More Birth Announcements

[lilacmermaid.livejournal.com]

From another paper that I read ... thankfully not where I actually live, I think I'd have to move, based on some of these! This paper doesn't list siblings, unfortunately :(

Nikki Lea
Noah Michael
Madison Robin Anne
Magnus Alexander
Chloe Veronica
Hudson Kendrick David
Travis Edward Timothy
Torrie Anne
Ashton Michael Denis
Noah Matthew
Griffin Nate
Michael Anthony
Caleb Daniel
Aidan Willis
Trinity Leahla Hope
Calvin Andrew
Ethan Daniel Emmett
McKenna Rayella Alexandra
Tanner Charles
Noelle Anne Gweneth
Ronan Walter Blaine
Tessa Tina Sam
Marra Jade (isn't this a Star Wars name? Albeit misspelled...)

I suppose most of these are pretty harmless, but some of the combinations they came up with are really odd, especially Tessa Tina Sam. My favourites by far are Noah and Ethan. I also really like Torrie and Nikki, but as nicknames, not given names. Trinity is kind of a guilty pleasure name for me, but that combination is a bit much.

Calvin, Caleb, Griffin, Travis, Hudson, Chloe, etc. are not my style, but there's nothing *wrong* with them. I really dislike Madison and McKenna.

Comments

[fangirlism]

I'm not understanding this "two middle names" semi-trend, and obviously don't like it.

[lilacmermaid.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's popping up a lot more frequently than I thought. I do like it when it's Son Father Grandfather, but otherwise usually not. Especially when they don't seem to flow all that well, and just seem to be strung together for the sake of it.

[fangirlism]

Exactly! It just makes the name a mouthful.

[indicinderelly.livejournal.com]

Trinity Leahla Hope

How would you pronounce "Leahla" there?

Also, I have never heard the name "Ronan" before. Does anyone offhand have some info on it? Meaning/origin, famous people with that name, anything? *googles it just in case*

The other one that stands out to me right now is McKenna Rayella Alexandra They're each 3+ syllables ending in -ah (or -uh?). I'm a writer and I appreciate being aware of the sound of a name, but I think that's pretty overkill. It was overkill at McKenna Rayella and really put it through with Alexandra

[laminy.livejournal.com]

The boy's name Ronan \r(o)-nan\ is of Irish and Gaelic origin, and its meaning is "little seal".

That's what I've got. I've heard it once before on a singer, and I know one person on LJ with a child named that, although it was spelled Ronin.

[indicinderelly.livejournal.com]

Thanks. :)

[lilacmermaid.livejournal.com]

I read Leahla as Lee-AH-la, but I have no idea hehe.

Totally agree that McKenna Rayella Alexandra is overkill, for the reasons you mentioned.

I know there's Ronan Tynan, a tenor. And there's a character named Ronan in Harry Potter :)

[indicinderelly.livejournal.com]

That's kind of what I thought too, but I don't know if I like that (maybe I'm just getting used to it?)

Is there really a Ronan in HP? LoL I so missed that. If he's in the 7th book, that's why (haven't read it yet) but if he's before that then I totally spaced it.

[lilacmermaid.livejournal.com]

No, he's actually in the first one! He's one of the centaurs :)

[indicinderelly.livejournal.com]

Oh okay. That sounds vaguely familiar actually.

And on a similar and LOL worthy note: I used to read Hermione's name as Her-my-one (as in female possesive pronoun, possesive first person pronoun, followed by the number one). I'm uh, very unaccustomed to English names so that one definatly took me for a ride.

[lilacmermaid.livejournal.com]

That's better than me, actually ... I used to read Hermione as HER-mee-un. Blech!

[lilacmermaid.livejournal.com]

And now since I mentioned that pronunciation for Leahla, I keep reading it as LEAH-la, which sounds kind of silly.

[makeitstopjamie.livejournal.com]

I like...
Noah Michael
Noah Matthew
Michael Anthony
Aidan
Ethan Daniel Emmett
Noelle
Tessa

[laminy.livejournal.com]

I think that if you can make the three names really work together; put them in the order that sounds the best, and not have it just seem like you threw some names together, it can be okay. In theory, I have no problem with two middle names.

But Tessa Tina Sam. I know another comment had an issue with McKenna Rayella Alexandra, because they were all so long, but to me, Tessa Tina Sam doesn't go together at all. There's no flow to the name whatsoever.

[indicinderelly.livejournal.com]

In theory, I have no problem with two middle names.

I agree. When it flows well and makes sense (family names or whathaveyou) I think it's nice. But sometimes it sounds like 3 names they couldn't decide between, and just used them all in some random order.

[lilacmermaid.livejournal.com]

Yeah, exactly ... Sam being so short makes it not work for me. Tessa Tina on its own might not be so bad.

[heartofasnail.livejournal.com]

I like:
Noah Michael
Magnus Alexander (Two of my favorite names!)
Hudson Kendrick David (For some reason I really like this one.)

I actually have a friend named Torrie, though her full name is Victoria.

Travis Edward Timothy is too much, and so are McKenna Rayella Alexandra and Tessa Tina Sam.

I mean... Tessa Tina? That just sounds..... yech.

[lilacmermaid.livejournal.com]

The more I say it, the more it looks like one (silly) name: Tessatina. Sounds like some kind of musical term or something.

[aislincalum.livejournal.com]

Tessa Tina Sam sounds really bizarre to me.

Trinity is a guilty pleasure name for me.

[chillinbabejodi.livejournal.com]

Noah Michael
Ashton Michael
Noah Matthew
Caleb Daniel
Ethan Daniel Emmett