If you have a son later on you should name him "Vomit Guy".

I think that goes for every baby up until about two.

You should name her "Gish".

I am so going to hurt you ;)

Arwen [or Eowyn] would be pretty cool.

How about:
Esmé - J.D. Salinger
Alia - Frank Herbert
Dahlia - P.G. Wodehouse
Hermione - J.K. Rowling
Catriona - Robert Louis Stevenson
Cosette - Victor Hugo
Juliet, Bianca, Blanche, Celia, Cordelia, Imogen, Portia, Rosalind, Rosaline, Miranda, Viola, Ophelia, Emilia, Helena, Titania - Shakespeare
Athena or Persephone from mythology would be cool too.

Hermione was the baby mama's first choice until I looked at her cross-eyed. Persephone was my first choice until China looked at me cross-eyed.

You should name her "Gish".

+1

Callous Jack wrote:

Arwen [or Eowyn] would be pretty cool.

How about:
Esmé - J.D. Salinger
Alia - Frank Herbert
Dahlia - P.G. Wodehouse
Hermione - J.K. Rowling
Catriona - Robert Louis Stevenson
Cosette - Victor Hugo
Juliet, Bianca, Blanche, Celia, Cordelia, Imogen, Portia, Rosalind, Rosaline, Miranda, Viola, Ophelia, Emilia, Helena, Titania - Shakespeare
Athena or Persephone from mythology would be cool too.

Hermione was the baby mama's first choice until I looked at her cross-eyed. Persephone was my first choice until China looked at me cross-eyed.

Here you go:

@Derek Congrats! I'm happy for you both. I am sending you good health wishes.

What KaeYos said +1
Put the 'geeky' name in the middle. It will save her the grief when she is older.

I know that we all want our children to have cool unique names, names that mean something to us. Take a look and learn from those people out there who have named their kids something like Harleyquinn, Apple, Moxie CrimeFighter, Zolten, etc. These kids get ridiculed all the time and in the media and who knows how much so in real life. Kids will be cruel/tease other kids with 'strange' names. (This include spelling Kelly with an 'ie'.)

I went through many things with the wife before my daughter was born. I'm glad now we went with a 'normal' name.

"Think of the children."

Also: I have no input/advice on actual names. (don't want to be blamed later...)

Seriously though, I like Miranda.

Here you go:
come up with a list and have us vote.
:)

Then China would never let him speak to us again. Look at some of the names we have already tried to foist on the poor girl.

Hermione was the baby mama's first choice until I looked at her cross-eyed. Persephone was my first choice until China looked at me cross-eyed.

Interestingly enough on the cartoon Arthur they have a series of books called Henry Screeever which are rip offs of arry Potter. The Hermione analog in that series is named Persephone.

all the good names I already thought of...

Here is just a few more....

arthurian names...
branwyn
lynessa

I always liked the persian name Farideh

Name her Cosmo.

:)

...and congrats!

My 2cp (probably closer to 30cp)

The mundane
Michelle
Marie
Zoe
Olivia
Letty

The not-so-mundane
Guinevere
Gwendolyn
Wilhemina
Thomasina
Hildebraun
Juffeny
Jilandra

Just remember, a name is in the mouths of your enemies. Make sure it has teeth!

Also, remember that you're going to be saying a full name at least a hundred times during child-raising. Make sure it has both ease of flow and an impact when called out across a great distance.

And for the love of all that is holy, make sure that it can be easily phoenetic as kids are ruthless in primary and secondary schools.

Nevynxxx wrote:

Personally I want a "Faith", but the misses doesn't like the idea.

Better to use "Reason"

Faith is just no end of problems...

Name her Cosmo.

:)

LOL

...and congrats!

Seconded!

Also, remember that you're going to be saying a full name at least a hundred times PER DAY during child-raising.

Fixed that for you.

I also find that having a name that can have a shortened form for every day use, and a full form for shouting, is handy (and not embodied in my suggestion....).

I always loved "Medea" but some hack actor dresses in drag and uses that name for his character. The name has been soiled for this generation. People will think of the character from the . . . I'm going to say comedies, instead of the bad ass from Greek mythology.

So instead of my original choice I'll chime in and say that Ophelia sounds good. Make sure her first name and her last name sound good together.

Oh, yeah, forgot. The last name will be "Tallman", so, um, yeah.

Oh, yeah, forgot. The last name will be "Tallman", so, um, yeah.

Shortee Renae Tallman... has a ring to it

Xaaon of Korvosa wrote:

Venerea? (After the Roman Goddess)

It would take a special kind of cruelty, I mean BoVD-class cruelty, to name a daughter that.

Yeh, that one was the joke one...heh

Petite DeLa Tallman

If we have a daughter, we are going to name her Serenity Grace. You can use it, just don't tell my wife.

My RL name is slightly odd -- and I've never seen another guy with it, honestly.

It's nice to be the only one with the name (especially since my last name is pretty bland, if I had been named John, I might as well be named John Doe, my name would be anonymous).

On the other hand, it has occasionally annoying spelling it out for everyone. Heck, when I met Natasha, it took her about a week to remember how to spell it, and she was interested in me already at that point. When dealing with strangers -- especially when traveling -- it's sometimes been more of a burden than a name.

So, my own suggestion is, try to avoid names with M and N in it. I have an N in my name, and there have been some people who simply CANNOT grasp that it is an N and not an M. Those letters are apparently indistinguishable to both the ear and the human mind.

So, my vote would be for Ophelia.

Hi, well, we're having a daughter in March, and we were thinking about some names. I like Arwen (yeah, I'm a geek geek), baby mama likes Ophelia (yeah, she's a lit geek). But, we're not really decided, so I'd like y'all to suggest some names as well, keeping in mind we dig literary, mythological or similarly referential names.

:)

Major Congrats. My friends just had their little bundle of joy 7lbs Anwen Celest.

Congratulations, houstonderek!

I’m afraid I have too much fun with words to resist the opportunity to mouth off, so here are some more names in case you haven’t had enough of messageboard suggestions:

Aife, Bridget, Cynthia, Enid, Isidora, Catherine, Maeve, Phoebe, Vivian

Aberzombie mentioned Guinevere, but the Cornish form might turn less heads if that’s a consideration, and maybe the craze for it has decreased in the past few years. Let’s hear it for Jennifer!

I’ll fall in with KaeYoss’ comments, and add a bit of a coda tongue-in-cheek. I think people with children to name tend to do better with theophorous names or epithets than with the names from the myths themselves, hence Cynthia and Phoebe rather than Diana or Artemis above. The precociousness of newborns notwithstanding, some names are just a lot to live up to other than at one remove - most of the Dianas known to my family ran to matrons rather than fleet-footed huntresses. Similarly, Cassandra and Deirdre both sound great, but don’t they just seem to invite the universe to be arbitrarily spiteful or to the point? That said, names from Celtic myths and the romances muddy the waters enough that it’s not quite like being burdened with a name like Aphrodite. On the other hand, depending on how fierce your daughter is, she should be able to carry any name proudly! :)

If we have a daughter, we are going to name her Serenity Grace. You can use it, just don't tell my wife.

Thats my nieces name.

Venerea? (After the Roman Goddess)

Oh no. Similarly, Clamydia is right out. :)

I like short names that can't be diminufied, like Fay or Faith or Chloe or Zoe or Jo (although Jo is often a diminutive of Josephine or Jo-Beth or Jo-Ellen or something). Witchy-sounding names like Morgan or Diana or Dana can be fun, as well.

Classic names like Rebecca seem to get turned into Beth or (shudder) 'Becca, which kind of defeats the purpose, IMO.

On the one hand, I sometimes like names that sound kinda unisex, like Sam or Max or Jo (which can be Samuel or Samantha, or Maxwell or Maxine, or Joseph or Josephine), on the other hand, they bug me. So I'm completely on the fence there. :)

I love funky names like Siobhannon, but I'd strongly encourage giving the child one normal name to go with it, like Mary or Jean, in case she hates having an odd name. (My mom went with Ian Michael, for that reason, in case I hated Ian. Of course, being my mom, she spelt Michael like the archangel and not like 'Micheal Myers.' At least she didn't pick Sam and go with the angelic spelling of Sammael...)

Mispelling a common name, like spelling Cindy 'Cyndi' is just mean (although Cynthia is a nice sounding name, it's another one that gets turned into the mundane 'Cindy').

And congratulations!

Congrats man!

Xaaon of Korvosa wrote:

Venerea? (After the Roman Goddess)

Oh no. Similarly, Clamydia is right out.

[threadjack]In college, I was writing a submission for a one-act play night that I never finished (and thus didn't submit), but it was a parody of several Greek tragedies rolled into one, and it was called "Chlamydia, Queen of Illium".[/threadjack]

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Did someone call for me?

Jerald Schrimsher wrote:

If we have a daughter, we are going to name her Serenity Grace. You can use it, just don't tell my wife.

Thats my nieces name.

That's a nice name.....

I have always liked Shannon.

Perry ze platypus, where?

Congratulations, Houstonderek.

Before you pick a name, please keep in mind that you are going to name an individual for her whole life.
A child is not a pet.
And your child might not share your geeky love of fantasy, sci-fi, movies, comics or games, so don't impose them on her.
Also, a name can be turned into a nickname or worse, into a pun. Kids can be cruel. So be careful to consider what could be the shortenings of the name.

Good luck.

I do actually really like Merisiel, Meri for short.

Merisiel Heartripper Tallman?

Congratulations, Houstonderek.

Before you pick a name, please keep in mind that you are going to name an individual for her whole life.
A child is not a pet.
And your child might not share your geeky love of fantasy, sci-fi, movies, comics or games, so don't impose them on her.
Also, a name can be turned into a nickname or worse, into a pun. Kids can be cruel. So be careful to consider what could be the shortenings of the name.

Good luck.

That's what Kung Fu is for...

I propose the name Seldriss

I propose the name Seldriss

Hey !

;)

I do actually really like Merisiel, Meri for short.

Merisiel Heartripper Tallman?

Seldriss wrote:

Congratulations, Houstonderek.

Before you pick a name, please keep in mind that you are going to name an individual for her whole life.
A child is not a pet.
And your child might not share your geeky love of fantasy, sci-fi, movies, comics or games, so don't impose them on her.
Also, a name can be turned into a nickname or worse, into a pun. Kids can be cruel. So be careful to consider what could be the shortenings of the name.

Good luck.

That's what Kung Fu is for...

Nah, I've already booked her lessons at the local Krav Maga place.

Kung fu just roughs the date up, Krav Maga says "Your broken neck is a direct result of your wandering hands..."

Lilian Gish.

Tebow.

Tebow? Dude, my girl will be able to throw a ball 60 yards with accuracy. Maybe I'll name her "Colt"...

Why, does she have buck teeth and an applehead?

Seriously? Have you seen your idol? There's a reason he's still a virgin, and religion ain't it...

Am I allowed to suggest "Llewella" or "Llewellyn"?

Seriously? Have you seen your idol? There's a reason he's still a virgin, and religion ain't it...

he could tap that.

I think you should name her Urban Moira.

houstonderek wrote:

Seriously? Have you seen your idol? There's a reason he's still a virgin, and religion ain't it...

he could tap that.

If he hasn't yet, I'd have to wonder about him...

I think you should name her Urban Moira.

Lol!

houstonderek wrote:

Seriously? Have you seen your idol? There's a reason he's still a virgin, and religion ain't it...

he could tap that.

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I really wanted to name my daughter "Avarice," but we decided that might be a little cruel. Of course, the VAST majority of people she had contact with over the course of her life would likely not know what avarice meant, but she would likely not be well-received by those who did, such as individuals in the educational field, etc.

In the end, we settled on Aurora. Overused, probably, but I like it. Latin is win.

What about Sarafina? It's different, it means "angel" or "angelic", and is easily shortened to "Sara".

Honestly, giving kids an unusual name generally isn't doing them a favor. Yes, we don't need anymore Rachels, Jennifers, or Megans, but Ellyonae, Penthelisea, and Callisto aren't necessarily the answer.