View Full Version : If you were having a baby GIRL.....



LandryTeam
10-23-2008, 11:57 AM
What kind of names would you come up with? My wife and I cant seem to agree on a good girl's name......do you have any ideas??

Eddie

betts
10-23-2008, 11:59 AM
My favorite names are my daughters': Margot and Molly. I also like Lucy, Sophie, Nell (Eleanor), Tess. I like them short.

LandryTeam
10-23-2008, 12:02 PM
betts...I tend to agree...short names are the way to go. Thanks for your reply!

westsidesooner
10-23-2008, 12:11 PM
Id try to come up with a name that means something to me. Like Patricia (my mother). I always liked Indie, and Jessica as well. I know this sounds trivial, but try the names in conjunction with her last name. ie Jessica wouldnt go well with a last nae of Bessie. Congrats if you are expecting!!

Insider
10-23-2008, 12:20 PM
I LOVE Brooke Lynne. She can go by Brooke or Lynne.

CuatrodeMayo
10-23-2008, 12:25 PM
We are having a girl this December and we are going with Ava.

LandryTeam
10-23-2008, 12:29 PM
Thanks for the great ideas....Ava and Brooke were names on our short list too.

CCOKC
10-23-2008, 12:30 PM
I like a lot of those names. I don't like girls names that end in y or i. My name is Cynthia and I have never been Cindy (ever).

JakeZula
10-23-2008, 01:31 PM
I love the name Hannah. Unfortunately it doesn't go well with my last name, so I can never use it. I also like Megan for some reason... probably because I know some cool Megans.

I like traditional names, or names with some literary or historical significance. There's something cool about names that have been used for hundreds of years...

I usually hate boys' names on girls, but I think Stevie is cute, too.

Please, FTLOG, give her a real name, and spell it right. I'm sick of names like Kodi, Tayler, Kylie, Mikayla, Mickenzie, etc.

Kerry
10-23-2008, 01:43 PM
The best name is Emily. The rest of you can stop suggesting names.:Smiley259

shane453
10-23-2008, 04:24 PM
The other day I heard on NPR that presidential last names are currently the new big thing in baby names:


Although European royal names such as Isabella, Elizabeth, and William have long reigned among tradition-minded parents, there's an American equivalent gaining in popularity. Presidential names - famous surnames of popular presidents used as first names. Jackson, Carter, and Grant are in the lead for boys and Madison, Kennedy, and Reagan are in the lead for girls. On the rise: Lincoln and Jefferson, and Clinton is in the top 1000.

Top Baby Name Trends of 2008 - Page1 - Family & Parenting - Your Life - MSN Lifestyle (http://lifestyle.msn.com/your-life/family-parenting/articleab.aspx?cp-documentid=11257635)

trousers
10-23-2008, 04:44 PM
I would have to go with Allison or Velouria, but then again I'm a huge Pixies fan.

soonerkev
10-23-2008, 05:34 PM
I would have to say mine is Abigail or you can always call her Abby.

Tex
10-23-2008, 05:46 PM
Olivia, Ella, or Macy

Intrepid
10-23-2008, 06:10 PM
Shelby

angel27
10-23-2008, 08:40 PM
Some of my favorites: Alana (Lanie), Lacy, Abigail (Abby), Isabella (short-?), Hannah, Sarah, and always Emily.

OKCTalker
10-23-2008, 09:14 PM
Mods - Please don't ban me for this one. I'm working late and am a little punchy. I received it as an email last week.

Mother is upset because no-one can pronounce her daughter's name. It's spelled La-A.

"La-Aye?" Nope.
"La-Ah?" Not that either.
"La-uh?" Definitely not.

Mom explained, "It's pronounced 'La-Dash-Ah' because the dash don't be silent."

So long everyone. It's been fun.

kevinpate
10-24-2008, 04:58 AM
Emery - a most excellent name for a most excellent grandbaby

amylynn5656
10-24-2008, 07:52 AM
Amy Lynn :)

Karried
10-24-2008, 08:17 AM
If you're into exotic..I like this name for some reason.. Keaira (Key r uh) ..... years ago I told my sister in law I loved that name and if I had a girl I wanted to use it ( I was pregnant at the time but ended up having a miscarriage) guess what she named her daughter?

soonerfan21
10-24-2008, 08:46 AM
How about Avery or Delaney? don't know, but just like the way they sound and aren't "too" different

Karried
10-24-2008, 09:29 AM
My good friends in CA named their two daughters Emily and Abigail and their son Brady.

LandryTeam
10-24-2008, 09:40 AM
Thanks for the ideas!!!!

Eddie and Misty

PennyQuilts
10-24-2008, 06:01 PM
Mercy.
Katherine (Kate or Katie).
I also like Hannah, Sarah and Tess.
My dog's name is Jezebel. I love that name but I am not sure I'd give that name to a little girl.

Luke
10-26-2008, 03:07 PM
Liliana.

bandnerd
10-26-2008, 04:03 PM
I tend to gravitate towards names that start with a vowel. I love the name Amelia. I also agree with the poster who suggested Ava.

soonergal
10-26-2008, 05:06 PM
some favs:
Victoria
Amy
Nikole
Jocelyn
Ellen
Some have named their girls after cities..I know a Boston and a Brooklyn......

Midtowner
10-26-2008, 05:08 PM
Princess Consuela Bananahammock

PennyQuilts
10-26-2008, 06:45 PM
Just please have it be something that someone reading it can figure out how to pronounce. Don't condemn your child to having to correct her boss/teacher/etc. about the proper way to pronouce her name. And stop to think about what a prospective employer or school administration is going to think when they see the name. If it is wacky and wierd, it just starts things off on a negative tone.

Creative names do NOT inspire kids to be creative. Chances are, a weird name just embarasses them so much they want to drop in a hole when people struggle with it or make comments.

MonkeesFan
10-27-2008, 03:15 AM
My favorite has to be Autumn :)

DaveSkater
02-05-2009, 09:06 AM
Get out the bible, and pick a good old fashioned biblical name.

My little girl's name is Rachel.