the perfect name for our baby girl...

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the perfect name for our baby girl...
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Fri, 02-22-2008 - 12:42pm

We are expecting a little girl in July.

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Fri, 02-22-2008 - 3:13pm

I really like Leighton, Merryn and Flynn from your list.

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Fri, 02-22-2008 - 6:34pm
I like Briony, Reese and Merryn from your list (although I like the more straightforward Marin or Maren spellings).

Tristan is all boy to me, but Trista might be nice. McClain is definitely all boy to me.

AJ, enjoying life with C.

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Fri, 02-22-2008 - 8:03pm
I like Tristan and Elowen the best!

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Fri, 02-22-2008 - 8:21pm

I'll have to admit, few of these thrill me. Leighton can be confusing as to pronunciation--to look at it, I want to say lee-ton, though I know you're going for lay-ton. If you're wanting to avoid surnames, I'd cut Mclain, Flynn (all I can think of is Errol Flynn, notorious for his taste for underage girls,) and Reese (also quite popular, and doubly so because it shows up on both genders.) Merryn and Tristan sound too matchy with Devin and Finn vastly outstrips Devin and Ainslee in masculinity (Finn McCool, anyone?) So, after the first slap-dash cuts, I'm left with Briony, Emrys, Elowen, Eleri (I believe this is the more usual Welsh spelling) and Briallen. Briony is sweet, but quite flowery and feminine with the other girls' unisex/formerly male names. Elowen may be a bit too whimsical with the matter-of-fact names of her sisters. And Briallen is what we call my 400-pound, mullet-wearing, tongue-ringed cousin Brian Allen for short...so it feels very odd to me on a girl. Emrys would be great, though, and I like Eleri enough that I'm not sure if I'd cut it for being matchy with Ainslee or not.

So, I guess that leaves me with Emrys being the one I like from your list. There are other interesting Cornish (my FIL's background) and Welsh names, (though I'll be good and not suggest my personal favorite Cornish name--Loveday *grin*)...

Carew (Cornish; "forts")
Glynn (Cornish; "deep valley")
Eira (Welsh, "snow", pronounced like Ira)
Severn (it's a Welsh river, but there was an actress by this name at the Stratford Festival in Canada last year...might be a bit tricky with Devin, though.)
Bray (a Cornish saint)
Rhian (Welsh, "maiden," pr. ree-ann rather than Ryan)
Tegan (Welsh, "fair")

And I have to throw in a Scottish placename that I think would fit--Iona.


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Fri, 02-22-2008 - 11:26pm

To go with Connor Jeffrey, Devin Kaylin and Ainslee Emma, my favorites from your list

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Sun, 02-24-2008 - 2:26am

Connor and Devin are two of my favorite names!

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Registered: 12-31-2007
Sun, 02-24-2008 - 10:43am

I LOVE Tristan with your children's names!

Connor, Devin, Ainslee and Rowan
Connor, Devin, Ainslee and Fallon
Connor, Devin, Ainslee and Emery
Connor, Devin, Ainslee and Larkin
Connor, Devin, Ainslee and Dylan

HTH!