Science/math/naturalist names

[a-tergo-lupi.livejournal.com]

I've been prodding back and forth at this idea for a while, and I thought I'd share.
Some of these are on my list, some are out there even for me.

Now, a lot of these are last names, and so I'm just going to splat them out there and let you determine which ones ought to be boys and which ought to be girls. I've included some people's whole names, if they're especially awesome. But, there are lots of scientists etc with "ordinary" names which I've left off.

Also, some of these seem to be awesome middle names only. And I've put them in no particular order, cause I'm lazy.


Labana
Euclid
Agnesi
Fermat
Newton
Pascal
Descartes (I figure it's similar to Carter)
Kepler
Leibniz
Boyle
Halley
Escher
Cardan
Mersenne
Wren
Gregory
Manava
Zeno
Bryson
Heron
Perseus (Percy?)
Geminus
Sinan
Albert
Ramus
Harriot
Mayr
Vernier
Turner
Hobbes
Girard
Fabri
Wallis
Mylon
Craig
Camus
Lalande
Karsten
Reynaud
Möbius
Olivier
Talbot
Abel
Libri
Casey
Edison
Loyd
Lorentz
Jensen
Mercer
Jefferson
Dalton
Mendel
Barton
Carson
Brandt
Wollaston
Davy
Marie
Curie
Conrad
Bertrand
Russell
Gilbert
Harvey
Newton
Casimir
Dyson
Franklin
Huxley
Maxwell
Rutherford
Kelvin
Venturi
Joule
Majorana
Rayleigh (Approaching kr38tyv)
Hypatia
Linus
Clarence
Charles
Carroll
Katharine
Watson
Dennett
Faraday
Newton
Franklin
Galton (Hopefully people would think correlation and not eugenics.)
Occam
Kinsey
Barton
Elion
Logan
Merian
Beatrix
Potter (Did you know she studied fungus?)
Sabin
Cavell
Germain
Jemison
Matthai
Mitchell
Levi (-Montalcini)
Walker
Benedict
Borromeo (hey, someone could like it.)
Bragg (Next Alaskan first kid? lulz)
Cavendish
Hedu (En Hedu-Anna is way too far out to use, but she's a good inspiration. Maybe you could get away with Hedi, even if it's unrelated.)
Herrad
Granville
Leavitt
Lasthenia
Lilovarti
Morgan
Sabliere



And the winner?
Wollstonecraft (I have received a triple dare from someone. We decided Lollie was a good nick.)



One of the best parts? You can name a boy for an amazing woman and start building that respect early.

Comments

[penguiny7.livejournal.com]

Most of these, being surnames, would sound pretty pretentious as a first name. But it would be kind of cool to use them as middle names. I'll just go through and say m or f and if I like or dislike.

Jefferson - m, okay
Dalton - m, dislike
Mendel - m, okay
Barton - m, okay
Carson - m, dislike
Brandt - m, like
Wollaston - m, like
Davy - m, like, but it's a nn for David so I wouldn't use it as a full name
Marie - f or m, like
Curie - f, okay
Conrad - m, dislike
Bertrand - m, okay
Russell - m, okay
Gilbert - m, okay
Harvey - m, okay
Newton - m, okay
Casimir - m, okay
Dyson - m, dislike
Franklin - m, like
Huxley - m or f, okay
Maxwell - m, okay
Rutherford - m, okay
Kelvin - m, dislike
Venturi - m, okay
Joule - m or f, okay
Majorana - f or m, okay
Rayleigh - m or f, dislike
Hypatia - f, okay
Linus - m, like
Clarence - m, okay
Charles - m, love :)
Carroll - m or f, like
Katharine - f, like
Watson - m, okay
Dennett - m, okay
Faraday - m, okay
Galton - m, dislike
Occam - m or f, dislike
Kinsey - m, okay
Elion - m, okay
Logan - m, okay
Merian - m, like
Beatrix - f, like
Potter - m, okay
Sabin - m, okay-- mostly reminds me of the Final Fantasy character
Cavell - m, okay
Germain - m, okay (but stick an e at the end and it's feminine)
Jemison - m, okay/like
Matthai - m, okay
Mitchell - m, okay
Levi - m, okay
Walker - m, okay
Benedict - m, okay
Borromeo - m, okay
Bragg - m, dislike
Cavendish - f or m, like?/okay
Hedu - f, okay
Herrad - m, okay
Granville - m, dislike
Leavitt - m or f, okay
Lasthenia - f, okay
Lilovarti - m, okay
Morgan - m, like
Sabliere - m or f, okay
Wollstonecraft - m, okay

[arbus.livejournal.com]

i love beatrix. ive liked it for a while, but its slowly climbing its way up my likability list. :)

[a-tergo-lupi.livejournal.com]

It's growing on me, but I don't think I'll put it on my list.

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

Pascal is not unusual here, both on boys and girls. I think it's quite cute, but not something I'd use.
I also like:
Camus (guilty pleasure)
Olivier
Casey
Lorentz
Mendel
Franklin
Elion
Germain (too bad it's so close to 'germ')
Morgan
Karsten

I'm so not familiar with science, I only recognize the most famous names from that list!
Almost all sound like boy names to me, apart from Casey, Katharine, Pascal (which is unisex to me), Marie, Beatrix, Sabin, Merian, Halley Wren and Carroll!

[skittles22088.livejournal.com]

I like:
Kepler
Perseus
Casey
Kinsey
Logan
Merian
Levi
Walker

[lind-saay.livejournal.com]

Newton
Pascal
Descartes
Escher
Wren
Gregory
Bryson
Perseus
Sinan
Albert
Ramus
Turner
Wallis
Craig
Camus
Möbius
Olivier
Abel
Casey
Edison
Loyd
Jensen
Dalton
Davy
Marie
Conrad
Bertrand
Russell
Harvey
Franklin
Maxwell
Kelvin
Linus
Clarence
Charles
Carroll
Katharine
Watson
Kinsey
Beatrix
Mitchell
Levi
Walker
Benedict
Morgan

Bragg (Next Alaskan first kid? lulz) >> HAHAHAHAHAHA.

[a-tergo-lupi.livejournal.com]

I thought I'd deleted Katherine, since it's just a first name. It's actually for Hepburn, a fairly well-known atheist.

[a-tergo-lupi.livejournal.com]

inorite?

Too good to pass up.

[joereaves.livejournal.com]

I have to say I wouldn't use most of them, but there are a few that I like, mainly those like Craig or Russell that are 'proper' first names and not just surnames. I like Kelvin but we'd be straying from nerd territory into geek territory there for me because I mainly like it thanks to Star Trek lol.

[soph-posh.livejournal.com]

I like several of them, Newton for example, but I probably wouldn't use them. Aside from your list, I think Darwin would make a cool (middle) name, but again I wouldn't actually use it.

[a-tergo-lupi.livejournal.com]

Yeah, some of them are on my list, but who knows, maybe someone will love one. Good ideas can come from anywhere!

[chillinbabejodi.livejournal.com]

I LIKE :

Pascal - prefer Pascale
Wren
Harriot - prefer Harriet
Lalande - Normally I'd HATE this, but today I think its awesome
Olivier
Casey
Jefferson - It's my best friends mn so I have a soft spot for it.
Carson
Russell
Harvey
Franklin
Maxwell
Charles
Logan
Beatrix
Mitchell
Levi
Morgan

[a-tergo-lupi.livejournal.com]

Harriet is better, but I didn't do any spelling changes.

[a-tergo-lupi.livejournal.com]

Harriet is better, but I didn't change any of the spellings.

[harri-cady.livejournal.com]

DH had this idea. He said "Something like Isaac for Newton, but maybe just not Isaac" and then he couldn't come up with a single one he liked. Hehe.

[cassandrakfreaq.livejournal.com]

One of my kids is gonna have the middle name archimedes. I dig it so much.

[a-tergo-lupi.livejournal.com]

It's such a grand name.

Euclid is another I'm totally infatuated with.

What I like

[a-tergo-lupi.livejournal.com]

Euclid
Pascal
Kepler
Escher
Cardan
Mersenne
Bryson
Perseus
Hobbes
Camus
Karsten
Möbius
Edison
Mercer
Jefferson
Dalton
Mendel (After my first try at this list, I totally fell in love with this.)
Barton
Carson
Brandt
Wollaston (B nn Wolly ftw. Shuttup, I loves me some kids movies.)
Curie
Conrad
Bertrand
Casimir (Another spelling is on our list, but for a different reason.)
Dyson
Huxley (I actually really like this one. Can't explain it.)
Kelvin
Joule
Hypatia
Watson
Faraday
Occam
Kinsey
Barton
Logan
Merian
Sabin
Benedict
Cavendish
Lilovarti


Galton (I like it, but, instant veto.)

Also, I apologize that Newton is on there like 50 times. As you can imagine, this was compiled from multiple sources and I wonked it.