What are your favourite baby names?

[lovely_darlingprettybaby]

I got a Cabbage Patch doll when I was fifteen and it took me a full year to name her.

I'm ashamed of what I finally chose. Chantel. She had a middle name which I want to say was Danelle, but that would rhyme so that mustn't be it. I know it started with a D? I wonder if I still have the little birth certificate that you fill out with CP dolls.

I used to love cabbage patch dolls when I was younger.

 

[lovely_darlingprettybaby]

I got a Cabbage Patch doll when I was fifteen and it took me a full year to name her.

I'm ashamed of what I finally chose. Chantel. She had a middle name which I want to say was Danelle, but that would rhyme so that mustn't be it. I know it started with a D? I wonder if I still have the little birth certificate that you fill out with CP dolls.

I had the baby cabbage doll the baby one, the one with blonde hair, the birthday twins.

 

[lovely_darlingprettybaby]

Ellinor is a good name, I like that one. It's the local version of Eleanor.

I love Eleanor

 

[lovely_darlingprettybaby]

Ever since my teen years I like Giulia for a girl and Christian for a boy. I was lucky enough my wife also like the names right away.
My wife also liked Chloë a lot.
So we called our daughter: Giulia Chloë
And my son: Christian Michael

His second name is a mixture of the name of my best friend, and a translation of my second name Migaèl. Migaèl is the Dutch name for the archangel Michael. My best friend is called Maikel, which sounds the same as Michael. So it is the english version of my second name, and sounds like my best friend's name.
Unlike his name might suggest we are not a christian family. My wife is not religous, my believes lie closely with christianity but I don`t go to church.

Michael is beautiful so is rapheal.
So is Augustina.
Augustina kind of sounds like the name of an angel.

 

[Ella Spell]

^ ^ ^ Those aren't too bad, thanks. I like Elyse Jane best but Jane Elyse sounds better, don't you think? It always seems Elyse should be the middle name.

Also don't forget I have synaesthesia so the colours of each name matter, as well as the number of syllables and all that jazz. I know I overthink everything but names have to be lyrical and the colours need to go together. My daughter's name colours had to go with my son's name colours (and mine, and my husband's) or the family would seem to clash in my mind. Weird, I know, but I can't help it.

Ann is actually a name I considered for a first name but everyone freaked out that it was too boring even when I said Annie. I can't believe how opinionated everyone was. Charlotte too. I like Sara with no H but my husband wanted H and we couldn't agree on that.

I also like the name Louise, and I just met a little girl named Winnie for Winnifred. I think that's the sweetest thing I've ever heard. lol.

Another boy's name I love is Isaiah.

Christian is a great name. I thought about Christopher for a long time too.

 

[Crossbreed]

Onomastics [the study of names] is one of my hobbies.
I like more names than I would ever use for children, so we had winnow it down to a pool of 22 names, first & middle names for our 11 children.

Girls

Anastasia	JoHannah	Joshana
Jubilee	Maranatha	Nike

Nissiah

Shiloh

Boys

Aaron	BenJudah	Daniel	David
Elijah	Gabriel	Hezekiah	Jeshua
Jordan	Joseph	Josiah	Nathaniel
	Uriah	Zephaniah

I think I'm totally finished thinking about names now unless I get more kittens.

I have given many more names to the 192 figures in my action doll collection, plus understudies & decommissioned figures.

The name Alice is also very nice. That has been the most popular girls name in Sweden for over 10 years now, the Swedes can't get enough Alice.

(It sounds like the Swedes are too lazy to consider

the rest of the letters in their baby name books... )​

 

[Ella Spell]

We almost chose Lauren but my husband's sister thought it sounded like Lorne.

Eye roll -- There's no end to the ways we can overanalyse names.

 

[Ella Spell]

When I finally thought of my daughter's name I was sat exactly where I am right now. It was a character on a TV show. Actually the show was named for the character. It was a name I hadn't really thought of before even though it's traditional. I mulled it for about five seconds after months of painstaking deliberation.

Me to Husband: Have you ever met anyone named ________ ?
(He had bad associations with every other name I'd ever mentioned.)

Him: No, I actually I haven't.

Me: Me neither. The only _________s I know are (some royalty, or famously elegant women.)

Him: Middle name _________ ?

Me: Deal.


The syllables weren't perfect with the last name but the colours were right and we both liked the name.
His sister the naysayer said "That's lovely."

My mother has mispronounced it to this day but whatever. I like her version too actually.

 

[Ella Spell]

Here's why I loved Elyse so much.

 

[Misty Avich]

My favourite boy's name is Thomas.

 

[Ella Spell]

I can't believe I forgot to say Ellen.
I love it because of Ellen O'Hara, Scarlet's mother in Gone With the Wind.

I also think of it as the past participle of "elle".

 

[Luca]

Forgot to add Aili and Leah/Lea to my list. Two other favorites.
And Ada. My friend has a one year old daughter named Ada and I love that name.
I also like Narissa and Arana. Sorry for editing this so much lol

I have no clue what I would name a baby boy lol, I’ve only ever thought of girl’s names, to be honest.
But my next male dog will be Hudson or Walter.

 

[Ella Spell]

My neighbour's grandson is named Hudson Cole.

I love the name Walter, for pets or people. We almost named a kitten Walt but my daughter wanted to save it for future, potential, adopted babies.

 

[Luca]

My neighbour's grandson is named Hudson Cole.

I love the name Walter, for pets or people. We almost named a kitten Walt but my daughter wanted to save it for future, potential, adopted babies.

Hudson is cute as a human name as well! I like Hudson Cole.

I have English Pointers, so I think Walter is a fitting name for some reason, it just works in my head lol. Would also work for a German Shorthaired Pointer or a Bracco Italiano, or a hound.

 

[Ronald Zeeman]

My dad for personal reasons did not like his first name , named after uncle asked us kids not to use his name in future. My niece had a daughter found way to honour her grandfather and be true to his request by naming her daughter using an anagram of his name. Noah into Norah.

 

[Rogue Princess]

How are they baby names? Just sound like regular names?

My niece was called Squishy until she was born.

 

[Crossbreed]

How are they baby names? Just sound like regular names?

My niece was called Squishy until she was born.

People names are often called "baby" names because that is when they are bestowed.

My niece was called Squishy until she was born.

I still call my daughter Tang-Tang, because she looked like a baby orangutan when she was born.

 

[Mary Terry]

I had a paralegal many years ago who named her daughter "T'a". She expected it to be pronounced as Tia, but, of course, everyone called the girl Ta. When the girl was 21, she legally changed her name to "Tia" so people would know how to pronounce it. I guess she was unaware that tia means aunt in Spanish. So, if Tia became an aunt, she would be Tia Tia.

Just don't give babies names like Elon Musk has burdened several of his multiple children with.

 

[Ronald Zeeman]

My granddaughters name is Yolisa. after her mother and son liked Lisa. Will always be last name on any list.

 

[Mary Terry]

How are they baby names? Just sound like regular names?

My niece was called Squishy until she was born.

They are names given to babies at birth. Hence, they are baby names.