# 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:** 2
**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, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-daughter/368874/21 "2006-08-16T00:43:49Z")
I got it! [Deseret](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deseret). ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2006, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-daughter/368874/22 "2006-08-16T00:46:20Z")
[QUOTE=Beware of Doug] Something that sounds more like a word than a name, with one or two syllables, ending in _t_. [/QUOTE] Claret? (Better than Brandy or Rose) ---
**Author:** ![Carm6773](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2bfe46/32.png) [@Carm6773](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carm6773)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2006, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-daughter/368874/23 "2006-08-16T00:51:57Z")
The coolest girl’s name I saw last school year was Saber. If I were going to use it as a name, I would make it Sabre. We have an office assistant named Jordyn. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_in\_second\_hand\_clothing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9d8465/32.png) [@wolf\_in\_second\_hand\_clothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_in_second_hand_clothing)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2006, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-daughter/368874/24 "2006-08-16T00:57:33Z")
Irulan Alia Both from DUNE. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2006, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-daughter/368874/25 "2006-08-16T01:06:48Z")
So… you have SEVEN CHILDREN and are thinking about having ANOTHER ONE??? Jumping Jesus on a Pogo Stick! (It’s amazing how standards have changed in the past 100 years or so, particularly in 1st world nations… two children is now average, three is a lot, four is a HUGE number, and anything more than four is cause for pointing and whispering…) Good on you for adopting, though. And, if you want a name that is both literary and a reference to child #8, you can’t go wrong with **Octopussy**. Or if you don’t have the balls for that, **Octavia**. ---
**Author:** ![ddgryphon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8c91f0/32.png) [@ddgryphon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ddgryphon)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2006, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-daughter/368874/26 "2006-08-16T01:36:59Z")
Lyra ( [Penguin Random House](http://www.randomhouse.com/features/pullman/) ) Davita ( [http://www.lasierra.edu/~ballen/potok/Davita.syn.html](http://www.lasierra.edu/~ballen/potok/Davita.syn.html) ) Arcadia ( [Isaac Asimov's Foundation Series](http://www.vavatch.co.uk/books/asimov/) ) Elisabeth ([http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393976041/ref=nosim/102-9658432-9418568?n=283155](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393976041/ref=nosim/102-9658432-9418568?n=283155)) Anne ( [ANNE OF GREEN GABLES (Project Gutenberg)](http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~rgs/anne-table.html) ) Celie (The Color Purple) Claudia (Lestadt) Portia ( Merchant of Venice ) Rebecca (Becky) (Tom Sawyer/Ivanhoe) Rowena (Ivanhoe) Lenore (Poe) Morganna (Arthurian Legend) You should be able to mix and match pretty well from that group Elisabeth Celie Lyra Lenore Arcadia Elisabeth Anne Portia or Portia Anne Davita Anne Celie Anne Claudia Celie Lenore Elisabeth Lyra Anne Arcadia Anne Lenore Morgana Keep going, this is just to get your revved up. ---
**Author:** ![Zahava424](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/76d3ee/32.png) [@Zahava424](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zahava424)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2006, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-daughter/368874/27 "2006-08-16T04:56:59Z")
Just for fun, Shakespeare names I like: Imogen (Cymbeline) Adrian (The Tempest) Ophelia (Hamlet) Aliena (As You Like It) Viola (Twelfth Night) Francesca (Measure For Measure) I particularly like **Imogen** and **Aliena**. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2006, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-daughter/368874/28 "2006-08-16T05:20:17Z")
“Aphra,” after [Aphra Behn,](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphra_Behn) writer and spy. And it’s close to “Alpha.” Which is why it’s always the first name to come to mind. Fnord. ---
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2006, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-daughter/368874/29 "2006-08-16T05:51:45Z")
[QUOTE=MaxTheVool] So… you have SEVEN CHILDREN and are thinking about having ANOTHER ONE??? [/QUOTE] As a side note, the difference between 6 and 7 (when talking with other folks) is the difference between: (6) You guys really must like kids. (7) Are you out of your mind? I can’t wait to hear what people say about 8. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2006, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-daughter/368874/30 "2006-08-16T05:55:18Z")
[Here](http://home.comcast.net/~dennispelton/3inaBed.JPG) is a picture of the three (Jett, Scout, Scarlett), just in case anyone needs a visual. ---
**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2006, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-daughter/368874/31 "2006-08-16T06:34:47Z")
NoCoolBabyName ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2006, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-daughter/368874/32 "2006-08-16T07:38:26Z")
Xjoxe Pkalktha Dzrib Lerkrote Larissa Swoorftilp Ruth Bworfi Spoob Catharine Rachel Skroggu ---
**Author:** ![LiveOnAPlane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@LiveOnAPlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LiveOnAPlane)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2006, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-daughter/368874/33 "2006-08-16T07:47:09Z")
Phaedra? ---
**Author:** ![yola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/48db29/32.png) [@yola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yola)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2006, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-daughter/368874/34 "2006-08-16T07:47:25Z")
Yola, after Chris Isaak’s manager on Showtime Henrietta and you could call her Henri for short. What a darling group you’ve got there:) ---
**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 16, 2006, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-daughter/368874/35 "2006-08-16T08:24:39Z")
[QUOTE=NoCoolUserName] [Here](http://home.comcast.net/~dennispelton/3inaBed.JPG) is a picture of the three (Jett, Scout, Scarlett), just in case anyone needs a visual. [/QUOTE] Great picture! They almost look like a three headed monster. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2006, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-daughter/368874/36 "2006-08-16T13:03:29Z")
What are the other children’s names? ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2006, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-daughter/368874/37 "2006-08-16T16:08:41Z")
[QUOTE=NoCoolUserName] [Here](http://home.comcast.net/~dennispelton/3inaBed.JPG) is a picture of the three (Jett, Scout, Scarlett), just in case anyone needs a visual. [/QUOTE] They are adorable. I’m sure they’ll love their new baby sis. ---
**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, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-daughter/368874/38 "2006-08-16T16:13:39Z")
[QUOTE=Knorf] Xjoxe Pkalktha Dzrib Lerkrote Larissa Swoorftilp Ruth Bworfi Spoob Catharine Rachel Skroggu [/QUOTE] Catharine? Larissa? Rachel? Who the heck names a kid _Rachel_?!!? Now Swoorftilp, on the other hand, I quite like. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2006, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-daughter/368874/39 "2006-08-16T16:25:55Z")
Either _Kaylee_ or _Bailey_. ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2006, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-daughter/368874/40 "2006-08-16T16:50:31Z")
I’m rather partial to “Marvin O’Gravel Balloonface,” myself. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-daughter/368874.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-daughter/368874.md?page=3)