Ignoring all the self-deprecating stuff, the point of my thought bubble was a genuine one. I always say that I don't want to have kids, and when I say it, I do mean it. But I do support adoption wholeheartedly and maybe if I don't have any of my own (I'm assuming my sister will carry on the family genes and I feel sorry for the child who has her for a... you know what? I'll leave it at that), I may want to adopt someday. Which got me thinking... What ever would I name it?! List time!
Now I should be honest with everyone in that I didn't just think of this recently and start coming up with names off the top of my head. I've kept a list of names I like since I was a kid. It helps for when you get pets or cars, anything you want to name, to have a ready-made list available. Thus, the names I have I've had for awhile. The other thing I have to tell you is that my choices are also due to my last name sounding very British and having lots of "e" and "n" sounds. I don't care if you already know my last name (I may or may not have linked to stuff in the past with my full name, I can't remember), I just prefer not to type it out on the blog. Just in case my stalker ever decides to actually start stalking me (I'm waiting!).
Okay, as with all the Questions to the World, I'll tell you mine and you can then tell me yours, and I'll go first. Before I do, let me officially ask: What are your favorite baby names? Let's begin with some of mine.
Now, for some reason, I have a lot of boys baby names and not that many girls' names. What that says about me, I dunno. But let's not dwell, shall we not? Okay, I've recently been on this kick where, if I did have kids, I would have a litter of boys and only name them names with four letters. But interesting names that kids don't normally have. Plus, particularly if my kids are black like me, I would want them to have names people wouldn't expect black children to have, just to mess with convention a little.
Thus, for boys, I'm in love with:
Cole
Dale
Erik
Jose (not José, but pronounced "Joh-ss")
Kent
Liam
Lian
Noah
Owen
Rand
Rien (pronounced "Reen")
Rory
Russ
Wade
And if I had to go outside of the four-letter word thing, I love:
Alvin
Anthony
Archibald
Brand
Brittan (pronounced like Great "Britain")
Egg
Eljer (pronounced "Ellger")
Ferris
Fivel
Gunner
Kenneth
Linus
Lowell
Lukaj (pronounced "Lu-kaah-ge")
Price
Roland
I know. It's insane, I have so many boys names I'll need a Duggar just to have enough kids to use all these names on! For girls, the list is a little less exhaustive but I have some ideas. Like:
Angelica
Asia
Bettina
Cady (like Lindsay Lohan in "Mean Girls")
Cecile
Cegusta
Colette
Cyprus
Donovan
Ilka
Joie (pronounced "Joey")
Kiernan
Kitty
Lincoln
Lotte (pronounced "Lot")
Luz (pronounced "Lose")
Morgan
Sissy
Suzette
Veronica
Now, I don't care if you decide that you like one of my names and use it for your baby. Hell, I'd be flattered. But I much rather hear what names you'd like to name the children you don't have yet. Or maybe you do have kids, what did you name them? Or maybe you really don't want kids and only have pets? What did you name them? Boats, RVs, penises... anything with a name, I want to know what you named it!
Again, what are you favorite baby names?!
10 comments:
Junior you have put a lot of thought into this one.
For boys I like one syllable like Stone, Chad, Dean, or Zack. I also like Devin, Oscar, or Gabriel. For girls I like Zinnia, Louise, Bonita, Millie, Faith and Hope. Cole and Dale were good choices too! lol
I had always thought I would name my son Stephen Sebastian and I would name my girl Elizabeth Louise.
I have always liked Elijah
Babycakes, I've had a baby name list forever. It's stashed next to my hypothetical wedding guest list.
My list so far..and ever changing.
Boys: Eric, Liam, Kevyn, Justin, Bradley, Lucas
Girls: Catherine, Amylia, Sophie, Brooke, Siobhan, Imogen, Kaityn, Diana,
I named my daughter with one of the names you have on your list - though spelled a bit differently. My cat is named Rory and my two half brothers have the middle names "Cole" and "Erik"... WOW! It's almost like we're related! lol
Dale, I do have to tell you that I have loved your name since I was a very little kid. It's such a great name! And I do love Dean too! It's on my list! How did I forget?
Now I hope you won't get mad, but I think I love Zinnia except I would alter it a little to Zinna. Hope that's not like stealing your baby name! I would never!
realangst, Elijah is a great name. Love it too!
HI DANI! Can I tell you that I'm kvelling over Amylia! That is so lovely. I won't take it tho, because you have to name your first girl that and she must have adooorable pig tails!
Hi Pom! That's so crazy! Of all the names, I guessed all those. Clearly, we are related!
For Girls:
Organza
Lavender
Plush
Stilletto
Jane
For Boys:
Brick
Carne (as in meat)
Bullet
Rocket
Tom
LOL Allan! I love all those interesting names and then... Tom. I hope it has some significance for you!
By the way, I adore Brick as a boys name!
How I came to Amylia was that I loved the name Emily growing up and then it became obnoxiously popular. So I wanted to keep the sweetness of Emily but not have my kid be named after a trend. Hence Amylia.
And hell ya on the pigtails. My kid's going to be awesome cute!
I only have one name on my list at the moment. I love the name Aileen, it's my sister and my grandmother's middle name.
My real first name is Christian, and I think it's a lot sexier than Paul but I can't get used to it. Although it's a little vain, I might name my son Christian.
I love it Dani! It's so cute!
I love Aileen too! You guys are rocking it with the names! And I actually like Paul or Christian. You're so lucky Paul!
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