Your Children and Future Children

[wolfbane.livejournal.com]

What are your kids' names? What are your future kids' names? If you're not sure, just pick the name you would use if you had a baby right now (even if you know you would change your mind later). Feel free to choose multiple names in case of multiple children. You can include reasons if you'd like, or just list the names. Also, assume that your husband/boyfriend or wife/girlfriend doesn't get to veto your future names - pick whatever you personally like.




I don't have any kids, but I know already I would like two kids someday, preferably a girl and a boy. However, I also know that life doesn't always work out that way, so I'll choose two boys' names and two girls' names just in case.

I am already sure of my boys names. Girls are a little harder for some reason.

Boys:
Noel Philip
Julian Charles

Girls:
Again I'm not sure but these are the names I would choose if I found out I was giving birth tomorrow (LOL, scary thought).
Rosemary Kathryn
Evelyn Pearl


I have loved the names Noel and Julian for years. The only thing I'm uncertain about is whether I would spell it Julian or Julien (I think I prefer it with an A though). Charles is one of my favorite boys names, along with one of my best friends' names. Philip is a family name - my great-grandfather and grandfather's first names and my father's middle.

Rosemary and Evelyn are classic names that have cute nicknames - Rosie/Rose and Evie. I also like Rosemary because Mary is my boyfriend's mom's name and assuming we end up having kids together, it would be a nice tribute to her. Kathryn is my mom's name. Pearl is just a name I love, but wouldn't want to use as a first name.



How about you?

Comments

[kimberpotamus.livejournal.com]

I have a daughter named Eden Maree, she doesn't really have any nicknames aside from icky, naked and baby.

[rowan-belle.livejournal.com]

I love the name Eden! Is Maree pronounced like Mary or Marie?

[loanwords.livejournal.com]

I feel like I mention this every time, but I think it's sort of important for understanding the names. My children are going to be half Japanese, so we both decided that they needed names that could be easily pronounced by both sides of their family-- the English-speakers and the Japanese-speakers. Most of them are generally Japanese except for some of the boys.

girls:
Michi
Reina
Kira
Tsubasa (though this would be hard for my parents, who struggle with the 'tsu' sound)

boys:
Luka
Elijah
Youhei
Shinichi

[starskye.livejournal.com]

those are perfect names for your situation, and they are not too hard for English speaking people :)
I like Kira and Luka

[bandnerd88.livejournal.com]

If I had kids tomorrow:

Colette Antonia
Annabel Paige
Ruth Emily(?)
Rosemary Helen

Frederick Waldo/John/John Waldo
Cecil Allan
Linus Joel

My ideal number would be four - six kids. I think I'd like five, actually - three girls and two boys. That would be totally ideal, though, and obviously I will be totally happy no matter what. :D

Antonia would be honoring my boyfriend and brother (both of them have the middle name Anthony). Paige and Ruth are both names my boyfriend likes that have really grown on me too - enough to use them. I'm iffy on Emily as a mn but it does honor my great-grandmother. (And popularity for mns doesn't bother me.) Rosemary would honor several people, and so would Helen. Colette and Annabel I just love.

John honors my grandfather, and Waldo would be after a prominent music educator around here. I like double mns and I think John Waldo is kind of snazzy. Allan would be for my late father (I will definitely use his name as a mn at some point, possibly even for Frederick). Linus Joel isn't for anyone, I just like it. :D (We do not have many good boys' names in my family.)

[feelslike-2day.livejournal.com]

Annabel Paige is gorgeous! I want 4-6 kids too, and everyone thinks i'm crazy!

[kilobites.livejournal.com]

I don't have kids yet, but if I had kids tomorrow my partner and I have agreed upon:

Isadora Claire
Eve Shiloh
Felix Grey
James Dietrich

I'm sure they're subject to change but they've been solid for quite some time. The middle name for James changes around a bit--sometimes it's Dietrich, sometimes it's Isaac, sometimes it's Aaron.

[starskye.livejournal.com]

I love Isadora and Eve!

[schexyschteve.livejournal.com]

Elizabeth Audrey
Madeline Amelia
Charlotte Jane

Benjamin Colin
Sebastian Henry
Donovan Wesley

No real significance for any of them. I just like them.

[sunshinefleur.livejournal.com]

I love Sebastian!

[babyjess8.livejournal.com]

My first boy and girl will be:
Isabel Maree
Asher Daniel

Asher has been my favourite since forever (I hate that it's become so popular!) and Isabel was a name he suggested around four years ago, and it has really grown on me.

Maree is my middle name and my mum's middle name; Daniel is the SO and his father's middle name.

I originally wanted my Dad's middle name in there too (Asher Daniel James) but since Dad isn't fond of it I've been seriously thinking about using Josephine/Jocelyn/Josie to honor him (Dad goes by Joe).

The remainder of my list is:
Josephine Lily or Jocelyn Lily (for my dad; Lily was my favourite name until my cousin was born)
Maeve Claire (two names I like)
Darcy Kenneth (I like Darcy; Kenneth is after my late grandfather and my brother's middle name)
Ruben Francis (I like Ruben; Francis for my grandfather and my other brother's middle name)

I'd like to fit Sylvia in as a middle name for a daughter somewhere, but our last name would also start with an 'S' so it's hard to find a nice, flowing combo. I'm still working on it!

[sunshinefleur.livejournal.com]

Scarlett Madelyn
Elizabeth Deanna
Alison Lucille

Travis James
Eli Blake
Cole Harrison

for the girls, the first names are all names I like, and the middle names are all for family members. my mom's middle name is Lynn, which is why I would spell Madeline like Madelyn. (I would use Lynn, but she hates it and has forbidden me to use it, idk why.) Deanna is my maternal grandmother's first name, and Lucy was the name of my stepfather's grandmother who he was very close to. so that's where I get Lucille.

as for the boys, it's a bit different. James is my stepfather's name, so I would use James for him. Eli Blake is just a combo I like, with no significance at all. as for my last name, Cole would have been my name if I was a boy and I've always loved it for that reason, and Harrison is a way for me to honor my maternal grandfather, who is like a second father to me.

[frost.livejournal.com]

Oliver, Noah, Sebastian, Sam. Benjamin isn't a name I ever considered before, but it's been in my head the past two months. Luna, Amelie.
Maybe. A lot of the names I like have gone up in popularity the past few years, so... =/

No middle names as of yet, since I don't ever think about them/care. I'm getting the first names- boyfriend/hubbie can have the middle names if he wants.

[frost.livejournal.com]

*its

I would have liked to incorporate my parent's names in there somewhere, but...I hate their names, lol. ^^;

[penguiny7.livejournal.com]

All of your names are quite nice. I especially like Noel, Charles, Rosemary, and Evelyn.

Our son's name is Benjamin Nicholas "Ben". If my husband had no input, then I'd name future children:
Margaret Evelyn "Maggie/Meg/Mamie"
William Francis "Will"
Anne Rosalie "Nan" or Elizabeth Rosalie "Lizzie/Nell/Effie"
James Philip "Jamie/Jem"

But considering DH, instead of William it'd be Charles, and he'd probably lean towards Elizabeth over Anne.

[penguiny7.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, and all of those middle names are honoring.

[let-letitbe.livejournal.com]

I'm pregnant with my first child and we don't know if it is a boy or girl yet, but we've agreed on a few names so far.

Girl:
Delilah Eleanor
Delilah Elliott

Boy:
Damien Abram
Joseph Abram

[hwar.livejournal.com]

<3 Delilah!! I would love to use it but my husband has a very religious branch of his family and they would die of a heart attack as surely as if I named a child Lucifer.

[02895.livejournal.com]

m daughters name is Lillah Elyvia.

if i had another baby right now without any help with naming they would be

Reagan Brielle
Tobias William

future kids names

[feelslike-2day.livejournal.com]

for girls:
Lucia Johanna
Kalina Susannah
Juliana Victoria


for boys:
Ethan
Cian
Rowan

I love love love the name Lucia (Loo-sha) and it's in honour of the violinist Lucia Micarelli (how she pronounces the name as well)...Johanna is after my mom Joanne (who was named after her grandmother Johanna)

I've thought Kalina was a beautiful name ever since I heard it, it means 'rosebud' Susannah is after my best friend (and means 'Lily')

Juliana is after the former Queen of the Netherlands (A tribute to my dutch heritage) and Victoria after the former Queen of England - both named that i love.

the boys names are just names that I like...no middle names yet.

On a more amusing note, after i told my best friend my girls names she decided the first one would be like my mother (as she'd be named after her), the second would be a hippy-esque child being named flower-y names and the third named after queens would be a big drama queen lol.

Re: future kids names

[nothingtolose19.livejournal.com]

I love the name Kalina! I think it sounds so pretty! :) I just love the 'lena' sound, but Lena feels like more of a nickname to me than a whole name, even though I know it is. So Kalina, with the nickname Lena, would be cute. :) Um, sorry, kinda went off randomly lol.

[starskye.livejournal.com]

if I had kids tomorrow they would be

Valentina May
and
Nathaniel Eric

[lind-saay.livejournal.com]

I don't have any kids. The only thing I'm 100% certain about is what middle names I want to use, which are all after people and/or have some other sort of significance for me (I like the idea of my kids having a connection with someone I really respect/look up to).

First names are just names I like and are not (usually) after people, though I sometimes fall in love with a name because of a book/TV show character, or because I hear it on a person I really like. But I usually don't pick the names AFTER those characters/people -- they just make the name appeal to me even more. There is one exception to this, though...

If I had kids tomorrow, I would name them (in birth order):

Jude Michael - Michael is after my older brother
Elliot Mark - Mark is after a close friend
Asher James - James is my favorite boys' name, but I can't use it as a first name because it's also my uncle's name, #1, and I don't like him, and also, #2, I hate the nickname Jim which everyone defaults to. James is also the first name of a close friend/mentor.
Samuel Timothy (Sam) - Timothy is after my dad.

Margaret Renee (Meg) - My only exception to the first names not being after people. Margaret would be after my grandmother, who is...amazing. Renee is my mother's middle name.
Norah Anne - Anne is after my best friend/mentor/second mother, and it's also just one of my favorite names.
Eliza Mae - Mae is the middle name of a close friend.
Lucy Beth - Beth is after my godmother, who died a few years ago. The extra bonus of this name is that she would have the same initials (LB) as my best friend/non biological sister, who I would love to honor with a middle name but can't because her name is the same as mine, except spelled different (Lindsey) and I feel like that would be really weird. And I can't use her middle name like I did with my mom because it's her mother's maiden name and that doesn't work, either. So initials. Probably nobody would ever find this out, but it would make me feel good.

[julia-michelle.livejournal.com]

I thought I had this all figured out, but it's been changing lately. I'd like 3 kids, but the FH only wants two, so I'll list 4 names (two girls, two boys).

Girls:
Penelope Elaine
Genevieve Ann

(I want my first daughters MN to be Elaine, which was my mothers MN. I think it's only fair then to make any second daughters MN Ann, after the MIL's MN).

Boys:
Malcolm Daniel
Henry Matthew

(Daniel is my dad, Matthew is the FH. It's tradition in their family to give the first son the fathers name as a MN. I respect that, but Malcolm Matthew doesn't work, so we'll compromise).

[starskye.livejournal.com]

I have a favorite resident where I work named Neva (neh-va instead of Nee-va) how do you pronounce her name? this Neva gets really ticked if anyone called her nee-va (like knee). Sorry I suck at writing out pronounciations. I like the name, and never met or heard of another person with it!

[spaceandclouds.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I really like your choices!

[rowan-belle.livejournal.com]

If I had all the say then my future children would be named:
Rowan Mary
Elinor Jane (nn Elle)

William Francis
Archer James

All middle names are honoring family members.

[kort-ni.livejournal.com]

If we were having a baby tomorrow names would be:

Genevieve Renee nn Eve (fn- My grandmother's name mn- my mom's mn)
Liam Charles (My dad is william, so liam is a nod to him and I just like charles)

But there are so many more names I love, and my husband has already vetoed Liam.

[ragekat.livejournal.com]

I have Alexis Jordyn (F) and Trenton Michael (M). Our newest addition which will be here real soon is going to be Jessa Eden (F).

If we had another (not likely) I really like Channing or Bianca.

[starskye.livejournal.com]

I like Jessa, despite the Duggars

[googlebee-ohmi.livejournal.com]

If I was going to have a baby tomorrow I would probably choose between ...

boys:
Avery Monroe
Reed Harper
Emerson Wade
Knox Harrison

girls:
Lily Alice (this is my favorite girls name and I have always wanted to use it ... but my niece has accumulated the nickname Lily and I am so heartbroken ... hopefully it fades away considering she is only a year and a half.)
Robin Grey
Ivy Helena Mary
Lark Isabella

I will admit that my naming style is kinda weird/kinda trendy but then again ... I like them anyways.

[hwar.livejournal.com]

My daughter's name is Jane Elizabeth.

Future children are likely to be:

Nora
Violet
Beatrix

(Girl middle Evelyn, Ellen, or Eleanor)

Peter
Isaac
Nathaniel

(Boy middle Everett or Edward)

[nobodynomore.livejournal.com]

Harrison James (I prefer Harrison Blake, but the hubs does not.)
Christian Oliver
Madeleine Sophia

No other names are planned, though he likes Adrian should we have another boy.

[sageharper.livejournal.com]

The only names I'm set on for hypothetical offspring are ...

Lennon Richard [mn is after my brother]
'something' Edward [mn is my grandfather's] (fn might be Finnegan, Miles, River, Rowan, or something else)

Harper Lily/Jane [mn after my mother/BF]
Esme Liliana/Charlotte [mn after my mother/great grandfather]

I'd like three kids, with one of each gender, so hopefully that'll work.

[my-little-voice.livejournal.com]

i used to want 4, but i think 2's more realistic:

Everett Alexander & Vivienne Iris