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[missamerican.livejournal.com]

Narrowing it down seems like it's getting easier. But even after I take off like 20 names, I still find myself left with like a thousand more! I know I'm going to find out what I'm having soon.. but I haven't yet so I'm looking at both boy and girl names. I think for boys it's pretty clear cut what I want the name to be: Landon Parker.

Caitey Andersyen
Charlee Austin
Charlee Monroe
Holland Monroe
Caitey Madelyn
Reagan Valley
Denver Valley
America Madelyn
California Giovana
Cambree Jackson
December Lynn
Deana Lynn
Gianna Minnesota
Hannelore Monroe
Holland Andersyen
Mindy Monroe

GAH, I just don't know. I don't even like them together. Maybe seperate. Maybe like that. I don't know. I really like those names. I just don't know in what way.
The last name is Taylor. More names on personal journal.
And help would be sooo much appreciated.

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[neroli.livejournal.com]

You sound completely overwhelmed, so what if you just work on the first name first, and worry about a middle once you have that one set?

Here's where I'd start to narrow down your list:

1) Because Taylor sounds like the occupation word tailor, I would eliminate all of the first names that sound like words that could describe a tailor. For instance, "Denver Taylor" sounds like you are describing someone who sews clothing in Colorado. Same issue with America Taylor, California Taylor, Valley, Minnesota, and December Taylor (someone who sews clothes in the wintertime). Holland Taylor seems less problematic, for whatever reason, but still you might want to leave Holland for a middle name.

2) I would eliminate all names that exhibit a lot of the same characteristics as Taylor so as not to be repetitive. For instance, I'd dump Caitey Taylor and Reagan Taylor because both names have two syllables, are stressed on the first syllable, have a long A sound in that syllable. That makes for a fairly uninteresting-sounding combination.

3) Because a person is a child for (hopefully) less than 1/6th of her lifetime, I would choose a name that sounds grown-up enough to appear at the top of a resume or a business card over a name that sounds like it belongs to a little girl. Names that fall into this category: Charlee, Mindy, Cambree. (You might also consider naming her something like Charlotte, Melinda, or Cameron and using these as short forms for when she is small.)

What is left at this point
- Deana (although I can't tell from the spelling if it's supposed to be DEE-nuh or dee-ANN-uh. Try Dena/Dina or Deanna to make it unambiguous)
- Gianna
- Hannelore

My pick:

Gianna Holland Taylor

Gianna is elegant and grown-up enough for an adult, but has a couple of adorable nickname possibilities that work great for a little girl (Gia, Gigi, Annie. It is unusual and distinctive but not weird.

[missamerican.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much. I was really trying to do that but I just haven't really sat down enough to do it.. and I don't think my opinions would be that honest. :)

[missamerican.livejournal.com]

And I don't like nicknames much. My dads name is Ronnie. Not Ronald or anything.. just.. Ronnie. So I was trying to work with that and go with a name that's kind of a nickname anyway.