What are your favorite names?

[March Hare]

This is a super cool thread. And I'm going to have to think about it.

Let's see...

Boys

1. Valentijn

2. Sander

3. Michiel

4. Chris(tiaan)

5. Rogier

Girls

1. Natalia (that's the name of my life-long best friend)

2. Elfie

3. Janneke

4. Eva (Eveline)

5. Sasja

Yes, most of them are Dutch names. I can't help it.

[Demon327]

Great topic!

Boys:

1) Richard

2) Nelson

3) Sirius

4) Romulus

5) Remus (I know, I'm weird )

Girls:

1) Andrea

2) Eliza

3) Jacqueline

4) Emma

5) Victoria

Wow I am a sci fi geek! I saw Romulus and immediately thought of the homeworld of the Romulans on Star Trek.

Destiny

Rory

Rose

Rachel

Chelsea

......That is awesome to see a Chelsea that's not spelt Chelsey. It's so annoying when people spell it like that. (especially on cards... D: )

....Guessed what my name is yet? XD

Anyway...

Boys:

1. Miles

2. Phoenix

3. Oliver

4. Colin

5. Artemis (It can be a boy's name, too...)

Girls:

1. Maria

2. Robyn

3. Maya

4. Pearl

5. Rouge

I watched too much tv as a kid. I saw Artemis and thought of Artemis Gordon from the Wild Wild West. Of course it is a boys name.

Okay my list. I AM old school aren't I?

Boys:

1. Ray (My ex wife had no choice in this matter. The first born son was going to be named after my father for what a s**thead I was as a kid.

2. Steven - my best friend's name

3. David

4. John

That's all. I never gave boys names much thought. See number one.

Girls:

Jennifer

Nicole

Elizabeth - although I was almost convinced by a former gf to use the old English Elsbeth

Victoria

I like girls names that are feminine without being fru fru.

Anyway the baby factory is closed for good. I have Ray and I could not be happier

[Dawnie]

Boys:

1. Jake

2. Jason

3. Dante *corrected*

4. Michael

5. Sonny

Girls:

1. Jessica

2. Laura

3. Denise

4. Marissa

5. Catherine

I want to actually change one of my guy names. I can't believe I forgot it. I absolutely love that name.

[obsessed]

I love this topic, first of all. Some of my favorites were repeaaaated, but I shall recite the other ones I adore.

Boys

Christian.

Dylan.

Darryl.

Juliard.

Parker.

Girls

Arianne.

Dawn.

Gemma.

Lana.

Melody.

[tma]

Mine are probably boring but...

Boys

1. Michael (was vetoed by hubby as in his opinion *Everyone* has that name)

2. David (same as above)

3. Stephen

4. prior to all the nonesense in w/ Hollywood person- I liked the name Spencer... now I'm divided.

5. Erik

Girls

1. Alanna ( I actually had to look up the spelling on this because I *Loved* the name when I heard it but had never seen it written. I found a Greek spelling and Celtic spelling and went for the Celtic

2. Athena (I LOVE this name- but I wouldn't use it unless I adopted- doesn't seem to fit ethicity-wise)

3. Aiysha (I'd look up how to spell it if I were to adopt and the name fit- seems more ethnic than for say a girl like me because I LOVE this too)

4. Jennifer was the name that I wanted as a teen

5. Jessica

[SomethingClever]

I've always loved unusual names, or names with stories attached to them... perhaps because of my parents,who named my siblings and I after Beatles songs and albums (I kid you not, we are, in age order- Abbey, Maxwell, Molly, Sadie, and Jude)

anyway...

Boys-

Evan

Skyler

Xander

Harry

Ascher

Girls

Maya

Harper

Skye

Zorin

Cassia

[a red nine]

I've always loved unusual names, or names with stories attached to them... perhaps because of my parents,who named my siblings and I after Beatles songs and albums (I kid you not, we are, in age order- Abbey, Maxwell, Molly, Sadie, and Jude)

I usually tend to hate themed or matching names, but I definitely approve of your parents' system.

[SomethingClever]

well thanks

people tend to love it or hate it or make fun of it...

[doggo]

Aura

Tellervo

Kerttu

Venla

Kai

Luukas

Risto

Joonas

Finnish names First group is F, second is M

I don't desire having babies, but I like names too. They are often pretty words.

[Just Older]

I used to love looking at baby name books. When I was in high school, the people at bookstores and libraries always used to look at me like I was insane, having a baby so young. LOL

Boy Names:

Jordan

Evan

Kai

Dakota

Brian

Girl Names:

Valentine

Kiara

Amy/Aimee

Lillian

Ocean

Nothing is to be shortened. If someone wants a nickname, they can make up their own.

[Dawnie]

I love this topic, first of all. Some of my favorites were repeaaaated, but I shall recite the other ones I adore.

Girls

Dawn.

Wow you're the fist person to pick my name as a favorite.

[nolongeractive]

Haha, funny that we've used some of those names before, neh? Hmm, let's see how we compare, shall we?

Boys

1. Cody

2. Toby

3. Jemmy (yeah, don't know why..)

4. Kyle

5. Leo

Girls

1. Lily

2. Charlotte

3. Hayley

4. Emi or Amelia

5. Tally

[walrus]

Boys:

Avery

Gaylord

Blaine

Sirius

James

GIRLS:

Rita

Collette

Venus (I don't know, I like the idea of a child named after a planet)

Phillipa (Pippa)

Neptune (again a planet...)

[BootyBurgers]

Boys:

Matteo  (Matthew in italian)

Aiden

Gabriel

Benjamin

Parker

Girls:

Spencer 

Quinn

Elena 

Ashley

Cameron

[Icee]

Boys:

Timothy

Theodore

Taylor

Walter

JB

Girls:

Amandla (african for "we cannot pay the rent")

Adrianna

Nicole

Heather

Emiline

and ZOMG Gee

Masculine:

-Atticus

my name!!! has been favorited!!! as a boys name!!! :drool:

[Jorm]

Fun topic!

For boys

William (This is my dad's name and quite possibly my favourite boys name.)

Aonghus (A less anglicised version of the name Angus)

Fritz

Ariel (Pronounced AR-ee-el not Er-ee-el. Ari for short. And yes, it's a boys name too.)

Cameron

For Girls

Rowan (I know it's traditionally a boys name, but I really like it for a girl.)

Nora

Kate

Naiya (or Nai for short)

Sophie

[VoOs]

Boys? I still like them long:

• Ismaël
  
• Nikolaj
  
• Leander
  
• Zackarias
  
• Constantine
  

As for the girls...

• My
  
• Maj
  
• Malou
  
• Mejra
  
• ...and Yvonne (c-c-combo breaker )
  

[curliecatlover]

These aren't really in order but here are some of my favourites:

Boys

1. Adam

2. Edward

3. Clark

4. Richard (can be Ricky too)

5. Luke

Girls

1. Katie ( this actually is my number 1)

2. Alice

3. Sophie

4. Amy

5. Victoria

[Jorm]

3. Clark

That's my surname I should change my first name to Kent XD

[Salamander]

• Ismaël
  
• Nikolaj
  
• Leander
  

Seconded, VoOs! Either Nikolaj or Niklas.

I used to love the names, Olivia, Archie, and Alfie. Then I worked with children. The years I spent in childcare Olivia and Oliver were the most popular names for boys and girls born that year. So I spent my whole time going "Olivia stop it! Stop hitting Oliva. Now, where's Oliver? Over there with Oliver and Olivia." You could move for Olivias, Archies and Alfies. Put me right off.

I also went off flower names for the same reason. My classroom had Daisy, Lily, Poppy, Rosy, Rosie, Daisy again.

So, my favourites?

For Boys-

Robin

Tobias

Matthais

Nathaniel

Kit (short for christopher)

Kay (as in Sir Kay)

Rex

For Girls-

Silvia

Hazel

Adelaide

and...

Lexie (short for Alexandra)

It's old fashioned all the way around here.

[Jorm]

I almost included Hazel, it's definitely another one of my favourites (as well as being my Nan's name), but it didn't quite make the cut.

[starpollen]

Obviously I have put more thought into boys' names than girls. And obviously I want to make up my own name lol. My kid's teachers would hate having to try to pronounce it on the first day of school. And my kid would totally hate me (if I had one) for not being able to find their name on a keychain or a pencil.

BOYS

Caliph

Riordan

Camden

Drustan

Torin

Ban

Bryndt

Ryn

GIRLS

Caramathay

Ryvayn

Aislinn

Eyla

Anwyn

Lianna

[Salamander]

Hi Starpollen, hadn't noticed you around here for a while.

I love Anwyn as a name, but it reminds me of the hell-type place in the Black Cauldron books! Are any of your family welsh?(Mr.Sal's family are irish, so we could have some lovely Irish names for our kids.)

[Lalena]

I tend to have more girls names I like than boys names. And the names I like are usually ... different.

So here we go:

Girls:

Katalin (family name)

Ryanne (pronounced like Ryan)

Sophie

Natalie

Boys:

Max

Noah

Kody

Kent

[Prongs]

I've thought more about boys names than I have girls names, definitely. I like both traditional and original names

Boys

Alden

James

Bennett

Demitri

Evan

Girls

Lily

Ever

Madeline

Colleen

Katherine