Middle name round!

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

I think I settled on a middle name for Alma :)
(for of those of you who missed my story-post, it's the name we have established for our daughter in the future) Just today we were browsing a bookstore, I picked up a baby names book, opened it randomly, and the first name looking up at me was...Alma!!! I could not believe my eyes :D

Anyway, like I imagined, SO says he doesn't really care for middle names, so he leaves the choice pretty much up to me! Also considering that middle names are not official in Italy, unless you're baptized.

WDYT of Alma Lucilla? :) (prn Loo-CHEEL-lah, but in some places you can hear something more similar to Loo-SHEEL-lah)

It's a name that has come up in a couple of movies we watched together, and it's the name of the patron of Rome (SO is from Rome), plus it recalls Lucy Van Pelt (♥) and Lucy Camden (her character always makes me feel so peaceful!).
Also, Lucilla means "little light" in Latin, so she would be "little light-apple" :) (I wish I could find my old post!)
In the catholic calendar Lucilla is the saint associated to October 31, and I LOVE Halloween and its meaning in the pagan community :)

Her initials would be ALL, which I really like as well!

I'd like to hear your opinions! Also, if you'd like to make middle name suggestions, please feel free!!

Comments

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

I found your old post! (http://community.livejournal.com/baby_names/2467606.html) =P
Haha, that whole background story made me like the name more than if I had randomly heard about the name Alma, so I had to find it 8)

Anyway...I think Alma Lucilla sounds good, although I'm not really a fan of names that end in -ille/-illa.
How about Alma Lucia?

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

OMG you were sooooo sweet to actually go and look for it!! :D :D :D *me does happy dance!!* thanks,thanks,thanks!!

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

Hahah, you're welcome! =)

[lilacmermaid.livejournal.com]

I like the sound of Alma Lucia better too, just because the repetition of the L's in both names is a bit much for me.

[oni85.livejournal.com]

I love it... I really really love it

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

thanks!!! :D *happy*happy*

[spikes-sexkitty.livejournal.com]

lol i like the name. i love the meaning of the mn, but just so's ya know...

anyone who speaks spanish, and hears/sees her first name... it means 'Soul' in espanol.


so her name would mean: "soul little light" which is cute too.

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

yes, I know that would be probably the main association for most people :) in old-fashioned italian is means "spirit, soul", as well, so it's quite likely.

But we don't mind that! We're actually playing along that, because that's what it makes it a legit name in most languages.

Thanks for your input! :)

[tokyo.livejournal.com]

Sounds beautiful. :)

[mrs-mazzei.livejournal.com]

i can dig it.

[slang-jockey.livejournal.com]

That is absolutely gorgeous. I was originally thinking that Lucilla was pronounced loo SIL ah or loo SI ah but I really like the way that you're pronouncing it too.

But anyway, I just had to comment because it's so beautiful sounding.

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

Thank you!! :D that's so flattering!

yes, the pronounciation you're referring too is the correct one in english, I specified the way it would be pronounced here, as we're in Italy :)

thanks again, you're really sweet!

[emtotherescuee.livejournal.com]

I'm not a big fan of Alma, but I think the name is do-able. Alma Lucilla sounds really good together. Not too rhymey-rhymey, but just the right amount to make it flow.

Congrats!

[http://users.livejournal.com/--1976---/]

I think its absolutely beautiful and has a fantastic flow.
Alma is also a fantastic name. :]

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

I love it!

[admirari.livejournal.com]

i think it's also latin for soul as in my Alma Mater - mother's soul.

I love it. I love the story and I love how Lucilla is prnounced in Italian.

[arbus.livejournal.com]

i was going to suggest lucia or lucille instead, but i just love all the meaning it has for you, and thats the most important thing for me. so, i love it. :)

Baby ALL

[crossingthesea.livejournal.com]

I would expect nothing else from you. It's a wonderful name. :)

Re: Baby ALL

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

That actually made me get a tear in my eye :°)
Thank you so so very much, I'm glad you like it!! :)

Re: Baby ALL

[crossingthesea.livejournal.com]

:) My pleasure. I meant it.

(That's a cute little tear, I've never seen anyone use that symbol combo before.)

Since we're talking about a fictional child (right?), now I'm waiting to hear your thoughts on boys names.

Re: Baby ALL

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

hehe yes, for now it's just hypothetical! but I guess we get inspired from time to time :)

I have to say I fall within the vast majority of ladies who have lots of ideas for girl names but very few for boys.. I guess it's a gender-personality thing. I have just one long-time favorite (Ryan Taylor), but it's so long-time that I don't think I'd use it.

We're waiting for the next inspiration for a boy :)

He's always liked Joshua and Mackenzie (considering he's 100% italian, I think it's cute and weird at the same time :D), also Joshua translates to Giosué in italian, and it's the little boy's name in La Vita è bella (another movie!! hehe all these movies references are funny because I'm so NOT a movie person!).
And, funny coincidence, Joshua Mackenzie is the Hanson's other brother (I've always been inspired by Hanson in many things).
Other names we'd consider are Justin (after Justin Timberlake, whom we both "worship") or Jordan, combining a name from Hanson and Christina Aguilera's husband (yep, you guessed it, yet another idol of mine :D)

But those are just ideas for now that we're not serious about.
However, we would like a J name for a boy, as it's my initial, just like Alma has SO's initial :)

Re: Baby ALL

[crossingthesea.livejournal.com]

Gosh, those are really funny connections.

Giosue is very similar to Josue in Spanish, the pronunciation is almost the same and Yehoshua in Hebrew is quite similar as well. It's a name I've been partial to in its various guises throughout my life, but there were always at least two, often more, Joshes in my elementary school class. Funnily enough, none since then.

I like J names myself. They have a nice feel to them. Is the G sound in Italian roughly equivalent to the English J? I know a lot of Italian G names start with Gio--.

I like the ideas of matching initials.

Quick personal question: do you mind if I ask where in the US you're originally from? Have you always loved Italy? It's an easy country to be drawn to; I know I am.

Re: Baby ALL

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

I was born and raised here :) I also have always live here, my dad is italian and my mom is from Miami..it was actually my mom's college roomate who fell in love with the idea of taking a semester in Italy and dragged her along :)

Yes, G equals the sound of J in Italy, in fact, when I was little and Jessica almost unheard of and still considered totally a "foreign" name, I often got the Gessica spelling (which I hate!) by most people. But since then, the name has had a good increase in popularity, so I don't get that anymore!