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I agree with the Rainbow and Sky names, not really my cup of tea. But what do you think about the names of flowers, like Rose and Lily? I've always like the name for the Wisteria flower, (smells nice too) but I haven't decided if it would make a nice girls' name. Of course Dandylion would never do...
Iris
:)
pretty.
Yeah, I like that one too. ;) I also like lavender, jasmine, violet, and even sage, rosemary, and thyme!
When you get ready to name your child, try to remember that the kid has to grown into the name. If you give the baby a child's name (e.g., Bambi, Merry, Scout, etc.), as the child gets older, they may resent the name and you for giving it to them.
If you keep to fairly "standard" names, you don't run the risk of everyone mispronouncing the child's name. As the child grows into adulthood, they won't be likely to consider "hiding" their real name - make it something they can be proud of.
If you want to be creative, try giving your children normal/average/standard names, then call them by fun nicknames. I'm not saying Cosette is a bad name, but it may make your kids stand out in ways they won't appreciate as they grow older.
Just my 2-cents.
Very true, but what really constitutes a 'standard' name? Because I like my name and I've had it all my life, to me it's standard. But I do realize it's not common and it gets misspronounced all the time. People want to call me 'Shee-a', and I have to tell them that it's pronounced like Shea Stadium in NY, where the Mets play baseball.
I think that I stand out more than just with my name, I guess because I'm used to it. ;)
I was actually wondering how to pronounce it... in my mind i read it as 'she-a' but as i can see it's wrong (i do read things 'my way' in my mind all the time, cos i sometimes tend to read it in my italian way, not as an english speaker would- that's probably rather normal). So, how is it pronounced? Never heard of that stadium, so the example won't help me... My alternative guess was 'she'...like the pronoun... :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Shea
It's pronounced the same as "day". Also because of the pronunciation, people spell it wrong. It's been spelled Shae, Shay, or Shey. I had an uncle once who couldn't get away from calling me 'Shoe'. Though he was a drunk which is why my aunt divorced him. ;)
thanks- wow i would have never guessed that!
No problem! 8)
Yesterday i heard on the radio that a couple in Sweden wanted to call their child SUPERMAN cos they are fond of this character :rolleyes: But when they went to register the birth, it was refused to prevent the child from future humiliations.
And apparently the couple replied 'always better than Tarzan...' ;)
(i don't know if it's true, it's just what i heard...)
I like when theres a story behind a name. I was named Laura and have no idea why. Was the only reason that it recembled Lars, my dads name? Stupid. Orthen not so stupid, cos it meean Im named after dad, and I love him, so thats great actually. Well, on top of all my mum keeps saying Laura wasnt at all a common name in the 80s when I was born, when I complain that everybodys got the same name as I. Too bad Ive found out Laura was in the name top10 the very year I was born. And in the 90s it just raked higher. Im for orginal names, cos its stupid with people with the same name in the same class at school. Confusing.
an instructor told us of a girl who was named female, because her mother pronounced it (soft e and o) fe-mol-ee - and really liked it. when her daughter was born, she didn't have a name, and so the hospital designated her female X, as opposed to male X.
another woman was extrememly woozy from her epidural, and named her child nosmo king, because she'd seen those signs all around the hospital.
which is a true story. i wonder how he dealt with that growing up, fortunately king was his middle name...
@ faith: it's strange cos I would have never thought that Laura was a popular name in Finland!!!! It doesnt feel Finnish to me... I know the problem cos my name is one of the most common, especially among girls of my age or 1 or 2 years younger. I find it so annoying...
But still it's at least better than having an embarassing name...
My english teacher is named after a place in the Highlands of Scotland (Morar), which I think is a lovely name.
I don't want kids (don't shoot, I'm 18 and at the moment I'm allowed to not like babies.)
When I was young I thought names like Joy, Faith, and Gloria were the most beautiful names in the world. Of course, that's also when I believed in God. If I were to name a girl after a character it would be Viola. I think it's important when using character names not to choose the name of a bad character.
I always wanted to be named Ramona. I thought Emily was sooo ugly, but I don't mind it anymore. When I found out that my parents had planned to name my brother Nathalie if he was a girl, I was so mad they didn't save the name for me. Now I want to name my daughter Nathalie. Simon has been my favorite name for a boy for as long as I can remember. And Sergei and Dmitri.
As a general rule, I tend to like French names for girls and Russian names for boys. But I don't like it when people name their children names from countries they aren't related to; my friend knew a boy named Dmitri, even though none of his ancestors were from Russia! And what's with celebrities naming their children freaky names? Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin (Coldplay) just named their kid "Apple." But by far the worst offender is Frank Zappa -- "Moon Unit"?? WTF is that?
Yep... a friend of mine is in a phase where she likes the name Nikita for a male child (after she read some russian stuff)... Now that would be highly ridicolous in Italy, moreover her bf has a typical southern Italian surname...it would sound like some mafia guy... sort of Al Capone...
I really don't want any kids, but I like to think of names... Lately I've been considering the name Veronica (even if everyone tells me it sounds like a name from a soap opera), cos it reminds me of Verona (the city where I live for those who dont know) and it would have sounded nice with the English surname of the guy I had... It would have sounded Italian enough, but not ridicolous in English... I think that a name, besides not being ridicolous, has to sound good with the surname... And in most cases I cant stand short names with short surnames...If the surname is short, the name has to be long!
That used to work with my maiden name, now both names are one syllable, I agree it doesn't sound as nice. Sometime's I have to be careful not to say them too fast because people think the whole thing is my first name! (which would be a very strange name!) :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Koa
In all fairness, I think naming kids after cities is a pretty bad idea...... ok, whatever you do, don't name your kid
-Gertrude
-Garfunkle
-Britney
-hansel......
well, I can go on, there are THOUSANDS of bad names in the world....
my mum gave me a Chinese name, [as well as an English one] pain in the *** thing is that so many people mispronounce it. Give your kid a name people can pronounce so they don't have to spend their life saying 'no, it's pronounced MAY'
come to think of it, Garfunkle's kinda cool as a name... 'Hi, I'm Garfunkle' :P
But what do you think future generations would appreciate in names?
- I think that children to be will appreciate that the names do not rhyme with anything silly. Giving a child a name that is not easily turned into a stupid nickname is a very nice thing to do. Apart from that I think that it is beautiful gift to give a name with a story to it.
(Just realised I can never marry my fiance - at least not change my name. If I do I will have the initials SS. Not a good thing! )
I'm named after my Grandma. She had an old German name when I was younger I was a little embarrassed by it, but since it was my middle name nobody really knew it until my senoir year of high school when everybody went around calling me "hedlick". As I've grown up I kinda like the name and I'm glad I have that connection with my grandmother.
when i was a kid i hated my name (of course) but now im actually quite fond of it. as some of you know, im highly irritated by people trying to mutate it to make it shorter (please, for future reference, i am not angie). unfortunately my folks were taking a vacation from thinking when they came up with my full name though, as my initials are "ARF". that was fun in high school. i still would like to shoot whoever discovered it and spread that information around!
its funny though, my ex-husband and i had the same middle name (not some sort of cosmic fate thing though, im sure) and so when naming our son, he foolishly decided to give it to him too. however, our son is now only biding his time until he can legally change his name as his first name is only a bastardized version of his dad's (i repeat, i had nothing to do with that!). poor kid. he doesnt suit his name at all....
This thread reminds me of Sesame Street. I remember seeing a bit with Maya Angelou, Elmo and some kids and they were singing a song about their names something along the line of "my name is a good name because its my name". :banana: :banana: Very cute. I forgot how it goes now but I used to sing it all the time to my mom who hates her name.
Well it has always been one of my obsession to have the same initials. There was a period when I was younger when I loved it when people had the same initials, and was sure I'd give my kids a name with the same initials as the surname (just cos I'm so fond of names, cos it's the only reason that'd make me have children ;)). Ok the SS one must not be one of the funniest, but I'd still love it. (See, spinsters like me don't have this problem :brow: I'm getting bitter on the subject again.)Quote:
Originally Posted by Isagel
This is an old thread i know :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Shea
Shea, your post made mer remember of this guy who i knew long time ago. His last name is Mc Donnalds and he told me that in his school mates always mocked him and called him the big burger, so ..he just blamed on her mom for marrying a guy with last name McDonnalds (which is his father)
I really want to named my (future) kids:
-Michael, I know it is a conservative and very common name i know, but really love this name
-Darcy (gal)
-India (gal)
-Paris (gal)
Cheers
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I like the name Darcy for a girl, and Michael's a great name too. I think a lot more people are giving their kids unusual names--either male or masculine-sounding names for girls, or new variations on old names, or new names altogether (for humans, at least). Some I know of: Riley and Skylar (both girls' names), Easton, Mason, and Chance (boys), and Abri (my cousin gave this name to her new baby girl). I like these names, but if I ever have kids I'll probably end up giving them slightly more traditional names. I agree with Emily about celebrities giving unusual names to their children; no need to draw even more attention to the poor kids. Although, like I said, unusual names are getting popular--but seriously, Coco?!
Along the line of same initials, I have double initials: LL. I love my name, especially my full name. My name and my twin's name seem to be commonly paired together for twins, probably because they both start with L (Lisa and Laura). Anyone know two or more pairs of twins with the same two names? (That reminds me of a funny movie about mixed-up twins, Big Business.) Sorry to be rambling so much, it's late here. One more thing about names...when we were born, my parents sort of figured we would be boys because they already had two girls and only one boy, so they had picked out the names Phillip and Benjamin. It's kind of weird having that knowledge, wondering what my life would be like if I were a boy named Phillip. Obviously a lot different :), but knowing the name gives it a sort of reality. Anyway, I'll stop rambling now.
Well I knew 2 twins names Giorgio and Michele, so I wondered if their parents loved George Michael... :D :D :D But he wasnt famous yet when they were born... ;)
In my childish dreams when I invented storied about twins they were always named Alessandra and Alessia (argh, sounds terrible), or Elisabetta and Isabella. At least I think, it's been a while ago ;)
That reminds me of the movie Office Space, in which there's a guy named Michael Bolton who absolutely hates the singer Michael Bolton because everyone mentions him when they hear his name. That movie apparently ruined Michael Bolton's career.Quote:
Originally Posted by Koa
No, Michael Bolton's career was ruined when people realised he couldn't sing.
It's a great movie though. "Why should I change my name? He's the one who sucks!"
well, the man can sing, the only problem is the songs he sings. I saw him performing with Pavarotti on a charity event and he's a great opera singer. that was quite a surprise for me seen the fact that the songs he normally makes are utter @#$#.
"For my money, it doesn't get any better than when he sings When a Man Loves a Woman."--Bob :D
Oh, and welcome back Koa!
I still can't find the names if i have twins..
suppose Bonie and Clyede sounds nice..
I want to name my Kid after me, It be silly to have a girl named Edward or a boy called Bakiryu *laughts*
It is quite common name here, but of course it's not pronounced the same way in Finnish as it is in English. (In Finnish everything is pronounced exactly as it is written)Quote:
Originally Posted by Koa
Even though my name "Anna" is one of the most popular names of all time, I've been teased because of it. Word "anna" is also an imperative form of verb "antaa", which means "give". All the awful things other kids said to me because of that...
if i was naming kids in the future i'd go for a good old Irish name. Maybe one thats not that popular like Tidhg (tie-g) for a boy and Aodhaemir(ae-a-mir) for a girl. or i'd go for the wonderfully ordinary Anne.