Help me name my baby!

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  1. Gigi_GNR

    Gigi_GNR Guys, come on. WAFFLE-O. Contributor

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    I like the name Peyton. It could be for a boy or a girl. Also, Dylan and Devon can be girl and boy names as well.

    I also like Arabella, Kennedy, Alexia, Carmen, and Elizabeth.

    Aaron is an excellent name for a boy, as well. Samuel sounds good too. Gregory, George, Jonathan, Jacob, and Alexander are good names, too. :D That's all I can think of for now.
     
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    Just don't pick a name and spell it weird. My niece is Kalysta (Callista is the common spelling) which isn't common with either spelling...but her spelling is just weird. Poor thing will be correcting spelling and pronunciation for her whole life.
     
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    Don't forget to check the initials when you're done. If you give your kid the initials A.S.S., she or he will learn to hate you.
     
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    Oh yes..I agree with Cog.
     
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    Name it Rassilon! Name it Rassilon! :D

    Or Romana if it's a girl. :)
     
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    My initials are A.E.S. I came pretty close. :D
     
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    I've always liked Hector or Flecther for a boy. Jonus is good. I second the Samuel idea, I love that name.

    I like Ariana for a girl. Arianette. Kaitlin.
     
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    YES! I was going to suggest this name, but I didn't know if it was traditional or not. I love the name Peyton. :)

    I submit that you should get a second middle name, like Rachel, to go before your first middle name. ;):p
     
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    I've always liked how my parents chose my brother's and my names, they tried to go with something people knew and had heard of but weren't common persay. Its seems like a good compramise between the "cool sounding but no ones every heard of it" name and the "every other house on the street has a kid with this name" name.

    Of course they kinda of missed the mark with my brother, picking his name when it was becoming kind of popular; but I have met only a very select few people who share my name. And while I've never especially loved my name, it is kind of nice not really knowing anyone who shares it; just something to think about I suppose.

    As for actual name suggestions, I love the name Riley (for a girl) and Tyler (for a boy); though those are of course both unisex names, I just happen to prefer them for those genders.

    Also, Emma, Mackenzie, Hayden, Morgan, Lily, Claire, Audrey, Elizabeth, Jenna, Hannah for girls

    or Connor, Ryan, Kyle, Christian/Christoper/Chris for boys

    just a couple idea's :)
     
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    I was one of three Jennifers in my class. Everyone had my name. It sucked. But then if you are the kid with the weird name..no one remembers it..you have to spell it all the time. I agree with Yellow on the picking a name isn't every other kid...but not uber rare. Something that you don't hear every day, but it isn't like you've never heard of it.
    Oh..and bottom line...kids can turn any name into something horrible to pick on a kid for.
     
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    Jen, I can relate. Dave is such a common name, the geniuses in my fraternity decided it would be cute to stuff the four Daves into one room, and call it Daves' Room.
     
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    Imagine being in junior high and having the name Jenny when Forrest Gump came out
     
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    There were five of us - I'm in the middle - and at some point we got around to asking Mom how we got our names. This is what she said (and I'm NOT MAKING this up):

    Well, your father and I knew we wanted to have a lot of children and we agreed that all of them would be begin with the letter "D".

    But Andrew's name (the oldest) doesn't begin with a "D"?

    Yes, but at the time we thought we would call him Drew

    Hmmm - So all five us have names that begin with a "D" - well, except Andrew.

    Personally, I do like a theme idea - we named our dog Phoenix because we lived there for four years. If we get another, we might name it Bensenville.
     
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    My dad named me after his car. His first car was a VW Bug that he named Jenny. He named me after the car. So..if you name your kid after soemthign stupid...don't tell them.
     
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    Carm? He could have named you Studebaker - and we'd be calling you Stu right now.

    Or Gremlin. Or Pacer. Or Vega. Or Cadillac (we would NEVER call you "caddy" though). Or Mustang (nickname: "Musty?")

    Geez - there's a million of 'em aren't there?

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    If you give a kid a silly name...you run the risk of family members picking a random nickname and sticking with it. I call my niece Bean. I hate her name (Kalysta)
     
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    Ditto!
     
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    nickname is a good thin to think about...

    had my brother been a girl, my parents were going to name him crin (I think that's how they spelled it....) but the one problem my mom had with that name was that his nickname had the possibility to be "corry" which my mom hated

    but he turned out a boy so it really wasn't an issue
     
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    I've always liked the names Dante and Jude for males. They're common enough to fit in, but stand-out enough so your kid isnt one of a million Sarahs or Johns or Daves or Jennys as Cog and Carm mentioned. And they come with abbreviated forms if your kid hates or prefers them. (Don or Dan / and Jay, I guess. Speaking of which, I've always liked the name Jay. Just Jay.)

    For females I've always liked the name Arielle and Ava and Ana. A's; they're so pretty. :)

    I would look up what the baby's name means, too. One Old English form of mine means "Queen of the Beavers." Are you kidding me? :rolleyes:

    For me, my parents decided on names with symbolic meanings. If I were born male, I would have been Paul Jeffery (I know, I'm glad I was born a girl) after his two best friends. My parents named me my current name after my aunt. It can be a really sweet reminder, in my opinion, if the name fits.
     
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    Oh I love the name ava!

    Thats the name of one of my best friends actually, it's a wonderful name :)
     
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    Middle name Maria?
     
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    My brother Justin has adopted the name Jay.
     
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    I like Michael or Christopher for a boy, or maybe Harry :D
    For a girl I like Annabelle, Elizabeth, and Joanna.

    Edit - I personally would be leery of going with Belle as it makes me think of Edward Cullen's GF (what's her name again?) in twilight.
     
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    Bella I believe. blech.

    Whoever said Dante and Jude has good taste ^^ awesome names.

    I've always liked alot of my friends names: Cristina (no 'H'!), Dakota, Jesse (for a guy), Alicia, and I think Jamie and Terry are nice uni-sex names.
     
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    Hmm, names, huh? I really like Ryan or Ben (Benjamin) for a boy. Or Keith. Simple but nice :p

    As for a girl, well... Anna is nice, Charlotte or Claire, perhaps Katie (Katherine).
     

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