What names are you too chicken to name your babies? - Page 19

[Brisen]

Anyone who has eaten a pea on the beach by the sea?  While drinking tea?    It is a very pretty name.
 

Originally Posted by lactatinggirl 

Our daughter is Dea (dee-ah) and I love that no one has ever heard of her name before. Sometimes they try to pronounce it Dee, but it's easily corrected. Really, who would think the A is silent?

[obscureepiphany]

I love the name Ginny from Harry Potter, but I'm not so sure I'm hot on Ginerva

De-lurking to say that Ginny is also a nickname for Virginia.

[JessimaTheisen]

I thought about naming my son Wolfgang Gandalf, but we decided that it would be a too nerdy! So he is Wolfgang Auriel instead.

We are going to name our daughter (theoretical daughter) Bellatrix Serepta. I love all of the Harry Potter and LOTR baby names!!! Theodin is a really good one!

[Brisen]

It's short for Ginevra, which is pretty close, but for me it changes the sound of the name enough that I prefer it quite a bit to Ginerva.  Or there is Ginger.  You might also be able to use Genevieve, or any name that uses Jen as a nickname.  
 

Originally Posted by lactatinggirl 

Oh and I love the name Ginny from Harry Potter, but I'm not so sure I'm hot on Ginerva.

[Mizelenius]

Not going to post the name yet 'til the baby is born since I think I have some IRL lurkers, , but DH and I decided to name the baby a name that we both love, but I have been too chicken to use.  DH never cares what other people think and it's the only name we BOTH really like (and this is girl #5 . . .we have slim pickins since our tastes are so different) . . .so, yeah, we are going to use it.

I am not telling ANYONE, though.  Let people make their comments about us once the cute baby is here.  Otherwise, we'll get a lot of flack beforehand!  Again, DH won't care, but it'll make me start from square one, and I have seriously reached the end of the baby name search . . .there are no names out there I have not heard!  I can't take it anymore!

[csekywithlove]

Here are a few that I and DH have tossed around and giggled at.

Levon -Yes like the Elton John song that always makes me smile.

Jondalar- From Jean M. Auel 's Earths Children series. I just love that name and how it sounds when you say it.

Marthona and Folara- From the same book series.

Auric- Pronounced like ORECK vacuum cleaners.... I love the spelling but not sold because of how it sounds. One of DH's favorites though.

Thursday- I always thought it would be awesome to name your kid a day of the week but I am way to chicken to do so.

Epoch or Pleistocene- Wouldn't it be awesomely pretentious of someone to name their kid a geological time classification. 

That's all I've got. Maximum nerd level for the day reached..... 

[RachaelsMommy]

Originally Posted by tjjazzy 

i can't even begin to imagine how ELSE you could pronounce calliope but the proper way??? it's pretty phonetic.

You'd be surprised! My name is Erin and I can't tell you how many different ways people butcher it.

Originally Posted by Adaline'sMama 

We probably will name our next girl (if we have one!) Calliope. It was all set to be DD's middle name, but we changed out mine at the last minute. Plus, I think Adaline and Calliope go better as sibling names (Ada and Calli).

Our big chicken out was (thankfully we had a girl, so we havent actually chickened on this one yet) Max Danger. Yes, Danger as a middle name. I think its soooo cool, and DH loves it too, but he thinks its to "superhero-ey"....I see no problem with that other than the rash of sh*t we'd get from the family :))

 

Wasn't Max Danger the character Seth Green played in the action movie they made on My Name is Earl?

Originally Posted by Bebe's Mom 

So funny, I had to reply..My daughter's name is Eleanor Catherine and my aunt calls her Ellie Cat. I am not a fan...sorry. It's cute, but it just doesn't fit her at all. I really like the name Eliana, though.

I know a little girl named Eowyn, I love that name. Another good Tolkien name is Galadriel.

I also like Guinevere. Lyra is a cool name too. I really love Fionnuala, but that is impossible to pronounce, and really obscure in America, but I just think it is awesome...

If I had a son I would want to name him Brendan, but I know DH wouldn't agree. Not an unusual name, but for my family it is a big leap-everyone has the same names.

I like Galadriel and Guinevere too! My DH won't agree to anything unusual.

[ocelotmom]

Originally Posted by lactatinggirl 

Our daughter is Dea (dee-ah) and I love that no one has ever heard of her name before. Sometimes they try to pronounce it Dee, but it's easily corrected. Really, who would think the A is silent? If we have a boy (currently pregnant with #2), it'll be Gideon. We're not religious, but my husband has always loved the name.

I had a friend named Dea when I was a kid. I'm not sure how they spelled it, though. I'm pretty sure it wasn't Dia, because even then I think I would have known if it had been intended as the Spanish word for day, but Dea doesn't feel quite right, either.

[piratemere]

Elwood.

It was my grandpa's name, who I loved, and would love to honour.  

Plus, it's James Stewart's character's name in Harvey, one of my favourite classic movies. 

But, I'm not sure if just any kid could pull off a name like Elwood? 

And, Vangy. (Like Angie, with a V.)

It's my middle name, and I totally love it, but I'm don't know if it would make a good first name.  I can't really picture it as a professional name.

[Smokering]

Thursday- I always thought it would be awesome to name your kid a day of the week but I am way to chicken to do so.

Wasn't Nicole Kidman's daughter called Sunday Rose? And I do believe someone in my DDC called her daughter Saturday.

[Imakcerka]

I usually like names nobody I know would every consider.  I love Blair or Roxie.  I wanted so bad to use the name Winnie, but it was a big NO!  I've always liked Harvest as well.  I've considered names that came from books I enjoyed But... Demi had to go and use Scout.  Jerk.  Not that I can't use it but... you know it's not as cool to me anymore. 

I love love love the name Silas Grey, for a boy.  My DH agrees it's a good one.  Never know.

[BubbleMa]

Originally Posted by Imakcerka 

I usually like names nobody I know would every consider.  I love Blair or Roxie.  I wanted so bad to use the name Winnie, but it was a big NO!  I've always liked Harvest as well.  I've considered names that came from books I enjoyed But... Demi had to go and use Scout.  Jerk.  Not that I can't use it but... you know it's not as cool to me anymore. 

I love love love the name Silas Grey, for a boy.  My DH agrees it's a good one.  Never know.

I love the name Blair.  I also love Silas.  Silas Grey is very handsome!  :)

Blair reminds me of another favorite name of mine, Blaine.  The only problem with it is that my uncle is named Blaine.  And he's kind of a jerk.  :(

[csekywithlove]

Originally Posted by Smokering 

Wasn't Nicole Kidman's daughter called Sunday Rose? And I do believe someone in my DDC called her daughter Saturday.

Yeah it is. Pretty awesome name in my opinion. :)

[erigeron]

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Originally Posted by jennyvangy 

And, Vangy. (Like Angie, with a V.)

The only issue I see with that is it getting mispronounced. I could totally read that as rhyming with bang-y or mangy instead of with Angie.

Maybe you could name the baby Evangeline and call her Vangy for short? Then she'd still have a long version of the name.

Originally Posted by tjjazzy 

i can't even begin to imagine how ELSE you could pronounce calliope but the proper way??? it's pretty phonetic.

 Cally-oap? (Rhyming with soap.) I think that's actually more of an intuitive pronunciation than the proper way. Or Cally-oapy.
 

[piratemere]

Originally Posted by erigeron 

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Maybe you could name the baby Evangeline and call her Vangy for short? Then she'd still have a long version of the name.

Oh, I actually really like that!  You may have just solved my life long problem. 

[nukedwifey]

Originally Posted by starling&diesel 

Solace, for a boy.  "Sol," for short.

Stormy, Poppy, Anais for a girl.

Story, Lake, for either.

Poppy.  Clementine.  Seven.  Ever.

Still might use any of them, though!  I try to imagine if our child grows up to be a corporate lawyer (*eek*), and how he or she would feel with any given name.

My SIL's name is Anais.  The only downside with it, I think, is that most people tend to have a hard time pronouncing it completely correct. They tend to put too much emphasis on the ending 's' than there should be.  But it's a beautiful name.  You should use it!

I tend to love foreign names and DH just can't do it.  I wanted Luca for our son but 'a' is feminine in Spanish so he wouldn't allow it.  I also like Irish names but most people have no idea how to pronounce the uncommon ones so I decided they are to be the middle names if I ever get any girls.  Sophia Meadhbh (Maeve) or Elena Róisín (Rosheen).

[nukedwifey]

Originally Posted by kalamos23 

We are very seriously considering River as our little boy's name... but I am so on the fence about it! I really want it but I'm afraid it won't wear well as an adult (middle name would be James and he could totally go by that if he wanted, and we thought Riv would be a cool nickname as well). 

So I dunno. River as our girl's name sounded more feasible to me for some reason. 

River is not a new name.  It's very old.  I have a great-great uncle named Forest River Fields!  That was in the 1800s.  I don't see anything wrong with using it at all.  I find it a very strong masculine name so I actually think it work great on a boy/man.

[Lisa1970]

Originally Posted by RachaelsMommy 

You'd be surprised! My name is Erin and I can't tell you how many different ways people butcher it.

Wasn't Max Danger the character Seth Green played in the action movie they made on My Name is Earl?

I like Galadriel and Guinevere too! My DH won't agree to anything unusual.

. Shockingly, since I moved to Texas....I have had my name mispronounces many times and my name is Lisa! How does anyone mispronounce the name Lisa?

[Subhuti]

I liked Petunia or Caledonia.  

Husband nixed, and I see why.

[BubbleMa]

Originally Posted by nukedwifey 

River is not a new name.  It's very old.  I have a great-great uncle named Forest River Fields!  That was in the 1800s.  I don't see anything wrong with using it at all.  I find it a very strong masculine name so I actually think it work great on a boy/man.

Forest River Fields...that is the awesome-ist name ever.  Did he love the outdoors?