name IF it's a girl

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name IF it's a girl
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Thu, 01-18-2007 - 3:26pm

okay i've never actually written anything on here before. i'm nine months preggo and am deperate to find a name for the baby if it's a girl. We were all set on Sadie for the last eight and a half mths but our last names are Stanley-Sticco and i just can't get past the triple SSS thing. i want to find something that's strong for her. i figure while she's still little we could give her a nickname to make it a little more girly (ie: my sister was born in 84 when Jordan was not common for a girl so we called her Jodi till she was comfortable with it). but he likes names that are so girly they border on stripper names for me!!! now with our boy name we compromised and he got the first name, Oliver, and i get the middle, Cassius, and his nickname will be Cash. so i think we'll probably do the same for the girl but vice versa. here our some of our favs right now:

ME:
Nolan(nn Nola or Lanie)
Bronwynn(nn Wynnie or Wynn)
Olive(nn Livvie)
Georgia
Paige
Logan
HIS:
Anastacia
Lea(yes, like the princess!)
Cassidy
Ripley
Nico
Scarlett or Rose

can anyone see a fair compromise here? i would love your help. right now i think i'd be willing to settle for Nolan or Logan Casssidy but i think i'm so numb to the whole thing that i can't tell if it sounds ok or not!!thank you sooooo much!! i don't want to be sad when the babys born if they say "it's a girl" cause we don't have a name!!

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Registered: 01-18-2007
Sun, 01-21-2007 - 4:14pm
okay ladies thank you for your input! his new fav is Hunter. i swear he thinks this little girl is gonna be a character in video game or a porn star! i'm kidding. i kind of like it, i think. or am i just so deperate to pick a name i don't care anymore? anyway what do ya'll think of Hunter Cassidy? ultimately i think we'd call her cass or sadie, but Hunter would be her first name. i just like it better than Cassidy Hunter. Thanks!!
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Registered: 09-29-2005
Sun, 01-21-2007 - 5:45pm

Sorry ... I don't even like Hunter for a boy (a bit too violent an image, IMO). I like it 100% less for a girl.

It's generally one of those names people pick because they think it sounds "cool" without regard to the meaning. I may be confusing you with someone else, but if there IS meaning behind it (if your dh does hunt), it still strikes me as an odd choice. Will she be born wearing camouflage, rifle in hand? It seems an outright attempt to overly-masculinize the child, regardless of the gender. Much too savage an image for me.

~Kelli


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Registered: 12-09-2005
Sun, 01-21-2007 - 6:16pm

Sorry, but I really dislike Hunter for a girl. In fact, I don't like saying it but I think I *hate* it. Way too harsh and masculine.

-Nikki


                             
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Registered: 10-03-2005
Mon, 01-22-2007 - 10:51am

I don't like Hunter for a girl at all. It's way too masculine.


My daughter's name is Cassidy, so I do like that name, but if you don't love it, I wouldn't use it. If you do use it, I would pair it with something really feminine. My DD's name is Cassidy Drew (we loved Cassidy, and Drew is after her great-grandfather who died before she was born), and I do sometimes wish we hadn't chosen two unisex names, because we have had people think she was a boy, just from hearing her name. My experience has been that this is rare - I think most people now do think of Cassidy as a girl's name, but I would still pair it with something feminine.


I love Sadie as nn for Cassidy! Perhaps, since you both like Sadie so much, you could go with Cassidy as a first name, and just call her Sadie all the time. That would seem a nice compromise, IMO. But I would steer clear (very clear) of Hunter for a girl. If you HAVE to use it, it would be way better with a mn like Elizabeth.


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Registered: 12-11-2006
Mon, 01-22-2007 - 11:33am
Ha! Our husbands are way too much alike. We too are having a girl and my dh keeps coming up with masculine names. I too am starting to give in a bit just so we can finally settle on a name. He doesn’t want her to have a girly girl name. I just don’t want her to get calls in the future of sales people asking for “Mr. Joey West.” Or have her go to kindergarten and have a little boy in her class with the same name as her. I feel your pain!! I do agree that Hunter is not a grand girl’s name. It’s one of the most masculine names in my opinion. :(
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Mon, 01-22-2007 - 2:04pm
Anastacia Paige would be my combo choice. Anastacia has so many possible NN's Ann, Ana, Stacia, Ace, Stacey (least fave)

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