Speaking of babies: If you had another kid (or your first), what would

[Redstone]

you name him or her?

Mrs R and I won't be breeding anymore, but we did cut the list of (unused, because we had a boy) girl's names down to three: Marielle, Panayiota, or Caledonia (with reasons for each).

And please, if you're expecting a girl, don't consider Makayla or any variant thereof. My 4th-grader's school is full of them. It's like the Jennifer epidemic back in the 1980s.

So what would be your picks?

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[bicentennial_baby]

1. Ok, you're gonna laugh...

for a girl: Pixie Rose
for a boy: Michael Andrew

don't ask me why i looooove Pixie Rose as much as i do, i can't help it :)


:hi:

[Redstone]

14. Maybe because there's a bit of the pixie about your own looks?

Just based on the short-hair pictures of yourself that you've posted.

Redstone

[Radio_Lady]

35. Our "merged" family was already "stuffed" when we married --

Most of us had usual names:

Ellen and Allen married, and already had -- Michael, Karen, and Cindy (his kids), Linda and David (my kids).

For my wedding present, my husband got himself "fixed" 90 days after we got married! That was the best gift he could have given me. Our house was like a Marine barracks with seven people; two full-time jobs -- when we started out, we had one child in EVERY level of the local school system from pre-school to high school. Yikes!

But occasionally, I do float free to think about the "perfect" sixth child we would have created.

But a name?

Wow! I never gave that a thought! (My husband is doing taxes and when I asked him, he just told me, "Put down anything -- I can't communicate about that now!" What a brute!)

I might have named a girl Emily Rose. I might have named a boy Adam Daniel.

But, in reality, we have YOURS and MINE, but no OURS!

[mwdem]

74. My son's name is Andrew Michael!

Pixie Rose is great!

[LeftyMom]

2. I can't really see myself having a girl

A boy'd probably be Joseph (for my late uncle) Sandor (part geeky fantasy fangirl thing, part good Hungarian name.) I have no idea what I'd call a girl maybe Nichelle, after the lady who played Uhura on Star Trek.

I'm a dork.

[u4ic]

25. I love the name Sandor

and Sebastian, though I wouldn't name my son the latter - I named my bird it, instead. A couple of years later, 'he' layed an egg. :silly:

For a girl, it would be Isabella or Tatiana.

[Rabrrrrrr]

3. Gretchen or Michiko for a girl

Thor or Shin-Ichiro or Akira for a boy.

[WindRavenX]

4. male: Elijiah

Female: Norah

I just like the way "Elijiah" looks.

[Rabrrrrrr]

5. You sure you want that "i" between "j" and "a"?

Changes the meaning of the name, you know.

And would you pronounce it "ee-lie-jee-uh" or still go with "ee-lie-juh"

[WindRavenX]

6. Can you explain?

I did not know this...

[Rabrrrrrr]

7. It goes from "Yahweh is my God"

to "Jiah is my God".

[WindRavenX]

11. Ahhh thanks for that

Dammit. I liked how it looked.

[Rabrrrrrr]

13. Whether anyone will know that is another issue. Jews, of course,

would most likely get it, and either think it funny or be offended, and most likely wonder if the kid's parents have any idea what the name actually means.

I think it's also confusing to give a kid a name that isn't spelled normally. It's not a deal breaker - it would take a pretty stupid kid not to get it - but something to consider.

[WindRavenX]

18. I'm not Jewish

Nor am I expecting a kid anytime soon, but that you very much for pointing this out to me :)

Elijah.

[Dark]

8. Ulthura Malthawidge for a girl. Lagrood Pepepants Eggleston for a boy.

I hate kids.

[Redstone]

15. It shows.

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[flvegan]

9. Oh, great topic, sir! For me,

Girl (and I'm sure it sounds lame, but): Haelee Dakota. That, or Amnesty.
Boy: Vlad or Wolfgang. And yes, Vlad as in Vlad The Impaler (Dracula).

This is one of the many reasons that I should NOT have any kids.

[Redstone]

19. No, you probably shouldn't. Naming a kid after a concept like

"Amnesty" just isn't right.

That's how there got to be all those Prudences in the Puritan days, and names like Chastity (now distorted by illiterate parents into the sublimely idiotic Chasity).

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[flvegan]

21. You have to admit, though

It is a pretty name. Sort of rolls off the tongue...

[Redstone]

24. It is purty, I'll agree with that. But so is Destiny, and, trust me, name

a girl Destiny and she'll grow up to be snotty. It's some kind of hoodoo.

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[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. My dear Redstone.......

We did have a boy's name picked out, which we never got to use.....

My brother (bless him) used it on his first-born son!

Andrew Duncan ......

The Andrew is from my husband's side of the family...his grandfather, and his brother....

The Duncan is from my side of the family.......

I think it is a very pretty combo......And it is something else on my nephew, who is half Chinese!

Do let me know about your card, OK?


:loveya: :hug:

[Redstone]

20. I got it today, thank you

Nice picture. Very nice.

Redstone

[Cats Against Frist]

12. Violetta Gertrude, or Arlo Wallace

I really want to have another baby, but don't a)want to be pregnant and b)can't afford it. I'm stuck.

[EFerrari]

68. I named my oldest son Arlechino

but we call him Arlo. Lovely, lovely sound and he wears it well. :)

[friesianrider]

16. Caitlin or Charlotte and John Alexander

[miss_american_pie]

17. For a girl

Victoria Jayne or Isabelle Grace.

I refuse to entertain the suggestion that I could have another boy. The second was hard enough to name.

[BamaGirl]

22. If we had another one

it would a Molly Jane or an Eli William. Those were our alternative names when we had our last one.

[China_cat]

23. Hypatia

[DanCa]

26. Zeus (kidding)

You know how come I see a lot of kids named christian but not one named after other religion's? When was the last time you met someone named Buddah after all :D JK - just kidding.

[Dastard Stepchild]

27. Marlys...

I love, love, love, love, love the name. :)

[Redstone]

29. Just for the sound, or is there something else?

I've never seen that one before, though it strikes me as being (middle-ages) English for some reason.

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[Dastard Stepchild]

32. I like the sound...

and I like how it kind of flirts with being both feminine and yet still powerful sounding.
It's pronounced Mar-liss, which I think sounds lovely. :)

I think it's German. I've seen it around Milwaukee and burbs, where my family is from (and which happens to have lots of people of German ancestry running around).

It happens to, coincidentally, also be the name of the cartoon character in my avatar. But I SWEAR it is a coincidence. :)

[AlCzervik]

28. Jackson or Chloe

[CottonBear]

30. Christian Benoit for a boy & JeanMarie (?second name) for a girl.

Boy name from Mr. CB's NOLA/Creole heritage/family and a girl's name from my mom and my Nana.

[Ellen Forradalom]

31. Belen

after my grandmother.

[Xipe Totec]

40. I've always loved that name

It is Spanish for Bethlehem.

It always brings connotations of peace to my mind.

A beautiful choice.

[lildreamer316]

33. Good question and I am not sure.

I've always liked Brianna but I think it is overused. There are so many girls in my immediate family already that I would have been suprised if we had had one. Guess I am not so creative this evening.
BTW did you read my reply to your reply about Bo Bice? Just wondering.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

34. Uvula.

Or maybe Cloaca. Or Asafoetida.

Just kidding.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

46. How about Spatula?

Chlamydia?
Onomatopoeia? :D

[huskerlaw]

36. Hmmm...

Not expecting to have kids, but I love playing with names. My choices are:

Girl: Madilyne Isabella (Maddie) or Delaney Elizabeth (Laney)
Boy: Brady William or Elijah David (Eli)

[MrSlayer]

37. It wouldn't matter. I wasn't allowed to name my kids.

I wanted to name them after gods, no one was on my side.

[Maddy McCall]

38. Seriously, I would name her Mattie McCall Lastname.

These names hold family significance. But I won't have any more yunguns', so I named my dearly departed scottie Maddy McCall, and then I took her name for my DU name.

:hi: RS!

[Giant Robot]

39. Mrs Giant Robot and I fight about this

We have yet to have a child yet, but who knows. My picks for a girl are either Persephone or Rhiannon. For a boy James or Alexander.

[Redstone]

41. OK, next question (I bet there's no answer): Why is it that ONLY

women think in terms of how a kid's first and middles names would go together?

It's true: ask a woman for good kid names, and they'll say "Julia Rose" or "Michael Adam;" ask a guy and he'll say "Sandra" or "Fred" and never give a thought to a middle name.

Look at the posts in this thread and you'll see that this is true.

And why do women do that? Almost nobody, when asked their name, replies with both the first and middle names.

I'm not being critical of the ladies here; just curious. I noticed this a long time ago, and nobody has ever been able to explain it.

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[LeftyMom]

44. Well LeftyKid's day-to-day name is his middle name

I'd probably stick with that with any future rugrats, just because it's unconventional (and I like that) but without having to give the kid some made up name or being overly odd. I like the first name of older family member, middle name significant to me, last name precedent I set with LK so the middle name's the most important and difficult bit, really.

Oh, I'm also thinking Joseph Anson is nice. It flows a little better than Joseph Sandor.

[Giant Robot]

45. My excuse is that I don't have a middle name

So I don't think about them like the rest of the world. I don't know, my parents were lazy or something.

[Redstone]

48. It used to be in the Army, if you had no middle name,

if your name was John Smith, you'd go into the records as Smith, John NMI.

Wonder if they still do that?

Redstone

[Giant Robot]

50. Never served but

when I was a young'un and my friend's mom was trying to give me some grief, she gave me the full name, and said No Middle Name in place of a middle name. It was funny and cute.

[miss_american_pie]

79. Because when you yell out the back door

to come in to dinner, you use both names.

I don't hear dads use the full name that way very often.

[Xipe Totec]

42. Alfaro for a boy, Xochiquetzal for a girl

Alfaro, from Al Pharos = the beacon.

Xochiquetzal, from Xochitl Quetzal = flower bird

[Redstone]

43. Hey, I just learned something! I never knew that "Quetzal" meant

"bird"in general and could be modified with other words; I had thought it meant only that one species of bird.

Thanks for providing me with today's new bit of knowledge.

Redstone

[hickman1937]

47. Cliodhna or Clodagh for a girl

Maybe Miach for a boy. I really like Neasan but it might mean stoat, so probably not a keeper.

[proud2BlibKansan]

49. There is not one Makayla at my school

Must be an east coast trend. LOL

[Redstone]

52. Really? You've escaped the "Makayla" plague?

Lucky young girls where you live. You can't swing a cat at my son's school without hitting one.

Redstone

[proud2BlibKansan]

55. Lot of Madisons here

and Haleys

[Lavender Brown]

51. Elizabeth or John

:bounce:

[asthmaticeog]

53. This was Dolo Amber's idea, but...

...it's a REALLY good one. If I have a son, he'll be "Malcom," because my last name roughly rhymes with "X."

[Beware the Beast Man]

54. Cathyclysmic already vetoed Angus and Malcolm as possible boy names.

:cry:

[asthmaticeog]

56. DRAG.

My friend Ed got his firstborn named Angus, after Angus Young. Shall I have a talk with Cathyclismic, straighten her out? I could make that one of my Festivus grievances if you like.

[Beware the Beast Man]

57. Only if we have two boys. Barrett is still the first choice.

As for the grievances, let 'em rip.

[asthmaticeog]

59. Shit, dude, speaking of...

... I ran across some rare Syd Barrett solo and Syd-era Floyd stuff. Remind me to burn it for you before Festivus.

[Beware the Beast Man]

72. Awesome!

:thumbsup:

I have rare recordings of "Scream thy Last Scream" and "vegetable Man" somewhere, but that is primo!

[spacelady]

58. We made up our little sweetheart's name: Roxyn--accent on first syllable.

edited to add: her initials spell "RAD"

[gollygee]

60. People here spell it Michaela

I have three friends with kids of that name. Not all the exact spelling but all looking very Michael-ish.

I would love a daughter named Rosie. My daughter's name is Lilian so it seems like keeping with flower-inspired names would be cool.

For boys I like Calvin and Robin, but unfortunately Robin has been co-opted by girls in the US.

[HEyHEY]

61. Charlie or McLean for a boy. Lucy or Olivia for a girl

[sleipnir]

62. Jesus. Just like the Christians say it. Not like those ungodly Spaniards

n/t

[Dangerously Amused]

63. It very much depends.

I promised my grandmother (before she died) that if I ever had a baby girl I would name the child Elizabeth Rose, after her (her name was Rose Elizabeth). But if I was married and the father's last name was Rose, or Bush (eeeww,) or something else that didn't quite fit, I would change the name to something better suited. Likewise I would be willing to change the name to something we both agreed upon if for whatever reason the father felt strongly against the name I wanted.

If I had a boy... who knows. I'm partial to the old favorites... David, Andrew, Michael, James, Daniel... all those. But certainly I would value and take into consideration the father's opinion (provided the father was going to be a part of the child's life, and not an anonymous sperm bank donor, or I was adopting as a single parent, or some such arrangement), and/or his family naming traditions, etc.

If it were completely up to me with a boy... I don't know. Maybe I would do what I've done with some pets and bring him home without a name for awhile.... see what his personality suggested, try a few different names on him to see what fits before settling on one.

As a cavet, both palm readers I've ever been to in my life told me that if I ever have children, they'll be boys.

Pity that. I was hoping for more intelligence.


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[Oeditpus Rex]

71. DA, this is the first time someone's agreed with me

I've thought for a long time it's not a good idea to decide on a kid's name — or a hamster's, for that matter — before you have some idea of its personality. I'd go as far as to advocate not naming one's offspring until he/she's 2 or 3 years old. Until then, you can use a number or something.

For that matter, what's wrong with a number for a name? It'd beat the hell out of a lotta others floatin' out there now. (Remember Charlie Brown's brief friend, 5?)

BTW — I actually did see a Chlamydia awhile back in some Florida paper's birth announcements. :eyes:

But, to answer the question... Llama.

[Jamastiene]

64. Boy: Simon Christopher

Girl: Deborah Joan.

That pretty much honors:
John Simon Ritchie (Sid)
Chris Stein
Deborah Harry
Joan Jett

[LeftyMom]

66. I like your girl's name

Probably because it's only a vowel away from my mother's name, Deborah Jean.

[Jamastiene]

67. I like Deborah Jean too.

It's a pretty name. I'd probably go with the names I picked out even if they weren't associated with my favorite musicians. :hi:

[Oceansaway]

65. Ryan Timothy and Cheyenne Marie

[orleans]

69. boy: kaelen (pronounced kay-lyn)

sky
rain
maya

um...tired. who knows? it's old hippie snydrome

[Wetzelbill]

70. probably Wetzelbill Jr. for a male and

I like the name Emily, but that is so common now.

hmm for a girl..

don't know offhand.

I suppose I would totally go along with what the mother had to say on most of that stuff. I'm easy like that.

[Shell Beau]

73. For a girl--Ava Bella

For a boy, maybe Elijah, Liam, Willem, or Noah

[pookieblue]

75. If I ever have a kid....

names for a girl: Nitala Rae or Leotie Angel

names for a boy: (after my father) John Richard or some names that I really like Jacob Dylan (Just like the way those sound together) or Rafe (don't know of a middle name that would fit for that one however)

[SCDem]

76. Virgil for a boy and Josephine for a girl

[MissMillie]

77. I like old-fashioned names

I might even pick Jane for a girl, but I also like Caroline.

For a little boy, maybe Edward... I do like the name Drake, but I don't like it w/ my last name.

My son's name is Timothy.

[Burma Jones]

78. How Appropriate - we've just found out #3 is on the way...

The names being considered are

Girl: Juliet Lynn, Rachel Lynn,

Boy: Benjamin Elisha, Noah Jerome

[cfield]

80. I'm set on

using Gabrielle for a girl. I like Kaiden Gabrielle, with a 'K' because both Hubby and I start with a 'C'.
For a boy, I like Cameron (dang 'C') or even Mikal as long as it's not spelled the traditional way. I just like the way it sounds so strong with the last name we're using.

I had names I liked better but we're getting ready to take Chris's Grandpa's last name and my favorites don't go well with the new name.