Wondering...

[lickystyx.livejournal.com]

Hi! Newbie poster here. I was just wondering if anyone here has had a similar experience as I had. See, I'm a mom of four kids. Two boys and two girls but their ages are stretched a bit. For instance, my oldest was born in 1989, his brother in 1992 and their sisters were born in 2002, and 2007. Now with my oldest, I knew, just knew, the perfect name from the beginning of my pregnancy, but still tossed around a few others, but when he was born, he definately seemed to be a Patrick Levi. So I named him just that, exactly the first name I chose. Now, for my second son, his father and I had many debates over names. The first name we chose just didn't seem to fit, so we decided on the second name we agreed on, thus we brought Kevin Earl home from the hospital happily. With our daughter, it was a great epic battle nearly of baby name slinging. Three times we 'settled' on a name... and when she was ready to join our family, the third and final name we agreed on was Lilah Grace. Now with our second daughter... we never seemed to really settle on any name... and for the first time... I felt unprepared when it came to meeting face to face the newest little love of my life... what to do, what to do? We sat there the next morning... or rather later that morning lol, and laughed together over a few choices... then somehow, a name seemed to float into my mind, a combination I hadn't really considered before but had thought about perviously seperately. We easily agreed that she seemed very much like a Laurel Zoye. So, like I said, I was wondering... is it just me, or does it seem to feel easier to name a child the more kids one has or the older one gets when naming said children? I mean, it always felt important when choosing my childrens names... but it seemed that with each one, it somehow felt easier to accomplish. I've always loved my childrens names. None of them are 'generic' or so out there they get strange looks. And I felt I connected them to family by giving them each a middle name after a grandparent, make them feel like they belonged. They've never complained about their names... though the youngest has a way to go before she has that much of a grasp of vocabulary beyond mama! lol... but I thinnk you get the gist... apparently, I did ok. What do you think?

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[crzydimond.livejournal.com]

I'm only 18 and with no children, so no help here..
I just wanted to say that Laurel and Lilah are very lovely names for sisters. So pretty!

[lickystyx.livejournal.com]

lol You'll have to get back to me on that when you get ancient like me. At least my son says I'm ancient, and he's your age, so I guess I'll have to believe him, but really, I'm still in denial. As for Lilah and Laurel... I get that all the time, and funny enough, they are very opposite but seem to compliment each other. Laurel is like a blonde hazel eyed mini version of her older brunette brown eyed sister Lilah. I guess they were meanst to be a matched set! lol

[anapology.livejournal.com]

Patrick Levi- Fine, Patrick definitely fits into the 'not genertic but not weird catagory'.

Kevin Earl- This does not though. Kevin is incredibly dated to the 90's..

Lilah Grace- You hit the trend ahead of time. Lilah/Lila/Lily Grace is such a 2006 name but at tyhe time it would have sounded fresh and pretty.

Laurel Zoye- How is Zoye pronounced? I really like Laurel.. a new alternative to Laura & Lauren.

[lickystyx.livejournal.com]

I live in a very rual area, at the time there weren't many kids named Kevin, and since I had no such luxury as the internet at the time... I had no idea about the name Kevin until a few years ago, my son kept saying that everywhere he turned he saw his name popping up on tv... yet still he was the only one in school until he hit high school a couple of years ago... and now he knows of two others... then again there are only about 400 or so students at his highschool. lol... When I had Lilah, I'd only ever heard the name twice... my husbands first wifes sister... and my Grandmothers best friend. I get a lot of comments on my girls names, not as many compliments on how beautiful they are... but still, a lot of people think their names are 'lovely.' and as for Zoye... it's pronounced like 'soy' only with a 'z' instead. It's a family name. I have a cousin named that and one of my Grandmothers. We had also thought to name her Loreli... but at the time, she was so pink and fresh, Laurel just seemed to fit her more, fit her personality... and it went well with her sister which she looked very much like only a blonder version. The only other Laurel I've ever come across, is in her sixties! lol.

[anapology.livejournal.com]

The fresh names nowadays are those that area couple of generations back. Personally I love those types of names.. and I prefer Laurel to Lorelei :-)

[lickystyx.livejournal.com]

Me too! lol

[monalyssasmile.livejournal.com]

I have to disagree with Kevin being dated to the 90's. My brother, Kevin, was born in 1993 and he was always the only Kevin in his class. I don't know another Kevin his age.

[lickystyx.livejournal.com]

I personally only know one other Kevin, my cousin, he's in his late fifties. But my son says it's a rather common name. I still like it though. lol.

[ladymela99.livejournal.com]

My brother is named Kevin he was born in 1983. I think Kevin falls into the category of "classic" names. It currently is not extremely popular but it is heard. I think there were more Kevin's growing up than there were Melanie's (that is my name).

[admirari.livejournal.com]

yeah most kevins i know were born in the 70s

[anapology.livejournal.com]

70's/80's/90's .. it's dated.
It doesn't sound fresh in any case.

Just because you don't know anyone else with that name it doesn't mean it wasn't popular.
Names are subjective to areas & class systems a lot of the time.

[lickystyx.livejournal.com]

But does it only sound 'dated' to you because you know too many Kevins or because you have seen the name often in media? The world is a much smaller place now what with internet and mass media, and getting smaller each passing decade. Kevin is a somewhat common name for maybe the past 100 years or so, does that make it dated? I think it just makes it common. I personally don't think names have to sound 'fresh.' But I certainly wouldn't want my kid to be one of four boys named 'John' in his class either. Maybe people wanting a name that is 'fresh' has led to the whole kr8tyv tripe we have to slog through. There's nothing wrong with the name Alexander for example. One need not turn it into a travesy by changing it into Alixzandor or some other such nonesense. Phases pass... names come and go... there are ways to balance commonality and uniqueness to reach a happy medium, no matter where you're from... or when.

[bluedano.livejournal.com]

This whole thread got me curious so I went to ssa.gov and looked up the popularity of the name Kevin in the US. It's been in the top 40 since 1954 and actually peaked at #11 in 1963. It was #37 in 2006. Who knew? I'd never thought of it as a very popular name! I think of it as more "classic" as in "withstands the test of time" than "dated". :P

[anapology.livejournal.com]

It sounds dated because it peaked (for my generation at least) in the late 80's and is now on a the decline big time and upon hearing the name I would assume it to belong to someone in their 20's.
It hasn't been long enough for it to have the retro cool vibe of Henry, Arthur etc yet..

I'm definitely not talking about the definition of 'fresh' being a normal name spelt weirdly, I'm talking about names that are legitimate but you don't hear often and sound refreshing in the sea of Emily's & Aiden's.
For instance someone posted asking to choose between Ava & Ada, although I prefer Ava as a name it's getting so popular that a baby Ada would be much fresher & exciting to see.

A name like Alexander is steeped in history which to me makes it classic popular rather than trendy popular which is where I would have put Kevin in the 80's/early 90's.

& actually, I only think I know about 3 Kevin's but that's because I'm from England and it's not at all popular over here- possibly because of a famous comedy duo Kevin & Perry .. Kevin is not someone you'd want your children to take after!

[luvahs.livejournal.com]

I love Patrick Levi. sounds SOO good together, plus I just love the 2 names apart. I also love Lilah and Laurel as the sister combo :)

[lickystyx.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[lickystyx.livejournal.com]

I never knew the gender of any of my children until they were born, but for some reason, I always gravitated to the right gender influenced names. Not that we didn't try to come up with names for either gender, because we did, it was just that one name seemed more 'right' than others. I dunno if that made sense but ...whatever. lol. I love the name Alexander Louis seems to fit so well with that too. Good luck on this one, I'm sure you'll find the right one for your little one. You did so well with the first it's bound to happen again.

[sweatydog.livejournal.com]

I love Lilah, I think its a beautiful name.

[lickystyx.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[ladymela99.livejournal.com]

I love the name Lilah. :)

[lickystyx.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[memorymaze.livejournal.com]

My brother was almost named Kevin, but they chose Patrick, so you and my mother must have similar taste. He was born in 1991, so similar ages as well.

If you remember, what were you going to name your two boys had they been girls?

[lickystyx.livejournal.com]

I was young when I had my first son, and I was known for marching to the beat of my own drum let's say, so let's just be glad that I chose well in the end. lol. Other names I had chosen for my kids were:

Hiram Cyrus (What was I thinking?!)
Celeste Elaine
Cynthia Grace
Forest Drake
Catherine Elizabeth
Zachary Wyatt
Ophelia Grace
Kaitlyn Lorelei
Sean Rohan

Great Names

[crossingthesea.livejournal.com]

You did good. :)