Middle School Names

[eveyalecia.livejournal.com]

A list of kids I've worked with in an after-school program at a middle school over the past year:

Boys:
Spencer
Jared
Devyn
Deago (pronounced like Diego)
Justin
Sean
Riley
Ian
Drake
Devin
Elijah
Elijah (nn Eli)
Jordan
Andrew (nn Andy)

Girls:
Diana
Betty
Lilly
Alexiah
Haley
Callie
Emma Lee
Zoey
Rowan
Marlena (nn Marley)
Allison
Olivia
Marcella (nn Mar Mar or just Mar)
Ellie
Kylee
Fiona
Destiny

Sibsets:
Olivia and Devin
Ian and Rowan
Andy and Diana

Comments

[silvermidnight.livejournal.com]

I love Marlena and Marcella. Is Marcella pronounced Mar-sell-ah or Mar-chell-ah?

[eveyalecia.livejournal.com]

Mar-sell-ah. And Marlena is Mar-leen-ah.

[gf-girlie.livejournal.com]

Ha! My Inlaws are Andy and Diana.

[hermione-vader.livejournal.com]

I like:

Spencer
Justin
Sean
Riley
Ian
Elijah
Andrew

Diana One of my favorites!
Callie
Rowan
Olivia
Marlena
Marcella
Fiona

I love that so many of the girls' names trend toward the classic side.

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

God I wish my BIL and SIL would have used Marlena instead of Marley (which they could have used as a nickname). It is so much prettier and Marley is a good nickname for it.

[lilacmermaid.livejournal.com]

I like:

Spencer
Jared
Justin
Sean
Drake
Jordan
Andrew

Diana
Emma Lee
Rowan
Marcella
Ellie
Fiona

[chillinbabejodi.livejournal.com]

I LIKE:
Elijah (nn Eli)
Lilly - spelled Lily only
Ellie
Fiona
Olivia and Devin - spelled Devon only.

[galaxydazzle.livejournal.com]

I like Andrew and Diana. In fact Diana is one of my favourites right now.