Be BSC With Me: Baby Names

PandaBurr

FI and I have recently been struck hard with baby fever. My family just popped out three in the last 2 years, and two are pregnant again. It doesn't help that they're telling me that so far all of them have been within a year of each other and that I should start planning so our kid isn't left out, haha. Anyway, since it'd be irresponsible of us to have a child right now, we just looked at names. We decided that if it's a boy, his name would be Corvus (nickname Corey). If it's a girl, her name will be Magdalena (nickname Maggie).

Now you.

motoLyn

You're not alone, those are interesting names.  FI has baby fever but we both talk about baby names.  so is there going to be a honeymoon baby?

Girl names: Aubry, Audry, Camille, Abigail or Penelope. 
Boys Names: Zane,  Gabriel

Wrkn925

BF's name is Michael.  His brother and his wife had a son yesterday and Michael is his middle name.

I secretly did a *shew* forehead swipe because I don't want to pass the name on.

That makes me bad.... I don't care.

heyimbren

I'm really name-picky. I'd say that I'm even really shallow when it comes to names, I'm weird like that.

There aren't very many boys names that I like but I LOVE the name Judah (Jude) and I like the name Luke (Star Wars and all that).

I have tons for girls: Audrey, Emma, Madeleine, Calista, Elodie... just a few.

PandaBurr

There might. We're having a really hard time now as it is, but after we're married we'll be settled already, since FI will have gotten his PhD by then, and hopefully a job. And I'm totally ready to be a SAHM, until the kids start school, which is when I'll start my career. So it'd be EXTREMELY difficult for us to not try, haha. The wedding is only a year away now, but we haven't thought about the honeymoon at all yet. But yes, FI wanted a "Roman" name, so he looked up a list of names, and I actually really like the sound of Corvus. Plus I love crows. It's kind of a thing between us too. We'll text pics of crows to each other. As for Magdalena, I just met a woman with that name two years ago and it's been stuck in my head since

Wrkn925

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oceana919

I'm trying sooooo hard not to succumb to baby fever. Which is especially hard when you have more pictures of Mutley's baby in your cell phone than people you've actually met. ::headdesk::

A boy would be Phillip Christopher, after our brothers. FI had a younger brother who was killed when he was four (FI was six), so we want our (first) son to have his name. My mom gave my brother her brother's name as a middle name, so I want to continue the tradition.

A girl would be Olivia Nicole. Nicole for my sister, Olivia just because I like it.

We're effectively screwed if we have more boys, as we can't figure out another boy name we like.

PandaBurr

Wrkn- FI's dad's name is Michael, and his older brother's name is Michael.... I'm hoping his older bro will have a kid before us, because I want to give my kids Vietnamese middle names, since they're gonna be all whited out with their first and last names.

bren- I really liked Bruce (Batman), but I didn't like that I couldn't come up with a two syllable nickname. Brucie just sounds weird. I like Madeleine too.

PandaBurr

Wrkn- That is awesome, haha. I like that idea.

oceana- I really like that name Olivia too, because I totally picture myself calling her Ollie.

loves2shop4shoes

FI and I haven't tossed it around a lot, but I like Jenna for a girl.  For a boy, I like Daniel or Hayden.  FI's father's name was Michael Steven, and he passed away when FI was 10.  So, if we have a boy, we might try to incorporate his father's first or middle name into our son's name.

bourgehm

Wrkn, that is a cute name!

Although FI and I want a baby enentually, we're in no position to have one at the moment. We don't want a baby for at least 5 years. However, I'm thinking that once we're married and settled we wont' actually wait that long to start trying.

I, however, love the name Josiah for a boy the best. And it's a tradiiton in my family to have all of the girls names words. (mine is Hope, my sister's is Grace... and so on) So, if we continue that trend, there will probably be a Joy, Faith... etc.  Jeff's family has their whole family with "J" names. Jeff, Julie, Jared, Joshua.... So I'm not sure what we'll do as of yet, but one of those traditions will probalby continue on.

heyimbren

I count syllables all the time. Just to see if things... sound right. Would you do two middle names? I have two middle names and I don't mind it at all. It doens't make it *that* long but they're relatively short.

oceana919

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[QUOTE]Wrkn- That is awesome, haha. I like that idea. oceana- I really like that name Olivia too, because I totally picture myself calling her Ollie.
Posted by PandaBurr[/QUOTE]

I just love the idea of having a little girl running around named Livvy. Preferably with little spiral curl pigtails and a cute little girly jumper on.

Motherf*cker. ::starts upping bc dosage::

PandaBurr

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[QUOTE]I count syllables all the time. Just to see if things... sound right. Would you do two middle names? I have two middle names and I don't mind it at all. It doens't make it *that* long but they're relatively short.
Posted by heyimbren[/QUOTE]

That's what I was thinking too, but FI thought it was weird. So we'll see whether or not his bro has a kid first, haha.

Hazel_B

I think I'm doing a good job at not succombing to baby fever. However I do love the baby naming game. We talk about this a lot, normally on long car rides.

For Girls: Adelaide is the front runner, but there are others I like that BF totally vetoes like Juniper and Scarlett.

For Boys: We have a really hard time. BF is all about using his family names and I'm 'I don't think so, they'll have your last name forever. My family names get precedence in naming"

heyimbren

Hope - BF's family is like that with the J names. So Judah fits in perfectly plus, he likes the Beatles. Soo I feel like it won't be a hard sell.

Oceana - I have a friend who has a little girl named Olivia. She fits that description to a T. Her mom always puts her blonde curls up in little pig tails. She's adorable!

Panda - two middle names isn't that bad, you have time to convince him I know a girl who has two middle names, and wants to keep her surname and take her FI's. so she'll have 5 names, 13 syllables. It's quite the mouthful.

[Deleted User]

FI has several female relatives with the name Magdalena.  they call the mom (older Magdalena) "Malena" and the daughter "Madga".  apparently it's a really popular name in his family.  he also has an uncle named "Kiko", short for Fransisco i think...  that's totally unrelated, but i love the sound of tio Kiko.  it makes me laugh every time.  youtube Kiko laugh from El Chavo del Ocho, an old TV show.

we like:
boys:
FI Jr.
Montgomery (Monte for short)
Miqueas (mee-kay-ahs)

girls:
Kennedy
Darcyana or Darciana (Darcy for short)
my middle name

but we don't plan to have any little babies for a few years, so we haven't been really looking.  it could definitely change!

LizzyTish88

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[QUOTE]FI and I haven't tossed it around a lot, but I like Jenna for a girl.  For a boy, I like Daniel or Hayden.  FI's father's name was Michael Steven, and he passed away when FI was 10.  So, if we have a boy, we might try to incorporate his father's first or middle name into our son's name.
Posted by loves2shop4shoes[/QUOTE]

My pick for a boy is Hayden Michael. (Get out of my head Shoes!!) I like that name for no particular reason. I also like the name Dominic. BFs name is Albanian and translated to English it's Alex. We joke around a bit and use Alex sometimes. He and his father have the same name as does his uncle and cousin. He wanted to stick with that tradition and I personally don't like it. (Nothing against those who do it, it's just not my thing.) So if he really wanted to we agreed that Alexander would be okay because technically it's the same name.

I also love the name Bella for a girl, and not because of Twilight.

Hazel_B

Does anyone have a family name that they really want to try and use but find it really hard? For us there are two - Wilhelmina and Archie.

jemmini6

I just went to a baby shower Sunday (she still doesn't have a name picked out yet, LOL), my sister's baby shower is on 2/12 and then FI's BM's wife's baby shower is on the 13th.  I think babies are adorable and I love looking at baby stuff, but the practical side of me absolutely does NOT want a baby yet.

Aside from that, I only have a few girls names that I like because I change on boys names too much.  For a girl, I like either Emma Elizabeth (my two favorite Jane Austen characters) or Ella Annick (my grandmother's name and FI's grandmother's name). 

Oceana- I love the name Olivia too.  I don't know why, it just sounds cute, but classy.  LOL.  And FI's name is Philip so I love that name too (technically Philip is his middle name though, but it's what he goes by)

calindi

BF is a 3rd.  He wants a 4th.  This is something he has known for a long time that I am very strongly opposed to, so he has no room to argue when the time comes. 

I personally would like to take his middle name (and by default, his father's middle name) and mix it with MY father's middle name - that way, we still have the tradition of being named after important men in the baby's family, but it would include my family, too, not just a miniature version of his father.

So for a boy, it would be James Henry.  I also like the name Ryan.

For a girl, we like Julia, Avalyn, or Emalyn.  For a middle name, I really want Rose.

LizzyTish88

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[QUOTE]Wrkn- That is awesome, haha. I like that idea. oceana- I really like that name Olivia too, because I totally picture myself calling her Ollie.
Posted by PandaBurr[/QUOTE]

My cousin is named Olivia Mae. She goes to a daycare and they started calling her Ollie. My aunt and uncle were not for it at first, but they couldn't resist when she began referring to herself as Ollie. Now everyone calls her Ollie and it fits her well.

heyimbren

Jem, my grandma's favourite name for a girl is Elizabeth Jane. You can tell she loves Jane Austen haha.

AudgiePodge

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[QUOTE]FI and I haven't tossed it around a lot, but I like Jenna for a girl.  For a boy, I like <strong>Daniel</strong> or <strong>Hayden</strong>.  FI's father's name was Michael Steven, and he passed away when FI was 10.  So, if we have a boy, we might try to incorporate his father's first or middle name into our son's name.
Posted by loves2shop4shoes[/QUOTE]<div>
</div><div>Fun fact: If DD was a boy her name would have been Hayden Daniel.</div><div>
</div><div>DD's name is Olevia and we sometimes call her Olive.

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CASK85

Boy: Brodie

Girl: Hannah 

Not too sure on middle names. I really hope we get one of each when the time comes. . . otherwise we're gonna have to think of some more names. 

musikbx

I jokingly told BF's very German mother that I liked the name Faustus for a boy. Turns out she loves it. I'm really hoping that one doesn't come back to bite me in a few years.

calindi

Side question - what do you ladies think of telling people the name before the baby is born?

Jemmini's post made me think of this - I'm going to tell people we haven't decided on a name even when we have.  I don't want anyone's opinions on my baby's name.  Once the kid is born and named, no one would be tactless enough to say they don't like the name, but you wouldn't believe the things people will say before.  My friend made the mistake of telling her friends what she wanted to name her baby - one friend went on and on to tell her how horrible the name was, how the kid would never find a job (the name was Jordan, btw... her *ridiculously racist* argument was because of Michael Jordan, everyone would assume the kid was black... yeah, I know, TERRIBLE).  Meanwhile, another friend went and named her baby boy Jordan 2 months before my friend had her baby, so she felt the name had been "stolen."  So yeah, until the kid is breathing on his/her own, I'm not telling anyone the name.

PandaBurr

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[QUOTE]Panda - two middle names isn't that bad, you have time to convince him ;) I know a girl who has two middle names, and wants to keep her surname and take her FI's. so she'll have 5 names, 13 syllables. It's quite the mouthful.
Posted by heyimbren[/QUOTE]

I have PLENTY of time to convince him, haha. I'm going to keep my surname as my middle name, and just boot out my middle name altogether. Or maybe keep it, and make it two middle names. I haven't decided yet. My middle name is my first name in Vietnamese, so the only people who call me by it are my parents, and my aunts and uncles. And even then, my parents only use it when they're mad at me, haha. But 5 names, yikes. I don't think I'd do that.

PandaBurr

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[QUOTE]Does anyone have a family name that they really want to try and use but find it really hard? For us there are two - Wilhelmina and Archie.
Posted by Hazel_B[/QUOTE]

And here I am complaining about Michael....

AudgiePodge

I told everyone who asked what her name was going to be after it was decided. I can't say that I have any friends that would tell me what a horrible name I picked out for my up and coming crotch spawn.

motoLyn

FI and all of his siblings have the same middle name which is Ukhliet (Danish)
it was FI's mothers grandfather's nickname and family tradition is that all children would have that as a middle name.  So two generations of kids with Ukhliet as their middle name.  Not sure if that tradition is going to follow. 

Though FI wants to keep my last name as our children's middle name to preserve their heritage.  So it be some like: Penelope (my last name) (FI's last name)