People Names

bsn1752 · November 2010

Ooo, Deacon is a cool name too for a boy.

I'm with you ladies - older style names are just so cool

dmiller9274 · November 2010

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: People Names : Ugh, I feel your pain. I get Kristin, Christine, Kristi, Tina, even Katrina. How effing hard is it to just read the name in front of you? It makes me irrationally mad to be called Christine by people who have known me longer than a week. So I've started saying "a" (kind of pronounced 'uh') when they call me Christine. It takes them a second, but they eventually catch on.
Posted by Seshat411[/QUOTE]

<div>A guy that I work with (and have worked with for 5 yrs) still screws up my name. I've started signing emails Dare-uh so that maybe he'll get it...he still doesn't. He'll leave me a voicemail that he hears me say "you've reached Dare-uh" and he'll say "Hi dar-uh it's Willie" dumbass</div>

MandK9 · November 2010

I wanted the name Ava to honor my Hungarian roots, for like 15 years now... and now that it's about time for me to have kids, it's like the most popular girl name. Boo.

I also like Kira. Or Kiera, I guess, but I like Kira.

I dislike most male names. I like Jack. I also like Holden, after the protagonist in my favorite book.

tidetravel · November 2010

My mother's name is Ilona ( ill - lo- na). My evil gma on my dad's side insisted on calling her Leona, even though she was corrected every time. Mom stopped trying after about 6 years.

anna.oskar · November 2010

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: People Names : Ugh, I feel your pain. I get Kristin, Christine, Kristi, Tina, even Katrina. How effing hard is it to just read the name in front of you? It makes me irrationally mad to be called Christine by people who have known me longer than a week. So I've started saying "a" (kind of pronounced 'uh') when they call me Christine. It takes them a second, but they eventually catch on.
Posted by Seshat411[/QUOTE]

They never catch on with mine. I want to choke people when they call me Ann or Annie. Really people? Really?
My name is spelled the same backwards and forwards. It's not difficult.

SarahPLiz · November 2010

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[QUOTE]Ooo, Deacon is a cool name too for a boy. I'm with you ladies - older style names are just so cool
Posted by bsn1752[/QUOTE]

<div>I do not prefer names that are also an occupation, like Deacon, Major, Prince etc. For some reason they seem really pretentious to me. </div>

[Deleted User] · November 2010

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: People Names : As long as you don't mind that I "stole" you name, I may talk to DH about it. We are so-so on Gwendolyn Leigh. My BFF is named Gwendolyn, and originally, I wanted to use it to pay tribute to her, however, it may just be weird - like if I were yelling at her, I would be yelling at my friend; "Gwendolyn Leigh - get your butt downstairs right now!" I don't know.
Posted by tidetravel[/QUOTE]

Aurora is a great name. It makes me think of Sleeping Beauty. And it does sound great with Taryn.

tidetravel · November 2010

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: People Names : I do not prefer names that are also an occupation, like Deacon, Major, Prince etc. For some reason they seem really pretentious to me.
Posted by SarahPLiz[/QUOTE]

Major Major Major Major.

Hehe.

SarahPLiz · November 2010

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: People Names : Major Major Major Major. Hehe.
Posted by tidetravel[/QUOTE]

<div>HA! I was thinking of Major Applewhite, who was the Texas QB when I was in college. His name always bothered me. So does Colt McCoy, though. I don't understand naming one's offspring after a horse, or a gun. But that's just me. </div>

tidetravel · November 2010

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: People Names : Aurora is a great name. It makes me think of Sleeping Beauty. And it does sound great with Taryn.
Posted by Seshat411[/QUOTE]

Taryn, Lorelei and Aurora... Hmmm.

SarahPLiz · November 2010

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[QUOTE]I looove the name Annie. Love. Almost to the point to where I will not budge on it. J loves Allison (Alli) but it just screams 1980's to me. If I would have been a boy I would have been Kain Anthony or Anthony Kain. I think I will use the name Kain if we have a boy. I also like Brody, but it seems pretty popular now.
Posted by Chi_Chi[/QUOTE]

<div>My sister's name is Analiese (Ah Na EES) but she goes by Annie. I like it too. </div>

avsfan33 · November 2010

I wanted the name Ava too for pretty much the same reason as MandK. FI gave me a funny look and contemplated it for a second and never really gave me an answer on the name. Now it's extremely popular. Bah.

People spell/say my name wrong all the time. Granted it's Kristan. I'm used to getting Kristin or Kristen. It's when I get "Kristine" or Christian. Um really? Now if it was spelled "Kristin" I could MAYBE understand Kristine but there's a freaking "a".

dmiller9274 · November 2010

jcb, I think the same thing about Jake...it just sounds good looking lol FI thinks I'm crazy

If we have a girl, her name will be Charlie. It's another family thing, but I also love it in general.

K&J64 · November 2010

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: People Names : As long as you don't mind that I "stole" you name, I may talk to DH about it. We are so-so on Gwendolyn Leigh. My BFF is named Gwendolyn, and originally, I wanted to use it to pay tribute to her, however, it may just be weird - like if I were yelling at her, I would be yelling at my friend; "Gwendolyn Leigh - get your butt downstairs right now!" I don't know.
Posted by tidetravel[/QUOTE]

I wouldn't mind at all lol. I'd be happy really, like I said would probably never get that one by FI and there should be some little girl out there with that awesome name. Are you going to find out what you're having or waiting for it to be a surprise?

SarahPLiz · November 2010

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[QUOTE]I love the name Jake for a boy. It reminds me of the Jake from 16 Candles and I looooved that movie. And I've seriously never met a Jake that wasn't drop dead gorgeous. Please don't ruin it for me. <strong>And I like girl names that have boy nicknames for some reason: Alexandra/Alex, Samantha/Sam.</strong> Anyone have one of those? Did you like having a boy nickname? All a moot point really, since we're not having kids.
Posted by jcbsjr[/QUOTE]
<div>
</div><div>My gifted class teacher said that she wanted her kids to have boy nicknames, so they would get further in the resume/interview process. Not sure I agree, but it was interesting helping her pick out names. Her first kid would have been Veronica Jolene or Ronald Joseph, either way Ronnie Jo. Ronald was it. The next was to be a Sam, so Samuel or Samantha. She had a girl, so she is Samantha Jolene. Or Sammie Jo. </div>

dmiller9274 · November 2010

I got all of the Native American characteristics, so my mom thinks I should honor that in my childs name (if they look like me). I always joke that I'll name my kid Runs With Scissors.

SarahPLiz · November 2010

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[QUOTE]I got all of the Native American characteristics, so my mom thinks I should honor that in my childs name (if they look like me). I always joke that I'll name my kid Runs With Scissors.
Posted by dmiller9274[/QUOTE]

<div>LOL love it!</div>

heartxsongs · November 2010

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[QUOTE]I love the name Jake for a boy. It reminds me of the Jake from 16 Candles and I looooved that movie. And I've seriously never met a Jake that wasn't drop dead gorgeous. Please don't ruin it for me. <strong>And I like girl names that have boy nicknames for some reason: Alexandra/Alex, Samantha/Sam. Anyone have one of those? Did you like having a boy nickname?</strong> All a moot point really, since we're not having kids.
Posted by jcbsjr[/QUOTE]

My name is Samantha. My mom always calls me Samantha because she didn't like the nickname Sam, so my whole family pretty much calls me Samantha. All my friends throughout school ended up calling me Sam and I didn't really care. We didn't have any male Sams in our circle of friends so I never thought of it as a male nickname. My FI has always called me Sammy, and now his entire family knows me as Sammy.

From the people I've met, Samantha seems to be a much more popular name than Samuel, so I don't meet many male Sams. I actually don't know if I have ever spoken with a guy named Samuel before.

Chi_Chi · November 2010

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: People Names : My sister's name is Analiese (Ah Na EES) but she goes by Annie. I like it too.
Posted by SarahPLiz[/QUOTE]
Ooh, I like that! I've been trying to think of a more "formal" name but call her Annie. Just in case I birthed the furture president or something. ;)

SarahPLiz · November 2010

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: People Names : Ooh, I like that! I've been trying to think of a more "formal" name but call her Annie. Just in case I birthed the furture president or something. ;)
Posted by Chi_Chi[/QUOTE]

<div>A lot of people pronounce it in the English way, as Ann-alyse, but my dad always said it with a French pronunciation, since it came from, his side of the family. I thinkits beautiful, and I may use it for one of my kids' names. There are tons of Virginias and Dorothys on my mom's side, so why not? </div>

anna.oskar · November 2010

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[QUOTE] For girls, we also like less common names: Morgan,
Posted by brookelynpaisley[/QUOTE]

Tons and tons of Morgans around here. both boys and girls.

kd.joseph · November 2010

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[QUOTE]Sam Merlotte (fictional, but still) Samuel L Jackson Sam Elliott Sammy Sosa But, no, I've never met a Sam/Samuel in person.
Posted by jcbsjr[/QUOTE]

My new great nephew is a Samuel. I love that name.

rhodesign · November 2010

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[QUOTE]For boys, we agree on less common names, like Calvin, Graham, Jamison, and Simon. DH also loves Jacoby right now. I also like biblical names, which is kind of odd considering my stance on religion: Jonah, Noah, Paul. I like Ian and Ethan a lot too, but DH has shot them down. For girls, we also like less common names: Morgan, Ainsley, Meredith, Alison. <strong>Names that you don't think are weird when you hear them, but you don't hear them frequently.</strong> Since I'm Brooke and he's Daniel, we agree to lean more toward names like my own, hence the uncommon-but-not-weird bias.
Posted by brookelynpaisley[/QUOTE]

Exactly! That's how my name is, and I like it that way. I've never had another girl in my entire school with my name, and I only ever met another Rhonda in college, and that was one of my professors. Interestingly enough, every one I've met since with my name has been a nurse, too. weird.

I love old-fashioned names for girls, and odd Biblical names for boys. J is not having any of it, really, especially my boys' names. I love Ephraim for a boy, but he hates it. I also like Ezekial (Zeke) in a strange way, but that most likely won't happen either. It'll probably be a mix of our mothers' maiden names since they both sound like first names.

For girls, I love the name Anne, but with our last name it would sound repetitive.
We do agree on Eleanor. I love that name and said he likes it too. I also like Meredith, June, and Astrid. He laughs at me, but I know we're gonna have a girl someday. I feel like that's all we'd have--I told him he's only producing x's =)

K Byte · November 2010

I like somewhat uncommon names but nothing too odd. Old fashioned names are becoming really popular, I think Olivia and Ava have been in the top 10 for years in terms of popular baby names. I think for a boy I like Lukas or Trent, and for a girl I like Eve and Diana.

allisong23 · November 2010

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[QUOTE]I looove the name Annie. Love. Almost to the point to where I will not budge on it. J loves Allison (Alli) but it just screams 1980's to me.
Posted by Chi_Chi[/QUOTE]

Hey, I am an Allison and I was born in the 70s! And my mom is an Allison too, and she was born in the 40s She is a freaking trendsetter. :)

jemmini6 · November 2010

I like names that are sort of old-fashined, but have sort of made a come-back too. Like Ella, Evelynn, Jocelynn, Preston, etc. It wasn't my intention to have them come back though, Ella and Preston were my grandparents names and I had always thought about naming my kids after them, it's just coincidence that they are sort of popular now.

tldh · November 2010

I'm still trying to think of a name if we ever have our Irish/Greek little girl. We've already settled on Jason for a boy. The Irish name I like for a girl is Eilish (eye - lish) but I don't live anymore in an area with a big Irish population. The Greek name I like is Persephone (Per - sef - oh - knee) but she was the queen of the damned in mythology.

brookelynpaisley · November 2010

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: People Names : Tons and tons of Morgans around here. both boys and girls.
Posted by anna.oskar[/QUOTE]

Really? I've only met 2 girls named Morgan in my whole life. I should look at regional stats.

katiewhompus · November 2010

Yay Connor

I like the names from books because I associate them with characters. Janelle, Titian, Glorianna, Cassidy, Lyrra, Gynnifer (yes I know weird spelling), Breanna, Arabella, and Aralia for girls. Daemon, Aiden, Liam, Connor, Sebastien for boys.

The only boy name H and I can agree on is Alexander Allen S. I threw Liam at him last night and he didn't like it Looks like Liam Sebastien will have to become a character in a book or something.

raynes · November 2010

Oy. My H realllllly wants to name a son Khendon. Or Brogan. I could maybe see Brogan, but Khendon is out, for sure.

For girls I like Isobel.

The tradition in H's family is 2 middle names after your parents/their grandparents. I just find it sort of weird. H's grandfathers are Joseph and Donald and those are his middle names, but his sister's middle names are Joelle Dawn. Not my cup of tea.

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