STRESS!

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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

[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.