# Name my new daughter **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 15, 2006, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-daughter/368874 "2006-08-15T21:02:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-daughter/368874/1 "2006-08-15T21:02:49Z")
Background: we have 7 kids. The 3 youngest are adopted from China. They are named Scout (7), Scarlett (5), and Jett (4). We’re thinking about one more. We’re not sure yet, just thinking about it. In the past, choosing a name has been a major difficulty of the adoption process. 🙂 Obviously we need a name that is very cool, and quite possibly literary, to keep up with the others. VeryCoolSpouse insists that our new daughter will be named Ringo. I’m am less convinced, and several friends have suggested that they will not speak with us ever again should we inflict such a name on a daughter. Make your suggestions here! In a related thread, over [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=384051) we talked about who dopers are named for. Some interesting stories there, should you be looking for inspiration. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-daughter/368874/2 "2006-08-15T21:04:51Z")
This belongs in IMHO; I’ll move it there for you. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-daughter/368874/3 "2006-08-15T21:05:40Z")
You could be subtle and name her Starr. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-daughter/368874/4 "2006-08-15T21:07:33Z")
Boo. ---
**Author:** ![Licentious\_Ectomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5e9695/32.png) [@Licentious\_Ectomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Licentious_Ectomorph)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-daughter/368874/5 "2006-08-15T21:10:07Z")
[Moxie CrimeFighter](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0422710/) ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-daughter/368874/6 "2006-08-15T21:23:33Z")
Here’s some help: [http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/figures.htm](http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/figures.htm) I’m kinda partial to Clara and Sally at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-daughter/368874/7 "2006-08-15T21:56:19Z")
Huit ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-daughter/368874/8 "2006-08-15T22:06:02Z")
Meg, Jo, Amy or Beth ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-daughter/368874/9 "2006-08-15T22:07:37Z")
Kaylee Leia ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-daughter/368874/10 "2006-08-15T22:07:47Z")
Sera. ---
**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:** [August 15, 2006, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-daughter/368874/11 "2006-08-15T22:17:41Z")
You need a hard consonant name for the next one, IMHO. Scout and Scarlett (very cool) have the Ska going for it. Jett is soft. You need something concrete to offset it all. Kiana Keely Kiah/ kyah Kayla Tamsin Tallulah ( though if paired with Scout, you will be accused of following Demi & Bruce) Garnet Poppy Ruby ---
**Author:** ![Carm6773](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2bfe46/32.png) [@Carm6773](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carm6773)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-daughter/368874/12 "2006-08-15T22:23:57Z")
From _The Scarlet Letter_, Pearl. From _Tess of the D’Urbervilles_, Tess. I’m sure I’ll think of some later, but that’s all my tired brain can conjure right now. ---
**Author:** ![minlokwat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minlokwat/32/2844_2.png) [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-daughter/368874/13 "2006-08-15T22:55:16Z")
My wife and I are expecting our first child and we are faced with the same issue. We have a boy’s name chosen and we were both surprised that we were able to agree on one so quickly. As for a girl’s name, that’s another story. We printed out a list of the top 1,000 most popular girl’s names and have yet to find one we both agree on. We also got one of those little baby name books with the idea that we would whittle a list by crossing out all of the “definitely-not-that-one’s”. We wound crossing out just about every name. As for the maybe’s, I like the name Savannah as well as the name Aubrey. My wife isn’t too keen on either. She’s leaning toward Alexis which I think is just too common nowadays. I know this wasn’t much help but just thought I’d share. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-daughter/368874/14 "2006-08-15T23:15:16Z")
While we’re here talking about baby names, might as well link to the [NameVoyager](http://babynamewizard.com/namevoyager/lnv0105.html). ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-daughter/368874/15 "2006-08-15T23:27:15Z")
Serena is my daughter’s name and my all time favorite girl’s name. I also like Charlotte and Louisa. Uncommon yet pretty with historical roots. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2006, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-daughter/368874/16 "2006-08-16T00:12:26Z")
ELEANOR Ok, so I’m partial. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2006, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-daughter/368874/17 "2006-08-16T00:26:30Z")
Arwen? (LOTR) Hermione? (HP) Elphaba? (Wicked) Kairi? (Kingdom Hearts) Im sure I can think of a few better names, but these are the ones that immediately come to mind for being a little bit different. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2006, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-daughter/368874/18 "2006-08-16T00:33:24Z")
Something that sounds more like a word than a name, with one or two syllables, ending in _t_. ---
**Author:** ![Clockwork\_And\_Candy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b782af/32.png) [@Clockwork\_And\_Candy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clockwork_And_Candy)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2006, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-daughter/368874/19 "2006-08-16T00:40:14Z")
What about Gatsby? It’s literary _and_ it’d make a really cute name for a little girl. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2006, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-daughter/368874/20 "2006-08-16T00:41:58Z")
Desireé. If my son Robert had been a girl, that would have been her name. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-daughter/368874.md?page=2)