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Originally posted by symmetry:
Xavier Aloysius. There, I said it. One of them.

Only problem with Xavier is you get stuck with people calling you Ex-ayvier instead of Zayvier.

Thelonious
Miles
David (or Dave)
Cole

Susan
Jennifer
Sarah
Claire

I started trying to think of jazz names, but for the girls I just ended up with names that make me think "pretty."

Marie
Laura
Linda
Lydia

OK, I admit it. I like most girl's names.

Ooh, jazz names...Maceo, Charlie

Women:

Nina
Ella
Sarah
Billie (her given name was Eleanora)

Is it bad karma to name a babe after someone who met a tragic end though?

Everyone meets a tragic end.

You could also adopt the naming convention of foreign countries. One of the reasons so many Spanish people had so many names was because traditionally you would get five or so. One from one of the grandparents (including transgender versions), one chosen among the saints of the birthday, one chosen by the priest doing the baptism (skipped often), one chosen by the godparents and finally one chosen by the parents.

Made it easier, in a way. So if he/she is born the 20th of October, you get to pick among Aca, Agrícola, Artemio, Basilio, Somancio, Vidal, Feliciano, Fintán, Irene, Edano, Eutiquio, Caprasio, Bradan, Orora, Daniel, Honorio, Matrona, Adelina.

Actually Xavier is how those unable to properly pronounce a [j] translate the name. ja'bier. Spanish has so few simple vowels...

i had an english teacher who had taught fraternal twin students named king arthur and lady guinivere.

same teacher had a student named 'female' the mom thought the hospital had named the baby since that is what it said on the little pink bracelet the baby was wearing.

mom named me after the most popular boys name from the year before my birth. thanks mom. I once shared a class with four other kids with my name. the teacher thought it was cute to sit us all together.

Be careful with some names and remember that although this is your beautiful child naming a little girl something like Teagan or Shyla is just setting her up for porn stardom.

edit - shhh, Krad will get even more ideas from that!! (the Arthur & Guinivere one)

Indiana Danger seems top of list at moment *LOL*

Venus. Valerie.

Valentine. Vladimir.

osier

Yeah, nice, Josef - actually, 'Harlan' has a nice ring to it too.

Krads - avoid giving the child ann oddly spelled name that they will have to spell out every time they give it to someone filling in a form or whatever. Odd spellings of names with well known standard spellings are particularly bad - I have a friend who is Shaaron.

Oh, and from a couple of pages back:

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What about Zachariah Zebulon, to become Zed or ZZ? Zach and Zeb are both quite nice on their own, in my opinion.

ZeeZee Krad, just lookin' for some tush

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naming a little girl something like Teagan or Shyla is just setting her up for porn stardom.

...and avoid names that are also liquor*, luxury goods, or combinations of your first pet and the street you grew up on.

* I suppose Lagavulin is safe though

James Beam Krad?
Jack Daniels?

Cristal? Moet?

Definitely avoid Lexus, and sadly Mercedes has also been spoiled

some names from the scots side of my family:

Neil, Forest, Torquil, Angus, Clan, Donald, Lachlan

Heather, Jesse, Ailsa, Kirsty, Fiona

but no morags, thankfully.

i'd advise against Ailsa by the way, it's my sisters' and it will always be mangled and substituted by others.

For the leafy and hippyish possibilities,
Ran into my daughter's former English teacher, yesterday and remembered her daughter's name is "Ivy."
I've also worked with a young woman named "Autumn."
My niece is named "Laurel."

I like Jessica [my daughter's name and I know is a dreaded "J" name], and Michaela. Gotta think about a male name.

Timothy?

oh and i forgot Archie!

it's a family name and i was severely considering it for my bub until she came out a girl.

Sorry to slightly disagree with you, Anabel, but for me 'Michaela' (unless it's spelled and pronounced something like 'Mikayla', seems like on of those 'we really planned for a boy' girls names.

Actually, your spelling is what I originally thought it was when I first heard it years ago. But I was corrected.

Either way, it rolls off the tongue.

Zaphod, but only if it has the appropriate number of heads.