It's quite a nice shade of red. Cloud was after color names, it's the sort of color that remindsme of the area she lives in.....


(see, I wan't being silly....)

Gecko?

oh! uh, um, just to be clear about it i was not thinking about that aspect when i made my last suggestion

PC alert!

I decided I don't like the name Orion much, because it's too much like "Ryan" -- a too-common name.

well.... you wanted unusual and they're really cool creatures and you didn't sem averse to nature names....

:lol:

(speaking of red.... no image of the day of the tomato-squishing fest this year? I thought that was a UT tradition?)

But, but . . . it's a reptile! Nature, fine: trees, stars, flowers. No crawly things, though.

oh ok. *bottom lip trembles and sticks out a little*

but Tarantula would be a seriously AWESOME name, you have to admit.

only if it was pronounced tar -an-toola (with a hard t) like the dance!

Well seein as how I forgot about the 2nd child havin' not yet been determined, I will revise for them.
Names for the possible girl from the list I liked:

Aislinn - how is the pronounced? ahs-linn or ase-linn? I like the "ahs-linn" pronunciation. Suggest alt-spelling: Aislynn
Canyon - I like for a girl also
Crimson - Although I'm tempted to say this might be good for a girl, then I thought about when they get their cycles and what a bad name that would be...so no.
Delyth - def like for a girl
Echo - girl name - only echo i ever new was a scrawny slut
Iona - maybe, but sounds kinda old-lady to me
Mab/Maeve - Its old-lady
Cerulean - i like it
Eris - i like this one
Rio would be Ria for a girl, unless your usin' a different language than I am. It might be good for a girl, not as much of a chance of...troubles.
Tirso (family name) - that one is interesting, would it work for a girl?
Zuma - I love this name for a girl, and all the more so since i looked it up and it means "peace"

I would also like to submit Autumn for consideration. I don't know about "popular," "alternative" or all that. I simply think its a great name and season, and if the girl happens to be born at the right time...well its there.
Old-lady names I do like: Theola, Esther, Beulah. All grandma's of mine :).


I want to make these changes to my opinion of the boy names:

Auryn - no really, i want to know how to say this is. The spelling is interestin. The meaning is apparently "golden one" but i didn't find a pronounce. My guess would be like "Aaron" but more "Aar-en" or "Aar-in" perhaps "Air-yen". I don't know.
Xanthe - since i've been correct on how this is said, I now like it
Thea - although i've been corrected on how this is said, I still don't like it.
Dresdan - I've decided this name is more awesome, than just OK.

Xanthe and Thea are girls' names ;)

I think "or-in" for Auryn. I think there could be some good names in there; just trying to shake loose a shortlist.

BD#2 told me today: "Oh, but we're all going to change our last name anyway. Just as soon as we can think of something cool enough."

Oy.

yeah we wanted to change ours but we couldn't decide so we opted for his.

Fuckin fuckity fuck, i just don't care anymore.

Cloud, how about Theodore? That name always makes me think a person is great. Unless they go by Ted.

Everyone's comments are sincerely appreciated! Thanks.

A couple of years ago, I had a friend at work.One of those sweet swayable teenage girl-types who was expecting, but the father of said sprog didn't want to know.

I almost succeeded in convincing her to call her child 'Asbo' (if a boy) or 'Asbette' if a girl.In the end she ran with something else, but I felt mine were both valid choices.

(In the UK, ASBO='Anti Social Behaviour Order' :D )

Im reactive to names, and I relate to what the name makes me think...like strong, wishy washy

Aislinn - I like this, but spelled Aislyn
Astrid - nope, too cartoony
Canyon - hmm, no, but I guess its no worse than River?
Cloud - undecided
Crimson - No! It sounds evil for some reason.
Darby - love it, there's a girl in T's class called Darby.
Delyth - doesnt sound like a name to me
Echo - what? guaranteed to butt kicking
Gaia/Gaius - Battlestar Gaius?
Guthrie - its OK
Halcyon - sounds Treki-ish
Iona - I like it
Mab/Maeve - I love old fashioned names
Meru - no
Rhythm - no
Auryn - Its nice
Xanthe - I like it
Thea - not my style
Revel - I kinda like this
Celedon - no
Cerulean - no
Dresdan - dresdan doll?
Rhys - luv Rhys!! its a strong name
Eris - its a nothing name
Silvio - no no no
Declan - like it a lot
Luka - it makes me screw my nose up
Malachi - like it
Quetzl - no no no, hard times ahead for that child
Pagan - no
Rune - I can see prune jokes and jokes about giving people the shits
Beran/Beren - nothing name
Blaise/Blaze - I like Blake better than Blaze
Dario (Darius) - Darius yes, Dario no
Danilo - reminds me of a cleaning product
Dermell - Darnel yes.
Harper - Love it for girl or boy
Sterling - to soap opera-ish
Silver - no
Teru - nothing name
Rio - no way
Indigo/Inigo/Vigo - like Indigo
Ander - strong name
Beckett - dont know
Blake - YES
Dashiel - Ive heard this before, I like the nick name Dash
Dayo - daylight come and we wont to go home?
Dax - I like Paxton, and Pax but not Dax
Drake - not too bad if he wants the nick name Duck
Gian - no
Flynn - love Flynn and Finn.
Jace - sure, its nice, not very special
Jett - Love Jett and Rhett.
Kal - like it, its my brothers name
Lucian - nah
Mac - like it
Malachai/Chai/Kai - I like Malachai
Remy - there's a Remy here.
Tirso (family name) - dont know
Tru - nah
Ty - its ok
Val - for a boy? OK
Zeke - like it
Zuma - no

val kilmer....

Thats who came to mind when I thought of Val, monster

I love the name Gaius: though he'd be likely to hate it as a child (too close to gay) he'd probably appreciate it as an adult.

Just for the record, I didn't add it to the list--BD#2 did.

So . . . I get to stay? please? (puppy dog eyes)

I think you should add Tomatina to the list :)

Thomasina!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057579/

oh, I remember that movie well! creepy cat!

Certainly.

Once again I assert, only the men should name boy babies.

Dana, is that pronounced Gay - us? If so - please see post #86 repeatedly :P

It's pronounced Guy-us! A real "guy" name, ha!

It makes no difference how it's supposed to be pronounced when he's stuffed in a locker. UT is right on the money.:eyebrow:

ok thats it - Cloud, you too need to reread #86. Fuggit - I'm callin your daughters :P

For the love of whatever gods you honor, please, no Jayden or Aiden or any sort of stupid home-made names (anything involving apostrophes or a Q without a U). Also no normal names with fucked up spellings (Jennphr). For a girl no Crystal, Heather, Tiffany, or Brittany.

I have noticed that two things tend to screw people up in subtle ways ... dumb names and birthdays too close to holidays. Friend of mine's kind is named Krysta, born on Christmas Eve. She's doomed.

you're gonna stuff my grandson in a locker? Fie! I say.

pshaw, even.

Hey! My little granddaughter Jayden is not fucked up. She's cute, the name fits her, and it's getting pretty popular.

so, double fie!

Then again, he could end up with a name like Anvil or Rock ... :bolt:

:notworthy:

Except that the husband of BD#1, for the longest time, wanted to name the prospective baby boy. . . wait for it . . .

Falion!

I had to exercise my semi-veto power on that one. (Valium? Phallus? Prince Valiant?) Fortunately, he kept getting girls . . . and has grown out of it for this one.

Phew!

Or Brandi or Candy or Destiny or Galaxy...

Unless you want it to be proceeded by "And now, gentlemen, at the pole on the main stage here at the Babydoll Showcase... let's give it up for... "

John or Mary?

My mum had to fight my dad over my bro's name :P He wanted to call him Zebediah. I have no idea why. Mum wanted Simon.

he ended up a Martin :)


[eta] I hated my name as a kid. 'Danielle' just sounded too round and clumsy to me. The fact that I also have two middle names didn;t help matters. Also, it was a rare name when i was growing up; hadn't become as common as it now is. Any unusual name is the kiss of death if you're being bullied. Now I rather like it ... the name, not the being bullied:P

I think its a beautiful name - Same as my first daughter.

Wait, Dana is Classic's daughter????

I'm not THAT old!

My dad wanted to name me Keitha.

Mom was like "Uhhh... yeah. No."

Apparently they were so sure I was going to be a girl that they never even picked out any boy-names.

<singing>I'm a boy, I'm a boy, but my Mom won't admit it</thewho>

My mom was so sure I was gonna be a boy that she never picked out girl names, my dad disagreed with her so he got to name me.

I have always disliked my name. Not feminine enough to make it obvious I am a girl...not masculine enough to win me job interviews. My husband's name is also androgynous. I wish people wouldn't name girls with "boy" names, though. It really messed with my concept of femininity.

I also have an ambiguous first name. I get a lot of mail addressed to "Mr. Lee . . . "

Fail! But I'm pretty girly nevertheless.

Mine's obviously girly :lol:

So it's clear we need to name our children with something fitting the total opposite or what we hope they will become. i.e. what we dread.... White Republicans in Texas should consider the names "Barack", "Jervais" and "Indira"........

:bolt:

Mine's seriously poshly girly ....two big dooh doooohs there.

Mum decided it was her turn to name the baby come hell or high water with me, but Dad refused to call me by my official name. Hence why I am known by my first name and my second.

It makes things very confusing at times.

You mean some call you Duck, and others just call you Nuts? :lol2:

Mine's girly now but didn't become so until Steel Magnolias came out. Prior to that it was boyish. There were 7 Jennifers in my first grade class, I was just happy not to be one of them.

Fuckin' A, jinx.

And I escaped it for awhile, being in the corporate world with a mix of ages and genders... but now I'm associating almost exclusively with other mothers my age, so it's back to being surrounded by freaking Jennifers again.

Yeah, I was glad not to be of the Jennifer clan. Now I know 3 of them whose kids go to school with mine.

Aubrey Jean!

Mary Lynn, can go by Mary, Lynn, or Marylynn.

Silas is a good boys name

why the fuck are you givin out my names?

erm, welcome back? Who's giving out your names? and is your reappearance linked to that of Wickedly_Tasteful?

hey calm down KV...its a good name you cant just have it all to yourself