semi-intro + favorite naming resources?

[dustthouart.livejournal.com]

So glad to see an LJ community that is still active, especially one about a subject I love!

I have a one year old daughter, Philippa Jamie. She was named in honor of Sts. Philip and James (her original due date was their feast day). Her usual nickname is Pippa, but we also call her Pip and Pippa Jem sometimes.

We were a bit nervous that Pippa Middleton would cause the name to become faddish, but the name remains extremely rare in North America. According to the US stats that were just released, while the number of Pippas and Philippas doubled in 2011 over 2010, there were still four times as many girls named Unique as Philippa in 2011.

The runner-up girls' names were Beatrix Carmen and Marie-Rose Eulalie. If she were a boy she would have been August Patrick.

We're hoping to get pregnant again in the next six months or so, so I'll probably be back with naming thoughts once I have a gender.

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What naming blogs and websites do you like to visit? I love Baby Name Wizard the best, followed by Name Berry. I've also used the naming tools on Baby Center (which I think are actually taken from BNW). I'm also addicted to the weekly Ask the Name Lady column on Name Candy and I'm bummed that she didn't answer any question this past week.

oh...no

[ladyfuzzums.livejournal.com]

Apparently someone on BBC is going to name her little boy "Lotus".

I personally wouldn't even like that name for a girl, but on a boy that just seems cruel. What do you think?

Intro-ish & some names

[john-stevens-x0.livejournal.com]

So, I've been lurking in this community for quite a long time, because I absolutely love names. Now, I'm 8w5d pregnant with our first, and I'm curious as to what you guys think about some of our names. :)

I'll start with girls names, because we really don't have many at all, LOL. I've always loved Zoey, but my BF is very iffy about it. He says all he can think of is the tv show Zoey 101. -__- Sigh. My next suggestion was Soleiry (pronounced so-LAIR-ee). Someone with that name came into work once, and I thought it was beautiful. I asked her about it, and she said her father made it up from the Spanish and French words for sun. My BF's response? "It sounds like a made up ghetto name." UGH. So yesterday, the name Sawyer randomly popped into my head (I think I was thinking about Lost :P). But, as a girl's name. I think it's really pretty. And surprisingly, BF liked it too! I did some google searching, and found quite a few mentions of it as a girl name. Right now, it's the only name we've been able to agree on. Subject to change, of course, but I really want to know:
WDYT of Sawyer as a girl's name?

As for a boy's name, we've had it picked out since way before we decided to have kids, haha. It's completely set in stone, but I really want to hear some opinions on it.

Jullian Miguel Joseph Martinez

I've ALWAYS loved the name Julian, but I've heard some weird mispronunciations of it (namely HOO-lian. Which, I know there's the Spanish pronunciation, but I don't like it at all). Then, a couple years back, I worked with someone named Jullian, and I just completely fell in love (with the name, not him, LOL!). I love the way it looks with the two l's, and it eliminates mispronunciations. My BF is all for the name as well. I think the added bonus of the nn Jules is what sealed the deal for him, though (Pulp Fiction is his favorite movie). As for the middle names, Miguel is from my BF's grandfather (maternal) who is basically his father figure, since his own father isn't a part of his life. Joseph is from my grandfather (paternal), who died when I was seven, and that I was very, very close to growing up.

So, WDYT of our boy's name?

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Unusual girl's name

[charuby.livejournal.com]

There's a name that I am kinda beginning to really like, and I'd like your input on it.

Carsyn/Karsyn.

It's pronounced like Carson, the Y just makes it more feminine. What does everyone think? Any bad nicknames that can come from it? Or anything it sounds similar to that could be offputting? The only thing that puts me off slightly is the word 'carcinogen' or 'carcinogenic' which is a chemical that is known to cause cancer.