I need inspiration.

barnwife · May 2013

LO3 is due in Sept. Nothing is standing out to me as "the one" for names. So please answer the following questions. I am looking for inspiration, so I hope to get a variety of answers. I don't want to narrow the field by describing the type of names we usually like.

Please give girls and boys names.

1. What are some names that you think are refreshing to hear?
2. What old lady/old man names would you like to see more often?
3. Name your guilty pleasure names.
4. Name your favorite nature-y (is that a word?) names.
5. Find 5 names from the SSA list that are between 500-1000 in popularity that you like.

Feel free to inspire me in other ways too!

mrstengallonhat1 · May 2013

1. What are some names that you think are refreshing to hear? I love the name Isla for a girl but have been told it is becoming "trendy", which is totally not my style. Also a fan of Clementine, which isn't popular at all. I personally think it's refreshing to see a child with a real name that is spelled correctly, not something made up or "youneekly" spelled.

2. What old lady/old man names would you like to see more often? Girls: Celeste, Estelle/Estella, Josephine, Lucille, Olive. Boys: Ernest, George, Henry, Roland, Theodore.

3. Name your guilty pleasure names. Girl: January, Luna (DH thinks they're too weird). Boy: Finnegan (DH hates it)

4. Name your favorite nature-y (is that a word?) names. Not a huge fan of nature names. If I had to choose, I guess Aspen or Brooke for a girl are ok and Finn would be my choice for a boy.

5. Find 5 names from the SSA list that are between 500-1000 in popularity that you like. Girls: Annika, Cecelia, Hattie, Lorelei, Winter (this is our top girl name); Boys: Rhett, Brett, Soren, Deacon, Conrad.

mrs_tacos · May 2013

1. What are some names that you think are refreshing to hear? I love to hear traditional names that you don't hear often anymore: Mary, Rachel, Helen, Phillip, Mark, Timothy, etc.
2. What old lady/old man names would you like to see more often? Ramona, Margot, Beatrix, Linus, Amos, George
3. Name your guilty pleasure names. I love male-derivative names for girls: Theodora, Maxine, Georgeanna, Phillipa, Wilhelmina, Willa, Antonia, etc.
4. Name your favorite nature-y (is that a word?) names. Wren, Olive, Ivy for girls, River for a boy.
5. Find 5 names from the SSA list that are between 500-1000 in popularity that you like. Girls: Vera (#500), Gwendolyn (#514), Sylvia (#526), Lorelei (#533), Claudia (3596), Cecelia (#599), Rosemary (#603), Brenna (3623), Felicity (#653), Meredith (#668), Corrine (#765), Estella (#882), Everly (#907), Leona (#914)

Boys: Rhett (#508), Jacoby (#523), Moses (#546), Clark (#554), Ellis (#612), Jeffery (#629), Brennen (#766), Samson (#803), Amos (#807), Brogan (#931), Simeon (#980), Gilbert (#996)

Mochadoodle · May 2013

barnwife:
1. What are some names that you think are refreshing to hear?
Girls: Hannah, Eve, Edith, Florence, Frances
Boys: Henry, Miles, Felix, Jasper, James

2. What old lady/old man names would you like to see more often?
Girls: Ada, Anastasia, Cora, Esther, Evelyn
Boys: Frederick, Harry, Theodore, Arthur, Victor

3. Name your guilty pleasure names.
Girls: Aurora, Clover, Daisy, Willow
Boys: Harrison, Jude

4. Name your favorite nature-y (is that a word?) names.
See question #3...

5. Find 5 names from the SSA list that are between 500-1000 in popularity that you like.
Girls: Annabel, Dahlia, Annika, Maeve, Lorelei
Boys: Tobias, Nico, Frederick, Finley, Kieran

mommyaudra · May 2013

1. What are some names that you think are refreshing to hear? Anything I haven't heard before that's not too wacky I don't care for traditional names...

2. What old lady/old man names would you like to see more often? Gretchen, Evelyn, Jack, Thomas

3. Name your guilty pleasure names. boys: Landon, Kellen Girls: Harper, Suri (I know but it's such a sweet name)

4. Name your favorite nature-y (is that a word?) names. Boys: Sage Girls: Rose

5. Find 5 names from the SSA list that are between 500-1000 in popularity that you like. Boys: Mason, Jacob Girls: Chloe, Ava

StephenW4 · May 2013

I love this idea! Hope some of these inspire you! :-)

1. What are some names that you think are refreshing to hear?

Boys - Gabriel, Sean, Nolan

Girls - Samantha, Natalie

2. What old lady/old man names would you like to see more often?

Boys - Everett, Elias

Girls - Eleanor, Rosalie

3. Name your guilty pleasure names.

Boys - Pierce, Griffin

Girls - Piper, Talia "Tali"

4. Name your favorite nature-y (is that a word?) names.

Boys - Hunter, Sage

Girls - Lilly, Hazel, Coral

5. Find 5 names from the SSA list that are between 500-1000 in popularity that you like.

Boys - Tobias, Callen, Matias, Conrad, Rory (ok, this was 481, but it was close!)

Girls - Annalise, Coraline, Estella, Zara, Eve (phew! that was hard!)

Other Names I love: Alexander, Bennett, Levi, Jude / Penelope, Clara, Reagan

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