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[fenix409.livejournal.com]

Like so many others, I am not pregnant or planning on have kids for awhile, but I'm obsessed with names, and have been since as long as I can remember. Here is a list of the names I like (most favorite on top)- just wondering what you think. Also, if your mother had named your sisters "Noelle" and "Juliet" and then named you "Matilda" or "Agnes" would you feel... I dunno, cheated, like your name was too simple or dumpy sounding? :o) Also, these are for both first and/or middle names.


Phineas
Hero
Risto
Xavier
Noah
Kael
Hayden
Doran
Maddock/Maddox
Peter
Arlo
Koi/Koy
Alton
Owen
Milo/Miles
Linus

Noelle-
Juliet
Agnes/Agatha
Viene
Matilda
Ophelia
Helena
Evangelina
Naiya
Valentine
Violet
Linne
Alida
Isolde
Orenda
Nell

Comments

[apple-seed.livejournal.com]

JULIET!!! that's my daughter's name :o)

[colin-chaotic.livejournal.com]

I'm going to be perfectly honest: your boys names (with the exceptions of Noah, Peter, Owen, and Milo/Miles) scare the hell out of me.

A lot of your girls names do as well (Viene, Evangelina, Naiya, Valentine, Alide, and Orenda, mostly), but the others are lovely.

Also, if your mother had named your sisters "Noelle" and "Juliet" and then named you "Matilda" or "Agnes" would you feel... I dunno, cheated, like your name was too simple or dumpy sounding?

I'd feel glad she hadn't named me Madlynnemackinzzzyson in order to make me yoonik, personally. Of course, since my parents/their siblings names are Kathy, James, Karen, Martha, Paul, and Adam, and my name is Meagan (my cousins are Kirsten, Karla, Rachel, Rebecca, and Anders), there's not exactly a gap in the preconcieved notions about the names.

[fenix409.livejournal.com]

yoonik? :o) I honestly did not pick out names just to be unusual, and I hate it when people change a normal name's spelling just to be different.

However, quite a few on my list are or would be only middle names (if that makes a difference) such as Valentine, Linne, Arlo, Koi ... basically the second halves of each list.

[angelwifey.livejournal.com]

i think it totally makes a difference that its a middle name. because a lot of people totally omit their middle name.
:)

[knightanika.livejournal.com]

I love the name Kael. Thats the name of a baddy in most of my RPGs I do with a friend.

[krazyhippie.livejournal.com]

Hero--don't do that to a kid :(
Maddock--sounds incomplete, like a typo of Maddox
Peter--like it but he'll get called Pete and I hate that
Arlo--sounds like a dog's name for some reason
Koi--makes me think of koi fish or Coy :/

Agnes/Agatha--like the second MUCH better. Agnes just sounds ugly to me
Evangelina--I will always think of evangelists, who I despise, and I'm sure I won't be the only one
Valentine--I'm sure you can predict the problems that will arise here
Linne--I prefer Lynn or Lynne but that's actually sort of cute the way it is
Orenda--makes me think "horrendous"
Nell--people will say Nellie for a kid and then there will be jokes about it since that's a nickname for a girl's parts, at least in the US

the rest I LOVE. So I love a lot more than I hate. :) I might even nab a few for my own list.

btw I don't think Matilda is a plain name, I think it's just as good as Julilet or Noelle.

[fenix409.livejournal.com]

Hero--don't do that to a kid :(
I actually got this from Much Ado About Nothing, though it's a girl named Hero. Think he'd feel he had to live up to that expectation?

Arlo--sounds like a dog's name for some reason
I got it from Super Troopers :o) Ramathorn's son is named Arlo, I thought it was so cute.

Agnes/Agatha- I would love to call her Aggie. So it really doesn't matter to me which one her "real" name was, I'd call her Aggie all the time. Got this from The Crimson Petal and the White (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0156028778/sr=1-1/qid=1137137157/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-5664739-6960053?%5Fencoding=UTF8) by Michel Faber.

Valentine--I'm sure you can predict the problems that will arise here
Definitely only a middle name. It wouldn't be good as a first name and everyone would call her "Val." Ick (no offense to anyone named Val).

Evangelina--I will always think of evangelists, who I despise, and I'm sure I won't be the only one
This got moved down significatly on my list. It once was #1. So I sort of agree...

Linne was my great-great grandmother's name. I've always loved it.

Orenda--makes me think "horrendous"
Everyone says that :o) So maybe I'll cut it.

Thanks for the input!!

[krazyhippie.livejournal.com]

anytime, I love names. (duh, lol)

As for Hero, yeah to me it's like naming him God or something. It sounds arrogant and people might resent him for it, or certainly pick on him for it. A hero is also a sub sandwich, so there's extra teasing material there. It's cute in theory, maybe for a character in a book or something, but I wouldn't saddle a child with it.

[thorabrighid.livejournal.com]

Hero was the girls name, wasn't it? Claudio is the guy.

[fenix409.livejournal.com]

Yes Hero is the girl, that's why I said I actually got this from Much Ado About Nothing, though it's a girl named Hero. I think it's a better boys name though, so that's why it's in my boys list.

[quiet-recluse.livejournal.com]

I like:

Hero - This isn't the sort of thing I normally go for, but it does sound good. I guess I'd recommend it as a middle name though.
Viene - How do you pronounce this?
Isolde - I'm really surprised to see this old name come up and I think it's cool you picked it.

I don't like:

Phineas - Sounds good on a character, but not so good on a real person.
Risto - I dunno, it just reminds me of rissoles and it sounds like the kind of name that kids would make fun of.
Xavier - Just reminds me of bad sci fi, even though it's apparently become common in some countries
Koi/Koy - All I can think of when I hear this is koi carp.

Evangelina - Reminds me of tv evangelist
Valentine - If I met someone named valentine there is no way I could take them seriously.

[fenix409.livejournal.com]

Viene- like the city Vienna without the "a."

Valentine- only as a middle name. Only!

[quiet-recluse.livejournal.com]

Even as a middle name, I still really can't stand Valentine.
Viene is pretty though.

[invisiblepet.livejournal.com]

Eeee.

The boy name that caused me to go "no no no no no" was Koi. Makes me think of fish, koi pond, no matter how you spell it. On "Dukes of Hazzard" (the series) there was a cousin named Coy, but there were things in Hazzard County only that family could get away with. Maybe (and a very tight maybe) as a middle name if there was no other choice.

Viene is pretty, but not as a girl's name. A pet, perhaps. It makes me think of Vienna (which is pretty, but not as a person's name) because somewhere a long time ago, someone decided to make tiny little hot dogs in juice in cans and call them Vienna Sausages, and that has never left some people, especially the people who had to eat those every day in their lunch box.

The teasing will be relentless for Viene and Koi.

However, Noelle is one of my favorite names. Owen Kael is nice, too.

[fenix409.livejournal.com]

For the longest time I wanted to name my daughter Asia- I got it from the Rowan series of books by Anne McCaffrey. I grew out of it though, but what do you think of that? :o)

[invisiblepet.livejournal.com]

Asia is pretty. There's a girl at the elemn. school I work at named "Basia". It's kinda cute to say after awhile. Dn't know that I'd use it though.

I LOVE "India" mostly b/c of Winn-Dixie. :)

[iwanttobemyself.livejournal.com]

over all its quite the list. but I have to say I only LOVE 2 of the names. Noah and Hayden. :)

[babyalligator.livejournal.com]

owen is going to be my son's name. love it!

[composure.livejournal.com]

Phineas - The name means "Loudmouth." Would you want to name your child that?
Hero - A song. Or a dog's name.
Risto - Another thing I'd call my dog.
Xavier - Looks too much like "saviour" to me.
Noah - I love this name. I used to picture an old man with a long, white beard, but this name has grown on me.
Kael - A vegetable.
Hayden - I love it, but it's become way too popular.
Doran - Uhh.. no.
Maddock/Maddox - I like it, spelled like the latter, but because of Angelina Jolie, I wouldn't use it.
Peter - All I can see is a boy wearing a green hat.
Arlo - Ehh... maybe as a middle name.
Koi/Koy - No.
Alton - I like the name Alden.
Owen - I like it.
Milo/Miles - The dog from Milo and Otis. Miles doesn't seem like a name to me, even though I know of a few of them.
Linus - Like, the character from Peanuts?

Noelle - If she's born around Christmas, I like it.
Juliet - Too Shakespearian to me.
Agnes/Agatha - Too old fashioned.
Viene - How do you pronounce it? Like vien, without the e? Okay...
Matilda - The little girl from the movie.
Ophelia - I actually love this name.
Helena - My Chemical Romance ruined this name.
Evangelina - If you called her Eva for short, then sure. I think I'd just go with Evangeline, though.
Naiya - No.
Valentine - If she was born in February.
Violet - I like it.
Linne - If the pronounciation is the same, I'd spell it Lynne.
Alida
Isolde - Like the new movie? I don't like the name at all.
Orenda
Nell

[fenix409.livejournal.com]

Actually, I found the Phineas means "Oracle" in Hebrew. It's an English version of an Egyptian name. I agree that Hayden is too popular now, but I still love it. Arlo, Koi, Alton, Owen, Milo and Linus (just like the Peanuts character) would all be middle names only.

Viene- like the city Vienna with the "a." Vee-en. I don't think that many people listen to My Chemical Romance for them to instantly think of them when they hear the name Helena. Plus, I'm not having kids now, so who knows how popular they'll be either when I have kids or when my kids are older (when people they meet might say, "Oh like the MCR song!") I also don't think that names should reflect the season they were born (Noelle or Valentine). If I did have a daughter born in December I would purposely NOT name her Noelle. And Valentine would only be a middle name. Linne is with an accented "e"- Linn-ay. It's my great-great grandmother's name. Violet is my grandmother's name. Also both only middle names. Isolde- middle name, and no not like the new movie, like the medieval love story. Also where I got Juliet and Ophelia (from Shakespeare). Quite a few of my names are from literature (Phineas is from A Separate Peace by John Knowles). Evangelina, I would def. call her Eva.

[fenix409.livejournal.com]

Viene- like the city Vienna with the "a."

*without the "a".

[composure.livejournal.com]

http://babynames.com/Names/name_display.php?n=PHINEAS (http://babynames.com/Names/name_display.php?n=PHINEAS).

I'm not saying everyone else will think of MCR when they hear the same Helena, but I personally, do.

[fenix409.livejournal.com]

I searched maybe 15 name meaning sites. All but two gave the meaning of Phineas as "Oracle"- origin either Hebrew or Egyptian. One gave the meaning "Colorful," with no origin. And one gave the meaning "Mouth of brass"- origin Greek.

Besides, people don't know the meanings of every name. Most don't even know or care about the meaning of their own name. So yes, I will sadle my son with a name that might mean "Mouth of brass" (Loudmouth?), given that few people will ever associate that meaning with his name and that it's my all time favorite name ever.

My name, Lindsay, means linden island. That's how I think of myself too, yes, as a great big island of linden trees. It's ruining my life that I'm not something like Lucia (light of God), Alanna (fair) or even Heidi (noble). Nope, I'm just a big copse of linden trees.

Sorry, I'm very sarcastic :o/ Anyway, it's just I've heard every argument against Phineas (mostly that he'll be gay or that kids will call him Finny the Ninny) but I've never heard the argument against the meaning of his name. But thanks for your opinion; I did ask for it after all :o)

[sophonisba.livejournal.com]

No, Milo's the CAT. That's one of my favorite boy names.

[d3v0.livejournal.com]

I like..

Phineas
Noah
Hayden
Peter
Owen
Miles
Linus

Noelle
Helena



please do not name your children valentine or hero.

[a-purple-dream.livejournal.com]

I like Xavier, Violet, Miles and Matilda. I don't care for the rest. Some sound made up though.

[fenix409.livejournal.com]

Which ones sound made up?

[a-purple-dream.livejournal.com]

Risto
Kael
Doran
Arlo
Koi/Koy
Alton

Viene
Naiya
Linne
Alida
Orenda
Nell

[scintillated.livejournal.com]

Alton and Nell are real names...

Alton Brown has a show called Good Eats on the Food Network and Nell Carter was an actress on the show Gimme a Break. ;)

[fenix409.livejournal.com]

Aren't all names made up though, really? All of these names can be found on a baby name site with maybe the exception of Viene (which I mistook for the name of the main character from Chocolat, who's name was actually Vianne. But I ended up liking Viene a lot). Risto is the Finnish version of Christopher (I'm Finnish), Orenda is Native American, Linne was my great-great grandmother's name; and not that a name is only real until someone famous is named that but some famous people are: Doran Ingram, Doran Ray, Doran Cart, Arlo Ramathorn (the character in Super Troopers), Arlo Guthrie, Alida Valli (Italian), Alton Taylor (composer), Nell (from the movie Nell), and (ok ok) Naiya is a water nymph, used often in mythology and Shakespeare. Also known as Naiads.

Just because names like Sarah, Mary, Lucy, James, Carl, Mark and whatever else is more popular doesn't make it less "made-up." Someone, at some time, came up with the name.

[hidthemyd.livejournal.com]

I am planning on naming my son Xaiver Evan... :P

[hidthemyd.livejournal.com]

Xavier Evan... :P Look at me, the prego woman can type... or spell even. lol

[anapology.livejournal.com]

This names i deleted i dont have any opinion on really, apart from the fact they dont sound like real names & i dont like them.

Phineas- i would shorten it to Finn, Phineas is such a huge name.
Xavier
Noah
Hayden
Maddock/Maddox- Definetly Maddox, Maddock is awful. It sounds like Haddock, some kind of fish? (im veggie i dont know, but i think so!)
Peter- Soooo boring.
Alton- Like Elton? sort of okay.
Owen
Milo/Miles- Oh cute! I lilke Myles as the spelling though.

Noelle- really can't say i like it much, but good for a xmas baby!
Juliet- Beautiful
Agnes/Agatha- Awful, awful awful.
Matilda- Again, awful.
Ophelia- Beautiful... makes a change from Amelia which is becoming more popular (to my disgust, its been my #1 for ages!)
Helena- Hate helen/helena
Evangelina- love, has possibilities. i like evie as a nn. Eva is sophisticated & grown up.
Valentine- This has always been a more masculine name.. St valentine was a guy..
Violet- Beautiful, but i think it will become popular this year.. much like Ruby did last year.

[ladyjp.livejournal.com]

Here's my tuppence worth.

Phineas - don't like it. It sounds like a breed of fish.
Hero - It's ok, I think I'd prefer it on a girl though.
Risto - Rhymes with Bisto which is a gravy thing in the UK. Bad.
Xavier - Ok, a bit pretentious though.
Noah - I like it.
Kael - Another one I like!!
Hayden - I have a friend called Haydn who is Welsh and I like it spelled his way.
Doran - Not one of my favourites.
Maddock/Maddox - It sounds like you're jumping on the Jolie bandwagon.
Peter - Ok.
Arlo - No, no, no.
Koi/Koy - Isn't that a fish?
Alton - Don't like it.
Owen - Like it.
Milo/Miles - I used to have a boyfriend names Myles so for that reason I don't like it!
Linus - As in Matt Damon's character in Ocean's 11? Meh, it's ok I suppose.

Noelle - quite pretty but not one I'd use due to the association with Christmas.
Juliet - I love this name, especially spelled Juliette.
Agnes/Agatha - I love Agatha Christie but to me it's an old, grumpy woman's name.
Viene - It's really pretty, one of my lj friends has a niece called Vienne.
Matilda - It's growing on me.
Ophelia - Don't like it.
Helena - I prefer Helena to Helen.
Evangelina - Yuck, no.
Naiya - It's nice.
Valentine - Definately not.
Violet - It's nice but reminds me of an old woman.
Linne - I read the comments and see you pronounce it Linn-ay. It's nice but she'd be spelling it for the rest of her life and dealing with mispronounciation.
Alida - Pronounced A-lid-a? It's ok.
Isolde - It's nice but again runs the risk of mispronounciation and possibly teasing as it looks like I Sold.
Orenda - yuck no.
Nell - Like it.

[ifancylust.livejournal.com]

my thoughts:

Phineas - it's okay. i prefer finn though.
Hero - this probably would cause problems on the playground&maybe with the boy himself. you could go for "hiro", which is pronounced the same, but is a japanese and i suppose more legitimate (for lack of a better word) name. i doubt he would get made fun of for "hiro".
Risto - reminds me of risotto.
Xavier - i like it.
Noah - my brother's name..before it got insanely popular. he'd definitely be noah (insert last initial here).
Kael - is this pronounced like kale/cale?
Hayden - getting popular also. i think it's overrated.
Doran - i like it.
Maddock/Maddox - okay. but makes me think of angelina jolie's son.
Peter - my dad's name. i like it. it's classic & simple. everyone knows it, but not many children are named peter these days.
Arlo - it's alright.
Koi/Koy - too much like the fish. i say bad idea. it's kind of like naming your son "collie" or "spaniel".
Alton - alright.
Owen - alright. getting popular.
Milo/Miles - they're okay. i like miles better than milo, but i like it better as a middle name.
Linus - eh. sounds like the name of an outcast/geeky kid.

Noelle - pretty.
Juliet - pretty. getting popular.
Agnes/Agatha - they both sound very old.
Viene - is it pronounced vee-ENN?
Matilda - it's okay.
Ophelia - it's okay. but NEVER use it as a middle name. it sounds like there's something wrong with the person. (think pedophelia)
Helena - nice.
Evangelina - quite a mouthful. i prefer angelina.
Naiya - pretty, but might have some pronounciation problems.
Valentine - i like it. you can call her val.
Violet - getting more popular as well. once a celebrity names their child something, everyone else hops on the bandwagon.
Linne - pretty & unique.
Alida - nice. i like alita better.
Isolde - i really like it, although is sounds like "is old".
Orenda - i don't like it. it reminds me of oreda french fries.
Nell - decent.

[elemmennope.livejournal.com]

Phineas -- Too much for me, for a boys name. Finn could work, but this is too weird.
Hero -- If you're having a comic book character for a son, I guess.
Risto -- Doesn't appeal to me, but I don't have anything solid against it.
Xavier -- Love, except that people who insist on saying ex-zay-vee-er would make me insane.
Noah -- Too old-man-and-an-ark for me. I do love the girl's name Noa though.
Kael -- Contrived looking.
Hayden -- Too Aidan/Jayden/Caden
Doran -- Dorky Doran
Maddock/Maddox -- Hate this name. Sounds like a very poorly behaved child to me, Mad Ox.
Peter -- Penis associations aside, it's ok.
Arlo -- Nice.
Koi/Koy -- It's a nice sound, too bad one can't think of anything but giant, slimy goldfish.
Alton -- Ok
Owen -- Fine
Milo/Miles -- Nice
Linus -- Love

Noelle -- Eh. I think this name was ruined on an association for me. A very acne-ridden mean bully in my junior high.
Juliet -- Pretty, but the Romeo stuff would be so annoying as to not be worth it imo. I'd stick with Julia.
Agnes/Agatha -- Ummm... no. I'm not ready for this yet.
Viene -- Would this mean "come" or "coming" in French.... maybe not spelled right.
Matilda -- Ok.
Ophelia -- A bit dramatic, but ok.
Helena -- Nice
Evangelina -- Makes me think of evangelical Christians. One of my least liked names.
Naiya -- Ok
Valentine -- Sappy
Violet -- Gorgeous
Linne -- Nice
Alida -- Ok
Isolde -- Too dramatic
Orenda -- Ok
Nell -- Jodie Foster

[julieannie.livejournal.com]

Hero is dooming a child to snarkage his whole life. I always think of the judge test. The Honourable Hero Smith just doesn't do it for me. I don't like much of the boys list but that might be me. I haven't seen many boys names I do like.

The girls names seem very old-fashioned--1900s like. Which is fine because they are back in style. Vivienne/Vivien/Vivian instead of Viene. Agnes and Agatha are just too aged for me. Ophelia is such a pretty name but it's tainted by the whole drowning yourself thing.

my 2 cents

[opalfirefly.livejournal.com]

I like unusual and what some people call "made-up" names
I get a lot of my names on my list from books i have read, movies i have seen in my lifetime, and tv programs...
out of you list my faves are:
Xavier (oml), Risto, Maddox (oml), Noah, Hayden, Doran, Owen, Miles, Linus
girls- Noelle, Juilet, Ophelia, Violet (oml), Evangelina, Nell, Helena, and Valentine

[hitzpink.livejournal.com]

Phineas - awful
Hero - PLEASE DO NOT NAME YOUR CHILD HERO.
Risto - what????
Xavier - ok
Noah - I like it
Kael - like the vegetable? kale?
Hayden - eh. It's alright, but a little trendy, I think.
Doran - geeze. no.
Maddock/Maddox - nooo.
Peter - Only if people can refrain from calling him Pete. :)
Arlo - ARLO?
Koi/Koy - awful
Alton - decent
Owen - I like Owen
Milo/Miles - Milo sounds like a name for a puppy. =/
Linus - wtf?

Noelle - love!
Juliet - also love
Agnes/Agatha - eeeek. Are you having a 75 year old?
Viene - what?
Matilda - gahh.
Ophelia - NO. your child is not a character in a Shakespeare play!
Helena - bleh
Evangelina - no way
Naiya - how do you even pronouce this??
Valentine - no, not even for a middle name
Violet - pretty! probably my favorite on your list.
Linne - like Lynn?
Alida - no
Isolde - noo. how do you say it?
Orenda - god no
Nell - umm no.

Sorry, but a lot of these names are a little frightening. =/