Baby's names- girls

[signu459]

My wife and I are due with our first baby in late July. We have choosen not to find out what sex the baby is so we have picked out a few names for each sex. We have clear favorites for both, but I wanted to see what the RC folks think so here is your chance.

We reserve the right to make the final decision :p

[Joez]

God Bless you and your family!

[signu459]

Thanks Joe!

Did you pick up on the spelling of any of the names?

[Joez]

Reagan has a nice, familiar ring to it!

BTW, what are the origins of the different ways of spelling Sara(h)?

My first wasn't named until the third day before leaving the hospital. The others got named right away.

Unsolicited advice: settle on the names before going into the delivery room (if using a hospital). If you let it go until you're in there, your wife will tell you what she wants, and you'll be too overcome and compliant to oppose her choice!

[Wolverine]

It'd be a little bit easier to vote if we know you're last name. To me it's important not just to have a good name, but to have one that goes with the last name. If you're last name starts with 'N', then I would go away from Reagan, for example, because the names sort of slur into each other awkwardly.

That's my little bit of advice for naming.

Dave

[Joez]

True Dave.

Also need to think about relatives' names, initials, and if there's a possibility of being tormented because of one's name.

[signu459]

Dave,

I see your point but I am a little hesitant about broadcasting my last name on the internet. Let me put your concerns to rest by saying that Kim and I have put a good deal of thought into how everyting sounds.

I won't hurt to tell you that my last name starts with an A and has three syllables.

[signu459]

Originally posted by Joez
Reagan has a nice, familiar ring to it!

YES IT DOES!!

Originally posted by Joez

Unsolicited advice: settle on the names before going into the delivery room (if using a hospital). If you let it go until you're in there, your wife will tell you what she wants, and you'll be too overcome and compliant to oppose her choice! [/B]

Funny I have heard the exact opposite?? Both of my brothers said to have a few names ready, maybe even a favorite. Then when the baby is born you can decided if the baby really looks like a Sara or Elizabeth for example. Kim and I have already decided that if the baby is a girl she will have the final choice and I will have the choice for a boy. We both agree on all names in both lists and will be happy with any of them.

[hesaias]

Great selection of names!
You guys did some serious name choosing.

[signu459]

Thanks Scott!

We Choose 5 of them Poon was the collective thinking of the boys on IRC and of course will be eliminated no matter how the voting goes! :D

[JRegs]

I like Reagan, it's my last name :D No relation to Ronny though.

[Kahuna Tuna]

Well I've always liked Sarah with an H so thats the one I voted for. I couldn't agree more with what Dave said, I've seen some real interesting combos of first and last names where either name was OK by itself but together the full name made one cringe. Once again congratulations to you and mama.

[lori344]

Tim,
I've always loved the name Sarah too... that was my vote. The name Sarah reminds me of the Hall & Oates' song (giving away my age :p) Sarah's Smile... ooohh laaaa Saraaaahhhh's smiiiiile (breaking out in song here, sorry) What a sweet and lovely song. Congratulations, and many happy days with the new member of your family.
~lori

ps... this would be great to print out and keep in the baby book!

[Q-ball]

Hehe, congrats Sig...guess you know what my vote was;)

Q!!!

[Wolverine]

Signu, I thought about the last name broadcasting thing after I wrote my post. But all that reall matters is that the issue was brought up. My wife couldn't wait to change here last name because she had that problem where the two names just sort of slurred together if you tried to say them both.

And I agree about the other names in the extended family. At one point we had three cousins who all went by the same nickname. It makes holidays confusing.

Dave

[signu459]

Lori,

Great idea I think I might print it out. Although trying to explain to my child that I was even remotely thinking about Poon may be an issue-- no thanks to Q -Ball :p :p

Dave,

Here is something to think about. My name is Tim and wifes is Kim, as you might have guessed we have eleminated Jim for boys names.

[Carlos]

Tim!!!!

Well, you know what my vote is!!!

"POON" or "Poonita" if is a girl!!!

Anyway, I know Kim would prolly kill me so I am going to go with my second choice that is:

Sara

But remember, to me, she or he will always be known as "Poon." :D

Keep on reefing!!!

[O'Man]

Named mine Taryn.

Like Sara.........
Sara a Reefer in the house?
sorry, it's late and the corn is coming out :)
Best Wishes.

[horge]

Lori,

John Oates would be grinning madly right about now :D
Great song, indeed.

Sarah's a beautiful name, literally fit for a princess.

[signu459]

I tell ya, you guys are great!!!

It looks as if Sarah is more popular than Sara, so If we choose Sara(h) I will throw on an H for the RC gang !


Kims fav right now is Elizabeth but I like Sarah and Reagan so this turning into an interesting little poll between Sarah and Elizabeth!

[lori344]

Horge,
Thanks... Oaks=Oates :D! Gosh, I botched that one, huh?
~lori

[signu459]

Come on people, if I am really gonna print this out for a baby book I can't have Poon winning the poll!!!

Help me out:D :D

[lori344]

Can I vote twice??? :p

[reptilicus]

Please not Regan Sig! You're setting you're poor girl up for a life of being in the middle of a real-life RC poltical debate for the 80 or 100 years of her life!!! Go Sara, I know a few good looking girls called that :)
Good luck with it all.
Tom

[signu459]

Ok All of you yahoos that voted for Poon need to revote for a real name. I can't have Poon winning this thing! :mad:

[FloatingFish]

So What did you name her?

Page 2

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[cwegescheide]

I've always liked the name Anja - pronounced on-ya

Hey its German! Used to work for a German family for about 10yrs. Their daughters name.. If I ever have a daughter I've already got the name picked out. Just gotta sell it to the wife

[drauka99]

2001 huh, kids 6 years old now :D

oh yeah and I hear they named her Poon

[jenlovesty]

How about a combo, Sara Grace or Elizabetth Grace.

[FloatingFish]

I wonder how well its doing in skool!:spin1:

[hubris007]

i vote for shawaneekwa! (pronounced sal-lee)

[crpeck]

I vote for "pass the new rule proposal against how far people can dredge back to find a page 2".

[drauka99]

bah..... pooo poo on you tooo

[crpeck]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11461673#post11461673 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by drauka99
bah..... pooo poo on you tooo

Sorry ... guess it was just crabbiness that I got caught and actually was stupid enough to vote before I noticed that it definitely didn't matter any more.

;)

[drauka99]

i hope they names the child poon ... they never did say thier last name :D

maybe message he thread starter and see what happened.

[signu459]

Holy crap is this old- you must be really bored.....Well in the ned we named HIM Isaac. At the time of the post, or for that matter for any of our kids we did not know the sex. About 2.5 years After Isaac we had a Seth, then finally we had our Girl and her name was not on the list, we went with Anika. Odly close to the Anja that was mentioned earlier.

So there you have it no Poon, Just an Isaac, Seth and Anika or Ani as we normally call her.

[drauka99]

dangit and I had money riding on Poon :D

glad to hear about the little ones

[FloatingFish]

Well congratulations!!!

I was hoping for poon also.

[signu459]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11466442#post11466442 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by drauka99
dangit and I had money riding on Poon :D

glad to hear about the little ones

Thanks- Poon was a reference to a few guys that were online about the time I posted the original post. Any chance that Carlos or Philstone are still around?

It has been a several years sinced I was a regular

[drauka99]

Carlos is a mod now, he hangs out in nano section
other one dunno

[hubris007]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11466412#post11466412 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by signu459
we went with Anika.


Man, i was close.

[signu459]

Drauka- Take a look at my home town name

[drauka99]

Cool, I dunno where the guy who built this town got the name but this town has been here since 1898 or so(officially chartered in 1912)
I figure they were from Indy somehow and liked the name. Who knows