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[lookingatastar.livejournal.com]

Hi, I've been reading and commenting in this community for awhile but I don't think I've ever posted before. Anyway, I am fascinated by names (I'm not pregnant), and thought I would share some of my favorites. Feel free to share your opinions.

Girls

Alice - has been my most favorite for a long time
Sascha
Paige
Anna
Finley ( I know, it's usually a boys name)
Shea

Boys

Britt
Casey 
Casper (I know, the ghost!)
Charlie
Colin
Finley
Gabriel
Garrett
Ian
Marek
Martin
Maxim
Nathan
Rhett
Sascha -Quickly becoming one of my most favorites
Shea
Tristan

Comments

[x-lostinyou.livejournal.com]

Britt seems too much like a NN for Brittany, so I don't like it.
Shea, to me, seems more feminine.
Maxim is a playboy-esque magazine, so that'd be a big no-no to me. It may not be published where you live, though.

I prefer Sasha over Sascha, but Sascha is the german form so it is legitimate as well. I prefer it on a girl.

[arbus.livejournal.com]

i like alice (my great grandmothers name) and anna. and actually, finn (for a girl) is on my short list.

i do not, however, like britt for a boy. thats my ten year old neices name.

i like casey (ive always had a weakness for that name), charlie, and gabriel.

[bloomingtulip.livejournal.com]

I know a guy named Britt, never occured to me he had a girl NN.

I love Colin and Ian and Gabriel. I really like Irish names. Would you ever use Gabe as a NN?

[lookingatastar.livejournal.com]

I don't mind Gabe at all, so yeah I would probably use it for a nickname. I also like when it is pronounced in a French manner, which sounds more like the female Gabrielle.

[bloomingtulip.livejournal.com]

oh, and can I ask why you like Alice so much?

[lookingatastar.livejournal.com]

Alice is one of my best friends names, but I'm not sure that that is why I like it so much. It's simple but classic, and suits all ages I think. It conjures up a lovely picture of a girl for me :)

[k-t-bug.livejournal.com]

I love it too. I love how it can suit a toddler, a teenager, an adult, an older person. Alice is a family name for my husband and me, and it's a prospective name (one of four) for our baby due in December. If it's a girl anyway... :)

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A FELLOW BUFFALONIAN AND SABRES FAN!!!

love ♥ ♥

[lookingatastar.livejournal.com]

oh wow, i just love the sabres (aren't you sad mckee is gone!)
i'm not from buffalo though, im actually canadian, which begs the question why do you go for buffalo?? from every second person i meet :)

[http://users.livejournal.com/---surfacing/]

considering mckee was my favorite since about 4th grade, i'm pretty bummed. and i'm mad at him for leaving for money, but whatever. i'm still madly in love with the rest of the team from last year and i know they can pull it off again without him. i'm definitely one of the crazy rabid buffalo fans, lol. and good to know some of our neighbors to the WEST have good taste as well :o)

[lookingatastar.livejournal.com]

Where I live, hockey is basically a way of life, so I was living it up when my Sabres were on fire. I put my jersey on the flag pole and everyone that walked by pointed and smiled, it was sweet. Don't you just love Ryan Miller!

[elemmennope.livejournal.com]

Alice - I love it too. Always makes me think of Alice in Wonderland
Sascha - Ok. I don't really care for the hissy S sounds.
Paige - Too masculine imo.
Anna - Too dull
Finley - Too masculine
Shea - I like this

Britt - Too feminine. Just makes me think of the 8 zillion Brittneys/Britneys/Brittanys out there right now.
Casey - Nice
Casper - Yeah, I much prefer Jasper.
Charlie - Ok
Colin - Nice
Finley - Nice
Gabriel - Nice
Garrett - Don't care for it, Gare or Gary.
Ian - Nice
Marek - Nice
Martin - Love
Maxim - Boobie magazine?
Nathan - Nice
Rhett - Too romance novel.
Sascha - As above
Shea - Prefer as a girl's name.
Tristan - Makes me think "sad."

[lookingatastar.livejournal.com]

I hadn't really thought of the association of Maxim to the magazine, thats interesting though that many people pointed it out. Maybe it's because I'm used to hearing it in French? hm.

[t0xicmadness.livejournal.com]

In my opinion, Sascha is terrible, for either gender. Finley, too. Maxim reminds me of the magazine.

I love Tristan and Ian for boys. Alice and Paige for girls.

[sayga.livejournal.com]

i know a russian kid named maxim. but it's pronounced max-EEM, not MAX-um.

[t0xicmadness.livejournal.com]

Just looking at it, spelled that way still reminds me of the magazine.

[kati-d.livejournal.com]

I like a majority of your names You have a great variety throughout :)

LOVE:
Alice
Paige
Anna

-- Anna Paige makes a cute combo and so does Alice Paige actually :)

LOVE:
Casey
Charlie
Colin - in my Top 5 :)
Gabriel
Nathan - prefer Nathaniel nn Nate

[lookingatastar.livejournal.com]

Thank you :) I like Nate as well, I was thinking that it could still be used with Nathan though, I think that would work.

[cuidate-mucho.livejournal.com]

Sascha/Sasha for a boy is VERY cute. It seems like it's more common in Russia as a boy's name than a girl's name (it is a diminutive of Aleksandr/Alexander.)

[lookingatastar.livejournal.com]

I think I actually prefer it for a boy as well. And I agree, in NA I think it is more commonly used as a female's name.

[krosp.livejournal.com]

Interesting... your girls' names list contains one of my absolute favourites (Anna) as well as one of my most disliked names (Paige). I don't know why I dislike Paige so much though, most people seem to like it around here. I love Anna though...

Alice is really nice too, not a fan of Finley. Sascha is alright... how is Shea pronounced?

Of your boys' names...
Nathan is probably my favourite. Rhett would be good but it reminds me too much of Rett syndrome. I have recently started to like Ian, which is suprising because I don't normally like the sound of names like that. The others are good but I'm fairly neutral towards them.

=)

[krosp.livejournal.com]

Wondering if you like the name Brett.... since you like Britt and Rhett

[lookingatastar.livejournal.com]

Yes I definitely do like Brett!

[sotypical42483.livejournal.com]

Girls

Alice - very pretty
Sascha - I don't like it
Paige - nms, bland.
Anna - one of my least favorite names. I don't know why, I've just never liked it.
Finley - yikes, I hate it on a boy and it's even worse for a girl :/
Shea - boys name

Boys

Britt - too girly with all the Brittanys
Casey - okay
Casper - I'd like it if I could get over the friendly ghost thing!
Charlie - as a nn its okay
Colin - love
Finley - hate
Gabriel - love it
Garrett - sounds too cowoby for me
Ian - okay
Marek - okay
Martin - don't like
Maxim - don't like at all
Nathan - okay
Rhett - nice
Sascha - def like it better for a boy!
Shea - okay
Tristan - hate this name

[poespretty.livejournal.com]

How about Finley Shea? Anna Paige? Sascha Paige? & I like Alice.

Finley Colin? Tristan Shea? Garrett Ian? & I also like Gabriel & Nathan

[cassandrakfreaq.livejournal.com]

I have a guy friend named shea...which i love! but he is gay so it works for him but maybe cuz he is really femmy :P

and i lOVE LOVE sascha!