Any one starting to think of baby names? - Page 3

[zenproof]

ya'll - i was being extremely sarcastic re: 'im sure there are none in existence' - and 'copyright'ing.  SERIOUSLY???

wow.  sorry.

[zenproof]

i was being dramatic.  i get protective of my names as though i am the only one who has ever thought them up.  which is ridiculous, lol.   sorry you misread the tone.

Originally Posted by TriciaRawks 

I have friends with daughters named "Faye" and "Emersyn"....not from the same family. And I think this is fun. And I think its funny how people are copywriting names...its not like we live in the same neighborhood or town or anything, is it? Just checking....

Ok just to play along, I'm replying about my favorites that you all posted...not because my opinion matters for you...just because this game is fun for me. :)

I love: Ellis, Athena, Cecilia, Amelia and Amelie. I like Athena, because it sounds so "Goddessy" you know....

[JHopesMomma]

With our first, we had her name (and a boy name) picked out way before she was even conceived.  We also had an alternate girl name picked out, so I figured with this one, we'd just use those names, but I'm not too sure about them now.  For a boy, I really really like the name Blaise, but DH isn't into it.  He likes the name Sven, which I'm not crazy about (it's too hard to say!).  For a girl name, I really like Hailey, even though I think it's pretty popular, but DH likes Holly.  I think we're going to just wait until we have an ultrasound and find out the gender before we do any serious dicussing on this topic though :). 

[TriciaRawks]

I totally get that whole "protection thing" with thinking of names yourself. I'd feel that way too if I thought my names were that original. I used to think some of them were and then I'd think of some celebrity with that name or find it on a baby name chart and I realize I wasn't the first after all. 

I like that name- Blaise, too! Pretty cool. 

You know, I seem to recall watching some Netflix documentary about baby names and how that affects children. There was something about lots of kids being named "Unique" spelled out all sorts of different ways. I figure, your kid is gonna be unique whether or not that is their name. Or they might just be normal....which you'll probably...at some point...thank God for.

[Thursday Girl]

Tricia if you figure out the name of the movie I would LOVE to know so I can watch it.

I love playing the name game, and at the start I really got into it, but finding NOTHING new I lost interest. I brought name books on our road trip thinking we would have time to do it and Hubs was right there (he dislikes the name game) but I wasn't into it. I had been calling baby Arlo, but it just wasn't sounding right. Then Hubs said he was really stuck on Whitaker (which is what Juniper would have been if she was a boy) and it turned out I still really love it. So now I am calling the baby Whit or Whitaker. (we passed so many streets named Whitaker on our roadtrip and a town called Whitakers.)

so now we have a girl name and a boy name and for the time being I don't feel like figuring out middle names, maybe later, maybe when we find out if it's a boy or girl.

oh and we have a Josephine, it is a GREAT name, quite popular now which we didn't expect but we know about 10 other little girl Josephine's, plus the ones we just ran into or have seen their names on birth announcements and such.

[alyadri]

I've always loved the name Pieta.  On the other name thread I had also listed Tsalika (sal-i-ka) and Araceli (celi for short)  Unfortunately, my husband doesn't care for them and it'd be a bit awkward since I have friends with those names.

So far the only names we've agreed on for this baby are:

Gage and Ezra for a boy

Addalyn and Esra for a girl

[alyadri]

Oh and for my dd Alyvia I had also picked the name Siri before she was born.  She looked more like an Alyvia though.

[Bobbys]

May I throw a vote in for Addalyn? That's beautiful. I love A names for girls.
 

Originally Posted by alyadri 

Addalyn and Esra for a girl

[cameragirl]

Our first is named Emma Rosemary. That took forever to agree upon. Not because we weren't agreeing. We were just too afraid to pick a name that wouldn't age well. Last time I had a feeling that it was a girl, and this time...I just don't know. I thought I would by now, but it feels 50/50. I like Benjamin and Liam for a boy. Piper is a favorite for a girl, or Sage. I want to somehow stay with the earthy/herby/flowery middle name if possible. That or incorporate a family name for the middle name. My dad and grandfather's names are William August, so I might use part of that. Or we could go really old school and pull out a family name from the middle ages.

[Brisen]

Isn't Liam a derivative (or whatever) of William?  William August is a great name, no wonder it was used twice!  Is it pronounced ah-GOOST? or like the month?

We have used a few family names, but they're not that old; our oldest has the same name as dh's grandfather, which is also one of dh's middle names, and as we found out recently, one of dh's uncles has the same name, but he goes by his middle name.  The names of our youngest two came from my dad's mother's side of the family -- her two grandfather's names.  But dh's family has done family history back to the 1600s, and those two names keep popping up over and over again.  

Edited to add a little bit of clarity.  I'm not sure where my brain is.

Edited by Brisen - 8/9/11 at 8:15am

[Brisen]

At the playground, there was a group of 3 or 4 sisters, or at least I think they were sisters.  A few of them were, anyway.  At any rate, it sounded like three sisters named Autumn, Ivy, and Lily.  Cute sibling names (if they were siblings!).

[Imakcerka]

My cousins are Piper and Patrick, girl and boy.  I love their names.  I would use Piper myself but I just don't think it will fit, they also have an Irish last name.

 

Originally Posted by cameragirl 

I like Piper and Benjamin...but I just can't get a feel on it this time. We didn't decide until around 7 months with DD...but with that pregnancy, I KNEW from early on that it was a girl. This time it has been hard to judge, and I can't even put a finger on more names that I like.

[cameragirl]

Originally Posted by Brisen 

Isn't Liam a derivative (or whatever) of William?  William August is a great name, no wonder it was used twice!  Is it pronounced ah-GOOST? or like the month?

We have used a few family names, but they're not that old; our oldest has the same name as dh's grandfather, which is also one of dh's middle names, and as we found out recently, one of dh's uncles has the same name, but he goes by his middle name.  The names of our youngest two came from my dad's mother's side of the family -- her two grandfather's names.  But dh's family has done family history back to the 1600s, and those two names keep popping up over and over again.  

Edited to add a little bit of clarity.  I'm not sure where my brain is.

With my dad, it is pronounced August, like the month. My grandfather's parents were German immigrants, so it probably sounded like ah-GOOST. I kind of like my great-grandfather and 2x great-grandfather's name - Andreas. Great grandpa changed it to Andrew and Americanized the last name when he moved here, much to the dismay of the rest of the family.

Oh - and Liam is short for William. I was sort of named after my father. Jillian is a feminine form of William.

[dooo]

let me contribute some greek names on this thread

If it's a girl, Andromache (ancient greek name), after my mother. We will call her Mache for short.

If it's a boy, George (Yiorgos in greek), after my father. We have that kind of tradition in Greece, but it's not obligatory. I happen to like both my parents' names and I want my second child to constantly remind me of them.. My first child is named Marina (greek and italian name I think), after my husband's father name (Marinos).

[TriciaRawks]

So, anyone have any children whose birth or conception was correlated with another older family member's passing? I just ask because my husband's grandfather passed away about the same time we conceived this babe. We were just talking about it last night and thought maybe it would be appropriate to find a way to name the child after him. His name is Floyd.

On a semi-related note, we have a favorite card game we sometimes played called "Killer Bunnies and the Quest for the Magic Carrot". In that game, one of the magical carrot's names is Flo...and she is a favorite. So I was thinking, hey we could name the baby "Flo....like short for Florence or Flor"....Idk, what do ya'll think about that? Lol...

[Frenchie2]

Originally Posted by TriciaRawks 

So, anyone have any children whose birth or conception was correlated with another older family member's passing? I just ask because my husband's grandfather passed away about the same time we conceived this babe. We were just talking about it last night and thought maybe it would be appropriate to find a way to name the child after him. His name is Floyd.

On a semi-related note, we have a favorite card game we sometimes played called "Killer Bunnies and the Quest for the Magic Carrot". In that game, one of the magical carrot's names is Flo...and she is a favorite. So I was thinking, hey we could name the baby "Flo....like short for Florence or Flor"....Idk, what do ya'll think about that? Lol...

My oldest shares a birthday (and it was his due date) with an aunt and uncle, my second had a due date on the same day that my aunt had passed 2 years earlier although he was born the day after and this one is due on the birthday of my DH's only aunt who passed away 4 years ago.  We are thinking about incorporating her name into this baby's name probably in the middle name.