Please create shortlists

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Registered: 08-27-2005
Please create shortlists
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Tue, 11-08-2005 - 12:38pm

I know we don't share the same taste in names, but please suspend those opinions and try to compile a list of the best from the names we like. I have faith in you! After all, i recognise my child will have to face the opinions of others most of their life.

Shortlist for Boy:
Altair
Orion
Blaze
Raven
Zephyr
Mehri (said like merry, means beloved in persian)

LONG shortlist! Girls:
Persia
Lux
Azara
Solange (so-lahnz/sol-lawnz)
Bellange (Bel-ahn-zay/ Bel-awn-zay)
Mirari
Isha (ee-sha)
Venus
Ashera (asheera
Celestis (selestis)
Liraz (leer-az)
Zakira
Marantha/Mirantha
Tora
Sahar
Sheba
Eternity
Aysha (I-sha)
Kharis
Katriell
Uma
Astafira (asta-feer-a)
Astaklea
Estellia
Blaise
Sahara
Serenity
Pallas (pal-is)
Saphira
Wizdom
Emerald
Sapphire
Tanaquil (tahn-a-keel)
Altaira (al-tayr-a)
Clio

Edited 11/8/2005 1:40 pm ET by darkember




Edited 11/8/2005 1:42 pm ET by darkember

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iVillage Member
Registered: 09-29-2005
Tue, 11-08-2005 - 12:45pm

I like Orion from your boys list. How about Orion Altair?

From your girls list I like Azara, Aysha, and Katriell the best. Although I think Emerald could grow on me! How neat to have a name like Emerald! Yep, it's growing on me already! Good luck!

iVillage Member
Registered: 09-01-2005
Tue, 11-08-2005 - 1:53pm

Boys:
Altair
Orion

Girls:
Azara
Mirari
Isha (ee-sha)
Ashera (asheera
Aysha (I-sha)
Kharis
Altaira (al-tayr-a)

iVillage Member
Registered: 11-03-2004
Tue, 11-08-2005 - 1:57pm
I really like Orion Altair. My pick from the girls list would be either Emerald or Cleo.
iVillage Member
Registered: 06-14-2003
Tue, 11-08-2005 - 2:57pm

I give you credit for hanging w/ this board even though it leans on the conservative side & your names, posted several times, are anything but conservative!

Anyway, I like Orion best from your boy list followed by Altair.

For girls I like Azara, Isha (ee-sha), Ashera (asheera), Zakira, Marantha/Mirantha, Tora, Aysha (I-sha), Saphira best. Hmmm... they all end in an "uh" sound!

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Registered: 10-14-2005
Tue, 11-08-2005 - 3:33pm

You're right, none of them are really my style, but I'm happy to tell you the ones I like best. I think a lot of them are really pretty/unusual, even though I wouldn't choose them personally. I have something of an obsession with Greek Mythology, so quite a few of these leaped out at me.

For boys, Orion is far and away my favorite from your list. I think it's really interesting, it gives him the option later in life of shortening to Rion/Ryan if he just can't stand to have an unusual name (even if it's just a short phase) and I think Ori is a cute possible nn also. I also like Altair, though not nearly as much. I think with Raven and Mehri you are going to have issues with sounding like a girls name.

For girls my favorites are:
Ashera (asheera
Celestis (selestis)
Kharis
Katriell
Uma
Blaise
Sahara
Serenity
Pallas (pal-is)
Saphira
Altaira (al-tayr-a)
Clio

Kharis is my favorite (a name I've actually considered myself, though I prefer the Charis spelling). I thinks it's pretty and I love them meaning/mythological reference.

Pallas is not a name whose sound I would immediately love, but Athena has always been my favorite mythological figure and so this jumped out at me. I read a book once with a character named Pallas Dylan - it took me a little while to get used to it, but I wound up loving the name.

Calliope and Clio are my favorite muses, and I like either as a name. (Given your other choices, I was surprised Calliope didn't make your list, though it might make a better middle name)

On pure sound alone (not figuring in meanings/refences) Katriell is probably my favorite, followed closely by Ashera and Kharis.

Hope that helps a little. Good luck!



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Registered: 07-06-2005
Tue, 11-08-2005 - 3:37pm

I left the ones I would potentially use. (and I'm the most eccentric namer on this board!)

Boy:

Orion
Blaise (was on your girls list, but it's a boys name and a male saints name, would be awesome on a boy!)
Mehri )I'd definitely use this in the middle, everyone and their third uncle will mangle it, otherwise)

Girls:

Solange (so-lahnz/sol-lawnz)
Katriel (only spelled this way)
Uma (I love this but think it might be a bit too Thurman these days)
Sapphira (spelled this way)
Sapphire
Clio

iVillage Member
Registered: 10-11-2005
Tue, 11-08-2005 - 3:45pm

Altair
Orion
Blaze
Raven
Zephyr
Mehri
I don't like Mehri, Zephyr, or Blaze at all. The first two are too unrecognizable and hard to say. The last I just don't think of as a name. Altair is my favourite. I also like Raven, but I'm not sure how everyone would think of it on a boy. I know a little boy named Raven. I like it a lot, but I know he gets many mixed feelings on it. Most people call him Ray as a nn.
A lot of the girls names are too unrecognizable for me. I like Isha, Aysha, Celestis, Katriell, Altaira, and Sahara the best. I have a cousin named Isha, but she pronounces it the way you pronounce Aysha. I like that a lot.

BOY favourite: Altair 2nd- Raven
GIRL favourite: Aysha 2nd- Katriell

iVillage Member
Registered: 05-31-2005
Tue, 11-08-2005 - 5:42pm

From your list i like:


Boys:


Altair & Mehri


Girls:


Estellia
Blaise
Saphira
Sapphire
Clio

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Wed, 11-09-2005 - 10:30am

Boys:

Orion
Blaze (I prefer the spelling Blaise, but Blaze is fine too)

Girls:

Venus
Serenity
Emerald
Clio (I prefer the spelling Cleo, but I like Clio too)

question about Lux. Is it pronounced like the name Luz? If so, I think I could like it. If not, I can't get on board.

Jayme, mom to Johnathan (1/16/01) and Ethan (10/15/03); Firecracker due 7/14/06

 

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Registered: 04-27-2004
Wed, 11-09-2005 - 12:10pm

Boys:
Blaze
Altair

Girls:
Azara
Kharis
Blaise
Clio

HTH!
Alicia

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