My 18 Children

[pegasus2o5.livejournal.com]

In a discussion about the Duggars, someone challenged the community in general to come up with good names for 18 kids. So I decided to do that! I used an online "coin-flipper" to decide on the boy-girl order and tried to come up with each name individually, as if, although I planned to have a big family, I was never sure exactly which child would be the last. (Incidentally, there is no way in heck I'm having 18 kids. I'm thinking 4, 5 tops.) I didn't try to match up particularly well with my last name because they would have my husband's last name and he doesn't exist yet!

1. Alice Isabella
2. Evan Joseph
3. Gabriel Jonathan
4. Tobias Jordan
5. Jonah Luke
6. Simon Alexander
7. Lily Claire
8. Miriam Rose
9. Nathan Dominic
10. Owen David
11. Callista Serenity (this is my sci-fi baby. If I'm having 18 kids, I am using my guilty pleasure names!)
12. Levi Justin
13. Charlotte Eve
14. Elinor Juliet
15. Hannah Beth
16. Violet Annabelle
17. Naomi Evelyn
18. Jasper Gavin

WDYT?

Bonus points to whoever can spot 4 sci-fi characters and 3 Twilight characters... though I promise you, they were not all on purpose...

Comments

[nothingtolose19.livejournal.com]

7 girls and 11 boys! Darn, I was hoping to have more girls, I've got dozens of girl's names that I like but hardly any boys!

1. Benjamin James
2. Alexandra Winter
3. Katherine Summer (okay, I wouldn't REALLY use two or more season names in an actual sibset but hey - if I'm having 18 kids, odds are the names I like are getting more and more limited ;)
4. Gwendolyn Ruth
5. Nathaniel Hunter
6. Tabitha Willow
7. Jonas Marlon
8. Evander Miles
9. Rory Sebastian
10. Henry Stephen
11. Matthew Nicholas
12. Simon Tobias
13. Samuel Troy
14. Elena Claire
15. Alistair Lucas - forgot about the name Alistair till now!
16. Calandra Lucille - I don't even like the name Lucille all that much (I much prefer Lucy) but I think it sounds good together.
17. Christopher Connor
18. Portia Elise

Whew, was that ever hard! Especially the boy names. Most of the boy names I wouldn't use. I WOULD use most of the girl's, but maybe not in those particular combos.

[pegasus2o5.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I love Alexandra Winter, and REALLY love Tabitha Willow. And Elena Claire--don't they both mean 'light'? It would be cool to have triplet girls named Elena, Claire, and Lucy--they all mean 'light' but the names don't sound all cutesy-matchy.

[nothingtolose19.livejournal.com]

Thanks! And that's interesting .. I didn't know they both meant light! I think that triplet set would be adorable!! I really like all three names seperately, and knowing the meanings just makes it that much more awesome :)