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

[missbailey.livejournal.com]

Yeah it seems 80s to me too, but I don't know why. It's the only name I didn't like.