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[moshimoshi-13.livejournal.com]

"Maybe you're sick of fashion. Fed up with fads. Perhaps all the creativity and invention with names is beginning to feel like anything but that to you. For your child, you want a straightforward, down-to-earth, no-nonsense name. You want a name with history, but also one that's honest, that's not putting on airs. Some of the names here - let's face it, Hilda - are a little flat-footed. But many sound appealingly simple and fresh compared with the rich diet of Dakotas and Donatellas the world of baby-naming has been feasting on"

*Abigail
Agatha
*Alice
*Anna
Anne/Ann
Barbara
Beatrice
Caroline
Catherine
*Charlotte
Clara
*Clare
Claudia
Constance
Cora
Deborah
Diane
Dorothy
Edith
Eleanor
Elizabeth
*Ella
*Emily
Esther
Eve
Faith
Florence
*Frances
Grace
*Harriet
Helen
Hilda
Honor
Hope
Irene
*Jane
Janet
Jean
Joan
Joanna
Josephine
Judith
Julia
*Kate
Katherine
Kay
Laura
Leigh/Lee
Louise
Lucy
Margaret
Marian
Marie
Martha
*Mary
Mildred
Miriam
Mona
Nora
Norma
Patience
Prudence
Rachel
Rebecca
Rose
Ruth
Sally
Sarah
Willa
Winifred

Albert
Alfred
Arthur
*Ben
Cal
Carl
*Charlie
David
Drew
Ernest
Frank
Fred
*George
Gus
Hal
Harold
Harry
Henry
Howard
Hugh
Jack
Jake
*James
Joe
John
Kurt
Max
Moe
Moses
Nat
Ned
Neil
Nick
Norman
Paul
Philip
Ralph
Ray
Robert
Roger
Roy
Sam
Saul
Simon
*Sol
Ted
Tim
*Tom
Victor
Walter
*Will

Comments

[amyames.livejournal.com]

That first paragraph sounds like me and go figure my children's names Abigail and Simon are on the list!

[amyames.livejournal.com]

Just noticed Lucy is on that list too which is the name I'd like to name another daughter if we have one some day :)

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

Must be true, I love many more names from this list than the previous lists :D
although for me it applies only to girls. I don't like almost any of the boy names.

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

Abigail
Anna
Caroline
Catherine
Clara
Clare - spelt 'Claire'
Edith
Eleanor
Elizabeth
Ella
Emily
Frances
Grace
Irene
Jane
Jean
Joanna
Josephine
Kate - as a nickname
Katherine
Laura
Margaret
Marie
Martha
Mary
Nora
Rebecca
Rose
Sarah

Arthur
David
James
John
Moses - but I really wouldn't advise anyone to name their kid this
Robert
Ted - as a nickname
Tom - as a nickname
Will - as a nickname

[laminy.livejournal.com]

Eleanor, Lucy, Jack and Sam. All on my favourites list. And yeah, Moses definitly has history.

[moshimoshi-13.livejournal.com]

I like Moses too but would never use it. I wonder why so many other biblical names are common and accepted, but it would be strange to meet someone called Moses.

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

My mind read that paragraph in a burly man's BUILT FORD TOUGH growl. "YOU WANT A NAME THAT'S RELIABLE. YOU WANT A NAME YOU CAN DEPEND ON. MOST OF ALL, YOU WANT A NAME YOU CAN DRIVE UP THE SIDE OF A MOUNTAIN DURING A MUDSLIDE."

Hilda's a favorite of mine. I love how the book sells it. "Sure, this name's boring...but maybe you want to use it anyway?"

[moshimoshi-13.livejournal.com]

Hahah.

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

I love:
Anna
Ella
Florence
Joanna

Jack
Jake
Joe
Simon
Nat (as a nickname for Nathaniel)
I like:
Anna
Alice
Edith
Elizabeth
Eleanor
Emily
Eve
Frances
Helen
Diane
Julia
Kate
Rose

Hal
Hugh
Philip
Saul
Sam
Robert
Victor
Walter

I like...

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

Catherine
Charlotte
Ella
Emily
Julia
Kate

David
James

And there are the short forms of many names I like such as Charles, Nicholas, and William.

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

Abigail
Alice
Anna
Anne
Caroline
Catherine
Clare
Eleanor
Elizabeth
Emily
Esther
Eve
Grace
Harriet
Helen
Josephine
Judith
Kate
Kay
Lucy
Margaret
Mary
Miriam
Nora(h)
Rose
Ruth
Sally
Sarah
Willa

Ben(jamin)
Cal(vin)
Charlie
David
(au)Gus(t)
Hal
Harry
Henry
Hugh
Jack
James
John
Paul
Sam(uel)
Saul
Simon
Will(iam)

[nothingtolose19.livejournal.com]

Abigail
Anna
Charlotte
Clare
Eleanor
Ella
Faith
Hope
Joanna
Katherine
Laura
Lucy
Rachel

Ben - as a nn
Drew - ditto
Henry
Hugh
Jack
Jake - as a nn
James
Max
Paul
Robert
Sam - nn
Simon
Will - nn

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

OT but my husband just literally squealed at your icon.
And then he told me to tell you that you should listen to Dr. Dog "because it's like Neutral Milk Hotel meets The Beatles"

[krosp.livejournal.com]

I like these and especially *

Alice
*Anna
Caroline
Catherine
Cora
Dorothy
Elizabeth
Jane
Janet
Judith
Julia
*Kate
Katherine
*Laura
*Rebecca
Rose
Ruth



Ben (prefer Benjamin)
*David
*James
John
Paul
Simon
Tim (prefer Timothy)

[http://users.livejournal.com/__recidivist/]

>>I wonder why so many other biblical names are common and accepted, but it would be strange to meet someone called Moses.

Especially because the name of the Prophet Mohammad is so common among Muslims and in Arabic-speaking countries and Jesús is pretty common in many Spanish-speaking countries.

There are a lot of Orthodox Jews called Moshe, though, which is the Yiddish form of Moses, and Moises isn't an unheard of name. I like the name Moses and have considered Moshe mainly because, as you say, there are hardly any Moseses.

[skittles22088.livejournal.com]

I like:
Anna
Anne
Caroline
Catherine
Charlotte
Ella
Emily
Esther
Grace
Kate
Lucy
Nora
Rachel
Sarah

Harry
Henry
Jack
James
Max