What names are you too chicken to name your babies? - Page 3

[ocelotmom]

My name is Jessica, and we'd planned to call DD1 Alia (reference to the Dune series) up until she was actually born, when I chickened out.

I decided I couldn't do that to her, as Alia was a very troubled character who came to a bad end. Had she been a more positive character, we probably would have stuck with it, because it's a really pretty name!

[bri276]

Misty.  I'll probably use it for my next female cat or dog instead.  :(

[Ravensong13]

I like Sirius as a boy's name, I think if I ever had a boy I might use it though. I love Ariadne and Lyra for girls. I thought Lyra would fit it with my dd who is named Lillian, a derivative of Lilith, the first woman. But I'm not sure if anyone would ever figure out the reference, lol.

[ArcticRose]

Misty. I'll probably use it for my next female cat or dog instead.

I once had a vet call to confirm an appointment. My DH answered the phone and they asked him which one he was bringing in "is it Grey Kitty or Misty?" (Grey Kitty was the cat's name) My DH replied "Misty will be bringing in Grey Kitty."

I've known several other Misty's through the years. There were two others in my small town high school. Many of us have Dawn as a middle name.


Misty

[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.

[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 :))

Originally Posted by Snugglebugmom 

What a fun thread!!

Smokering, "Rose of Sharon" actually comes from the Bible, Song of Solomon 2:1. I think it's lovely too, but you're right, a three-part name might be a bit daunting.

As for me, I love Calliope for a girl. Unfortunately no one knows how to pronounce it, and DH thinks it's pretentious.

I also love Lyric, I think it's just beautiful. But it's the name I started out with role-playing in MSN Gor chat, and it has very strong, personal ties for me. I wouldn't want to put that on a tiny baby girl.

And for a boy, I love Aragorn. Our oldest is also named for a character in Lord of the Rings, and Aragorn is one of my favorite characters. But the name is just a little too "out there" for me. 

I can't wait to read what other ladies come up with, I might just get an idea for our newest addition!

[Jenivere]

Originally Posted by Nicole730 

Elmer or Orion for a boy.  I've gotten so many strong NO reactions to Elmer.  (Oooh just thought, what about Ember, nah too close to Amber)  And I like Orion, but I just don't think I'd end up loving it once I named my son it.

I love and would use Wren for a girl but DH is against it.

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Originally Posted by Orionsmama 

Nicole730! 

 I had to respond to your post. It is so funny that you mention both these names. We have a little guy we named Orion and for a girl we had chosen Wren. Maybe these names arent so uncommon, or perhaps we both just have impeccable taste :)

 Wren really is uncommon; our almost 2 year old daughter is named Wren Annelise and it did take some convincing on my part to get my husband to go along with it.  I wanted to make her middle named Muriel after my great grandmother but my husband wouldn't go for that at all because we know someone by that name that we don't really like. 

[Squrrl]

SO MANY good names.  Goodness.  I kinda wish I'd read this thread when we were choosing names for the upcoming addition.  Now I've gotten too used to Hugh, which I already picked out during our last pregnancy and couldn't quite give up.  Most of our rejects are for pronunciation reasons, really.  Mainly Björn for a boy.  I like it so much that I considered Beorn as an alternate, but it loses the softness of the original that way--not quite the same.  But nobody's pronounce it right with the original spelling.  We also considered Tristan--didn't wuss out, just chose something else ultimately (Hugh).  Also William Marshal, for the historic William Marshal, regent of England in the time of Prince John and one of the most exemplary knights of the age of chivalry--that one, I just wanted something more uncommon than William for a first name, really.  Also Edric (old Saxon name), which I love love and would have gone for, but it's my husband's name for the Society for Creative Anachronism (historical recreation) and he just felt too weird about seemingly naming the kid after himself--sort of.

The cats are named Sigfried and Hrothgar (the second from Beowulf), jokingly to get them out of my husband's system as names.  I'd actually kinda go for Sigfried.  I'm a sucker for a lot of Norse and Germanic-sounding names.  I also love all these geek names.  Maybe kinda lucky I didn't think of Malcolm Reynolds.  The idea of calling my baby "Mal" is delicious.

[Nicole730]

Originally Posted by Ravensong13 

I like Sirius as a boy's name, I think if I ever had a boy I might use it though.

i love Sirius!!  DH is against it. 

Originally Posted by Jenivere 

 Wren really is uncommon; our almost 2 year old daughter is named Wren Annelise and it did take some convincing on my part to get my husband to go along with it.  I wanted to make her middle named Muriel after my great grandmother but my husband wouldn't go for that at all because we know someone by that name that we don't really like. 

I love her name!  DH and I both like the name Annelise. 

After readying through these, you all reminded me of another one I absolutely love and DH is against: Early for a boy.  It came up the 1940s Social Security names list.  I do not care for Earl though, so that would be a negative against the name I guess.

[Smokering]

After readying through these, you all reminded me of another one I absolutely love and DH is against: Early for a boy.  It came up the 1940s Social Security names list.  I do not care for Earl though, so that would be a negative against the name I guess.

Don't watch Firefly, then! There's a character in the final episode called Jubal Early (but he goes by Early, IIRC). He's a great character and it's a fantastic episode, but... it'll probably put you off the name....

[NuzzleNudge]

Hmm Well we are being pretty Brave for this one if it's a Boy. Dashel Orren. Dreading the reaction from people, so we are waiting until the baby is here to announce the names.

Names I love, But DH doesn't=

• Ever
• Xenia-(Pronounced Kuh-Sen-Ya)
• Story
• Lyric
• Trixy
• Vivian
• Tru
• Jorja
• Scottie

Names DH likes that I dont=

• C'Nedra (Sss Nedra. From a David Eddings Book)
• I'Esha

As you can see, we have a difficulty choosing Girl Names we both agree on because we both have such different tastes. Our Daughter's name is Lorelei Ariah, and we liked it because of the Styx song, and because it was uncommon. If this baby is a girl we have gone with Alexandria Ivy because the nicknames are endless. But it was really hard to settle on, we just can't agree on anything else.

We both agreed on these Boy Names

• Barret
• Berrick
• Titus
• Phineus

Our friend wants to name a daughter Dorcus. now that is brave in this day and age.

[NuzzleNudge]

Oh And I like Syrus, which I would use. And Sylar, despite being a BAD guy on Heroes. I like the nickname Sy.

[lmevans]

I've liked the name Isis for a long time, but I wouldn't use it...can't really figure out WHY I wouldn't though. 

There are several names that I like, but wouldn't go well with our last name. 

Really wish I hadn't named our cat Lucy, because now I would like to use it as a human name. lol 

I also really like the names Piper/Pippin/Pippah but have the issue that has been discussed already, of not being able to see the name grow up with the person. 

This is a great thread! :)

[ursusarctos]

I like Dorcas too but would never subject my child to it. Also for a girl, Hester, Aune, Gaia, Hildegard, Soledad, Shulamith, also Rose of Sharon for the same reason as Smokering. These are all names I wouldn't even consider but like anyway. Or I might consider Hester and Aune (Ow-neh) but I am positive DH would not. 

For a boy, Sulo, Valo, Orion (all of these have been vetoed by DH... what is it with DHs vetoing all the cool names?? ).

I like nature names a lot too but due to our binational family they wouldn't really work.

[oiseau]

LOL at these posts! We both love Wren and Orion as names. I used to work with wrens and realized it would make an awesome girl name! It used to be number 1 on my list, but now it's number two. We also really like Orion, but we'd probably use it as a middle name. Boy names are a lot harder for us and Orion is one of the very few we like.

We must all have really similar taste in names!
 

Originally Posted by Jenivere 

Originally Posted by Nicole730 

Elmer or Orion for a boy.  I've gotten so many strong NO reactions to Elmer.  (Oooh just thought, what about Ember, nah too close to Amber)  And I like Orion, but I just don't think I'd end up loving it once I named my son it.

I love and would use Wren for a girl but DH is against it.

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Originally Posted by Orionsmama 

Nicole730! 

 I had to respond to your post. It is so funny that you mention both these names. We have a little guy we named Orion and for a girl we had chosen Wren. Maybe these names arent so uncommon, or perhaps we both just have impeccable taste :)

 Wren really is uncommon; our almost 2 year old daughter is named Wren Annelise and it did take some convincing on my part to get my husband to go along with it.  I wanted to make her middle named Muriel after my great grandmother but my husband wouldn't go for that at all because we know someone by that name that we don't really like. 

[Magali]

Hey OP, I see you like Jean-Luc....we named our daughter  a cool name.  People are always giving us double takes when we say her name because I guess it is a little unusual, but we love it!!!  And lol because Jean Luc (yes after Picard) was a name we kind of joked about if she was a boy.  We tossed around the name Dax for a boy also, but I just couldn't do it.  But, oddly enough, not Dax from DS9....there is a guy on the show Parenthood with the name Dax.

Edited by Magali - 6/3/11 at 6:14pm

[MO_Bookwyrm]

DH wanted to name our son Saber, but I just couldn't do it.  Although...if we ever have boy/girl twins, I did agree to name the boy Saber as long as we can name the girl Silence Leigh.  (Yep, from a book series by Melissa Scott)

[Birdie B.]

Great thread :)

We like geeky names too, but not the science fiction variety. We're seriously considering Galileo, after my favorite mathematician, or Pascal after my husband's.  I just don't know how well Galileo would go over in America.  Aristotle is also pretty high up there, but I don't think that would fly. Maybe if we shortened it to Ari....

I also LOVE Thor and Seattle for boys names, but I don't know if they're too different.   I think we'll end up using a much more conventional name if it's a boy.

[Baby_Cakes]

Originally Posted by Magali 
We tossed around the name Dax for a boy also, but I just couldn't do it.  But, oddly enough, not Dax from DS9....there is a guy on the show Parenthood with the name Dax.

Our boy name is Logan Dax. But not from either of those references -- I just totally dig the name! 

[treeoflife3]

I really like the name Gregory but I HATE greg so I could never name a kid Gregory.  Everyone will call him greg.. he might prefer greg!  It would drive me bonkers hearing it.  Even if I DO love Greg on Dharma and Greg.  now, I'd name a kid Dharma :D  my husband isn't for it though :(  Says its weird... not a 'real' name.  He is traditional.

I also LOVE the name November.  and Tuesday.  Both for girls.  No way would husband go for it.

Shockingly enough, he apparently likes Meadow now.  He's been watching the Sopranos and I guess its the name of the Boss's daughter?  I don't know.. he just asked me what I thought of it and apparently likes it.  HUGE shock to me.. but I love it!!!  Hopefully he doesn't change his mind and chicken out if we have another girl and don't find something we like more and agree on....  I wanted all nature names for our children and he refused with the first one (although I ADORE her name) so if I can just get ONE nature named kiddo....