Opinions?

[trishy-h.livejournal.com]

First off, I'm not pregnant nor do I plan to be in the near future. But I really like the following names so I thought I'd find out what people thought about them. Second, I'm going for the two middle names thing. Both my sister and I have two middle names and I can't imagine life without them. So I'm sticking to that for my children (if they will ever be born). For the record, I'm not fussy about how the names are thrown together so if you think of another combination that would sound better go right ahead and tell me. Enough rambling:

Girls:
Evangeline Aurora Rose
Gabriella Ripley Reese
Niamh Arwen Beatrix
Miho Eowyn June
Alexis Eunice Karabo

Boys:
Jakob William Toben
Karl Rory Julian
Lenin Eli Benjamin
Alejandro Eomer Joaquin

EDIT:

Perhaps I should have provided some explanation. I identify as socialist so I make a rather large distinction between Lenin & Trotsky and Stalin. Kind of like the way someone would see a difference between George W Bush and Ralph Nader. Also, I prefer Karl to Carl because I think Carl is boring and...surburban I suppose. Same with Jakob/Jacob.

Eunice is my mother's name and Karabo is a Sotho name (here in South Africa). If you're pronouncing it Caribou you're not getting it right. It's pronounced 'Kar-ah-boh' (it's a bit difficult to explain). And yes, I love LOTR but I would never use those names as a first name. Thanks for all the opinions though, some really cracked me up.

Comments

[candicejade.livejournal.com]

agreed.

Karabo??

I do like Gabriella.

[straight-outta.livejournal.com]

hey! i think some are beautiful

if i were going to dissect; i like:

evangeline, beatrix, ripley, june, eunice

julian, lenin & joaquin

julian & june being my favorites!

[ewaeva.livejournal.com]

Wow, I think those are all pretty awful.

But Lenin? Wow, that takes the cake. LENIN.
Are you serious?

[colin-chaotic.livejournal.com]

...Eomer? Eowyn? Arwen?

I'm trying to decide if that's better or worse than using Ripley as a name. And a girl's name, for that. Ripley's Believe it or Not ring a bell anywhere?

And Lenin... I'm not even going to bother.

[ewaeva.livejournal.com]

*wince*
If you're extra bold, maybe even Bolshevik?

I guess if you don't know who Lenin was, the not-particularly-positive historical connotations don't matter. Because, you know, it SOUNDS good, and you've just got to hope people understand that, and your kid won't get lynched if he ever goes travelling to, say, Eastern Europe.

[amandavanessa.livejournal.com]

SADDAM

[amandavanessa.livejournal.com]

1. Don't use names with bad connotations.
2. Use correct spelling, to avoid having a future child correct people his/her entire life.
3. Don't give a girl boy's name, and vice versa.
4. I personally hate two middle names, I have two and it's annoying.

[ewaeva.livejournal.com]

LOL

Fidel

Qadafi

[amandavanessa.livejournal.com]

GEORGE BUSH

Wait. We have to make it look all modern.

Joarge Busche.

Now no one will ever know who he's named after.

[quiet-recluse.livejournal.com]

Girls:

I didn't actually like any of your girl name combinations, but here are the individual names that I liked:

Rose
Gabriella
Alexis

Here are some reasons why I didn't like some of your other names:

Evangeline - Sounds like evangelist
Aurora - Porn star name
Ripley, Reese - I think of both of these as boys names.
Niamh - Too hard to spell and I can't work out how to say it just by looking at it, which means people will have to constantly ask her what her name is even when it's right in front of them. (Unless you live somewhere where this name is common).
Arwen, Eowyn - Too Lord of the Rings. (I like LOTR, but I don't like it when people name their kids after it).
Eunice - Reminds me of eunuch.
Karabo - Reminds me of Caribou.

Boys names that I liked:

Jakob William Toben
Karl Rory Julian
Alejandro Eomer Joaquin - For some reason I'm ok with Eomer here, but I'm only leaving this combination in because you might be from a country where it's traditional.

[ewaeva.livejournal.com]

Ow - ow - I choked on my chocolate covered coffee bean.
Too funny.

Wait, what about

Gandalf Jong-il Pedro

That way we've got the LOTR character, the Communist leader AND the Hispanic name all in there. A healthy mix of bad connotations, fake names and ethnic incongruity.

[quiet-recluse.livejournal.com]

Oh, and for a different combination:

Gabriella Alexis Rose

[invisiblepet.livejournal.com]

I think it's from Alien series....Ripley was Sigourney Weaver's character.

But I could be wrong on the reference thing.

[invisiblepet.livejournal.com]

Alexis June is pretty. I can't find a third name for that from your list that doesn't kill it. Gabriella maybe.

Lennon is easier to deal with than Lenin. Lennon is a nicer reference anyway. Benjamin Eli is a nice combo.

Gaw, those are just mouthfuls. What are your reasonings?

[ewaeva.livejournal.com]

lol

I didn't see that one coming!! :)

[miarosso.livejournal.com]

Lenin!?

I'm not a fan but...

[kaugomu.livejournal.com]

I don't usually like the two middle names thing, it just always seems to me like the parents couldn't pick just one. I'm also not a fan of most of the names on your list however I am a fan of constructive criticism so rather than just saying that I don't like them here we go:

Individually I do like:
Gabriella
Ripley (although it does remind me of Ripley's Believe it or Not, but I still really like it and have thought about it for my own use)
Beatrix (I love older style names, however it kinda reminds me of Harry Potter)
Alexis (Its one I have picked out for my own daughter some day)
Toben (I LOVE LOVE LOVE this one. My first son will be names Tobias Christopher, and I love that too. Again I like older style names)
Karl (My best friend's dad's name is Karel his parents are Czech and I like the spelling with the K (but would leave out the E as it always looks like it should be said Carrell to me which is obviously a female name)
Julian (but I would use it effeminately)
Eli (I like it with Benjamin too)

I don't like:
Aurora (Or Aurora Rose, or Rose which are all popular right now especially Aurora Rose) because it reminds me of the fairy from Sleeping Beauty
Arwen or Eowyn too LOTR for me
Beatrix - I like but it borders on Bellatrix from Harry Potter
Miho and Evangeline are just too odd for me
Eunice sounds hard and reminds me of Eunuch
Karabo reminds me of Caribou
Jakob I like Jacob but not a personal favorite and I'd much rather see the spelling with a C than a K, the K just makes the name look harsh
Rory sounds like a girls name and I'm in general not fond of it usually (sometimes I like it but it's rare)
Lenin has far too many negative historical connotations.
Alejandro I don't like unless you are of hispanic ethnicity and even then I think it's too over used.
Eomer and Joaquin are just too odd for me, I'm not even sure how to say them.

YES!!!!!

[opalfirefly.livejournal.com]

You have to put Arwen in there !!! and Eowyn and Eomer :) i LOVE THE LORD OF THE RINGS (my name is Arwen hehe)
however i would not combine those with the first names you have...
Arwen Beatrix is cool and so is Eowyn June

[composure.livejournal.com]

I like Gabriella. I don't like Ripley. Unless it's a family name you're dead set on using, find something else. I like Reese, too.

[composure.livejournal.com]

I like Gabriella Rose Alexis better. Then the two a's don't clash.

[mountain-nest.livejournal.com]

Karabo is the new Emma.

[mountain-nest.livejournal.com]

And it sounds kinda like Caribou!

[quiet-recluse.livejournal.com]

I still think Gabriella Alexis Rose has a better flow. Having two of the same letters in a row doesn't bother me the way it seems to bother other people in this comm, so I'm thinking this could be an accent thing.

[quiet-recluse.livejournal.com]

Alexis Gabriella June maybe?

[arbus.livejournal.com]

ok so lenin and karl are obviously...um...bad.

but i like some of the names, mainly: evangeline, gabriella, beatrix, reese, and eli. thats it for me.