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[solyma.livejournal.com]

My favorite names are bolded. If you have any combinations from these, or middle name suggestions, that would be great! Oh, and I also included their popularity ranking in 2005 (there are multiple numbers for different spellings).



Girls:

Adah
Alana #169
Alice #414
Amelia #84
Carys (pronounced car-iss)
Charity #654
Delilah "Lily" #583
Elisabeth (middle name only) #449, #12
Grace (middle name only) #14
Jocelyn "Joss" #87
Katrien "Katie/Kate"
Keely #809
Kyla #194
Laurel (middle name only) #787
Lilian "Lily" #471, #49
Liliana "Lily" #993, #576
Madeline (ending pronounced "lin" and not "line") #69, #106, #334, #546
Noa
Rei (middle name only)
Shoshannah

Boys:

Andrew (middle name only) #6
Bennett "Ben" #395
Bryant #365
Caedmon
Dei (middle name only)
Elliot #386, #416
Emmett #589
Ethan #5
Gideon #690
Graham #409
Grant #154
Harper #743
Ian #68
Jameson #483
Jonah #184
Josiah #126
Keaton #362
Kendrick #553
Laurence "Laurie" #396
Michael (middle name only) #2
Merritt
Paul (middle name only)
Spencer #178

Comments

[tallc00lone.livejournal.com]

Gideon is my favourite boys name :]

No offense, but it bugs when people spell Madeline like that and pronounce it Madelyn. Why not just cut to the chase and spell it Madelyn/Madalyn/Madilyn? It's not making it any more unique spelling it Madeline. She'd just have it misspronounced her whole life.

But I do love the name, and it saddens me to think it's getting so popular. =/

[solyma.livejournal.com]

I'm not opposed to spelling it Madelyn, but I kind of like how Madeline looks... I don't know, I'm open to both. :)

[tallc00lone.livejournal.com]

My cousin's name is Madeleine, but pronounced Madelyn, and it bugs me to the point that I spell it "Madelyn" in birthday cards and such. I'm so nice :]

[solyma.livejournal.com]

Haha I bet she doesn't appreciate that. ;)

[secret-x-stars.livejournal.com]

Madeleine and Madeline aren't about being creative -- they actually happen to be the original spellings of the name (by original, i mean they preceed spellings like Madelyn/Madlyn/etc).

[tallc00lone.livejournal.com]

http://behindthename.com/php/view.php?name=madeline

That being said, Madeline is the original spelling. True. But Madeline is pronounce "line" and therefor it's not the same as Madelyn.

[solyma.livejournal.com]

i've always known it to be pronounced interchangeably between the two, like the name caroline. *shrug*

[darabelle.livejournal.com]

Yay! This is the first time I've seen my own name on someone's list! That made me smile. =D

[solyma.livejournal.com]

Haha, I'm glad I made you smile. :) I really like Hebrew names!

[solyma.livejournal.com]

Awesome! :)

[lovablemess.livejournal.com]

I never get this because I've always understood Madeline to be "line" at the end, and Madelyn being "lin" at the end. Hence why it's "MadeLINE". Hmmm. Same with Caroline/Carolyn. It bugs me.

I like Madeleine, too, but to me I hear that pronounced as Mada-lane.

[solyma.livejournal.com]

Maybe it's location? I don't know, Madeline and Caroline are interchangeably pronounced "line" and "lin" here. *shrug* Actually, the first time I heard of the name Madeline, it was pronounced "lin" so that way just seems natural to me! :)

[twoheadedboi.livejournal.com]

I have a friend named Madeline and it's pronounced 'lin' at the end. I think it's fair to say you can pick which ending you want to use.

[krosp.livejournal.com]

True, but at the same time you can avoid confusion by spelling it "line" for the pronunciation "line" and "lyn" for the pronunciation "lyn"...

But it is not a big deal, especially compared to some other names and their spellings.

[krosp.livejournal.com]

-Girls-
I like Carys pronounced like ca-REESE. Katrien is very interesting, I haven't heard of it before but am coming to a new appreciation of Katherine-related names, so I think I quite like it. I like all your middle names.
I don't like Keely - it reminds me of someone keeling over with a stomach ache. I've met two dear little girls with this name, and even their cuteness didn't make me warm to the name.

-Boys-
Love Andrew... I really like Bennett too even though I wouldn't use it for personal reasons... Graham is very traditional but not so common, quite a strong name. No particular thoughts on the others

[solyma.livejournal.com]

I'm not in love with Keely, although I'm drawn to it for some reason. It's not a name I'd likely use, but it's hard for me to find girl names I like... so when I stumble on one I even remotely like, I tend to automatically add it to my list! :)

Why can't you use the name Bennett? I think Graham is really strong too!

[solyma.livejournal.com]

Oh... and thanks! :)

[krosp.livejournal.com]

I can't use Bennett partially because I knew someone with that name, and partially because I think it would seem weird in my family to be giving someone a name that was a lastname unless it was a family name...if that makes sense. Otherwise, I like it on other people. It's probably not one of my absolute favourites anyway, so I guess I also wouldn't use it simply because I had preferred other names first. I just think it sounds nice, is a strong and masculine sort of name, has good associations, and isn't too common.

[mrsduryee.livejournal.com]

Bennett is my maiden name...I wish I LIKED it, because then I could use it. LOL.

[smasharash.livejournal.com]

Carys is such a lovely name:
Carys Amelia*
Carys Elizabeth
Carys Grace
Carys Shoshana
Carys Lily
Carys Liliana

Jocelyn Alana*
Jocelyn Amelia
Jocelyn Katrien
Jocelyn Rei*

Delilah Alice
Delilah Carys
Delilah Elisabeth
Delilah Grace*
Delilah Katrien
Delilah Keely*
Delilah Madeline
Delilah Rei
Delilah Shoshana

Bennett Josiah*
Bennett Keaton
Bennett Kendrick
Bennett Michael

(I'm bored now!)

[solyma.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much for the ideas! I have Jocelyn Alana paired up in my mind, so it's great you made that pairing too! And I really like Bennett Josiah and Delilah Rei. Thanks again! :)

[sotypical42483.livejournal.com]

Oh man I have liked Keely for a looong time, and I've never come across anyone else who liked it :) I doubt I'd ever use it, it sounds pretty trendy and like it could spike in popularity at any given moment, but it's def one of my guilty pleasure names.

[solyma.livejournal.com]

Same here! I have not met many people who like it. I'm not sure if I would use it or not, but I do really like it!

[itcouldbelove.livejournal.com]

Is Rei pronounced like Ray?

[solyma.livejournal.com]

Yes! It's Hebrew. :)

[itcouldbelove.livejournal.com]

I like that.