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[myiris.livejournal.com]

How do you feel about these names:

For a girl:

Sunnie Mae
Myah Sunshine
Sunnie Myah


For a boy:

Canyon Asher
Asher Kael


A lot of our friends are having babies right now, so we are going for charming and different without being hard for others to embrace. I guess my main concern is that Sunnie and Canyon are too uncommon and might wreak havoc on my kiddos when they get older. Opinions?

Comments

[hoping-4-happy.livejournal.com]

I'm mostly indifferent to your boy names, but the girl names make me wince. Sunnie would be cute as a nickname for a toddler, but on an adult.... And I would kill my parents if my middle name was Sunshine. I'm an April and I feel like that didn't age well, so Sunnie? I'd say skip it.

[myiris.livejournal.com]

What about Myah Lyric? Is it just as bad, ya think? My partner is REALLY stuck on this Sunnie/Sunshine kick despite my opinion being quite similar to yours... I hate to take away a name that seems to mean so much to her. But I'm afraid you're probably right.

[hoping-4-happy.livejournal.com]

No, I think Myah Lyric is better- not my style, but definitely better. I agree with the person below, though, that the spelling might be an issue on Myah. I know a Mya and a Maya. I don't think it's awful with the h, she'll just have to spell it out more often.

[harinakshi.livejournal.com]

Myah + Noun = bad every time.

I think Lyric can be cute without being over the top, it's similar to Melody, certainly not everyone's bag of chips but I think we can all agree that there is SO much worse out there.

Why not do Lyric MN and then your partner can sing to her "you are my sunshine, my only sunshine" I sing that to both my kids. A nickname doesn't have to be a play off their name or anything like that. Your partner can call her whatever she wants, but please give a potential daughter a usable name she can grow with!

[myiris.livejournal.com]

I really like Lyric as a fn for a girl, but my partner is NOT budging on Sunnie/Sunshine - she says one of them HAS to be the middle name of the girl, but I can get more influence on the first name. Lyric paired with either is really way too hippie for my taste. Like, over the top hippie. So the search continues.

[harinakshi.livejournal.com]

Your boy names are perfectly fine.

But, your girl names are just horrible, sorry.

Myah...why the H? Leave it off and it's a beautiful name, but pair it with Sunshine? Is it the 60's already? And it's a total play on words "my sunshine" barf. Child...not dog/doll/sims character. Sunnie...I knew a male Sonny, but it was also just his nickname, even if he got it because it was his grandfather's name. But stick it on a girl and spell it Sunnie and, god awful. Nickname, cute, full name, horrible. Guarantee you as soon as she's old enough for an opinion she'd go by Mae or Myah

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

I knew a Sorensen named Sonny! He was swedish.

[quite-rosie.livejournal.com]

I have a cousin who is "Sonny", but HIS real name is Salvatore (like Sonny Bono).

My rule is if it can't go on a business card, I will not name my child that name.

[harinakshi.livejournal.com]

That's a good rule. Especially since a lot of times I've found myself having to pick someone without a picture or knowledge of how good they are, like out of a phone book, etc. Or even when wondering what my child's teacher will be like, I judge them by their names and pick accordingly. If I saw my teacher's name was Sunshine I'd probably think hippy new age weirdo and wouldn't be too happy she was going to be teaching my child. Unless it was art, she'd probably be a good art teacher, but I wouldn't take her serious for a serious subject.

[myiris.livejournal.com]

Um, I'm NOT trying to name my kiddo like he or she is a dog or a doll or a sims character. I'm trying to compromise with my partner, while still giving my child a name they will enjoy having their whole life, for the record... And as for Myah, we are up in the air on how we like it spelled. I want it to be obvious that it is pronounced MY-uh and not MAY-uh as I've seen on some babyname sites.

Open to suggestions on other mn's to pair it with though.

[harinakshi.livejournal.com]

Mya certainly wouldn't get pronounced May-uh, but I could see where Maya could get confusing for some.

Are you opposed to two middle names? If you can throw something in the middle of Mya and Sunshine it breaks the play on words which is the only real problem with Mya Sunshine. Something simple. Like Mya Claire Sunshine. Mya Eve Sunshine. Sue, Lynn...

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

Mya/h is also open to the possible pronunciation of Mee-ah in some places.
But not of May-ah

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

Sunnie and Myah are strange.
They make me want to read them SOO-nee and Mee-AH.

Maya / Mya Sunshine or Sunny Mae / Mya / Maya could work. Although I wouldn't agree with using Sunny as for either first or middle because it's a nickname to me.

Canyon at least is spelled properly, I guess? But I don't understand the appeal.
Kael sounds like "kale", the vegetable.
I'm neutral to Asher.

[biancasablancas.livejournal.com]

IAWTC.

[frost.livejournal.com]

Ia.

[schexyschteve.livejournal.com]

Sunnie is a cute nickname. If you were to use Sunshine (which I actually like and find cute), I'd keep it as the middle name and give a more dignified first name. I would also spell Myah either Mya (no H) or Maya. The y and h make the name look misspelled. But like another poster said, it's sounds too much like "my sunshine."

Again, I would keep Canyon as the middle name. Asher is really lovely though.

[kilobites.livejournal.com]

Asher Kael is the name you have listed that I like the most. To me, Canyon would be better suited to a middle name spot. What about Asher Canyon? On one hand, it sounds like a location name, like the Grand Canyon or something, but on the other hand, I think Asher is a great name to have up front and I'd encourage that one.

Sunnie Mae, Myah Sunshine and Sunnie Myah are all awful, sorry. If you want to use Sunshine, I would say putting it in the middle name spot would be more appealing. I like Maya spelled this way, but not Myah. I like Mae, and think it's a great middle name.

Also, you could use a first name that wasn't Sunnie or Sunshine and still use Sunnie as a nickname. It could work for Susannah or a few others.

[myiris.livejournal.com]

Yea, the reason we love Canyon for the middle name is we think it has the same natural charm as Stone, River, Lake, and Forrest, but isn't as overdone. It seems to always sound like a location as the second name, but I really want to use it... hm. I like your suggestions though. I also like your suggested spelling of Maya. Thanks.

[lind-saay.livejournal.com]

I love Asher.

I also love Mae and would say use that as a first name before ANY of the ones you have up there. Myah would be okay spelled Maya, or even Mya, for the same pronunciation but Myah is awful. Sunnie is horrid.

Canyon is similarly awful, but still beats the pants off of Sunnie.

[bloomingtulip.livejournal.com]

I read the comments about trying to compromise- if I were you, I would try to create a nice combo with a "normal" first name and a Sunny/Sunshine middle name.

Amelia Sunshine
Eleanor Sunshine
Cadence Sunny
Michaela/Mikayla Sunshine
Lorelei Sunshine
Melinda Sunny

For the most part whether I picked Sunny or Sunshine would depend on how the names would flow with the last name. I'm big on flowing, but if you aren't, then go with whichever of Sunny/Sunshine the SO (and ideally you as well) prefers. Good luck with the search!

[aquilinum.livejournal.com]

I would DEFINITELY relegate Sunnie or Sunshine to middle name status.

And I prefer Mya or Maya — or even Maia. Actually, Maia is my favorite, followed by Maya, then Mya. The H just seems superfluous.

I prefer both Canyon and Asher to Kael, in either order. Canyon Asher or Asher Canyon... yep, fine. And better than Kael!

[hoping-4-happy.livejournal.com]

Random:

I love the word superfluous. My husband likes it too, but thinks it is pronounced super-flawless, which makes no sense and drives me insane.

[frost.livejournal.com]

Super-flawless? Lol. X)

[ifancylust.livejournal.com]

i hate the spellings of sunnie and myah.

[solagirl.livejournal.com]

I like Canyon. For Sunnie, I would pick a longer, more...legit name and use Sunnie as a permanent nickname (like an Elizabeth who only goes by Liz)

Mae is lovley and Asher is ok, but a bit trendy.

Some ideas for sun names:
Sunniva (Means gift of the sun!) Sunniva Mae - perfect!
Allison
Sunday
Sonja
Soleil
Soledad (Sol means sun)
Marisol

I do not like Myah especially the Myah Sunshine combo. It sounds like a bad joke. Kael reminds me of Superman. Kale or Cale is ok, but NMS.

[taraemily.livejournal.com]

I love Asher, but I'm not a fan of the rest.

[requiem-morrow.livejournal.com]

I went to school with a girl named Sunny...she didn't seem to suffer for it LOL.

I think Sunshine is workable as a middle name. Honestly, how often do people use them anyway. Kinda like Toby Maguire's daughter, Ruby Sweetheart. Ruby Sunshine ftw lol! I'm not real big on phonetic spellings so Myah doesn't float my boat. All I see is M Yah! Miah, Mya, Maya, etc would be my preference.




I <3 Asher

[chillinbabejodi.livejournal.com]

I lke Asher Kael and Canyon Asher a lot. However, I prefer the spelling Kale rather than Kael. Personally, I'd go for Asher Canyon.

My favourite of your girls names is Myah Sunshine. I like Myah a lot, but I do think the spelling may make it difficult at times, then again, in comparison with aydreyeon & the like it's really not that bad. I think that Sunnie/Sunshine may be a little too "charming and different" to use as first names, especially considering that Sonny is a boy name (at least it is here in England), but I see no problem in using them as middle names. In fact, I think it's a cute middle name and afterall, if the child hates it that much she doesn't have to tell anyone.

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

Asher's okay.

Calling anyone who is going to reach 5 years old or over 4 Sunnie or Sunshine is just asking for them to become a cranky misery-guts in pure self-defence...

[frost.livejournal.com]

Asher is okay; I don't like the rest... I really, really don't like the girls names, tbh; sorry! =/

Sunnie: Is a nickname to me and I prefer it spelled Sunny. I don't think this ages well as an actual name. It's much better than Sunshine though, which is out there and just makes me think of hippies and the Care Bear.
Myah- get rid of the "h."
Canyon- Awful, imo.