Guilty pleasure names

[fangirlism]

What are yours? Mine are Onyx, Pearl, and Kodiak (nn Kodi, boy's name).

Comments

[eternal-vows.livejournal.com]

Guilty pleasure names? What are those?

[sunshinefleur.livejournal.com]

names that you like, but would never, ever actually use on a child

[sunshinefleur.livejournal.com]

my biggest one right now is Dallas for a little boy, but since I live in the Dallas area, it would be kind of weird for me to use I think.

Rex is another one.

[eternal-vows.livejournal.com]

I would totally name my kid Dallas, but that would be more because of The Outsiders than because of the city...I am SO shameless...

[fangirlism]

That reminded me of two more of mine, London (girl) and Cairo (boy).

[eternal-vows.livejournal.com]

Oh, I see! Echo and Tristan.

[eternal-vows.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah, China (girl) would be one.

[sublime29girlie.livejournal.com]

i really like India too.

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

I tend to forget (remove? lol) mine , but my most recent one is Flamingo...

[sunshinefleur.livejournal.com]

I'm just flat-out in love with the city itself...if I ever moved out of Texas I probably WOULD use it, tbh.

[jordle.livejournal.com]

Tyla (girl) and Caoimhe.

[lilith-gypsy.livejournal.com]

nausicaa. this is my boyfriends guilty pleasure name. he's way in love with it.

Rain. yep. i've actually considered different spellings. ie. Rayne. Raen.

that and the sibset of Hope and Mercy.

[beepandetch.livejournal.com]

Girls:
Maybe (Maeby), Winter, Thisbe

Boys:
Penn, Arlo, West

[sereneignorance.livejournal.com]

Girls: Onyx, Athena, Gwendolyn, Dallas, Alabama
Boys: Arthur, Finley, Morrison, Beckett, Lincoln

[uniformly.livejournal.com]

Girl: Rhode.

Love it.

[aintlifesosweet.livejournal.com]

Girls: London, Piper
Boys: Beckett

[fangirlism]

That's interesting that you have Onyx in your girl's list, cause I think of it as a boy's name.

[soltire.livejournal.com]

November (for a girl)

[sereneignorance.livejournal.com]

My mom finds it odd, too. My best friend's cousin's name is Onyx and she's a girl, and I actually kind of liked it as a girl's name, too.

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

I actually went to high school with an Echo and a Tristan. :)

[snowowl.livejournal.com]

Girls: Harper (would probably use it as a middlename), Skadi (pron. skah-dee), Lavender, Callidora (Greek meaning "gift of beauty").

Boys: Ender (love Ender's Game!), Dresden, Fitzwilliam, Jude (we don't want to use any Jewish names, so I love the sound of Jude but would never use it).

[snowowl.livejournal.com]

How do you pronounce Caoimhe?

[solitudete.livejournal.com]

I think of it as a Pokemon's name

[evil-laugher.livejournal.com]

Vladimir, Basil (would I? Maybe...), Sebastian, and... Blake (another maybe). Which one doesn't belong?

[sunshinefleur.livejournal.com]

I love Blake :)

[jordle.livejournal.com]

Keeva - hence why I don't think I could ever use it. I really love it but I refuse to spell it a non-traditional way and the poor girl would have to pronounce it for people her entire life. Maybe as a middle name!

[lind-saay.livejournal.com]

tucker (b), codi (g)

[quitmyscene.livejournal.com]

Hahah, yes. This.

[quitmyscene.livejournal.com]

Agreed on Ender for the same reason!

Other than that, the only one I can think of is Lacey.

[florallove.livejournal.com]

Fern. I love it, and I think someone named Fern would be awesome, but it doesn't pass the business card test for me.

Gus. I met a little boy named Gus a few weeks ago and he was the cutest thing ever. Also, kind of Meriwether. I don't really know why.

Embarrassing admission is embarrassing. =X

[daydream11.livejournal.com]

Jezebel and Judas, Zuko and Azula for fraternal twins.
Bellatrix and Andromeda, Athena and Minerva, Calypso and Penelope for female twins.
August and Julius, Constantine and Arthur for male twins.

Individually and/or as middle names, I'd go for it (with the exception of Jezebel). As first names for a sibset, NO.

[of-wings.livejournal.com]

aw, i've always loved the name fern, but, like you, doesn't pass my "Dr.." test.

I don't know how I'd feel going to Dr. Fern Blahblahblah.

[after-the-ashes.livejournal.com]

We have similar guilty pleasure tastes =]

[nothingtolose19.livejournal.com]

Man, so many!

India
Willow
Calandra, Amarantha - Lovely names (in my eyes) that I would love to use, but sadly I'm not sure how well anyone would pronounce them so. *sad*
Winter, Summer, and Autumn are also names that I like, but probably wouldn't use. I also love Persephone and Antigone. I'm sure there are more, these are just the ones that came to mind!

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

Arthur is on my actual list, haha.

[bambiblake007.livejournal.com]

Amadeus
Odessa

[bambiblake007.livejournal.com]

my uncle's middle name is Dallas
i like it for a girl, actually

[bambiblake007.livejournal.com]

Snow is pretty

[bambiblake007.livejournal.com]

i always thought Mae Brooke would be a pretty name for a girl and call her Maeby for short, idk.

[bambiblake007.livejournal.com]

yes, November is a definite favorite of mine.
i always liked November Rain

[bambiblake007.livejournal.com]

my chihauhau's name is Blake :)

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

I like West!

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

Jude isn't a Jewish name; it's actually more of a Christian one. It originated in the New Testament.

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

So many...

Liberty (f)
Berkeley (f)
Lonnie or Lennie (f)
Sheridan (f) - I am actually considering using this, though.
Kaylen (f)
Blair Linda (f) - These are my 2 favorite names, but I'd never be able to use them together because of the actress Linda Blair.
Laertes (m)
Linus (m)

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

Why?
The only Fern I know is in her 50's and seems very professional. It sounds like a business-card-worthy name to me. Names along the lines of Kayleigh and Jalen don't pass my business card test.

[of-wings.livejournal.com]

I think it's too hippie-parents for me. Like Rain or Skye or Petunia. I kinda want Fern to be my massage therapist or 13 year old babysitter. I dunno, just doesn't sit well with me and I adore the name.

[snowowl.livejournal.com]

Jude is a form of Judah, originally a Greek transliteration of Ioudas (predating the New Testament). It's no more 'Christian' than the word Jew itself. In modern terms, Jude is the German word for Jew (although pronounced differently than the English version).

[supermonkeyfics.livejournal.com]

boys: Arden, Emery, Ender
girls: Andromeda, Arwen, Ember, Waverly