My girl names

[missamerican.livejournal.com]

I have revised my list. I tried to put them in order the best I can. I believe I'm having a girl so..

I've got in the habit of calling her Sunshine for now. But before January little Sunshine is going to need a new name... I've been thinking:

*Charlee/Charlotte Austin       [note: I love just Charlee but I'm worried about the "that's a boys name!" thing.. and I don't like Charlotte quite as much]
*Reagan Madison / Reagan Addison / Reagan Marie-Addison
*Gianna Ariana
*Caitey Andersyen
*Alyson Galilahi
*Madelyn Leigh
*Holland Monroe
*Hannelore - needs a middle name.
*Aiyana Akiah Ahinawake
*Denver Marie
*Valley Channing
*Hailey Montana / Hailey Lee / Hailey Andersyen
*A'merie - needs a middle name.
*December Cailin

last name is Taylor.

Thoughts/suggestions/etc?
I don't mind criticism but please don't be rude; most of the names have meanings behind them.

Comments

[lostrocket.livejournal.com]

I don't like the rhymey-rhythm of Gianna Ariana, but I love Gianna (it's kind of similar - what do you think of Gia Grace?).

I like Alyson but the Galilahi is...a bit strange, to me.

Aiyana Akiah Ahinawake is a bit much.

I rather like Holland Monroe, but I think you need to have a certain - posh - attitude to pull that off.

I don't think spelling it "Andersyen" will help people pronounce it the way you want, I think it will just cause more confusion. I'd suggest going with just Andersen, it will be close to your pronounciation - and as a middle name I don't imagine it will be said often enough for correction to be annoying. Also, I'm not fond of "Caitey" as a given name (no matter how it's spelled). I also think that spelling is made-up and kooky, but if you like it spelled that way why not go with "Caitlin" and use "Caitey" as a nickname?

Madelyn Leigh is pretty. I'm not a fan of the spelling but I think it's decent and not too confuddled.

Denver Marie and Valley Channing (and sort of December Cailin) are kind of nice but sort of scream HIPPIE to me, though that's only a problem if you think it is.

Charlee is nice, I think. I see it and think "Shar-lee", and don't go "it's a boy's name" at all.

All in all, I think my favorite is Reagan Madison, or Reagan Marie (but not Reagan Marie-Addison, that's quite a mouthful).

I appreciate that all (or most) of the names have a special meaning for you, but if they are names that are perceived as being kind of "out there" and wacky, do you really want your daughter to have to feel she has to defend and explain the names - especially as they won't necessary have any meaning for her? I can just see that explanation taking a tone of "my crazy mom".

[lostrocket.livejournal.com]

Oh and PS and completely unimportant since the show probably won't be around long enough to be memorable, but "Hailey Montana" makes me think immediately of "Hannah Montana" which is a TV show on the Disney Channel (I think, might be Nick or Noggin).

[missamerican.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much for that. I don't want the name to be after a show or anyone even think that. :)

[lostrocket.livejournal.com]

I read some of the new comments upthread, and just wanted to say that for the names that seem out there to me (Galilahi and the Aiyana...), if they're heritage-appropriate that changes things quite a bit. Hopefully, the explanation of that would be more like "I have this awesome heritage" and not, "my crazy mom made shit up."

Also, I like Aiyana, and Akiah, it's more that all three in a row is a mouthful, and possibly excessive use of alliteration.

[missamerican.livejournal.com]

I really like Gia too.. maybe not Grace though.

Thanks so much.