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Kaykay
Member
01-21-2004
| Wednesday, April 28, 2004 - 11:12 am
Girls names: Rose Julia (If I had another - WHICH I WON'T - i would pick this) Amanda Ashley
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Wednesday, April 28, 2004 - 11:19 am
Darcie is a wonderful name! if you can't be named Juju
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Fruitbat
Member
08-07-2000
| Wednesday, April 28, 2004 - 11:42 am
Yes, everyone calls our son Thomas, never Tom. Grace Georgia Lily Cozette George Henry
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Pcakes2
Member
08-29-2001
| Wednesday, April 28, 2004 - 12:08 pm
I am probably in the minority here, but I think you should name your child what you intend to call it, and not be concerned about it having an important sounding name. I prefer simple names Girls: Kelly Jaclyn/Jackelyn/Jacqueline Avery Grace Jesse Jamie Holly Boys: Jack Sam Max Alex That's all I can think of off the top of my head.
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Fruitbat
Member
08-07-2000
| Wednesday, April 28, 2004 - 12:24 pm
I have a son named Sam also. Be careful. That is a fad name now, as many here I see listed. You may not care. It would be very big for me. Ashley, Max, Jack, Caitlin (however you choose to spell it)Caleb, Madison, Bailey, Ryan (for girl) to name a few. Get the book Beyond Madison. They keep tabs on that. I LOVE that Bruce and Demi named their youngest daughter Talulah. Love that name.
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Wednesday, April 28, 2004 - 12:26 pm
oh and don't succumb to pressure from the family, or you may end up with a child being named something to appease everyone - like: Landileigh Lee Maria Theresa Angelina diMilani James-Pastorini (married name=Nelson) btw:i liked "Holly" too! <sweet smile>
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Wednesday, April 28, 2004 - 12:34 pm
if I ever adopt a kid, I intend to name her Ella. My second choice is Rachel, but pronounced the Hebrew way [with the glottel sound on the /ch/, like in "chutzpah"]. For boys, I like regular Old Testament names. Noah, David, Elijah, Abel, Abraham, etc.
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Rupertbear
Member
09-19-2003
| Wednesday, April 28, 2004 - 12:40 pm
There are tons of Irish names out there to choose from, Spitfire. Lots and lots of sites too, which list them. I think the 'flow' of a name...how it goes with the surname can be important, too.
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Pcakes2
Member
08-29-2001
| Wednesday, April 28, 2004 - 1:02 pm
It amazes me how many people name their kids after TV characters/actors? I've always wondered how many people, after watching Sienfeld, named their daughters Seven??? I had a friend who named her kids after Dynasty characters including Krsytal, Alexis & Fallon. I have childhood friend who named her daughter Sabrina. When we were younger and played Charlie's Angels, and she was always Sabrina. Hmmm...Maybe that's why I like Kelly & Jaclyn!! I'm sure there are a ton of 30 something year olds named Farrah.
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Wednesday, April 28, 2004 - 1:07 pm
Pcakes, I used to have two American lit professors who had a baby, but there was a problem: one professor did early American literature and the other did contemporary literature. The one who did early American lit joked that she wanted to name the baby after a famous early American, like Cotton Mather or Increase Mather (imagine naming a child Increase or Cotton, for pete's sake!). The other joked that he wanted to name the baby after an inanimate object, and he preferred "Lightbulb." They eventually named their baby Oscar.
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Fruitbat
Member
08-07-2000
| Wednesday, April 28, 2004 - 1:20 pm
On Peoples Court there was a defendant named Smurfette. I can just picture a 16 year old spending her pregnancy on the couch watching cartoons.
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Marysafan
Member
08-07-2000
| Wednesday, April 28, 2004 - 1:23 pm
I like names that are chosen because there is some meaning behind them. Like someone said above, the day will come when you will be asked how you chose the name. Naming a child has such responsibility. What if they don't like the name! What if someone makes a silly nickname out of it! I agonized over it for months! My husband and I both come from large extended families and we wanted names that were not already taken...so that eliminated a lot of names. My name is Mary (betcha didn't know that) and my mother's name is Mary and her mother's name was Mary and her mother's name was Mary, but I decided it was time to put a stop to that! Hubby and I made a deal. If the baby was a girl, I would have final say on the name. If the baby was a boy, he would. Hubby had a cousin who was a Peace Corp volunteer in the 1960's until he was murdered in Laos. Hubby decided that our son would be named Martin Paul in honor of his cousin. However, It was our daughter who was born in the early 1970's. At the time there were three ladies who talents I admired. One had an incredible singing voice. The second was a cute and perky comedic actress with a wonderful sense of humor. The third was a Canadian figure skating champion. So in honor of Karen Carpenter, Karen Valentine, and Karen Magnuson, we named her Karen Ann. The Ann represented that we lived on Princess Anne Road at the time of her birth and my favorite place in the whole world was my grandmother's house which was on Ann street. So you see...a lot of thought went into that. Well, that's the way it is with first borns. Then five years later, we had another opportunity to choose a name. This time we decided to be fair...it was hubby's turn to name our child. By this time, Martin's father had passed away, and being that he was also my husband's godfather, hubby decided that he would honor him. So our son would have been called Phillip and to honor my family he chose the middle name of Douglas after my father. I wanted Kevin because I thought Kevin and Karen sounded cute together (I was such a dork!). But Phillip Douglas never arrived. Hubby had chosen Sarah Jane. It was hard for him to choose a girl's name and I have no idea how he came up with that one. We were set on Sarah right up until the due date...but when that passed and no little one showed up...hubby began to have second thoughts. He went to the back of the dictionary, and went through the list of names they had listed there. After perusing the whole list from A-Z, he closed the book and said, "There is only one name that I really like." Rachael Lynn was born two weeks later. Being that she arrived the day that Dorothy Hamil won the gold medal, I asked about honoring the young lass and naming our little one Dorothy, but hubby nixed that idea. Good thing! Rachael hates the name Dorothy! My best advice is whatever you choose, make sure that you are both okay with it.
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Spitfire
Member
07-18-2002
| Wednesday, April 28, 2004 - 1:40 pm
I'm lovin all the stories, keep them coming. I love hearing all the ideas. OMH- Smurfette, that is tooo funny.
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Pcakes2
Member
08-29-2001
| Wednesday, April 28, 2004 - 1:47 pm
Tishala...Oscar as in My bologna has a first name..it's O-S-C-A-R !!! Or the little grouchy guy who lived in a garbage can??? (LOL) I was named Patricia, which I have never been called. My mom's choices were: Stacy, Tracy, Samantha or Kelly (that's that dang Kelly name again!!). Being that my mother could not make a decision if her life depended on it, she asked all the family members...no one liked any of them. My father wanted to name me Frankie (which would have been fine by me), but no one liked that either. Back in the 60's you couldn't take you baby home without a name, so hastily I was named after my mother. My family had always called my Mom Patty, so til this day my family calls me Trish or Tricia. The rest of the world calls me Patty or P. My husband has 2 friends..one just adopted a relatives baby...the Mom is a crack addict, but was sober enough to have them put her name on the birth certificate...she named her daughter Heaven. The other (being a pompous @ss) named his son Senator. As mentioned in an earlier post...I too like Bruce & Demi's name choice of Talulah Belle...but let's face it...if she was the daughter of Joe & Jane Average, she would be teased tremendously. My cousin who is a 15 yr old girl is named Blake (first name) Madison (middle name). Madison is our famiy name and has been incoporated into do many of our family members names...it's amuzing to me that it's so popular. Wasn't Madison the name Tom Hanks gave Daryl Hannah is Splash???
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Fruitbat
Member
08-07-2000
| Wednesday, April 28, 2004 - 1:55 pm
I think so, he found her on Madison Ave.
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Hippyt
Member
09-10-2001
| Wednesday, April 28, 2004 - 1:57 pm
I actually know a guy named Sevin,but he's an adult,so he was named before Seinfeld. Must have had weird parents!
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Kimmo
Member
05-02-2003
| Wednesday, April 28, 2004 - 2:14 pm
Spitfire, do you prefer Irish names? I think my favorite boy's Irish name is Ciaran (pronounced Seeran). I forget what it means....I also like Aidan, but according to "People," Aidan/Aden/etc was the top boy's name of 2003. I think "Jaden" was #2. My library has a neat baby name book that is all about baby names around the world. It will take a "root name" (like Catherine) and show its iterations in all languages (including Irish/ Gaelic). I think "Splash!" is why so many girls are named Madison! One of my favorite girl names is Ripley, but it wouldn't work with our last name, and DH does not like the "gender neutral" names. Fortunately he thinks Rowan is a very masculine name (I always thought of it as neutral)!
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Pcakes2
Member
08-29-2001
| Wednesday, April 28, 2004 - 2:27 pm
Wasn't Ripley Sigourney Weaver's name in Alien?? I'm starting to think I watch a little too much TV!
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Kimmo
Member
05-02-2003
| Wednesday, April 28, 2004 - 2:35 pm
Pcakes, you're right...It would be part homage to a smart female heroine and sci-fi. And I just like the look/sound.
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Froggiegirl621
Member
02-14-2003
| Wednesday, April 28, 2004 - 2:54 pm
Oh Spitfire, how fun! I love helping people pick out baby names. I have lists of them. I'll post some of my favorites... For a boy: Kieran Caleb Logan Trevor Luke Cole Mason Tristan Jude Hayden Colby Parker Micah Trey Liam Jonah Avery Aidan Kaden Elijah Noah Jacob Reed For a girl: Kayla Madison Cameron Briana Kaylee Riley Mia Maya Aubrey Katelynn Kelsie Avery Halle Bailey Bethany Kyla Layne Leah Miranda Paige Have fun!
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Fruitbat
Member
08-07-2000
| Wednesday, April 28, 2004 - 2:55 pm
Another thing to consider is, will your child have to spell their name for the rest of their life. A friend named her daughter Chistina. She spelled it Krystina. This made me nuts! The child has to spell her last name as it is. My name never had to be spelled to anyone. My married name does.
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Kimmo
Member
05-02-2003
| Wednesday, April 28, 2004 - 3:21 pm
Fruitbat, I agree...That is one reservation I have about the name Ciaran. But it's such a great name! Froggie has Kieran in her list, which I also like (but then I think of Kieran Culkin. I read too much "People"! Thank goodness my gift subscription runs out this year ).
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Hippyt
Member
09-10-2001
| Wednesday, April 28, 2004 - 3:32 pm
Oh,geez,I sooo agree. A friend of mine named their sons Stone and Cole,only they spell them Stoen and Col. Sheeshhhhh
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Rabbit
Member
08-12-2001
| Wednesday, April 28, 2004 - 3:34 pm
What the Spain is going on here. You all are making it so confusing. If it's a girl its named Bunny, a boy is Buck. If you have more than one you sort them out with a numeric suffix. Arabic numerals are less confusing than Roman numerals if you go over 100. Sheesh, this isn't rocket science folks.
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Rupertbear
Member
09-19-2003
| Wednesday, April 28, 2004 - 5:13 pm
Kimmo, my oldest son's middle name is Kieran but it's pronounced with a hard 'K'.
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