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If you were to have children(hypothetically) what would be the names you would like to name them. Or what names do you like in general?

For me, boys would be:

1. Hunter
2. Giovanni
3. Logan
4. Andrew

Girls
1. Jessica
2. Jennifer
3. Brittany

Fridge Largemeat is a nice name.

I already have a daughter named Kaylie. My next kid will be named either Eve or Eli, not short for Elijah or anything else. Just Eli.

I'm thinking Denver, John, and Charlie for boys, and Eris and Persephone for girls.

Hehe, a few years ago, I posted a whole list of wacky and out of this world names for kids on this other forum. *giggles like a little school-girl*

Any name that *doesn't* scream "my father is a half-wit/Californian."

Some of the names I've seen out here (present in the remainder of the country I'm sure, but *especially* here) have been stunningly bad. I'm not even going to give examples - not because I don't want to offend, but because someone might actually *like* one of them, which would do nothing for my headache. :tongue:

I wanted to name my son Phineas for years after I read A Separate Peace, only to be thwarted by Julia Roberts. Bitch.

I like Niklas or Nikolai for a boy, the latter especially because I like the diminutive Kolya.

I have a name I want for a girl, but I'm not going to tell because as far as I know, no celebrities have ruined it for me yet. :p

I wanted to name my son Phineas for years after I read A Separate Peace, only to be thwarted by Julia Roberts. Bitch.

You could call him Leper!

Well the first child of mine name would be.

"The damn doctor who did my Vasectomy ripped me off!"

my boyfriends last name is Ang so we would call our baby Boomer Ang

Girl's names:
1. Ginger
2. Kathleen
3. Pathos
4. Cardamom
5. Sherry

Boy's names:
1. Rhizome
2. Cayenne
3. Vinny Gar
4. Dave
5. Elias

Any name that *doesn't* scream "my father is a half-wit/Californian."

Some of the names I've seen out here (present in the remainder of the country I'm sure, but *especially* here) have been stunningly bad. I'm not even going to give examples - not because I don't want to offend, but because someone might actually *like* one of them, which would do nothing for my headache. :tongue:

Out of curiosity, what names do scream "my father is a half-wit Californian"?

I heard a mother calling after her kid in the street the other day, his name was Alfie. I quite like that name.

Fridge Largemeat is a nice name.

I prefer Big McLargeHuge or perhaps Punch Rockgroin.

My girlfriend wants two boys, Roman and Lucien. I have very little say in the matter.

I want a daughter, and I want to name her Arianna.

I prefer Big McLargeHuge or perhaps Punch Rockgroin.

Huge McAwesome.

Maybe Roger, Thomas, or Gregory for girls.

And Cynthia, Deborrah, Gwendolyn for boys.

Bitchslap McFunkington.

Girl's names:
3. Pathos


Boy's names:
1. Rhizome
Winners

I'm thinking Denver, John, and Charlie for boys, and Eris and Persephone for girls.


Always nice to give a kid a name they can live up too . . . :-)

Haven't given it that much thought.

Girls:
Lucy
Raven
Anna
Lilith
Selene
Eve

Boys:
Knut/Canute
Dave
Eamon
Arr (my great grandfather's actual name)

There's some others bouncing around that I think are cool, too.

Either McLovin or Chewbacca. Gender is irrelevant.

Always nice to give a kid a name they can live up too . . . :-)

I agree. Eris is an awesome name for a girl.

i would have a naming party and roll the sacred dice, for their birth names, just as they would again for their life names when they reached adolescence. on most of lananara that is pretty much the tradition.

one thing we don't do there, or again most places there, asciduously attempt to avoid doing, is to name any person, place or thing, 'after' any other person place or thing.

(at a naming party, everyone invited rolls the sacred dice, with their individual resaults statistically intigrated to come up with the naming algorythym and thus, ultimately the name itself, which is simply a short but as unique as possible string of otherwise meaningless sounds. where duplications DO occur, which of course is inevitable once population reaches a certain level, locatives are used rather then patrinymics, to distinguish otherwise duplicates from each other. none of this holy holy great gandpa the 33rd nonsense)

a ouija board would be another good way of doing this

Arthur Dent(Dent as a middle name). So it's name would be Arthur Dent Kovaljeff

I'll go with Granny Weatherwax on that one : "Always pick a name that you can scrub the kitchen floor in, if needs be"

I think place names for kids are ridiculous, and fancy Greek or fantasy names only invite abuse by the other kids.

The names my BF and I have been tossing around are Rebecca, Emma, Dorothy and Rachel for girls, and Martin, Frederic and Tim for boys.

Out of curiosity, what names do scream "my father is a half-wit Californian"?

Who knows, but I am sure a few people can tell us what names scream "my mother is a half-wit Alaskan"

A few names I like:

Boys

Henry (coincedentally my sons name)
Ryan
Jacob
William

Girls

Madison
Jennifer
Jessica

I'll go with Granny Weatherwax on that one : "Always pick a name that you can scrub the kitchen floor in, if needs be"

I think place names for kids are ridiculous, and fancy Greek or fantasy names only invite abuse by the other kids.

The names my BF and I have been tossing around are Rebecca, Emma, Dorothy and Rachel for girls, and Martin, Frederic and Tim for boys.

As much as I agree with this statement, if I ever have twins, it's going to be almost impossible not to name them Castor and Pollux.

Emma,... Rachel for girls
Agree. Also Anna.

very slightly off-topic, but how long do you think Brad Pitt's kid, Shiloh, is going to be in school before someone makes a spoonerism of his name?

I'm betting about 3 minutes.

Is Death a boy's or a girl's name?

Is Death a boy's or a girl's name?

Depends... are we talking Death, or his granddaughter?

Depends... are we talking Death, or his granddaughter?

Just found the Neil Gaiman vision of Death as a goth girl
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_(personification)

Giltine is a nice name

Just found the Neil Gaiman vision of Death as a goth girl
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_(personification)

Giltine is a nice name

The link isn't working....
That does sound rather like Guillotine, though, doesn't it?

The link isn't working....
That does sound rather like Guillotine, though, doesn't it?

Lithuanians named Death Giltinė, deriving from word "gelti" (to sting). Giltinė was viewed as an old ugly woman with long blue nose and deadly poisonous tongue. The legend tells that Giltinė was young, pretty and communicative until she was trapped in a coffin for seven years. The goddess of Death was a sister of the goddess of Life and Destiny, Laima, symbolising the relationship between beginning and end.

Later, Lithuanians adopted the classic Grim Reaper with a scythe and black robe.

Well, I don't really like children and can't have them, so the chances of me being able to choose a name for a child are negligible. But if I stole/adopted a chlld that didn't already have a name, I'd probably go with Alex, Casey or Jamie.

Alex
After meeting me, most people refuse to name their child Alex :(

After meeting me, most people refuse to name their child Alex :(

:eek2: What do you do to put them off? Its a lovely name, suitable for children of any gender.

"Robert'); DROP TABLE Students;--" would be an excellent name. *hides*

I already have two boys,'Tosser' and 'Loser', sure made them tough I know that!

"Robert'); DROP TABLE Students;--" would be an excellent name. *hides*

HAHA...Nice reference:)

I'm not really interested in having kids, but my boyfriend is. One of the ways he has attempted to win me over is by telling me I can pick the names. He would like two kids, so our firstborn will be Raptor Bonesaw and our secondborn will be Bom-omb.

I'm not really interested in having kids, but my boyfriend is. One of the ways he has attempted to win me over is by telling me I can pick the names. He would like two kids, so our firstborn will be Raptor Bonesaw and our secondborn will be Bom-omb.

I like the second one. Just don't toss him around or he might...you know...

I like the second one. Just don't toss him around or he might...you know...
In my experience, most babies explode to various degrees no matter how carefully you handle them. I once described my brother as "kind of like a waterballoon" to a relative because Baby Brother so often leaked or expelled fluids.

:D

In my experience, most babies explode to various degrees no matter how carefully you handle them. I once described my brother as "kind of like a waterballoon" to a relative because Baby Brother so often leaked or expelled fluids.

:D

Hehe. Man I'm so glad my little sis wasn't like that. Or maybe she was...hmm....


Anyway, this just makes me wonder if the solution to overpopulation should be baby-chucking contests.

If I have two kids, their names will be "Jig" and "Saw". :D

Male:

Diego
Rodrigo
Santiago
Gonzalo

Female:

Sofía
Isabel
Atalanta
Valentina

You could call him Leper!

-_- Ha, ha.

i sometimes wish i had named my son maximilliano instead of nicholas.

we had a tenant named maximilliano... had until the feds showed up to arrest him...

but its a good name and goes well with a spanish surname.

Male:
Adrián
Sebastián
Fernando
Antonio

Female:
Sofía
Andrea
Ilya
Fionna
Estela

I don't really want to chose names... if I ever have a child, I would want my loved one to name them for me.

boys

1. Algernon
2. Herbert
3. Alfred
4 Josiah
5 Charles Edward though would call him Ted

girls

1. Edyth
2. Maud
3. Eleanor
4. Eliza
5. Elspeth

my boyfriends last name is Ang so we would call our baby Boomer Ang

That might come back to haunt you.

"Robert'); DROP TABLE Students;--" would be an excellent name. *hides*

Ah, XKCD.

1. Track
2. Bristol
3. Willow
4. Piper
5. Trig

Were I ever to spawn (frightening as that might sound), the names I would probably want to choose from are:

1. Katherine -- (pure)
2. Alexandra -- (defender of men)
3. Samantha -- (her name is God, flowery)
4. Diana -- (divine)

1. Francesco -- (free)
2. James -- (supplanter)
3. Jason -- (healer)
4. Alexander -- (defender of men)

I know it's just a I word I picked at random for a screen name, but "Limacon" actually has a nice ring to it.

People often have a go at celebrities who pick odd names for their children saying "oh that kid is going to get bullied!" but I don't see what's so wrong with Brooklyn or Apple or whatever. I remember hearing a discussion along those lines and was just about to open my mouth to protest when it was mentioned that someone had named their daughter Kenya. Maybe it's my contrarian nature or just the fact it's a nice name but ever since then I've been very keen on that name if I have a daughter (who would be mixed race - I think the racial context is quite important in that particular name)

Depends... are we talking Death, or his granddaughter?

Well, is it Pratchett's Death or Gaiman's?
Cos she's pretty cute. http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/g/neil-gaiman/death-talks-about-life.htm

I already have two boys,'Tosser' and 'Loser', sure made them tough I know that!
...and Sue, surely, is their younger brother?

Well, is it Pratchett's Death or Gaiman's?
Cos she's pretty cute. http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/g/neil-gaiman/death-talks-about-life.htm


...and Sue, surely, is their younger brother?

It's supposed to be George, or Harry, or any other name than Sue. I still hate that name...

Boy names for my sons:
Malcolm
Lawrence
Arthur
Patrick
Owen
Brian

And just maybe
Casca Rufius Longinius (my last name goes here). But that's not likely.

As for my daughters:
Jessica
Abigail
Deborah
Catherine

I am naming my children Georgiana Elizabeth and Darcy William.

After characters in my favourite book. Yes I am a hopeless romantic.

If it's a boy, either Gaylord or Adolf. I haven't thought up any horrible names for girls yet.

If it's a boy, either Gaylord or Adolf. I haven't thought up any horrible names for girls yet.

Martha Focker (your last name).

Either Bismarck or Boris (say it with a thick Eastern European accent) for boys and Katerina or Alexandra for girls. (I'm a history geek, obviously :rolleyes:)

Boys:
Alexi
Laurent
Alexander
Gordon
James
Jay
Fredrick
Darius


Girls:
Hannah
Elle
Katiya
Lana
Alexandra
Ariyana
Portia
Elicia

Hen3ry (Wonders who'll get that one...)