Just for fun - Favorite baby names

Lisa1971

I like Ruby for a girl and Liam for a boy. I don't plan on having kids though so I think I'll just get a puppy and call it Ruby.

My Pit Bull puppy is named Ruby! Too funny!

Lisa1971

Braxton - NO. I can't ... even...

Not a fan of the name Braxton but a HUGE fan of this Braxton! GO BUCKS!:drinker:

stormbornkraken

I dispatched for 911 so I have heard some great names. Here are some that I can remember of the top of my head
Orangejello and Lemonjello
Lon Dong
We Wei
Christopher Hammer Long
Chasity Belt

Nice! I work in higher ed and the same rules apply.

Applications come in with names such as:

Budweiser - I assume they named him for the drink he was conceived with
Nebula Quattle
Precious Semen - my personal favorite
Vaernish - pronounced varnish

Personally I like rich, eccentric and historical names. The Romanov family had pretty names.

I would love a girl named Anastasia or Genevieve and a boy called Vincent or Nicholi Alexander.

ThinLizzie0802

Eliza Finn
Izabella
Robert
Alexander

cgrand18

My sons are Jacob Dean & Chad William.

Yes Jacob is over popular, but it was hugely used when I named my 20 years ago plus my son was named after my (now ex husband's) best friend. (Terry Jacobs) They were in a car accident together and Terry passed away. We didn't want to name our son Terry so we picked Jacob. My exes name was Jody (one of the he/she names too)

My name is Cora Lee. I used to complain to my parents about it and they would say we decided you were going to be named after your Great Grandmothers. They each had one they were close with. One was Cora Adalaide and the other was Lizzie Lee. So.....you could be Lizzie Adalaide or Adalaide Lizzie or you could be Cora Lee. Yea.....Cora Lee is just fine!

Holly_Roman_Empire

Not a fan of last names as girl names. Kennedy? Peyson? Reagan? Presley? Ugh NO!

Met someone this week whose name sounds like "SHEER-sten." Sounds pretty, but how's it spelled? Kirsten. WHAT? Why did your parents do that to you? You're gonna have to correct EVERYONE the rest of your ENTIRE LIFE.

Also, alot of new names bug me. You know, the ones that sound like they're mish-mashes of two other names. Brinley. Korgan. Tegan. Soren. (lol that rhymes) Also, I can't take you seriously if you are named after a food or a tree. Or a moral quality.

Braxton - NO. I can't ... even...

My friend had decided to name her son Braxton while he was still in the womb, and she was teased endlessly when she actually started having Braxton-Hicks contractions. I would have changed my mind at that point.

JonnyMacAwesome

Named my daughter Olivia...That was our #1 for a girl, #2: Sophia
For a boy if we ever had one, Logan...so I could call him WOLVERINE!

...my wife has agreed to the name Logan...aka Wolverine.

:happy:

EDIT: I am not a fan of the non-name names people have been using lately... Also my newest nephew, his name is Lincoln, yet my brother and sister in law get their undies in a bunch if I call him "Abe"...When I hear Lincoln, I think Abe Lincoln...Lincoln as a first name is better suited to a dog I think.

enterdanger

I have 2 boys Reid Aaron and Nolan James. If I had a girl I would have named her Quinn or Jordan but no such luck.

Rerun201

Not lying, this is the actual name of someone I interviewed as an investigator:

La-a

When I tried to pronounce it, she corrected me. "It's La-Dash-A. The dash don't be silent".

kshadows

I have a son and a daughter... Aiden John and Allison Josephine.

kshadows

Although I did meet a man at a car dealership...he gave me his card and his name was Dave Davidson. WTF?? I went to school with a kid named Evan Evans. WHY??!

Qcrazy

lyric

freshstart180213

My children are called matthew clive (clive after his granddad) and elizabeth may (after hubbies and my nans who died before our daughter was born) we have decided we will go for a third perhaps next year and will have james edward for a boy (named after both hubbies brothers) and rebecca helen (helen after hubbies mum) for a girl

sdereski

For girls I have:

Olivia Leigh
Sophia Grace
Victoria Rose
Eleanore Ruth
Charlotte Lily
Imogen Faith

Boys Names:

Elijah Alexander
Benjamin Henry
Ezra Jackson
Luke William
Theodore James
Phillip Ross

those are beautiful names.

sdereski

Have read this thread with interest. It is obvious that age and ethnicity have an influence on what names one finds appealing.

Some of my favs are:

Girls:
Michah
Esme Sophia (my granddaughter)
Isabella
Gemma
Eve
Ada
Bronte
Nadia
Karita
Linnea
Sarina

Boys:
Anders Joel (my son)
Caleb Jude (2nd son)
Ethan
Luca
Dante
Gabriel
Brett
Samuel
Brian
Michael
David
James
Christopher
Daryl
Wayne

Koholint

There are only two that my husband and I have decided on for sure... Peter for a boy, and Eve for a girl.


I also like Thomas or Tom, and my husband likes Vaughn. Abigail is a lovely name for a girl but I don't care for the nickname "Abby" so that might be problematic. Plus, "Abby" would have a cousin "Addy" so that would be too confusing anyway!

Well, I'm not pregnant and don't have kids yet, so I guess I have some time. (:

bunsen561

I saw some research that names tend to migrate from "prep" to "low rent." IIRC, it was a 20-year cycle.

Holly_Roman_Empire

There are only two that my husband and I have decided on for sure... Peter for a boy, and Eve for a girl.


I also like Thomas or Tom, and my husband likes Vaughn. Abigail is a lovely name for a girl but I don't care for the nickname "Abby" so that might be problematic. Plus, "Abby" would have a cousin "Addy" so that would be too confusing anyway!

Well, I'm not pregnant and don't have kids yet, so I guess I have some time. (:

I wanted to name a boy Peter if we had one, but my husband nixed that quickly since Peter can be another name for penis. As for Abby, I am careful to name a kid anything that appears in literature or history. I read the play "The Crucible" and now I'm not keen on anyone named Abby.

Serah87

My hubby is German, so we named our boys German names:

Kelby Hans

Korey Jakob

Both have pure white blond hair and blue eyes.

MeganAnne89

Must be a woman thing... as I have NEVER pondered baby names.

However, I have come across several that I wondered what their parents were thinking:
1) Candace (Candy) Valentine - Her B-Day was Feb 14th.
2) Long Dong
3) Honey Bear Hoover
4) Wei (Way) Wrong - And he usually was

I don't really think it's a "woman" thing - I think it has more to do with you finding the right partner who then makes you think of wanting children.

And I cannot believe that people have done that to their children. Those are atrocious names.

That being said, I love classic sounding names like Evelyn and Wesley and don't laugh, because I wouldn't actually name my child this but I like the name Eleanor. And I'm starting to come around on Gemma (my bfs favourite).

tag624

Me and my husband don't have kids yet but we have already came up with a boy and girl name:

Alexis Rae
Jackson Earl OR Bo Earl

yeah we're from the south lol

shutch2112

I love classic sounding names like Evelyn and Wesley and don't laugh, because I wouldn't actually name my child this but I like the name Eleanor.

Oh, man. I love the name Wesley!
Oh, I won't laugh at that, if you won't laugh that I named my prized possession - my guitar from my Daddy when I was 14- Eleanor.

MeganAnne89

I love classic sounding names like Evelyn and Wesley and don't laugh, because I wouldn't actually name my child this but I like the name Eleanor.

Oh, man. I love the name Wesley!
Oh, I won't laugh at that, if you won't laugh that I named my prized possession - my guitar from my Daddy when I was 14- Eleanor.

Pretty sure you and I just have the best taste in names.

kinkyslinky16

Cleetus

We nicknamed my son "Cletus the Fetus."

caracrawford1

As a teacher, I see all kinds of names. Makes you wonder what the parents were thinking.
Ex:
Hennessy
Champagne
Crystal Shanda Leer (real name)

I like Diya (means light in Hindi)
Emilie
Adrienne (my mother's name) or Adriana.
Courtney ( my sisters name)
Even some of the old school names like my grandmother's--Lillian--or Jane

bd0027

For a boy: Max, Cameron, Brice
For a girl: Chandler, Raquel, Raegan, Calliope, Chesney

DawnieB1977

I've got a Jack David, Maya Leoncia and Zoë Anne. The middle names are all after family members - my dad is David, my grandma was Leoncia, and my MIL is Anne.

I'm a teacher and have heard some funny names! We had a boy called Tej, pronounced Tee Jay, a boy called Jaguar, a girl called Chanel, and all sorts of weird spellings for regular names. I've taught a brother and sister called Dakota and China. I don't think their parents have ever left England.

Go_Mizzou99

For twins girls, I have to go with:

Chastity and Conception

sjmoran

I have ones I like a lot but when the time comes I will see what the trendy names are to make sure I don't get in on that. I hate trendy names and I don't get the fascination of everyone naming their children the same thing and then spelling them differently to make sure they are different. Who are you kidding? The only one I know for sure, and unfortunately now after reading this forum I see it is a popular name, is Victoria Lynn, but that is after my wonderful mama who I lost too early. The other one I like, especially if I have twin girls is Violet Layne. Layne is my grandmother's maiden name. Orrrrr.....twin names....Romulus and Remus.

DawnieB1977

I have ones I like a lot but when the time comes I will see what the trendy names are to make sure I don't get in on that. I hate trendy names and I don't get the fascination of everyone naming their children the same thing and then spelling them differently to make sure they are different. Who are you kidding? The only one I know for sure, and unfortunately now after reading this forum I see it is a popular name, is Victoria Lynn, but that is after my wonderful mama who I lost too early. The other one I like, especially if I have twin girls is Violet Layne. Layne is my grandmother's maiden name. Orrrrr.....twin names....Romulus and Remus.

One of my neighbours growing up had dogs called Romulus and Remus!

I chose names for my girls that aren't that popular. In all my years teaching I've never met a Maya, and I've taught two Zoës. Jack is in the top two most popular names in England, but we love the name, and it's classic and will suit a child and an adult. I hate all those names like Jayden, Caiden, Brayden etc.