Comments | ehzoterik: Let's talk about names.

ehzoterik

Let's talk about names.

Mar 24, 2010 19:28

Yes, I know. It's super early yet and I have months ahead left to make a decision. But this is the biggest part about a pregnancy, isn't it? This is what my husband and I have been talking about the most. And it's really the only one thing I can share with the lot of you ( Read more... )

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awhitsel March 25 2010, 03:33:00 UTC

If you even name your child Jayne, I will be so hateful towards you for years to come! That's the name we picked out if we have a daughter! Grr! (Except, spelled differently). You see, Jane, is a combination of me and James' names. It fits.

Personally though, I like Ridley... A lot! If you name your kid Jayne, I'm naming our daughter Ridley! LOL

ehzoterik March 25 2010, 03:36:43 UTC

Jayne's going to be the middle name! Not the first. If we use it. I'm stuck on it, but not as a first name. Jayne Miner just doesn't ring well. And if we use it, it's going to be spelled with the Y because of Jayne Cobb.

elf_fu March 25 2010, 03:44:12 UTC

Riley & Ridley I like; honestly both are okay but I lean a but more to Ridley.

And god--but when I see the name Regina, all I can think about is school children in elementary school and a chorus of giggling, "REGINA VAGINA!"

ehzoterik March 26 2010, 05:55:26 UTC

That's another part my brother brought up in anti-favor of that name, rofl.

lynzlynz March 25 2010, 12:46:32 UTC

This website is great stuff: http://www.behindthename.com/

You can search by letter, country/culture, or by meaning.

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speradon March 26 2010, 05:24:46 UTC

From your options, I vote Rosalyn, then Riley.

misscatlady March 26 2010, 11:14:28 UTC

I dunno.

My friend's niece is a Riley, and she is the most adorable, sweetest little thing, so I have no negative attachments to that name. Riley could work.

Ridley makes me think of the Metroid Space Pirate though. Which is kind of awesome. But it also strikes me as more masculine than feminine, as opposed to strictly unisex.

Rosalyn is neat in that it allows for nicknames.

Regina is no.

I'm not helpful. D: But then again I'm horrible for giving name advice. I don't like 'normal' names, usually. And you seem rather down to earth in the choosing of names, rather than something fanciful and fantasy oriented. XD

ehzoterik March 29 2010, 11:25:10 UTC

"Ridley makes me think of the Metroid Space Pirate though. Which is kind of awesome."

You are the second person to tell me this, which only enhances my love of the name even more.

"But it also strikes me as more masculine than feminine, as opposed to strictly unisex."

As for this... It is only listed as a boy name, but that isn't about to stop me. In recent years, many more "masculine" names have taken the plunge into the unisex market. You aren't likely to see a female Robert or Adam any time soon, but you'll sure see names like Bailey and Drew and Morgan associated with more females than used to be the case in ye olden days.