Author Topic: Help name my baby girl (Read 3216 times)

Gunthr · « **Reply #45 on:** November 26, 2003, 08:02:58 AM »

Here are some names that I wanted to name my daughters at one time or another, but was overidden:

Gabriella
Molly
Lana
Annamarie

Tumor · « **Reply #46 on:** November 26, 2003, 08:07:41 AM »

majic · « **Reply #47 on:** November 26, 2003, 08:43:22 AM »

I've always like Nicole, but you could also use Ripsnort.

gofaster · « **Reply #48 on:** November 26, 2003, 08:46:47 AM »

My wife and I were talking one night and goofing around we tried to think of what we would name our first child (whenever we have one). So we came up with a girl's name pretty quickly - Grace Mary Elizabeth. Grace after my grandmother, Mary after her aunt, Elizabeth after her mom and her middle name.

And then came the boy's name.

Her: "I like Evan."
Me: "Go stick your head in the Evan."
Her: "How about Adam?"
Me: "Up and Adam!"
Her: "Zackary?"
Me: "His name is Zack(make vomit sound) and he drives a Porsche and his father drives a Buick...."
Her: "Ok, what about Spencer?"
Me: "Hey, don't diss Spencer (get it? Dispenser?)"

So be careful with the name you choose. There are immature people out there (like me).

gofaster · « **Reply #49 on:** November 26, 2003, 08:58:11 AM »

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Originally posted by aztec
Whatever you do try to break the chain of naming her after a soap opera queen. Been working with kids for 15 years and you wouldn't believe how common this is male and female names alike.

I have to agree. This is pretty common. There were entire classes with 3 or 4 Briana and Skye right around the same 2 or 3 school grade levels, with none before and none after. I'd never heard of the name Ainsley until the character on the show "West Wing" a couple seasons ago and now in the preschools there are 2 or 3 Ainsley running around. Fortunately, the Ainsley character was written out of the show after only a year or two so the impact was limited.

I've always liked the name Savannah. It sounds feminine and sufficiently tomboy-ish that the girl with that name won't be one of the sissy girls like a Brianna or Tiffany would be.

LePaul · « **Reply #50 on:** November 26, 2003, 09:21:37 AM »

Ah...some names Ive always liked..

Brianna
Victoria
Ashlee
Meghan

boxboy28 · « **Reply #51 on:** November 26, 2003, 09:24:43 AM »

I also like
ALANA or Noelle

Gunthr · « **Reply #52 on:** November 26, 2003, 09:30:15 AM »

I would like to suggest some girl names to stay away from:

Agnes
Phyllis
Shantrell
Paramicia
Ugga
Pimpleona
Harrietta

Capt. Pork · « **Reply #53 on:** November 26, 2003, 09:30:57 AM »

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Originally posted by FUNKED1
That's a man's name, diminutive of Mikhail.

Not always funked. Even in Russia, it's somehow taken on a bit of a unisex application as of late. My parents, who spent the bulk of their lives behind the rusty curtain, have at least a couple female friends named Misha. I assume that number is even greater here, where people are more creative in their naming of children.

eskimo2 · « **Reply #54 on:** November 26, 2003, 09:31:51 AM »

My wife and I both have pretty common first names. My best freind in high school also had the first name of david. Look in any phone book in any town and you will likely see a number of David Halls. We didn't want our kids to share names with 1,000,000 other Americans. In fact I was insistant that we not choose names that made the top 100 list, and prefered that they not show up on the top 1,000 list.

Anyway, if you want a name that is common, rare, or somewhere in between, it's good to look at the 1,000 most popular lists.

Here are some:

http://www.babynames.com/V5/

http://landview.census.gov/genealogy/names/

http://www.babycenter.com/babyname

http://www.babynameworld.com/

eskimo

Jackal1 · « **Reply #55 on:** November 26, 2003, 09:37:08 AM »

Name her after Hitech, ya know Dale, Dell or Dail...................OH wait, then you would have to postpone the C-section for a few months.

Wanker · « **Reply #56 on:** November 26, 2003, 09:38:12 AM »

I've always liked the name Maria or Marie for a little girl.

Drifter1234 · « **Reply #57 on:** November 26, 2003, 10:11:02 AM »

Had a little girl back in March we named her:

Abigail Taylor

the other one we considered:

Sydney Marie

Drftr

Curval · « **Reply #58 on:** November 26, 2003, 11:15:37 AM »

Wow..this got alot more replies than expected.

First off...lol to Funked. I knowest all those names...gee wonder why. ..and fergetaboutit.

Tarmac...no way can I name her after an ex-girlfriend. Way too...umm...yuck.

Bryana I knida like...and some of the others will be looked at too.

DMF - I agree with you about the family name thing. My oldest is actually named after his grandfather on my wife's side...his name is Tru...but we anglicized it to Trew. My youngest is named Sam...my father's initials.

Trouble is I don't really like any of the female names on either side of our family.

Thanks for the responses all...keep 'em coming.

cpxxx · « **Reply #59 on:** November 26, 2003, 11:33:41 AM »

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Originally posted by Holden McGroin
If he names her Sinead, does he have to shave her head and listen to her incessant bizarre political drivel?

Surely all teenagers do that;)
Ah poor Sinead O'Connor. She's a priest now you know of her own bizarre religion.

This really is a day for names. The local paper listed the most popular names in Ireland at the moment. Jack and Sarah. I'm not suggesting Jack. But how about Jacqueline as in Bouvier Kennedy to be topical or like Jackie Brown the Tarantino movie.

Other Irish names that come to mind are: Ciara or Kira, Roisin, Caitlin or Caoimhe pron. Keeveh