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[sarahmarie.livejournal.com]

My other half and I went out for our usual date night last night and the new waitress' name was Zaluestra. If I remember correctly she said we could call her Zeus or Lou. It was just so unusual to me, I had to share it with you all.

birth announcements

[lilacmermaid.livejournal.com]

William James Emory (Samantha)
Samuel Drew Bruce
Ellie Rose (Evan, Brady, Mackenzie)
Marina Lynn
Corgan Robert Scott
Isabel Olivia
Brielle Christine-Leigh
Dylan Hunter

Name from work.

[hermione-vader.livejournal.com]

Yesterday, I met a little boy named Aslan.  His mother said it more like "Az-lin" than "Az-lan", but I asked, "Aslan?  Like the lion from Narnia?" (in an upbeat way), and she said "Yes.  I've only met one: him."

I'm sure it sounds crazy in the abstract, but the name actually fit the kid.  I'm not sure how, but it did.  And as far as literary namesakes go, this one has pretty much nothing but good connotations, like Atticus does.

Name heard at a teacher store

[piperwest12.livejournal.com]

I went to buy supplies for my class and int he back of the store they were running a children's art workshop. I heard a mm calling her daughter, I'm guessing the spelling here, Auruleah (ow-roo-lee-ah). WDYT? I find it ugly, which is unfortunate because she is a pretty little girl and was polite and sweet to the people there.

When is a pattern a theme?

[dustthouart.livejournal.com]

So we're gearing up for TTC #2, and naming #2 is a whole different thing than naming #1. My daughter's name is Philippa, so Philip is naturally out for a boy. There's having a name that "goes with" the first name, but I'm also thinking about not wanting to trap myself in future (since we will hopefully be going beyond two).

For example, I like the name Petra. In my opinion, same first-initial doesn't become a theme until kid #3. Eg, having two kids named Alice and Alexander isn't a theme, but if you name the third one Andrew, that seems like a theme.

But for other things, I think even two can be a theme. Like, having daughters named Lily and Violet, or sons named Thor and Odin. The theme leaps out at you.

Where I'm unsure is stuff like ethnic origin. A significant portion, but not all, of the names on our list are names traditionally associated with/popular in the British isles (like Petra, Iona, Rhys, Benedict). Are you ever locked into an ethnicity with naming? Do some ethnicities mesh better than others, perhaps because of related languages or cultures? Does it matter whether the child has the ethnicity of a name in his/her heritage? Can you name Mikhail and Dimitry's little sister Giulia? How about if you're part-Italian and part-Russian?

Ditto the more nouveau style. If your three are named Cooper, Mason and Piper, should you name a fourth an occupation surname as well? Will people wonder why you named your first two Makenzi and Zaiden, and your last two John and Sarah? (I know I would wonder what happened between #2 and #3.)

Is it better to jettison a theme that isn't working, or stick with it to avoid name disharmony/sibling resentment? ("How come everyone is named after a city but me?" or "Why did you give my brother a real name and my sister and I have made-up names?")

Interested in everyone's thoughts. (Cross-posting to my own journal.)

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[chillinbabejodi.livejournal.com]

Is there anything that would stop you using a name you loved? For example, pronunciation issues(something little like someone can't make a "-TH" sound like in Beth/Nathan or a big issue like the person not being able to say the name at all)/family members with similar names etc. Would you use a name even if someone asked you not to. I mean this both in the sense that your friend/family member wanted a name would you still use it? Maybe as a middle name rather than a first? More importantly though, if someone close to you passed away would you want to use their name? Would you feel like you HAD to use the name? How would you feel if someone asked you not to use the name? What about if you REALLY liked the name regardless of the person?