Journal FortKnox's Journal: Baby #2's Name 77
Ugh... I'm back from Thanksgiving and have an issue that was argued throughout the trip home. The name for the baby girl to come in Feb...
I pretty much named Joey (wife didn't like it at first, but it grew on her). I'm not particular of her two names, though I can't think of a good name to add to the list.
Currently the options are "Emma" and "Jenna." Emma was going to be Joey's name if he were a girl. Fortunately, he was male, because Rachel on friends named her child Emma a week after he was born. Now it's too popular and trendy for me, so I'm leaning towards 'Jenna.'
What do you guys think? Which would you pick and why?
I pretty much named Joey (wife didn't like it at first, but it grew on her). I'm not particular of her two names, though I can't think of a good name to add to the list.
Currently the options are "Emma" and "Jenna." Emma was going to be Joey's name if he were a girl. Fortunately, he was male, because Rachel on friends named her child Emma a week after he was born. Now it's too popular and trendy for me, so I'm leaning towards 'Jenna.'
What do you guys think? Which would you pick and why?
- Also, any ideas for a girls name would definately help (I've asked this before, I know.... but I'll add more to it this time).
- What I need is a girls name that isn't (white) trashy or a stripper/pornstar name (ie - 'Diamond'). Yeah, "Jenna" is a famous porn actress, but you know what I mean... no 'obvious' stripper names.
- Pretty and fancy, but not too much (ie - "Victoria" is too fancy for my wife). She likes 'cute' names.
- Nothing too exotic (I really wanted 'Zelda' but she absolutely refused.... she didn't dig "Luigi" for a boys name for Joey, either....).
- I'm really not into popular or overused names (ie - "Jennifer", "Jessica", etc...).
Any help is appreciated...
Please, please, PLEASE NOOOOOO! (Score:2)
You may now return to your regularly scheduled life wherein you can name your baby whatever you please.
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Can't please the misses, I tell ya!
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FYI - Did I ever tell you that your sig makes me laugh each time I read it? Good quote
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Hehe, glad you like it. It was the first thing that came up in a search for "sarcastic quotes." Very appropriate ;-)
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Our names... (Score:2)
Re:Our names... (Score:2)
Angelina may be an option.... I'll attempt putting it on the list....
Re:Our names... (Score:2)
When I hear the name Abigail, I immediately think of this [covenworldwide.org]. Probably not something you'd want to associate with your daughter (of course, I could be wrong!)
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Dood (Score:2)
Emma a beautiful lass in a green field.
Do the math!
eh... (Score:2)
And there are too many Emmas for the time being.
Not sure how much I can help you. I prefer classical names (probably too fancy for your wife), and I also have a thing for alliteration for some strange reason. Marta/Martha perhaps?
Re:eh... (Score:2)
Rebecca is another good one, and I don't think there are too many of those floating around this generation.
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Re:Don't forget (Score:2)
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Names from my family (Score:1)
Hope the list at least gives you some ideas.
miranda? (Score:1)
mary and margaret too
Re:miranda? (Score:1)
My daughter's name (Score:2)
Re:My daughter's name (Score:2)
Or how about Jemima - I think I have an aunt by that name. Or how about Eminem, or Enema?
Here are a couple of Baby name links from the web from when we were looking:
Riffing off someone else's suggestion of Guinivere, I have always been partial to Genevieve, and in fact had given that name to my 1st daughter as her middle name for all of about an ho
Hrmm... (Score:2)
Alice
Wendy
Cary/Carrie/Carie/Karie/...
Laura/Laurie/Lara/Laury/...
Samantha
In the slightly-less-common-but-not-totally-crazy department:
Cora
Isis
It the on-to-more-unusual-choices department:
Desiree/Des'ree (Dez-ih-raye/Dehz-raye)
Elizabeth (Score:2)
Re:Elizabeth (Score:1)
Her first name is Sarah.
Her initials are SEE.
My name was initially going to be Aaron Paul Edwards, but Mom didn't like the initials APE. I kind of do like that, I'd surely have used it as my gaming name.
Do the traditional thing (Score:2)
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"Margaret" which she just didn't like.
Her grandmothers:
"Evangeline" which is too preachy and she doesn't like anyway.
I don't remember the other, but it was considered and shot down.
I'm telling you... I thought I was tough on names... the wife is just being stubborn.
Re:Do the traditional thing (Score:1)
i don't think finding a name is the problem. i think the wife is the problem. find a new wife. j/k =)
Re:Do the traditional thing (Score:2)
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How about Anglicizing "Giovanna", then -- "Joanna", "Joanne", "Joan", "Johanna", "Jeanne"...
(really pushed for this one, too.... call her "Gia" for short)
Hey, I kinda like "Gia". Gia Marotti. Sounds nice.
I also highly recommend getting names from family members -- and hate trendy names. My wife hates it, too, because she has a trendy name -- she had three classmates in elementary school with the same name as she does, out of a class of ~20
Re:Do the traditional thing (Score:2)
I think it sounds like Wifey has specific ideas of her own, and is being pushed into something where's she's wanting to stand her ground. Y'all gotta figure out how to make it a win-win decision!!
Re:Do the traditional thing (Score:1)
Seriously, I told Angie 'no baby books', use your geneology, and other than that, I don't care.
She refined that: too many Angelas in the family, nothing too 'old' sounding, and try to pick from parents first (since none of them were prideful enough to name their own children after themselves).
Re:Do the traditional thing (Score:2)
My first son's name will be XYZ Jason [dads name] lastname.
This is something that I realy believe in. Our culture looses a sense of where it has been. This is especially the case in two generation homes, instead of the three generation homes of our grandparents.
For daughters my wife (God willing I'll marry...) will have more sway, but I would
Re:Do the traditional thing (Score:2)
names (Score:2)
hm (Score:2)
Anna is in between jenna and emma, doesn't remind one of any of the jennas and isn't short for emmiline. Emily might work, or Emily Ann. But Anna is my first choice...
For dress up you can name her anna marie, or annette, or anna jeanette, or anna gloria maria sanctificata, whatever...
But frankly, i vote thing number two gets named Anna.
Failing that,
Rose
Lana
Lisette
Eleanor (elle, ellie, or lena for short)
Eva
Gwendolyn
Mr. Henries
Audrey
Yeah, i can't wait for the "gramma jasmyne" generation to grow up
Re:hm (Score:1)
Anna[lise] Kathleen Marotti sounds nice.
Gwendolyn! (Score:2)
Personally, I like the really exotic name Sky. I can see though, where the 21st century thing is too fad-ish.
Re:Gwendolyn! (Score:2)
Unfortunately BoE shot it down. *sigh*
I don't think Gwendolyn works for Josh, though -- Gwendolyn Marotti? A Welsh first name and Italian last name? Sounds kinda odd to me.
Cheers,
Ethelred
I like the sound of this. (Score:1)
Re:I like the sound of this. (Score:1)
My older daughter is named Amelia Rose.
Well fortunately (Score:2)
Try to limit the amount of ridicule a child can recieve, either from popular culture personilities, potential rhyming slurs. Also take into account the last and middle names to discover any sources of ridicule that may arise from combinations of the names.
Other than that, two names I like ar
No suggestions BUT (Score:2)
The way Hubby and I went about choosing names for BOTH kids, was we went through and made our own lists, completely independent from one anot
Re:No suggestions BUT (Score:2)
We used a very similar method for Joey. Write two independent lists, combine them, and then we had some wierd rules. We could veto out any of the other names, but each of us could keep 3 'vetoed' names (humorously, Joey was one of the 'vetos' I kept...). But this time around, I'm getting the "you named Joey yourself, so I get to name the next one." And, to be frank, I don't like either name very much. Luckily I've got a li
Re:No suggestions BUT (Score:2)
No it hasn't. It has definitely remained consistently popular, but has not been #1 on the popular name list for 10 years straight by any stretch of the imagination. There are popular names (Emily, Ann, Katherine) and then there are favored names that have been beaten to death in a sudden surge of popularity (Emma, Jennifer, apparently my own name in the early 80s). Yes, if you select from the fi
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Actually, Emily has been the top female name since 1995 according to social security [ssa.gov]. I graduated high school in 95....
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Ideas (Score:2)
Melanie
Emily
Elizabeth
Erika
Ashley
Caroline
UnNamed.org? (Score:2)
hm... (Score:2)
For Jenna, I'd go with Jennifer or one of the variants.
Of course you could always call her Jemma. :-)
Our girl name, which we've had for years before having any kids, is Kathryn. It's
Re:hm... (Score:2)
my choices: (Score:2)
It is unique, at least in North America. It has an obvious short form, but it is still very dignified, very feminine.
Another name to consider: Terralaina. Same thing - unique, but with a few short forms, so that you don't have to explain the long form unless you feel like it. And when you are mad, you can use the long form, and your child will know you really mean it this time!
Cheers,
Pixie
Hmmm (Score:2)
I like the idea of Guinnavere (or however you spell it, as someone suggested).
Speaking of interesting names, my BIL named their daughter Hannah Nicole...
Am I sad, or what? (Score:2)
I am now officially a True Believer! Stan Lee would be proud!
Anyway, getting back to the subject, you might want to read this piece from my weblog [redunser.co.uk] (plug plug!) for some suggestion of what *not to call Baby #2...
-MT.
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Baby Names: Go exotic (Score:2)
Chloe
Zoe
Phoebe
Those are killer!
You can look to other languages for names as well. Hebrew has some shit-hot names for girls:
Mirav
Inbal
Hadar
Maya (also Mayan, pronounced Mie-YAN, not MI-yen)
Ronit (pronounced ro-NEET)
Sivan (see-VAHN)...my daughter's name.
Re:Baby Names: Go exotic (Score:2)
Chloe
Zoe
I second the suggestion of Chloe...
Think about it: "Joey and Chloe"
That way, FK's kids can hate him forever!
um, let me think (Score:1)
ok, i'm about out.
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BTW that old hoary bit of advice: you should be able to pick a name that you're willing to stand on your front doorstep and holler it out at the top of your lungs and not feel embarrassed for you or your kid.
Thus I agree that "Jenna" is a no-no.
Cheers,
Ethelred
justine (Score:1)
Let's see - Susan, Laura, Justine, Dorothy...
er, I'm gonna shut up now
Give a name meaning (Score:2)
He says to give a name meaning. That way the name can be a reminder to the child as he / she grows. His kids names Joshua, Kaleb, and Hazarmaveth have great meanings.
Ok just kidding about the Hazarmaveth.
But I would use that as a inspiration for names. I will name my child
My 2cents (Score:2)
I'm told that if we have a 3rd girl, she's to be named Molly.
Not Jenna! (Score:2)
Can you feminize the name of one of the grandfathers?
Bring back Gramma maiden names as middle names (Score:2)
red5's list redux (Score:1)
Sylvia.
Eva.
Carly.
Carol.
Anah.
Jill.
Julie. (If you don't mind a french name)
Kristy.
Mariam.
Tracy.
Natalie.
Yeah I just went through my little blackbook. All those names belong to white women and only one of them was a striper. Though it's not the one you think it is.
I'm a HUGE fan of (Score:2)
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The ultimate name for FortKnox's baby (Score:2)
Look, over there! (runs)
Old names can't hurt (Score:2)
Plenty of uniqueness in Ethel, Esther, Lottie, Agatha, Agnes, etc.
Go ask the SSA... (Score:2)
(the 1000th name has as few as 150 other people using the name! you can get more obscure, but you're looking for a name your wife will like that won't be carbon copy from everyone else right?