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[palepachyderm.livejournal.com]

just a few names i have been pondering:

girls:
tula
ruby
iris
ginevra
maya
amelia
melanie (this is boyfriend's fave, it might be growing on me)

all of the above would have my surname as the middle name.

boy:
charles (would be charlie)
oliver
william (would be will)
jackson

all of the above would have michael as the middle name

can't seem to think of more boy names that are sweet but not too "bronx mowgli"-ish.  i like classic names, especially for boys, but i don't want anything too stiff, you know? any thoughts?

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[lilacmermaid.livejournal.com]

I like:

Ruby
Iris
Ginevra
Amelia
Melanie

Oliver
William

How are you pronouncing Ginevra? It didn't occur to me that there might be multiple pronunciations, but we studied a book with a character named this in one of my classes, and half the class, including the prof, pronounced it differently than I do.

[palepachyderm.livejournal.com]

gin-eff-rah i guess?

how was the class pronouncing it?

[lilacmermaid.livejournal.com]

About half of them were saying it similarly to you, like Gin-EV-rah. I and the rest of the class said Gin-EVE-rah.

I didn't like Gin-EV-rah at first, although it is growing on me. I still like my way better though hehe.

[batting0.livejournal.com]

I like Iris, Maya and Amelia (one of my favorites...)
and Oliver.

[arbus.livejournal.com]

tula - i like it, would be a cute nickname for tallulah, which i love.
ruby - our number one girls name! love it!
iris - very pretty.
ginerva - i think its ugly, sorry.
maya - its fine. a little plain, but cute.
amelia - classic and beautiful!
melanie - dont like it at all.

and i love all of your boys names. oliver has been my number one boys name for years and years but the man doesnt like it, so its been nixed i guess.

i am not super wild about jackson, but i adore jack (thats my mans name) so i can deal with it.

[heatherpantss.livejournal.com]

Tula reminds me of My Big Fat Greek Wedding.

My great grandmother who was born in the 1910's name was Iris.

[biogas.livejournal.com]

oh too bad about ginevra! my boyfriend hates it too, and it's one of my favorites. i'll save it for a future cat or something.

tula is actually an archaeological site in mexico that i always thought was really pretty. it's my top name so far.

i'm not too wild about jackson either. again, it's the boyfriend's suggestion.

[biogas.livejournal.com]

hmmmm...interesting...

i never even thought about saying it your way, but i kinda like it both ways.

[biogas.livejournal.com]

omg i forgot about that.

it's actually a city in mexico, which is where i got it from.

[biogas.livejournal.com]

i......really suck at having a sock puppet account.

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

I like
Ruby
Iris
Maya (but pronounced MAH-yah)
Melanie

Charles
Oliver
William

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

Just to bring an example, it's Gee-NAY-vrah in italian.

[how-obscure.livejournal.com]

girls:
tula - I would much prefer it be a nn for Tallulah, but I see that it's a place that you like.
ruby - I go back and forth on this name.
iris - It's kind of nice.
ginevra - I like it even though I can never decide on the pronunciation. *see other comment
maya - Don't like.
amelia - Okay.
melanie - I only like it if it's said with a French accent. lol. I despise the nn Mel.

boy:
charles - Eh, okay.
oliver - LOVE.
william - Nice.
jackson - Not a fan.

[blosmbee.livejournal.com]

Isn't Ginevra the full name of Ginny from Harry Potter? I don't think it comes out until book 7, so it might be too obscure a reference, but I wouldn't use it because of that...

I like
Iris
Maya
all your boy choices

[how-obscure.livejournal.com]

Isn't it an Italian name originally? Would that make other pronunciations incorrect or regionalized?

I go back and forth between gin-EV-ruh and ginnuh-VRUH.

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

In this spelling, it is definitely a legit italian name.
And in this case there aren't any differences between regions, that can happen with other names (ie: Francesca is Frahn-ch-EH-scah in some places and Frahn-CHAY-scah in others, Stefano can be STEPH-ah-no or STAY-fah-no).

It's Gee-NAY-vrah up and down Italy! Not so much Gin-EV-rah, but I guess it's close enough.
The second prn you mention, on the other hand, doesn't exist :)

[la-jolie-vie.livejournal.com]

I don't really have the same taste in names that you do at all. Just don't name your kid Jackson Michael... kids will tease him for it during first day of school roll call.

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

I love Melanie, and Ruby and Charles/Charlie are nice too.

[ifancylust.livejournal.com]

i like:
iris
ginevra
charles - but not charlie
william

hmm..some other boy names you might like:
adrien
benjamin
brooks
caleb
carter
dexter
eli
gavin
graham
harris/harrison
jasper
jude
julian
leo
mason
max
noel
parker
porter
preston
reid

[laura-anne.livejournal.com]

I was thinking the exact same thing about Jackson Michael. But then, I don't really care for either name in the first place.

[janeundercover.livejournal.com]

Ginevra = beautiful ♥

and i've always Loved Oliver.
such a classic, cute boy name.