Anyone else get "better" at naming
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Anyone else get "better" at naming
| Tue, 07-04-2006 - 9:43am |
as you had more children? I was just thinking about this and thought I'd post to see responses. When I was naming


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I think it's gotten more difficult now that I'm pregnant with #3. With DD#1 we did end up with an up and comer with popularity though-- Lillian. I have loved the name for a long time though so that was definitely her name. With dd#2 we did choose a less popular -- Naomi. And now I'd like the same with #3 (edd Jan 10)
By the way I like your sons names. Calvin and Tobias are two I've tossed around.
Karen
Hmmm...well, I don't have children yet, but I've been thinking about what I would name them ever since I can remember. I think that my taste has certainly gotten better, mostly because I'm out of my "unique spelling" phase, and because I've become more aware of name popularity and name meaning. My name choices change often, but now, they're quite traditional and all have some family connection.
Example: My List from High School
Meghann
Kathleina
Jakob
My Current List:
Eliza Victoria
Francesca Ruth
Caroline Cordelia
India Charlotte
(Some of these have gotten a little popular, but I'm hoping their popularity dwindles by the time I have babies.)
Nathaniel Elijah (nn Nate...obviously, I love your Nathaniel)
Ezekiel Whittington (nn Zeke)
Nathaniel, Calvin, and Tobias is the best set of sibling names I have heard in a LONG time! :-)
We use the nn Nate for Nathaniel too. Thank you for saying they are well matched sibling names. I actually just had a nurse at the hospital hear their names and tell me they don't "go together" at all. I think she meant it as an observation, not an insult, (she said it was because they don't end with all the same sound or begin with all the same sound).
Hi, Amy,
Yes, I agree with you completely.
I was
Michelle
Graham May 1999, Lily P
I am such a broken record about this, sorry. I started off being very very wary of popular names and tried hard to avoid them. My RN is Chris and boy I hated being one of a million Chris' in my age group. I didn't want to pick a Moon Unit name either. My eldest son is Julian (14) and his brother is Keith (12). Since they have been in school over the years, I noticed just how many kids had the same names over and over and over and I felt like I made really solid choices and was happy I made them. PLEASE consider your kid having to be one of a million Isabelles or Emmas or Matthews. Its not fun for them. Further I know little kids whose parents gave them oddball spellings and these kids have to spell their names out loud over and over. Extra Ys and such is tedious for kids.
This baby I am doing plenty of research to assure I am not in Top 100 in the US or in my state. I am watching trends, cruising this board,
Just a question, how do you pronounce Selah and Asa? Selah is very pleasing to the eye, well, my eye anyhow, lol.
Terra.
I pronounce them this way:
Selah -- See-lah
Asa -- A (long A, as in Abe)-sah
Michelle
Michelle
Graham May 1999, Lily P
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