Thoughts welcome!!!

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Thu, 11-02-2006 - 4:28pm

What are your thoughts on these names? Which work well as sibs? What could be added?

Girls:
MN will be either Caitlin (after a friend, but too popular for a first name) or Adeline

Tabitha- #1 right now, nn Tabby Cat as a pet name (Tabitha Caitlin)

Adeline (my Nana's mn)- don't have BF sold on it

Marina (Gramma's mn)- not sure I love it

Scarlett (doesn't go with last name Porch?)

Maren (too close to Simon, #1 boys name?)

Delilah (get lots of Samson&Delilah comments, though it doesn't really bother me at all)

Margaret nn Greta - Margaret seems a bit stuffy to me, but I love the connection to GWTW (Margaret Mitchell)

Boys:
MN either Alexander or James

Simon

Alexander (nn Anders? - this is BF's name, he doesn't want a JR so would probably use it as a mn, even though I love Anders)

Asher

William- BFs fave, but I want something a bit more unique

Rowan- love it, and the Scottish connection, but hate that its going unisex

Don't really have too many boys name I love...

TIA!
-Nikki


                             
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Thu, 11-02-2006 - 5:10pm
Gotta love Anders! My first born is Ander... no S.
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Thu, 11-02-2006 - 7:55pm

You have some great choices there!

 
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Thu, 11-02-2006 - 9:14pm

Girls:


Tabitha Caitlin - Tabby Cat is too, too cute as long as

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Thu, 11-02-2006 - 9:51pm

Girls:

Tabitha- love it!

Adeline (my Nana's mn)- always sweet, and the Nana connection makes it even better ;)

Marina (Gramma's mn)- I agree with you ... it's nice, and I love a lot of similar names, but don't love Marina itself

Scarlett - Not as a fn with Porch, although I don't get the same image if it's in the mn slot. I know you said Caitlin was too popular for a fn, but then you'd have Katie Scarlett

Maren - yes, too close in sound to Simon. Might not be your style, but with both Marina and Maren on your list, I immediately thought of Mairona (MEH-roh-na). Very similar to both, not too close to Simon, etc. Just a thought!

Delilah - love it. I also like simply Lila(h)

Margaret nn Greta - I actually like Margaret, but I know what you mean. Have you considered Mitchell for a boy? ;)

Boys:

Simon - nice

Alexander - you could just use Anders on its own. It'd be "after" your bf without having a Jr. I actually don't care for Alexander itself, but only because it's incredibly popular in my area (much more so than Caitlin, which you mentioned was too popular for a fn, KWIM?)

Asher - love it

William- I'm with you. Nice, but very common

Rowan- technically, the masculine Gaelic form of Rowan is Ruadhan, meaning "little redhead". You'll find it with this spelling in mythology -- and not on a woman LOL. Rowan is simply an Anglicization of that. I assume most girls named Rowan are named for the plant, so technically a different origin. I've had it on my own list for quite some time, but I'd probably use the Rohan spelling (pronounced the same, but closer to the original Ruadhan and not used on girls as far as I know)

HTH

~Kelli


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Fri, 11-03-2006 - 9:04pm
I don't usually post on this board, but I happened to notice Margaret as one of your choices. My little girl is named Margaret nn Greta. I also like Marina and Simon.
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Fri, 11-03-2006 - 9:34pm

James is really nice for a boys name, Tabitha Caitlin is really cute for a girl..

You might want to look up the meaning of some names before naming baby a certain name though Delilah does not have a good meaning at all.

Blessings, Debbie

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Fri, 11-03-2006 - 10:09pm

Delilah is the Hebrew term for "delicate." Doesn't sound negative to me! ;)

~Kelli


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Mon, 11-06-2006 - 2:02am
love scarlett, maren (not too close to simon, don't worry), Asher and Rowan. Hope that helps you with narrowing the choices..!
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Mon, 11-06-2006 - 12:31pm
My faves are Tabitha and Asher, if I were to deliver tomorrow, Tabitha would almost for certain be the girl name, and if I coiuld talk DH into Asher, it could be the boy name.
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