opinions?

[lilith-gypsy.livejournal.com]

my short list.
spelling preference: Neal or Neil?
Griffin
Aleister or Alister (I dislike the latter spelling all i can see is A-lister)
Franklin
Max

Letticia
Sophie
Camille
Aurora
Jillian

 my husbands short list:
Alexander (taken already, i have two nephews named Alex)
Aleister
Oisin
Michael (but only as a middle name)
Strife and Discord (as a sibset to torture me)

Nausicaa
Hope
Mercy

We are so going to torture our children if we ever have any. those are in order of preference too. although Hope Aurora H. and Mercy Sophia H. aren't half bad.

Comments

[pegasus2o5.livejournal.com]

Family history/personal meaning covers a multitude of sins when it comes to naming. I would greenlight a worse name than Neil/Neal if it was in honor of a lost loved one.

we are adults far longer than we are children.
I entirely agree, and I wish more parents would keep that in mind. The "dad name" thing is less about the name itself and more about the cycle of fashions. Right now Neil is tied semi-firmly to a certain area in time (Neil peaked in the 1930s and had a resurgence in the 70s) that is far enough in the past to seem dated, but not quite far enough to be quaint and charming again (a la Emma, which peaked in the 1880s, and Rose, the 1910s). In 30 years, Emma and Rose will absolutely be Mom Names again, while Neil and Donna might be the height of fashion.

It's going to be interesting to me, in a few decades, to see how society handles a crop of middle-aged Kaydens, Rylees, and Kynnadeys. How will today's kre8tiv parents feel about having grandchildren named, say, Barbara, Nancy, and Bill?