By this time last baby, Hub and I had a list of about 50 names for each gender (we aren't finding out this time, either) to whittle down. This time we have very little. Soooo, reader's poll, what are some good baby names? No "trendy" or weird ones, please.
If I had a daughter, I would want to name her Madelaine or Sophie. A son... Eli or Jacob. All are moot since you always name a child after a deceased relative, so Husband already knows we will name our first born after his father, whose named started with R. So, uh, I'm always on the lookout for R suggestions that are neither to "out there" nor common enough that there would be more than 1 or 2 others in school...
ReplyDeleteCheck out http://www.babynamewizard.com/voyager# if you want to either go with or avoid common names.
ReplyDeleteWe always liked Claire and Cecilia for a girl. But with a last name like Blair, and Paul Simon's Cecilia song, those were ixnayed. Plus, we just liked Bridget better.
ReplyDeleteFor a boy, well, you can't go wrong with Colin or...ahem...um...a certain name that starts with N, ends in L, and has athanie in the middle. :P
I second Sophie as a good name. I also like Fiona. I think boys names that aren't super common but not too out there are harder to find.
ReplyDeletehuh, I'm such a boring person... and most of my baby names have some scandinavian influence but still; I like Eric, Colin, Andrew, Gregory, David...[told you I was boring ;) ]
ReplyDeleteI'd stay away from Jacob (although I love it) due to the Twilight thingy... (that means Edward, Bella, Isabella, Alice, Emse, Carlise are probably out too - plenty of those names around now since they are popular but also because they are out there so people feel familarity with them) it's like that a few years ago when there was a vast increase in Aragon, Frodo and Bilbo for boys....
Girl names; Sarah, Elisabeth, Sophie... Alyson?
EtBr> you're looking for something less common than Roger, Ronald or Russ? ;) My fave(s) on R is probably 'Rutger' or 'Rasmus' - from the Greek 'erasimos' [worth loving]. Although, I guess it might be a hard sell in US?
ReplyDeleteMy fave(s) on R is probably 'Rutger' or 'Rasmus
ReplyDeleteRutger isn't bad, but in the US it might give people connotations of Rutger Hauer, who while good in Ladyhawke, was also in The Hitcher, which I'm not sure it exactly where PUI Prof wants to take this.
Had a crush on Rutger Hauer when younger (those EYES!). But he has made his career out of playing creepy dudes for the most part. Besides, there's a major university with that name here,too.
ReplyDeleteNat, have a nephew named Nathaniel, a very nice name. He's three and they call him "Nater-'tater" (as in little potato).
well, I agree it is easy to swere into Hauer land (one of old idols though... ) but I do have some 'real' people I know with the name, at least one more ;)
ReplyDeleteIt's always hard with ppl you know already though, I might find Danielle a nice enough name but had an aweful girl in class as a youngester and therefore it is so out.... and there goes Jonathan (which I always think of as a less charming Nathaniel :) )
Ooooh, fun! Thanks for letting us suggest!
ReplyDeleteGirl= Isabel, Miranda, Anne
Boy= Jasper, Clark, Lewis
I totally agree with the suggestion for checking out the Baby Name Wizard website. The author runs a fun blog, too. Hers was the only "name book" I bought. It's easy to delay naming a second child-- ours was 3 days old when we finally named her!
Very best wishes.
Just be very sure you spell it right, or at least how you want it spelled when it's time to name the baby (which will be when you're so druggged up you can't remember how to spell your name and Hub's passed out in the waiting room) - even if you have to write it in permanent marker on someone. Also, alternate spellings of names, intentional or not, usually suck in the long run. I do speak from experience, as one of those people who got one of those names.
ReplyDeleteJust so you know, Eli is a very popular name... As a friend of mine recently found out.
ReplyDeleteI like usual sounding unusual names... so there's no confusion as to how to pronounce it, but there aren't 3 of you in your class.
ReplyDeleteBoy = Dryden, Aiden
Girl = Chesney, Violet
Having named our 7 year-old Aidan, we were astonished to find 5 of them in his year at school - it seems that Aidans are *everywhere* now :-/.
ReplyDeleteWe've always gone Celtic, so our younger son is Keiran (spelling in homage to Keir Hardie); I would have liked Ieuan but that got vetoed as being too weird for the US :). Liam, Rory, Cameron were all in the running, ditto Connor.
Girls - dunno, never thought about it :).