# 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:** 3
**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:** [September 30, 2010, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-baby-names-do-you-like/555292/41 "2010-09-30T13:24:19Z")
Zucchini and Procepia. ---
**Author:** ![Ninja\_Lauren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/46a35a/32.png) [@Ninja\_Lauren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ninja_Lauren)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-baby-names-do-you-like/555292/42 "2010-09-30T13:39:27Z")
Emma Nicole for a girl, and Andrew something for a boy. My father is Ronald Andrew, my brother is Steven Andrew, my fiancee is Ronald Andrew also (weird right?) and his dad is Andrew Lee. I’d like to keep it going, though I’m not sure if it would be a first name or middle name. My mom wanted to name me Elizabeth after her grandmother, but didn’t want it shortened to Liz or Betsy. So It’s my middle name instead. ---
**Author:** ![canadiankorean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2bfe46/32.png) [@canadiankorean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/canadiankorean)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-baby-names-do-you-like/555292/43 "2010-09-30T14:08:53Z")
What about Dixie Normous ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-baby-names-do-you-like/555292/44 "2010-09-30T15:03:32Z")
> [@canadiankorean](#): > > What about Dixie Normous It’s better than Lester. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2010, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-baby-names-do-you-like/555292/45 "2010-09-30T21:16:11Z")
# Girl # Althea Alexandra Verity Dorian Phaedra Victoria (but NOT “Vicki”) Boy Alastair (I prefer that spelling, though I like “Alistair” and “Aleister” too) Alexander Trevor Gabriel (but NOT “Gabe”) Nathaniel Etienne (would probably work better for a girl in English) Stefan Justin Michael Conrad Lucius Lucian Oliver Quentin Victor I’m childfree, so I usually bestow my favorite names on fictional characters. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-baby-names-do-you-like/555292/46 "2010-10-01T01:30:54Z")
If I ever have kids, the only names that I would object to is names that are commonly male and female. (eg Shannon, Terry, Pat, etc.) ---
**Author:** ![Gleena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b3f665/32.png) [@Gleena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gleena)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-baby-names-do-you-like/555292/47 "2010-10-01T02:53:40Z")
> [@Cazzle](#): > > 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. Boys name? Is it Bruce or Barry? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-baby-names-do-you-like/555292/48 "2010-10-01T03:55:50Z")
I hope many of you enroll your children in rigorous self-defense classes when they are very young. My wife and I just had a boy whom we named Byron. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2010, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-baby-names-do-you-like/555292/49 "2010-10-01T06:37:58Z")
> [@Gleena](#): > > Boys name? Is it Bruce or Barry? 😃 Bruce, and his middle name will be Wattle. It’s the emblem of our land. ---
**Author:** ![meenie7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7993a0/32.png) [@meenie7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meenie7)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-baby-names-do-you-like/555292/50 "2010-10-01T08:23:23Z")
I have thought about this way too much for someone who is unmarried thus far 😛 In parentheses after each name are the possible middle name/s I like with them. Boys: Julian (Timothy or Edward) Stephen (Burgess) Girls: Meredith (Bronwyn) Mallory (Alexis) Rosalia (Juliet) Liliana (Charlotte) ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-baby-names-do-you-like/555292/51 "2010-10-01T11:37:04Z")
I like Alex for both sexes. More for girls actually. ---
**Author:** ![purple\_granny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac8455/32.png) [@purple\_granny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purple_granny)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-baby-names-do-you-like/555292/52 "2010-10-03T00:28:05Z")
For a girl: Harley Davina a Boy: Oliver Eugene ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-baby-names-do-you-like/555292/53 "2010-10-03T10:10:11Z")
Girls: Anastasia Meredith Alexandra Catherine Valerie Tatiana Boys: Paul Stephen Timothy Alexander James Nathaniel ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-baby-names-do-you-like/555292/54 "2010-10-03T16:53:55Z")
Ulysses if it’s a boy, Ulysseia if it’s a girl (a suggestion from one of the ancient relatives on the old Dick Van Dyke show). I actually have a grand-nephew named Ajax. I like the name Patience for a girl. It’s what we named our female Labrador pup. Of course, she is doing her best to demonstrate a personality that is the exact opposite of what the name implies (her latest nickname is “CrazyPants”. ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-baby-names-do-you-like/555292/55 "2010-10-03T18:10:36Z")
Hee. **Lavender** , my kids are named Nathaniel Elijah and Thomas Christopher. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-baby-names-do-you-like/555292/56 "2010-10-03T19:28:10Z")
Some of the suggestions so far… wow. Just wow. The guidelines we followed: 1. The name has to be a real name, not recently made up, like “Turniture” or some such thing. 2. The name cannot be one of the 25 most popular names in the country or obviously headed there in the very near future. (Avoid names recently used for very famous female characters of their babies; “Bella” will really take off in the next few years, for instance.) 3. The name should clearly indicate gender. 4. The name cannot be one normally used as a last name. 5. The name should be spelled in the manner that an English-speaking person would probably assume it to be spelled. Replacing perfectly good e’s and i’s with Y’s is absurd. 6. No theme names, overuse of alliteration, or first names that are the same as the last, like “Evan Evans.” 7. If you don’t like the most common short form of the name - e.g. you don’t like “Gabe” for Gabriel - then you don’t like the name. Also, at the time and place we had the Small One, Irish-sounding names were a no go just because three quarters of all babies were being given some Irish name. That wouldn’t always be true, though. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-baby-names-do-you-like/555292/57 "2010-10-03T19:36:09Z")
Colin, James, Isaiah, Ian Melissa, Marie, Elise, Tegan ---
**Author:** ![ems](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@ems](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ems)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-baby-names-do-you-like/555292/58 "2010-10-03T20:47:25Z")
Girls: Eleanor Anne (Gma’s name & Mom’s middle name) Naimh Rose (Rose is Mom-in-Law’s and my other Gma’s name) Boys: Nathaniel Daniel (Hubby’s Dad’s name) Thomas All with Richard as middle name (My Dad’s name) ---
**Author:** ![Rubik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dec6dc/32.png) [@Rubik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubik)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-baby-names-do-you-like/555292/59 "2010-10-03T20:50:51Z")
Brutus or Furious for a boy. Terra or Transwarp for a girl. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-baby-names-do-you-like/555292/60 "2010-10-03T21:09:50Z")
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