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[lolzabeth.livejournal.com]

I dont have any kids and am not pregnant...yet. The boyfriend and I are hoping for kids in the next year or so, after I've finished uni.
We've already got the names picked (a bit ahead of ourselves) and I was wondering what people thought. We love them but we've had mixed reactions...

Boy:

Kacey William Alexandar
- William after my grandad
-Alexandar after my dad's step-dad and my great grandad

Girl:

Bethan Raen Alexandria
- Raen standing for Rapley Ansley Elizabeth Nicholson (all family names)
- Alexandria after a friend of my boyfriend

or

Eva-Rei Elizabeth
- Eva-Rei pronounced Ay-va Ray
- Elizabeth is a family name

Opinions?

Comments

[jennifergroovy.livejournal.com]

Why the spelling Kacey? It looks a bit feminine for a boy. If you're going to use it for a boy, I'd go with the old traditional spelling, Casey. You don't want him to be teased.


Eva-Rei pronounced Ay-va Ray If it's pronounced that way I'd spell it that way:

Ava-Rei, or better yet:

Ava-Rae.

Otherwise she will always be called "Eee-vuh Ray."

[lolzabeth.livejournal.com]

My boyfriend chose the spellng. It's actually in his email address. I likes Shaun William Alexandar but Shaun's the only boys name my brother and his girlfriend can agree on so I had to find something else. Send him an email one day and it stuck in my head.
I like either spelling but I always though Casey looked more feminine.

Eva and Rei are both names I heard in an anime I watched and really like the sound of them. That's the way they're spelt in that but I like the way Ava-Rei looks. Not too keen on the Rae, it's too close to Raen so it would just end up Ava-Raen.
Yea, I dunno what my point was there either lol

[lolzabeth.livejournal.com]

ugh...typos...
liked*
Sent*

[momentarygenius.livejournal.com]

I agree on Ava-Rei or I promise it'll get pronounced "Eee-vuh". I think Ava is beautiful. I'm not usually keen on hyphenated first names, but that one is adorable.

[hellfire888.livejournal.com]

I think it may happen in the begining but people will get use to it, i mean it happened with my name, no one knew how to pronounce it when i was little and its quite common..

it happens but hey.. i know its the correct way of spelling and pronouncing it, i am a lil keen on ava but i prefer eva.

[ewaeva.livejournal.com]

I agree - based on personal experience. My name is Eva, originally pronounced more like Ava.

However, after years of correcting people (both on spelling and pronunciation), I gave up. I now introduce myself as Eva (Ee-va) just to make it easier. Only my family and close friends pronounce my name the original way.

It's very annoying. I don't recommend it.

[lolzabeth.livejournal.com]

My name is Laura and I'm constantly getting called Lorna or Lara. People also tend to spell it Lora or Lorah so I understand. It doesn't bother me that much though.
Im starting to like Ava more and more as I get more replies. It's growing on me :)

[ewaeva.livejournal.com]

Really? People even screw up Laura?!
Gee, that's just dumb. Laura is such a pretty, classic name.

[lolzabeth.livejournal.com]

Yup!
There's a few people that know me as Lorna because I cannot be bothered correcting them for the 5000th time. Usually it only takes one correction and I don't mind that.
Some people are just dumb, or don't listen more likely!