Baby name list

[being-lola-star.livejournal.com]

Today I got the lovely surprise of discovering that a co-worker that I really don't get along with and I share similar taste in names. A third co-worker is having a baby (due in early May) and there are lots of jokes going around work about names and gender (the parents aren't finding out the gender). I found a list of names written completely seriously and am both amused and concerned by some of the choices.

All spellings are the way they were spelled on the list. No genders were provided, it was literally just on one big sticky note. I've highlighted the ones I like.

Quinn (Super cute for either gender.)
Emerson (I worked this summer with a little girl called this. Actually think it's a kind of neat name.
Jett
Carson (A girl I know from high school called her son this)
Everleigh (Never would have thought of it on my own but it's a really sweet little name)
Julian (Has always been one of my favourite boys names)
Kingston
Finley
Kian
Bennett (Bennett Halverson from Dollhouse, played by Summer Glau. Loved the character and the name so much I named one of my male rats this, I call him Ben or Benny)
Harlow (Guilty pleasure name. Would never call my child this because it's too close to harlot but I think it's a cute name)
Knox
Draydon
Kennedy (Would work for either gender but I prefer it for a girl.)
Landon
Danica
Piper (I once told my mom I liked this name and she told me I was crazy. I still like it.)
Levi (Always been weirdly fascinated by this name. It's kinda awesome.)
Nash
Kellan (I actually like this name. It's wonderfully masculine to me but I think that's because of who I associate it with.)
Luca (Worked with the sweetest baby called this a few years ago and though I never would have come up with it on my own, once I heard it I fell in love)
Morgan
Beckett
Lyndon
Natalie
Bowen
Nolan
Dylan
Brooklyn
Parker
Devon (I really like this as a boy's name. Had the biggest crush on a Devon in grade six. Would it be creepy to do that to my child? Also went to school with a girl called Devyn but that's kinda eh to me.)
Deacon
Rhys (I think it's really cute and love this spelling.)
Adalynn
Emmett
Rowan
Auden (Adorable, loved it in Sara Dessen's book Along For The Ride. Would use it as a girl's name.)
Bodhi (One of my absolute favourite names. I saw it is a documentary last winter and it's jut so pretty but wonderfully strong as well. Boy's name to me if you're wondering. It's apparently a type of fig tree and was the tree that Buddha found enlightenment under.)
Walker ( I like it but thanks to my appreciation for zombies and from the The Walking Dead, I will *NEVER* be able to call my child this)
Bryn
Griffin (Also worked with a little boy called this. He was precocious and SO smart and just a great little guy. Loved him and his name.)
Xander (Buffy fan. 'Nuff said.)

Comments

[quinnthevixen.livejournal.com]

Bodhi is fast becoming a guilty pleasure name for me! I don't think I'd actually use it, as it sounds too close to the name Brody, and I just don't like that name at all, but it's fun to dream. I also like Luca, Deacon, Griffin, and Bryn, but I'm not sure I'd end up using any of them.

p.s. My name is Quinn and my sister's name is Piper; I always wished my parents hadn't used Piper, because I imagine I would've used it if they hadn't.

[xariana.livejournal.com]

You and your sister have beautiful names! Jealous! They really go, too!

[quinnthevixen.livejournal.com]

Thank you! My parents were generally pretty creative with their names; the only one that was pretty traditional was Matthew, my older half-brother (with my dad and his first wife; my guess is she wasn't too experimental with names.)

[being-lola-star.livejournal.com]

Okay you definitely have a super awesome name and so does your sister!

[hermione-vader.livejournal.com]

Oh, Along for the Ride is wonderful! Sorry, I haven't talked to anyone else who's read it. Not really a big fan of the name Auden, though. Maybe because I'm not too familiar with the author.

I like:

Quinn
Julian
Finley
Kennedy
Landon
Natalie
Nolan
Dylan
Parker
Deacon
Rhys
Rowan
Walker
Griffin
Xander

[being-lola-star.livejournal.com]

Sarah always picks really interesting names for her characters and there's always a point in her story where her characters explain why they were given their names. The boys names are usually just as good. :)

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

I love Sarah Dessen! I'm quite certain that I've posted about the names I like from her books. I'm with you, though... Auden's not one of my favorites.

[forthemorrow.livejournal.com]

I love Bodhi fo the Buddhism reference, but could never use it because the spelling just looks off to me. And Draydon. ICK!

[being-lola-star.livejournal.com]

I kept mistyping it B-o-h-d-i when I was first trying to find out stuff about it. It's taken a while but now I really like it.

[lilacmermaid.livejournal.com]

I like:

Quinn
Emerson
Julian
Morgan
Dylan
Deacon
Rowan

[eveyalecia.livejournal.com]

I LOVE Rhys and Nolan.

I also like:
Everleigh
Bennett
Knox
Brooklyn
Emmett
Griffin

I used to really like Kennedy until I found out it meant "ugly or misshapen head." :/

[xariana.livejournal.com]

I really like Kian for some reason, but I don't know why, it's quite different to my usual but it just rings nicely to me.

[alyssa22.livejournal.com]

I know someone who spells her son's name Beaudy. Yes, that's pronounced the same way as Bodie or Bohdi.

Awful spelling, right?

[being-lola-star.livejournal.com]

No thank you odd spelling. I really, really don't like that at all. I really like the original spelling of Bodhi but I'd be able to stand Bodie as an alternative.

[alyssa22.livejournal.com]

I know. isn't it awful? Some people look at it and ask if it's supposed to be pronounced the same way as Beauty

[heyskeleton.livejournal.com]

I like Harlow, Morgan (boy), Dylan, Deacon, Rowan, Auden and Bryn(n). There's nothing wrong with the rest by any means, they're just not my style.

[box-of-rocks.livejournal.com]

I keep reading "Kian" as Klan - not good!

[how-obscure.livejournal.com]

I don't see anything wrong with most of these names. The only ones that I kind of look sideways at are Draydon, Everleigh, and maybe Adalynn, maybe. Most of them aren't my style, but they're fine.

I like:
Quinn (male and short for Quentin)
Julian
Bennett
Danica
Luca
Morgan (m)
Beckett
Natalie (prefer Nathalie)
Rhys

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

I like:
Emerson (for a boy)
Landon
Piper (my friend's dog is named Piper though so I wouldn't use it)
Levi
Beckett
Natalie
Nolan
Dylan (my cousin just named his son Dylan)
Rhys
Xander (boyfriend and I have considered this as a middle name, we love Buffy and we met Nicholas Brendon this summer)