What names are you too chicken to name your babies? - Page 27

[Mizelenius]

I read a book years ago about a girl named Wren who couldn't walk.  Always loved the name but DH gave it the veto, along with just about every other name. 

The one we agreed on, I've now nixed.  Just too many bad connotations.  He still wants it, though.

[armidasawan]

Originally Posted by Thursday Girl 

Bernadette, Agnes and Gertrude. I Love those names, no one else does.

I like these names.  I think we may go for Yasmina for a girl and Omar or Mijael (or Omar Mijael) for a boy.

[KaylaBeanie]

WARNING! I am a huge nerd.

Aurora Borealis Lastname.

Yes.

[emmaegbert]

well I've met a couple of Sages and Orions IRL. I must live in a "mothering" type bubble.

Originally Posted by Smokering 

Wren has always struck me as THE MDC name. I don't think I've ever met or heard of a person called Wren outside MDC, but here, they're all over the place! Wren and Sage and Orion. (Which, now I see it written down, totally looks like "Sage and Onion" - I shoulda called my kids that!)

I think I was influenced by MDC when I named DD Rowan - there are plenty of Rowans of both sexes here, but in real life (in New Zealand) everyone looks blank and asks me to repeat it. Sometimes I say "Rowan, like the tree", but then they look even blanker. I still love the name, but we don't tend to get positive responses on it too often. Unexpectedly, though, everyone seems to like Miles (DS' name).

[emmaegbert]

this thread is too funny (and too long! I can't read it all!) I feel like, gosh, I know kids with all these names. I met brothers named Magnus and Ragnor once.

Originally Posted by Megan73 

Jasper (sounds a little fey with DH's alliterative last name), Magnus and Ronan.

I just try to imagine 1) yelling the name across the playground and 2) that person running for office some day.

I like some of the crazy Greek names- Anaximander, or even stuff like Achilles or Hector, but can't quite do that to our kid, since we aren't Greek. 

Oh, and I am definitely too chicken to go with Absalom, which is a family name (there were 7 of them! All named Absalom DeWitt though the last one converted to Catholicism and took that opportunity, apparently to change his name). Plus, DH is dead set against anything biblical (makes boys names hard) and there is that book, Absalom, Absalom! which would be a tough namesake to have. (then again, I share my name with a book title and I don't mind it).

Another family name we've joked about but can't really imagine using is Egbert. I guess he could go by "Bert" but that does just seem like too funny of a name. (its a last name in our family, though somewhere in the family tree there is an Egbert Egbert, though what his parents were thinking is really hard to imagine).

Edited by emmaegbert - 9/24/11 at 9:22am

[lizzie]

Originally Posted by yippiehippie 

So I think I've decided on a boy's name too. Atreyu! Yes it's from The Neverending Story, DH likes it except for that. But none of his friends will associate that, what kid nowadays knows that movie? The only problem is the meaning of it. I've only found a few things...some sites say the author of the book the movie was based on made it up. It was Atreju in the (german) book. Some say it means "son of all" or "friend" and I like those meanings. But apparently in Indian it means "boy warrior" which I don't like considering I'm a pacifist. Anyone know a good resource to find name meanings? 

I don't know what it means, but my kids and I would think it was fantastic! :) They love Atreyu! And the other little boy - the one reading the story - was Bastian, which was mentioned earlier, and has always been cool. Sebastian always makes me think of the lead singer of the (how old am i again?) band Skid Row, but that's not a bad thing for me.

I know there's a band out there somewhere called Atreyu now, but I don't know their music... cause again,... I'm old. :)

[nilatti]

Just read this one on another thread: "Harvest" for a boy. LOVE. But I have an H last name, so, NO.

[Bridportmom]

As for nicknames, both of my kids Mirabelle and Adalaide go by their full names, we didn't like the common nicknames Mira and Addie.  It's funny, we ditched other names we liked because we didn't like the nicknames, I guess these just worked. 

[kylie1]

Funny...One of my DSD's best friends is called Wren. 

[Mizelenius]

My niece is also Arya from the same series!

Originally Posted by Snugglebugmom 

Sure! Our oldest is named Arwen. Our (for now) youngest is named after another Elven princess from another series of books, Arya (from "Eragon"). The search is on for a third Elven princess whose name begins with A. DH commented last night that we seem to have painted ourselves into a bit of a corner here. 

[catters]

I love the name Hero for a girl (from Much Ado about Nothing).  I don't know, I just love it.  DH is so not on board.  But he's adamant that we wait to find out the sex until birth, so he said I could name the baby unhindered by him... If it's a girl.. maybe I'll make good and name her Hero.  We'll see.  I'm thinking boy, though, so, likely moot.  

[Flor]

Also, I knew two girls in high school named Riven and Haisly (maybe they are on here!). I thought both names were so cool, plus dh liked Riven because it sounds like Rivendell and he's a LOTR nerd, but how awkward would that be? I only know one other person in the whole world with this name, but I promise I didn't name my baby "for" you. One is a FB friend and one still lives in town, so . . .

[youngspiritmom]

River. I LOVE the name River (girl). But it wouldn't go over well in our community for many reasons. *Sigh*

[Plummeting]

Originally Posted by KindRedSpirit 

I love the name Dicken from the secret garden.I think if I lived outside the US I'd use it,but the harassment here would be too much.I also love Guthrie for boy or girl, but DH hates it.I have lots of names I love that dh just hates.Aspen,Ocean,Azure,Oliver,....He wants names like One, Six, Boy,.....We both currently agree on Moxie Crimefighter,almost on Pepper,and my new fave is Poppy,but he didn't respond when I brought it up.Ah.The fun of names!

I have only read to this post, but the name I'm too afraid to use is Moxie! I LOVE it, but I'd never name my kid Moxie. I'd like to use it for a middle name for a girl, but dh would probably veto that.

[Snowflake777]

Originally Posted by youngspiritmom 

River. I LOVE the name River (girl). But it wouldn't go over well in our community for many reasons. *Sigh*

I love it too, but I it's a bit too hippie for me to use. It also sounds like a geographical feature when you pair it with another name. River Annabelle? Catherine River?

I also have a thing for deeply unfashionable old-lady names:

Sybilla (LOVE this one, even though everyone I've mentioned it to thinks it's horrendous.)

Esmeralda

Minerva

Elva

Isolde

Other guilty pleasures:

Lyra (from a book I haven't read)

Winter (too hippie)

Violetta (too dramatic)

Synovia (a medical term )

Hrafnkatla (self-explanatory!)

Isalind (too weird)

Raven. (too comic book)

ETA: I've only really thought about girl names as I only have girls!

Edited by Snowflake777 - 10/13/11 at 9:57am

[Snugglebugmom]

I guess we weren't too chicken after all... Our little man is named Théoden William! 

[yippiehippie]

We found out we're having a boy:) I'm still stuck on Atreyu but it seems kinda difficult to say all the time considering DS has a one syllable easy name. I'm not too fond of Trey for a nickname, maybe Tru or Treyu? Any other suggestions?

[Psmythe]

Originally Posted by Snugglebugmom 

I guess we weren't too chicken after all... Our little man is named Théoden William! 

Congratulations!  That's AWESOME!

[Psmythe]

I like Tru for short, if you feel you must shorten it!  I know a little boy named Truth/Tru but I think it's really uncommon and great!  I think Atreyu flows so well that it doesn't need shortening.

Originally Posted by yippiehippie 

We found out we're having a boy:) I'm still stuck on Atreyu but it seems kinda difficult to say all the time considering DS has a one syllable easy name. I'm not too fond of Trey for a nickname, maybe Tru or Treyu? Any other suggestions?

[Logan]

Originally Posted by Snugglebugmom 

I guess we weren't too chicken after all... Our little man is named Théoden William! 

YAY!!!  And congrats on your new baby!