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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

[lolzabeth.livejournal.com]

Kacey I've explained about above.
I actually really like Bethann, not too keen on Bethany though.
I love Raen as all the names that make it up mean a lot to me. Unfortunately I don't like it as a first name.
Eva and Rei are both the Japanese spellings and pronounciations but, as I've said in other comments, it probably wont be used anyway as Bethan/Bethann Raen is the first choice for a girl :)

[muliebrity.livejournal.com]

Hey now, my name is Bethany. ;) But I think Bethann Raen is good without adding another middle name to it (that's what I meant before).
The spelling of Kacey isn't what gets me, I just don't like the name. I've known some real assholes named Casey/Kacey/Kasey and wouldn't want to associate any child of mine with that. But if you haven't had that problem, go for it.
And technically neither Eva nor Rei are Japanese spellings because they don't use our alphabet. That's just how they were transliterated at some point, so as long as the pronunciation was the way you liked it, you could mess with those spellings some.

[hellfire888.livejournal.com]

Well yeah obvious, the japanese use the Hiragana and Katakana where as we have the english alphabet

[lolzabeth.livejournal.com]

I understand the association problem. It's the same reason I could never call my kids Sarah, Jenna or Alex, even though I like the name Sarah.

True about the Japenese spellings but I think that's the way it's usually translated into the english language. I prefer Rei as Rae is too close to Raen.