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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

[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.