Baby names

brookelynpaisley

If you haven't already tried it, I'd check out nymbler.com. You can enter a name and it spits out others.

I secone Henry. Too cute.

TurtlesAllTheWayDown

Bethrothed - yeah, my parents live near Watertown now. I never thought I'd say Buffalo was warmer than anywhere, and then I found out that the army does cold weather training at Ft. Drum. Not North Dakota or Alaska, like you would think. Northern NY.

Sucrets, did you ever go to NAAM (sp?)? My friend from Potsdam went, but again, I think it was after your time.

I went to college in Ithaca. Campus was surprisingly well plowed, usually. We were also on a hill, though, which was rough in the winter.

julezlee

I just typed DH's favorite named into nymbler - Darth - and it told me it's a name used for both boys and girls!  Oh dear.

ggmae

Henry is my #1 boy name, but DH vetoed it for a kid and so we named our cat Henry.

niq24601

Have you checked out the Baby Name Wizard? It's got a really cool thing that lets you look at naming trends:

http://www.babynamewizard.com/voyager

There's also a book:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002GPGZ0G

Oh, that's the kindle edition; I swear they did a recent update with new numbers.

We like, for girls:
Virginia, Franchesca, Charlotte

For boys:
Charles, Owen, Aaron, Robert.

sucrets4

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[QUOTE]Bethrothed - yeah, my parents live near Watertown now. I never thought I'd say Buffalo was warmer than anywhere, and then I found out that the army does cold weather training at Ft. Drum. Not North Dakota or Alaska, like you would think. Northern NY. Sucrets, did you ever go to NAAM (sp?)? My friend from Potsdam went, but again, I think it was after your time. I went to college in Ithaca. Campus was surprisingly well plowed, usually. We were also on a hill, though, which was rough in the winter.
Posted by msmerymac[/QUOTE]

That's crazy!  But it is hella cold up there. 

I never went, that was more for Music Business majors, but it's a huge deal.

mery - my friend's parents own a buffalo wing place in Watertown, right downtown.  I forget the name....grrr....

betrothed123

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[QUOTE]Bethrothed - yeah, my parents live near Watertown now. I never thought I'd say Buffalo was warmer than anywhere, and then I found out that the army does cold weather training at Ft. Drum. Not North Dakota or Alaska, like you would think. Northern NY.
Posted by msmerymac[/QUOTE]
Watertown is the devil!  I have family in the Ogdensburg area, and also in the Massena/Malone area.  Anytime I drive through Watertown or Ft. Drum I end up hitting some major storm.  Is there a single day in the year that they don't see precipitation?

We visited my Grandparents last winter, and we had the defroster on high but the windshield was still frosting over.  It was icky.

ThePinkSuperhero

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[QUOTE]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.
Posted by ggmae[/QUOTE]

Oh!  That makes sense, somehow.  I noticed that name is really popular right now in NYC, and I couldn't figure out why for the life of me.

TurtlesAllTheWayDown

My mom's family is originally form Ogdensburg and Watertown. Basically, my parents moved up there because my mom inherited a summer cottage on Lake Ontario tha was once her grandparents (she was born in Watertown but moved to Buffalo when she was 5). We used it in the summer when I was a kid, and when I went to college, my parents decided to move permanantly. Then they got divorced. My family is insane. My dad lives in the lake house now. 

Living on the lake near Watertown is surprisingly nice in the summer. And extremely desolate in the winter. And you can only swim/boat 3 months out of the year. The water doesn't get warm until June.

Sucrets - if you remember and tell me, I'll make sure to tell my dad to check it out. I trust his opinion on wing places more than anyone else!

ggmae

Sucrets - Another good website is Nymbler.com. It allows you to choose names you like and then suggests similar ones for you. Not like I've visited it before or anything....;-)

sucrets4

Mery!  It's the Wing Wagon!

Sorry I'm quiet, DH and I going through names.

His latest suggestion is the same as our last name.  Yes, the same names.  God help me.

ggmae

Willow is a cool name for a girl.

If it's a boy, you should name him Bear. Now there's a kickass name!

sucrets4

gretch - we're working on girl names.  have a long list so far.  want to hear?

ggmae

Yes yes yes!

nda_roxybabe

I'm late and I've done this recently but I don't care because I'm obsessed with names (Gretch, we could have fun. I use to make lists of my favorite name for every letter of the alphabet)

Girls;
Greyson "Grey"
Olivia Sloane
Savannah Kensington
Emerson "Emmy"
Sophia (too popular now )
Avery
Lyla
Emery
Regan
Addison
Eisley
Harper (my nieces name)
Chloe


Boys;
Hunter Hampton (You can take this but then we'd have sons with the same name someday...haha)
Asher
Reeve Daniel
Rye (for a middle name)
Walker
Graham
Mitchell
Cullen (would be awesome if it werent for twilight)
Cohen
Holden

beatlesgirl25

I tried to read this whole list, but I think some will be repeats (sorry):

Girls: Chloe, Olivia, Mia, Norah, Maya, Grace

Boys: James or Jeremy (I've seriously always liked Jeremy, it just happens to be the name of the man I ended up marrying). Except I don't think James would go very well with your last name!

betrothed123

Sucrets, YGPM.

sapphirebaby926

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[QUOTE]I vote for Rachel.
Posted by RachNRich[/QUOTE]

<div>I agree with this - as long as you spell it the right way without the extra a in it</div>

felicity and reverie

Girls names:
Eloise
Emmeline
Eleanor
Lucille
Helena
Jane
Charlotte
Ama

Boys names:
Emmett
Jules
Owen
Edmond (can call him Eddie)
Ethan

jamiefour

Love all the upstate NY talk.  I went to school in Oswego.  Also cold as hell...  Baby names-if I am not too late.
Girls
Abigail
Rena
Ryan
Sophie
Reagan

Boys
Theodore
Mason
Dane (FI middle name)
Jackson

sucrets4

Thanks for all the input!  We made a tentative list of girl names...and of course the top 2 were the ones we've been talking about for awhile.

We'll do boy names another night. 

Thanks for all the inspiration!

lpstl

I'm probably way too late, but here are our favorite boy names:

Xavier (obviously)
Sawyer
Everett
Fletcher

I forget, are you finding out the sex?

nda_roxybabe

Lp- where have you been? I've missed yourpretty face

lpstl

Aww, hi roxy

Work has been crazy, and honestly I've been in total baby mode lately. All my internet time has been spent looking at strollers and diapers. Yeah.. that's a little sad and I'm ok with that.

sucrets4

lp - we totally are, probably right after we get back from xmas.  Can't wait!

Alright, bedtime for me.  Night, ladies!

TurtlesAllTheWayDown

Jamie - you probably won't see this, but my brother went to SUNY Oswego. I think he just moved back that way. He was living in Liverpool for a bit.

saschaduran

Two of my favorite girls names are in the top ten now:( 
Olivia and Chloe.
I also like Grace and Natasha.
My daughter's name is Sydney Leah.

My husband already chose and laid claim to a boys name, which I love....xxxxxx
We actually talk about xxxxx sometimes.  A lot.
I also love Noah, Luke, Levi, Oliver, and Max.

Sorry for the editing.  My husband saw that I typed in his name and got mad because he doesn't want it to sweep the nation.  Apparently all the pregnant knotties are going to steal it.  My husband is a girl.

thesuninherhead

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[QUOTE]Boy: Wesley Levi Jasper Harrison Strom Anderson Harrison
Posted by ggmae[/QUOTE]
<p>Clearly, gg loves the name Harrison! :P</p><p> </p><p>My list is small- Girl's names:</p><p><strong>Adelaide</strong> (this is what we'll name a girl if we have one. It's of german origin, which suits as H's family is German and we have a very german surname)</p><p><strong>Madeleine </strong></p><address><strong>Elise</strong> (don't know why this is in italics, but in any case, it's my sister's name)</address><p><strong>Savannah</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Boy's names:</p><p><strong>Xavier</strong> (my favourite, but H is not a fan as his cousin's son has the same name)</p><p><strong>Kenji</strong> (i'd adore this if it weren't for the fact that it's a clothing brand here!)</p><p><strong>Luka</strong> (German again)</p><p><strong>Noah</strong></p><p><strong>Zachary</strong></p>

thesuninherhead

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[QUOTE]I hate being a teacher.  I'm associating kids with so many of these names.  UGH.
<p>Posted by sucrets4[/QUOTE]</p><p> </p><p>When my mother was having my little sister, I remember her saying the same thing- so many names were 'naughty kid's names' and it took her ages to find something that she and my father agreed on!</p>

Stackeye210

Girl:
Jocelyn
Roslyn
Kendall

If we have a boy he'll be a third - aka Trey.