Names!

[plum]

Hi all of you wonderful folks
I adore names. Some might even call me an onomast (studier of names). So I am completely interested in what you would like to name your future children!
How are you picking the name(s)? If you haven't decided, what names are on your list?

do you have any previous children? what are there names? How did you pick them? Is there any significance? Extra meaning?

If you don't have any names on any lists, are you leaving the names for the day of birth?

And for fun, what name would you NEVER give your child?

thanks so much!

 

[PegasusOnFire]

LOL, Ok I will answer this.

We started off with 6 names, 3 boy 3 girl

Boy names:
Jerrald Vern IV (named after father, my hubby)
David William (named after my uncle who was killed when I was 3)
Xavier Lee (Xavier means bright, and Lee is my father's middle name)

Girl names:
Christian DeAnn (I love the name Christian it means like Christ, I think and DeAnn is my mother's middle name)
Leah Mae (family name, my Great Aunt was Leah Mae, and my Great Grandmother was Leah, and my middle name is Leah)
Dory Rose (just cause we like the sound of it)

This little one that I am carring is a girl so we are naming her Christian DeAnn.

 

[alaskamolly]

We always pray and ask the Lord to show us the name of the child. We know from Scripture that names can have a lot of significance, so we choose our names more for the meaning than anything else.


Some of the names I have put before the Lord are:

Cedar (what the inner chamber of the Temple was built from, which housed the Lord and gives off a sweet perfume)

Jireh (from Jehovah Jireh--"in the mount of the Lord it shall be provided"--ie. the Cross, because Abraham offered Isaac on Mt. Moriah, which scholars think is the same thing as Golgotha in the NT)

Chayil--(from Prov.31:10, I think offhand--Hebrew for "a virtuous woman")

Evangeline--(evangelist, fem. form--one who brings Good News)!

Lilly (lilly of the valley, Song of Solomon)

Israel (one hand-picked by the Lord, chosen one, the tithe of the Lord)

Judah (Praise of the Lord--the Lion of the tribe of Judah)

Emmanuel (God is IN us!)

Anna/Hannah--(graceful, God is gracious)

Valient (warrior of God!)

Arrow (Psalm 137)




Some are "weird," a few are "normal," but I don't really care...it's what calling does the Lord have on this child's life (we believe He has one on each of our children, that He has planned them from before conception and that they all have a destiny that they were born for...and I think that's Scriptural! ). We sometimes place names before the Lord (which are sometimes used, sometimes not), sometimes we feel that God just gives us the name outright (before we've even had the chance to pick a few!), but we know they have their names for a reason--it's symbolic of what they are called to be and do for Yahweh.

...So I don't really care if my parents or in-laws think we are nutcases for not going with traditional names like Bob or Jenny. *grin* I'd like to please them when I can, of course, but in this matter, it's far too important to let them have their way! And the funny thing is, though they think the names are weird at first, they always shake their heads later and admit that they can't imagine the child being called by any other name!
Warm Regards,
Molly

 

[katelyn]

We had originally picked out the name Shayndel, which is a Hebrew name that means beautiful. My husband thought it was a little too strange, so we had modified it to Shaylie.

But, somewhere along the line in this pregnancy, I came across the name Natalie in a book I was reading and became attached to the name for this particular baby. My husband likes it a lot better than our original ideas, so Natalie it is!

Oh, and Natalie means "born on Christmas." Hopefully that won't have a whole lot of significance since she's not due until March! But, since Easter is a little early this year, she could be "born on Easter!"

 

[2lplvr]

the babies I'd love to have
girl - Sage
boy - Judah

 

[Picture.Of.Obedience]

Girl:
Madilynn
Abigail

Boy:
Trevor
(our son in Heavens name is Ryley Jacob)
if we have a boy this time the middle name will be Ryley

 

[sammipher]

here are my name choices I have pretty much just got set on:
Girl:
Abigail Grace: Abigail...my mothers name is gail and my husband adores this name..Grace, cause she is truly here by the grace of God since I was told I most likely not have children, and was recommended fertility drugs.

Elijah Cade: Elijah..I read in one book it meant gift from God..but have seen different meanings in other books...Cade cause of cades cove in the smokie mountains...its the most beautiful place on this earth I have ever seen, as I am sure my child will be.

Here are some names I have recently considered in the past week:
Girl:
Addison
Gwendalyn
Millicinyth

Boy:
Jeremiah
Caden
Ira

 

[plum]

I love learning about the origins and meanings of names from you all keep it coming if new things come up!

even though i'm not pregnant, here are some possible names for future children.
Rosalind Esperanza ("Lindy" named after my mother)
Joaquin David Mackenzie (David and Mackenzie are family names on my side)
Hadassah
Kristof
Noor (female. means "light" in Arabic. i am 1/4 arabic)
Pilar (female. "pillar" recalls for me the pillar of truth. God is my strong pillar)
Augustin (after Saints Augustine)

 

[Ruhama]

Loren David (boy)
or
Jennie Rana (girl)

Mix of family names and special meanings. Rana is something I've wanted to name a girl for a long time. It was the boy's name we couldn't come up with till I met a customer at work named Loren, and I thought whoa what a totally neat name. It means "wreathed one" i.e. victor, or "prophet" in hebrew.

 

[LiberatedChick]

Oh, and Natalie means "born on Christmas." Hopefully that won't have a whole lot of significance since she's not due until March! But, since Easter is a little early this year, she could be "born on Easter!"

That's my name Wasn't born on Christmas either but was born in March though

My favourite name for a girl is Jessica and favourite boys name is Karl. It's been ages since my hubby and I started discussing names though (always talking about having kiddies though)...those were the names that came up last time. My mum said something that made me ponder though...she'd had two girls names picked out for me and didn't decide on one until I was born. The other name was Hayley but she reckoned I looked more like a Natalie so that's the name I got. I think we'll do similar....pick out two favourite names and wait until after the birth to choose.

 

[mamaneenie]

Our sons name is Daniel. God gave us this name for him. We even had a prophesy about it a few weeks before he was born, so we knew that name was from God.

This time around we haven't really given too much thought into names. (I am 10 weeks) we think we will wait until we know what we are having (boy or girl) before we think too hard.

ALthough I am attached to Abigail, Annabelle, and Lillian. (Lily for short)
Also Isabella Violet

Boys I am not too sure about yet.


Names I would NEVER choose are Gertrude, and Oscar.

 

[Jengi]

We are narrowing down names for our little girl. My favorite choice so far is Eleanora Grace. Eleanora would be a mix of my grandmothers' names. Grace just because I really like it. Eleanora means "light-hearted" and Grace means "graceful". We would call her Ellie.

 

[super_mog]

Boy:

Domonic DeShawn Lewis

Girl:

Tramaine Michele Lewis

 

[sammipher]

Our sons name is Daniel. God gave us this name for him. We even had a prophesy about it a few weeks before he was born, so we knew that name was from God.

This time around we haven't really given too much thought into names. (I am 10 weeks) we think we will wait until we know what we are having (boy or girl) before we think too hard.

ALthough I am attached to Abigail, Annabelle, and Lillian. (Lily for short)
Also Isabella Violet

Boys I am not too sure about yet.


Names I would NEVER choose are Gertrude, and Oscar.

Love lillian...one of the names I actually considered and is still not totally marked off my list is Lilly Rose...I named my first cabbage doll I ever got that when I was five...and just always liked that name..and rose is a family name..grandmother and mothers name has rose in it.

 

[HoshiG]

Our baby's name is a secret until she is born. The middle name is going to be my husband's mother's name who passed away this September.

We decided on a name I liked from a movie. Its a different name, so I think she's unlikely to run into another person with this name. But, its not a strange name, sort of elegant and sophisticated. We've spent a lot of time going over the pros and cons of the name to make sure we couldn't think up reasons she might be teased for the name. The only thing we could think of is that the name isn't common... but we couldn't think up any names she might be called based on the name.

The way we agreed on a name (I am Canadian and my husband is British, so we had very different ideas on names) is, I was way ahead of him and created a list of at least 20 names I liked and he crossed off the ones he hated, just didn't want and such until he decided he liked the one we chose.

I can list some names we didn't pick though, we are having a girl so they are all girl names.

Dakota, Cheyenne, Shiloh (those were all too strange for him)
Amanda, Abigail, Delia, Zilla, Zephyra, Hannah, Neena, Gemma, Holly, Fiona, Sophie, Caitlin, Siobhan.

 

[sammipher]

Finally decided on names :
Elijah Cade for a boy and Abigail Grace "Gracie" for a girl...we marked all other names off our list and it kind of feels good..to have the names set..now if we just knew if it was a boy or girl..we should find out in the middle of next month...we are hoping for 10 fingers and 10 toes, full of health...either sex will be a blessing!!!!

 

[plum]

Our baby's name is a secret until she is born.

is this because you don't want to have anyone (family, friends, etc) giving their own opinions and influencing the decision? i know some couples who keep the name secret so that no one else will have a say in the naming process...

 

[mamaneenie]

When we named our son we refused to tell anyone the name. We had people offer suggestions and did mention a few that we had thought of, but we told everyone that the name is picked and no-one is going to know until the day the baby is born. This is because we knew the name God had chosen for him and we didn't want anyone telling us that it was a bad name or anything like that. Of course we had people tell us what if he doesn't look like (name) and he looks more like a ...... But we just kind of shrugged it off. And when he was born the name Daniel suited him perfectly.


THis time around we haven't even thought of names yet, we will soon, but I think we will wait until we find out what we are having first.

 

[HoshiG]

is this because you don't want to have anyone (family, friends, etc) giving their own opinions and influencing the decision? i know some couples who keep the name secret so that no one else will have a say in the naming process...

Pretty much, we have picked a slightly different name and I don't want other people thinking that if we've shared the name we want with them they get an opinion or to make other suggestions. Plus, I also think if people don't like the name, they are less likely to comment on it once the name is official. Those are our main reasons, but, I also want something to be a surprise... everyone knows we are having a girl already so at least the name will be a surprise.

 

[sammipher]

I was gonna wait to...just because of everyone in our family wanting to have a say in the name...which I thought was unfair..cause you would not believe the amount of people that were serious about the baby should be named after them or others in our family..but, guess what..they did not name their own children the names that they were giving to me to name mine! Like on my dads side they wanted me to name if we had a girl ruth..no offense but, I didnt like that name..even though it was my grandmothers..and my aunt literally got mad at me..well she had four daughter none of which have ruth in their name..two granddaughters...none of which named ruth, and her last granddaughter was born last month..so I just didnt get that...then my husband had his heart set on abigail..honest..he loves that name..and it had nothing to do with my mom being named gail..well his mom is in a tiff about abigail..I mentioned to her when we were planning I would name our child abigail..then her name..but she looked at me and told me very meanly you dont have to name a child after me..so my husband said no we will not put her name in the middle..now she is mad cause her name is not at all in our child's name...and I am respecting my husbands wishes...he doesnt get along with his mother and doesnt want her name in our childs name...they also all believe I am lying when I say my husband likes the name abigail and it was his idea to name our child abigail cause he thought it was a pretty girls name..some folks you cant please...I think all that matters in a name is if you like it..your the one that carried them for nine months and will tend to the baby..so it should be you and your husbands say so...rant done!..thanks for listening!