New Here and Favorite Five

[perfectcherry.livejournal.com]

Hello All,

I'm new to the community, four months pregnant, and a long term lover of serious name research (it's my inner librarian coming out). My all time favorite baby name book is The Oxford Dictionary of First Names, because, unlike most baby name books, all the names included in it have been extensively researched and then researched again, so the reader can be sure that the meanings and origins are accurate. It also includes several appendices of names of various nationalities.

I just finalized my two top five lists of names and I'd love to know what y'all think.



My husband hasn't finished his name lists, but I think I've finally decided definite on the lists of five feminine names and five masculine names that I'd love to use for our baby, who is due in early October; we want to be surprised by the gender, so we need a few good options. :)

I hope you'll share you opinions and your own favorite names with me!

Female
Zinnia (my favorite flower)
Leda (from Greek mythology)
Silje (Danish form of a name derived from "Cecilia," the patron saint of music)
Iris
Faye

Male
Ari (Scandinavian, derived from Old Norse "eagle")
Caleb
Felix
Frederik
Theodore

Comments

[anapology.livejournal.com]

Congratulations :-)

Female
Zinnia- I think it will grow on me. I don't like the nicknames that could be derived from it though. Zin/Zinny..etc
Leda (from Greek mythology)- I prefer Lyra/Lena
Silje- How do you pronounce this? I adore Cecelia.
Iris- Pretty and unusual enough.
Faye- Empty, void of personality for me personally.

Male
Ari- Doesn't look complete at all.
Caleb- Like a lo.
Felix- Adore. Quirky and I love the meaning. My favourite girls name is the female version Felicity.
Frederik- I like Freddie, but the 'ick' sound puts me off of the full version
Theodore- Love

[perfectcherry.livejournal.com]

Silje, Ari, and Frederik are all names used fairly regularly in Denmark and I'm half Danish, so they have special meaning to me.

The pronunciation is a bit different with a Danish accent, but Americans will probably pronounce it SIL-ya; in Danish the sounds are much softer and more musical.

For a nickname for Zinnia, I was thinking of "Nia."

Thanks for your feedback. I'm glad to see someone else likes Felix, because my husband thinks it's silly.

[anapology.livejournal.com]

Nia is lovely.

In that case, Silje is gorgeous.

So if your husband thinks Felix is silly, what are his choices?

[perfectcherry.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure what his choices are yet. So far it's just been him confirming that he likes or dislikes my choices. -_-

We'll see after this weekend, though, because I've ordered him to sit down with the baby name books, pen, and a piece of paper so he can come up with his own top fives!

[anapology.livejournal.com]

Ahh, bet that will be interesting. Do let us know what he comes up with!