Names? - Page 2

[Jennisee]

I like names that are uncommon, but not unusual. The kind of name where you've heard of the name but probably don't know anyone with the name. My DD is named Evelyn.

For a boy, we've had the name Ethan picked out since we were in high school, when it was only #75 on most popular name list. Now that it's in the top 5, I'm kind of ticked. I still love the name, but I'm a member of Planet Jennifer, and I don't want to put my kid through that. Evan is a possible alternative. I adore the name Chester, but DH hates it. We've also considered Sebastian. I do also like the idea of naming a boy after my brothers, John William, but I'm worried that two Johns in the family would create a lot of confusion.

For a girl, my favorite name is Mariah, but DH vetoed that when I was pregnant with DD. I also like Lila, Leah, Veronica, Victoria, and Scarlet.

[accountclosed6]

I think the name dilemma will be our biggest hurdle- my DH is big on vetoing names, but never comes up with any suggestions of his own.

As a child with the #1 most common name of the 70's and 80's (Planet Jennifer here too!), I am adamant that any name we pick not be in the top 100 SSN list, preferably not in the top 500! The names I like the best aren't even in the top 1000.

I love names with z's and x's, and I like hippie-ish names too.

I have the best boy's name ever picked out, but I don't know if DH will agree to it.

He doesn't like names that have an automatically shortened form- like Nicholas-Nick, etc. Since we both have different last names, the baby will have both, so it has to sound good with our disparate last names.

This will be a challenge!

[MissAnnThrope]

I'm picky about names. Growing up as a Jennifer I don't want my children to have to share a name with someone else. I see names as part of their idenity and that shouldn't have to be shared. So if the name is in the top 1000 on SS website for any year... it's out.

DD is Kyja Breanne (the J is silent. and it is a Scandinavian name)

DS is Daylen Zane

For another girl we are thinking Aroura Bjorn (Bjorn is a male name meaning bear but I like it and it also is Scandinavian and the j is silent)

For another boy we are considering Soren Joseph (Joseph is dh's dad's name and Soren sounds more like it starts with a Z than a S but it is not a strong sound)

But they are not set in stone yet so we will see.

[rmzbm]

That is too funny! When I was growing up I wished SO MUCH that my name was Jennifer, because it was SO common! My name is Marie and there weren't ANY! I wanted a very common name! I've grown to love my name thogugh, it suits me!

[sadiejane08]

Don't get *too* creative with names . . . I hated mine (Grayson) growing up. I got some teasing ("Grace face" et al), but that's probably because I was very shy and nerdy and it would have happened with any name. Mainly I didn't like my name because it was *so* unusual, was more often used as a boy's name (though I've met other girls with it), and was never spelled right.

Now I *love* my name and I'm glad it's relatively unique. But I think children generally would rather blend in than stand out

[rmzbm]

Originally Posted by sadiejane08

Now I *love* my name and I'm glad it's relatively unique. But I think children generally would rather blend in than stand out

My 5 YO's name is Madison, the Jennifer of the new millenium!

And I LOVE, and have for years, the name Grayson!

[jenangelcat]

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[ORLY?]

MissAnn- I really like the name "Daylen"! I've never heard that one before. I've met a lot of Dallins but never a Daylen.

[Sagesgirl]

Trust me, there were never any other Sabras in my classes.

But my senior class had two different young women named Xochitl. (I think one of them may have been Xochilt; both are common spellings.)

[rmzbm]

Originally Posted by Sagesgirl

my senior class had two different young women named Xochitl. (I think one of them may have been Xochilt; both are common spellings.)

I never heard that name, and there were TWO?! Wow!

[Ironica]

but I'm a member of Planet Jennifer,

Bwahahaha... what a great way of putting it!

My best friend was named Jennifer. I say "was," because although that's what it still says on her official documents, nobody EVER calls her that. She introduces herself:

"Hi, I'm Danny. It's short for Jennifer. I'm named after my grandmother Mathilde."

And it's all true!

[rmzbm]

Originally Posted by Ironica

"Hi, I'm Danny. It's short for Jennifer. I'm named after my grandmother Mathilde."

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[countrybound]

If we have a girl her name will most likely be Delaney or Delanie
If we have a boy we're clueless.
I thought Kaden was going to be unusual, and then I had him and it seems every kid is named Kaden LOL. My name is Marelle (first 3 letters out of Margret and the next 4 out of Ellen, which was my grandma's name.) pronounced Ma-relle. So I wanted something different for my kids too, well no such luck.

[counterGOPI]

the only name we really really like right now is sydney my daughters name is kaulini though so we'll see!

[LadyBee]

We already have both our names picked out The girl one was left from the lest pregnancy and the middle and both boy names are family ones. We like traditional names and also fmaily names because it makes them more meaningful to us. Let's see if we don't change our mind though!

[apriljoy]

Our last name is Scots-Irish. For our son, we chose an Irish first name (Aidan) and a Scottish middle name (Leith). This time, I'm kind of stuck on Aislinn Skye for a girl--as with our son's name, the first name would be Irish and the second name would be Scottish (a physical area of Scotland in both cases--actually, my family came to America from the Skye region in the late 1700s, so it has special meaning). For a boy? I dunno. I tend to favor names that begin with vowels (Ewan is at the top of my list...but I also like Liam and Cian). I have no idea about the middle name yet. I love Ewan Morrissey, but I don't know if dh would go for that. And I really want to have an Irish name and a Scottish name. It's good that I have a while to think about this.

[rmzbm]

Originally Posted by apriljoy

Aislinn Skye for a girl

LOVE IT!

[famille_huggins]

We love the name Keaton Rebecca for a girl, and have no clue what to name a boy. I like the name William. It's a family name. I love it shortened to Will, but really hate the name Bill, so that may cause it to be out.

[Megan73]

During my last pregnancy, DH and I kept picking boys names that we couldn't use because people we know used them – like Finn and Owen.
We're now thinking that a boy would be Declan (a bit of a hommage to Elvis Costello, too) and a girl, Alice. DH's last name is Johnson.

[3for3hb]

Wow, I'm soooo not good at coming up with names:
Ds #1 is Willem Christopher (middle name after dh) first name because we liked it and my mom didn't : AND he was named when he was 4 days old.
Ds#2 is Gabriel Evan, not named after anyone in particular. He was named 9 days after birth but we didn't announce it until Thanksgiving (11 days pp).

I loved the name Niah Mireya (NEYE-ah mir-AYE-ah) Kaleo Serene (meaning heavenly voice) for a girl last time around but dh thinks they are too exotic (and we have a pretty common last name. But then again, "Monique" is always the call girl or the exotic dancer in movies and I've even been told that "Dr. Monique" doesn't sound right so it seems most of my patients use my first name only after a few visits. So maybe dh is right on the exotic sounding names.

I have absolutely no idea this soon in the pregnancy.