Baby names

ggmae

Tlv - I know a little girl with the name Eden Raine. I love it.

julezlee

Atticus - DH just found out his b/f and wife are considering that if they have a boy.

I'm slow tonight so these'll keep coming at you one-by-one.

anna.oskar

Sucrets: I am supposed to inform you that my FI says you are not supposed to be putting this topic in my head for at least another year and 9 days.

ootmother2

My favorite name for girl is Ashby

boy, Brady or Max (Maxmilian)

tmm140

Girls
--Harper
--Zoey
--Alessa
--Holly
--Emerson

Boys
--Jasper
--Jackson
--Emmett
--Brennan

sucrets4

Names we can't use:

Andrew
Alexander
Kira
Emily
Liam
Brianna
Callie
Talen

(all related to me...I know I *could* use them, but I don't really want to double names...although I loved Kira and Emily.  Fuckers.)

tlv204

Sucrets I feel your pain about the teacher thing. WAY bigger percentage of names ruined by association than normal people.

Mocha I have the same problem! I'm on top of girls' names.

As far as Dionysus, I mean that would suck, but Denise is a variation. My mom's name is Denise and she is very proud of being the "goddess of wine" apparently. People call her Denny but I also like Neesy

sucrets4

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[QUOTE]PSA= please don't name your kid weird things that are hard to pronounce- when I have to call students, I feel like an ass when I can't figure out how to say the kids name. Thanks in advance!
Posted by mag920[/QUOTE]

mags, you're saying this to someone who has a:  romasia, braeshea, and sabreann in her classes.  No worries.

bbyckes

I like to think I have classic tastes.  Here are some suggestions.

Girls
Avery
Cadence
Hadley
Madlyn (my imaginary daughter's name)
Adelaide


Boys
Addison
Calder
Dagan
Kaden (girl or boy)
Madden

ricksang

Girl- Olivia or Elizabeth

betrothed123

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Baby names : Probably for the best as I wound up addicted to percocet last year
Posted by RachNRich[/QUOTE]

That's no good.  I hate pain killers.  I used to have to take them regularly and I always had a fear of becoming addicted.  Right now I'm supposed to be taking 500-1,000 mg every 4-6 hours and I've only been taking it once a day, but I'm still about to run out.  This makes me very sad.

TurtlesAllTheWayDown

Do you like classic names? Popular names? Trendy names (not likely)? 

With a common, one-syllable last time, the "rules" of naming say that a 2 or 3 syllable name will sound best. And I say you should pick something a bit more uncommon so the baby can google him or herself one day and not come up with 1,235,432 hits. I have literally met 3 Robert Smiths. Not including the dude from the Cure, whom I have never met.

Some of my favorite names:

Amelia

Sienna

Regan

Tamsin

Magdalena

Madeleine

Ethan (really popular though)

Tristan (ditto)

Andrew

Ian

Jesse

Micah

I don't really like last names as first names, like Madison, Jackson, Beckett, etc.

brookelynpaisley

I love the name Aaron, but that's an ex's name. Damn exes. I like Natalie too. Honestly, I love Ainsley and Alison in theory, but I hate the nickname Ali. Sorry to any Ali's out there - it's not personal, I don't really like nicknames to begin with.

Here are more ideas:
Seth, Blake, Michaela, Brett, Tanner, Morgan, Aubrey/Audrey, Connor, Maren, Kara, Holly, Drew, Adam.

sucrets4

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Baby names : Haha!  I hope for their sakes the snow holds off a bit, then.  We got some the other day but thankfully it all melted. I went to SUNY Potsdam for a semester.  I wasn't a fan so I moved back here and changed my major. And I used to swim against Pal-Schmack :)  Small world. You'll have to come up and visit sometime.
Posted by betrothed123[/QUOTE]

Eh, most of the conference is inside.  The only thing that sucks is the walk to the Hyatt b/c it's over the river and fucking cold.  But that's where the good bar is, lol.

I went to Crane, and loved it.  I love the winters up there, too. 

I'd love to come and visit, but it's far from Arkansas.  :(

TurtlesAllTheWayDown

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Baby names : Haha!  I hope for their sakes the snow holds off a bit, then.  We got some the other day but thankfully it all melted. I went to SUNY Potsdam for a semester.  I wasn't a fan so I moved back here and changed my major. 
Posted by betrothed123[/QUOTE]

<div>It wasn't music education, was it? I have a friend who did the same thing and then transfered to SUNY Oneonta. Northern NY is so much colder than the rest of upstate. Hard to believe until you experience it. And I have to fly into Syracuse for Christmas...</div>

tlv204

I also really like the names Connor, Hunter, and Carter, but all three happen to be huge D bags in my life   And one of those is the cousin that my BM keeps sleeping with.

kate51485

romasia = rome + asia???

My one request: no excessive apostrophes or apostrophes in place of accents.  Your baby won't be a real person if they have these

ootmother2

I have some percocet left over because I'm down to Darvon now.  I have probably some of everything here, I could make a killing in Central Park dealing,

Being such a straight arrow really sucks sometimes

brookelynpaisley

I have cousins named Caleb Michael and Caroline Lily. I love their names. My friend and her husband are discussing Celia and Ethan.

I'll also take the opportunity to throw Paisley and Clover out there And Brooke, of course.

julezlee

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[QUOTE]My one request: no excessive apostrophes or apostrophes in place of accents.  Your baby won't be a real person if they have these :p
Posted by kate51485[/QUOTE]

A friend in high school was named Alisha so she named her daughter A'isha.  Baby's daddy always got so pissed at me because I could never figure out how the hell to pronounce that correctly.  It was definitely not how it <strong>should</strong> have been pronounced.

Goldlie11

I didn't read everyone else's posts, so please forgive me if I have repeated a name:

I'm a teacher too, so if I do have a child, I think I'd like to try and use a name that I've never come across in one of my students.

Here are my ideas:  Laurel, Sage, Hyacinth, and Violet are some kind of unique, but not too strange names.  

For boys:  Jeremiah or Bernard.  I know not really good.  I'm not too fond of boys' names.  

sucrets4

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Baby names : It wasn't music education, was it? I have a friend who did the same thing and then transfered to SUNY Oneonta. Northern NY is so much colder than the rest of upstate. Hard to believe until you experience it. And I have to fly into Syracuse for Christmas...
Posted by msmerymac[/QUOTE]

mery - when was that?  I was at Crane from 1996-2000.

I'm from LI but adored the winter there.  I love the dry cold - it's soooo much better than damp cold.  It only sucks when you're waiting outside to get into a bar.

TurtlesAllTheWayDown

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[QUOTE]I/We like: Girl: Ainsley, Alison, Meredith, Jenna Boy: Mason Daniel (so DH can have his "Doctor"), Aiden, Jamison, Zachary, Noah, Liam
Posted by brookelynpaisley[/QUOTE]

<div>Yes! When you have a girl you should name her Meredith.<img src="http://cdn.cl9.vanillaforums.com/downloaded/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-laughing.gif" border="0" alt="Laughing" title="Laughing" /></div><div>
</div><div>I like all your names. In fact, I like most names mentioned in this thread. You guys have good taste. (GG, I like your list too. I forgot I love Levi, Wesley, Lydia, etc.)</div>

brookelynpaisley

D'syrae Nevaeh. Beautiful name.

tlv204

Oooh I love Lily. And Emma. But Emma is ruined on two fronts: Friends and BIL's dog

betrothed123

I did have a bunch of friends that went to Crane, but no I was there for Forensic Sciences.  ANT 101 killed it for me because the professor did nothing but show us videos of monkeys screwing the entire semester.  I came back to Rochester and went to a Massage Therapy School and then got a business degree.

The worst part about Potsdam for me was that they didn't plow the sidewalks on campus until about 10:00 in the morning and I had an 8:00 and 9:00 class.  Trudging through the snow on crutches sucked!

Syracuse, huh?

sucrets4

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[QUOTE]sucrets- my favorite is when I look at an application and it says: carhialskjfnxgrjhdflkslfknsl and then the student says "it's pronounced Kristen" ooook.
Posted by mag920[/QUOTE]

YES.  Annoying.

Da0419

Oh fun!!  I love baby names :-)

Girl:

Peyton
Rosalie
Talia
Sophia
Vivienne
Gianna


Boy:

Nolan
Olin
Jackson
Lucca
Henry

ggmae

Brooke - One of my students talks about his sister, Neveah, all the time and always makes sure to tell my that it is "Heaven" spelled backwards. Creative, I guess.

Mariah is a pretty name too, but I associate it w/ Mariah Carey. Doh.

TurtlesAllTheWayDown

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Baby names : mery - when was that?  I was at Crane from 1996-2000. I'm from LI but adored the winter there.  I love the dry cold - it's soooo much better than damp cold.  It only sucks when you're waiting outside to get into a bar.
Posted by sucrets4[/QUOTE]

<div>I think she was there circa 2002. She's a youngin'. (Well, she's a year younger than me.) She started at Duchess CC, went to Potsdam, then Oneonta and actually graduated on time.</div><div>
</div><div>True story: My great-grandmother's 5 sisters all went to college (she and her brother didn't). They were from St. Lawrence County and went to Potsdam when it was Potsdam Teacher's College. This was around the 1920s-1930s. Actually, one of her sister's later became a nurse, which was scandalous according the their parents, because she might see someone's no-no bits.</div>