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

Hello I am new here, well I have been watching the community for some time and I finally decided to post. Firstly, I am married and my husband's name is David Andrew and my name is Monica Eloisa (Elise). So you can say we have fairly common names. I used to want to name my chlidren crazy names or names of authors I liked but my husband wants a nice simple name. I am not pregnant yet but either way I prepare (who knows it might happen in the next 5 years and that isn't as long as it seems!) so I made a little lists of names that we have agreed on. They may change over time but for now we are set on these:

Emma Lucia (loo-cee- ah)
Emma Irene
Emma Catherine
Emma Christina

Leeloo Sophia
Leeloo Katarina
Leeloo Christina

Melinda Christina
Melinda Lucia
just Melinda (no middle name)
Melinda Hellena

that's for girls, your input in greatly appreciated.

If we have a boy I have decided that we're naming him Benjamin Andrew Stoltz (Stoltz being the last name of course) but suggestions are welcomed! My father is called Edgar Omar and his father is called Carl Franklin. I don't like either of them for a baby but maybe as a middle name or something.

Thanks!

Comments

[glitterberrys.livejournal.com]

I love Melinda, but prefer it with shorter middle names. It does sound pretty with Christina, though.

Leeloo has a pretty strong association for me and not something I'd particularly want to name a kid after, plus I don't care for the name. Emma is pretty but it's one of those names I'm a little tired of hearing all the time.

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

yeah I know of the 5th element thing for Leeloo, we just fell in love with the name.

Thanks though!

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

thank you for your input! and yes I know Leeloo was a longshot for people to like, but hey we like it so I put it up there.

[septembergrrl.livejournal.com]

Of these choices, I like Emma Lucia and Melinda Christina best. Leeloo seems like it'd be a very hard name to live with.

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

really? you think so? Why? just curious oh and thanks for commenting =) I like of all the Emma's that one the best (that's why it's on the top)

[septembergrrl.livejournal.com]

Just my opinion, but I think it would be hard for someone with the name Leeloo to be taken seriously as an adult, though it'd be cute on a baby. It's kind of like Pixie or Bunny that way.

Maybe name her something like Liliana or Leilani and call her Leeloo?

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

really? My husband and I thought it was a name that could could go into adulthood and even elderly years with ease

[septembergrrl.livejournal.com]

I clearly have a different opinion than you guys do, then.

There's no arguing taste.

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

yup and thanks for your input btw

[anapology.livejournal.com]

I really hate Emma. It's SO popular, number one name...boring... i know far too many.

What about Amelia Lucia?

Leeloo is odd... but I like Sophia.
Melinda is not my style at all.

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

I thought that rarely people name their kids Emma anymore so it grew on me after finishing a comic based on a girl named Emma with a serial killer teddy bear.
I don't like Amelia because of the way it sounds in spanish
I like Leeloo Sophia the best =)
Thank you!

[neroli.livejournal.com]

> rarely people name their kids Emma anymore

Well, it depends on where you are, but in the U.S., it's the #2 name in the country right now for baby girls, if you look at the Social Security name site (http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/index.html).

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

hmm I guess it was only my culture and residence I was thinking about. I have never met an Emma in my life so I thought it wasn't as common as say... Sarah. But thanks I'll keep that in mind =)

[elemmennope.livejournal.com]

Emma is just way too boring for me. Sick of seeing it everywhere.

Leeloo is really odd. I'm not sure what I think of that. I guess it just really sounds more appropriate as a nn to me. It's not the kind of name I can picture myself writing on blind job applications for example.

Melinda is a nice choice though. It's a good in-between. Not totally bland and overused (Emma) or totally out there. Just a nice name that most everyone would recognize, be able to say and spell and remember. And it would be highly unusual that there would be two Melinda's in the same classroom.

[elemmennope.livejournal.com]

That's because all 10 million of them are under 7 years old right now.

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

thanks! I love Melinda too and so does my husband but we just can't let go of the name Leeloo either... but all opinions are welcomed and if just don't like a name you just don't =)

[anapology.livejournal.com]

Where are you from? Emma is the number 1 girls name in the USA and up there are the top somewhere in the English charts.

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

Venezuela =) but married to an American and I have lived here for only 2 years

[lavandersparkle.livejournal.com]

I really hate Emma. Sorry :(

Leeloo is umm...rather uhh...odd.

And Melinda, well...I don't really like that much. It's okay, not my favourite but it's okay.

Also you said your open for suggestions for boys names what about girls?

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

sure! all suggestions are open =D

[ciara-belle.livejournal.com]

I like Emma, but it is very popular. I don't dislike Melinda, but it's not really on the top of my list. It's a nice enough name.

Leeloo just seems...weird to me. Seems more like a nickname than a name. I'm not really a fan.

I think my favorite of the names up there is Emma Lucia.

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

That's our first choice for a girl =) then comes Leeloo Sophia
Thanks!

[lavandersparkle.livejournal.com]

Okay, then. Umm..do you have a particular style in names? is there any letters your trying to avoid in the first letter of a name? do you want common, un-common, or pretty common names?

Sorry for all of the questions, it's just if I am going to suggest names I gotta know your style ya know? so I can find a great name!

[tiffrobyn.livejournal.com]

I love Emma. I wish it wasn't so darn popular.

Not crazy about Leeloo at all. Seems more like a nickname then an actual name to me.

I like Melinda. That's pretty.

[mooie-ziel.livejournal.com]

Have you thought about spelling it Lelu? I think that might be easier on the kid.

Even though Emma's popular, I love it still because I love Jane Austen [early 19th century British author].