# What baby names do you like? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 28, 2010, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-baby-names-do-you-like/555292 "2010-09-28T00:09:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-baby-names-do-you-like/555292/1 "2010-09-28T00:09:48Z")
Girls: Olivia Elizabeth Grace Hannah Leah Amelia Charlotte Alexandra Molly Rebecca Tessa Josephine Eleanor Alice Evangeline Eve Beatrix Louisa Boys: Nathaniel Joshua Samuel Alexander Ethan Spencer Thomas Archer Gilbert Popularity list here: [http://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/popularnames.cgi](http://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/popularnames.cgi) ---
**Author:** ![ataraxy22](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ataraxy22/32/307_2.png) [@ataraxy22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ataraxy22)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-baby-names-do-you-like/555292/2 "2010-09-28T00:29:06Z")
My very outdated go to list for names is: Boys: Anaxamander Blixa Laj Teren Valin Girls: Alina Annika Anoka Cimra (Simra) Cimral (Simral) Elara Etala Etara (E)stella Ha(e)nnelore Jadra Jera Mer®in(n)a Phaedra Raxa Sa(l)la Saskia Sidra Tala Thalia Vinca Zara(h) Then I really started just making up names, such as this list from several years back: Absorion Beraphe Claraphe Dyniv Effalanic Firunda Ghanyoal Hurth Ijimbee Jawniv Kyrun Lolligallagandera Mollict Nerunnurch Opov Phrinya Quuluther Rhapyb Srennish Turniture Umbrak Vurigha Wekachure Xewewicta Yonion Zwargarita ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_From\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@Girl\_From\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_From_Mars)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-baby-names-do-you-like/555292/3 "2010-09-28T01:03:39Z")
I have a rule not to discuss this with people I know IRL, but hey this is the internets, everything remains anonymous, right? These are to go with an Italian surname Bxxxxn: Boys: Ari Sebastian Oliver Xavier Remy Girls: Gaia (this is Baby From Mars) Remy (you can see that whatever the next child is, they’ll be a Remy!) Honor Eleanor Beatrix ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-baby-names-do-you-like/555292/4 "2010-09-28T01:37:56Z")
We won’t have kids, I’m 99.999% sure, but our girl-name is Clementine, and our boy-name is Albert. Joe ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-baby-names-do-you-like/555292/5 "2010-09-28T03:40:19Z")
Boys: Gregory Henry Girls: Bria Phaedra Aurora Pascha ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-baby-names-do-you-like/555292/6 "2010-09-28T04:18:56Z")
Claryssa Danyel Xavyier Olivya I might think of more. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-baby-names-do-you-like/555292/7 "2010-09-28T04:37:11Z")
I give my imaginary/hypothetical children fairly traditional names. They’re time tested, and people still seem to like them. Nicholas Owen Christopher Jeremy Henry Avery Benjamin Caitlin Page Devin (yes, as a girl’s name) Basically, I like names with Ns in them, like my own, and names with Ys. But not Ys that don’t belong - I wouldn’t name a kid Dyvin or Owyn. **Girl From Mars** , one of my friends has a one-year-old named Ari. I’ve always liked that name, and it seems to be becoming a bit more mainstream, so people don’t _automatically_ assume the family is Jewish (and in this case Ari’s family isn’t). ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_From\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@Girl\_From\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_From_Mars)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-baby-names-do-you-like/555292/8 "2010-09-28T05:11:55Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > Devin (yes, as a girl’s name) > > Basically, I like names with Ns in them, like my own, and names with Ys. But not Ys that don’t belong - I wouldn’t name a kid Dyvin or Owyn. > **Girl From Mars** , one of my friends has a one-year-old named Ari. I’ve always liked that name, and it seems to be becoming a bit more mainstream, so people don’t _automatically_ assume the family is Jewish (and in this case Ari’s family isn’t). That reminds me, I met a little girl called Devon once, and really loved the name. Around here Ari is more Middle Eastern than Jewish - Lebanese etc. (In Australia) I wouldn’t have automatically considered it a Jewish name, but that’s interesting to know. ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-baby-names-do-you-like/555292/9 "2010-09-28T06:23:12Z")
I like traditional names: Claire Rebekah Rachel Leah Elizabeth Eleanor Diana Alice I have no idea what I’d name a son. ---
**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:** [September 28, 2010, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-baby-names-do-you-like/555292/10 "2010-09-28T08:02:33Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > Claryssa > Danyel > Xavyier > Olivya > > I might think of more. Superfluous “y”'s are worse than parking in handicapped places. You, sir, are a monster. 😛 I’m pregnant, so this is currently occupying a lot of my thoughts. We have a name picked out for a boy, but we’re at a stalemate on the name for a girl. I won’t hijack this thread, I may start a poll about it another time. ---
**Author:** ![wolf-alice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9e8a1a/32.png) [@wolf-alice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf-alice)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-baby-names-do-you-like/555292/11 "2010-09-28T09:13:57Z")
I love your lists, **LavenderBlue**! Those are pretty much all to my tastes - I’m a Rebecca who might have been an Eleanor or possibly a Charlotte, if I’d had a sister she would’ve been Josephine, my cousin is a Samuel and my cousin’s daughter is Beatrix - taste is clearly bred into me 😃 Our front-runners are **Anna** and **Arthur**. I like Anna Jean, for my Nanna, but the wife’s not keen - there’s also Matilda, Nathaniel, Alexander and Thomas. ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-baby-names-do-you-like/555292/12 "2010-09-28T09:17:33Z")
When I was little I wanted to have twin girls so I could name them Anne and Diana. After playing Sims2 I decided that twins were possibly the worst thing that could happen to a person. 😉 I like the name Anne. (Must have an “e” of course.) ---
**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:** [September 28, 2010, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-baby-names-do-you-like/555292/13 "2010-09-28T09:51:09Z")
As an aside - and not as an attempt to hijack - I sort of object to the use of the term “baby names”. They’re not baby names, they’re \*people \*names. The people they’re given to happen to be babies, but that’s temporary. I prefer “future adult names”, myself. ---
**Author:** ![JoseArcadio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc348/32.png) [@JoseArcadio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseArcadio)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-baby-names-do-you-like/555292/14 "2010-09-28T10:01:37Z")
Girl: Freya Aoife Eleanor Maeve Boy: Alexander James Daniel Alistair I liked Ellie for a girl but my brother stole that one for his daughter! ---
**Author:** ![Scougs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scougs/32/3158_2.png) [@Scougs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scougs)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-baby-names-do-you-like/555292/15 "2010-09-28T11:35:26Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > As an aside - and not as an attempt to hijack - I sort of object to the use of the term “baby names”. They’re not baby names, they’re \*people \*names. The people they’re given to happen to be babies, but that’s temporary. > > I prefer “future adult names”, myself. Precisely what I came in here to post, and I was beaten to it. Except I don’t “sort of” object - I totally object to the term baby names. It’s a “baby name” for a couple of years, then a “little boy/girl” name for another ten, then a “surly teenager” name for six or so, and then it’s an adult’s name for 50, 60, 70 years. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-baby-names-do-you-like/555292/16 "2010-09-28T12:55:54Z")
> [@HazelNutCoffee](#): > > When I was little I wanted to have twin girls so I could name them Anne and Diana. After playing Sims2 I decided that twins were possibly the worst thing that could happen to a person. 😉 > > I like the name Anne. (Must have an “e” of course.) Did you want other children named James, Walter, Shirley and Marilla? 😃 L.M. Montgomery’s names were such a product of her day. > [@wolf-alice](#): > > I love your lists, **LavenderBlue**! Those are pretty much all to my tastes - I’m a Rebecca who might have been an Eleanor or possibly a Charlotte, if I’d had a sister she would’ve been Josephine, my cousin is a Samuel and my cousin’s daughter is Beatrix - taste is clearly bred into me 😃 > > Our front-runners are **Anna** and **Arthur**. I like Anna Jean, for my Nanna, but the wife’s not keen - there’s also Matilda, Nathaniel, Alexander and Thomas. I like those sort of old fashioned names from children’s books. I’ve always sort of wanted a Louisa and a Josephine in honor of Louisa May Alcott and Josephine March. > [@Cazzle](#): > > > [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > > > Claryssa > > Danyel > > Xavyier > > Olivya > > > > I might think of more. > > Superfluous “y”'s are worse than parking in handicapped places. You, sir, are a monster. > > 😛 > I’m pregnant, so this is currently occupying a lot of my thoughts. We have a name picked out for a boy, but we’re at a stalemate on the name for a girl. I won’t hijack this thread, I may start a poll about it another time. I’m also pregnant so yeah this is also sort of on my brain as well. Our chosen names right now are Charlotte for a girl and Nathaniel for a boy. ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-baby-names-do-you-like/555292/17 "2010-09-28T22:21:38Z")
Girls: Henrietta Xaviera Roberta Alberta Georgette Keturah Aurelia Paulette Beatrix Gertrude Boys: Otis Amos Linus Magnus Lazarus ---
**Author:** ![Tortuga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@Tortuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tortuga)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-baby-names-do-you-like/555292/18 "2010-09-28T22:34:31Z")
Dorcas Wilhemina for a girl. Enos Culpepper for a boy. Ignatious Percival for a punk revivalist. ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-baby-names-do-you-like/555292/19 "2010-09-29T00:29:17Z")
Girl: Morgan, Harper Boy: Griffin **Tortuga** , my Gramps name was Ignatious. Everyone called him Beans for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![Doxy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f14d63/32.png) [@Doxy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doxy)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-baby-names-do-you-like/555292/20 "2010-09-29T00:49:42Z")
> [@JoseArcadio](#): > > Girl: > Freya > Aoife > Eleanor > Maeve > > Boy: > Alexander > James > Daniel > Alistair > > I liked Ellie for a girl but my brother stole that one for his daughter! LOVE the name Freya!! Norse Goddess of love and beauty (not to mention war and death!) 🙂 If children take on the characteristics of the name they’re given, a daughter named Freya would be unstoppable! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-baby-names-do-you-like/555292.md?page=2)