# Name my Baby!/ Your fave name **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 10, 2010, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-your-fave-name/560248 "2010-11-10T23:56:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-your-fave-name/560248/81 "2010-11-12T23:07:21Z")
I love some of the names that are in my family tree. I won’t include Wallaburg. Monica Lauren Clara Neva Catherine Jean Regina Everett Edward Maximilian Bartholomew Christopher Mark Steven ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-your-fave-name/560248/82 "2010-11-12T23:19:55Z")
I named my daughter **Annabel**. I think it suits her and I like that she has nickname flexibility. I notice that the spelling Annabelle is more popular these days, but I prefer the slightly shorter version. The other top contenders that I was considering for her were **Alice** and **Eloise**. If she’d been a boy, I liked **James** , **Thomas** and **William** , and I really like **Alexander** and\*\* Xavier\*\* now. ---
**Author:** ![Soliloquy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@Soliloquy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soliloquy)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2010, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-your-fave-name/560248/83 "2010-11-13T00:24:26Z")
My son’s name is Jackson, so I’m already partial to that. I like Gavin, as well. ---
**Author:** ![cherry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cherry)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2010, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-your-fave-name/560248/84 "2010-11-13T09:21:21Z")
My daughters name is Elissa. Other girl names I like are Sienna Mary Saira Sarrah Farrah Zoya Zara boys: John Adam Noah ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2010, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-your-fave-name/560248/85 "2010-11-13T09:57:04Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > It’s Biblical, from the Book of Ruth. And, like most Hebrew names, has a fairly easily determined meaning: It means “be strong,” or, as the more creative biblical anthroponymists like to say, “in Him is strength.” ---
**Author:** ![vix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a88e4f/32.png) [@vix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vix)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2010, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-your-fave-name/560248/86 "2010-11-13T14:24:28Z")
> [@Green\_Bean](#): > > I did my part. My son’s name is Arthur. Same here. My boys are Dante and August. Another vote for **perfectparanoia’s** naming criteria. ---
**Author:** ![Jaded\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8c91f0/32.png) [@Jaded\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaded_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2010, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-your-fave-name/560248/87 "2010-11-13T16:03:28Z")
Girls: Abigail Tess Mathilda Stevie Penelope Bonnie Boys: Zeke Toby Hayden Wyatt Levi Colton ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2010, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-your-fave-name/560248/88 "2010-11-13T16:30:20Z")
Theodore Douglas Elliott Richard William Evelyn Josephine Elaine Cecilia Julia ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2010, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-your-fave-name/560248/89 "2010-11-13T16:34:49Z")
> [@perfectparanoia](#): > > T… > > My firm belief when giving a child a name is: > > 1. It should have the traditional spelling. > 2. It should be common enough so someone can easily pronounce it. > 3. Try to avoid the hot 100 names for your time. > 4. Should not be twee enough to embarrass them when they are adults. I love your criteria. The only one I would add is 1. Should not result in uncomfortable or hard to pronounce alliteration or rhyming when combined with middle and last names. My husband’s first and last names begin with the same two letters and when he was a kid, it was hard for him to say his own name because of the difficult and closely repeated consonant/vowel combination. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2010, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-your-fave-name/560248/90 "2010-11-13T16:43:26Z")
> [@Serenata67](#): > > Cecilia > Julia These were the two names my parents debated on for me. They chose Julia, but my dad said later that he thinks they should have gone with Cecilia, who is the patron saint of music. ---
**Author:** ![maplekiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@maplekiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maplekiwi)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2010, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-your-fave-name/560248/91 "2010-11-13T20:01:49Z")
Other than my kids’ names I like [ul] [li]Gareth[/li][li]Noah[/li][li]Melissa[/li][li]Alannah[/li][li]Rhiannon[/li][/ul] I have many more for girls, struggle with boys’ names. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2010, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-your-fave-name/560248/92 "2010-11-13T20:05:15Z")
It’s been done, but: [ul][li]Ryan[/li][li]Curtis[/li][li]Taylor[/ul][/li]Airplane names. 😉 (Of course I’m partial to ‘Genghis Bob’ or ‘Attila James’. Or maybe ‘Akira Suomi’.) . ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2010, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-your-fave-name/560248/93 "2010-11-14T10:06:03Z")
Here are some names from my childhood friends, and some from friends and relatives of my parents. Mervyn Arthur Herman Edward Eric Barry Leslie Glenna Bernadine Esther Julene Rebecca Alexandra Miranda ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-your-fave-name/560248/94 "2010-11-15T07:53:26Z")
For a girl, BRUNHILDE. Come on - you know that nobody is going to ever forget her name, and on any resume, she will go to the top of the list simply because people what to see what Brunhilde looks like. For a boy, DANGER. Talk about a studly name, and even if he grows up to be a nerd or a flaming queen, who would not want to hang out with a dude named “Danger”?! ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-your-fave-name/560248/95 "2010-11-15T08:24:51Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > For a boy, DANGER. > Talk about a studly name, and even if he grows up to be a nerd or a flaming queen, who would not want to hang out with a dude named “Danger”?! Oh, come on. Everyone knows that Danger is a \*middle \*name. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-your-fave-name/560248/96 "2010-11-15T08:38:26Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Oh, come on. Everyone knows that Danger is a \*middle \*name. Unless your name is Robinson, thus you would then have to have a middle name of Will. Danger Will Robinson. Still think Danger is a perfect first name… ---
**Author:** ![dzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f9b8f/32.png) [@dzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzero)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-your-fave-name/560248/97 "2010-11-15T22:02:09Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > For a girl, BRUNHILDE. > Come on - you know that nobody is going to ever forget her name, and on any resume, she will go to the top of the list simply because people what to see what Brunhilde looks like. > > For a boy, DANGER. > Talk about a studly name, and even if he grows up to be a nerd or a flaming queen, who would not want to hang out with a dude named “Danger”?! I guess either is ok as long as you start a legal for fund for the kid so they an afford to have it changed when they turn 18 - or the more likely event of becoming an emancipated minor. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-your-fave-name/560248/98 "2010-11-15T22:58:38Z")
> [@dzero](#): > > I guess either is ok as long as you start a legal for fund for the kid so they an afford to have it changed when they turn 18 - or the more likely event of becoming an emancipated minor. 😛 Actually, it would be sort of cool to give a boy “Danger” as a \*middle \*name. That way when he’s trying to impress a member of his preferred gender by saying, “My middle name is Danger!” he’d be telling the truth. 😃 ETA: Oops, missed **Alessan** ’s post. But I’m going to leave this one here anyway, 'cuz I elaborated. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![RainGrowsBrite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@RainGrowsBrite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RainGrowsBrite)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-your-fave-name/560248/99 "2010-11-15T23:47:15Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > Actually, it would be sort of cool to give a boy “Danger” as a \*middle \*name. That way when he’s trying to impress a member of his preferred gender by saying, “My middle name is Danger!” he’d be telling the truth. 😃 > > ETA: Oops, missed **Alessan** ’s post. But I’m going to leave this one here anyway, 'cuz I elaborated. 🙂 I have been saying for years that I want my son’s middle name to be Danger!! I’m totally serious. I mean, it sounds cool, its funny… and if he doesnt like it… he had a hidden secret (a badass secret). I mean, how cool is: Jackson Danger Davis. Or Jack Danger. 🆒 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-your-fave-name/560248.md?page=4)