# What are your fake baby names? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 4, 2009, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fake-baby-names/484395 "2009-02-04T09:25:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2009, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fake-baby-names/484395/41 "2009-02-04T21:11:44Z")
I’ve always wanted to have a big, big family. I have names already picked out: Beverly, Lynn, Adam, Chelsea, Holden, Dennis, Quincy, Everett, Marion, Lee, Spencer, and little Somerville. (This was about FAKE baby names, right?) ---
**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:** [February 4, 2009, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fake-baby-names/484395/42 "2009-02-04T21:24:10Z")
We are done with our two, but, I’ve always had a thing for names. **Boys** Ignatius has been a long time favorite. Audie and Bierchiert ( pronounced Beer cart, which is actually irish, of all things.) Constantine, because it sounds like some Russian Mob Guy name. **Girls** : Petra, Elizabeth, Jane, ( Pride & Prejudice, I blame you!) Augusta, Cordelia and Margeret. Maybe a Hazel, Myrtle and Rose if I had triplets. And, my piece de resistance minus the frenchie thingies would be to name a daughter Isobel and call her Izzy. Our last name is Arndt. Izzy Arndt. Yes/No. Good Times! ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2009, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fake-baby-names/484395/43 "2009-02-04T21:26:15Z")
I lobbied hard to name my son Joseph, but my husband absolutely put his foot down. I never could figure out exactly why…he just doesn’t like it. So in my mind, if we ever have another one (which we won’t), he will be named Joe. For a girl…Mary Claire. And she would always be Mary Claire, never just Mary. ETA: > [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > **Boys** Ignatius has been a long time favorite. One of the things my husband complained about with my name suggestions was that they “sounded too Catholic.” I told him if we didn’t decide before the kid was born, I was going to name him Ignatius Loyola. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2009, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fake-baby-names/484395/44 "2009-02-04T21:27:27Z")
If we had more kids (we have no plans to) the names we came close to using were Brian as in Brian Boru for a boy. For a girl the near misses were Rhiannon\* (Ties to Fleetwood Mac and Celtic Myth) or Willow which we thought was cute. (No we are not Buffy fans) As it was my daughter got a CSN related girls name that tied to Welsh legends. I don’t have the indecency to do it but I always liked Luthien and Galadriel for Girls. - As usual I see my friend \*\*Silenus \*\*has excellent taste. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2009, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fake-baby-names/484395/45 "2009-02-04T21:29:01Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > But I’d really suggest not spelling it ‘Emmaline’, because if you do, people will keep thinking that it’s two names, and Line is her middle name. A famous Emmeline (note the spelling): [Emmeline Pankhurst - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmeline_Pankhurst) Google gave me 899,000 hits for Emmeline, and just 289,900 for Emmaline. ---
**Author:** ![Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Long_Time_First_Time)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2009, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fake-baby-names/484395/46 "2009-02-04T23:02:27Z")
I don’t see any more kids in my future, but if I did their last name would be Kozak. First names would be Carmello and Tupak - both names sound neat with Kozak for different reasons. ---
**Author:** ![Vox\_Imperatoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Vox\_Imperatoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vox_Imperatoris)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2009, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fake-baby-names/484395/47 "2009-02-04T23:14:46Z")
I don’t know about boys, but for girls, I like Cecilia, Vivienne, and Victoria. Isabella is also a nice name, although it happens to be very popular currently, apparently ranked #1. No particular inspiration, I just went through Behind the Name looking for names I liked. Valete, Vox Imperatoris ETA: And I liked the Indian name Nisha, as well. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2009, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fake-baby-names/484395/48 "2009-02-05T00:15:55Z")
I only have boys names “picked” because I only imagine having sons…if I have a daughter, I’ll have to think hard! Nicholas Danger Owen Ready Chistopher [middle name?] Jeremy [middle name?] ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2009, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fake-baby-names/484395/49 "2009-02-05T01:29:15Z")
> [@Vox\_Imperatoris](#): > > ETA: And I liked the Indian name Nisha, as well. I overlooked this earlier - I like that name a lot too. One of my dormmates was a Nisha (her parents were immigrants from India, but she and her siblings were born here) and we all thought it was a lovely name. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2009, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fake-baby-names/484395/50 "2009-02-05T01:51:11Z")
If I had any more kids (impossible), I like Jane for a girl (I wanted Laura Jane, but TH put his foot down and she’s Laura Anne, which to me sounds like a stutter, but she’s happy with it). I’ve recently warmed up to Leslie as well. For a boy, I love the names Nathaniel, Simon, and Dwight. ---
**Author:** ![sinjin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@sinjin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinjin)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2009, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fake-baby-names/484395/51 "2009-02-05T02:11:10Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > Nicholas Danger > Owen Ready > Chistopher [middle name?] > Jeremy [middle name?] Christopher Crimestopper Jeremy Jereyou To go with the other two quads. ---
**Author:** ![Suse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Suse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suse)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2009, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fake-baby-names/484395/52 "2009-02-05T02:17:13Z")
We’re done here, but if I had more I would name a girl Rose Catherine (after my mother, whose name was Rozelda) and a boy Lute Henry (after my dad, who was Luther). (Not a typo - Dad’s nickname was Lute, not Luke.) ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2009, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fake-baby-names/484395/53 "2009-02-05T02:49:18Z")
In high school we had to carry around egg babies for a week – I had twins, Evangeline Athena and Tristan Xavier. They still sound pretty good to me. Maybe for a pair of cats. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2009, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fake-baby-names/484395/54 "2009-02-05T03:05:11Z")
The two names I have left over from the pool after my daughter was born are **Eloise** and **Alice**. I couldn’t use both (that would be just too, too much) so I’d have to pick just one. **Rose** was always going to be the middle name I used for my first daughter, so it would be back to the drawing board for middle names next time. For a boy, I had either **James Douglas** (Douglas after my grandfather) or **Thomas Graeme** (Graeme after my father, and that’s pronounced Graham for all you Americans who haven’t seen it before - it’s as common as muck here) picked out. **William** and **Alexander** were also leading contenders. I’d just like to thank my fake partner for allowing me total freedom to name my fake babies without his input, of course. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2009, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fake-baby-names/484395/55 "2009-02-05T04:08:10Z")
To echo many others, I don’t want more kids and couldn’t have 'em if I did, but I would be happy to name four girl cats: Daphne, Chloe, Phoebe, and Zoe. Also, with only a few exceptions, the names upthread are aesthetically very pleasing. ---
**Author:** ![Millit\_the\_Frail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Millit\_the\_Frail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Millit_the_Frail)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2009, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fake-baby-names/484395/56 "2009-02-05T07:35:04Z")
> [@sinjin](#): > > Christopher Crimestopper > Jeremy Jereyou > > To go with the other two quads. Cute, but naturally, I thought Jeremy Trouble would round out the bunch. I had a huge thing for the name “Marshall Danger” when I was in college. If I’d gotten pregnant then, it might have happened. I like Mary, Alice, Evangeline (or Eva), Josiah, Alexander, and Marshall, still, somewhat. Brendan is a good middle name for a boy; it’s my husband’s confirmation name. He likes Zelda and Cassidy. We have very different tastes in names. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2009, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fake-baby-names/484395/57 "2009-02-05T23:05:54Z")
If I ever had a boy, Gilgamesh WILL be the middle name. I will fight for it with my life if I have to! If girl, I’ve always like Relm for a middle name. ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fake-baby-names/484395/58 "2009-02-06T00:11:59Z")
Girls: Charlotte, Eliza, Cecily, Briony. Boys: Simon, Edmund, Peter. Alas, I’m 32 and very, very single, so I think the chances of my having _any_ kids, let alone seven of them, are dwindling ☹ ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fake-baby-names/484395/59 "2009-02-06T01:44:12Z")
> [@Jettboy](#): > > Boy: …Winston Smith :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fake-baby-names/484395/60 "2009-02-06T02:12:43Z")
I told my son that my second choice for names for him was Bruno Hockaloogie–from a character in a Cheech and Chong movie. I even called him Bruno for a while after that. It was worth a few chuckles. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fake-baby-names/484395.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fake-baby-names/484395.md?page=4)