tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993228338789986683.post5228013261173964817..comments2024-02-05T01:40:17.832-08:00Comments on Spokesmama: What's in a Name: PopularityLisa Corriveauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17528772139443165946noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993228338789986683.post-47788481715661861632013-09-04T15:18:01.653-07:002013-09-04T15:18:01.653-07:00Fishing around in our family tree, we get such gem...Fishing around in our family tree, we get such gems as: Lillian, Elizabeth, Marjorie, Florence, Alfredina, Marie, Minnie, Gerda... The men's names are even worse: Bertram, Horst, Heinz, Lothar, Stanley, John, Timothee, Wilfred... nothing really grabs me as something I want to inflict on my child...Lisa Corriveauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17528772139443165946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993228338789986683.post-1177174021564153862013-09-04T15:14:06.105-07:002013-09-04T15:14:06.105-07:00I just did--great blog! Wish I'd heard of it s...I just did--great blog! Wish I'd heard of it sooner, I'd have emailed a question about naming this baby...Lisa Corriveauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17528772139443165946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993228338789986683.post-60898275807967933712013-09-04T10:04:01.050-07:002013-09-04T10:04:01.050-07:00When I was pregnant, I looked all around my family...When I was pregnant, I looked all around my family tree for an interesting name, and found two, other than Emily, that I loved: Madeleine and Arabelle. The former is my maternal grandmother's middle name and the latter is my step-mom's grandmother's first name. Oh and I loved Finnegan too, but wasn't confident enough about going way out on the unusual spectrum. <br /><br />Then someone pointed out what her last name is (was going to be) - 7 letter Spanish surname 9 letter German surname. No hyphen. I figured she deserved an easy first name since everyone's always going to be mangling her last names. So Emily it is. Please feel free to grab Arabelle or Finnegan if they're not already on your list. I won't be using them :) I expect you won't be using Madeleine as it's not in your top 20 but it is pretty popular. <br /><br />Happy last week or so!CaroLynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11792689078893016910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993228338789986683.post-24226430742781759502013-09-03T11:45:56.129-07:002013-09-03T11:45:56.129-07:00Have you checked out Swistle's baby name blog?...Have you checked out Swistle's baby name blog? I love it. <br />http://www.swistle.com/babynames/Hillaryhttp://www.hillarywith2ls.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993228338789986683.post-32525030501370044222013-09-03T07:06:41.792-07:002013-09-03T07:06:41.792-07:00Exactly why I disliked my name - it is pronounced ...Exactly why I disliked my name - it is pronounced Eee-va not Ava...have spent my whole life explaining that to people! Wish I'd just had parents who named me Ava! There are more and more little Avas out there, and a few little Evas (pronounced Eh-va, Ava, or Ee-va). Anyway this is exactly why, for our kids' sakes, we always wanted names for which the pronunciation was clear and simple!Evahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03946921599128758013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993228338789986683.post-44603576445180767352013-09-03T00:53:20.380-07:002013-09-03T00:53:20.380-07:00I remember that! It's more & more common a...I remember that! It's more & more common as people find out the gender by 20 weeks. I've known a few people who named their child by about halfway through. :)Lisa Corriveauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17528772139443165946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993228338789986683.post-32907781437867713042013-09-03T00:51:21.284-07:002013-09-03T00:51:21.284-07:00Funny that Eva was unusual then, but really isn...Funny that Eva was unusual then, but really isn't now. Spelled 'Ava' it was one of the top 20 in BC last year. :)Lisa Corriveauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17528772139443165946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993228338789986683.post-77319923190807178672013-09-02T23:18:36.149-07:002013-09-02T23:18:36.149-07:00Ooh, a surprise--seems like so few people wait the...Ooh, a surprise--seems like so few people wait these days. :) I'm too impatient! Good luck with the naming... You've got, what two & a half weeks to figure something out? No problem! ;)Lisa Corriveauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17528772139443165946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993228338789986683.post-89074478640397747282013-09-02T23:07:21.536-07:002013-09-02T23:07:21.536-07:00I think I agree that people grow into names... als...I think I agree that people grow into names... also keeping the names quiet until it's done & dusted. :) Lisa Corriveauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17528772139443165946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993228338789986683.post-75791964116756526782013-09-02T19:59:12.128-07:002013-09-02T19:59:12.128-07:00We started to call our daughter Skylar once I was ...We started to call our daughter Skylar once I was about 5 months pregnant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993228338789986683.post-28375971006488361862013-09-02T17:13:21.909-07:002013-09-02T17:13:21.909-07:00We shortlisted with our second but Emily Sage was ...We shortlisted with our second but Emily Sage was always the front-runner and that's what we went with. Megan was going to be "Rachel" until basically the day before she was born when we realized we were sick of "Rachel" and decided on Megan. Having grown up with a relatively unusual name I just wanted "regular" names that people could easily pronounce and spell. I would have killed to be a Jennifer, Michelle, or, yes, a Lisa:)Evahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03946921599128758013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993228338789986683.post-89118622848377077542013-09-02T10:46:12.276-07:002013-09-02T10:46:12.276-07:00Interesting last post-- we had difficulty last tim...Interesting last post-- we had difficulty last time and we are having difficulty this time as well. Last time we had 3 names we liked, but waited one week before making anything public. I liked that because it gave us a chance to get to know our little one first and not have the pressure of relatives and people around the hospital bothering us. Although I must say the minute he was born I immediately knew he didn't suit some names on our list. This time the gender is a surprise so we will see how long it takes!Ginanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993228338789986683.post-63353641472494756272013-09-02T07:41:09.819-07:002013-09-02T07:41:09.819-07:00It's funny to hear of a short list. I don'...It's funny to hear of a short list. I don't think we even considered that. There was one option for each gender decided on for my first pregnancy, and because we knew I was carrying 2 girls during the second pregnancy, both names were decided by 20 weeks. <br />We DID keep the names a secret from everyone else until the babies were born though. I did not want to hear everyone else's opinion on the names until the babies had the names and they were set in stone. (the babies, not the names!)<br />I've never seen a person, or a baby, and thought "they look like a [name]", so I didn't see the point in waiting to see what the babies looked like to pick a name to suit them. I think babies grow into their names. :)Wendynoreply@blogger.com