names of friends' and family's newer arrivals

[myiris.livejournal.com]

zoey rae
brayden michael
savannah
ebin jacob [soon to be joined by sister erin - one letter from their son's name, which bothers me A LOT]
brett logan
marti pearl
jackson douglas
elijah matisse
brinkley mcclain

Comments

[myiris.livejournal.com]

about erin and ebin - I know!! allow me to vent because it drives me crazy - the mother is one of my best friends, so a couple years ago when she had a son and named him ebin [after that Sublime song about a nazi?!], I cringed but it grew on me and now that he's a real person, I can handle it. But she was asking me for name suggestions recently for her daughter on the way, I sent her probably 50 names and she then sends me a message telling me how she and her hubby have decided on the name erin because it's SO close to ebin, how cute right? and I didn't say anything for a while... then I told her "It's YOUR daughter, I don't have to like your name choice." lol. I think they're going with Erin Olivia. I HATE it so much. If she'd been a boy, it would've been Ian. Ebin and Ian. They said they were literally looking for the most matchy names they could find. yuck.

[spaceandclouds.livejournal.com]

I actually think Erin Olivia is beautiful, even though I'm not generally a fan of bland names =).

But Ebin & Erin? WHY? I don't think matching name are cute at all!

[myiris.livejournal.com]

Erin Olivia is a fine name, don't get me wrong. But to choose it because of it's proximity to her older brother's name is tacky imo.