Names that wow

4BoysAndABaby

What's a name that when you it hear you just say, "wow, beautiful name!"


FN or FN/MN

catahoulatte

Seraphina
Evangeline
Genevieve

mkbland

Francesca

Skeemer

Lauren Naomi

I once photographed a child with this name years ago & I still remember it. Her parents were straightening her clothes & called her by her full name. I just thought it was so unusually lovely paired together.

PinkLillyLover

mkbland said:

Francesca

You took mine, ha!

Brandiwine14

CatahoulaMom said:

Seraphina
Evangeline
Genevieve

I love Evangeline! I think of the housemaid in Nanny McFee


I've been told my "wow" name is a little redneck, so I'm hesitant to post it here :-P I'm a bit of a country girl.

jasminelorraine20

Elijah! (Ok, I'm biased since that's DS's name).

Abel- I fell in love with that name when I heard it was one of the little boy's at DS's DC.

 

Helenahhandbasket

Alessandra always gets me

PinkLillyLover

Elisabetta

jasminelorraine20

PinkLillyLover said:

Elisabetta

Oh my!

sunflowermama42212

I fell in love with the name Louisa Augusta. It was the name of the queens daughter in the movie "a royal affair" she said the name with a Dutch accent and I fell in love. DH vetoed Augusta but at least he liked Louisa. I feel like names are so much prettier in foreign accents.

4BoysAndABaby

How do you pronounce Aoife?

4BoysAndABaby

Brandiwine, Id like to hear your country girl wow name ;-)

ClaireHuxtable

Saoirse

Ninon - I have no idea why I love this name so!

Valor

August - just love!

These are some of the ones I'm crushing on hard right now.

allardr

4BoysAndABaby said:

How do you pronounce Aoife?

I was wondering the same thing!

I love Francesca too! But I also like (though can't think of one right now) but a great FN/MN combo where parents call the child by both. I just like long feminine names on girls.

SuperMom17

My own children's, but that's cheating... I love Willow and Noelle for some reason, too. They sound so beautiful to my ear, and James for a boy but it's my last name so that sort of cures me from using it!

4BoysAndABaby

I love names that are ultra feminine, no mistaking girls for boys.

My boys all have real boys names also - they are Wesley, Zachary, Jeremy, and Tobey

ClaireHuxtable

Alistair, Maris, Ever, Madeleine - These are very melodic to me. 

4BoysAndABaby

GP names for me that sound beautiful:

Laurel, Willow, Lily, Lavender, Lilac

SidraJedi

Anything Irish, German or Greek
Mary

jasminelorraine20

SidraJedi said:

Anything Irish, German or Greek Mary

I agree! I knew a Greek sibset Stavros and Athena and I just loved their names!

4BoysAndABaby

Aoife = ee-fa (?) - it's an Irish girls name...similar to our Eva. I had to look that one up!

4BoysAndABaby

My cousin named his baby Athena, she's almost 1 & adorable!

NerdyLucy

You all know that I have this weird obsession with Victoria.  I think it's because I grew up not liking the name, and now it's fresh and new to me.  Same thing with Rose.  I hated it growing up, but now I think it's so beautiful.

Seraphina is another.  I don't think I'd ever want to use it, but it's lovely to my ears.

I know some people find Eleanor harsh, but I love the way it slips off the tongue.

I absolutely love the simplicity of Eve.  I may just like V in names. I also like Genevieve.

 

For boys, I love Frederick.  I know some people think it's a little stuffy, but I love it.

I'm also a big fan of both Jude and Julian. Ellis is another--not sure I could use it, but I love the way it comes out with no effort.

Brandiwine14

I have never heard of that one, but I think I like it! Definitely one to run by DH because of his Irish heritage.

*oops... I mean to quote the post about Aoife!

Brandiwine14

4BoysAndABaby said:

Brandiwine, Id like to hear your country girl wow name ;-)

lol It's Jolene. Me and DH both love it but people are telling me it's way too country though that never really crossed my mind!

aprilbaby2014

Aoife as well, I met a little girl with this name and fell in love ! Also, Elizaveta which will be LOs name if it is a girl !

NerdyLucy

Brandiwine14 said:

Brandiwine, Id like to hear your country girl wow name ;-)

lol It's Jolene. Me and DH both love it but people are telling me it's way too country though that never really crossed my mind!

Blame Dolly Parton.

 

I don't love Jolene, but if you guys both love it, then to heck with everyone else.

 

Helenahhandbasket

Brandiwine14 said:

Brandiwine, Id like to hear your country girl wow name ;-)

lol It's Jolene. Me and DH both love it but people are telling me it's way too country though that never really crossed my mind!

OMG....I LOOOOVVVEEEE Jolene!  We considered it for DD.  I am no where near "the country"

NerdyLucy

I want to add that I think Elisabet and Katerina are beautiful.

Brandiwine14

NerdyLucy said:

Brandiwine14 said:

4BoysAndABaby said:

Brandiwine, Id like to hear your country girl wow name ;-)

lol It's Jolene. Me and DH both love it but people are telling me it's way too country though that never really crossed my mind!

Blame Dolly Parton.

 

I don't love Jolene, but if you guys both love it, then to heck with everyone else.

 

In all honesty, I fell in love with the name when a 6-year-old at the music studio I worked for sang the Dolly Parton song and it was absolutely adorable and surprisingly an awesome performance from a 6-year-old. I had the song stuck in my head for days. The only downfall is that everyone will be thinking of Dolly Parton when they hear it...

NerdyLucy

Brandiwine14 said:

Brandiwine14 said:

Brandiwine, Id like to hear your country girl wow name ;-)

lol It's Jolene. Me and DH both love it but people are telling me it's way too country though that never really crossed my mind!

Blame Dolly Parton.

 

I don't love Jolene, but if you guys both love it, then to heck with everyone else.

 

In all honesty, I fell in love with the name when a 6-year-old at the music studio I worked for sang the Dolly Parton song and it was absolutely adorable and surprisingly an awesome performance from a 6-year-old. I had the song stuck in my head for days. The only downfall is that everyone will be thinking of Dolly Parton when they hear it...

FWIW, I went to college with a Jolene and I don't remember associating her name with a country song much; maybe when I first met her, but after that? Not really.

notreal2

I like Elspeth.  If I ever become a fairy, that will be my name.

catahoulatte

Oh I love Arwen too, but LoTR kinda ruins it for me. Kinda. Maybe.

notreal2

Brandiwine14 said:

In all honesty, I fell in love with the name when a 6-year-old at the music studio I worked for sang the Dolly Parton song and it was absolutely adorable and surprisingly an awesome performance from a 6-year-old. I had the song stuck in my head for days. The only downfall is that everyone will be thinking of Dolly Parton when they hear it...

It's a fun song, and DOlly Parton seems like a hoot and a genuinely nice person, so, to quote Grease, "there are worse things they could do." 

4BoysAndABaby

Brandiwine14 said:

4BoysAndABaby said:

Brandiwine, Id like to hear your country girl wow name ;-)

lol It's Jolene. Me and DH both love it but people are telling me it's way too country though that never really crossed my mind!

Jolene is very pretty, I don't see that as being country/redneck in the least.

BleubirdOnAWire

Veronique

lifeonthehill

Annabel
Ophelia
Odessa
Athena
Iris
Camille
Adele

MaryBB77

Being from Ireland originally I love
Saoirse & Aoibheann but DH vetoed them on spelling grounds

Brandiwine14

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Brandiwine14

HisGirlFriday929 said:

4BoysAndABaby said:

Brandiwine14 said:

4BoysAndABaby said:

Brandiwine, Id like to hear your country girl wow name ;-)

lol It's Jolene. Me and DH both love it but people are telling me it's way too country though that never really crossed my mind!

Jolene is very pretty, I don't see that as being country/redneck in the least.

Love Jolene!  I don't think it's "country".  Maybe they think that because of the song?


It's one of those names that gets messed up somewhat in our southern accents I think...