baby names

[flea]

Born to the Park Mommy clan:

Jasper, older brother Emmett (not sure of spelling). Since to me Jasper evokes a 90 year old New England bachelor farmer, I find it especially amusing that his father's last name is strongly ethnic Ukrainian, and his mother's equally strongly Italian.

Elliot (not sure of spelling), a girl to be called Elly, older brothers Jonah and Evan. Scrubs notwithstanding, I still consider Elliot a boy's name, and there are tons of things to name your kid if you want to call her Elly.

I also met a 3 month old Florence recently, older sister Laura.

Names in Casper's class at school, almost all approaching 2.5 years: Olivia and Delancey (identical twin girls), Isabelle, Stephanie, Jasleen (girl), Chase, Connor, Evan, Ian, Kabir (boy), Lee (boy). Jasleen's father is a Sikh I think, and Kabir's mother is South Asian, and Stephanie's father is British, and I think everyone else is white Americans.

Names in contention for the Armadillo, at least in my head right now:

Flora, Louisa, Laura, Caroline, Shyanne just checking to see if you were reading, Mary/Maria/Maryanne?, Margaret except that's my boss' name, Sasha except that's RF Dad's name ugh, Alice.

Paul, Peter, Ant(h)ony, Joseph but for the misfortune that will be obvious if you know mr. flea's last name and think of Friends, Edward/win, Jeremiah I wish it's an ancestral name and I love it although it's weird but I really dislike Jerry, William but the world is too abundant in Wills right now and I don't like Bill.

Comments

[susanw.livejournal.com]

I love Jeremiah, but I don't think there's any way to avoid Jerry--even if you didn't use it, friends/teachers/etc. would eventually.

William is out for us because the first syllable of our last name is "Wil", but it's one of my favorite names for other people. I like Will, Billy, and Liam, but loathe Willy and think Bill is too plain. These are pure gut reactions I can't completely explain.

Annabel's class at daycare is 18-24 months. The other girls I can remember off the top of my head are Yokasta and Annika. Boys are Christian, Han, and Riane (pronounced like Ryan, but with an "ee" instead of an "eye").

I love Laura, Caroline, and Mary/Maria/Maryanne, though for the latter I prefer the Sense & Sensibility Marianne spelling. Also Paul, Peter, and Anthony. I'm getting fond of "Ed" names, though I like Edmund and Edgar better than Edward/Edwin.

[casperflea.livejournal.com]

Yokasta is Greek, I hope, but I still don't think I'd name my daughter that! "Yes, and this is our son, Oedipus."

I am now imagining a child named Marianne Elinor (another name I love, and in that spelling) who wouldn't know whether she was to be stoic or emote all over the place!

[susanw.livejournal.com]

Yokasta's last name is Hispanic, but I don't know anything else about her. Her parents never pick up/drop off when we do, and we're too new to have been to enough events to know other parents.

Hee! on the Marianne Elinor. Of course, on some levels Annabel sounds like it should belong to a dainty, ethereal, fair-skinned child, and yet it seems to suit our Annabel just fine despite her being the opposite of all that.

[mearagrrl.livejournal.com]

Yokasta? Good lord. And I'd think Riane was a girl's name (particularily because of the e at the end). And what Jesse said above about "Oliva and Delancey" not going together. Madness!!

I hate when there are names I love that have horrid nicknames, or names that have great nicknames but the full name is eh. Like Jeremiah(yay!)/Jerry (boo!), or Edward (bleah)/Ned(yay!)

[dxmachina.livejournal.com]

Edward (bleah)/Ned(yay!)

Hey!

Calling a kid Ned ensures that he'll be saying "Hidily ho, neighborinos!" when he grows up.

[mearagrrl.livejournal.com]

Oooh, crud! I was thinking of a friend's older brother, and never had associated it with Flanders! Darn, another (nick)name ruined!

(It's not that I don't like Edward, just that I like the nicknames better--Ed/Ned/Teddy)

[casperflea.livejournal.com]

Dang, I had not thought of this. I like Ned!

[susanw.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I often wonder what Riane's parents were thinking. The first few weeks I heard it as "Ian" and thought that the "Riane" I'd noticed on the sign-in sheets was another child entirely.