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[schexyschteve.livejournal.com]

Watching "Yours, Mine and Ours" (1968). It's based on the true story of a widower with ten children who marries a widow with eight children.

Francis “Frank” Beardsley
Michael “Mike”
Charles “Rusty”
Gregory “Greg”
Rosemary
Louise
Mary
Susan
Veronica
Germaine
Joan

Helen North
Colleen
Janette
Nicholas “Nick”
Thomas “Tommy”
Jean
Phillip
Gerald
Teresa

WDYT?

It also got me thinking of the practice of using similar names on siblings (Rosemary and Mary, Janette and Jean). I think there were fewer names to choose from back then than there are today, but it still happens today. What do you think about this?

Difference in Names between Youngstown, Ohio and Leeds, UK

[ghostpassenger.livejournal.com]

I saw one of the Birth Announcement updates and said to myself...I can't believe I haven't brought this up yet. Where I am from (Youngstown, Ohio, US) names feel...pretty uninspired. I am living in Leeds, UK where the names seem creative/different/unique. 

I decided to put them up for you to compare...or gawk at for potential names for your own purposes. 


Some births in Youngstown Ohio

Boys

Britney

Aaron

Dennis

Girls

Heather

Erica

Stella Aurora

Erin Lee

Melisa

Alaina Jane

(One thing I noticed is that there were many, many, many more girls than boys born in this month long time period. Seriously, I got tired of looking for boys to fill this out and make it a little even. Also Apparently in Youngstown we hate sharing middle names.)

Some births in Leeds, Uk

Boys 

Alfie

Harry Jools

Carter Wayne

Edward Joseph

Noah Benjamin

Alfie Neville

Benjamin Ferris

Girls

Emma Grace

Ruby Wren

Lily

Amelie May

Sophie Isabel

Mary Elizabeth 

Ebony Beatrice

Emily Susan

Imogen Sydney

Florence Esmé

Anyone moved to a different place (anywhere) and noticed a difference like this? 

Updated Version Of Russian Names

[venturia2010.livejournal.com]

I went to one of my friends on Facebook who is from Russia and she helped me out with the names. She told me that for the most part, I had the names in the right places, however one of them was a male's name that should've been a female's name in the first set and one of the names in the second set was a unisex name, that's why it looked confusing. Spelling wise she told me that there are many different ways to spell some of the names and some are less common than others. She was pleased that I picked names that are considered 'dying out' and are rarely used. Here's the updated lists:

First set
1. Pytor Georgiy_____
2. Veronika Matryona______
3. Aleksey Feodot_________
4. Faina Liouba___________

I had to change the first name of the first girl as Valery is a pet form of a male's name.

Second set
1. Dmitriy Mikhail_____
2. Matryoshka Agrafina______
3. Toma Innokenity__________
4. Rada Yuliana_____________

I was told that Toma is a unisex name. Toma was almost exclusively used as a girl's name until the mid 1960's, then it slowly became a unisex name.

Need Middle Name Ideas: Take Two

[pollysweet.livejournal.com]

Ok, fellow namers. I have a baby boy on the way in two months and he still needs a middle name. I ran all this by you regulars a few months ago and your suggestions were great, we just can't seem to settle on anything. So since there seems to be a lot of new people in the community of late, I thought I would give everyone a second crack at it. Here are the details...
His first name is decided... Linus. We love it, even though we predict opposition from family members and others. (for that reason we always keep our name secret until the baby arrives so there isn't much time for them to complain before it's set in stone)
This is our fourth child. (ages are 6 and under) We would like the middle name to be in keeping with the style of the others. All middle names are pretty short, and not traditional...
We have:
Micah Venis (Venis is my hubby's middle name and we like it... it's pronounced like the city Venice)
Allison Snow (Snow is my mom's maiden name)
Noah Grey (We just loved the sound of it)
Linus ????

We actually did managed to stick with Bible names for the boys. Though most people don't know it, Linus is a Bible name.

We keep trying to think of a middle that is maybe an object name (like Sky or River but not those). The only thing I keep thinking of is Linus Benjamin which I like but it doesn't fit with the others. Linus Kyle sounds good to me, but it's a bit traditional too, plus my husband doesn't seem interested in it.
We also would like the name to be kind of masculine in order to toughen up the Linus part. :)
Oh and our last name is three syllables starting with a Mc... like McDonalds but not.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions!

How old is too old?

[banded-becky.livejournal.com]

Hello! Another spotlighter joining.

I don't have any children, but I would love to have some in future. I've always liked hypothesising about baby names although my taste has often been questioned. I like masculine names for boys, but I'm not quite as picky with girls. I do like names that I think will age well. Here are my favourites:

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[landslideoflove.livejournal.com]

Some names from work.


Janet
Joan
Jenny
Rosemary
Frances
Patrica
Laarni
Jenelyn
Monique
Raelene (Logan)
Nicole
Wanee
Annie Do
Ashley
Teresa
Melissa (Tristan & Hanna)
Chantal (Angel MorningStar Kaniya, Shyanne eaglefeather, Kaylee sky mildred)
Crisna (Ezikal)
Hydee
Pacita
Rosalie
Jie Que
Yayo
Irolyn
Crystal
Lindsay
Cathrine
Shannon
Nelsa
Ariel (Alaura & Joel)
Eden

Strange names?

[sursumcorda.livejournal.com]

I work at Build-a-Bear and I am always coming across spellings that make me go HUH????

See if you can guess these (they're all real, swear to God):

S'enyce

Uhmaiuh

Aahmia

Uhlaynuh

Aymburleigh

That's all I can think of right now, but I'll be back with more.

Edwardian names: Alliteration and Assonance

[ghostpassenger.livejournal.com]

Hey back again, sorry but I saw this and wanted to post it for you all.

Nameberry.com has an article about Edwardian names and alliteration. And the fondness people in this period had for giving these striking alliterative/assonant names.

Here are the names they listed:


Arabella Adela
Aurelia Amelia
Ava Ada
Bella Isabella
Cordelia Cecilia
Edith Elsie Lydia Lavinia
Eleanor Ella
Eva Evelyn
Iris Idalia Ilene
Iris Nerissa
( More names here )

If you were to give your kid an alliterative/assonant name what would it be? Do you know anyone who has a purposeful or not purposeful name like these?

I think it is cute but I think it can be done more subtly.

Preliminary list

[elephantus45.livejournal.com]

My hubby and I just started thinking of names tonight. We tried before and all we came up with were Tristan and Trinity haha. That was not productive. I love Tristan, but I'm not sure about it, and he doesn't really like it.

So our list so far, in no particular order

Keely or Kele (male)
Ea (like i-ah) (female)
Tiernan (m)
Ryker (m)
Riley (m or f? I dunno)
Siobhan (f)
Finley (m)
Torin (m)
Nathan (m)
Orla (f)
Tireney (m)
Theodoric (m)
Kolten (m)
Kai (Hawaiian, Irish, Native American…) (m or f but f probably)
Malia, Maliah, Maliyah (mary) (mah-lia?)
Malulia (f)
Leilani (f)

We are both Scottish and German. I like Scottish/Irish names. I also like Hawaiian, but not obviously Hawaiian names... we live in HI but we are both ha'oles so yeahh... But my middle name is Mary, and so is my mother's middle name. Both of my grandmothers are named Mary (though one is Mary Lou). And Mary is quite the traditional name in my family, which is why I like the Hawaiian versions, for middle names. I like Theodoric since I've always loved the nic-name Theo, but my brother's name, Derek, is another shorter version of it. My Dad and maternal Grandfathers were named Charles, so it would be nice to have that as a middle name I suppose, or Richard after my father-in-law (hopefully we have lots of boys lol).

Any suggestions of Irish or Scottish names would be great, or any other suggestions or opinions on the names. I know they aren't everyone's cup of tea, but I don't think they're too crazy? Would my kids hate me for these? lol. And our last name is a very Scottish one, starting with M.