my name list

[fleckerbug.livejournal.com]

Hi. :) I think I've posted some of 'my' names here before, but don't think I've posted all of them. My new husband and I are officially TTC now, so have been discussing names in earnest. Please tell me what you think and if you have any further ideas based on what you see we like. Some of these are hold-overs from when we were naming our first child 5 years ago and we're not quite as enamored of them as we once were; I've put them in order of preference.

We plan on keeping our childrens' names secret from family and friends until they are born. It's good to be able to talk about them online, though. ;) And I know we're being silly, but we're keeping our #1 girl name secret until we're pregnant and know it's a girl.

If it helps, I think our children have a very high chance of having bright to dark red hair and brown eyes, possibly blue or hazel eyes and very pale skin, possibly freckled (going by what I've seen in our families and what our daughter looked like). We plan on having 2-4 more children.
Our daughter's name was Brenna Rose (two first names).

Girls:
*secret first name* Esme
Prism Alice-- my husband's favorite; I came up with Prism as a joke and then really liked it-- I don't like it quite as much as I did at first, largely because people tell me it's too weird, lol, but my husband absolutely loves it and we'll probably end up using it if we have two more daughters.
Eliza Grace
Lily Grace
Lily Rose-- I don't know how I feel about reusing rose, but my husband thinks it might be a sweet homage to our daughter.
Elizabeth Catrine/catherine
Edith Catrine
Gemma Grace
Violet*
Jane*
Antalya*
Sioneva*
Feylin*
Taigan*


Boys
Jonah Edward
Uilliam Edward (nn Liam)
Liam Edward
Patrick Anthony/Anthony Patrick (after my two closest maternal uncles-- Patrick is deceased; nickname, if we use one, Pat, Paddy, or Andy)
Albert Edward IV (nn either Edward or Ward; husband goes by Ted and father-in-law by Albert)



*= names I haven't thought through much, but rather fancy.

*edit*-- Just to let you all know, I'm not trying to be Eun33k-- Antalya, Sioneva, Feylin, and Taigan are just all literary names that I like.. probably too unusual for me to actually ever use.

Comments

[fleckerbug.livejournal.com]

Hopefully I'll be able to tell you all what the secret first name is soon! We're sure trying hard to get pregnant. ;) Lol, I'm worried that by the time I tell everyone online what it is, they'll not like it. We love Esme so much that we've thought of using it as a first name instead of a middle name.

I prefer Elizabeth and am wondering what's too much about the pairing? I know it's kinda old-fashioned, and they're kind of the same taste of name. I haven't decided whether to use just one or both. My mother's name is Catherine Elizabeth, which is why I like the pairing, and my middle name is Catherine. That feeds into why I like Edith Catrine, also Eliza-- we pass on women's names in my family (my mother is named after her grandmothers combined and her sister is named after their mother.

I absolutely love Ruby, but I never list it because I don't think we'll use it. I've thought of pairing it with Prism, but that'd be weird(er). I've always thought it'd be a sweet nod to my father's family, though, as his mother and her sisters were all named for gemstones. I think using it on a redhead is fine. Ruby doesn't make me think of red hair, but more dark, warm spicy things, and ruby-color, and I don't think it'd be silly.

I still like Gemma, but we passed it over with our first daughter and will most likely not use it (like I said, they were in order of preference, and we're not going to have that many kids!).

I'm glad someone likes Edith Catrine! I think I've only met like 3 people who like it.

With our daughter I was hoping for a redhead, but not expecting one. When she turned out to have red hair, I felt silly for not expecting it. I'm the only redhead in my entire living family, including cousins and their kids, both sides, but my grandmother had red hair. My mother was surprised, but happy to have a redhead. With us though, I'm a redhead, my husband's sister is a redhead, and my husband has a lot of red in his beard and even his head hair has a reddish tint. I'm curious to see how our kids turn out, though-- I'm the kind of redhead with dark eyebrows and eyelashes while his sister has red eyebrows and lashes. We also both have brown eyes, but all our siblings and parents, except my dad, have bright blue, green, or hazel eyes.

[arbus.livejournal.com]

i really love all the history behind most of your names. i love hearing of people doing that, instead of just "it flows" or something. ruby colleen is my top girls name, and oliver john is my top boys, with both middle names being parents names (colleen was my mom, john is his dad). and theres also a long list of family names that will be used as middles if we have more than one boy and one girl.

thats a good question, yknow. i love both names - catherine and elisabeth, just together theyre really... long? thats seven syllables just for the first and middle! i like old fashioned names, so im not opposed to that. i think if i were to use catherine or elisabeth, i would pair them with something shorter, thats all. esme catherine, gemma elisabeth, you know? but thats just me.

best of luck!! :)

[fleckerbug.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I like names that have a lot of meaning. we liked our daughter's name because, although most sources say it means 'dark' or 'raven', the one I originally found it in said it meant 'flame'. I have a strong (not pyro.. eep) attraction to fire and I love roses. It was cute that she ended up being a redhead and a fire sign. Her middle name (Sherman) was after my childhood pet (I was on lots of morphine, lol)

Your names are cute. We like Jonah because of my grandfather John (I know, different origin, but similar names). Ruby Colleen is pretty and Oliver is cute.

Lol, my name is Meredith Catherine, 6 syllables (or 4, depending on how you pronounce it)! My maiden and married names each are only one syllable, so I guess it balances out?

Our *secret* girl name is 3 syllables, I think it'll work nicely with a one-syllable middle name and last name.\

Thanks!