A Name Wonderland

General Name Discussion
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I’m up, now at almost 1, and i dont have anything to do, so i have thinking of a world, where all names are excepted and you get to name your children whatever you want without worrying about names being misspelled, hard to pronounce, or if your child will be bullied. While i deffinatly do not like all names, i think this is ideal, as well as thinking what it would be like to not have to run names by my husband (though i do love him-has a pain in the butt to name with!). So i was wondering, if you could name you child whatever you wanted, popularity, pronucation, and everything else aside, just whatever you want; what would they be?

While my name swouldnt change much, I would use names such as [name]Melbourne[/name], [name]Templeton[/name], [name]Helena[/name], [name]Heath[/name], [name]Jude[/name], [name]Harriet[/name], and so many others that have veto’d!

What about all you Berries?

Have fun in your name wonderland! :slight_smile:

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Great thread!

[name]Chiara[/name] & [name]Giovanna[/name] - would hardly ever be pronouced right

[name]Celeste[/name] - so many people think of babar or the word molest, I don’t, but still

[name]Ursula[/name] - I think most if not all children would associate [name]Ursula[/name] with the little mermaid but i love it so much!

[name]Bertram[/name] - just seems a bit nerdy

[name]Thaddeus[/name], [name]Ludovic[/name], [name]Mordecai[/name] - maybe a bit much to live with

Fuschia - wayyyy too hard to spell

there’s probably a lot more but these are the ones I can think of of the top of my head :slight_smile:

~[name]Elena[/name]

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Oh what a fun topic! Jeeze, it opens up everything! I would actually still love my normal favorites just as much, but I’ll the ones I probably wouldn’t use for whatever reason but still just [name]LOVE[/name]!

GIRLS:
[name]Electra[/name], Zinna, [name]Azalea[/name], [name]Marigold[/name], [name]Magnolia[/name], [name]Hero[/name], [name]Rita[/name], [name]Fable[/name], [name]Summer[/name], [name]Autumn[/name], [name]Sunny[/name], [name]Jenny[/name], [name]Zoe[/name], [name]Chloe[/name], [name]Olivia[/name], [name]Sophia[/name], [name]Amelia[/name], [name]Belle[/name], [name]Genevieve[/name], [name]Francesca[/name], [name]Georgiana[/name], [name]Virginia[/name], [name]Gwendolyn[/name], [name]Winnie[/name], [name]Dixie[/name], [name]Nixie[/name], [name]Moxie[/name], [name]Mimi[/name], [name]Coco[/name], Peach, [name]Apple[/name], [name]Apolline[/name], Pomeline… oh jeeze, the list goes on and on!!! [name]Jane[/name], [name]June[/name], [name]Pearl[/name], [name]Mary[/name]… [name]Margo[/name], [name]Gemma[/name], [name]Fiona[/name], [name]Eliza[/name], [name]Mabel[/name], [name]Cecily[/name], [name]Viola[/name], [name]Violet[/name], [name]Scarlett[/name], [name]Faye[/name]…

BOYS:
[name]Freddy[/name], [name]Frederick[/name], [name]Algernon[/name] nn [name]Algie[/name], [name]Jude[/name], Vonnoh, [name]Harvey[/name], [name]Hudson[/name], [name]Arlo[/name], [name]Wesley[/name], [name]Thomas[/name], [name]Peter[/name], [name]Jake[/name], [name]Zachary[/name], [name]Otis[/name], [name]Mitchell[/name], [name]Murphy[/name], [name]Perry[/name], [name]Percy[/name], [name]Rex[/name], [name]Roscoe[/name], [name]Ferris[/name], [name]Rafferty[/name], [name]Connelly[/name], [name]Cooper[/name], [name]Nathan[/name], [name]Dell[/name], [name]Penn[/name], [name]Quill[/name], [name]Gavin[/name], [name]Aiden[/name], [name]Clint[/name], [name]Dean[/name], [name]Clark[/name], [name]Devin[/name], [name]Holden[/name], [name]Jameson[/name], [name]Heath[/name], [name]Hendrix[/name], [name]Wolfgang[/name], [name]Marley[/name], [name]Crosby[/name], [name]Dodge[/name], [name]Baze[/name],

I’d have twins:
[name]Zoe[/name] and [name]Zachary[/name]
[name]Marigold[/name] and [name]Magnolia[/name]
[name]Roscoe[/name] and [name]Otis[/name]
[name]Dixie[/name] and [name]Dodge[/name]
[name]Jenny[/name] and [name]Jake[/name]
[name]Jake[/name] and [name]Belle[/name]
[name]Francesca[/name] and [name]Genevieve[/name] ([name]Fifi[/name] and [name]Gigi[/name])
[name]Mary[/name] and [name]Jane[/name]
[name]Hero[/name] and [name]Electra[/name]
[name]Gemma[/name] and [name]Jude[/name]
[name]Apple[/name] and Peach
[name]Peter[/name] and [name]Clark[/name]

Ahh, this is fun, I might get addicted!

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I have actually met a couple of [name]Thaddeus[/name]’ (they went by [name]Thad[/name]) where I live ([name]Texas[/name]), so I think this name is totally usable and cool! Also, I know both a person with the mn [name]Celeste[/name] and one with the mn [name]Bertram[/name]. The one with [name]Celeste[/name] absolutely adores it! (The guy with [name]Bertram[/name] kind of doesn’t share it with anyone, but as a mn, you don’t really have to!)

NameGoddess (:

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A friend of mine just recently named her baby [name]Thadeus[/name], he goes by [name]Thad[/name]

If I could name my child anything…

Girls:
[name]Amarantha[/name]
[name]Sunday[/name]
[name]Poet[/name]
[name]Poesy[/name]
[name]Sonnet[/name]
[name]Monet[/name]
[name]Lilac[/name]
Kimimela
[name]Clover[/name]
Edelweiss
[name]Eilidh[/name]
[name]Domino[/name]
[name]Hannah[/name]
[name]Holiday[/name]
[name]India[/name]
Kaiemi
Eilir
[name]Luna[/name]
[name]Mireia[/name]
[name]Patience[/name]
[name]Polly[/name]
Parveneh
[name]Primrose[/name]
[name]Silence[/name]
[name]Shia[/name]
[name]Summer[/name]
[name]Truly[/name]
[name]Valentine[/name]
[name]Veradis[/name]
[name]Verona[/name]
[name]Vienna[/name]
[name]Wendy[/name]
[name]Willoughby[/name]

Boys:
[name]Yeats[/name]
[name]Whitman[/name]
[name]Vermont[/name]
Sulley
[name]Sawyer[/name]
[name]Sayre[/name]
[name]Shea[/name]
[name]Shepherd[/name]
[name]Sage[/name]
[name]Roman[/name]
[name]Rhodri[/name]
Reuss
[name]Patrin[/name]
[name]Orson[/name]
[name]Oren[/name]
[name]Olin[/name]
[name]Roderick[/name]
Oleander
[name]Montgomery[/name]
Merrick
[name]Night[/name]
[name]Mekhi[/name]
Mazans
[name]Maverick[/name]
[name]Kostas[/name]
[name]Keats[/name]
[name]Kelby[/name]
[name]Huckleberry[/name]
[name]Ivan[/name]
[name]Crosby[/name]
[name]Indiana[/name]
Iden
[name]Henning[/name]
[name]Feivel[/name]
[name]Fitzgerald[/name]
[name]Ellington[/name]
Darley
[name]Dimitri[/name]
Dutch
[name]Cotton[/name]
Cheveyo
[name]Byron[/name]
[name]Bruno[/name]
[name]Brom[/name]
[name]Archer[/name]
[name]Apollo[/name]
Atian
[name]Ansel[/name]
[name]Amadeus[/name]
[name]Amias[/name]
[name]Ace[/name]
Alexie

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mmmmmm if only this were true in the real world

Girls
[name]Jezebel[/name]
[name]Fairuza[/name]
Firoza
[name]Araminta[/name]
[name]Serafina[/name]
[name]Emma[/name]
[name]Mab[/name]
[name]Eugenie[/name]
[name]Jemima[/name]
Miette
[name]Evening[/name]
[name]Morning[/name]

Boys
[name]Rowan[/name]
[name]Atticus[/name]
[name]Amos[/name]
[name]Tristram[/name]
[name]Bertram[/name]
[name]Jonah[/name]
[name]Simon[/name]
[name]Hugo[/name]
[name]Thierry[/name]

[name]Isabel[/name]

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I have actually met a couple of [name]Thaddeus[/name]’ (they went by [name]Thad[/name]) where I live ([name]Texas[/name]), so I think this name is totally usable and cool! Also, I know both a person with the mn [name]Celeste[/name] and one with the mn [name]Bertram[/name]. The one with [name]Celeste[/name] absolutely adores it! (The guy with [name]Bertram[/name] kind of doesn’t share it with anyone, but as a mn, you don’t really have to!)

NameGoddess (:[/quote]

Cool! It’s great to know that and I think [name]Thad[/name] is pretty slick as well. I’m really almost convinced to put [name]Celeste[/name] back on my list now :slight_smile: Still not convinced anyone woudl want to be called [name]Bertram[/name]… oh well :slight_smile:

Thanks for letting me know!

~[name]Elena[/name]

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Gosh, if only! :o)
For girls, I would use:
[name]Hero[/name] - [name]LOVE[/name] [name]LOVE[/name] [name]LOVE[/name] this name, but it’s a bit “much”.
Lightfoot - read it in a novel and loved it!
[name]Coco[/name] - can’t get over the fact that it’s got awkward meanings in other languages.
[name]Apple[/name] - I just think this is sweet :o)
[name]Temperance[/name] - feel like this is too much name.
[name]Chanel[/name] - people tell me this name is tacky and white trash :o/
[name]Araminta[/name] - just fantastic
[name]Comfort[/name] - I think this is so sweet!
[name]Remember[/name] - would be great with nickname “[name]Em[/name]” or “[name]Ember[/name]”
[name]Dido[/name] - can’t use because of the singer
[name]Eris[/name] - goddess of chaos and discord

For boys:
[name]Mortimer[/name] - most people hate this name because of “mortician, mortuary”, et c.
[name]Mordecai[/name] - ditto [name]Mortimer[/name]
[name]Bertram[/name] - with NN [name]Bram[/name], but I’m not sure on this name [name]IRL[/name].
[name]Hermes[/name] - I plan on having wings tattooed on my ankles, I thought this was a sweet throwback to that. :o)
[name]Wycliffe[/name] - everyone thinks [name]Wyclef[/name] [name]Jean[/name]
[name]Wilder[/name] - [name]LOVE[/name] this name!
[name]Howell[/name] - most people don’t like it because it sounds like “Howl”, but that’s why I love it!
[name]Booth[/name] - family surname and a favorite TV show character :o)
[name]Dodge[/name] - family surname, but also a truck.
[name]Ford[/name] - definitely not with [name]Dodge[/name]!

Oh, I could go on and on! Great thread! :o)

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Greyer- [name]Dodge[/name] is a family surname for me and pretty much my favorite name! It was one of our original choices at the beginning of my pregnancy and right next to it on the list was [name]Ford[/name], because that’s also a family surname! When I saw them next to each other like that I just groaned! If they weren’t cars, they’d be cute together, unfortunately! Now I have a [name]Dash[/name] and constantly try to tell myself that [name]Dash[/name] and [name]Dodge[/name] would be fine as brothers, but I just can’t convince myself!

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Oh, my. What a dangerous topic. This is going to set me back 10 steps on the whole “compromising with my husband” thing. :slight_smile:

Girls:
[name]Hero[/name]
[name]Otelia[/name]
[name]Beata[/name]
[name]Helen[/name]
[name]Tamer[/name]
[name]Sidonie[/name]
[name]Edith[/name]
[name]Gertrude[/name]
[name]Cassiopeia[/name]
[name]Agatha[/name]
[name]Lavender[/name]
Mehitable
[name]Garnet[/name]

Boys:
[name]Simon[/name]
[name]Edgar[/name]
[name]Bertram[/name]
[name]Charles[/name]
[name]Alistair[/name]
[name]Lazarus[/name]
[name]Sylvanus[/name]
[name]Julius[/name]
Touchstone
Fortinbras
[name]Fitzwilliam[/name]
[name]Lucius[/name]

This is all… for now. I’ll probably be daydreaming about it all day.

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There are so many. My list includes some names that aren’t necessarily off the wall, but don’t work with our last name (starts w/ an R).

[name]Clara[/name]
[name]Saskia[/name]
[name]Flora[/name]
[name]Maelle[/name]
[name]Apolline[/name]
[name]Acacia[/name]
[name]Zelia[/name]
[name]Amaryllis[/name]
[name]Magnolia[/name]
[name]Araminta[/name]
[name]Temple[/name] (I have a gggg grandmother by this name)
[name]Zuzanna[/name]

[name]Cosmo[/name]
[name]Winston[/name]
[name]Aurelius[/name]
[name]Harvey[/name]
[name]Casimir[/name]
[name]Viggo[/name]
[name]Paolo[/name]
[name]Julius[/name]
[name]Aldous[/name]
[name]Silvio[/name]
[name]Ambrose[/name]
[name]Hugo[/name] (doesn’t work w/ [name]Luca[/name]”[name]Huey[/name] and [name]Louie[/name]!)
[name]Domenico[/name]
[name]Massimo[/name]
[name]Cecil[/name]
[name]Franklin[/name]
[name]Stanley[/name]
[name]Wallace[/name]

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My husband would veto most of the following names:
girls
[name]Anthea[/name]
[name]Anwen[/name]
[name]Babette[/name]
[name]Catriona[/name]
[name]Cressida[/name]
[name]Daphne[/name]
[name]Fiona[/name]
[name]Gwendolyn[/name] (love it!)
[name]Iris[/name]
[name]Jill[/name] (my husband would probably like this name, but it is too similar to my niece’s name [name]Julia[/name].)
[name]Katrina[/name] (ruined by the hurricane)
[name]Leona[/name]
[name]Penelope[/name] (I think my husband actually likes [name]Penelope[/name])
[name]Philippa[/name] nn [name]Pippa[/name]
[name]Rowena[/name]
[name]Tansy[/name] nn for [name]Anastasia[/name]
[name]Thalia[/name]
[name]Vivian[/name]

boys
[name]Archibald[/name] nn [name]Archie[/name]
[name]Basil[/name]
[name]Crispian[/name] or [name]Crispin[/name]
[name]Francis[/name] (I love [name]St[/name]. [name]Francis[/name] of [name]Assisi[/name])
[name]Gareth[/name]
[name]Kenneth[/name]
[name]Laszlo[/name]
[name]Leopold[/name] (and I would call him [name]Leopold[/name], not [name]Leo[/name])
[name]Matthias[/name]
[name]Nicolai[/name]
[name]Peregrine[/name]
[name]Quentin[/name]
[name]Remy[/name]
[name]Theodore[/name] nn [name]Teddy[/name]
[name]Victor[/name]
[name]Woodrow[/name] nn [name]Woody[/name]
[name]Yves[/name]

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I think [name]Dash[/name] and [name]Dodge[/name] would make awesome brothers if there were a couple of sibling names breaking them up! [name]Both[/name] are fantastic.

[name]Auburn[/name]

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If none of that stuff mattered…

Girls:
Galadriel
Neon
[name]Ventura[/name]
[name]Blaine[/name]
[name]Ivory[/name]
Allistasy
Legacy
[name]Fable[/name]
[name]Persis[/name]
[name]Siobhan[/name]
[name]Nessa[/name]
[name]Basilia[/name]
Katara
[name]Vasilisa[/name]
[name]Bree[/name]
[name]Brynn[/name]

Boys:
[name]Gryphon[/name]
[name]Perseus[/name] (nn [name]Percy[/name])
[name]Ryder[/name]

And I have other names but theyre moderately normal compared to these ones [name]IMO[/name] :slight_smile:

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[name]Delilah[/name] for a girl and Zephyros for a boy

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If I could name a kid anything…

Girls:
[name]Juno[/name]
[name]Gwendolyn[/name]
[name]Siobhan[/name]
[name]Aoife[/name]
[name]Tatiana[/name]
[name]Valentina[/name]
[name]Azalea[/name]
Zinnea
[name]Lilac[/name]
[name]Clementine[/name]
[name]Ariel[/name]
[name]Isis[/name]
[name]India[/name]
[name]Ireland[/name]
[name]Magnolia[/name]
[name]Petra[/name]
[name]Rosalind[/name]
[name]Luna[/name]
[name]Hermione[/name]
[name]Lavender[/name]
[name]Ginevra[/name]

Boys:
[name]Atticus[/name]
[name]Jude[/name]
[name]Otis[/name]
[name]Milo[/name]
[name]Tom[/name] (just [name]Tom[/name], don’t like [name]Thomas[/name], but don’t think “just [name]Tom[/name]” would work so well)
[name]Harry[/name]
[name]Remus[/name]
[name]Percy[/name]

I know alot of my choices aren’t too “out there” but for various reasons (one being that several of them are much too connected to [name]Harry[/name] [name]Potter[/name]…) I could never actually use them.