A survey! Names you would use.

[hotchpot.livejournal.com]

Your top 5 names:

Family names you would consider using:

Literary names you would consider using:

Pop culture names: (names of a musician, actress, politician, etc) you would consider using:

Place names you would consider using:

Names that you like the meaning of but wouldn't necessarily use:

Names that you would use except you can't stand the meaning:

Names you like but someone has ruined, so you can't use them:

Guilty pleasure names:

Your top 5 names for each gender:

Girls:
Anne Louisa
Hope Catherine
Elisabeth Barbara
Sarah Elinor
Caroline Jane

Boys:
John Daniel
James Kenneth
Robert Edward
Henry Cory
William Theodore

Family names you would consider using:

Girls: Rosemary (my mom), Doris (my grandmother), June, Mary, Agnes, Lee, Catherine, Cornelia, Victoria, Margaret, Jane, Susan

Boys: Laurence (my grandfather), Beatrice (husband's grandmother), Kenneth, Robert, Henry, Daniel, Cory (my mom's maiden name and my middle name)

Literary names you would consider using:

Girls:
Elizabeth (Elizabeth Bennet, Pride and Prejudice)
Anne (Anne Shirley, Anne of Green Gables)
Jean Louise (Scout, from To Kill a Mockingbird)

Boys:
Major (Major Major Major, Catch-22)

Pop culture/historical names: (names of a musician, actress, politician, etc) you would consider using:

Abigail (Abigail Adams)
Bette (Bette Davis, pronounced like "Betty" for those who don't know)
Vivian (Vivien Leigh)

Boys:
Basie (Count Basie)
Mason (George Mason, my alma mater)
Kay (Kay Kyser, but I'd probably use this for a nickname)
Delano or Franklin (FDR)
Lyndon (LBJ)

Place names you would consider using:

Girls: Virginia

None for boys!

Names that you like the meaning of but wouldn't necessarily use:

Lois: brave in battle
Felicity: happiness
Cleopatra (My father's pride)

Names that you would use except you can't stand the meaning:

Claudia: Lame
Cecilia: Blind

Names you like but someone has ruined, so you can't use them:

Angelica (Too close to Angelina Jolie, whom I hate).
William (My husband's dead uncle)
Alexandra
Genevieve
Josie (Josie Pye in the Anne of Green Gables books)
Susanna
Wyeth (the name of a really horrible Virginian congressman from the colonial times, he was a terrible racist).

Guilty pleasure names:

Girls:
Fleur
Felicity
Honor
Lorelei
Clementine

Boys:
Whitt
Wyatt
Wyeth (pronounced like "With", can you tell I like these sounds?)
Mason

Comments

[lustdumpster.livejournal.com]

girls:
eisley
isabelle
imogen
elisabeth
tegan

boys:
elliott
andrew
ryan
noah
alec

family names: david

literary names: holden, harper lee, malachy (angela's ashes), caliope (middlesex), hanneli (the diary of anne frank), briony (atonement)

pop culture names: hilary (hillary clinton), harlow (nicole richie's daughter), kingston (gwen stefani's son), kennedy

place names: brooklyn, paris (would never use), london

i don't know any name meanings

ruined names: david, it's my little brother/abusive stepfather. i just don't like naming after people and i wouldn't anyway.

oliver - everyone says they're reminded of oliver twist and orphans, so it's my dogs name instead

no guilty pleasure names, really. if i like it, i like it.

[soulsplinter8.livejournal.com]

Oh, I really like Brooklyn. :o)

[jazbot.livejournal.com]

Your top 5 names:

Boys
Sullivan
Asher
Benjamin
Connor
Rory

Girls
Clara
Imogen
Susannah
Quinn
Bethan

Family names you would consider using:
Audrey
Constance
Olive
Roland

Literary names you would consider using:
Liesel
Briar (m)
Keladry
Daja (f)
Isaac
Luna
Hermione
Tarquinn

Pop culture names: (names of a musician, actress, politician, etc) you would consider using:
Connor
Dylan


Place names you would consider using:
None that aren't names anyway really

Names that you like the meaning of but wouldn't necessarily use:

Usually I find it's vice-versa, I like names but not meanings. I can't think of any specifics though

Names that you would use except you can't stand the meaning:
Can't think

Names you like but someone has ruined, so you can't use them:
None

Guilty pleasure names:
Bryony
Madison
Lysander
Tybolt

[omfg----hxc.livejournal.com]

Family names you would consider using: Hamlet, Kenneth, Ross, Marjorie, Joan, Robert.

Literary names you would consider using: Astrid, Briony, Cecilia.

Pop culture names: (names of a musician, actress, politician, etc) you would consider using: Jude, Lucy, Maxwell, Eleanor.

Place names you would consider using: Boston.

Names that you like the meaning of but wouldn't necessarily use: N/A.

Names that you would use except you can't stand the meaning: Briony.

Names you like but someone has ruined, so you can't use them: Julianne, Alicia.

Guilty pleasure names: Boston, Briony.


Your top 5 names for each gender: Lucy, Audrey, Abigail, Briony, Cecilia. Jude, Robert, Kenneth, Cole, Colby.

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

Your top 5 names:

Boys:

Nathaniel
Colin
Arthur
Edward
Rowan

Girls:

Camilla
Margaret
Theodora
Susanna
May

Family names you would consider using:
Joseph

Literary names you would consider using:
Colin, Jane, Laura, Caroline, Grace, Margaret

Pop culture names: (names of a musician, actress, politician, etc) you would consider using:
If it's counting historical names:

Elizabeth, Margaret, Edward, Thomas

Place names you would consider using:
Virginia, Carolina

Names that you like the meaning of but wouldn't necessarily use:
Vivian, Stella

Names that you would use except you can't stand the meaning:
None that I can think of.

Names you like but someone has ruined, so you can't use them:
I'm on the fence about Camilla, because of Charles's wife.

Guilty pleasure names:
Ptolemy, Ignatius, Jean-Baptiste

[kitchen-poet.livejournal.com]

Haha, I love Jean Baptiste!

[laminy.livejournal.com]

Top Five Names: Jory, Saxon, Ruby, Penny, Lucy; Beau, Sam, Shia, Jude, Luka

Family Names: Ruby, Delilah, Dean

Literary Names: Scout, Briony

Pop Culture Names: Jensen, Blake (girl), Shiloh, Suri, Saoirse

Place Names: Georgia, Carolina

Names that you like the meaning of but wouldn't necessarily use: n/a/

Names that you would use except you can't stand the meaning: n/a

Names you like but someone has ruined, so you can't use them: Braeden (not a specific person, just everybody using it)

Guilty pleasure names: I don't feel guilty for any of them :)

[kitchen-poet.livejournal.com]

Your top 5 names: Alice, June, Margot, Mathilde, Norah. Ezra, Dean, Nicholas, August, Cary.

Family names you would consider using: Nicholas, Matthew, August, Norah, Jane, Paige, Kate, Wallace, Cary, Irving, Anne. (I have awesome family names!)

Literary names you would consider using: Esme, Anne, Margaret, Irving, Sebastian, Quentin, Sylvia.

Pop culture names: (names of a musician, actress, politician, etc) you would consider using: ummm....David, Julia, Mathilde.

Place names you would consider using: I wouldn't consider any, generally place names are my pet peeve.

Names that you like the meaning of but wouldn't necessarily use: n/a

Names that you would use except you can't stand the meaning: n/a

Names you like but someone has ruined, so you can't use them: Anne, Margot/Margaux, Ezra (why is it so popular all of a sudden?), Josephine, Edward/Edmund, William, Fiona.

Guilty pleasure names: Ezekiel, Ulysses, Homer, Agnes, Zelda. :)

[postwar-dream.livejournal.com]

Your top 5 names:
GIRLS
- Britta
- Averill
- Harlow
- Samara
- Isadora

BOYS
- Dorian
- Atticus
- Sydney
- Oliver
- James

Family names you would consider using:
- Sydney (my great aunt, I would use it for either a girl or a boy, doesn't matter)
- Chana (my mom's name is Chanalaya)
- Michael (my dad)

Literary names you would consider using:
- Dorian (The Picture of Dorian Gray)
- Atticus (To Kill A Mockingbird)
- Holden (Catcher In The Rye)
- Scarlett (Gone With The Wind)

Pop culture names: (names of a musician, actress, politician, etc) you would consider using:
- James (Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, James Paul McCartney), yes I am aware that James is not a pop culture name really, but it is because of those three that I would use it.
- Lennon
- Layla
- Dylan

Place names you would consider using:
- Georgia
- Eden
- variations on Britain
- Arden
- Concordia
- London
-Brooklyn

Names that you like the meaning of but wouldn't necessarily use:
- Saoirse (freedom)

Names that you would use except you can't stand the meaning:
none?

Names you like but someone has ruined, so you can't use them:
- Averill (Avril Lavigne ruined it.)
- Delilah
- Jetta (...it's a car)

Guilty pleasure names:
- Clementine
- Evangeline
- Gwendolyn
- Jessamine
- Magdalena
- Seraphina
- Valentina

Juicy!

[crossingthesea.livejournal.com]

Oh, your guilty pleasure names are so good. :)

Re: Juicy!

[postwar-dream.livejournal.com]

haha, thanks!

[requiem-morrow.livejournal.com]

Your top 5 names:

Dresden Grey
Lachlan Wilde
Rafferty Caine
Ender Valentine
Beckett Cole

Adrasteia Verity
Rowen Alora
Adalia Coraline
Morrow Annora
Harper Evaliese



Family names you would consider using:

Jane
James
Joshua
Wiley
Justice
Helen

Literary names you would consider using:

Dresden
Ender
Valentine
Phedre
Mercy
Coraline
Raith
St. John
Harper
Beckett
Kisten
Morrow
Ophelia


Pop culture names: (names of a musician, actress, politician, etc) you would consider using:

Harlow
River
Marley
Evolet

Place names you would consider using:

Georgia

Names that you like the meaning of but wouldn't necessarily use:

Tyche
Providence
Mnene


Names that you would use except you can't stand the meaning:
can't think of any


Names you like but someone has ruined, so you can't use them:

Asher
Liam
Aurora
Joshua


Guilty pleasure names:


I would use most of mine....

[morgainlefee.livejournal.com]

Your top 5 names:

Girls
Anastasia Kathleen
Rhiannon Morgaine
Scarlet Cate
Layla Margot
Alessandra Nicks

Boys
Atticus Ian
Aidan James
Alexander Christopher
Eliot Keegan
Seamus Dean

Family names you would consider using: Danny, Kathleen, David Ann, James

Literary names you would consider using: Elinor, Cassandra, Caliope, Ophelia, Lysander, Demetrius, Holden, Atticus

Pop culture names: (names of a musician, actress, politician, etc) you would consider using: Cate, Scarlet, Meredith

Place names you would consider using: Carolina

Names that you like the meaning of but wouldn't necessarily use: n/a

Names that you would use except you can't stand the meaning: n/a

Names you like but someone has ruined, so you can't use them: Addison

Guilty pleasure names: Lysander, Ophelia, Clytemnestra (that's the biggie)

[sweatydog.livejournal.com]

I guess I really like flowery feminine names these days.

Your top 5 names:
Penelope
Chloe
Eirene
Lilah
Sienna

Julian
David
Joaquin
Harvey
Gene
Family names you would consider using:
Alejandra/Alejandro, Ruth, Pamela

Literary names you would consider using:
Xenophilius and Remus!

Ah no really I can't think of any right now. zzZZzzZZzZzZz


Pop culture names: (names of a musician, actress, politician, etc) you would consider using:

Alexis (Bledel)
Joaquin(Phoenix)
Rivers (Singer from Weezer)

Place names you would consider using:

I thought of one I liked the other day. Too bad my brain is asleep.

Names that you like the meaning of but wouldn't necessarily use:

Rainbow

Names that you would use except you can't stand the meaning:

Cameron and anything "Claude"

Names you like but someone has ruined, so you can't use them:

Aiden
Tyler
April
Jasmine
anything ending in "ddy" or "tty"

Guilty pleasure names:

Clover
Peony
Pansy
Avery
Astrid

[spikes-sexkitty.livejournal.com]

Your top 5 names:
*Boys*
James Ronan
Timothy Finn
Jacob Doyle
Silas Brennigan
Sean Andrew

*Girls*
Catherine Amara
Leah Aislinn
Lily Noreen
Elizabeth Roisin
Vivienne Sarai

Family names you would consider using:
*Boys*
Christopher
Aaron
Joshua

*Girls*
Veronica
Carmella/Carmen
Carolyn

Literary names you would consider using:
*Boys*
Dorian
Rhett
Ares
Jason
Louis
Armand

*Girls*
Scarlett
Artemis
Athena
Hera
Claudia

Pop culture names: (names of a musician, actress, politician, etc) you would consider using:
*Boys*
Matthew Charles
Zachary James
Brian Elwin
Alexander James

*Girls*
Alyson
Sarah Michelle
Charisma
Tina
Jo
Hannah
Rachel

Place names you would consider using:
*Boys*
Tenochtitlan (nn Tenoch)
Bradley
Austin
Dallas
Angel
Phoenix
Kiev
Peter

*Girls*
Ithica
Carolina
Dakota
Victoria
Kerry
Clare
Christi

Names that you like the meaning of but wouldn't necessarily use:
&
Names that you would use except you can't stand the meaning:
if i like the name and/or the meaning, and it works, i'll use it. ppl's opinions be damned lol.

Names you like but someone has ruined, so you can't use them:
*Boys*
Ashton
Brad
Marcus
Kyle
Frank
Allan/Allen
Victor

*Girls*
Lorelei
Paris
Nikki/Nicole
Ashley/Ashlee
Brittney
Brianna
Jessica

Guilty pleasure names:
*Boys*
Caleb
Angus
Buadhach
Caoimhghin

*Girls*
Lorelei
Siobhan
Phaedre
Aobh
Aouregwenn

[soulsplinter8.livejournal.com]

I LOVE the name Phaedre (but I would spell it Phaedra). :o)

[soulsplinter8.livejournal.com]

Hah, I like Poet too, but I would never use it.

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

Your top 5 names:
Girls:
Blair Stevie
Carey Linda
Cybil Allison
Lesley Sheridan
Janna Kimberly

Boys:
Jason Elliott
Robin Bradley
Christopher Shay
Brian Keith
Luke Patrick

Family names you would consider using: My family doesn't really do that.

Literary names you would consider using: I don't read much.

Pop culture names: Stevie (Stevie Nicks); Hillary (the next president); Tegan (of Tegan and Sara); Kristen (Kristen Bell); Dawson, Pacey, and Joey/Josephine (Dawson's Creek). Basically any name can be a pop culture name... I'm sure there's an actor out there who has any one of the names on my list.

Place names you would consider using: Austin, Savannah, Charlotte

I don't care about meaning at all.

Names you like but someone has ruined, so you can't use them: Brittany (Britney Spears), Cathleen, William.

Guilty pleasure names:
Cindy, Donna, Kimberly, Amber, Stacy, Kristy, Susan, Linda, and other "dated" names... ones that were popular in the 50's - 80's. This is actually my favorite type of name.
Berkeley (I think it would be kickass on a girl.)
Linus
Wiley (f)
Sheridan (f), Weston (f), Blaine, and other really pretentious sounding names.
Pacey (m)

[soulsplinter8.livejournal.com]

I actually kind of like the idea of Berkeley for a girl. I think it would be kickass, haha. I also like Linus a lot. :o)

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

TOP 5;GIRLS
Eleanor/Ellie
Margaret/Meg
Catherine/Cate
Juliet
Louisa

TOP 5;BOYS
Charles/Charlie
Henry/Hank
William/Will
Samuel/Sam
Elliot

FAMILY;GIRLS
Margaret - grandma
Andrea - cousin
Grace - great great aunt
Hazel - great grandmother
Emerson (middle only) - great grandmother's maiden name
Renee - mom's middle name

FAMILY;BOYS
Michael - brother
Charles - great grandfather
Timothy - dad
Peter - long story, but after both parents
Otto - practically every boy on my dad's side of the family has this name
Hans - family name
Robin/Robert - aunt's name/variant of her name
Andrew - masculine form of cousin's name

LIT;GIRLS
Clare - The Time Traveler's Wife
Leah - The Poisonwood Bible
Codi (nn only) - Animal Dreams
Josephine - Little Women
Louisa - Louisa May Alcott
Barbara - Barbara Kingsolver

LIT;BOYS
Carver - Raymond Carver
Henry - The Time Traveler's Wife
Oscar - Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Jonas - The Giver
Dahl (mn only) - Roald Dahl

POP CULTURE;GIRLS
Ani (nn only) - Ani DiFranco
Allison - Allison Janney
Diane (mn only) - Diane Keaton
Alice - Alice Paul/character on The L Word
Eleanor - Eleanor Roosevelt
Lucy - Lucy Burns
Nancy (mn only) or Alexandra - Nancy Pelosi (her maiden name was D'Alessandro)
Barbara (mn only) - Barbara Boxer

POP CULTURE;BOYS
Miles - Miles Davis
Elliot - character on Law & Order: SVU
Josiah - character on The West Wing
Alexander - character on Buffy the Vampire Slayer (but wouldn't be called Xander)
Franklin (mn only) - FDR
John - JFK/John Adams

PLACE NAMES;GIRLS
n/a

PLACE NAMES;BOYS
n/a

LIKE MEANING;GIRLS
Eudora - good gift

LIKE MEANING;BOYS
Felix - lucky, successful

DON'T LIKE MEANING;GIRLS
Olivia - olive tree

DON'T LIKE MEANING;BOYS
Oliver - olive tree

HAVE BEEN RUINED;GIRLS
n/a

HAVE BEEN RUINED;BOYS
n/a

GUILTY PLEASURE;GIRLS
Harriet
Piper
Codi

GUILTY PLEASURE;BOYS
Morgan
Robin
Thatcher
Atticus
Sawyer
Torben
Soren

[memorymaze.livejournal.com]

I ADORED Time Traveler's Wife.

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

I like Piper, Morgan, and Robin... why are they guilty pleasures?

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

Piper is too trendy and doesn't grow up well, I don't think. And while I love Morgan and Robin, they're much more common on girls than on boys (and I hate them both on girls). I'm just not a fan of unisex names, mostly because I think my kids are going to have enough problems from their peers when it comes to gender and sexuality due to their two moms without me giving them even more trouble. Which sucks, because I would totally use Morgan.

[soulsplinter8.livejournal.com]

I like Harriet too, but I can't imagine using it.

[memorymaze.livejournal.com]

Your top 5 names:
G- Matilda, Anna, Claire, Norah, Evelyn
B- Simon, Oliver, Felix, Clayton, Aubrey

Family names you would consider using:
G- Evelyn, Marion, Rachel, Natalie
B- Ira, James, Clayton

Literary names you would consider using:
G- Matilda, Ramona, Jane, Charlotte, Harper
B- James, Holden, Atticus

Pop culture names: (names of a musician, actress, politician, etc) you would consider using:
G- Lennon
B- Lennon

Place names you would consider using:
G- Virginia, Alba, Florence
B- None.

Names that you like the meaning of but wouldn't necessarily use:
I'm not too into baby name meanings until after I've picked names that sound nice to me.

Names that you would use except you can't stand the meaning:
.

Names you like but someone has ruined, so you can't use them:
Indra, Chloe, Carrie

Guilty pleasure names:
G- Clover, Penny, Poppr
B- Basil

[lightmycandle1.livejournal.com]

Your top 5 names:
Clara
Riley
Elizabeth (Lizzie)
Veneta
Emilia

Jonas
Elijah
Gabriel (Gabe)
Noah
Alex

Family names you would consider using:
Veneta, Dorothy (Dot)
Warner, William

Literary names you would consider using:
Elizabeth (Pride and Prejudice)
Louisa (after Louisa May Alcott)
Miranda (Tempest)
Juliet (Romeo and Juliet)
Harper (after Harper Lee)
Briony (Atonement)

Jonas (The Giver)
Henry (Time Traveler's Wife...my roommates and I during our first year of college actually had a shirtless man pic from Cosmo named Henry after this character. :) )

Pop culture names: (names of a musician, actress, politician, etc) you would consider using:
Norah (Norah Jones)
Jude (Jude Law)
Dorothy (from Wiz of Oz...although really it would be after my grandma)

Place names you would consider using:
London (but only as a middle name)
Chelsea

Names that you like the meaning of but wouldn't necessarily use:

Names that you would use except you can't stand the meaning:
The only one I can think of is Hunter, but that's not all that bad.

Names you like but someone has ruined, so you can't use them:
Linnea (still would be tempted...but the girl I knew was just soooo awkward)
Joey

Guilty pleasure names:
Clementine
Robin (for a boy. I had a slight Robin Hood obsession as a child)
Any flower name

[soulsplinter8.livejournal.com]

Oh, I like Robin a lot too. I forgot about that one. :o)

[soulsplinter8.livejournal.com]

Your top 5 names for each gender:

Girls:
Rowena Audrey
Elinor Elaine
Guinevere Anne
Rhiannon Ophelia
Viola Jane

Boys:
Oliver Weston
Hadrian Brock
Edmund Arthur
Jasper William
Connor Brandon


Family names you would consider using:

Girls: Elaine, Frances

Boys: Abernathy, Brock, Robert, Weston, Dempsey, Daniel, Joel, Julian


Literary names you would consider using:

Girls:
Guinevere and Elaine (Arthurian legend)
Rowena (Ivanhoe)
Elinor (Sense & Sensibility)
Anne (of Green Gables)
Elizabeth and Jane (Pride & Prejudice)
Viola (Twelfth Night)
Ophelia (Hamlet)
Portia (Merchant of Venice)
Desdemona (Othello)
Lucy (Chronicles of Narnia)
Roxanne (Cyrano de Bergerac)
Josephine (Little Women)

Boys:
Edmund (Mansfield Park, Chronicles of Narnia)
Edward (Sense & Sensibility)
Arthur (Arthurian legend)
Malcolm and Duncan (Macbeth)

Pop culture/historical names (musician, actress, politician, etc.) you would consider using: (I'm not necessarily saying that I would name my kids AFTER these people. Most of the names I like for other reasons.)

Girls:
Audrey (Hepburn)
Blair (British PM)
Saoirse (Ronan)
River (Phoenix)

Boys:
Hadrian
Julian, nn Jude (Lennon, Law, etc.)
Simon (Cowell? lol)
Dylan (Bob)

Place names you would consider using:

Girls: Cambria, Scotia, Chelsea, Mahealani (it's a street name in Hawaii that is meaningful to me), Carmody, Tara

Boys: Devon, Kerry

Names that you like the meaning of but wouldn't necessarily use:

Girls:
Aoide (the Greek muse of song, one of the three Graces)
Ceridwen (“blessed poetry”, Celtic goddess of poetry)
Minerva (Roman goddess of wisdom and war)
Thalia (Greek muse of comedy and poetry, one of the three Graces)
Morgaine (French, "bright sea")

Boys:
Ruark (Irish, "rainstorm")
Devlin (Irish, "fierce courage")
Murdoch (“sea warrior”)
Galen (Greek, "peace")

Names that you would use except you can't stand the meaning:

Girls: Can't really think of any.

Boys: Can't think of any here, either.

Names you like but someone has ruined, so you can't use them:

Girls: Roxanne (the little girl I nanny...I love her to death, but I will never be able to use that name without thinking of her)

Boys: Aidan (um, the whole world?), Logan (my friend's evil ex-boyfriend)

Guilty pleasure names:

Girls:
River
Simone
Eowyn
Karana
Melody
Mercedes
Bronwyn
Isolde
Athena
Desdemona
Serenity
Harmony
Cassia
Aletheia
Sayuri

Boys:
Ocean
Forrest
Joaquin
Caspian
Mercutio
Rillian
Tristan
Ahanu
Thane
Saxon
Caedmon
Gilbert
Denver
Merlin
Iago
Auber

[bobinwales.livejournal.com]

Your top 5 names:
Boys
Theodore James
Gethin Rhys
Alexander Owen
Benjamin Edward
Caspian Jack

Girls
Imogen Elizabeth
Jane Eleanor
Rhiannon Alice
Harriet Emma
Rosalyn Sophie

Family names:
Alec
Elizabeth

Literary names:
Juliet, Lyra
Caspian, Lysander, Sirius

Pop culture names:
Marilyn

Place names:
Victoria

Names that you like the meaning of but wouldn't necessarily use:
Names that you would use except you can't stand the meaning:
Not really bothered about meanings! If I like the name I'll use it!

Names you like but someone has ruined, so you can't use them:
Fern

Guilty pleasure names:
Gwydion, Hector, Lysander, Orion, Phineas, Phoenix, Sirius
Ariadne, Guinevere

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

(My top 5 names change frequently so I'm doing my Top 5 for each category)
Family names you would consider using:
David, Joesph, Christine, Elena, Sidney (m.)

Literary names you would consider using:
Juliet, Scarlett, Atticus, Ella, Gemma

Pop culture names: (names of a musician, actress, politician, etc) you would consider using:
Kylie (one of my best friends' name), Anderson, Carson, Elliott (after Elliott Smith), Heath

Place names you would consider using:
Brooklyn, London, Georgia (only if I moved out of Georgia though), Jackson, Aspen

Names that you like the meaning of but wouldn't necessarily use:
Anwen, Angelica, Gabriel, Rose, Faith (along with Hope & names like that)

Names that you would use except you can't stand the meaning:
Douglas, Blake, Caleb, Marilyn, Brandon

Names you like but someone has ruined, so you can't use them:
Anastasia, Claire, Elise, Alexander, Devin

Guilty pleasure names:
Star, Gwendolyn, Rhys (m.), Windsor, Raine

[sballik.livejournal.com]

I like Brooklyn! :)

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

Thanks, that's where my dad was born. Unfortunately, I think Victoria and David Beckham named their son that, though I would use it for as girl as in "Brooke Lynn".

[sballik.livejournal.com]

I went to school with a girl named Brooke Lynn, I always loved her name. I think V&D named their kid Brooklyn, too; I would hate for people to say, "oh, you named him/her after [celebrity]'s baby?" whenever they found out my child's name, so I'm ruling out a lot of names based on that.

[sballik.livejournal.com]

Your top 5 names: we're really shortlisted, especially for boys...
girls
Claire Sydney
Elizabeth Dawn
Taylor Cadence
Kimberly Lynn

boys
Ryan Fredrick
Nicholas John
Benjamin Noah (Jeff has nixed this one cause he thinks I'll call him Benji...)

Family names you would consider using:
Brian (Jeff's mid, Dad's name)
Fredrick (pretty much every man in Jeff's family... seriously.)
John (Dad's mid, great-grandpa's name, grandpa's name)
Lynn (middle name that runs in the family)
Sydney (grandpa's name, only sp. Sidney)
Blanche (grandma's name)
Daniel (Jeff's bro's name)
Bryce (sister's mid name)

note: I'll only use family names as middle names, to avoid the Junior thing.

Literary names you would consider using:
Elizabeth, nickname Libby (from the Georgia Nicholson series, but not named *after* the series... lol)
Claire (from White Oleander)
there's probably more...

Pop culture names (names of a musician, actress, politician, etc) you would consider using:
Elizabeth (take your pick here...)
Claire (Danes)
Brendan (Frasier, only my brother is Brandon, so no.)

Place names you would consider using:
I cant think of any.

Names that you like the meaning of but wouldn't necessarily use:
Cadence means rhythm, and I love it. Jeff's not a fan, so I've talked him down to middle-name status. :)

Names that you would use except you can't stand the meaning:
Quite a few... I think Hayden meant hills, and that didn't do much for me. There's just a lot of really crap meanings out there.

Names you like but someone has ruined, so you can't use them:
Patrick. As soon as I mentioned the name, Jeff said, "Patrick Swaaaaaaaaaaayze..." (a line from Trailer Park Boys) That's a definite no.

Guilty pleasure names:
Delilah, Rosemary, Jonas... there's more. Jeff's not really into non-traditional names. I'm surprised he likes Taylor.

[ghostveins.livejournal.com]

Your top 5 names:
Girls - Sophia, Chloe, Sasha, Luca, Ava
Boys - Jasper, Lucas, Jamie, Chace

Family names you would consider using:
Antonie (my grandma) - I'd change it to Antonia, though
Paul (my dad) - maybe as a second name for a boy

Literary names you would consider using:
Emma (Jane Austen) - that's actually what I named my cat
Serena and Nate (Gossip Girl series)
Tinsley (The Debutante Divorcee)

Pop culture names: (names of a musician, actress, politician, etc) you would consider using:
Blake (Lively)
Audrey (Hepburn)
Jane (Birkin)
Lou (Doillon)

Place names you would consider using:
Georgia and Asia. I wouldn't use them, but I like them.

Names that you like the meaning of but wouldn't necessarily use:
Lux - light
Phoenix - dark (I actually love this for a boy, but still I wouldn't use it)
Delilah - delicate
Adina - slender, delicate
Lulu - pearl

Names that you would use except you can't stand the meaning:
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Names you like but someone has ruined, so you can't use them:
Jona, Taylor

Guilty pleasure names:
Delilah
Fleur
Autumn
Summer
Rain/Rayne

[skittles22088.livejournal.com]

Your top 5 names:
Boys:
Alexander Paul
Jack Remington
Asher Beau
Brighton Edward
Denali Weston

Girls:
Haven Isabella
Caroline Jeanne
Avalon Claire
Zoey Belle
Tegan Alexis

Family names you would consider using:
Girls:
Cindy
Caroline
Jeanne
Emma
Amelia

Boys:
Remington
William
Edward
Nicholas
Harry

Literary names you would consider using:
Girls:
Bellatrix (Harry Potter)
Eowyn (Lord of the Rings)
Elizabeth (Pride and Prejudice)
Hermione (Harry Potter)
Arwen (Lord of the Rings)

Boys:
Harry (Harry Potter)
Sirius (Harry Potter)
Aragorn (Lord of the Rings)
Julius (Vampire, Interrupted)
William (Sookie Stackhouse series)

Pop culture names (names of a musician, actress, politician, etc) you would consider using:
Girls:
Angelina (Jolie)
Scarlett (Johanssen)
Sarah (Palin)
Anna (Paquin)
Bailey (Hutchinson, Texas politician)

Boys:
David (Cameron, English politician)
Leto (after Jared Leto)
Hugh (Jackman)
Ewan (McGregor)
Gerard (Butler)

Place names you would consider using:
Girls:
Sydney
Eden
Alexandria
Chelsea
Dakota

Boys:
Aston
Cairo
Denali
Raleigh
London

Names that you like the meaning of but wouldn't necessarily use:
Girls:
Shoshana - lily, rose
Serafina - seraphim
Ruby - red gemstone
Raven - blackbird
Piper - flute player

Boys:
William - strong-willed warrior
Todd - fox
Sterling - starling
Shadow - shade from sun
Roscoe - from the deer forest

Names that you would use except you can't stand the meaning:
Girls:
Leia - weary
Anastasia - resurrection
Campbell - crooked mouth
Chelsea - port for chalk
Cheyenne - unintelligible speakers

Boys:
Shannon - old
Dawson - son of Ralph
Boone - from Bohon in France
Brennan - tear, sorrow
Carlisle - city of Lugovalos

Names you like but someone has ruined, so you can't use them:
Girls:
Brianna
Calypso
Delilah
Elena
Hayley

Boys:
Daniel
James
Hayden
Claudio
Harlan

Guilty pleasure names:
Girls:
Artemis
Bellatrix
Hermione
Karigan
Liberty

Boys:
Alistair
Draco
Indiana
Mercutio
Sirius