Baby names
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Fist and Faith
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Baby names
If you were having a baby, what would you name it? And no, I'm not going to be a father again. I just know somebody who is pregnant, and am trying to help.
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And disregards the rest -Paul Simon
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest -Paul Simon
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We need to know the last name in order to judge this question. For example if the last name was Mellow I would not suggest to name the kid Marcia. 
Now if I could just find a way to wear live bees as jewelry all the time.....
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Max Power or Lance Uppercut.
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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Fist, it's a lot easier to give suggestions of names not to use. I see lots of poor children's names. Ask them to not use any "creative misspelling" names - you know, where parents deliberately misspell names "just to be different". Other names that always bug me are things like Precious, Miracle, Princess etc. Another poor one that I've seen a few of is Nevaeh - "heaven", but backwards. The absolute best name I've seen, though was Espn. 'Cause, ya know, that was the dad's favorite TV channel.
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Maolbheanachta (mal-vuh-knock-tuh), or Mal, for short. For the less brave, there's Malchijah.
A pretty interesting tool to check online is the Name Voyager.
A pretty interesting tool to check online is the Name Voyager.
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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I have a friend who named his son "Griffin." I asked him if he knew what a griffin was and he said he didn't know it was anything other than a name for a boy. After I explained it to him, he said he would have never named his son that if he'd known!Menolly wrote:A girl would be Aliyah Rhiannon.
A boy, Gryphon Sinclair.
...oh wait...that was if I had ever conceived a second time...
To go along with Beorn Achilles, doncha know.
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I went to high school with a kid named Talon. I always thought that was a cool name.
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Heh.dlbpharmd wrote:I have a friend who named his son "Griffin." I asked him if he knew what a griffin was and he said he didn't know it was anything other than a name for a boy. After I explained it to him, he said he would have never named his son that if he'd known!Menolly wrote:A girl would be Aliyah Rhiannon.
A boy, Gryphon Sinclair.
...oh wait...that was if I had ever conceived a second time...
To go along with Beorn Achilles, doncha know.
That is not the case here.
I even chose the alternative spelling.
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I'll get back to you on this one.Cameraman Jenn wrote:We need to know the last name in order to judge this question. For example if the last name was Mellow I would not suggest to name the kid Marcia.
Good advice. I'll tell her to come to the Watch and check out this thread.Mortice Root wrote:Fist, it's a lot easier to give suggestions of names not to use. I see lots of poor children's names. Ask them to not use any "creative misspelling" names - you know, where parents deliberately misspell names "just to be different". Other names that always bug me are things like Precious, Miracle, Princess etc. Another poor one that I've seen a few of is Nevaeh - "heaven", but backwards. The absolute best name I've seen, though was Espn. 'Cause, ya know, that was the dad's favorite TV channel.
An odd reaction, imho! Knowing what it means makes it even better!dlbpharmd wrote:I have a friend who named his son "Griffin." I asked him if he knew what a griffin was and he said he didn't know it was anything other than a name for a boy. After I explained it to him, he said he would have never named his son that if he'd known!
I knew a boy with that name several years ago. He was about my son's age. A real rough-n-tumble kid, too! I always thought it was cool. I used to see him around at McDonald's and the park. He had a younger sister named Kestra, which ain't bad either. But best of all was a younger brother. I hadn't seen them in many months, and I asked the baby's name. She said "Thor." I said, "Like the God of Thunder??" She said yes, so I ran home quick and got one of my Mjolnir necklaces for him. I told her nobody with that name should grow up without Mjolnir! Heh.Cameraman Jenn wrote:I went to high school with a kid named Talon. I always thought that was a cool name.
All lies and jest
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest -Paul Simon
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest -Paul Simon
We wanted our son to have a timeless name, so we chose David. The runner-ups were Michael and Joseph, but there were so many in my husband's family that he probably would have been the 583298753987th Joe or Mike. Oh, and I seriously pushed for Indiana Jones, but that didn't happen. 
For a girl we liked my name: Jasmine. We also liked Lorraine which is my husband's grandmother's name.
The most unusual name I've come across was my friend from middle school. He was a second generation Swede and his name was Thor.
For a girl we liked my name: Jasmine. We also liked Lorraine which is my husband's grandmother's name.
The most unusual name I've come across was my friend from middle school. He was a second generation Swede and his name was Thor.
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An important factor in nameing someone, is trying not to be too trendy; but not obscure.
Remember-this will be their NAME!!!!
Nameing them something that'll sound cool as a baby (Apple for example...?) is a little hard to live down as an adult.
Remember-this will be their NAME!!!!
Nameing them something that'll sound cool as a baby (Apple for example...?) is a little hard to live down as an adult.
I thought you were a ripe grape
a cabernet sauvignon
a bottle in the cellar
the kind you keep for a really long time
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Fist and Faith wrote:I knew a boy with that name several years ago. He was about my son's age. A real rough-n-tumble kid, too! I always thought it was cool. I used to see him around at McDonald's and the park. He had a younger sister named Kestra, which ain't bad either. But best of all was a younger brother. I hadn't seen them in many months, and I asked the baby's name. She said "Thor." I said, "Like the God of Thunder??" She said yes, so I ran home quick and got one of my Mjolnir necklaces for him. I told her nobody with that name should grow up without Mjolnir! Heh.Cameraman Jenn wrote:I went to high school with a kid named Talon. I always thought that was a cool name.
