babynames | What's your take on baby names?

Hi everyone! I'm new here - just joined today- and I love baby names.

My husband and I currently have 1 daughter. Her name is Kristen Elaine Kadrlik. (pronounced Kud er lick - darn difficult czechoslavakian last name). Anyways, we chose Kristen for no reason other than the fact that we wanted her to have a "K" first name. And Elaine was my deceased grandmother's name. My husband and I are plagued with WAY TOO COMMON/BORING names (Mary and Matthew). We liked Kristen because it's not too common, but it's not like "Where'd they think of that?" uncommon. Kristen turns 3 next week, and we had hoped to be pregnant again by now but due to some medical problems I have to wait until August to even try to get pregnant. Anyways, I have a nephew named Jestyn (like Justin), and my sister is pregnant again. She's thinking of Alysha if it's a girl. I'm wondering what's with the "y" thing? I seem to see a lot of people doing that and if it's ever going to go away?

And if anyone's wondering - when we do have our next child it will be Kelsey Jane for a girl or Adam Michael for a boy.

Also here's a link I always find interesting.

http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/

thanks for having such an interesting community!

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Kristen and Kelsey? PERFECT combination!!!
As I'm a giant SheDAISY fan (they're a country group), I feel obliged to point out that THEIR names are Kristyn, Kelsi, and Kassidy. :)

Oh, and I hate the "y" thing. I think it looks cute for girls, but not for boys. I don't know what it is, but I have always thought of "y"'s as being feminine...

lol I have never heard of SheDAISY, well maybe heard their band name mentioned once or twice, so I had no clue that's what their names were. I've gotten mixed feelings about Kelsey from some family members, but I am a quarter Irish so I wanted to choose something a little bit Irish/Scottish.

and yes, on my NEPHEW the "y" is definitely weird. His birthday is 53 weeks to the day after Kristen's so this year we're having a combined birthday for them. When I went to DQ to order a cake and was like "Happy Birthday Kristen and Jestyn" when you write it out it looks funny I think.

Here's a pic of the two of them (taken Oct 14, 2004):

Click me for the Piccie (http://www.weblogimages.com/v.p?uid=momentarygenius&pid=264219&sid=tIR21ghrx1)

OMG, they are so cute! They look like siblings! :)

I love the name Kelsey... but prefer the spelling Kelsi or Kelsea for a girl. I think it's a really pretty name, and real cute, but not one of those names that's TOO cutesy that's gonna sound dumb when she's an adult.

I intend on using one of the names - Kristyn, Kelsi, or Kassidy - for a future child. SHeDAISY's my favorite group, musically and because they're awesome people, so my firstborn daughter WILL be named after them or one of them in some aspect. Love all three names, particularly Kassidy and Kelsi. :)

I think I'm a sucker for the "traditional" spellings. Kelsi is alright, but Kelsea kind of reminds me of Chelsea... I'd be afraid that it wouldn't be pronounced like Kelsey.

Interesting link! I bookmarked it.

Haleigh ranked 401 in 2003.

However, Audrey was 78 in 2003. Not as cool.

And Dawson was 204 in 2003.

Ohio's top 5 male names are:
Jacob, Michael, Ethan, Andrew, Joshua. (Joshua will be our son's middle name because that's my Husband's first name.)

Ohio's top 5 female names are:
Emma, Olivia, Emily, Hannah, Madison. Woo! No names there!

My favorite feature was top names by decade. I'm freaking NUMBER TWO. *dies* God, I hate my name. I'm so glad I went by Jenna at an early age but still knowing that my name is Jennifer makes me nauseous.

yeah, I wish people would quit it with the y thing, too.

I hate the Y thing. I think people think it makes the name more unique.. but I think it just makes it harder to spell and pronounce! My name is actually Alicia and I prefer my spelling over any of the other weird ones I seen like Allysia/Alysha/Aleesha. I even saw someone spell it Aleighsha. YUCK.

:( i wish i had gone by jena at an earlier age... its quite annoying sometimes...
i think that "y" thing is cool but to a point... i know some one whose daughter is "alyshia" - i like it but i think it could could have pronunciation issues.... but i dont think "y" idea is good for a boy... too feminine looking!

~La Jenita~

I love the name Adam, I haven't met anyone who feels the same way about it, but I have always loved the name and plan to name my first born that, assuming it's a boy of course ;-)

Hello, I came across your journal while doing a search for young moms. If you'd like to add me to your friends list, I'll do the same.

Also, I'm a moderator at a motherhood board, check it out if you have the chance, its great. www.motherhoodtandt.com

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