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I had a little girl nine months ago and I named her Gennavieve Luaraleigh, and I still have not come across any babies with that name yet. (I just wanted to put that out there as a suggestion to anyone else)

…because she’s desperate to assuage her guilt in having named her child such a lengthy mismash of phonetic and agressively anti-phonetic spellings.

One name that you could use-Nevaeh My cousin used this. it is heaven spelled backwards. Summer Nevaeh would be pretty.

See, what’d I say about random letters?

I’ve seen Neveah creep up in popularity for years, and it never stops making me queasy. First of all, it’s gibberish. Second of all, the traditional superstition is words said backwards mean the opposite of the word said forwards…so the name means “hell.”

And finally, it gets extra funny when you start treating Neveah like a real name, then adding crap to it. I’ll dig around for the link, but I know someone on the forum found one of my favorite posts ever – someone naming their kid “Neveahlee,” because it’s like “heavenly,” get it? Not “Eel Heaven” backwards.

My husband wants to name our baby Xavier Robert if its a boy. I want to name it Michaela Ann if its a girl. The ultrasound shows that the baby is a boy.

Does the ultrasound also show he has a plastic, football-shaped head? If yes, definitely Xavier Robert.

I am also having trouble coming up with a name for my baby girl due in October. What do you think about Carlie Rebecca or Sara Beth? My brother’s name is Charlie and I would like to name her after him, but my husband doesn’t like the name “Rebecca”. I’m having trouble coming up with middle names that go with Carlie…. my name is Beth — is it O.K. to have that for my child’s name as well (my husband likes the idea). … Also, I would love for the name to really mean something; we love the outdoors — we do alot of biking and hiking.

Carlie Schwinn
Carlie Poisonoak
Carlie Roadrash
Carlie Off!
Carlie Emergencyflare

Just found out i am pregnant. Already my husband and i can not decide on a name. Luckly i have a long time to convince him! LOL … We have one 6 year old son named Collin, so something that goes with that. I like Lillian Elizabeth and Tristan David. My husband likes Karma Jade and Isaiah David. We cant agree, so i think we should look for different names all together. thanks for any help!

Again, a strategy I’m not getting. They pick names on their own, and because they didn’t come up with the same ones, they start over? My very basic probability skills (and an e-mail from Chris at UWash to correct me) say that the odds of two people thinking of two names of a mere five random letters each (random being the favored method of creating a bad baby name) are 1 in 380,204,032 (including rAndOm caPitalIzatIon). And that’s only in the Latin alphabet.

Lillian made me happy. Older name, not trendy (though Lily is)…probably the first time I’ve seen it on a naming site. I take my happies where I can.

Try new Karma Jade! The mystical healing stone used for centuries in the mysterrrrrious Orient!

What does everyone think if about naming boy and girl twins Karlee Autumn and Kory Allen after my brother Kory Allen? Their sisters are Arielle Dakota and Tatum Mercedes.

Wait…Kory Allen’s named after who again?

I could write a lengthy essay about people naming their kids after luxury automobiles (yes, I know Mercedes is a real girl’s name, but why is it becoming more popular at the same time as variations on Lexus and Porshe (not Portia)?)…but I think the point is too obvious to waste bandwidth on.

For the record I and my “normal” name(Rachel Diane) got more crap in school than you would think possible. I was suicidal, fountunately didn’t get preggers, (although many others with “normal” names did), and dealt with a rather nasty drug problem for several years. If my name were say, “Candyland Starship” would my life had been any different? I don’t think so.

Well established scientific fact: People with normal names are destined for crap, drug abuse and pregnancy (though she’s putting no time frame on this tale. Is she happy because she didn’t get pregnant at age 35? If so, she’s preaching to the wrong choir. Most of these women are desperate to have hobbies….I mean….children.)

I prefered it when they were Candyland Airplane myself.

there is a girl who is in my classes at college, morgan. she is the most popular person in the world. i am a pack rat, so i save newspapers. i was looking through them, and i found out that she was even more popular as a kid then she is now. she is in about seven of the newspapers. then i was thinking, morgan, what a pretty name.i dedicided that mybaby, if it is a girl will be named morgan elizabeth. is that a good name?

Funny, I thought most stalkers were too busy working on their basement shrines to meet someone and get knocked up.

My son is named Mason and I don’t see what is wrong with that. I have been suffering with my husband saying if this baby is a girl he’ll name her America. I have tried to change his mind thousands of times, but he is stubborn. It’s not that I’m not patriotic, I’m just thinking ahead to her school days. I don’t want my child to have to endure being called “Miss America” or any other corny attempts at humor.

Damn it, woman! If you don’t name your baby America, the terrorists win! Every patriot must go out and name their baby America!

Miss America my ass. It’s the Coming to America jokes I’d fear.

Two great replyies:

How about Amaricus or just Maricus. Maricus kind of goes with Mason. When someone asks your kids names you can say, Mason and Maricus. They are different and unique. It still goes with America. Maybe you don’t like it now but it may grow on you. If you kind of like them, run them by your husband. Also, if your child gets called ‘Miss America’ it’ll be a comment.

Er, yes. It will be a comment. Now I’m going to drink a bottle of Scotch. It will be a drink!

I think it’d be funnier if the kids were named Maricus and Mason and when someone asks their kids names she could go, “Consuelo and Rudolfo.” They are different and unique.

Pick a name that stands for something.A unique name.If its a boy ,America, if its a girl, Americus.Those are just two names.Liberty.Pick something that makes you and your partner both happy.Don`t listen to other people(I know I sound
hipacritical but listen to your heart.

Oh, dude, you are like critically hip. You’re hipacritical!

Now I know it’s like criticizing the paint job on the Titanic, but wouldn’t Americus be a better boy name, and America a better girl name?

how about:
Winter Snow
Forest Greene
or
Sage August

How ’bout Oy and Vey?