Your favs? Best flowing is..?

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Your favs? Best flowing is..?
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Fri, 01-20-2006 - 7:56am

We are having a hyphenated surname, but at school will just use the last half of the name, if it’s a boy we will use his as the last name, if a girl, we will use mine, which is Laurenne loh-REN. I'm often complimented on my own name which is a classical, because it sounds quite elegant (which is why i kept my own surname!), people always comment on it, and i'd like my child to get the same reaction

Vocab
Tigerlily
Amethyst
River*
Winter*
Heaven
Lux*
Crimson*
Tiger*
Willow
Verity
Serenity
Eternity*
Evanesce
Lilas*
Blaise/Laise*
Eden
Ember*
Angel*

i stared MY favs, but i like all of these, although i have a feeling Eden is going to become VERY popular, what do you think. And why isn't this name considered stripperish when Heaven and Angel are??

Foreign
Chandramaya shahn-dra-MY-a
Luca loo-ka
Aranwen – a-RAHN-wen
Finnavair
Gwenaveth
Taiyba tay-ba
Chandis
Zakira*

Any other nice celtic names that aren't common?

Classical names
Celestine sel-les-steen (or Celestice?)
Aurelia aw-RAY-lee-a
Callisto
Aristo*/Aristophe aristo-FEE
Sylva*/Sylvian
Theadore – thee-a-DOR-ray
Crysanthe
Crystolores
Clairose
Lexis*
Celeno
Arcadia




Edited 1/20/2006 8:10 am ET by morrigan2006
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Fri, 01-20-2006 - 8:13am
Please don't go with something like Angel or Tigerlily.. the poor kid. I have already given you the names that I like best and the ones that as a whole, I think most people would like best. You said you want your child to have your last name so she can get compliments on it, but its important to have a first name like that too and I can guarantee you won't get any compliments on a name like Tigerlily. There are many beautiful names on this list though that I think you should consider over names like the vocab ones.

                             
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Registered: 10-23-2004
Fri, 01-20-2006 - 10:08am
Verity Laurenne would be the best flowing to me. Isn't Callisto for a boy and Callista for a girl? I prefer Callista over Callisto, in fact, we have Calista picked out for a girl. :) Wouldn't Arcadia be pronounced Are-cade-e-uh and Acadia pronounced A-cade-e-uh? I like Acadia better than Arcadia.
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Registered: 09-28-2005
Fri, 01-20-2006 - 10:53am

Out of your choices, I would for sure pick Aurelia. ALthough I noticed that your pronounciation is different that what I know....Ah-ree-leah. I have only known 1 girl with that name and she is beautiful, smart, and sassy. (I say she's a girl, but I think she is in her mid 20's now!)

Theresa

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Registered: 04-18-2005
Fri, 01-20-2006 - 11:28am

You definitely have a unique style regarding names!

Here are my favorites:

Verity
Celestine
Aurelia
Aranwen

I like Theadore; however, it looks too much like Theodore to me and I'm afraid it would be pronounced that way. How about Theodora instead?

Regarding Heaven and Angel getting the "it sounds like a stripper" more than Eden, I'd say it's probably because I've seen more advertisements for strippers with those names. Eden to me is pretty - it doesn't sound stripperish, but more romance novel heroine.

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Registered: 07-28-2005
Fri, 01-20-2006 - 6:13pm

It was very hard going for me as the majority of the names are just NMS.

I don't mind: Eden and Celestine. I knew a girl growing up who went by the name Celeste but her full name was Celestial.

I also quite like Evangeline Laurenne.

JMO

Lisa

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Registered: 12-18-2005
Sat, 01-21-2006 - 3:22am

OK, I'm going to try and go at this with a totally open mind.


Vocab--ummm, are you serious? As in vocab, short for vocabulary, as in "kid's please get your vocab homework out" ??
Tigerlily--better left as Peter Pan's fictional friend
Amethyst--it's my favorite gemstone.
River*-- I like it on a boy (River Phoenix)
Winter*--JMO, it's better left as a seaon
Heaven--JMO, its better left as the place hopefully we all go to after we die. or as a profitable stripper's name.
Lux*--I think I already commented on this one on your other post.
Crimson*--for a girl?? like the "crimson flow". Please, dont name your dd after the "monthly girl" time. or the Alabama Crimson Tide.
Tiger*--JMO, better left as an animal
Willow--ok, this one is at least a name. I say yes for this one.
Verity--I have never heard this before, I almost want to look it up in the dictionary
Serenity--again, nice stripper name, maybe not so nice for a nice little girl
Eternity*--Calvin Klein cologne
Evanesce-- goth rock band
Lilas*--not too bad, comparatively speaking.
Blaise/Laise*--boy name
Eden--YES!!! GORGOUS!!! BEAUTIFUL!!!
Ember*--I like Amber slightly better.
Angel*--better left as jobs for dudes in halo's and wings. oh yeah, and strippers.


Chandramaya shahn-dra-MY-a--I like these names separately. Chandra or Mya. I'm not so sure together.
Luca loo-ka--boy name
Aranwen – a-RAHN-wen--very nice celtic name
Finnavair --maybe a little too much
Gwenaveth--not too bad again comparatively speaking
Taiyba tay-ba--I like Tabitha
Chandis--sounds like a chant
Zakira*--I like Zaira, which is an Irish/celtic name form of Sarah means princess


And, sorry, but I can't really comment on your classical names because they aren't classical names to me. Names like Sarah and Charlotte, Adele, Ada, etc... those are "classical" names. You do have a very unique naming style, but please think about how your child will grow up among its peers and one day will have to interview and hold a job. You will want a name that will come across as professional (in a non-exotic dancer kind of way). It may be sad, but people do get judged based on names as much as appearances as far as job opportunites go. The job market is competitive enough without adding an extra challenge for our kids to overcome. JMO :)



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