Comments | nutmeg: Talking about names

nutmeg

Talking about names

Mar 22, 2011 19:43

I Hate naming people. Back in my fiction writing days I would spend, honestly, hours and hours choosing appropriate names for characters. Picking names for REAL PEOPLE proves to be much harder, oddly! Partially of course, because as the author, I already know WHO those people are. They got their names as at least partly formed people ( Read more... )

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In order... idiolecto March 22 2011, 23:48:08 UTC

Sadie
Liv
Sylvie
Wren
Stella

I'll say it again: we have really similar taste. Do you do middle names?

Re: In order... nutmeg March 23 2011, 00:14:20 UTC

Haha... and mostly you picked the names that are more MY favorite than Mark's favorite as that is the combined shortlist as it currently stands. Thanks for the input. I usually think polls of this kind are dumb, but I'm so at a loss here!... much more than we were with Eli. I just don't have any strong enough feelings on anything (maybe because this pregnancy has been an even more insane rollercoaster ride than his was, maybe because girl's names are harder, maybe because I'm just a generalized mess ( ... )

Re: In order... idiolecto March 23 2011, 00:29:30 UTC

Thanks, and I agree that Eli is gorgeous. I love HIS name, too (and Eliza, which makes sense because they are so close). Maybe you will know once you see your baby. I thought I knew until I actually saw Kyu, and then we started over (for his middle name).

lolacat March 23 2011, 00:41:20 UTC

Sylvie, Arden, Willow, Molly.

lolacat March 23 2011, 00:43:03 UTC

... are my faves. Also, Alice. Ellery is cute but still like others better. Not a big fan of Stella, Darwin, or Adelaide.

handstil March 23 2011, 01:02:10 UTC

Molly
Willow
Sylvie

I like Amalia, too! I've never heard it before.

As a disclaimer, I'm leaving Wren off the list because I know one Wren and she is such an individual, I can't imagine any other child with her name!

nutmeg March 23 2011, 20:18:17 UTC

Awesome, we've talked about this before but it is so hard for me to do this time around! I just dont' know why.

Hearing people's opinions helps solidify my own opinion, if you know what I mean. Like when you can't decide something and you toss a coin and then you realize you were disappointed with the result so you figure out what you REALLY did want.

michaelboy March 23 2011, 01:57:31 UTC

Adelaide
Daisy
Amalia

nutmeg March 23 2011, 20:16:28 UTC

Thanks for your input. I feel like I've neglected thinking about this too much and getting opinions is making it easier to concentrate on! And Adelaide was my great grandmother's name.

silvertongue1 March 23 2011, 02:44:38 UTC

Arden, Stella, and Wren ftw!
~A

nutmeg March 23 2011, 20:15:21 UTC

Thanks, A!! I'm surprised Sylvie didn't make your list too!

silvertongue1 March 24 2011, 02:24:18 UTC

Consider that my #4. I think Wren is my favorite now, but I like bird-flavored names :)