names you wish you could use

[seizansha.livejournal.com]

there's a name you've always loved, a suggestion you think's adorable, or even something completely random that you're seriously considering, but there's one thing stopping you.

you last name. it just doesn't sound right together, makes you think of all the teasing your child would endure, something.

an example: my now ex-sister-in-law wanted to use Noah or Eaton for my nephew. both are good, strong names but with Bacon as his last name they just don't work. and she didn't even realize it. i'm so glad she's ex now

are there any names that you wish you could use? make you chuckle when you find one? seen any you want to smack the parent for?

Comments

[landslideoflove.livejournal.com]

I've always had 'Jayden/Jaden' as a guilty pleasure name, but I can't bring myself to ever use it. lol. to trendy.

'Cash' is another name I love, but I'm not sure I could use it.
'Elliot' as well,its a good solid name, It just doesnt suit my personality so well.

I'd love the smack the parents of a kid named 'Princess' that I know, and I'm so over these white girls I know naming there daughters 'Aaliyah' ..ugh. And anyone who names there kid 'Navayah/Naveah'

[seizansha.livejournal.com]

i like Jaden and Cash. you could always turn Elliot into a middle, it works well with both.

omg, i know what you mean about the white girls, it's even worse when there's not alot of African American people in the area.

[hikerpoet.livejournal.com]

A bunch!

I've always loved Ben, but it sounds silly with our last name (also very short and begins with B)

I've always loved Caleb ever since I read/saw East of Eden, but my husband has not one, not two but FOUR cousins who named their kids that. We aren't about to be number five in one family.

Dewey is a family name and I think would be super cute and suitable on a kid, but not so much a grown-up, so I hold back.

[audiobiblio.livejournal.com]

Noah isn't quite as bad with Bacon as Eaton. Eaton Bacon makes me LOL. I say that's an awesome name for a dog, though.

I really like the name Angus, but my husband (and several of my friends) said that our kid would be teased and called "anus". I had honestly never made that mental connection. I still think it's silly, though.

Our last name is Brewer and off the top of my head, I can't think of any ACTUAL names that would make a funny or inappropriate play-on-words. But we basically have to stay away from first names that end in "er" because it makes it to rhymey with our last name. I've always liked the name Tucker, but Tucker Brewer is too much.

[alyssa22.livejournal.com]

Angus can be shortened to Gus. There goes your Anus problem

[fangirlism]

I had to shoot down my boyfriend who said he wanted to use Rocky Razor for a boy. Not so bad in and of itself, but his (and therefore any children that we have's) last name is Sharp. So, hell to the no.

[seizansha.livejournal.com]

that's probably half the reason he wanted to use it, right?

[ghost-light.livejournal.com]

I always planned to use James, them I married into a surname that starts with an S

[nobodynomore.livejournal.com]

My last name ends in -les, and James (and any name ending with S, or having multiple S's) sounds dreadful with it, which was really disappointing.

[lisasimpsonfan.livejournal.com]

Eaton Bacon? That would just be cruel.

I love the name Manderley (after the house in Rebecca)

[schexyschteve.livejournal.com]

I can't use any names that have the initials AS, since the last name begins with S as well. :D

[fangirlism]

Yeahhhh my top name got shot down instantly when I got with my bf for the same reason.

[alyssa22.livejournal.com]

I have a cousin who was almost named Fay King. Seriously.

I talked a friend out of calling her daughter Miley, by saying that anything you call your daughter should sound okay with Princess, President or Prime Minister in front of it.

She went with Stephanie.

[hermione-vader.livejournal.com]

I talked a friend out of calling her daughter Miley, by saying that anything you call your daughter should sound okay with Princess, President or Prime Minister in front of it.

That is an awesome rule. I also love the name Stephanie, BTW.

[quentinwrites.livejournal.com]

My son is Orion Taliesin - I wanted to call him Taliesin Orion but Tally Wagg is just cruel.

[seizansha.livejournal.com]

i like Orion Taliesin better, sounds like a full name. and you gotta admit Taliesin would be hard on a teen.

[mrsbenglish.livejournal.com]

I am not sure why but I really love the name London for a girl.... except our last name is English. London English..not such a cute name.

[ealexsism.livejournal.com]

lol

[ealexsism.livejournal.com]

Stella, but our last name is Patel.

And Ruby, but it's gotten to popular/trendy (I first fell in love with it in college, so about 6 years ago)

[nobodynomore.livejournal.com]

Any names that end in S, or have S's in them (not starting with S) sound awful with my last name, such as James, Harrison, Hudson.

Also, names that start with C's, such as Christian, Claire, etc, because my last name begins with a Q. Too much clash.

[gregariouspeach.livejournal.com]

All my favorite boys names end with 'o'. Milo, Leo, Hiro, Arlo etc but we already have a Theo and that would be weird.
Same problem for girls. I really want to name a girl after my dad (his name is Philip) so I thought of Pippa but a) don't want to after the royal wedding and b) our daughters name is Priya. Pippa & Priya is a bit much.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

Can't use anything ending in a 'th' sound as my last name starts with a "sh" sound.

[lalazee.livejournal.com]

I can't use any name that ends in a 's' or 'th', because my last name begins with a 'z' and it all mushes together.

Other than that, my husband and I absolutely love the name Cavalier for a boy... but obviously it's... just 'too weird'. Our families would flip out, without a doubt.

That, and we both love Samara, but the little dead girl from The Ring ruined the connotation of the name now haha.

[alyssa22.livejournal.com]

I know a girl called Samana.

[winterjameson.livejournal.com]

My nephew's name is Brock William Bruesch (last name pronounced "brush"). My sister isn't married to his father, but has considered the possibility of adding a girl to the family. Unfortunately, her favorite girl's name is... Saige (Sage). And she's already declared she will not saddle a child with the name Saige Bruesch - so there's hope for her.

And her boyfriend agreed to the name Brock because he said Brock Bruesch sounded like a good racing name (he's *really* into NASCAR)...

[solitudete.livejournal.com]

One of my favorite names is Willa, but it might be a little cruel to name my kid Willa Williams.

[kapowski.livejournal.com]

i loooove willa

[kapowski.livejournal.com]

last name is green. i love the name shepherd. shepherd green? meh. i might torture him and use it anyway. i also love greenlee for a girl. (love weirdish names.) but greenlee green... awful. same with olive. my husband keeps asking me what the hell is wrong with me, oops, haha

[amai-amaya.livejournal.com]

There are tons of names I'll never be able to use /=

1. Because I live in Germany and people won't ever get the pronounciation right.

Like Thane. I love that name, but here everyone would assume it's pronounced "Tah-nuh". Or Ninian. Would be pronounced "Nee-nee-yan" here >.<

Also, most Japanese names.

2. I have a very slight lisp, so I tend to avoid all s- and z-names.

[smallandneedy.livejournal.com]

How do you pronounce Ninian?

[satunian.livejournal.com]

Initials stop me mostly. Two of my favorite names are William Thomas and Olivia Audrey. Their last name will begin with F, however, and I'm not exactly crazy about having kids with the initials WTF and OAF. I also like Adriana Ruby, but that would be ARF.

[seizansha.livejournal.com]

my niece likes hers; Angel Rose and her last name begins with M. she's even started using ARM as a nickname.

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

I wish I could use Vivian/Vivienne but my last name is Morovic. That's a lotta V's! Plus, I want to use Neva as a middle name, so Vivian Neva Morovic is like HOLY SHIT V's!

[quinnthevixen.livejournal.com]

I really like the name Astrid, and it would fit well with my Swedish heritage, but once my husband said it sounded like "ass turd" there was no taking it back. He has tried to back pedal since then because he likes he name too but I can never unhear that term.

[piperwest12.livejournal.com]

LMAO!!! Omg you just made my day, I had never made that connection before but I hope to God that I never meet an Astrid cause I know myself and ass turd will slip!!!!

[harinakshi.livejournal.com]

Two names I really like and would never use are Sebastian and Benjamin. Sebastian Greybiehl and Benjamin Greybiehl just don't sound well together. Especially since a trend I follow is two middle names. So, let's take a middle name set I like and put it all together. Benjamin Alexander Scott Greybiehl. It's just too much!

[julesi.livejournal.com]

My last name is Toy. There are some names that make it funnier than others but really, Toy? Its hard to find a name that doesn't sound silly, but some gems ive heard are Guy, Bone, Lady, and Imriel.

[julesi.livejournal.com]

I really liked Imriel until I thought about it. And my MIL almost named my husband Guy so she begged me to name my son Guy instead @-@

[rylee900.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Kimberley. But,my husband's second name is Kim. I really love the name Kimberley but that'd be ridiculous.