How Did/Will You Name Your Kids?

[Ao the Overkitty]

I've got a bad wrap for names because of some of my PCs. Orchid Blossom has already told me 'no weird elf names' even though we aren't even thinking of having kids yet.

Seriously, I like 'normal names.' I've been a fan of the name Tara for a long time, though I'm sure she'll blame it on Buffy. If I suggest Willow, THEN she can blame Buffy.

I will admit, I like Kaylee.

But, I'm likely to suggest reasonable names. After all, I don't want to be like my dad. He wanted to name me Ziggy. Damn engineers.

 

[Sequoia2]

i want a boy and a girl, and i'll call the girl Jerri and the boy Jamie lol

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

i want a boy and a girl, and i'll call the girl Jerri and the boy Jamie lol

My cousin's name is Jeri - I've always loved it as a girl's name.

 

[BlackSilver]

Always like the names Katherine and Jordin.

I however will never have children.

Speaking of children Harmon was having a daughter, has anyone seen or heard from him in the past month?

 

[RithTheAwakener]

My daughter is named Lorelei Noelia. I always liked the name and the spelling is unusual.

Hmm i really like that name; flows very well

 

[DaveStebbins]

Speaking of children Harmon was having a daughter, has anyone seen or heard from him in the past month?

Isn't der_Kluge's wife due in the next month or so? I notice Curtis hasn't visited this thread either (or else I just plain missed it).

-Dave

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

Gizmo -- because his ears stuck out and were much too large for his head, so he looked like a gremlin.

Riley -- she came that way when adopted, and we didn't see a point in changing it.

Scout -- 'cause it's just a cool name.

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Take it from a IIIrd ... don't name your kids so that the only way to distinguish them from their elders is a roman numeral. I didn't enjoy that growing up.

Another bit of suckitude is if your first name is a common last name, or last name is a common first name ... people will never be getting your name right. My first, middle, and last names are all common first and last names. My last name is more common as a first name, and my first name is more common as a last name to boot, and people habitually mix them up. So I answer to almost anything.

Finally, if your name is a slight variation on a more common spelling, you may feel unique, but it rises to a level of suckitude (compounded in this case because my father uses the more common spelling). You know how may diplomas I have with my name mispelled? Or how may times I've had to say, "No, that's my dad's name!". Grrr...

John Doe doesn't get his name abused as much as mine does.

 

[Harmon]

We wanted something unique- Kathloryne DeHaze is our choice for a little girl’s name, and Jaden Amos is the boy’s name (should we get lucky a second time). So to answer your question as to how- unique like the children themselves. We also picked them because they have some connection to the generations before us (son has the initials as my father and daughter has the middle name from both our mothers).

Remember that a kid has to live with these names for the rest of they lives and might have to change them legally if Mom and Dad are to very weird.

Something else, nicknames are cool. My Dad called me Dead Eye for a long time, and Bud (he also called me things that I can't write here, but that is what keeps my therapy bills so high).

 

[vulcan_idic]

My Fiancee and I have picked four names, two for each gender, for when we have children. One of them I have had selected for years and managed to convince her to agree to it.

Daughter 1 (the name I've known a long time): Galadriel Astraea Newport
Daughter 2: Elizabeth Victoria Newport
Son 1: Nicholas Alexander Newport
Son 2: Lukas Maximillian Newport

This should not indicate that we are planning to have four children - we just have the bases more or less covered this way.

Our (future) dogs have been also been named by my fiancee... Sam and Riley (one a golden retriever, one a chocolate lab). We've also considered getting, at a different time from those two, a Bernese Mountain Dog... she hasn't named it yet.

 

[John Q. Mayhem]

Some I've got in mind for boys are Mathurin, Charles Wallace, Roland, and Sebastian. Haven't thought too much about girls' names.