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What should we name the baby?
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Feb 24, 2010 09:27AM
@Sally: did you nix it because of Twilight?
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Not hard to say/pronounce/spell but original.
I have a friend with twin girls named Dora and Amelia. I love those old fashioned names. They're adorable girls, too. They used to come to my toddler storytimes, and now, they're six and in kindergarten!
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No, after. I guess they weren't thinking about her. And I haven't noticed a lot of Doras out there, so maybe it's not an issue.
Yes, but that poor kid is going to hear the Dora theme song forever on the playground.D-d-d-d-d dora! D-d-d-d-dora! Dora Dora Dora The Explorer! She's a super cool explorer Dora!
Our Ford Explorer was named Dora. Also, the last of my grandfather's seven sisters is Dora. She's 98. My father got a call last week from her nursing home that he should go down to Florida to see her because she was dying. When he got there, she said she was doing fabulous, false alarm, but nice to see you, you should come around more often. The nursing home said her recovery was absolutely unexpected, but she just must not have felt like going anywhere yet.
I like the name Dora.
There's always Dorothy if you want to avoid the Explorer bit.
Dorothy, yeah, but they live close to Kansas, Sarah.
Do Coloradoans feel a neighborly kinship with Kansas?I think of them as such different places...
From what I've seen, eastern CO is the same as KS -- pure prairie.
Hmm....maybe Sally should weigh in on whether she identifies as mountain or prairie?
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Jackie "the Librarian" wrote: "I always think of the Salinger story "To Esme, With Love and Squalor.""Why did it take me this long to connect that story with the Esme Squalor character in the Lemony Snicket books? Those books are too clever for their own good. And THAT Esme walked around calling everyone "cakesniffer", which is a fabulous insult, considering how bad it sounds and how little it actually says.
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It was on my short list at one point. It sounds great with your last name! It is unique but not so obscure that no one can spell or pronounce it.
Gretchen wrote: "I love the name amelia!"Ah, yes. One of my favorites.
Actually I'm more partial to Amélie. If you haven't seen the film, you should.
One of my students is named Jordy. I'm not sure what that's short for. But it's a cool name, I think.
I have a classmate - Adrine (ad-ree-neh) (a girl). I think it is a very beautiful name.
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Getting older sucks. I can't remember if I already mentioned that our niece had a baby a couple of weeks ago, and named her Evie.
Sally wrote: "I'm starting to freak out about this. No solid name choices yet at all. My friend due in June not only has a name, but has announced it to the world."You've still got plenty of time, and you'll figure it out sooner or later. Do you have a book? Do you need a book?
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I'm trying to use my sister as a resource, but she likes much more unusual names than does Sweeter, so I'm stuck in the middle.
Sarah Pi wrote: "What's on the list right now?"Milk, eggs, sugar, apples, baby name, sauerkraut, pineapple...
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Girls: Hannah, Leah, Anna, and I like but can't get him to see the glory of Esme, Claudia, and Amelia.
Boys: James, Bradley, Zeke
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Love the name Anna. If I had a girl that was going to be contender. And the sick reason why? Because years ago I watch General Hospital for awhile and loved Finola Hughes who played Anna!We had some choices, Sally, nothing definite, but I swear Jake was less than 1 second out of the hatch and I knew he was a Jake. I had this image of a young man with this hat cocked over his brow, and believe it or not, a stogie (which I HATE) jammed in his mouth, plus this very mischievous look on this face. And he has definitely lived up to being a Jake! (No his real name is not Jacob.)
I like all your boy names, and Hannah and Leah and Anna and Amelia. My twin nieces are Hannah and Maya, I might add.And remember that whatever name you choose will in a short while be the name that the baby has always had, and all of this angst will be a distant memory.
Unless you choose a name he/she hates, of course. :)
Maybe you should practice to see which ones sound better when you're yelling the full name to tell your kid that you're NOT Kidding.
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And 4.12, I like how tactfully you tell me which names you don't like as much. :D
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Ha I love Sarah's idea of trying out a name when yelling. And a middle name too, because so many parents use the middle name in addition to the first to get across they REALLY mean business!
Sally wrote: "I've never met an Anna I didn't like. And I like that the name is a palindrome. I just do. And 4.12, I like how tactfully you tell me which names you don't like as much. :D"
I'm nothing if not tactful :)
I just think there's potential for a Claudia to be called Clod at school. That's another good test: try to figure out what the mean kids would twist the name into.
I think Layla is a beautiful name, but someone I know named her child Layla Cecilia and gets nothing but grief for having named her daughter after those particular women of song.
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My husband and i chose 4 that we could both live with. We each had a different fave among the 4. Then we assigned a hair color for each name. That way no one had to give in OR feel they had trampled the other's top choice.
I think that James is a great name, no prejudice from me.
BTW Hannah and Emma are incredibly popular names. At least around the time Jake was born. Don't know if that makes a difference.Is Layla the new popular name?
Simon IS a cool name!
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Ah. So you've looked at the top names of the past few years, right?I didn't, and only afterwards found out that Jacob is always in the top 5, and most Jacob's become Jake. Altho I'm not sure I would have changed from Jake, we were considering Js because of my maiden name (Jacobson), and Jake was actually my nickname at summer camp for about 6 years!
Have you considered the middle names of family members? I really liked Belle (my grandmother was Eula Belle, but there was no way I was going with Eula). Once we chose the middle name, we chose a name to go with it. Same with our boy name. Several men in my family have the middle name Nelson; I kind of wanted it for a first name, but we decided it sounded to "grown up" for a baby. Once we chose it for a middle name, though, it really limited our first name choices because of the way the name would or would not roll off the tongue.
The cashier at a local store yesterday was named Fern. Go with that one. :)
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::properly chastised, shuffles off to hide with Larry::
Phil wrote: "The cashier at a local store yesterday was named Fern. Go with that one. :)"I love that name.
::adds "Fern" to list of names for future cats::
It's time to take a break from serious Naming.Go here.
Especially this link, where you can take a quiz!
http://www.babynamesetc.com/generate.htm
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The Everything Baby Names Book: Everything You Need to Know to Pick the Perfect Name for your Baby (other topics)From Aaron to Zoe: 15,000 Great Baby Names (other topics)
