New Baby!

[reclaimeddreams.livejournal.com]

My sister-in-law's coworkers just welcomed their second child.

Donovan Bailey

What do you think?

Comments

[tokyo.livejournal.com]

Donovan is my favorite name for a boy. No nicknames either (Don, Donny, etc), just Donovan. :)

[reclaimeddreams.livejournal.com]

I absolutely adore Donovan. I wanted to name my second son Donovan. However, there are about a million Dons in my husband's family. And they shorten names all the time. So he would have been Don, or Donny, or DJ (our last name is Jackson). And it would have driven me nuts, because I love the name Donovan just as it is. Without being shortened. It's definately too nice of a name to be subjected to a nickname. *nods*

[widgetchick.livejournal.com]

I like the name Donovan. Bailey reminds me too much of Party of Five. =-\

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

I find it a bit queer-ish, if I can be completely honest.

[kandeekiss.livejournal.com]

LOL ditto what I was thinking.

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donovan_Bailey

[djador.livejournal.com]

Exactly

[lilacmermaid.livejournal.com]

Yeah, you couldn't name someone that here, for that reason. I find it too hard to think past that association to even consider whether it sounds good or not.

Generally, I'm really not a fan of Bailey (for either gender), but Donovan is okay.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

My immediate thought as well!

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

I think of Donovan as a really hippie name. I don't especially like it. I wonder if they'll call him Mellow Yellow (I'll just go ahead and immediately apologize for that).

[fireyirishangel.livejournal.com]

I love Donovan. I hate Bailey.

[mimiwrites.livejournal.com]

I like Donovan, but Bailey is more of a girl name to me.

[rubytitania.livejournal.com]

I think it sounds very sixties, but I quite like it. Well, I like Donovan anyway.

[after-the-ashes.livejournal.com]

I don't like either name, especially together... Sounds pretentious and girly.

[songspell.livejournal.com]

Boy or Girl?

I hate name where you can't tell... I know Donovan is usually a boy's name, but I have also heard of it for a girl. Just wondering...

[madlovefreefall.livejournal.com]

i like it. i don't know what sounds "queer" or girly about it. but then i tend towards somewhat androgynous names anyway.

congratulations on their new baby.

[sweatydog.livejournal.com]

I really like it. Two of my favorites.

[shortbutfast.livejournal.com]

yum, bailey's. as a name? not so much.
but it beats donovan which just sounds like a 70's band to me.

[sloane-hd.livejournal.com]

I don't really like either name.

[o-honeybee-o.livejournal.com]

I really don't like Donovan.