This is my third post and your help has been incredibly appreciated thus far. After all, it was thanks to you ladies that I permanently vetoed the name "Jet"!! DH and I have finally agreed on 3 different names. I would love to hear your opinions! The middle name will be Beth and our last name starts with an R and ends in a CK. Thanks so much!!
Please help me and give your opinions on our final list! 120 votes
Ramona is lovely! Rydell makes me think of the high school from Grease.
Married 10/4/2014 (10-4, good buddy!) Baby Boy #1 born 1/9/17 Baby Boy #2 EDD 11/4/18
"It's when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do." -Atticus Finch, To Kill A Mockingbird
Yeah in all actuality Rydell is my least favorite, it's in the running because DH and I met in our high school theatre department and were in Grease together. He came up with it and I got some positive feedback from family, but I think they might have just been being polite. He is a big fan of Rydell and is the one who came up with Jet as well. I'm glad I listed it though, I don't want to have a child with a name that is constantly side eyed and laughed at.
I voted Mallory, because of the possible nn of Mona for Ramona. Mona makes me want to gag a little, but Ramona is nice. Would Romy be too far of a stretch for a nn? (If you guys are the nn type of course)
I really like Mallory. Your husband should be banned from naming all children forever! Rydell is horrendous. Please don't even entertain his ridiculous suggestions.
Yes @breezycat you are right, he should be banned from anything to do with names! And @emilyray14 Romy is what we would use as a nn! I love having Ramona as a full name and then Romy as a nn, amongst a sea of girls with names like Paisley and Layla I wanted a really strong sounding full name and a cute nn so she could use that if she wanted.
Re: Please help me and give your opinions on our final list!
Baby Boy #1 born 1/9/17
Baby Boy #2 EDD 11/4/18
Rydell also makes me think of Grease. Not a fan.
Happy to hear the Jet veto. I met a little Jet IRL. My friend said "Jen??" Mom said "JeT".
My friend and I exchanged WTAF texts after the event was over.
This is what happens to the Jets and Rydells of the world, people.
Ramona is awesome. I love it.
NAF of rydell.
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Baby boy born 01/2016
Currently: NTNP
Also love the Sublime song though. Haha. Mallory would be my runner up.
I agree with others - let Rydell go. It doesn't even come close to Ramona or Mallory.
Absolutely not Rydell
My furchildren, Dorothy and Johnny
Mallory is okay, although it doesn't feel current nor classic.
Not sure of the origin of Rydell, it may have a long history, it just feels made up/unfamiliar to me personally.