Making up baby names

[The_Wrong_Girl]

I got:
**
LARIA
LEIKA
LINAH
LUCRE
LYDIN **

Honestly, I didn’t think it’d be that bad. I just picked 5 letters, L, and “Brit Lit.” Come on, though—“lucre”?

[Cazzle]

*Originally posted by ninevah *
Certainly, it’s not a recent trend. My great uncle was given the name Macfarlane (he’s known as Mac) which was a surname from our family history. Often, important names in family history mostly enter the middle-name category, but sometimes make it into the given-name category. There are several cases of this happening within my maternal and paternal family histories, however, it does only seem to happen to the males on other side.

A surname for a first name to honour family ties = good
A surname for a first name despite no historical link = bad

Are there really that many people out there with connections to the McKenzie and Connor family names?

[Cardinal]

My grandparents made up “Angalee” for my mom.

I have some friends who have been planning to name a daughter “Ciela” if they ever have one.

Cielo is “sky” in Spanish. (Doesn’t it also mean “heaven”?)

[Cardinal]

Huh, I thought they made it up. I still think they did, but Google finds I think 5 other Angalees mentioned on the web. Still, that’s an awful small number for a name. Maybe some people just had similar thoughts.