Hello. New here.

[andrea-brooks.livejournal.com]

I'm 11w5d pregnant currently.

I was just wondering what people's opinions are of the names I like so far.

If it's a girl:

Lavinia Irene (Lah-vin-ia) (Liv for short)

Moira (moy-ra)
Marion

I also like the name Hermia (Her-my-ah). I found it when I was looking up Hermione and it seemed like a nice alternative. It's much easier to spell and pronounce, but it does kind of remind me of "hernia".

If it's a boy: (my pregnant intuition says it's going to be)

Henry Thomas (could be called Hank or Hal when he gets older)

Olek
Jack (what is a good middle name for Jack?)

Thanks for any opinions/ suggestions!

Comments

[andrea-brooks.livejournal.com]

I was thinking of Hank, Hal for when he gets older. I should edit that.

I have to disagree about the name Jackson. Jack was my grandfather's name which is why I was thinking of using it.

Thanks for your opinions!

[home-to-me.livejournal.com]

To me, Jack just sounds so short. Like if it was short for Jackson (I'd imagine there's other long versions as well), he'd have something else he could go by when he was older, ya know? At least there's that option there. I do like the name though. And I like that it's a family name for you. People look at me funny when I say I wanna name my future kids after people. Like it's essential for me that at LEAST my kids' middle names be in honor of someone important in my life. I love when people give names because they're for a family member or something. :)

[andrea-brooks.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I know what you mean about Jack being short (my own grandpa didn't like his name when he was alive). Jack is a form of John and I've thought of naming him John and just calling him Jack, but then he'd be John Brooks. Our last name is pretty plain. His name would kind of sound like an old-time author (not that it's a bad thing, just not my style). But he could also go by whatever middle name he ends up having (if I end up using that name since Henry Thomas is my first choice). A lot of people do that if they don't like their own first names.

Thanks again! I just wanted to get the names out there and see what people think.