Title says it all really - should you have kids what are their names? Have you opted for a solid traditional type name or somthing inspired by Literature?

Personally I don't but if I were to I think I'd opt for Ophelia for a girl. Interesting enough to inspire intrigue and literate enough to make those that have read Hamlet question whether they read that character in the same light as I.

For a boy I'm less sure - somthing more staid like Matthew - I just like it. Unless I go for Blade of course.

I'm not really sure what I'd name my children. My fiancee want a boys name that would be masculine and traditional. I quite like Lucas or Luke. A girl's name would have to be pretty but not something that is hard to spell or odd for her ethnicity. Jillian or Elizabeth.

if i had a little girl i would name her Nichola Elizabeth-Rose. and for a boy i would name him Andrew Steven-Leigh.
Heather

Well, the way I see it, there's the regular, tested-and-true names, and then there's the modern weirdo names like Nevaeh that make your parents write you off of their will.
So if I had to choose from the two categories (Although I'd much rather NOT choose from the latter)...
REGULAR NAMES:
Boy: Luke
Girl: Melissa

WEIRD (New-age) NAMES:
Boy: Hunter
Girl: Rhiannon

Well I know that the middle name of either child will be Ray. My brother asked if he could name his first kid after me, and I told him to make it the middle name instead. So I'll return the favour.

As for first names, I've always liked the name Alexandria for a girl.
No idea what I'd want to name a boy though.

Unwanted
Mistake
Forsaken

with [my childhood nicknames for them] from the top down:

julianne susan [julie/jules]
jacquelyn nancy [jackie/jack-o-mine/cuddlebug]
jon raymond [never found a nickname that 'worked']
victoria jean [vickie/vicki-toria/vick-wick]
jennifer lynn [jen/jenny]
trudi marie [tru/tru-blue]
valorie joan [val/valoria/via-mia]

...and yes, i did give birth to all 7!... at last count, they've so far added 18 in the next round...

I like Zirdera Beckanney for a future little girl or Tahree

and for a boy Rion Blakely..

~Torana

Me and my wife have three kids and a fourth due in August.

My Eldest
Symphony.
My Son the middle one.
Sebastian
And my youngest daughter
Serenity. Lifes to her name too.
And my Son due.
Hunter

Symphony
Sebastian
Serenity
Hunter



~Raven.

Mine are called:
Caitlin Judith - Three names mixed together. Answers to Toad.
Francesca Emily Nicole - Just for the hell of it and she answers to Yoyo.

I plan to be the forefather of a long-lasting and illustrious line of captains. It doesn't matter captain of what. As long as there is captain in the title.


Captain Myst ===> Captain John Paul===> Captain Jack Pullzer==> Captain Lucius Edmund and Captain-ess Fiona Rose ===> Captain Henry Matthew, Captain Henry Patrick, Captain Robert Caspian, Captain-ess Claire Nicole===> Captain Julius Daemon, Captain-ess Susan Barbara===> Captain Harvey Cruz, Captain-ess Sonia June, Captain Bartimaeus Hagan===> Captain Lucifer Augustus and Captain James Hunter.


Unfortunately, Captain James Hunter and his brother will be on an expedition whenupon James is eaten by a giant leopard seal. Luckily Lucifer escapes, but he is murdered by ghost pirates. Luckily the ghost pirates kill him on the seventy-seventh day, eighty-sixth year and twenty-first minute of the Dark Dark Dark Moon Festival- wherein anyone who dies by ghost pirate hand will become an invincible ghost captain. Captain Lucifer will change his name to Captain Alucard and ride on a ghost ship with his merry band of ghost pirates. Granted the lineage stops there, but Alucard will be sailing for eternity and all that.


So yeah.

I'd love to name my baby girl someday Lady Therese and that is why I have this user name. I have read a book back when I was still in my girl boarding school (http://www.boarding-school-directory.com) and has its main character named Laura Leigh, I love it too. Those are the two that I could think of right now. My husband is the one in-charge with the boys.

I have a daughter named kaili(pronounced kaylee)
If I had to choose another girl name it would be charlie.

If I had to choose a boy name it would be Luca

I can't ever imagine actually having children, but I tend to like quite old fashioned names. I have to admit, most of these new-age names really bug me. It all seems a bit anal retentive to me, having a child named after a car or a place he/she was conceived, or one that has so many letters in it it looks like the whole of the alphabet scrambbled up. Why? For the love of god, give your child a name that won't make him a target for playground bullies, life is hard enough without you making it worse just to boost your goddamn image!!!!! Ok, rant over.

I can't ever imagine actually having children, but I tend to like quite old fashioned names. I have to admit, most of these new-age names really bug me. It all seems a bit anal retentive to me, having a child named after a car or a place he/she was conceived, or one that has so many letters in it it looks like the whole of the alphabet scrambbled up. Why? For the love of god, give your child a name that won't make him a target for playground bullies, life is hard enough without you making it worse just to boost your goddamn image!!!!! Ok, rant over.

THANK YOU.
New-age names drive me up the wall.
Do those parents not realize what they are doing to their children at school?

a great big 'ditto!' to daisy and ivan!!!

even thoughtlessly given fairly 'normal' names can be a torment to a kid...

f'rinstance, when my youngest and her hubby were naming their first-born, i had to point out that 'aspen' as a first name would sooner or later be turned into 'ass-pen' by playground bullies... thankfully, they at least made it his middle name, so it may be overlooked...

I love the name Ella. My great-grandmother's name was Eleanore, called Ella.
I also love the name Cathan, (like Nathan, but with a 'C') for a boy, it's Celtic-Irish, but my husband hates that name. We've already decided to name our first son Gabriel. So Ella and Gabriel.

Raven: Symphony aye? Damn. Thats epic.

I like the name Daniel. Strong, powerful name that.

Mmm...I absolutely love the name Amelia. Amelia Nicole. If I had a boy...that's more difficult. Probably Peter; yet to come up with a middle name.

(I have a long time until I get to name anyone that. :P I'm only fourteen)

Me and my wife have three kids and a fourth due in August.

My Eldest
Symphony.
My Son the middle one.
Sebastian
And my youngest daughter
Serenity. Lifes to her name too.
And my Son due.
Hunter

Symphony
Sebastian
Serenity
Hunter



~Raven.

Thats a cool name man.

If I have a girl im calling it Hannah-lu after my two sisters.
If i have a boy Im calling him Floyd.
After pink Floyd.

In regards to new age names, I think if a kid is going to get bullied, his name isn't going to have much to do with it. My name's Mitch. Perfectly normal. Mitch the bitch. I know a dude called Danny. He used to get teased alot, 'danny the fanny' what not. It's senseless, but it's what kids do.

I love old classical English names, the elegant ones that sound like a little bit of sunshine whenever they roll off your tongue...

...a bit poetic there.

Girls:
Elizabeth
Alice
Rosealind
and Emily

Boys:
Adrian
Jacob
Jasper
and Noah

Wow, this thread has become an excellent place to find character names.

Wow, this thread has become an excellent place to find character names.

lol. You're right. You know, if you're looking for good names, trying searching on Google: 'Popular Girl Names'. That's where I got my character names, and good names for my kids, if I ever have any.

I like a lot of the Arthurian names, like Dagonet, Caelia, and Agravaine. Not many of them are really practical to name a child, though.

If (god forbid) I ever have children, I like the name Gabriel for a boy, and Lyra for a girl.

I like a lot of the Arthurian names, like Dagonet, Caelia, and Agravaine. Not many of them are really practical to name a child, though.

If (god forbid) I ever have children, I like the name Gabriel for a boy, and Lyra for a girl.

Have you read His Dark Materials? (Probably haven't, but from the last name...)

Yes, actually, I have. One of my favorite book series. Yeah, that's where I got the name from.

I am determined to have my first born as a girl... I tend to pick what people have very good! So my daughter... (when I have her... probably in a few years!) I would like to name her Alixandra. It's the name of my first and fav character.

If I have another girl I like Eiarian.

Not sure about boys, probably Cole, but my partner likes Blair. I think.... :) So I think the name of our boy would be up to him really.

Oh and Hull? What beautiful names.

im going to call my first daughter shayane
my first son - blade

and other names i like are brooklyn, seth, summer-ray, and blane

Boy: Xavier

Girls: Isabella (or Issa for short)

These are the names I like:

Girl:

Annalise
Emma
Elaine
Evelyn
Charlotte
Cheyenne

Boy:

Troy
James
Bailey
Brandon
Aiden

But having kids a long way off for me, so it'll probably change.

How about Adolf?

That's good Lpspider...it sounds vaguely familiar though...

makes you wonder though some one will have named their kids adolf.

How about Hugh

makes you wonder though some one will have named their kids adolf.

How about Hugh

Hey! I totally would if I didn't feel sorry for the kid.

GIRLS:

Sarah Lane
Emily Kate
Jessica Ellen
Tanaya Rose
Kendra Dee
Karen Lee

BOYS:

Wesley James
Lane Ray
Jackson Ray
Todd Paul
Riley Samuel
Zane Quinn

in the future my son name is going to be
Elijah Marcellus Alexander

and my daughters name is going to be
Promise Mo'net Alexander

Well, I was going to name my daughter Avianna, pronouced ah-vee-ah-nuh. However, my opportunity disappeared, and now I don't think I'll be able to use that name if I ever do have another daughter.

I do love the name Cheyenne. I always have. However, I also love the combination Carree-Alyssa. I think that's especially beautiful.

For a boy, I've always loved the name Justin.

I'll name mine Accident, Disfigured, Unwanted and Hideous. :).... :(.... :D

in the future my son name is going to be
Elijah Marcellus Alexander

and my daughters name is going to be
Promise Mo'net Alexander

Not bad. I'm not crazy about "Promise" but everything else is amazing.

Dude you know there was actually someone who's name was ****head?

No joke. legally, that's how they spelled it. ****head.

Haha.

It was actually pronounced ShIIItEED.

Reminds me of General Scheisskopf from Catch 22.

Also, there was a man in the 17th century named Nicholas Unless-Jesus-Christ-Had-Died-For-Thee-Thou-Hadst-Been-Damned Barbon

chuckle - Scheisskopf. I like it. Never actually read Catch-22

I don't see myself having children either. Not sure they're for me. But if I ever have a change of heart I'd choose old-fashioned names.

Boy:
Edward
Jasper
Cathan
Calvin (ever read calvin and hobbes?)

Not sure what I'd name the girl haven't put much thought into it.
Girl:
Evelyn
Arianna
Helena
Aris


Why? For the love of god, give your child a name that won't make him a target for playground bullies, life is hard enough without you making it worse just to boost your goddamn image!!!!! Ok, rant over.



Also about the playground bully thing I'd like to say one thing. No one does that anymore.(and how the hell is that supposed to boost your goddam image? It doesn't make much sense and its somewhat pointless to say the least.) And no one ever did that to me. It's a thing of stories. So go all out on the names. Who wants to have a clique name anyway? Not me. And nor anyone else that I know. And if anyone DOES make fun of your child or you for your name. No one thinks twice about it. Who cares? its a name. Immaturity. They'll get over it. No one gets scarred because of name-calling. Honestly. Tyrade complete. Point made.

Boy:
Edward

Daddy?

Male:
Aiden
Elric
Kushiel. HAHA, Nah, not really.
Driscoll

Female:
Colleen
Elwynne
Cosette. Nah, that'd be mean. Still like the name though.
Kadence
Rhionann
Sadako. Nah, but that would be great.

Why? For the love of god, give your child a name that won't make him a target for playground bullies, life is hard enough without you making it worse just to boost your goddamn image!!!!! Ok, rant over. like he said, nobody really does that. Hell, my name is Douglas. The most I got was the occasional humming/whistling of the Doug theme song. Hell, I knew a girl named Sparkle (allegedly her parents where hippies). Not to mention all the... Euneek names that... >.> 'certain people' </PoliticalCorrectness> give their children, such as Leshawndra and the like.

And you'd think a mythological name that would inspire greatness, like Cuculann or Arngrim or something, would be great. Any taunting a kid gets from that he can just tell them to piss off and go cry because their name is Tom, Dick or Harry.

"Unwanted
Mistake
Forsaken".......... LOVE IT!!!!

I love the name Ella, and i love the name Porscha. They would go to girls if i got them.
If i got a boy tho... I'd be real messed cos i have no idea

Just call em Bob.



heh.


My name is Kandie and the only thing I like about my name is the way it's spelled. I got teased quite a bit at school. Why Kandie, Why not licorice was the favorite. I guess it's because I don't feel like Kandie. Kandie means to me the all Amercian Cheer Leader that is skinny, blond, blue eyed and big bouncy perky boobs. I'm pretty much the opposite.

So I don't want to give my kids names that will be easy to tease. I want my children to have names that have good meanings behind them.

If I have girls, I would like to name them "Melody", and "Winter".

If I have a boy, I will name him "Leonitus.", then, while he is still young and impressionable, I will tell him that everything is called "Sparta". So, for example, when he is showing his friends his soccer ball, he will grab it, say "This is Sparta!", and kick it.

I quite like my name where I live now as it's not that popular, although I didn't like it at school to have two other people in every class with my name, which is Michelle.

Boy: Vincent, James, Lucas, Julius, Douglas, Cameron

Girl: Josephine, Annie, (Cordilea, Esmeralda) -only joking :P, couldn't think of one off the top of my head)

My childrens names are Amity Kate who is 2 now and Mason David Keith who is 3.

Amity is to do with a ship and british settlers I think. Both of their names really suit them as well I think. But one name that I have come to like of late and a friend is using it for her little girl now. Shaneaka Erolanar. Different but still it is a awesome name and my main character in a novel I am writing at the moment.

How about Webble

amity means 'friendship' and 'peaceful harmony' torana... so it's a lovely name for your daughter...

Genesis Alexa - girl
Kathleen Elizabeth - girl
Spring Rose - girl

Joseph Daniel - boy
Robert William - boy

These are just a few of the names I like. I've no prospect of being with someone to have kids anytime soon though.