Children's names?

[christy082]

Well, we aren't exactly in agreement on names yet, but since we are not TTC yet, I'm not worried about agreeing yet. Here are the names I like:

Girls:
Adrienne
Anna
Brooke
Cadence
Cameron
Danielle
Daniella

Boys:
Aaron
Adam
Eric
Liam
Nathan

Edit: And I just realized this wasn't the board I thought I was on! Hello! I am by no means living internationally!

[bail229]

For girls I like Paige, Georgia and Alina.

We only had one boy name, Preston and we used it for DS. If we have another boy in the future I have no idea what we would name him!

It's really hard to come up with names when you are a teacher! Lol.

[clickerish]

Nacho!!! Ever since the movie _Nacho Libre_ people in the US think that all people named that are Mexican. We like Mexicans (and Mexican food), but Ignacio is not a name that has enough resistance fighter history.

I like the name Matxalan, but I'm getting nowhere with that one so far. Too many Xs. Yeah, okay, because Tupac is only easier since there's a dead gang rapper with the name. Mhm.

[anna7602]

We've had our boy name picked for over a decade- Santiago. If we happen to have two boys (twins or whatever weird circumstance arrives in which life brings us TWO more children), the second boy would be Orlando. I'm still lobbying for that as a middle name for Santiago, but DH is pretty committed to getting a family name from his side into the middle name spot and I feel like that's fair.

We used our absolute favorite name for a girl already, so have a long and rotating list of possible girl names. The top choice is currently Pilar, but I'm not convinced it sounds so great with our very Eastern European last name. (As opposed to Santiago, which sounds pretty bad a$$ with a last name of a completely different ethnicity, for whatever reason.)

[Wanderista]

For girls' names I like Adriana, Elizabeth (but I'd call her Eliza), Ruby or maybe Louisa. All of those are either family names or variations of family names. Ruby or Louisa would be more likely to end up as middle names.

For boys' names, I have no clue, but all of that is a while off yet.

[anna7602]

May 17, 2012 3:23:07 GMT -5 popcorn said:

May 17, 2012 0:54:30 GMT -5 elenetxu said:

For girls I like Lydia and Sofía (but just saw Sophia is now a very popular baby name, so that might get vetoed) and DH wants either Iñaki or Craig for a boy. As I said in PP, I tried to get Ignacio/Nacho in there but DH absolutely hates that name.

I'm not a fan of Ignacio/Nacho either. And not just because it reminds me of chips. Funny, Lydia was one of our top contenders for a girl! Such a pretty name and eash to pronounce in English an Spanish.

But what about the Lidia v. Lydia spelling issue? This is the one DH and I are hung up on. We love the name, but can't decide how we would spell it. The y has certain political connotations in some Spanish-speaking countries.

[dulcemariamar]

I also love Lydia but my DH hates it. Crazy!!

[crimsonandclover]

May 17, 2012 2:04:14 GMT -5 @ktkl09 said:

May 17, 2012 0:54:30 GMT -5 elenetxu said:

For girls I like Lydia and Sofía (but just saw Sophia is now a very popular baby name, so that might get vetoed) and DH wants either Iñaki or Craig for a boy. As I said in PP, I tried to get Ignacio/Nacho in there but DH absolutely hates that name.

I like Inaki (sorry can't do the accent).

I really love French names, hence Amadine and Anouk. DH and I were talking about his grandmother's name, Hayde, last night and couldn't figure out its' original origin. She's from Argentina, so maybe it is Spanish? Any ideas?

Actually, I'm guessing it's from German. There have been a few waves of German immigration to Argentina, and Heide/Heidi (pronounced HI-duh or HI-dee) is a pretty traditional German name. It's short for something, but I don't remember what.

[anna7602]

May 17, 2012 10:54:44 GMT -5 crimsonandclover said:

May 17, 2012 2:04:14 GMT -5 @ktkl09 said:

I like Inaki (sorry can't do the accent).

I really love French names, hence Amadine and Anouk. DH and I were talking about his grandmother's name, Hayde, last night and couldn't figure out its' original origin. She's from Argentina, so maybe it is Spanish? Any ideas?

Actually, I'm guessing it's from German. There have been a few waves of German immigration to Argentina, and Heide/Heidi (pronounced HI-duh or HI-dee) is a pretty traditional German name. It's short for something, but I don't remember what.

Haydee (one more e than above) is a name that is used in Cuba. I would love to use it, but the pronunciation in English is dramatically different from the one in Spanish (Heidi v. Eye-deh). According to "Behind the Name," the origins are:

Meaning & History
Perhaps intended to derive from Greek áéäïéïò (aidoios) "modest, reverent". This name was created by Byron for a character in his poem 'Don Juan' (1819).

[popcorn]

ana: Neither DH nor I have any clue what you're referring to and spelling was never an issue. We could do either way, but don't know what political connotations you're talking about with y. He said k is often used instead of a c in basque just to make a point that it's not spanish (karlos instead of carlos) but he's not sure about anything with y...

[anna7602]

May 17, 2012 12:17:07 GMT -5 popcorn said:

ana: Neither DH nor I have any clue what you're referring to and spelling was never an issue. We could do either way, but don't know what political connotations you're talking about with y. He said k is often used instead of a c in basque just to make a point that it's not spanish (karlos instead of carlos) but he's not sure about anything with y...

In certain Latin American countries, a y can be perceived as favoring all things North American (U.S.) and back in the heyday of US intervention in the 60s and 70s, this usually meant right-wing.

I'm a dork for worrying about these things in this day and age, I know.

[elenetxu]

May 17, 2012 2:55:45 GMT -5 clogged said:

Taco is a legit, real Dutch name. I now want twins named Nacho and Taco.

YES.

I just wanted to be Nacho's momma. I'm immature.

[elenetxu]

May 17, 2012 3:20:56 GMT -5 popcorn said:

May 17, 2012 0:02:43 GMT -5 wise_rita said:

Old people names (especially boys) on babies is pretty much my favorite thing ever.

Mine too! Aurelia's name is such an old lady name in Spain, but I didn't care. I also had Gilbert (my grandfather's name) on our list for a boy but DH vetoed.

For our next kid if it's a boy we are thinking Raul or possibly Xoel. For girls no idea. I think we'd have a tough time naming another girl.

Here's my vote for Raul! I had a wicked hard time this year with all the X-s and Z-s of the Basque names where I'm working. (It's Catalan, right?)

[elenetxu]

May 17, 2012 12:17:07 GMT -5 popcorn said:

ana: Neither DH nor I have any clue what you're referring to and spelling was never an issue. We could do either way, but don't know what political connotations you're talking about with y. He said k is often used instead of a c in basque just to make a point that it's not spanish (karlos instead of carlos) but he's not sure about anything with y...

Am I a horrible person if that's why I don't want to use DH's name - I've seen the way he's judged and treated here where we live, and I don't want our (future) son to deal with that bologna? DH, of course, does not agree with me. He's not a Basque nationalist at all, he just thinks it's stupid people judge him for having a Basque name (I agree.)

[elenetxu]

May 17, 2012 13:25:45 GMT -5 anna7602 said:

May 17, 2012 12:17:07 GMT -5 popcorn said:

ana: Neither DH nor I have any clue what you're referring to and spelling was never an issue. We could do either way, but don't know what political connotations you're talking about with y. He said k is often used instead of a c in basque just to make a point that it's not spanish (karlos instead of carlos) but he's not sure about anything with y...

In certain Latin American countries, a y can be perceived as favoring all things North American (U.S.) and back in the heyday of US intervention in the 60s and 70s, this usually meant right-wing.

I'm a dork for worrying about these things in this day and age, I know.

What about now? I've had a ton of "Jhon"s and "Alexanders" - in fact, English names have made up a large percentage of the Latin American immigrants I've known here.

[clickerish]

I cannot tell you how much I understand why you don't want to use a Basque name. Although I feel more for the people born under Franco who use the Basque name everywhere but always show up in official documents with the Castillian one. I picked a few names that got vetoed for being too clearly Catalan (and thus not universally Spanish since we're not Catalan). I dated a Catalan for a while so apparently it stuck.

Latin America is pretty laid back these days about the "y" although there was a spate where everybody had American names like "Jessica" because of series.

[popcorn]

May 17, 2012 14:43:52 GMT -5 elenetxu said:

May 17, 2012 3:20:56 GMT -5 popcorn said:

Mine too! Aurelia's name is such an old lady name in Spain, but I didn't care. I also had Gilbert (my grandfather's name) on our list for a boy but DH vetoed.

For our next kid if it's a boy we are thinking Raul or possibly Xoel. For girls no idea. I think we'd have a tough time naming another girl.

Here's my vote for Raul! I had a wicked hard time this year with all the X-s and Z-s of the Basque names where I'm working. (It's Catalan, right?)

But I wanna be you-neek!

I thought basque names were becoming popular now, but I understand not wanting to use one like your H's. It's a better reason than I had to not use H' which was just becaue I don't want to.

[elenetxu]

Basque names are ridiculously popular - for Basque families - right now. I work in a town with a lot of Basque kids and boy, was it tough to learn some of them this year! I do like Iker and Aitor, though.

[cupcakes]

Princess Boom Kishea.

If anyone uses it on here I'm going to be pissed. PISSED I tell you.

[Cheesecake]

My kid(s) is/are just going to have a zillion middle names. A number of family names are really important to me.
For boys I have no idea about names - I honestly can't think of any boys names I like right now. For girls I have a dozen names I love, but DH and I haven't talked about any yet, so I'm not sure about vetoes.

[Deleted]

The name for a boy was decided before I was even married to my husband. He is the 4th so we now have the 5th (Hence Quint). His real name is nothing to write home about. I actually don't like it but we compromised and I got a Quint.

For the next kid, I get to pick the name with NO INPUT from husband.

I have always loved the name Homer. Always. How cute would a little baby Homer be? So my next two dogs with be Spike & Homer.

[americaninoz]

May 19, 2012 15:49:53 GMT -5 cupcakes said:

Princess Boom Kishea.

If anyone uses it on here I'm going to be pissed. PISSED I tell you.

not Princess Consuela Banana Hammock?

[fluff]

We went for classic names.

[trotamundos]

We both like Luna for a girl and Luca for a boy--but if we had a boy and a girl, I wouldn't want to give our kids to have such similar names... He told me long, long ago that he liked the name Camila for a girl, which grew on me (so it's on my list), but he doesn't remember this conversation and we're stuck for another boy's name... Right now I've got Gabriel on my list--I'm lucky this is still a few years down the road, we don't have to agree just yet!