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[thelasttruth.livejournal.com]

Hello! It's so nice to find an active baby names group. I have no intention on having kids for another ten years or so but I love names and I love hearing about what names other people like.
I don't really keep a top ten list of names or anything - I like to come up with names that I would name my children if I were having them right now. I like long names, so this basically adds up to a top ten list anyway! Here are my current names. I usually have two for girls and two for boys.

For girls:
Adelaide Loralei Josephine Hope
Viviana Beatrix Elodie Joy

For boys:
Caius Oakley Zaide Reason
Atticus Finnley Wilder Truth

What do you guys think? I look forward to finding out what everyone else's favourite names are. :)

Comments

[schexyschteve.livejournal.com]

Wow, those are some long names! I love Adelaide, Josephine and Viviana.

[gf-girlie.livejournal.com]

So many names. :(

[gf-girlie.livejournal.com]

I like Adelaide Loralie viviana and Elodie (though Elodie is like...Melodie but missing the M."

I like Finnley and Wilder.

[distractful.livejournal.com]

I like Josephine, Beatrix, and Wilder.

[lilacmermaid.livejournal.com]

I love:

Adelaide
Lorelei (this spelling)

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[hermione-vader.livejournal.com]

I like Loralei, Josephine, Hope, Viviana, and Beatrix, but remember that they'll have to put those names on many forms throughout their life. I like Atticus and Finnley for boys.

[laminy.livejournal.com]

I like Hope and Elodie a lot.

[wildcannabis.livejournal.com]

I've always liked Wilder, so I was pleasantly surprised to see that among your names :D

I don't know if I like very long names like these, but out of these four, Atticus Finnley Wilder Truth definitely has the best ring to it, in my opinion

[how-obscure.livejournal.com]

I like Adelaide, Josephine, Beatrix, and Caius.

Personally, I'm okay with two middle names, but three gets to be a bit much. Still, to each their own.

[http://users.livejournal.com/___heyvanity/]

I love Adelaide, Josephine (LOVE), Beatrix, Elodie.

I like Vivian, not Viviana, Finley not Finnley & Lorelei, not Loralei (is Loralei an accepted sp?).

[languagejourney.livejournal.com]

Spell check didn't like it but I think its up to the parents. Personally, I like it with the a and not the e.

[thelasttruth.livejournal.com]

I like it with the a rather than the e because it's more obvious what the pronunciation is, and I just think it looks prettier.

[jesuslovesbono.livejournal.com]

I love Atticus.

I like Finn, and that it is in Finnley

[corielcries.livejournal.com]

I'm glad to see Wilder on your list. Its been on mine for a long time and I had a hard time trying to find someone else who liked it. Atticus is top notch!

[languagejourney.livejournal.com]

Why Reason and Truth for the boys and Joy and Hope for the girls? Why can't a boy have Hope and a girl Truth?

By names:
1. How do you pronounce the first one? Loralei is fun to say but the little one will need help with the spelling a bit because I have never actually met a real Loralei... Oh, and if this is a sequence for one kid, I think Josephine after Loralei doesn't fit well.

2. Viviana Beatrix sounds very regal and funky (and I mean that in the best way) to me, like a Lady of Neon thing. I can't pronounce...wait yes I can. Elodie like Melody, right? The first three flow nicely together if this is a sequence.

3. Never heard Caius before but I like it and I've only heard Oakley as a last name. Zaide seems abrupt so I would think it would be best as the middle or last of the name sequence before the last name.

4. Again, never heard Atticus but I like it as well and Finnley has been pegged again as a last name to me. Wilder is a bit tricky: I think of it as a last name but can see it as a middle name, just not a first.

Ah, my name choice? Well, there are two I absolutely want to name my future children and a couple others I could live without a little less but I have left the middle name pretty much open for when the time comes and when I have a partner to discuss with.

The two I want are: Elijah so I can call him Lige (li-j or hard g like "My Liege" or "Leg-ion") and Cori for a girl (originally considered Cordelia but I would be fine with just Cori).
The rest I could (maybe) bypass are:
Heath (considered Heathcliff but then he might be called Cliff...)
Lawton (which my mother has heard as a last name :) )
Rebecca Veeta Jean with maybe the nickname of Bec (I like the flow of the three names together)

I wouldn't mind hearing an opinion on my choices. I'm about to read the rest of the comments.

[thelasttruth.livejournal.com]

Hope could be for a boy just as much as it could be for a girl as far as I'm concerned. I did not intentionally gender the virtue names.
1. Adelaide is pronounces as it's spelled pretty much - the word add, then the sound elle, then the word aid if that helps.
2. Elodie is pronounced like Melody without the M but the names are unrelated. Elodie is a French name meaning "wealth and riches" and Melody is an English name meaning "true song".
4. I definitely wouldn't use Wilder as a first name but I LOVE it as a middle name. I've never heard it or Finnley as a last name, but many popular names are surnames, such as Parker and Jackson.

The name Lawton is really neat. I've never heard of it before. I've never heard of Veeta either, but I really like it. I'd likely spell it Vita though.

[languagejourney.livejournal.com]

1. Ah, then I've seen it spelt differently. That helps.
2. And that's why I didn't say "why don't you just call her Melody then" because I figured it had a different meaning.
4. True

I looked Lawton up because I wanted an L name. If I had my way, I would have twin boys with one named Heath and the other Lawton but I will live if I don't.
Same with Veeta. I looked it up but I don't remember what it means. There are many spellings of it and I think spell check liked Vita and Veta instead of Veeta.
Spell check did not like a lot of the names... :)

[magikalcrab.livejournal.com]

Agree with the poster below who mentioned that your kids will be filling out forms for a long time - remember that before they get 3 middle names (Are you religious? Don't forget many Christian religions people take on a Saint as another middle name after confirmation, too!)

Personally, I've loved the name Adelaide forever, but since I LIVE in Adelaide, it'll be a bit weird to call a girl that :-/

[thelasttruth.livejournal.com]

No, I'm not religious.
The thing about middle names is they very rarely go on forms. I think the only forms my middle names have ever gone on are forms my mother had to fill out for me herself (so it's her own darn fault my name is long-ish) such as birth certificate and SIN card...maybe elementary school. The only form I've ever put my middle name on was for university. I'm not saying my kids will definitely have three middle names, that's just what I'm feeling right now. I've got ten years to change my mind.

[amai-amaya.livejournal.com]

I have 3 middle names, and it's really the only thing that pisses me off about my name. Not saying it's the same for everyone, but I've never met anyone else with 3 middle names and while I don't have to fill out many forms with my full name, it's really annoying and even kind of embarrassing when people find out about my long-ass name. Also, applying for jobs etc. is kinda weird because I have to give my full name on my CV.

Really, I don't mind original/classic/funny/etc. names and my first name used to be pretty unusual where I live... but all that was okay. The only thing that I did mind was having four names /=

[rocklobstah84.livejournal.com]

these are just way too complicated, unless you plan on having a kid that's going to be a famous starving artist or something.

[vesper-l.livejournal.com]

These names are really long, but Adelaide and Viviana are on my list, so I can't complain too much. I think Adelaide and Viviana are just unique enough to stand out while still being so beautiful and feminine. I adore both of them.

For the boys, I like Atticus, I've always liked it, but I'm not a huge fan of Caius. There's not a "reason" I'm not fond of it, it's just not my style.