Thursday, July 10, 2008

An Extra Thought on Names

Poor Dad is still in the hospital.  He's sweet talking the nurses into doing anything he wants, so I know he's on his way back to being more like himself!  
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Strange question tonight, I know...

If you had a daughter and naming her was solely up to you, what would you name her?
How 'bout a son?

12 comments:

Melissa said...

I didn't know you had a blog! I saw your comment on Emily's blog and followed the link! :)

Well, luckily, Gus and I have always loved Rachel adn it was our "girl name" for every pregnancy. And we finally got to use it! :) Still seems like a big name for her as she mostly gets called "baby girl"...lol.

Other names I loved:
Leah
Amelia
Mallory
Julia
Ava
Lydia

I'm sure I'll think of more later...

kim-d said...

I miss you so much, Lanny. Soon I hope to be a better manager of time but, until I do, don't forget me, okay?

My favorite girl's name - Amelia Elizabeth, Amy for short. My favorite boy's name - Thomas Whatever-Husband's-Name-Is. For a girl, I also like Erin, Rachel, Susan and some others I can't think of for now. When I think of them, I'll stop back. HAHAHA!

Miss you!

eddie said...

Josephine. Not that we want to have kids of course, but that would be the name . . .

Boy? Eddie Jr.

Lizzy said...

Hmmmmm... I'm done with having kids, but I always said if I'd had a daughter I'd name her Zoe.

I liked Taylor for either gender, as it's a family name, but one of my cousins used it.

Lizzy said...

eeeek.. I forgot to mention before, there's another basket of laundry waiting to be folded!

Does this crap multiply when I'm asleep?

Daisy, Just Daisy said...

Girls:
Caroline Grace
Lillian Rose
Julia

Boys:
Jack
Thomas Dean
Colin

Daisy, Just Daisy said...

Ooh I forgot a few.

Jacqueline- Jaci
Amelia
Isabella- Bella
Sofia

Noah
Benjamin
Elijah

And here are my thoughts on names:

They should be unique enough that they won't have 3 other kids with the same name in their 6th grade classroom.

They should be common place enough that they don't have issues with spelling/misspelling/confusion/ability to prounounce.

My name "tests"

- Would it look nice/normal embroiderd on a high-school sports team bag?

- Would a future employer be able to pronounce it off of a resume?

- Would it look proper on a business card for a traditional profession? But also look good signed at the bottom of a painting or on a book cover?

joanne said...

So glad your dad is doing better.
Names???
Lindsay Grace
Amelia
Madeline

Carlton
Casey
Kellen

Have a good weekend ;)

Mama E said...

Who knows?
Girls: Margaret (Maggie), Charlotte (DH doesn't like this one...lol!), Amelia, Elyse

Boys: Samuel, Jonah, Evan(a version of a family name), ????

katy said...

I am so far beyond babies that I don't think of names anymore....I know a woman who has the cutest little girl and her name is Samantha and they call her Sammy, I have always liked that. I love Grace. Boys names are harder to come up with for me.

Melissa said...

I figured out you question! Even though I never post (cause I hardly work out! LOL), I still lurk on the workout thread! Shhh-don't tell! ha!

So very excited for you!! I'd love to hear the final decision when you make one!

Leeann said...

Girl- Savannah or Laura- something classic but less common than it used to be.

Leeann