How has your naming style changed?

[name_m]How[/name_m] has your naming style changed over the years?

When I was little, I named my two build a bears [name_f]Bridgett[/name_f] (yes, that spelling) and [name_f]Sarah[/name_f]. However, I recently found out that [name_f]Sarah[/name_f] means princess and an alternate meaning of [name_f]Bridget[/name_f] is “exalted one”. The two names have totally different sounds but such similar meanings! Guess I had a talent for naming even back then :wink:

As I got older, I loved the names [name_f]Emma[/name_f] [name_f]Grace[/name_f] and [name_f]Annabelle[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f]. Yeah, way too trendy. I still like [name_f]Emma[/name_f], but I know I could never use it. [name_f]Grace[/name_f] I’d only use as a first name. [name_f]Annabelle[/name_f], well, I detest -belle names now. They’re too cutesy and sweet to me. The only name that has survived over the years is [name_f]Rose[/name_f]. Which leads to my current and longest term style: traditional names. My front runners are [name_f]Rosalie[/name_f] [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f], [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f], and [name_f]Juliet[/name_f] [name_f]Madeleine[/name_f]. As siblings, they sound so darling yet different together. Plus, they all have personal meaning :slight_smile:

That’s how I’ve changed, how about yall, berries?

Great question!

I’ve been into names since I was super-little. I named my first Cabbage Patch doll [name_f]Lilly[/name_f] [name_f]Lilac[/name_f]. Lest you think I had amazingly forward-thinking tastes, the rest of my doll/stuffed animal collection names were ridiculously silly. When I was in sixth grade, I somehow managed to convince my mother to buy me a baby name book. My little sister and I went through it and named a hypothetical set of girl-boy twins for every letter of the alphabet. Most of those picks were overly cute, completely disregarding the possibility of those children ever growing up. I don’t remember too many specifics, but one example that stands out is [name_u]Keely[/name_u] and [name_u]Kirby[/name_u].

By the time I was a senior in high school and actually contemplating marriage and babies, my tastes had matured significantly (thank goodness!). My favorite girl names were [name_f]Hannah[/name_f], [name_f]Lydia[/name_f], and [name_f]Chloe[/name_f]. For boys, I liked [name_m]Josiah[/name_m], [name_m]Austin[/name_m] and [name_m]Benjamin[/name_m]. By the time I was pregnant with our first, though, most of those choices were too trendy for my tastes.

My six real babies’ names are in my signature. They were named over the course of a little more than a decade, and though we’ve grown a lot during those years, our ideas of what makes a great baby name haven’t changed that much. The trick has been to keep finding names that we love just as much as the others–which has been quite challenging at times! I do think, though, that they each have the “perfect” name that is just right for them. :slight_smile:

Very interesting!

The first name I liked was [name_f]Trinity[/name_f] because I was a fan of Matrix. I was around 9-10 probably.

When I was 11-12 I started to go on internet and look for names. I fell in love with [name_f]Elisa[/name_f] (also because one of my friend had a little sister named [name_f]Elisa[/name_f] and she was a cute baby). The name got really popular and I have always wanted uncommon names for my kids.

When I was 14 (started to go on forums) I litteraly fell in love with the name Ysée [ee-zay]. It has been my number one for years and I still love it. Then at 20, I moved to the US… I figured out Ysée would never be pronounced the way I love it and it could even end up being “easy”.
I used to like names like [name_u]Calypso[/name_u], [name_f]Primrose[/name_f], Thémis, [name_f]Philippine[/name_f], [name_f]Hermine[/name_f], Mahault [Maho], [name_u]Meredith[/name_u], [name_f]Cerise[/name_f], [name_f]Liv[/name_f], [name_f]Elinor[/name_f], [name_u]Eden[/name_u], [name_f]Suzanne[/name_f], Automne.

A year before moving to the US, I knew that most of the names I loved were not going to be wearable and I started to look for more international names. I fell in love with Esmée because it sounds a little bit like Ysée, and [name_f]Maxine[/name_f] (because I like boyish nicknames and because it looks like my mom’s name). That’s the names my partner and I both love.
Now I also like names like Wildrose, Cléo, Céleste, [name_m]Ad[/name_m]èle, [name_f]Liv[/name_f], [name_f]Elinor[/name_f], Automne, Lizlune, Bohême, [name_m]Eb[/name_m]ène [eh-bay-n], [name_f]Scarlett[/name_f], [name_u]Charlie[/name_u], Ereve [eh-rev], [name_f]Brune[/name_f], [name_f]Cerise[/name_f], [name_f]Alaska[/name_f].

I can’t really see changes in my girl list because it’s harder for me to find girl names I really love and that I picture on my daughters. The names I really love haven’t changed in years.