What should we name the baby?

[Knarik]

Layla is a great name! Do you know that that is the name of the heroine in a very old Eastern-Arabian legend-book-love story-ballad` "Layla and Majnun"? It is like the "Romeo and Juliet" of the East. and Layla was so beautiful, so.... I love that story

[Lori]

Zen - funny!

[Jaimie]

I thought of another girl's name: Keira

[Dovewing]

Do you still need names? Because I would be happy to contribute some.

[Sarah]

I think she has settled on Leah or James, both of which are lovely names. I rhymed.

[Shana]

Ok, better later than never......I have a girl named Riley Jade and my son is Ashton Wilson. With my daughter, we went strictly with what we liked. There is no connection to anyone else or any interesting story behind how we got there (obviously:). I chose the first name and my husband chose the middle name. We often call her R.J.
With my son we went round and round. Boy names are def harder! I loved the first name Dane, but our last name is Cook, and...well....you know. We settled on Ashton because we actually liked the shortened version Ash a lot. That's what we call him most of the time. His middle name is my husband's brother's name. He's still alive and the younger brother, btw.
Sally, for what it's worth, I LOVE Amelia. I also like Ian, Seth and Nathan for a boy. I'm not sure how common they are though.

[Phil]

The only Ash I know is a Pokemon trainer.

If you had another son you could name him Short Order?

[Sarah]

There's always Ash from the Evil Dead movies - Bruce Campbell!

[Angel]

Jaimie wrote: "My advise is be careful about traditional names with odd spellings. I read somewhere it's hard for the kids when they're trying to learn how to spell.

There's a double ended sword to naming a k..."


wow you got ALL of my top boy names in there! We ended up choosing Aydan thinking we were all orginal...HA! Now we know about 15 Aydans or Aiden or whatever variation.

[Dovewing]

I like the name Bonnie.

[Sally, la reina]

We picked names, and 7.5 is somewhat right but we might have changed slightly. I think we should all wait now to meet the little one to be properly introduced.

[[deleted user]]

I don't wait patiently, but I'll wait none the less.

[Heidi]

I protest! I like "Heidi!"

>: /

OH! And this past weekend, while I was gardening, I realized I really like the name Agnes, too... because I think "Aggie" is a cute nickname and an even cuter name for an auntie - "Aunt Aggie." Plus, I have an Aunt Agnes. :) So that's why I was thinking that.

[Félix]

Aggie is not considered a cute nickname in Austin.

[Heidi]

I know several Austins, too. If I ever have an Agnes who goes by the nickname of Aggie, she'll just have to be "Agnes" whenever we visit Austin. That should solve that problem. :)

[Félix]

Yup. Simple.

[Sally, la reina]

What about Heidifer for a boy?

[Youndyc]

I cannot think of the name Agnes without adding Mary - as in "Mary Agnes." I'm sorry, but Agnes is a nun's name. Same with Esther - I always think "Mary Esther."

The funny thing is that I don't think of Mary as a nun's name.

Heidifer would be cruel.

[Heidi]

Bite your tongue!

[[deleted user]]

Youndyc wrote: "Heidifer would be cruel."

Nothing against Heidi, but Heidifer makes me think of Black spotted cows.

[Heidi]

That's just WRONG on so many levels, Jim.

[[deleted user]]

Heidi wrote: "That's just WRONG on so many levels, Jim."

Well when you grow up in WI, with heifers(cows) it seems more logical right?

[Youndyc]

Heidi, sorry, but it also made me think of spotted cows. Heifer.

[Félix]

Not all heifers are spotted.

[[deleted user]]

Larry wrote: "Not all heifers are spotted."

No, but holstein heifers are, and that is what 90% of the farms around where I grew up had.

[Félix]

Happy holstein heifers.

[Phoenix]

Okay so it seems I'm too late to actually make a difference but I'm gonna add my two cents anyway. I love the names Nikoaha, Ariana, and Taylee. Sorry, I'm not so good with or fond of the classic names.

[Félix]

Yup. Too late.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

The Social Security administration has released its list of top 10 most popular baby names of the year. (With a hideously misplaced apostrophe, which I have removed. Breathing deeply....I will be fine.)

1. Isabella / Jacob
2. Sophia / Ethan
3. Emma / Michael
4. Olivia /Jayden
5. Ava / William
6. Emily / Alexander
7. Abigail / Noah
8. Madison / Daniel
9. Chloe / Aiden
10. Mia / Anthony

[Sally, la reina]

I had voted for Mia. Then I wanted Lia. We compromised with Leah.

[Félix]

It fits her perfectly.

[ms.petra]

I had a Chloe before Chloe was cool!

[Félix]

ms.petra wrote: "I had a Chloe before Chloe was cool!"

That figures.

[Maxine]

I named my son Dylan after Dylan Thomas, my favourite poet at the time (30 some years ago). It wasn't as common then as it became a few years later. For some reason, all my friends thought I named him after Bob Dylan which struck me as odd since I wasn't naming him Robert or Bob. I also found out, years later, that I was pronouncing it wrong and that it should be pronounced Di-lan. Oh well, Dylan it remained.

Anyway, a few literary suggestions:

Ariel
Arianna
Siobhan (pronounced Shivon)
Bronwen
Evalina

For boys:

Sebastian
Nicholas

[Félix]

Larry wrote: "ms.petra wrote: "I had a Chloe before Chloe was cool!"

That figures."

And I meant that as a compliment, Petra. :)

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Today in the Indian state of Maharashtra, about 285 girls received certificates, little bouquets, and—most importantly—brand-new names that don't mean "unwanted." Because that's what their names were, until today: Unwanted.

http://gawker.com/5852430/please-dont...

[~Geektastic~]

Lobstergirl wrote: "Today in the Indian state of Maharashtra, about 285 girls received certificates, little bouquets, and—most importantly—brand-new names that don't mean "unwanted." Because that's what their names we..."

That is awful. The ceremony is great, but jeez. I like the writer's take on things: "Reports don't say whether any girls named themselves the Marathi equivalent of "my parents suck" or "fuck you mom and dad" or "don't expect me to take care of you when you're old—ask one of your wanted kids. Assholes."

[Angela~twistedmind~]

I like unusual names.........sorry if these have already been mentioned. Lazy ass that I am, I haven't read the whole thread. I wanted to name my first daughter Rhiannon Nicole. Her father wasn't having anything to do with Rhiannon, although I insisted upon Nicole, after my cousin. Bastard. So, you'd have thought, I'd have named my second girl Rhiannon, but the name Cheyenne Dawn just stuck in my head. What pissed me off is after I named both of my girls, the name Nicole and the name Cheyenne became very popular. I did not want my kids to have the same names as everyone else's kid. I've always thought a bad ass boy's name would be Blayze. Who's gonna screw with a big ol' boy named Blayze?

[Angela~twistedmind~]

Amber wrote: "Lobstergirl wrote: "Today in the Indian state of Maharashtra, about 285 girls received certificates, little bouquets, and—most importantly—brand-new names that don't mean "unwanted." Because that's..."

Amber, I renamed myself, as far as my sperm donor was concerned. My special pet name is, "You were never there for me when I needed you growing up, you fat bastard, so I sure the fuck hope you don't expect me to be there for you when you're old and helpless." Luckily, my name when speaking of Mama is, "You are the shizzit, lady. I will defend you and take care of you until my dying breath."
Some people should be sterilized. Painfully.

[~Geektastic~]

I've always been partial to the names Donovan and Seth for boys. My taste in girl names frequently changes, so I'm not much help there.

[Cheri]

My Arizona cowboy cousin named her new babyboy 'Rail'.
Her girl is`Wren'. They have a cool last name so it works.
My girlfriend named her boy "Chance" from a John Wayne movie.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Consuela.