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[winterjameson.livejournal.com]

Like so many others, I'm new here thanks to the com being spotlighted. I've been looking through baby name books since I was a teenager and making lists soon after. Part of my fascination comes from being a writer, while another is playing role-playing games (I miss my old gaming group!). The main reason is I really want to be a mother, and so I have two top-five lists, one for girls and one for boys. It changes with time, but currently stands as such:

Girls

Phoenix Cynthia
Neva Lorraine
Eden Genevieve
Wren Meredith
Sabrina Elizabeth

Boys

Phineas James
Grayson Jeffrey
Colin Jonathon
Beckett Christopher
Elliott Dennis

So what do you think?

Comments

[lilacmermaid.livejournal.com]

I like:

Wren Meredith
Elizabeth
James
Colin
Christopher
Elliott

[my-little-voice.livejournal.com]

Eden
Wren
Meredith
Sabrina
James
Grayson
Elliott

[ghostpassenger.livejournal.com]

I think you're my naming soulmate.

I used to/still do want to name one of my children Wren or Meredith. Also Elliot or Dennis. Mostly because my Dad's name is Dennis but now I'm feeling using my Dad's middle name instead: Elwood.

[winterjameson.livejournal.com]

Cool! One day in, and I found a naming soulmate. Not bad... ;-)

And that's interesting about the name Dennis. My dad's middle name is Dennis, which is one of the reasons I picked it. (The other is I have a good friend with the name) I thought about going with his first name, Dale, but something just didn't click.

I know someone a few years younger than me with the name Elwood. He's a great musician with his own band. It can work. I still always think of the Blues Brothers when I hear it, but I'm not sure that's a bad thing...

[ghostpassenger.livejournal.com]

I think all Elwood's are born to be musical geniuses. My dad is also a musician. It is such a cool/unique name for a guy.

[iamunicorngirl.livejournal.com]

If you're trying to narrow it down some more, I'd go with:

Phoenix Cynthia
Wren Meredith

I love the sound of those together, and I like the idea of Phoenix as a first name for a girl - it's the tippy top of unusual, but has all sorts of positive connotations. Wren is unusual too but not weirdly so - I've always liked it too. Have you considered Ren (as form of Renee)? Then you avoid the dowdy bird context. Anyway for both the classic middle names go with them perfectly - you've really thot this thru! :)

Colin Jonathon
Beckett Christopher

I'm a sucker for classic English names - you can't go wrong with Colin, while I think Grayson is rather too yuppie trendy right now, but that could change. On the other hand, I love that you picked Beckett! I adore that name too and don't think it gets enough namesakes these days! it's a good british name but you won't find that many classmates with that name.

[winterjameson.livejournal.com]

I fell in love with the name Phoenix when I was 15 years old, although I didn't settle on it for my first girl's name (I haven't had her yet, but I will!) until years later. Cynthia is my first name, and I'm using it because I'm trying to create a family tradition. My mom's middle name is her mom's first name, my middle name is *my* mom's, and so... It wasn't done on purpose, though, oddly enough. My mom was so sure she was having a boy when she was pregnant with me that she never picked a girl's name, so my dad ended up naming me. I just decided it made for a really neat tradition.

You would not believe how long it took me to settle on a first name that satisfied me.

With Wren, I admit that I used it for a role playing character first, and then I realized that I really liked it. The character was from England, actually. (and I gave her sisters named Piper and Lark in her backstory) I'm not sure I care for the Ren spelling; that always makes me think of the cartoon Ren and Stimpy, and that's not a positive connotation for me. I'm totally okay with the bird/nature association the "W" adds.

:-) I picked Colin because I really like the actor Colin Mochrie and the character in the novel The Secret Garden (he was the child in the wheelchair). And when I picked Grayson it wasn't nearly as popular, I promise. I just still like it despite its popularity. And Beckett, I hadn't thought of it as a first name until Candice Olsen said on her designing show Divine Design that she had used that name for her son. And suddenly it was like, well of course! There's the playwright Samuel Beckett, and I adore the character Doctor Sam Beckett from the TV series Quantum Leap. Total win.

[thelasttruth.livejournal.com]

I LOVE the names Wren and Meredith. They're names I don't hear often so it's really nice to see them on your list.
How would you pronounce Neva? Long e or short e?
I'm also a big fan of Grayson and Elliott, but I think of Elliott as more of a girls name these days. Not that I wouldn't use it for a boy. I love it for both.

[winterjameson.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure how anyone else would pronounce it, but I pronounce Neva with a short e. It's Spanish for "snow".

I like names that are different but not too unusual, ones that you're not likely to hear very often. Grayson *used* to be in that category, as in when I fell in love with it. That might be part of the reason I lean more toward Phineas as my number one boys name at the moment. That, and I really like the show Phineas and Ferb. :-)

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

My middle name is Neva and I pronounce it with a long -e, like "Nee-vuh."

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

Neva <3

That's my middle name and my grandmother's name.