Comments on: Adventures in Baby Naming

By: Rikita

Rikita — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:13:43 +0000

What the people who name their daughters madison don’t realize is that they’re naming their kids after a fish — the Darryl Hannah mermaid character in the movie SPLASH. The mermaid names herself Madison after seeing the street sign for Madison avenue in NYC). No girl in the world was named Madison until that movie came out in 1984. You can look it up on the Social Security baby name web site — the name didn’t show up in 1984 and then in 1985 it was the 600-something most popular name and it climbed from there. To me this represents how we no longer have much roots or authentic culture or identity in this country. We name our kids after pop culture. We name them after celebrities and trends instead of saints or family members as in the past.

By: Mountainmamma

Mountainmamma — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:00:15 +0000

4 months along now and NO REAL ideas, but here are a few we’ve thought of:

First Middle
Whosis This?
Hay Seed
Ima Baby
Pooh Peepants

I guess we’ll have to get serious soon, but having fun……..

By: missmorgan

missmorgan — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:06:31 +0000

My in-laws HATED the name we had picked out for a boy. They started calling my dog by the name to try to discourage me from sticking with it. It got so bad that literally the first thought that went through my head when the ultrasound showed girl parts, I was just relieved that I wouldn’t have to hear about it anymore.

By: Annaleigh

Annaleigh — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 02:01:28 +0000

My 3 girls names: Eden Rebekka, Brenna Piper and Lindsay Eve. For my youngest (now 6 months), it took us a month and a half to name her after she was born. And my husband & I started looking at names during my 1st trimester.
JUST DON’T NAME HER SOMETHING CRAZY LIKE TOMATO OR BANANA DON’T DO THAT TO YOUR POOR CHILD

By: Beth

Beth — Fri, 15 May 2009 11:25:27 +0000

Man the name game is fun but also so hard! I have 3 grown children named Candice,Brendi & austin,I called them the ABC’s- worked great with our ’s’s last name. I now have 7 grandchildren and enjoyed the name game with my children. We have brendi’s kids-Carena {Candice/Rena-aunt/great g’ma} Elliana {Elizabeth ‘me’/Ann} Victoria {other g’ma { named for 5 women in the family-1st child,grand, greatgrand & great-greatgrand! all around she goes by Elli!} her brother is Joseph{pawpaw} Damion Blaze {dada is a body piercer and loves these names…}- goes by Blaze! he lives up to that fiery name! Candice {candee at times} has twins named Kensleigh Gail { 3rd generation Gail after me and candice} & Gracie Louise { 3rd generation on daddies side of the family!] and lil sister Chloe Annette { great g’am on mommies side} and my son Austin has- Jackson { after 2 Jacks on his mommies side} David { 3rd generation] and Laura { g’ma on other side} Avery { greatgreat uncle on daddy’s side} she’s a singing star in your funny baby pictures gallery!
i love names like madison & issablella also but they are like the names joshua and brittany when i was nameing my kids…i used to joke that they had a clearance sale on soem names…then ended up with a niece and nephew with those names…oops! love the names but over used…
i have a friend who has 23 daughters all named for little mermaid characters…’ariel’belle,adella ‘paige’ and ‘melodie’ rose! sorry to go on and on but i too love the name game…

have fun with the name game and look all thorugh family names and mix it up and bit and you will find the perfect name for your sweet lil baby girl..

By: Momma Puppet

Momma Puppet — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 01:12:10 +0000

So awesome Candy. You are my kind of writer!

By: Candy

Candy — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:02:28 +0000

Congrats, rachiesparrow! Brainstorming names and catching the ubiquitous forum spelling errors will keep you very busy, indeed!

Welcome to the site…

Candy

By: rachiesparrow

rachiesparrow — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:27:22 +0000

Hi – I found out I’m pregnant yesterday, and of course the first thing I did, apart from looking in horror at the atrocious spelling in pregnancy forums across the internet, was look up baby names. One random name picker suggested Nathaniel Daniel might be a good combination. Don’t think so. We’re sticking with Mungo.

By: Caroline P.

Caroline P. — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 15:49:58 +0000

We named our daughter Adele (she’s now 17). There’s not one other person in the whole district with that name. Everyone comments on it, says it’s a lovely name. She hates it. Sometimes you just have to look at your baby, and a name will come to you. Good luck!

By: Jenn F.

Jenn F. — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:36:58 +0000

Definitely keep the name to yourselves until the baby’s born! It’s terrible how people will so easily say “Oh God don’t name her THAT!” after they’re the one who asked in the first place.