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Baby names
Since both my daughters are expecting (grandbaby clouds 7 and 8), I have been collecting and considering names. Not my choice to make in the end, but I am graciously granted some input rights.
Did I tell you? (can't remember). Beautiful Daughter No. 1, who already has four girls, is now expecting a boy! Yay! But boys names are hard. We don't like common names like Daniel or Matthew, but don't want something too weird or too hard to spell. In the lead for BD#1 are: Ander, Kai and Jace. Middle name will most likely be Javier. In the lead for BD#2 (who will not know beforehand what she's having) is, apparently, Lazarus. u:( Don't like that one. Kinda long (no pun intended!) (anybody else get that?) and the only nickname I can parse from it is Lazy. Anyway, for your amusement, here are some names we have collected. Not all of these are getting serious consideration. Aislinn Astrid Canyon Cloud Crimson Darby Delyth Echo Gaia/Gaius Guthrie Halcyon Iona Mab/Maeve Meru Rhythm Auryn Xanthe Thea Revel Celedon Cerulean Dresdan Rhys Eris Silvio Declan Luka Malachi Quetzl Pagan Rune Beran/Beren Blaise/Blaze Dario (Darius) Danilo Dermell Harper Sterling Silver Teru Rio Indigo/Inigo/Vigo Ander Beckett Blake Dashiel Dayo Dax Drake Gian Flynn Jace Jett Kal Lucian Mac Malachai/Chai/Kai Remy Tirso (family name) Tru Ty Val Zeke Zuma |
Quetzl the Pretzel....
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There are a lot of names on that list that will ensure he gets his ass kicked on a weekly basis! :lol:
I like Rhys! |
But will you like Rhys's Pieces?
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I love Astrid and Iona!
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Astrid always makes me thing of Pippi Longstocking -I think maybe it was the author's name? Astring Linsomethingorother
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As I said, many not seriously being considered.
We already have: Azalea, Cyan, Rahvin, Meilyn, Marlee, Jayden So you can see the kinds of names which would match. And besides, if he gets his ass kicked, he'll just grow up to be a football player; make lots of money, and keep his grammy in style in her old age. |
We're just helping with the elimination here :lol:
you have malachai on there twice, btw. I like that one. for either gender :lol: |
Cloud is cool too ;)
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kind of a mashup of lists from different sources. And I do have two babies named after me: Marlee (which includes my name); and Jayden Cloud. that's enough.
Lots of color names since those run in the family. Revel is kinda cool. I like Teru, too but no one else does. One set of parents does not want anything too "white" or "preppy" in order to go with a spanish last name. So many considerations! |
Lots of name information at this site. But I like the interactive chart that shows the popularity of a name you type in.
http://www.babynamewizard.com/voyage...=f&exact=false |
In my day the kid would stand no chance. First one to get his ass kicked in middle school. And, the mere fact that Gaia/Gaius made the list means that whomever added it should have zero role in name choice. ZERO ROLE. I don't care about "seriously considered", if you added it to the list you must depart.
In fact a good third of the names there are practically girl's names. Astrud Gilberto, great French chick singer. Ione Skye, chick actress. Remy, I believe is a Cognac. I hope things have changed since then, but I doubt it. I suggest finding a man to name this child. The women are doing him a major disservice. You chicks want to be cute about it, but you have no idea. You think, oh great, let's make him unique. It's really, oh great let's give him an anchor to drag around. Luka is acceptable, but everyone knows he lives on the second floor and quietly gets physically abused by his parents. Give the kid half a chance, use Dar's wizard and pick something in the top 500 for the last 10 years. And it has to be blue. If the name's blue, it's coo'. If the name's pink, it stinks. |
Luka also sells pizza.
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I think undertoad would be a great name for a child. Especially a girl.
The kids with the boring names would get picked on at my kids' school, if they weren't all so busy spreading love and peace. |
Ugh. No top names! Boys names are all the same.
Yeah, I get the point, really. And these kids have fathers who must choose and agree to the name, (and I don't even get veto power) so we'll see. |
Jace sounds like you're doing my imitation of a Charo. (jace=yes)
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Dayo:
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there's a boy in Thor's grade called Garnet. That's pretty cool.
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Beetlegeuse would be interesting....
oh dear, you've got me started...... (I love names) |
Rhythm begs the question "Is that what method your parents were using?
Condom would be a great manly-sounding name if it wasn't for.....well, you know Pill would be a great girl's name. Oh she's a pill! |
someone else can post now. rly.
(For a moment there I misread Dax as Drax. Next I'll be suggesting Dat--yss. MUST. LEAVE. THREAD. ) |
How about Flash?
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let's hope he doesn't suffer from occupational nominative determinism
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Rhythym is horrible. I can't even spell it. |
Cellar would be such a cooool name.....
(basement would be the redneck version) |
Not sure if I mentioned this (and a search failed to bring it up); but one of my cow orker's just got a grandkid named Stormy Dae.
Stripper name! |
A boy named Sue. :thumbsdn:
Probably end up a lawyer. |
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Where's Radar? I'm waiting for his rant on nonstandard baby names.
I like Jasper for a boy. A little old-fashioned, but not terribly common. |
Oh man, Pagan is a really bad idea. I promise. I mean, besides the fact that you've just guaranteed he'll rebel by becoming a rigid fundamentalist, all through his youth he is going to be quietly discriminated against by those same fundamentalists. Can you just imagine, say, his third grade teacher muttering to herself in disgust, "Well I never..." and suddenly his papers just aren't getting the same grades they were the year before? Your child's name is no place for a political statement.
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What UT said. Really.
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Your list: Aislinn - how is the pronounced? ahs-linn or ase-linn? doesn't matter, too girly. Astrid - no, ugly. again is it ah-strid or ae-strid? Canyon - I like Cloud - you already have a g-kid with that in their name Crimson - I like Darby - no Delyth - too girly Echo - girl name Gaia/Gaius -no Guthrie -fuck no Halcyon -what? i thought y'all wanted easy spellings. maybe i'm just a poor reader, but that is another iffy pronunciation. Iona - girly Mab/Maeve - only 1 syllable, no Meru - its ok Rhythm - no Auryn - what? Xanthe - i like, but its only 1 syllable, so not for a first name Thea - 1 syllable, no Revel - its ok Celedon - really? you serious? no Cerulean - i like, but might be too girly Dresdan - sounds like an alien sci-fi book or something. Its OK Rhys - you know why not Eris - girly Silvio - its ok Declan - its ok Luka - no, i see a starving eastern european kid with that name Quetzl - i like it, but it would be hard to spell for some (mainly idiots). Pagan - no, reasons clod stated Rune - no, too paganish, and 1 syllable Beran/Beren - too close to barren (as in unable to produce) Blaise/Blaze - 1 syllable Dario (Darius) - i like Darius, and Dario is an acceptable nick-name Danilo - i like it Dermell - no Harper - its ok Sterling - just don't like it for a name Silver - same as Sterling Teru - no Rio - no, think about it, do you really want to name a boy "river." there will be enuf pee related incidents. you don't need a self-fulling prophecy like this. Indigo/Inigo/Vigo - Indigo is ok Ander - i like Beckett - too much like a last name Blake - no Dashiel - i like it Dayo - i like it Dax - no Drake - no Gian - how do you pronounce? Flynn - no, its a last name Jace - no Jett - no Kal - no Lucian - I kinda like it but it sounds like an evil character. Mac - no Malachai/Chai/Kai - I like Malachai, but still sounds like an evil character. Remy - no Tirso (family name) - that one is interesting Tru - no Ty - no Val - no Zeke - Only if you go with Ezekiel as the real name Zuma - kinda girly Well, thats my opinion for ya. I also like the boy name Elijah, but it didn't make your list. :( |
Zen, do you have a "regular" or an "alternative" name?
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Alternative when I was young, but getting a little commonplace now.
Hearing it mangled by teachers was bad enough, but it also made an easy target for teasing. |
I hate my plain name. Wish I had an "alternative" one. I was teased for plenty of other things, even if I were teased for my name it would be worth it because it would be unique.
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Wanna be teased for your name?
Ok. Anything to oblige a lady. MoreThanPretty! GotNiceTitty! VisitMyCity! KissYourClitty! |
I think the list includes girly names because the sex of one of the babies is not yet known.
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I never minded having a non-common name; I just wish it was more mellifluous.
And.... I spelled that right the first time! Go me! |
Thanks MTP--I tend to agree with most of them. That list is more of a brainstorming list, not all of them are under serious consideration. And yeah, one of the kids doesn't know the sex yet, so we are listing both boys and girls names.
Now the front runner seems to be "Orion" for the boy. Who the hell knows. Oh, and my name only has one syllable. In fact, my first and last name each have only one syllable--lots of people remember it easily. |
I misread that as Onion. Next!
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Thor only has one syllable -believe me he doesn't need two!
Thea and Xanthe I would pronounce both with two syllables. |
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How about B. Russell Sprout? Artie Choke? Chopin Broccoli? |
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Broccoli would work with a Latin last name, I think.....
Actually I liked Onion. Rhymes with Bunion, though. |
Rhythm Onion Bunion. Call him Rob.
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although round here it's quite popular with African Americans (who generally are not "fair-haired" -which is what it means) -and they usually pronounce it Ex-an-thay |
Going back to color names, what about Turquoise? and Garnet could be considered a color too.
Nimbus. |
Salmon.
Umber. Mauve (and then there's Mauve, and then there's Mauve, that old compromisin' enterprisin' anything but tranquilizin' Right on Mauve!) |
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Thats what everyone is gonna end up callin him anyway |
How about a name that expresses his individuality yet asserts his masculinity, like Pinky Bruno?
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Pecan
Cedar Cypress Gecko Amaranth |
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Marine
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Absinthe
Clove Mustard Seed Cinno-man! |
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now y'all are just being silly!
Oh, wait . . . forgot where I was for a sec! |
I wasn't being silly. much.
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