm Julie and I love the idea of this community! No kids and not planning on any in the near future, but I love naming things. Here are my lists of current favorites:

Boys:
Nolan Alexander
Caleb Oliver
Josiah Lee
Derek Samuel
Landon James
Zane Alexander

Girls:
Nora Elizabeth
Liana (Lee-ahn-uh) Renee
Rosalie Grace
Madaline (not MadaLYNN) Sage
Lottie Caroline

That's all for now :)

Another Spotlighter

[orange-poptart.livejournal.com]

I'm sure you guys are sick of people only coming here because it was spotlighted, eh?

I have a kind of pointless question about the spelling of my daughter's name. She's 5 weeks old currently. Ever since I found out I was pregnant (well, even before that, really) I always knew my first little girl would be name Evelynne. I never really found it in a book and I can't really think of any movie or tv or literary characters that gave me the idea for the name, I've just always liked it. And I always thought it was spelled just like that: E-v-e-l-y-n-n-e. I never thought anything about it until I had her and put her name on the birth certificate, and everyone was like "Oh, what a perfect name, but why did you spell it like that?" I was like... "Isn't that how it's spelled?" apparently not. I'm told the 'ne' at the end is superfluous, and that the traditional spelling is E-v-e-l-y-n.

Where did I come up with this spelling and why did I think it was normal? In any case, I like the way it looks better the way I spelled it, but now I'm worried that I've doomed my daughter to a life of correcting everyone who spells her name wrong. I already got some congratulations cards where people spelled it Evelyn. Have any of you seen it spelled the way I spelled it, or did I just make this up without realizing it?

Creating names

[purplefog.livejournal.com]

This community was in the spotlight, so I thought I'd join - partially because I have tiny children and have gone through all the naming panics, partially because I'm a teacher and see all kinds of bizarre creations from day to day.

I also got banned from a baby-related facebook page recently due to a discussion on names :/ Having read the posts here, it seems you're all pretty sensible so I'd love to hear your opinions!

I was following a topic about creating new and trendy names out of old ones, and one young lady announced:

"The easiest way to make a new name for a girl is to take a short version of an old name, like Alex (Alexandra) Ann (whatever) or Cam (Camilla) and stick ia on it."

Trying to be discreet, I mentioned that it was worth Googling any created name ending in 'ia' (or any created name for that matter), just to check it doesn't have another meaning. All of a sudden I recieved a barrage of abuse along the lines of "**** you, I can call my child whatever I want - Alexia is a beautiful name"... and then I was banned :( I can only assume the ladies tried it out with 'Alex', and didn't like what they saw.

Thoughts? And hi!

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[yatrabaee.livejournal.com]

Just spotted this group on spotlight & I instantly joined in!

I loooove names. I myself am being called by different names, by different people. My close friends call me Yat; other close friends call me Kim; friends and acquaintances call me Qibah, and to my family and family friends I'm Umie.

Favourite names for girls:
- Everly
- Essi (Finnish name)
- Freja (from Danish model, Freja Beha Erichsen)
- Sarah
- Kaisara
- Melissa
- Emily
- Josephine

Favourite boys names:
- Mattias (but not the English version, Matthew)
- Liam
- Brent
- Falahi
- Heikki
- Esa

Okay there's probably a lot more, but so far these are the ones which I can think of at the moment. :)

PS. I think I like Finnish names the most. They sound cute :3

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[isabellinea.livejournal.com]

Although, I'm young, young enough to not even consider having kids, I joined because I'm a writer and always have a hard time naming my characters. I was talking to my friend, Gabriel about girls being named boys names, and boys girls. She said she loved it, and I honestly don't know if I do or not. Anyway, I wanted to know what you thought. 

For example, for a girl named Ryan, Joey, Logan, Bradley, Charlie, Ethan, Dylan. Would you hate that? And for a boy named like Kelly, Ashley, Courtney or something, I can't think of more of the top of my head. And what about more standard unisex names? Like Jordan, Riley, Taylor, Casey?

Finally

[akhenshazim.livejournal.com]

Because most people I know don't really care about names, unless they're really funny or really stupid. They'll only become interested if it's REALLY UNIQUE. I've been listing names that catch my attention, whether it's from a work of fiction or a random bulletin board on campus. I also like searching for names with a certain meaning [i.e. Samael-the fallen angel most popularly known as Grim Reaper, hence the name means 'Grim Reaper'.] or translating certain words into different languages and comparing them to find out which can be used as names. I write stories so it's important for me that the name matches the characters. Some of them are Aprilynne, Alizeti [this is a Swahili word which means 'sunflower'], Aeryl [random list on a bulletin board], Asherah, Ceirtreacha [Irish word for 'rags'. Guess which character this name is most likely for!], and Margheritina, which are all girl's names. Some boy's names that caught my attention are Etienne, Arnaud, and Alphonse.

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[thelasttruth.livejournal.com]

Hello! It's so nice to find an active baby names group. I have no intention on having kids for another ten years or so but I love names and I love hearing about what names other people like.
I don't really keep a top ten list of names or anything - I like to come up with names that I would name my children if I were having them right now. I like long names, so this basically adds up to a top ten list anyway! Here are my current names. I usually have two for girls and two for boys.

For girls:
Adelaide Loralei Josephine Hope
Viviana Beatrix Elodie Joy

For boys:
Caius Oakley Zaide Reason
Atticus Finnley Wilder Truth

What do you guys think? I look forward to finding out what everyone else's favourite names are. :)

Just throwing this out there.

[hermione-vader.livejournal.com]

I've noticed that a lot of people are posting their family members' names, so I decided to share the names of my cousins on my mother's side of the family. 

( Cut for length. )

Boy name? Girl name? Or unisex name?

[ninoshikido.livejournal.com]

Hi!

Just discover this comm via LJ Spotlight and I would like to ask your opinions guys.
I'm going to have a baby next April. Still don't know the gender though. But my husband and I already have some choices for name. (We are from Indonesia, and prefer not to use western names  =]  )

One of the choice is Lintang Azkaruni.
Lintang (Javanese/traditional Indonesian) means star. While Azkaruni is an Azka and Karunia squished together. Azka (originally Aska, Arabic) means pure, we replace 's' with 'z' to lesser the crispness sound of it. And Karunia (Indonesian) means blessings.

By the sound of Lintang Azkaruni, what do you guys think? Is it a boy or a girl name? Or is it a unisex name?
Tell me wdyt guys..

And, I would like to ask for help too.
Could you suggest some squished or anagram names from RENI and MARRIO ??

Thanks~

Namesakes: Celebrity, Mythology, and Colors?

[hermione-vader.livejournal.com]

Hey there, I'm a newbie, but I've been obsessed with name for a long time. For the record, my name is Mary Grace, and my siblings' names are Peter and JoJo (short for Josephine).  My favorite names:

Boys:
Nicholas
Christopher
Alexander
Paul
Hugo
Ryan

Girls:
Christina
Isabel
Natalie
Lucy
Evelyn

Anyway, I volunteered at a children's museum for over two years, and I tended to "collect" names that stood out to me.  I stopped volunteering there over a year ago, and these names have stuck with me:

1. A pair of brothers named Jagger and Cash.  What are your opinions on using celebrity last names as nicknames?  Do you think it's good to be obvious like that, or be more subtle, going with "Mick" and "Johnny"?

2. Four siblings named Orion, Griffin, Phoenix, and Azure (three boys and one girl).  Opinions?

Opinions?

[wildcannabis.livejournal.com]

I'm not anywhere near having kids, but I love finding new names and thinking of first + middle combos... What do you guys think of these?

Boys:

James Etienne
Maden Darnel
Jack Wilder
Auden Pierre



Girls:

Prynne Alexandria
Charlotte Salome
Olivia Chantel
Tash Corinne

Spotlighter Here

[deadsister.livejournal.com]

Hi everyone! I am yet another person who was thrilled to see this community in the spotlight. I have always loved names. I am pretty picky, right down to naming pets. My name is Amy which I love because it's not super common but it's not "weird" either. My mom read the name in a book when she was a teenager and loved it.( Read on for more info and a quesion )

Names in the family

[linwenolatari.livejournal.com]

A generation of family names gives way to modern names:
( Names under cut... )

Some names are fairly traditional, some are weird and some are modern....

Vote on my name list!

[compulsivelyme.livejournal.com]

Please go here to vote:

My Name List.

Additionally, I was wondering if I could get some suggestions on the order of "if you like XX, you might like XX." I've been using Nymbler, but I'm beginning to believe that it's just not as smart as it claims to be.

My top faves:

Girls: Lydia, Claire, Tessa, Nina, Margaret
Boys: Oliver, Dominic, Theodore

To go with sibling Alice Katherine.


Go!

Another Newbie

[xx-hb-uk-xx.livejournal.com]

Hello

I'm another newbie here from the community being in the spot light.

I don't have any children myself, but I do have my possible baby names picked out, and thought I would share them and my families names

( names ahoy! )

( names ahoy! )

yet another spotlight-er

[jadedinnocent.livejournal.com]

Hi everyone! I was also lured in by the spotlight, love names and naming histories and although my partner and I don't have any kids yet (and don't plan to for a good few years), we have already agreed on names:

Girl name: Isobel Marie
Boy name: Elliot Andrew William Penn

I got Isobel because I've always loved the name, particularly with the Scottish spelling (i have Scottish roots and spent my childhood there), Marie after my mum and grandmother who are both variations of Mary. For agreeing to Isobel, my partner gets to name any son we might have Elliot after the kid in ET (no joke), and the Andrew William Penn is for my dad, those are all generational names on his side (poor kid is going to be lumbered with a huge name as we also plan on double-barrelling our surnames!) I have a very unique last name and there are no boys who have carried on the 'traditions' in my dad's family as they've all ended up with daughters, so I feel a duty to carry them on - luckily my partners family have no naming traditions so I have a free hand!

( more family names under the cut )

Because of the strong traditions of Robert's on both sides of my family, if I have more than one son I will give them the middle name Robert, but I think it's more important to carry on the Penn name from my Grandmother's side as it traces all the way back to William Penn of Pennsylvania :-)