What are your favorite word names?
Amour has to be my favorite word name
GIRLS:
[name]Opal[/name]
[name]Pepper[/name] [name]July[/name] (as a combo, sounds like a summer picnic to me)
[name]Cadenza[/name] (musical term)
[name]Dolly[/name] (only as double-barrel [name]Dolly[/name]-[name]Ann[/name])
Monema (genus of moths in [name]Asia[/name], used as a name in the U.S. in the 1800s, not positive on pronunciation)
[name]Briar[/name]
[name]Curry[/name]
[name]Timber[/name]
BOYS (I’m not sure if these are typically thought of as “word names,” but they are all words in common usage):
[name]Lane[/name]
[name]Basil[/name]
[name]Miles[/name]
[name]Royal[/name]
[name]Baker[/name]
[name]Fox[/name]
I’ve always loved [name]Faith[/name], [name]Rose[/name], and [name]Pearl[/name].
I have lots of word names that I love but my favorites are:
[name]Wolf[/name]
[name]Serenity[/name]
[name]Phoenix[/name]
[name]August[/name]
[name]Autumn[/name]
[name]Rowan[/name]
my cousin and i like the name [name]Ever[/name] but i wouldnt use it my grandma made fun of us and she said thats a word then she said if she had a boy she would hae named him Quits [name]Eugene[/name] lol and we were like grandma thats a word! lol
[name]Poppy[/name], [name]Honey[/name] and [name]Melody[/name].
Boys
[name]Chance[/name]
[name]Maverick[/name]
Girls
[name]Faith[/name]
[name]Hope[/name]
[name]Charity[/name] (I would never actually name my daughter this, it’s my guilty pleasure name!)
I do love word names especially nature names
[name]Rain[/name]
[name]Summer[/name]
[name]Lake[/name]
[name]River[/name]
Most flower and nature nouns. Especially flowers.
Mine would be mainly nature names and all guilty pleasure names for the most part. [name]Indigo[/name], [name]River[/name], [name]Violet[/name], [name]Willow[/name] (that’s one i would use), [name]Lanier[/name] (a lake name),… I’m sure there are others.
I’m not big on the verb/action/-er names overall, like [name]Chase[/name], [name]Hunter[/name], [name]Fisher[/name], [name]Gunner[/name]/ar, ohh can’t think of others but you get the drift.
I love [name]Rowan[/name]! (:
[name]Winter[/name], [name]Holly[/name], and [name]Verity[/name].
[name]Amaryllis[/name]
[name]Aria[/name]
[name]Arrow[/name]
[name]Atlas[/name]
[name]August[/name]
[name]Banjo[/name]
[name]Clover[/name]
[name]Coral[/name]
[name]Cricket[/name]
[name]Dancer[/name]
[name]Ember[/name]
[name]Fifer[/name]
[name]Fox[/name]
[name]Ginger[/name]
[name]Griffin[/name]
[name]Hale[/name]
[name]Harbor[/name]
[name]Hunter[/name]
[name]Indigo[/name]
[name]Ivy[/name]
[name]Jasper[/name]
[name]Jubilee[/name]
[name]July[/name]
[name]Juniper[/name]
Kestrel
[name]Lark[/name]
[name]Laurel[/name]
[name]Lynx[/name]
[name]Lyric[/name]
[name]Meadow[/name]
[name]North[/name]
[name]October[/name]
[name]Olive[/name]
[name]Pagan[/name]
[name]Pepper[/name]
[name]Peregrine[/name]
[name]Piper[/name]
[name]Poppy[/name]
[name]Rune[/name]
[name]Saffron[/name]
[name]Sage[/name]
[name]Scarlet[/name]/t
[name]Silver[/name]
[name]Snow[/name]
[name]Sparrow[/name]
[name]Story[/name]
[name]Sunday[/name]
[name]Thatcher[/name]
[name]Thorn[/name]
[name]Timber[/name]
[name]Ward[/name]
[name]Whimsy[/name]
[name]Wilder[/name]
[name]Winter[/name]
[name]Wren[/name]
[name]Temperance[/name]
[name]Violet[/name]
[name]Juniper[/name]
[name]Verity[/name]
[name]Mercy[/name]
[name]Timber[/name]
[name]Hazel[/name]
[name]Ruby[/name]
[name]Blythe[/name]
[name]Clarity[/name]
[name]December[/name]
[name]Ember[/name]
[name]October[/name]
Whisper
Praline
[name]Onyx[/name]
[name]Story[/name]
[name]Lark[/name]
[name]Azalea[/name]
[name]Magnolia[/name]
It would have to be [name]Rose[/name].
My favorites are mostly flower/nature and virtue names.
[name]Hope[/name]
[name]Faith[/name]
[name]Grace[/name]
[name]Felicity[/name]
[name]Rose[/name]
[name]Violet[/name]
[name]Pearl[/name]
[name]Iris[/name]
[name]Coral[/name]
[name]Hazel[/name]
[name]Olive[/name]
[name]Juniper[/name]
[name]Wren[/name] for a girl. [name]Frost[/name] for a boy.
If we’re counting flower names, I’ll add [name]Iris[/name] to my list.
I like a lot of the virtue-ish words like [name]Bravery[/name], [name]Verity[/name], Solace, [name]Felicity[/name], [name]Bliss[/name], [name]Glory[/name] (more, I am having a brain fart today D:) and then a lot of nature names - [name]Meadow[/name], [name]Willow[/name] and [name]Rowan[/name], specifically.