Tuesday, December 7, 2010

fave baby names

 
  awwww - sweet!  Sarah Neal Photography

I've already mentioned that I love classic names, ones that are easy to pronounce, have a tinge of old fashioned history embedded within them, and yet aren't allll over the mainstream baby name market.  In reality, I LOVE LOVE names that have family ties...I'll be sharing my fave family names in a different post.

Obviously, I will not be sharing the top ONE or TWO names on my list (as we want to keep our baby's name a secret until her birth!) but I would love to share with you some of my favorites.  Most of my favorites were immediate vetoes from Tommy - they might very well be vetoes from you as well!!  Baby names are quirky like that. 


My favorite girl names in no particular order:

Ella
Hazel
Eliza (oh how I LOVE the name Eliza!)
Molly
Vivian  (Viv)
Gwen
Fay
Amelia  (Millie)
Penelope  (Penny)
Cora
Piper (umm...not classic or old fashioned, but I love it just the same)
Greta

And when I think of "boy" names, I follow the same rules.  Easy to pronounce, easy to spell...and not entirely mainstream, but not off the wall (you know?).    And what I find myself doing with boy names is that I shorten them up to one syllable anyway...apparently I dig that.  I dunno.

Jack (I do hope someday to have a Jack!)
Van 
Russell (Russ)
Patrick (Pat)
Max
Seth
Wes
Will
Rhett

Do you have favorite baby names!??  Do share!!

21 comments:

  1. Huh. Right now my fave name is Eliza. Funny that you love it, also. Cora has always been on my list as well. I also love Elizabeth (could be Eliza for short). The soft sounding names like Harlow or Harper get me everytime to.

    Great choices. : )

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  2. My grandmother's name was Violet and I would love to use that for a middle name. Or use her maiden name which was Gray as a middle name. I like the names Ella and Amelia as well.

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  3. Ooh, I have a lot of baby names stacked up. Several that I love and will never get to name my own kids...just because they don't flow or I have other ones I love more. Girl: Reagan, Estella, Manessah, Adair, Emerson. Boy: Wynn, Dempsey, Destrey, Deaton, Jack.

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  4. Ah! I love, love to talk about baby names. I don't know how I will ever decide once i reach this chapter in my life. I have several friends who are naming their daughters Greta. I read that it is a name that is on the rise, and i couldn't believe it. It's really growing on me. I love Ella and Ellie too. I also recently read the name Lisbeth and thought it was so pretty and unique without being off the wall.

    I was so shocked to see Rhett on your boys list! I love that name, but my hubby's name is Bret, so that might be a little odd. I also love the name Rex. It just sounds athletic to me, but I guess it also sounds like a dinosaur. My top boys names are Tommy (you already have one!) and Teddy (my grandpa's nickname). I can't WAIT to hear what you choose for your little girl!

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  5. I just noticed Fay on your list! That is the cutest ever! love it! Friends of ours just named their daughter Kasey Mae. Love Mae too!

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    http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/parenting/sophia-and-aiden-lead-babycenters-top-100-baby-names-of-2010-2418678

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  7. I love Amelia (milly)...one of my faves!

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  8. Instead of Amelia and like Amelie....almost liek emily but with an A....I met a woman with that name when I was living in Germany and i love it :)...I also really like Ruby wich I think is classic but the man and I have decided to name out daughter (if we have one) Ozella Nanette after both our grandmas cause we love them dearly :)....as for boys I like Hayden, tresston, harrison, and dartagnon (like the musketeer) the one's the man likes are even weirder! :) I also really like the name Hazel, my cousins are naming there little girl that :)

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  9. We used to make up names of twins by categories:
    Flowers: Cosmos and Marigold
    Herbs: Basil and Rosemary
    Building Trades: Mason and Galzier
    Fabrics: Corduroy (Roy) and Velvet

    Then it started deteriorating:
    Decorative Arts: Cabriole and Ormolu
    (Ormolu still makes me laugh)

    Then further deteriorating ...
    Paving Surfaces: Asphalt and Macadam
    Elizabethan instruments: Sackbut and Crumhorn

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  10. Oh no... you and another post-er like cora?! Is this name going to get popular? Its our #1 girls name by far. Great names...we'll have to write down the others.

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  11. I love the name Piper so much. It has a pixie-esque quality to it that is so endearing to me.

    I also really like (politics aside), all of Sarah Palin's kids names because they're legit names that speak to their life experiences in Alaska. And yeah, one of them is Piper.

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  12. I like Amelia shortened to Mia, like my new cousin and a friend's new fiancee. My personal favorite girl name: Naomi. Boy name: Levi. I think my MOT status is showing :-P

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  13. i'm totally with you on how baby names can hit people funny. when i saw penelope, i told my husband about it and he was like, "eh" but i think i'm going to push for it! (as a second girl's name - we've already got #1's name)

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  14. Ahhhh! My baby names are on your list! Amelia (Milly) and Max! I also like Juliette for a girl and Blair for a boy :)

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  15. We have similar "tastes" when it comes to baby names.

    Girl names I like: Emily, Anna, Ella, Elizabeth, Kate.

    Boy names I like: Drew, Peter, Gray, Matt.

    stephanie@metropolitanmama.net

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  16. I love pretty much all your girls names - fab choices! I can't wait to hear what your chosen name is for your little one. And I totally agree - the best are old fashioned one that aren't in the mainstream. And I instantly think about what they'd be shortened to too! xx

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  18. Ooh, I love Greta. I go through baby names for my blog - names4real.wordpress.com and I would love to see more Greta's. I also really like Cora, Penelope, Eliza, and Hazel.

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  19. Amelia is top of my list right now. Only because Lydia keeps telling me if she has a baby sister she wants to call it "Amy". I think it's cute how bent on it she is.

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  20. Favourite names for me
    Girls: Siddah, Bria, Briar, Fae, Aja, Acacia, Sadie, Josie
    Boy: Seth, Kade, Xander(or Zander), Xavier, Axel, Boa

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