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[classiestkid.livejournal.com]

Ronald is my husband's name and he's very firm about the first born male having that name because it's a tradition in his family. That's the only reason it's on here.

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[pegasus2o5.livejournal.com]

I voted on your list! I think you have a lot of good choices. A couple things I wanted to comment on. I don't think Quinn is a good idea because of your last name. Quinn Crosbie is sort of a tongue-twister, you end up saying Crinn Crosbie or Quinn Quosbie. I also voted against most of the names ending in "ee" since they sound funny and rhymey with Crosbie (esp. Phoebe). Other than that, the only name I hard-down hated was Ronald.

[classiestkid.livejournal.com]

oh believe me, I hate Ronald too but it's my husband's name and he's very firm about the first born male having that name because it's a tradition in his family.

[pegasus2o5.livejournal.com]

Tell him when he pushes 7 pounds of screaming flesh out of his privates, he can name it Ronald. :)

Seriously, tell him no parent should have to call their child a name they truly despise, mother or father. This is reciprocal; he gets to veto any of your ideas that he truly hates, too. It's BOTH of you's child.

Also, tell him Ronald is very likely to scar the kid for life. It's not the fifties anymore.

[penguiny7.livejournal.com]

Thumbs up (*ones I like):
Ava*
Isabella
Erin*
Juilianna* - prefer Juliana
Eva
Grace*
Abigail*
Ella
Madeline* - prefer Madeleine
Norah* - prefer Nora and as a nn, but on its own I do like -h the best
Lucy
Olivia
Catherine*
Emma*
Lily
Elizabeth*
Amelia*
Rose*
Claire*
Adele
Charlotte*
Isabelle - prefer Isabel or Isobel
Olivia Claire
Ava Catherine

Finnegan*
Finn* - prefer Fionn or as a nn
Ian*
Jack* - prefer as a nn
Simon
Liam
Jude
Ronald - don't really like it, but would love to see it used
Aaron
Owen*
Elliot*
Jacob
James*
Aidan
Bryce
Graham*

Thumbs down:
Avery - boy's name
Reese - boy's name, although spelled this way it looks most feminine
Natalie - dislike it
Phoebe - dislike it, sounds ditzy
Seth - one of the ugliest names ever imo
Isaac - dislike
Aiden - dislike this Anglicization
Quinn - dislike on either gender

[hwar.livejournal.com]

I liked almost all the names on your list, and most sound great with your last name. I would hesitate to use a name ending in -ie or -y because it ends up kind of sing-songy with your surname but otherwise I like your options!

Re: Ronald, I don't really think it's fair for any parent, mother or father, to commandeer sole naming power. I understand wanting to use a family name but it's your child (and part of your family) as well. I wonder how he'd feel if you had a similar strong naming preference. My husband is a Jr. and so he does have that impulse to continue the tradition by passing along his name (even though it's old fashioned and a tongue twister to boot). However, if we have a boy we have discussed other ways to do it. For example, he was called a nickname when he was a child and we have thought about using the full version of that nickname for a future boy. Alternatively, a middle name (or second middle) is a great place to stick a clunker of a family name.

[arbus.livejournal.com]

your list is so wonderful and ronald is SO horrid. i agree with the others on here who pointed out that the child is just as much yours as he/she is his. no one gets full 100% naming rights, no matter what the tradition is. ronald is just plain fugly and should be relegated to middle name status, if anything.

[brittmarie.livejournal.com]

My cousin's husband's family has a T.C. initial tradition for their boys. So her husband & his father are both Terrence Christopher. She hates the name Terrence so if they ever have a son he will be Turner Christopher.