What names are you too chicken to name your babies? - Page 4

[kawa kamuri]

My DP likes the name Luke Solar and can't seem to see the disturbing similarity to Skywalker. 

[Birdie B.]

Originally Posted by treeoflife3 

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....

Our daughter is Meadow, which I got from the Sopranos! I'm not even a huge fan of the show or anything, it's just a beautiful name.  It's unique, but after she was born we have heard of a few other Meadows. It is a great name!
 

[Bebe's Mom]

Originally Posted by minkajane 

We're going with pretty unique names. For a girl, Eliana Kathleen (we'll call her Ellie Kat) and for a boy, Jack Tiberius.

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.

[Quaniliaz]

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

I was doing some family history research on my husband's side, and found a woman named "Dorcus Chubb." Yeah - I'm way too chicken to use that one.  
 

[Nicole730]

Originally Posted by Smokering 

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....

Thanks for the warning!  I haven't seen that one.

TV show related, my husband loves the name Silas, but I'm not in love with it at all.  People have told me to watch Weeds because then I'll like the name.  If our daughter had been a boy, we probably would have gone with Silas though because DH agreed to my name for a girl (Elsa) even though he didn't care for it.  I found myself warming up to the nickname of Sigh.

[bri276]

Originally Posted by 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

I had a friend named Misty in 6th grade and since then, I've thought it's the most beautiful girl's name.  DH wouldn't go for it.  The rest of my family would've been horrified (very conservative family, name-wise).  Except my grandmother, I know she liked it.  I will always wish it was DD1's name, it would suit her perfectly.

Who cares what I think, I'm just the mother anyway!!!  /bitterness :lol:

[rockycrop]

I love boy names that sounds like old cowboys or old blues musicians:

Felix

Mo

Cy

Lloyd

Gus

No one else (most importantly DH) seems to share my taste though. 

I also love Inez for a girl.

[Cyllya]

I think Fidel and Adolph are both lovely boy names.  

(Actually, I think they'd be even better dog names, but I wouldn't even inflict them on a dog.)

[treeoflife3]

This makes me remember how I went to school with a boy named skye in the third grade and a girl named guinevere in high school.  I thought skye was the most unusual name but ADORED it.  I've always wanted to use it but of course, husband things its weird and 'not a real name.'  as for guin... we all called her guin... I had no idea for the longest time what her full name was.  I was impressed haha.

I also went to school with a boy named stacey.  I personally don't like the name for boys OR girls but it sure was funny how subs ALWAYS thought he was trying to screw with them by saying he was stacey and the whole class having to go 'no really, its a boys name too.  seriously.'  He was a good sport about it though... I don't think he cared.

[Banana731]

Originally Posted by Smokering 

For a girl: Rose of Sharon. She was a character in The Grapes of Wrath, which is one of my favourite books, and I just LOVE the name (which is funny, because I don't really like Sharon by itself). I loved how the other characters never called her Rose or Sharon - if they abbreviated it, it was "Rosasharn". And I just think it's pretty and soft-sounding and awesome.  

 My DH just said this to me the other day in all seriousness, and it's not that I dislike it or the novel, but it's a little too heavy.
 

Originally Posted by mclisa 

Scarlet - love it, but ever since a local strip club is named that...just can't use it.

I love this name, and actually it was a stage name I used when I worked as a stripper.  But I would still totally use it! You may not live there forever, and I think Margaret Mitchell gets dibs on that one. Chloe was my other stage name and I had to use it for a long time, I didn't pick it and I never cared for it but once you choose a name you kind of have to stick with it. I hear that name all the time on little girls and I can't help it, I think it's a "stripper name," like Mercedes, or Madison (I know it's a really popular name in the US in the last few years, but people are crazy because it's been a popular name in strip clubs for A LOT longer ) ...but I still don't think that about Scarlett, I never met any other dancers with the name, I just dug it!
 

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Originally Posted by Baby_Cakes 

Captain for a boy.  

My BIL seriously wanted to name a son, Senator. In Japan, we knew a man named Oshiro, that means doctor.

Originally Posted by *bejeweled* 

I Sadie. But too many people name their pets Sadie. So that's our cat's name.

That's a fantastic name! Like the Beatles song. I love it. 

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.

Clementine is my dd's name! People love it or hate it, there is no inbetween.

Originally Posted by NuzzleNudge 

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

 Sylar is pretty cool, but I couldn't do it. It would end up a pet name for me...

I suppose mine would be Bear for a boy, or Pree for a girl. I think the chickeness for Bear is for fairly obvious reasons. There is a song I really like about a girl named Pree, but it's not a nice name, you know? Meaning wins out for me, but I'm not the one who has to live with the name!

Great thread!

[HawaiianBlesing]

My husband's name is Sky--no "e" at the end.  He says that's for girls lol.  Anywhoo....he says his parents liked to smoke the wacky weed back in the day.   All 4 of their children were given "normal" names and middle names followed by earth names.  All of the children go by their earth names with the exception of the last.  His parents felt she didn't fit her earth name but her "normal" name suited her better

Here they are

Morning Star

Silver Cloud (he's a doctor and goes by doctor silver)

Night Sky (that's my guy)

Crystal Star --goes by her normal name Gabrielle

[nerdymom]

Originally Posted by Birdie B. 

Our daughter is Meadow, which I got from the Sopranos! I'm not even a huge fan of the show or anything, it's just a beautiful name.  It's unique, but after she was born we have heard of a few other Meadows. It is a great name!
 

Hello DDC 11/08 buddy!! :) When are you due with #2?

Originally Posted by rockycrop 

I love boy names that sounds like old cowboys or old blues musicians:

Felix

Mo

Cy

Lloyd

Gus

No one else (most importantly DH) seems to share my taste though. 

I also love Inez for a girl.

Inez was the name of my great-aunt. The funny thing is, I've looked up the name and it says it is Spanish in origin, her maiden name was Inez Manuel BUT - if we have Spanish heritage, it is very, very old, and no one remembers it. These names must be clues though.

I love using family names, and we have some great ones. Inez and Lola were my great-aunt and great-grandmother, and I love both of those names. But there's that song "her name was Lola, she was a dancer..." and for that reason I hesitate. On another branch of the family tree we have Elmo and do I need to elaborate further? lol!

[mclisa]

Elmo is one of those names that won't be used again for a long time.

That's Elmo's World!!!

[ocelotmom]

Originally Posted by Nicole730 
I love her name!  DH and I both like the name Annelise. 

Annelise was my favorite for a girl with my first. DH didn't like it, but it ended up being a moot point, since he was a boy.

About a year and a half later, my cousin had a baby. When my mom told me the name they'd chosen, I about dropped the phone, because it was Annelise. We'd never discussed the name, and we'd come up with the name for the same reason - our mutual grandparents are named Anne and Lee.

So anyways, that name was off the table for future babies.

[Ravin]

Originally Posted by ocelotmom 

 Annelise was my favorite for a girl with my first. DH didn't like it, but it ended up being a moot point, since he was a boy.

About a year and a half later, my cousin had a baby. When my mom told me the name they'd chosen, I about dropped the phone, because it was Annelise. We'd never discussed the name, and we'd come up with the name for the same reason - our mutual grandparents are named Anne and Lee.

So anyways, that name was off the table for future babies.

Why? OTOH, I've pointed out to DH that there are an awful lot of Jameses in his family. His father's name is James, his is James with a different middle name, and he has a first cousin also named James, no apparent reason, not named after his uncle or cousin (DH is older).

I did nix it for this one, as I mentioned before, but mostly because I refuse to do a junior. I once upon a time considered James Kirk, but a complete UA violation of an ex boyfriend named Kirk ruined that notion for me! Eric is also out because my BFF had an ex with that name.

I hadn't considered Malcolm...though come to think of it, I think Jane is pretty cool boy name, too.

[Smokering]

I hadn't considered Malcolm...though come to think of it, I think Jane is pretty cool boy name, too.

For the record, the Firefly version has a Y - Jayne. It is a cool name. :) The main character on Wonderfalls was called Jayne too, and she was awesome... but, you know, a girl.

I like Malcolm, but my sister has dibs on it - it's a family name of her husband's.

[Baby_Cakes]

I totally love the name Marco for a boy.  I can picture myself with a little boy named Marco, and I think he'd grow up to be so sweet and kind.  But we aren't spanish at all.  And all my family and friends reply, "Polo," every time I mention the name!  LOL!

[Nicole730]

I have more: Otis and Omar.  Abner.   All too "ethnic" according to DH.

[rockycrop]

Originally Posted by Nicole730 

I have more: Otis and Omar.  Abner.   All too "ethnic" according to DH.

Ha!  I totally forgot I had Omar high up on my boy list during my first pregnancy.  DH told me he felt weird naming our white baby Omar, so it got nixed.  I like Otis too.

[treeoflife3]

Otis is super cute.

When I was pregnant, my (16 year old) brother kept insisting that we needed to make her last name 'Rodriguez' because it 'just ends names so perfectly.'  My husband and I are about as white as you can get... we are primarily Norwegian.  Other than the fact that its not our last name, I couldn't picture using Rodriguez... talk about out of place is our very scandinavian family!  I'm not sure why he was so into it either.. he was being serious for the most part I think!