Baby Names

[Ayen]

This is a question for all of the parents on the forum. How hard was it coming up with a name for your child? Did you know right away what you wanted to name them or did it take some consideration? Did you have an alternative name planned just in case it was the opposite sex of what you were expecting? Were they named after anyone in particular or did you give them their own names?

Alternatively, if there are any members who want/are thinking about having children, what names would you pick out for them? I've always been better at picking out girl names, so I'd probably have several of those to choose from and so few boy names. I always liked Tori, June, Lily, Mary, Olivia, Alexis, Chloe, Sarah (Hi, Sarah), Alyssa, Naomi, and Alma myself.

For boys I always been partial to Shinta since I learned its meaning: "The gem that provides everything one desires."

Discuss.

[Christmas]

My kids will be given serial numbers until they are capable enough to earn a name. :cool:

[jodymcdougle]

it is amazingly hard to pick "the right name". finally, we just picked one that fit and felt right.

[~*~Celes~*~]

my son and his brother have comic book-inspired names because husband :|

[Yamaneko]

At first we thought it was a good name, befitting of someone who was to carry on our hopes and dreams, but as the months rolled into years and the disappointments mounted, it became clear that 'Wesley' turned out to be a horrible choice.

[Shorty]

Hi! I hear more and more people say they like my name for a baby name. I always thought my name was considered plain and boring, so that's neat!

Averie for a girl, Charlie for a boy.

[Formalhaut]

I have literally no idea what I'd name by children. By the time that comes, hopefully me and Sam would know a name! This is assuming of course that we don't adopt. We probably will, but you know, it's nice to think about names anyway.

[Ayen]

my son and his brother have comic book-inspired names because husband :|

I hope he didn't name them after the ones who parents died =x

My brother's second boy has an anime-inspired name.


Hi! I hear more and more people say they like my name for a baby name. I always thought my name was considered plain and boring, so that's neat!

I admit video game characters and Sarah Michelle Gellar has warmed me up to the name growing up. It's a pretty name. It also has the advantage of blending in with others, no one's going to think twice about another "Sarah" as opposed to the child who parents named them "ESPN." Yes, there's a kid out there who was actually named "ESPN."

Virtually everyone has my name. Even the main villains in book epics about wizards who go to school to learn magic.

[noxious.sunshine]

I don't know how or why I came up with Parker for a girl, but I thought it up when I was like 19/20 way before I even wanted kids. And I just always thought it was the cutest thing ever.

When I got pregnant and found out she was a girl (I cried. I wanted a boy lol), she was gonna be Maria. Then my sister lol'd at me and was like "No." and so then I chose Parker! Parker RoseMarie! Rose is my mom's middle name and Marie is her confrimation name as well as my sister's middle name.

I also love Aunnalie for a girl.. I worked with a little girl in ESL named Aunnalie. She was cute as shit.

I have no clue what I'd name a boy. I think Walter is cute. Along with Clifford Coolidge (my dad and grandfather's middle names) or Tucker (my dad's nickname that no one uses anymore), but with this potential Spanish as fuck last name (Marquez), I have no idea.. Probably SpongeBob. or Beavis.

[~*~Celes~*~]

my son and his brother have comic book-inspired names because husband :|

I hope he didn't name them after the ones who parents died =x

:| :|

[Shiny]

I always really liked the name Amber for a girl especially if she was a ginger some how.

[Pumpkin]

Some already know this story, but when I was under 5 years old I had a dream where a strange man told me I would have a son and name him Michael. Then I had a son and named him Michael.

The twins were named Alyssa and Liliane because I thought they were both pretty names. If Michael had been a girl his name would have been Amber.

Sharky and I decided if we ever have another child we will name her Emily for a girl or Logan for a boy.

I've always liked the idea of boy/girl twins named either Gabriel and Danielle or Daniel and Gabrielle

[Aelitalily]

I don't want kids, but if I did, and I had a girl - I love the name Violet. It's free if anyone wants to take it ;)

[Formalhaut]

Some already know this story, but when I was under 5 years old I had a dream where a strange man told me I would have a son and name him Michael. Then I had a son and named him Michael.

Michael isn't secretly the second coming is he?

[Pumpkin]

Some already know this story, but when I was under 5 years old I had a dream where a strange man told me I would have a son and name him Michael. Then I had a son and named him Michael.

Michael isn't secretly the second coming is he?

Everybody keeps making that joke x)

[metagloria]

My wife and I both wanted something creative and atypical but not totally off the wall. She always liked the middle name Josephine, and I always liked the name Rosetta (part because it sounds cool, and part because of the awesome post-metal band from Philly). Then one day we stuck them together and realized:

"We can call her Rosie Josie!"

DONE.

We have one more set of boy/girl names picked out - we want to adopt a girl, but I don't know that we'll ever have another biological child. (But the boy's middle name would be Auron.)

[Pike]

Well Huxley's last name is Hobbes so clearly if we have a boy we have to name it Calvin N. Hobbes.

[Pheesh]

Well my last name is Bafile (which is pronounced Ba-Fill-Ee. NOT Bah-File), so I always joke to Locky that if we have kids they're getting called Lily, Billy and Milly.

But if I'm being serious, I have two girl names that I like (Katelyn and Ava), and no real preference for a boy.

[MissH]

As a teacher, I come across all kinds of weird names. I rememeber a little girl I taught a few years ago who had a double barrel first name: Misty-Love. I always thought it sounded like the name of a porn star. I've also had a child called Summer-Berry. I mean what were they thinking?! That's the name of a fruit juice!

[Parker]

Herb McDankGoebbels

Crystal

Flatulentia










Sephiroth

You didn't need to triple post that. Btw, your new nickname is Flatulentia. -shiny

[noxious.sunshine]

As a teacher, I come across all kinds of weird names. I rememeber a little girl I taught a few years ago who had a double barrel first name: Misty-Love. I always thought it sounded like the name of a porn star. I've also had a child called Summer-Berry. I mean what were they thinking?! That's the name of a fruit juice!

lmao. There was an e-mail that got sent around when I worked in ESL about a girl named Le-a.

Was it said like "Lee-uh"? "Lei-uh"?

Nope.

"Leh-DAYSH-uh"

because..

"You gotta pronounce the dash."