http://bree019.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] bree019.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] babynames2007-02-02 11:07 am

Will delete if already posted.

I'm down to the last few chapters of a popular book called "The Time Traveler's Wife" (Audrey Niffenegger) and the two main characters have just had a baby. Her name?

Alba

WDYT?

[identity profile] marcsgen.livejournal.com 2007-02-02 07:52 pm (UTC)(link)
I love that book! Alba is kind of cute, but I agree, NMS.

[identity profile] erica-alexis.livejournal.com 2007-02-02 08:08 pm (UTC)(link)
I like it well enough, there are prettier names but there is nothing really wrong with it. There are so many ways 'Alba' is used though and that's the only problem I can see, some people might think of the surname, others might think of Scotland and so on.

[identity profile] decembermalice.livejournal.com 2007-02-02 08:13 pm (UTC)(link)
I think of Jessica Alba.

[identity profile] starrysky9.livejournal.com 2007-02-02 09:42 pm (UTC)(link)
My aunt's cousin is named Alba. I associate that name with her I guess. It's an okay name.

[identity profile] mountain-nest.livejournal.com 2007-02-02 11:02 pm (UTC)(link)
I like.

[identity profile] omgzits--tam.livejournal.com 2007-02-03 12:40 am (UTC)(link)
That book is amazing. I absolutely love it.

Alba's okay.
I asked my friend what she thought and she said, "Reminds me of Jessica Alba," and that thought hadn't even crossed my mind. Ha.

[identity profile] minimepending.livejournal.com 2007-02-03 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
I love that book and hated the name also.

[identity profile] hotchpot.livejournal.com 2007-02-03 02:44 am (UTC)(link)
I think its the name of a character in Isabelle Allende's House of Spirits.

[identity profile] maine-girl.livejournal.com 2007-02-03 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
I like it a lot. I was thinking of using it until I read the book while pregnant and thought it would be a bit too weird, seeing as the character in the book goes through some "interesting" experiences... It's also another name for Scotland I think.

[identity profile] elemmennope.livejournal.com 2007-02-03 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
Id' go with Ada instead.

[identity profile] septembergrrl.livejournal.com 2007-02-03 04:52 am (UTC)(link)
It's not my taste, but I like the explanation in the book of why they chose it.

[identity profile] jenniferdunn.livejournal.com 2007-02-03 06:08 am (UTC)(link)
Jessica?