# Help Name my Baby **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 4, 2011, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-baby/580702 "2011-05-04T15:13:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2011, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-baby/580702/41 "2011-05-05T00:14:58Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > **Adelaide** - making a minor resurgence, maybe the next “in” name. Easily solved mystery: it’s a good choice for people who wanted Abigail but worry about it being too common. Abby is to Abigail as Addy is to Adelaide. You see the same thing with names similar to Ava as well. I like to name characters things that are less than ultra common but not bizarre, so feel free if any of these strikes your fancy. Girls: Jacey Quinn Kylie Arden Calla Blythe Autumn Delaney Boys: Landon Ezra Ari Jeremiah Cole Avery ---
**Author:** ![classyladyhp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5ac83/32.png) [@classyladyhp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/classyladyhp)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2011, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-baby/580702/42 "2011-05-05T00:20:27Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > Easily solved mystery: it’s a good choice for people who wanted Abigail but worry about it being too common. Abby is to Abigail as Addy is to Adelaide. You see the same thing with names similar to Ava as well. > > I like to name characters things that are less than ultra common but not bizarre, so feel free if any of these strikes your fancy. > > Girls: > Jacey > Quinn > Kylie > Arden > Calla > Blythe > Autumn > Delaney > > Boys: > Landon > Ezra > Ari > Jeremiah > Cole > Avery Great minds think alike. I also chose Kylie. ---
**Author:** ![Professor\_Longnose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bb73d2/32.png) [@Professor\_Longnose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Professor_Longnose)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2011, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-baby/580702/43 "2011-05-05T00:34:35Z")
I like Jasmine, so you can call her Jazz. Or Penelope Candace, so you can call her Penny Candy. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2011, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-baby/580702/44 "2011-05-05T01:09:02Z")
My son and his wife aren’t going to be using Imogene Freya after all so feel free. Just as I was getting used to it, they found out it’ll be Maxwell James. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2011, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-baby/580702/45 "2011-05-05T01:27:18Z")
My favourite girl’s name is still Alathea, after the Robin Trower track. Never met or even heard of one, and it doesn’t rank in the top 1,000 I don’t really have a favourite boy’s name, but you can’t go wrong with Jack - one syllable and #42, so not strictly in the guidelines, but still. Jack. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2011, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-baby/580702/46 "2011-05-05T01:36:44Z")
> [@PeskiPiksi](#): > > I’d never thought of it before, but ever since the Royal Wedding I’ve been dying to have another little girl so I can name her Pippa. (Short for Philippa.) So cute! Of course, I already have a Kate and a Will so if I had a Pippa I’d have to have a Harry, too, for the complete set. See, the problem with this is that there is probably an inrush of Williams and Kates and Pippas and Harrys these days, named after the royals. Apparently my name was a popular surfer-dude name back in the early sixties, so I got stuck with it, even though I am–how shall I say it–most emphatically _not_ a surfer dude. Those kids will grow up in classrooms where they are William #3 and Kate #4, just as when I was small, I was surrounded by Scotts and Mikes and Kathys and Debbies… ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Tone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ccd318/32.png) [@Lucas\_Tone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Tone)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2011, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-baby/580702/47 "2011-05-05T01:51:16Z")
Don’t plan on ever having children, god forbid I’d get convinced otherwise, but I like naming. Boys : Fléance, Achille, or August, and for girls : Émilienne or Mathilda (Matty). ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2011, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-baby/580702/48 "2011-05-05T01:54:47Z")
Kylie is red hot popular right now. Like barfening popular, fer sure. Oonagh Petra Simone Florence Alfie Tobias Ignatius Otto Richard ( call him Dickie) ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2011, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-baby/580702/49 "2011-05-05T02:10:47Z")
Gilgamesh ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2011, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-baby/580702/50 "2011-05-05T10:01:05Z")
Always been partial to the name Bodicea (boe DEE see yuh) \myself for girls names, 3 boys, no girls, such a shame, boys names, geez, ummm, I dunno, im pretty much a stick in the mud for boys names, perhaps milesius? ---
**Author:** ![waynemcdougall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b77776/32.png) [@waynemcdougall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waynemcdougall)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2011, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-baby/580702/51 "2011-05-05T10:26:36Z")
Sylvia and Zathras ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2011, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-baby/580702/52 "2011-05-05T11:14:14Z")
> [@waynemcdougall](#): > > Zathras If you have ten you can name them all Zathras, all pronounced slightly differently. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2011, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-baby/580702/53 "2011-05-05T12:01:35Z")
How about Morrocan or Monroe? Names for a Boy and Girl, birthed by Mariah Carey. (JK) ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_of\_Lucan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dbc845/32.png) [@Michael\_of\_Lucan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_of_Lucan)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2011, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-baby/580702/54 "2011-05-05T12:29:40Z")
Two popular Irish names - and both easy to pronounce, unless you are a foreigner of course… Caoimhe for a girl Iarfhlaith for a boy ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2011, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-baby/580702/55 "2011-05-05T15:26:10Z")
> [@guestchaz](#): > > Always been partial to the name Bodicea (boe DEE see yuh) \myself for girls names, 3 boys, no girls, such a shame, boys names, geez, ummm, I dunno, im pretty much a stick in the mud for boys names, perhaps milesius? I know an Alaric, who was named after a king. Hey, OP, give us some input - all of these suck, some of these suck, a few of these suck, none of these suck and here’s why. In a baseball analogy, if you can. Who’s handed you a home run name? Who struck out at bat? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2011, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-baby/580702/56 "2011-05-05T15:46:00Z")
If I ever have a son, I’m seriously considering giving him the name Didymus, after Thomas the Apostle (aka Doubting Thomas). Well, as a middle name. I always figured that the middle name was the appropriate spot for using wildly uncommon names like that: That way, the kid has the choice of ignoring it or using it. For first names, I tend to prefer the boring sort of name like “Michael” or “Peter” or “Mary” or “Elizabeth” that you’re not looking for. For a girl, my top choice for a middle name would be “Tinuviel”, after Tolkien’s character Luthien Tinuviel (it means “Nightingale” in Elvish). And I probably wouldn’t use this one myself, but I knew a girl named Kunegunda in college. Apparently the original Kunegunda was a Polish saint. ---
**Author:** ![MacLir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@MacLir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacLir)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2011, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-baby/580702/57 "2011-05-05T16:25:09Z")
I found a name in a series of novels and really liked the sound of it for some reason. Nimashet. It is obscure enough that I couldn’t find a meaning for it, but making an inference from the closest match, it may be intended as “Little Princess.” If you recognize the novels, you will also see that this has a bit of irony, if so. 😉 It might gain some popularity among the Sci-Fi geeks, but obviously isn’t widely distributed. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2011, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-baby/580702/58 "2011-05-05T16:39:28Z")
> [@Nawth\_Chucka](#): > > I know an Alaric, who was named after a king. It wouldn’t surprise me in the least to see Alaric become much more popular in the next couple of years, though: it’s the first name of a character on **The Vampire Diaries**. (Though, to be honest, until a few episodes ago I thought they were saying Eric with an attempt at a southern accent) ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2011, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-baby/580702/59 "2011-05-05T18:36:18Z")
Banhammer George Foreman (even if it is a girl) Shithead (it’s pronounced Shi Thayd) 😉 Jayne (but only if a boy) ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2011, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-baby/580702/60 "2011-05-05T18:41:26Z")
Please do not make your baby’s name anything the least bit unusual unless you want him or her to be picked on all through school. Of course if your kid is planning to attend Beverly Hills High then go ahead and name them whatever you want. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-baby/580702.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-baby/580702.md?page=4)