Naming Our Cute Little Ball of Rapidly Dividing Cells
Friday, August 18, 2006

More thoughts on names, as inspired by Danielle's post about her sweet name choice...

As stated previously,
we've already chosen a name for a boy:
Xander Axel (Xan for short)
(I was pushing for Zander Axel because I think it looks better when written, but DH is not budging on the "X" spelling, which is okay with me.)

Top choice for a girl:
Tallulah Grey (Lulu for short)

You can read about the meanings behind these two names here.

More ideas:
Paisley Grey
Lucy Velouria
Jasper Alice

Velouria is a Pixies song that I really like (Weezer remade it, but their version isn't as awesome)....I wonder if DH would be against that idea.

Off-limit choices:
I've always loved the name Saffron. I used to watch the freaky British comedy "Absolutely Fabulous" all the time and Saffron was Edina's sensible daughter. (I say "was" like it's not on anymore, but I really have no clue if it is or not.)But dang it, I just can't make myself use names that end in "N" because our last name begins with "N" and I don't like it when names slur together like that. Xander's nick name "Xan" would fit that bill....but I can deal, since it's not the full name. I also like the name Teagan for a girl, but it ends with "N"!!! All awesome Welsh names end in "N", so they are a no-no in my eyes too. Dang! I nixed Lola because it means "woman of sadness" and I just don't like that. I also liked Harper for a girl, but sent it to the trash bin because it reminds me too much of Thelma Harper on Mama's Family. Tatum struck me as interesting, but it has too much teasing potential. Maybe I'm stretching it, but kids could easily turn Tatum into "tater" or something silly like that.

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posted by Unkempt Mommy @ 9:44 PM,



1 Comments:

At Sat Aug 19, 06:50:00 AM CDT, Blogger Danielle said...

Beautiful and interesting name choices!! I love the X X spelling. I would love to name one of my next sons (if I'm blessed) Xerxes.

I love the girl names Mila (meela) and Bronte (brontae) but it was Dh's turn to pick the name and I like it.

Did you get comfortable pants yet or are you suffering through the bloatedness (is that a word?)?

 

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