Introduction and Favorite Names

[eveyalecia.livejournal.com]

Hi! I saw this comm in the spotlight and I got so excited! I've always loved names and I've kept a name list since I was in elementary school.  Like many other people (I've discovered!) I started out by creating characters but over the past few years I've realized that I just love researching names.  I tend to lean towards either very traditional names, or unusual/rare names, and I don't like very many fad names.  I'll admit I do love most of the -aden names that are so popular these days, but I try to keep them off my lists because they're becoming so common.

I'm nineteen-- single and not planning on having kids anytime soon.  Someday I'd like to have four kids, so I've been keeping a list of my top four boys names and top four girls names, so I'm prepared no matter what. :)  For some reason, I like boys' names A LOT more than girls, and my girl list stays static for a long time, whereas my boy list changes every few months it seems.

Here are my current lists:

Boys:
Robert Christian (nn Robbie) Robert is for my dad
James Cohen (nn Jay)
August Holden
Rhys Alexander

Girls:
Madeleine Abbigael (pronounced Madeline not Madelyn; different spelling of Abigail)
Sarah November
Olivia Aven Faith
Sophia Grace (nn Sophie)

Other Favorites:
Boys: Nolan, Greyson, Orion, Frey, Arthur, Soren, Hector, Neil, Jeremy (nn Remy), William (nn Liam)
Girls: Leah, Cadence (after a friend), Shiloh, Norah, Valecia (my middle name), Wendy, Thalia (THAY-leah, or THAYL-ee-uh)

I'd love to hear any thoughts-- comments or criticism, whatever! I love this comm! :D

Comments

[schexyschteve.livejournal.com]

I'm the opposite with names lol. I love girls names way more.

I like James, August, Alexander, Madeline (spelled this way, same pronunciation though), Sarah, and Sophia.

Madeleine is actually Mad uh lane, I think. Why that spelling of Abigail?

[eveyalecia.livejournal.com]

Madeleine in the original French is more like Madda-LEN

I love the sound of Abigail but not the look of it, so I played around with it until I found something I liked. However, I chose to use it as only a middle name because of the unique spelling.

Thanks for your thoughts! :)

[landslideoflove.livejournal.com]

I'm the same way with girl names, I think I only have 5 that I really love, the rest are boy names haha.

Sophia Grace is pretty.

[eveyalecia.livejournal.com]

Thank you :)
I really love that Sophia and Grace together mean "wisdom and grace." I think that's a great endowment for a girl.

[liltxangel83.livejournal.com]

Beautiful lists; my two favorites are Rhys Alexander and Sophia Grace.

[eveyalecia.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[snoglobel.livejournal.com]

Sophia Grace is a very popular combo. I love it, but it's definitely up there with Olivia and Lily for super-duper popular right now. (Actually, most of your girl names are pretty common)

I love that you used November as a name. Madeleine is a favorite of mine, but my husband doesn't like the spelling and I wouldn't want to change it.

I like most of your boy names too.

[eveyalecia.livejournal.com]

I do know that most of my girl names are pretty common (especially Olivia-- it's so funny because I'd never met one until I met a coworker with the name, but now it's everywhere!). I like so few girls names that I can't afford to be quite so choosy with them, haha.

[nobodynomore.livejournal.com]

My 14 month old is named Sophia Grace. :) I named her that in hopes she is filled with both in her lifetime :)

I LOVE Olivia, but I fear it is too "matchy" with Sophia.

I love Greyson, Christian, & Orion :) Christian is one of our potential boy names, but as my husband is Jewish (I'm not), we feel it might sort of offend some members of his family, ha.

[eveyalecia.livejournal.com]

Hmm, I never thought of Olivia as "matchy" with Sophia-- is it just the -ia ending?

I don't know the family dynamics, but to me Christian is a common enough name not to have any automatic implications that should make it a big deal. But I'm not Jewish, so I don't know that perspective. Maybe changing the spelling would make a difference? Like Kristian, Cristian, Krystian...

[silvermidnight.livejournal.com]

I like Sarah November! Sarah was a popular name for girls my age (mid 20s) but I haven't heard of any little kids named it in a long time so I think it would be fairly unique in her age group.

[eveyalecia.livejournal.com]

Yes I knew a lot of Sara(h)'s growing up, but I work with kids and haven't seen one in a while. It's funny because for a long time I didn't like the name because I heard it so much as a kid-- but one of my favorite movie/books is A Little Princess and it completely changed my mind after a while. :)

Thanks for your thoughts!

[hermione-vader.livejournal.com]

I love Robert Christian and Rhys Alexander, as well as Sophia Grace. That spelling of Abigail looks a bit overdone, though.

[eveyalecia.livejournal.com]

I definitely wouldn't use Abbigael as a first name. I just really don't like the look of Abigail, but I love the name otherwise.

Thanks for your comments!