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your fav baby names and why and what they mean. If you had more kids what would ya name them?
lrisheyes
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Being of Irish descent, I favor some traditional Celtic names.
Caitlin, Patrick, Conor are the names I chose for my children. Had I had another son, I would have named him Aidan.
After reading Leon Uris' book Trinity, I fell in love with the name Conor.
Patrick Lynch I chose when I was a young girl. Lynch being my maiden name. Luckily I married an Irishman who loved the name as well
Caitlin, Patrick, Conor are the names I chose for my children. Had I had another son, I would have named him Aidan.
After reading Leon Uris' book Trinity, I fell in love with the name Conor.
Patrick Lynch I chose when I was a young girl. Lynch being my maiden name. Luckily I married an Irishman who loved the name as well
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Im more of a traditionalist too, I like old names, but a few newer ones slip in here and there.
When pregnant with my son, Who's the Boss was on tv. I loved Allysa Malono (SP) and the boy Johnathan on the show.
I have always loved the name Johnathan, and my husbands middle name is John. I baby sat a boy who is now an officer of the law, and his name is Nathan. Thats why we kept the spelling as two names put together, Joh
athan.
He got his dads first name as his middle.
If he were a girl, my husband had picked Christine, I liked the name and wanted the first to be Samantha. Giving the name Samantha Christine.
Needless to say, when I found out why he wanted Christine, Im glad I got my boy! lol
When pregnant with my daughter, it was alot tougher, our last name doesnt really fit with alot of names and we have to be really careful specially when it comes to girls.
I wanted Rosemary Elizabeth, or Emily Elizabeth, then my Aunt died. Her name was Catherine. So it was a given that it would be Catherine, but what to put with it. To use Elizabeth, she would need two pieces of ID to fit her names on.
I had picked Rose because his Grandmothers middle name was Rosemaud, and my Grandmothers name was Mary. Picking the two and making one name fit but not with Catherine. So, Catherine Rose became.
Now if she were a boy, Travis James/John hadnt completely decided on that one. Travis for Travis Fryman of the Detroit Tigers that year, and James we liked but our friends had a son a month earlier and called him Tyler James. So then it went to John, after my husbands uncle Jack! lmao, his name is John but goes by Jack.
All this said, I love the old Irish and Scottish names but when you have a partner they have to agree on them too! lol
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When pregnant with my son, Who's the Boss was on tv. I loved Allysa Malono (SP) and the boy Johnathan on the show.
I have always loved the name Johnathan, and my husbands middle name is John. I baby sat a boy who is now an officer of the law, and his name is Nathan. Thats why we kept the spelling as two names put together, Joh
athan. He got his dads first name as his middle.
If he were a girl, my husband had picked Christine, I liked the name and wanted the first to be Samantha. Giving the name Samantha Christine.
Needless to say, when I found out why he wanted Christine, Im glad I got my boy! lol
When pregnant with my daughter, it was alot tougher, our last name doesnt really fit with alot of names and we have to be really careful specially when it comes to girls.
I wanted Rosemary Elizabeth, or Emily Elizabeth, then my Aunt died. Her name was Catherine. So it was a given that it would be Catherine, but what to put with it. To use Elizabeth, she would need two pieces of ID to fit her names on.
I had picked Rose because his Grandmothers middle name was Rosemaud, and my Grandmothers name was Mary. Picking the two and making one name fit but not with Catherine. So, Catherine Rose became.
Now if she were a boy, Travis James/John hadnt completely decided on that one. Travis for Travis Fryman of the Detroit Tigers that year, and James we liked but our friends had a son a month earlier and called him Tyler James. So then it went to John, after my husbands uncle Jack! lmao, his name is John but goes by Jack.
All this said, I love the old Irish and Scottish names but when you have a partner they have to agree on them too! lol
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with my first child, i didnt really go for meaning so much as legacy. since im a chick, unless i hyphenated her last name, or went for some kind of legal mumbo-jumbo, my last name would be obliterated since there are no males to carry it on. i swore i was having a boy...i was wrong.
'sides which, i was 5 months preggers when i found out i was carrying...so i didnt have too much time to ponder.
four miscarriages later...
my second child, i knew i was preggers pretty early. i saw her as a gift. so i named her cynthea. 'thea' means gift.
'sides which, i was 5 months preggers when i found out i was carrying...so i didnt have too much time to ponder.
four miscarriages later...
my second child, i knew i was preggers pretty early. i saw her as a gift. so i named her cynthea. 'thea' means gift.
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vella_ms said:
I LOVE that!!!!
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i saw her as a gift. so i named her cynthea. 'thea' means gift.[/QUOTE]
Thats really beautiful Vella!
Never thought of meanings when naming my kids, just worried what went with the last name. My daughter is lucky, she only has to have it till she marries.
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Thats really beautiful Vella!
Never thought of meanings when naming my kids, just worried what went with the last name. My daughter is lucky, she only has to have it till she marries.
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When I found out my first born was going to be a girl, we'd had names picked out already, and she was named Caitlin Mary. I really wanted to name her Catherine Mary, or Mary Catherine, but I have sisters named both Catherine and Mary and so we decided on Caitlin. Her middle name is for my mom "Mary Jane".
Our youngest, Conor's middle name is Vincent. I never felt it was very Irish but it's my father-in-law's name and my husband wanted to honor him by using it. It's funny, Conor is nearly 13 now but is still sometimes called "Conor Vinny"
Our youngest, Conor's middle name is Vincent. I never felt it was very Irish but it's my father-in-law's name and my husband wanted to honor him by using it. It's funny, Conor is nearly 13 now but is still sometimes called "Conor Vinny"
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i was given all sorts of hell for all of them. Alexi sounds too much like a 'girl's name' for these parts, Anna's name sounds 'mexican' when it's strung together quickly, and i was informed that Rai is short for Raiford - a boy's name.lrisheyes said:not dorky at all........very beautiful names
They were all politely told to shove it.
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I prefer names from Greek and Roman mythology, but that's just me.
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My daughter's name is Hebrew and it means "Crown of laurel"
My choice if I have another girl, would be:
Chanya (Hebrew) meaning grace
Yishai (Hebrew) meaning gift
For boys I have no idea.
My choice if I have another girl, would be:
Chanya (Hebrew) meaning grace
Yishai (Hebrew) meaning gift
For boys I have no idea.
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My last name is a British place-name, so it goes with royal names very well. We named my son James (Jamie, not Jim). If he were a girl, I think we would have gone with Elizabeth, and called her Liz.
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This is my all-time favorite line about names.
There once was a boy named Eustace Clarence Scrubb and he almost deserved it.
Voyage of the Dawn Trader, C S Lewis
Inspired by that line, I've come up with this as the tenative opening for a current work-in-progress.
The story was Buck Grantham got his nickname because he still had the first dollar he ever made. It wasn’t true, at least not the part about his name. His parents, two otherwise sober, responsible individuals, named him Buckalew Lavelle Grantham. Everyone agreed it must have been a long and very difficult birthing for a momma to do that to her firstborn.
Rumple Foreskin
There once was a boy named Eustace Clarence Scrubb and he almost deserved it.
Voyage of the Dawn Trader, C S Lewis
Inspired by that line, I've come up with this as the tenative opening for a current work-in-progress.
The story was Buck Grantham got his nickname because he still had the first dollar he ever made. It wasn’t true, at least not the part about his name. His parents, two otherwise sober, responsible individuals, named him Buckalew Lavelle Grantham. Everyone agreed it must have been a long and very difficult birthing for a momma to do that to her firstborn.
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huge smiles. i love this work in progress.Rumple Foreskin said:This is my all-time favorite line about names.
There once was a boy named Eustace Clarence Scrubb and he almost deserved it.
Voyage of the Dawn Trader, C S Lewis
Inspired by that line, I've come up with this as the tenative opening for a current work-in-progress.
The story was Buck Grantham got his nickname because he still had the first dollar he ever made. It wasn’t true, at least not the part about his name. His parents, two otherwise sober, responsible individuals, named him Buckalew Lavelle Grantham. Everyone agreed it must have been a long and very difficult birthing for a momma to do that to her firstborn.
Rumple Foreskin
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If I were to ever have a child, boy or girl, I would want to name it Bastardly Fuckworth.
And that is, among other reasons, why women have the babies.
I have given people names for their kids that they have used, though. My gf's sister named her daughter Kariah Ki. It is a different spelling of karaya, an herb used in magic, and Ki, a nature goddess. I thought that was a cool name. And better yet, she's a cool kid.
And that is, among other reasons, why women have the babies.
I have given people names for their kids that they have used, though. My gf's sister named her daughter Kariah Ki. It is a different spelling of karaya, an herb used in magic, and Ki, a nature goddess. I thought that was a cool name. And better yet, she's a cool kid.
Boy:
Girl:
There is a Dutch (boy) name I like, but it's a bit difficult for English-speakers to pronounce: Sjoerd. It's that damned rolling "r" I think.
Finnegan, Celtic/Gaelic origin, meaning "fair"
Spencer, Old English, meaning "dispenser," or "keeper"
Craig, Celtic/Gaelic origin, meaning "rock" or "rocky" (comes from the word "crag")
Girl:
Emma, Old German, meaning "all-embracing"
Moira, Celtic/Gaelic, meaning "great" or "bitter" (bitter?!)
There is a Dutch (boy) name I like, but it's a bit difficult for English-speakers to pronounce: Sjoerd. It's that damned rolling "r" I think.
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I've always loved Alex but my husband didn't like it, so I didn't get to use it. We had a really hard time agreeing on the names for all of our children.
If we'd had a second girl, I wanted to name her Cassandra Danielle and call her Cassie... but we had a third boy instead of a second girl, lol.
If we'd had a second girl, I wanted to name her Cassandra Danielle and call her Cassie... but we had a third boy instead of a second girl, lol.
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I have just lent two boxes of baby name books to one of my daughters so that she and husband can start choosing names for a Christmas grandchild.
Why two boxes? They were part of my bookshop stock and I kept them for inspiration for naming my characters.
60 or 70 different baby name books seem to help slightly to distract my daughter from morning sickness. I remember dealing with my wife at this stage with our firstborn. My son-in-law has my sympathy (as does my daughter).
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Why two boxes? They were part of my bookshop stock and I kept them for inspiration for naming my characters.
60 or 70 different baby name books seem to help slightly to distract my daughter from morning sickness. I remember dealing with my wife at this stage with our firstborn. My son-in-law has my sympathy (as does my daughter).
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We named our second Derek and I wanted to shorten that to Dirk - so he calls himself Bill!
I do empathise with those who discover after the event that their choices were daft. Both of ours ended up with the same initials .... as their grandfather. Since my first initial is the same too, it's often hard to know who should open the post.
I wouldn't care, except that we did actually give the names a lot of thought: they have fairly ordinary first names, but comparatively exotic middle names that reflect family heritage, which we thought would give them the option to slide below the radar or stand out according to their own choice.
And then 'Bill'.
Yuk!
I do empathise with those who discover after the event that their choices were daft. Both of ours ended up with the same initials .... as their grandfather. Since my first initial is the same too, it's often hard to know who should open the post.
I wouldn't care, except that we did actually give the names a lot of thought: they have fairly ordinary first names, but comparatively exotic middle names that reflect family heritage, which we thought would give them the option to slide below the radar or stand out according to their own choice.
And then 'Bill'.
Yuk!
