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[oddofferings.livejournal.com]

hey all, i thought i'd post my family's names, most not really my style. my family is american, and my husband's is english, just for reference:

me: christy elizabeth
sister: rebecca ann (nn becky)
sister: susan joy (nn sue)
brother: stephen daniel
mom: deborah jane (nn deb)
dad: stephen thomas (nn steve)

sister's husband: francis (nn frank)
older nephew: joseph victor
younger nephew: frances IV, but they call him tristan (they wanted to carry on francis, and they really liked tristan, from legends of the fall- but why not just make that his middle name? i don't know)

husband: andrew stuart (andy)
sister in law: helen virginia
sister in law: elizabeth ann
mother in law: felicia kathleen (pronounced fuh-lih-see-uh, nn fliss)
father-in-law: harry alan

my favorite girls names (too many end in a, can't come up with good first name-middle name combos!):
clara
audrey
alba (inspired by the time traveler's wife :)
hazel
nadia
anais
charlotte (nn lottie)
phaedra (possible nn fay)
carys
elodie (LOVE)
julia
ivy
maeve
audrey
madeleine (nn lena)
luna
olive/olivia (possible nn liv)

boys:
rhys
soren
emrik
tobias (possible nn toby)
finn
everett (nn rett)
blake
felix
ewan

thoughts? suggestions for others i haven't thought of?
ooh and middle name combos welcome! thank you :)

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The actor Jason Bateman and his wife Amanda Anka welcomed their second daughter last week. Big sister Francesca Nora now has a little sister named...

Maple Sylvie

Now..I like Sylvie. But Maple? Is this actually a name or is the only significance the tree? Help me out here. Because I really do not like Maple as a name.