STRESS!

[summereats.livejournal.com]

I'm not due til the 7th of July and we don't want to find out the sex of the baby. I am starting to get REALLY stressed out about names! I mean, how do you just pick a name and subject someone who you haven't yet met to a name for the rest of their lives (or til they can legally change it) that will affect people perceptions of them? STRESS. People are saying to me, the baby will tell you when the time comes. I just have visions of my child at 18 saying mom, you're gonna have to give me a name.

Here's a short list anyway, names i like but none that i love love! It's a mixture of Irish (hubby) and Filipino/Spanish (me) names and others in between. Any jump out at you?

Girls

Gabriella
Isabella
Sophia (maternal great grandmother)
Lavinia (paternal grandmother)
Akiko
Iona (King's Island -Irish)
Madison/Madeline
Regan
Marley
Sydney (where i grew up)
Juno
Cara
Erin (from Ireland)
Kyla
Cecilia
Malaya/Maya (freedom in Filipino)
Mia
Gaia
Grace
Rowena (second name, my mom)

Boys

Dillon
Joshua
Miguel
Raphael (maternal grandfather)
Jayden
Devlin
Liam
Dante
Orin
Kellan
Riley
Bayani (my dad)
Dakila (Great)
Verano (summer)
Joaquin
Andres
Legaspi
Gabriel

Comments

[trissyd.livejournal.com]

like...

Gabriella
Isabella
Sophia
Regan
Sydney
Cecilia

Boys

Dillon (spelt Dylan, though)
Joshua
Dante
Kellan
Riley
Gabriel

Personally I think Gabrielle & Gabriel are the best ones out of the bunch.
How about "Connor" or "Deirdre" for irish names?

[summereats.livejournal.com]

i like but i know 5 connors and 6 deirdres!

[summereats.livejournal.com]

but thanks :)

[elusion.livejournal.com]

im sucky with the suggestions, but my nieces name is Rylie, so now any varation I see of it I think of her.

Good luck with the quest.. my husband and I know what our baby is going to be (he HAD to know...) and we cant agree on anything. Everything I like he hates :/

[summereats.livejournal.com]

god, we can't agree either!

[anapology.livejournal.com]

I love Lavinia- Livvy is such a gorgeous nn & it's not as popular as Olivia. Erin is also lovely.

Joshua has always been a favourite of mine.

[lizziey.livejournal.com]

Gabriella - YES!
Isabella - My gramma's name.
Sophia (maternal great grandmother)- Love
Lavinia (paternal grandmother) - Love, think of bitchy girl in A little princess.
Akiko - Hm. Not sure. Don't hate, but not sure i like either...
Iona (King's Island -Irish) - pretty
Madison/Madeline - madeline, YES. Madison (in ANY spelling) Fuck, no. WAY too many.
Regan - eh. never really liked as a *first* name in general
Marley - No.
Sydney (where i grew up) - Love as a name, always have.
Juno - nu uh
Cara - Hell yeah
Erin (from Ireland) - Yes.
Kyla - LOVE
Cecilia - like.
Malaya/Maya (freedom in Filipino) - Yes!
Mia - yeah
Gaia - eh. not so much.
Grace - Pretty. Classic.
Rowena (second name, my mom) - LOVE. never knew why, but every time i see it...

Boys

Dillon - spelled dylan, yeah
Joshua - mmm. bad name for me
Miguel - like
Raphael (maternal grandfather) - LOVE. Ex by that name, lol
Jayden - PLEASE! No more.
Devlin - Like
Liam - Lpve
Dante - like
Orin - eh. *I* like it, but kiddo might not...
Kellan - nah
Riley - too girly for me...
Bayani (my dad) - LIKE!
Dakila (Great)- nice ring to it.
Verano (summer) - eh.
Joaquin - like.
Andres - never really got into this name.
Legaspi - no.
Gabriel - like.

[quiet-recluse.livejournal.com]

Girls

Gabriella
Isabella
Sophia
Iona
Madison/Madeline
Cara
Maya
Mia
Grace

Boys

Dillon
Joshua
Raphael
Liam
Kellan
Riley
Joaquin
Andres
Gabriel

[invisiblegirl4.livejournal.com]

My favorites:

Cecilia
Liam

[dingo83.livejournal.com]

I love that your names are mixed for your culture and your husband's culture! Here are the names that particularly jump out at me:

Lavinia (paternal grandmother)
Madison
Regan
Sydney
Kyla
Cecilia
Maya (freedom in Filipino)

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I love that your names are mixed for your culture and your husband's culture! Here are the names that particularly jump out at me:

Lavinia (paternal grandmother)
Madison
Regan
Sydney
Kyla
Cecilia
Maya (freedom in Filipino)
<Also, what about Amaya?>
Mia

Joshua
Orin
Riley
Joaquin
Andres

Good luck! I think what most people mean when they say that the baby will let you know...maybe have written down your top two or top three choices for either sex and then when the baby is born, you see what the baby looks/feels like to you. For example, you may envision a Regan looking different than a Cecilia, or a Joshua looking different than an Andres. I think you'll know...or maybe you'll have a dream? Everything will work out! Congratulations!

[dingo83.livejournal.com]

Oops, ignore that markup thing, it wasn't supposed to mean anything, I just didn't want to use (...) because they were on the line right above it, lol.

[summereats.livejournal.com]

thanks :) definitely keeping options open :) trying to pair filipino and irish names is hard!!!! :)

[a-purple-dream.livejournal.com]

I like Gabriella, Andres (name of a cousin) and Raphael (spelled Rafael)

Juno is the name of my ISP :D

[newreflections.livejournal.com]

I like Sophia, Reagan,Grace, and Rowen(a) I like it better just Rowen lol.
I also like Verano a Lot.
Please dont pick Jayden. Its been really really overdone lately ya know =\

[darabelle.livejournal.com]

I have always adored the names Sophia and Madeline. From your boys list I like Liam and Gabriel. You know, they're uncommon but not too "out there," which is always good. =D

congrats!

[lkw18.livejournal.com]

I love Gabriella and Isabella...so pretty and somewhat popular, but not completely where she would have like 5 other girls in her class with the same name.

Cecilia is pretty nice, though I'm more a fan of Celia.

I also vote for Mia and Kyla.

My favorite boys are Liam, Riley and Gabriel.

good luck!! ^_^

[amo-el-verano.livejournal.com]

For girls I like Sophia & Sydney. I think it is cool how some of the names have meaning to you too.
I really like Dante and Gabriel too. Good luck!

you have a lot of great names...so hard to narrow down.

[mysticamor.livejournal.com]

Well, I think...
Gabriella ~ I like (Gabby for a nickname?)
Isabella ~ I LOVE
Sophia ~I LOVe this name but I can't use it cuz my sister is going to use it when she starts to have kids
Lavinia ~ I kind of like it
Akiko ~ I like this name....it's different
Iona ~ no fond of
Madison/Madeline ~ I like a lot
Regan ~ I kind of like but can see someone making fun of this name
Marley ~ no
Sydney ~ ok
Juno ~ reminds me of the movie
Cara ~ no
Erin ~ to common and boyish for my taste
Kyla ~ I love
Cecilia ~ I like a lot
Malaya/Maya ~ I love it!
Mia ~ Love it.
Gaia ~ not sure how to pronounce it
Grace ~ to over used
Rowena I like it a lot

Boys

Dillon ~ No
Joshua ~ kind of like it
Miguel ~ I hate this name
Raphael ~ love it
Jayden ~ like it but starting to become over used
Devlin ~ ok
Liam~ no
Dante ~ I LOVE this name
Orin ~ like it a lot
Kellan ~no
Riley ~ no
Bayani ~ not sure how to pronounce?
Dakila ~ not really
Verano ~ i like it...clever
Joaquin ~ like it a lot
Andres ~ like it
Legaspi ~ no
Gabriel ~ like it

How Fun!

[headgearyears.livejournal.com]

Girls

Gabriella - YES!!! Also a good strong Filipino heroine (as in Silang). Also Gabrielle is Camille's middle name
Isabella - Cute
Sophia (maternal great grandmother) - YES!
Lavinia (paternal grandmother) - Hmmm, it's growing on me
Akiko - LOVE THIS!!!
Iona (King's Island -Irish) - hmmm.
Madison/Madeline - Ooooh, such a hot name. I love MADISON.
Regan - SO cute.
Marley - Like Bob, or Ziggy. YES. So unique, back to your stoner roots.
Sydney (where i grew up) - where you and your husband met! I like it.
Juno - For a boy not a girl.
Cara - means "face" in Spanish. Cara y cruz was a gambling game with coins. No.
Erin (from Ireland) - cute, middle name maybe.
Kyla - KylIE na lang!
Cecilia - middle name material
Malaya/Maya (freedom in Filipino) - Maya is the national Filipino bird. I like it.
Mia - No, nick name or middle name maybe.
Gaia - Captain PLANET!!!
Grace - Middle name material, too old fashioned
Rowena (second name, my mom) - also middle name material

Boys

Dillon - ummm... too Irish dear
Joshua - don't we have a relative named Joshua?
Miguel - where we grew up, yes - but middle name material
Raphael (maternal grandfather) - oh I love this one, though spelt with an f instead of a ph
Jayden - hmmm too much like "jaded"
Devlin - too develish
Liam - middle name material
Dante - as in the writer of the Inferno. maybe middle name?
Orin - oooh, that sounds cool.
Kellan - how do you say this?
Riley - how about Ryder? I'm reading "Brideshead Revisited" hehe.
Bayani (my dad) - this is such a cool name
Dakila (Great) - Australian nickname: Dakka/Dazza.
Verano (summer) - nice, very nice - middle name material. how hippy of you!
Joaquin - oh family reference!!!
Andres - goes well as middle name "Jayden Andres Jose Irwin; or Liam Andres..."
Legaspi - nick-name would be what?
Gabriel - Gabby, Gabe - love this. Also an arch-angel.

I am sure you'll know when your baby is born.

How exciting!

Re: How Fun!

[summereats.livejournal.com]

Justin just said what about Sydney Breige?

WAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHHAHAHAHH

[pale-september.livejournal.com]

I'm really suggesting Rowena as a middle name. It's cute and has meaning. Sydney Rowena, or Erin Rowena.

Gabriel Bayani

Gabriel Joaquin

Liam Raphael

[frenchnails.livejournal.com]

I love these from your list:
Maya - it's one of my real full name, so of course I <3 it
Marley - I have a friend named this, it's beautiful
Grace - I've always liked this name, and Gracie is a cool alternative too
Lavinia - Haven't heard this before, but I like it already

The only boys name I like is Joshua, lovely name and I love the nickname Josh <3

And hee, you're due in July! So am I, the 3rd :D

[thejoysofjess.livejournal.com]

I love the name Gabriella, but I hate the nickname Gabby.
I also like Cecelia, Sophia, and Grace.

Not a big fan of your boy names.

[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

- Iona
- Cara (one on my list) - but I dont know how you pronounce it... I pronounce it like the vehicle plus "uh"
- Gaia


- Jayden
- Joaquin
- Kellan (one of my names too, I love it, but with an -en)
- Liam

[ifancylust.livejournal.com]

i like:

Isabella
Akiko
Regan
Marley
Kyla
Cecilia
Mia
Grace
Dillon
Liam
Kellan
Riley
Gabriel

not gonna be much help but here's my 2cents worth..

[luvmay.livejournal.com]

I'm getting a headache thinking about this one and it's not even my baby! But i'm in the i have to see the baby to know thinking... otherwise it's just too much stress. I hate having to select from so many options.
hate hate hate it!
Though I think that Sophia is such a pretty and sophisticated name and really suited to YOUR child. Parang i feel na parang princess dating ng baby mo if its a girl. And i love love love Sydney as a name. It's a place where a part of you will always be so if you have a daughter it's like saying that you'll always be a part of her also. Aww
Maybe for a son you can call him Brighton for brighton Le Sands! bwahaha that's a joke..
hee hee

Re: not gonna be much help but here's my 2cents worth..

[summereats.livejournal.com]

ULOL!!! can u just imagine me shouting BRAYTONNNNNNNN!!!!!!
hahahahhahaha!!! :)

Re: not gonna be much help but here's my 2cents worth..

[summereats.livejournal.com]

Justin just said what about Sydney Breige?

WAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHHAHAHAHH

[sotypical42483.livejournal.com]

I absolutely LOVE Malaya. That definitely gets my vote.

As for boy names, Joshua and Liam were really the only ones I cared for.

[scintillated.livejournal.com]

Out of the girls names, I like Gabriella, Isabella, Lavinia, Regan (one of my friends is named this), Cara (but spelled with a K), and Erin (I know too many of 'em, but I like the name). I agree that Rowena should be a middle name since it has meaning to you.

Out of the boys names, I like Dillon, Raphael (with an f), Liam, Kellan, Riley (one of my friends has this name picked out for her baby that's due in a month or so), and Gabriel.

[forever-me.livejournal.com]

How do you pronounce these?? Bayani (my dad) - Dakila (Great) -

[summereats.livejournal.com]

BAH-YAH-NI and DAH-KEE-LA