Name wars results
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babynamesOK, the winners!
Boy: James
Girl: Elizabeth
Any thoughts that haven't been shared already? So far it seems that some of you love them, some of you hate them and some of you think they're boring (not that different from any other names posted really). Do you think they were the best of the original list?
Personally, I do like James a lot but would only use it as a middle because I have a cousin with that name, and my family has enough people with the same name already!
Elizabeth I think is fine, but I doubt I'd use it. Catherine I do like, although I would be more likely to use Katherine or another related name rather than Catherine itself (The C spelling was my grandmother's name, it's also the middle name of one of my cousins so that's why I used that spelling on the list).
FWIW, my favourites for girls are Lucy (have loved this name since I was a kid and would use it without hesitation) and probably some form of Catherine...basically they are all in the running except Kathleen! For boys I would be most likely to use Alexander or Felix for an actual kid, but I also LOVE Marcus and Adam, they just would sound bad with my surname. Probably just as well that I'm unlikely to be naming anything but cats, so it's all good.
Boy: James
Girl: Elizabeth
Any thoughts that haven't been shared already? So far it seems that some of you love them, some of you hate them and some of you think they're boring (not that different from any other names posted really). Do you think they were the best of the original list?
Personally, I do like James a lot but would only use it as a middle because I have a cousin with that name, and my family has enough people with the same name already!
Elizabeth I think is fine, but I doubt I'd use it. Catherine I do like, although I would be more likely to use Katherine or another related name rather than Catherine itself (The C spelling was my grandmother's name, it's also the middle name of one of my cousins so that's why I used that spelling on the list).
FWIW, my favourites for girls are Lucy (have loved this name since I was a kid and would use it without hesitation) and probably some form of Catherine...basically they are all in the running except Kathleen! For boys I would be most likely to use Alexander or Felix for an actual kid, but I also LOVE Marcus and Adam, they just would sound bad with my surname. Probably just as well that I'm unlikely to be naming anything but cats, so it's all good.
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Date: 2009-01-26 02:53 am (UTC)Elizabeth and James...they're so common and they are kind of plain. I like Elizabeth but likely I would only use it as a middle name. I prefer Eliza, actually. James is okay, but I have a cousin named James so likely I wouldn't name any child of mine James.