Seeking female baby names

[BigMcLargehuge]

Poll question: Seeking female baby names

Greetings all, I recently posted a pic of our expected baby girl. Now Mrs. McLargehuge and I are stumped in our search for a good baby name. We have a few possibilities of our own to choose from (appearing in the poll) but we'd love to hear what your suggestions are, or to see how you feel about the ones we already have under consideration.

There are a few caveats to our choices. We shy away from overtly Judeo/Christian names and like three names preceding the surname i.e. our son is Ian Manuel Arthur McLargehuge, but I don't know if we can swing it with a girl. We havent assembled a good three name span yet... Maybe you can?

Also, we try to make a cool acronym with the first three initials, i.e. Ian's initials are "I M A McLargehuge, or IM A McLargehuge... Get it?

Okay, so have a look at the poll and tell us what you think. I'll be checking throughout the day.

Also, the grandmothers from both our sides are:

Hers - Zella Viola and Harriet Gertrude (yes, they are yankees)
Mine - Mary and Yvette

[lil-petunia]

1. I'm partial to Rumi

or in the alternative,


Benzenebasedbleatingblaringbabygirl

[RubyDuby in GA]

2. I can't believe I'm giving away my perfect baby name

but I'm planning on naming my daughter Ava Isabella.

It kinda rolls right off the tongue.

[onebigbadwulf]

3. All those names are hideous

Please dont name your child any of those!

GERTRUDE?! What is she a 70year old librarian??!

[BigMcLargehuge]

4. I was just mentioning the names of our grandparents

because someone inevitably says "why don't you name it after its grandparents!"...

AS you can see, our great grandparents were insane.

[billybob537]

7. Kiesha Rose

Kiesha means princess.

[arwalden]

5. I've Always Liked Penelope... Only... I Hate The Way It's Spelled

It's pronounced Pe-NELL-Oh-pea... but it looks like Pen-a-LOPE.

So I voted for Viviene Rose.

[Wcross]

6. Just don't name her the "name of the year"

You know, the generic name of the year. How would it feel to be one of 10 ashley's in your first grade class?
Also, DON'T you dare name her Irene!

[Richardo]

8. "Yoko" isn't Judeo Christian

just sayin'

[BigMcLargehuge]

13. Yeah, but that name comes with a billion decibels of baggage

and i like Japanese names, hence Keiko...

[Richardo]

17. I like Keiko too...

...does it have a meaning in Japanese?

[BigMcLargehuge]

20. I don't know off hand

but we both had a good friend named Keiko in college.

[Richardo]

22. Meaning of the Name "Keiko"...

"adored one".

Very nice!

http://baby-names.adoption.com/search/Keiko.html

Note: "Keiko" was the name of the killer whale that played "Free Willy"

http://www.ohwy.com/or/k/keiko.htm

[Lydia Leftcoast]

104. Because of the "whale" connotation, Keiko might be out

sort of like my cousin not naming her son Rudolph (after his father) because of the rednosed reindeer angle.

Here are some Japanese names with their possible meanings, which can change, depending on the kanji they are written with:

Akemi: shining and beautiful

Chié: wisdom

Akiko: child of autumn

Harumi: spring beauty

Yoshiko: good child

Sayuri: little lily

Hitomi: apple of the eye

Emi: smile

Ai: love

Mai: dance

Ruri: lapis lazuli

Nobu: trustworthy

Hana: flower

Of course, all of these would violate the condition of the kid not having to explain the name all her life.

[BigMcLargehuge]

124. the explanation thing isn't a condition

:)

Those are all great names! I will show Mrs. McLargehuge tomorrow.

[demnan]

9. I thought

Matilda Rose was kinda cute. Also you could sing "Walzing Matilda" to her and she would think it was her special song.

[madmax]

10. Emily n/t

[Zomby Woof]

34. too fucking trendy

It's this year's Madison, which is also puke-inducing.

[BigMcLargehuge]

36. you did notice it wasn't on the list

:)

[Zomby Woof]

41. I commend you!

The only suggestion I have is LittleMcSmallTiny. ;-)

[madmax]

106. Geeeez Zomby... you hurt my feelings

I like the name Emily... even though it wasn't on the list.

Say sowwwy :cry:

[Zomby Woof]

110. it used to be a nice name

Until the trendoids ruined it. 10 years ago I wouldn't have peeped. ;-)

[madmax]

114. Such a mensch

:hug:

[Richardo]

11. Penelope Candace = Penny Candy

I like Matilda Rose best.

[BigMcLargehuge]

14. we knew that... it was originally in the poll too

but I figured I'd let someone figure it out. The nickname is one of the reasons we're consider it.

[JVS]

12. Ilsa, the tigress of the McLargehuge family

[BigMcLargehuge]

15. She wulf!

I'll get her some leather hip boots and a whip for her 10th birthday

[tigereye]

53. yikes!

congratulations on the impending arrival!

I picked Maya, cuz that was the name my son was going to have, until we realized we were having a boy!

[JohnKleeb]

16. I had to go with Ilsa Gretchen

I am kinda partial because my cousin is Gretchen and she's a cool person, Ive always liked the name too, I am not good at names though.

[BigMcLargehuge]

19. I am partial to that one too

has a nice ring to it :)

Thanks Kleeb-man!

[JohnKleeb]

21. no problem

I like it, dont have experience with girl names being I have all brothers.

[BigMcLargehuge]

23. same here

my brothers are Aaron and Marc

[Kellanved]

47. well

German sounding American names are strange to contemporary German ears.

I'd not pick "Gretchen" for two reasons, both are probably without any relevance for your situation.
The first is the word-meaning: "Gret-chen" means "small Greta", or rather "small Margaretha". It sounds like a nickname.
The other is the Faustian "Gretchenfrage" ("Du you believe in God?"/"Glaubst du an Gott?" ); but that is probably more a problem of German High Schools than with the name itself.

Congratulations to your wife, you and your daughter. :hi:

[JohnKleeb]

72. I didnt know Gretchen was a German name

My cousin is incidentally though mostly German though she doesnt look it all.

[ret5hd]

Trendi !!!

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

18. I voted Iris, but Yvette sounds cool.

Especially if you buy a Corvette. :silly:

[SarahB]

24. My girl name list

Grace
Erin
Audrey
Amelia

(I only got to use one.)

[BigMcLargehuge]

25. I love Audrey, but Mrs McLargehuge makes a face like she just swallowed

a spider when I suggest it. The other ones have all been used recently in our respective families.

[SarahB]

38. LOL

That's the one I used. :D

Here's an old picture from 1996. I make 'em cute I tell ya!

[BigMcLargehuge]

40. Good heavens what a doll!

she gets that from you

:hug:

[SarahB]

42. She's taller than me now though.

:scared:

People often think we're sisters, but hey, I can live with that. :D

[BigMcLargehuge]

43. you are truly blessed

I've seen pics of you and the other kids, a great looking bunch, and with you as a mom they already have an advantage :)

[SarahB]

45. Thanks.

Their dad's not bad either. While Mr Belle and I have issues a mile long (and then some LOL), he's not a bad looking guy- a dark haired Irishman with gorgeous blue eyes. They all have his great eyes.

[NewJeffCT]

29. Named our daughter Grace last year

I wanted something that was not at the very top of the list, but also not unusual... so, we chose "Grace", which was between 15-20th most popular for girls in the previous several years, and 13th in 2003.

[MissMillie]

103. I think Grace is a beautiful name (n/t)

.

[NewJeffCT]

26. Try the Social Security website

They have the top baby names by year... go through the list and pick out some non Biblical ones. I just know "Emily" has been the most popular girl's name for years. Just don't give her too unusual a name - while it may be nice when she's an adult, she'll probably get teased a lot as a child & teen.

http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/

[BigMcLargehuge]

30. OOOOOO GREAT RESOURCE!!!

Thanks :)

[Magrittes Pipe]

27. None of those are the names of states.

Hence, they're all good as far as I am concerned.

"My name is Florida!" :cry:

[BigMcLargehuge]

28. We considered naming her District of Columbia

but the "of" threw us

[JohnKleeb]

31. How about Maryland Lousiana

[name not needed]

32. Name her "New Jersey"

or possibly "Oregon"

[SarahB]

35. I always thought Virginia was kind of a nice name though.

:shrug:

[BigMcLargehuge]

37. It's certainly better than Rhode Island :)

as far as names go.

[JohnKleeb]

44. Rody Illy is a nice name though

[pansypoo53219]

33. genevieve

needs to make a come back. they are all dying.

i read death notices and one name has stuck in my head-hilaria.

[The empressof all]

39. Sorry Keiko is a beautiful name but.....

I will always associated it with that whale-and I'm not even sure if that was the whales name.

Anyway I like

Grace, Mara Rose, Audra, Alanna, and Claire.

The are all good stronge names that are not common yet not so unusual to be made fun of by the other kids.

[On the Road]

46. I Picked "Iris"

but also like "Lillian ('Lily')," "Lena," and "Angela."

[chimpy the poopthrower]

48. Give us a hint about your last name.

You don't have to tell us the exact name, but what letter(s) does it start with? How many syllables? What syllable is the accent on? And what nationality is it?

[BigMcLargehuge]

49. hint not necessary... it's DeRego

emphasis as DEEEE REEEE go

[chimpy the poopthrower]

50. Then I would not go with Keiko

The two ending Os are jarring, IMO.

Edit:
I also would not go with Matilda because of the similar accent pattern or Irene because of all the long E sounds.

Zella is a very unusual but pretty name. I like the idea of using family names. Maya is nice too, though.

Maybe you should come up with the initials first and go from there. How about DEM? ;-)

[redqueen]

51. I picked Iris and like Ilsa too.

I'm partial to names with no hard consonant sounds. Dunno why.

I thought about naming my second daughter Aja... and if you like Japanese names, some that I remember I had picked out were Yoshi, Yasu, Etsu, Kei, Hoshi, Rei, Ruri and Ishi. Forget the meanings now, but they were all good. :) My husband was not at all interested in those, though.

Oh on edit... Risa... another of my 'almosts'. Spanish word for smile or laughter... not sure which.

[StrongbadTehAwesome]

105. Risa is laughter in Spanish

Smile is "sonrisa," which is very similar.

[redqueen]

108. Thanks!

You just reminded me of a song... Tu Sonrisa...

[cmkramer]

52. My favorite girl's name

Sophronia.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

54. Mariella

[LosinIt]

55. Mari, in honor of our grieving friend

or maybe Abby Rose.

[flamingyouth]

56. I voted for Viviene

Although I'm a bit miffed that you're not naming her Lisa, I can live with it.:evilgrin:

[BigMcLargehuge]

57. I had it on the list but Mrs McLargehuge said...

"Not Lisa... My sister is Lisa..."

I said okay.

[Tikki]

58. Classics.....

Ruby, Dorienne, Thelma, Doreen, Ruth, Nadine, Gwynne, Alice.....and a more modern version of the classic 'Sharon' is the name 'Sharona'...
if your last name is, somewhat, common.... a distinctive 'given name' will set her apart from all the other Mary Smiths.

P.S. I like Matilda Rose the best of 'the above'.
P.P.S....all three of my initials are 'R', it's a conversation starter, for sure.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

59. I gave my kids the most ordinary names possible.

Tara and Marianne.

Over-compensating for my parents giving my brother and I outlandish names, I guess.

[chimpy the poopthrower]

67. how outlandish?

Hmmmm? :) Spill it!

[Screaming Lord Byron]

69. Nairn and Ramsay.

My first name is the Scottish version of Aneurin, as in Aneurin Bevan, father of the UK's National Health Service, my brother is named for the first Labour PM of the UK, Ramsay MacDonald.

I count myself lucky I wasn't saddled with Aneurin.

[chimpy the poopthrower]

70. Hee hee!

I'm pointing at you and laughing.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

71. Yup.

So, normal names for the kids.

[chimpy the poopthrower]

74. I actually think unusual names are very cool

...especially for guys. But I understand your point of view. :)

[redqueen]

75. Did she give you regular middle names at least?

I did that with mine... just in case they didn't like the first ones.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

76. Nope. My full name is

Nairn Lindsay Clark (now my enemies can google me)

[redqueen]

79. Well you didn't have to be so specific...

Go back and edit, quick!

[Screaming Lord Byron]

80. I wouldn't worry about it.

I'm actually ungoogleable.

[redqueen]

84. Hey.....

isn't there something else you should be working on writing?

;)

[Screaming Lord Byron]

86. I'm still working!

I'm working online, so I can post little posts, but I need time to put together more elaborate things.

[redqueen]

88. By all means ... take your time

Elaborate is good. :)

I'm working too... but SAP is so DAMN slow I could even take loooong breaks while it's 'working'.

[daisygirl]

99. I think that's a pretty damn cool name, but

I can see where it would be a pain in the ass for you...

[Screaming Lord Byron]

100. Right. I can't get away with anything.

[MissMarple]

119. Lindsay is a perfectly fine name, even for a guy.

[MissMarple]

60. Emma Rose. Emma Claire hmmm...Claire.

And I've always been partial to Jane. :D

[BigMcLargehuge]

61. Kick

:kick:

[whalerider55]

62. Linnea Simone

That's our daughter's name.
Linnea is a beautiful flower, woodland- "the Twin FLower".
Simone- honors my great uncle SIMON and his wife, SADIE.

two cents worth.

whalerider55

[daisygirl]

65. Linnea is a beautiful name

I'm partial to L names in general. At the top of my list if I ever had a baby girl were Lyda Rose and Lydia.

[harper]

63. Here's some good advice about picking out girl's names

Imagine your daughter's name being announced as she is awarded her degree from Harvard. That will weed out all of the too cute names, ie the Misty Dawns and Brandys.

By the way, I like all your suggested names. But how about Mary Viola.

[Cheswick2.0]

92. That was my Grandmother's name Mary Viola

cool

[chimpy the poopthrower]

64. be careful of "Viola"

I know that wasn't in the list, but since it was a grandmother's name... many people will not know that the correct pronunciation of the first syllable is VI (rhymes with sigh), not VEE.

[Amaya]

66. Lillian

Maya is nice too.

[Lex]

68. Olivia Rose . . .

How's that? :hi:

Lots of nickname possibilities for Olivia too, if you wanted to call her by a nickname.

Plus the origin of "Olivia" is Greek and this is the year the Olympics were back in Greece. Just a little note of interest.

[japple]

73. Sorry but I'm not crazy about any of the names.

I do like Sarah (my mother's name), Rachel, Anna-Claire (hyphenated or not), and some friends of mine just named their baby girl Rowan, which I think is great. I also like Journey and Sophia.

[politicat]

77. Byrony Piper Viola

The first two were supposed to be my niece's name until the Southern relatives found they couldn't pronounce it. (I'm still mad at my sister for acceding to the ignorance of her husband's hick relatives.) My sweet baby goddess-daughter is Brooke instead.

How about that? Not knowing your last name, I don't know if it fits....

Pcat (Who is named for a virtue and likes it fine. PM if you'd like it.)

[mahina]

78. Emma?

I love that name... or Molly
I'd go for Emma though
Emma Kerry DeRego?
:)

[mahina]

82. Oh booger

that's a trendy name now too.

[mahina]

83. Lilly?

n/t

[BigMcLargehuge]

89. those are good suggestions, popularity not withstanding

:)

[AspenRose]

81. Maeve

or Celeste

My husband hates both of them (oh well)

We're compiling our baby name list too (due in Feb)

[BigMcLargehuge]

87. We're due Jan 30th!

How far into Feb are you due?

[AspenRose]

90. At first it was Feb 1st...they changed it to Feb 11th

so we're right there with you ;-)

[BigMcLargehuge]

97. allow me to extend preemptive congratulations!

I am very excited for you. Perhaps one day our kids will meet in a more hospitble world!

[Bluebear]

85. Vivienne with two n's :)

[mahina]

91. Nicoletta

or Giselle?

[mahina]

93. I know...Ruby!

Ahh the power of the internet..all these minds all over the country.
I'd better go to work :)
or for a Hawaiian name how about Tiare, the tahitian gardenia, or
Keola, life or Kanani or my favorite, Kehau?
k-den :)

[BigMcLargehuge]

96. Actually, that's a good one because my grandfather only ever wore

one piece of jewelry, a Ruby ring. My mom has it now.

It would be a nice way to honor him!

Thanks, now I am flooding with wonderful memories of Pepere'!

Ruby... I like that... I REALLY like that.

[Cheswick2.0]

94. Cheswick Antonia Teresa DeReego CAT DeReego

Okay, if you don't like Cheswick (and I don't know why you wouldn't) you could always use Carmen or Constanza.

[BigMcLargehuge]

95. AHA! You've made the list

I am passing that one directly to Mrs. McLargehuge!!!!

[Cheswick2.0]

98. I knew you'd like it.......

I hope you and little CAT will be very happy. :7

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

Teresa should definitely be in there somewhere

you can guess why, I'm sure

[Lydia Leftcoast]

101. Not crazy about any of those, but here are some principles to keep in mind

1. No unisex names. No Taylor, Jordan, Avery, or any of those other names that make it sound as if the parents really wanted a boy. There are plenty of great girls' names.

2. No names that will sound stupid when she's older. There's a whole generation in and above the baby boomers who were given nicknames as their real names: Patty Sue, Debbie Kay, Peggy Jo, Candy Lee, and I'm sure there are some names floating around out there nowadays that sound cute on a little kid but will be embarrassing later in life.

3. No names that she will have to explain to people all her life. As someone whose last name is unusual outside of places with large numbers of Scandinavian immigrants (no, my last name isn't really "Leftcoast"), I know In the 1950s, we knew a family whose daughter's name was spelled Yvonne and pronounced "Wyone." I once had a co-worker named "Evea," pronounced "Eva." People who met her for the first time invariably said "E-vee-a." She'll probably temporarily change the spelling of her name as a teenager (so that "Ashley" becomes "Ashlee"), but let that be her decision.

[MissMillie]

102. I like Iris

because it's different.

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

107. Well

looks like my suggestions are a bit too tame for you, but I'll go ahead:

Katherine

Monika (the German spelling and pronunciation)

Erin or Aeryn (not to get too weird on the spelling!)

Rae is good, but a bit Southern sounding.....still different

Julia

Maurine

India (???)

Violet, for some reason I've always loved that name

When we named our daughter we wanted her to have a name that allowed people to take her seriously when she was older (yeah, we were actually thinking about her career). So anything silly-sounding or fluffy-sounding was out.

Just don't let it be McKayla or Mikayla for the love of all that's good and holy.

BTW, my daughter's name is Katherine Monika. Goes by Katie, but can go by Kate or Katherine as an adult, so we liked that. Good, solid, classic,not trendy name.

[Cuban_Liberal]

109. Lillian Rose.

I love both names, although they're quite 'old fashioned'.

:)

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

112. OMG

I love that name! Both of them! So pretty.....

[Cuban_Liberal]

113. Very pretty.

So feminine, too.

:)

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

111. OH!

The woman who had a baby right after me in the hospital had a baby girl, too, and they named her Katherine Grace, because Katherine means "pure."

Pure grace.

Oh and I need to add we decided on Katie as a nickname for this reason: we KNEW, we just KNEW people would hear that her name was Katherine and call her....KATHY. We do NOT like the name Kathy. Just too common (apologies to all Kathys out there!). So we headed it off at the pass. And she really IS a Katie, blond hair, blue eyes, and tons of freckles.

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

115. HOW could I have forgotten this website?

http://www.notwithoutmyhandbag.com/babynames/

It's called Baby's Named a Bad, Bad Thing and it will have you laughing SO hard. Pay no attention to the unprofessional format.

[Deja Q]

116. Viviene Rose

My two cents. :-)

[rbnyc]

117. Charlotte

Michelle, Camille...

...and I like Yvette too.

:)

[sherrem]

118. My humble suggestions

My husband and I are of norwegian descent, so I have a couple Norwegian names for your consideration ;)

Eli (pronounced Ella)
Freya (my daughter's name, pronounced Fray-a. Norwegian goddess of love and beauty, Friday is derived from Freya)

Zophia (greek, a form of Sophia, from the Gsophos and Sophia, Meaning "Wisdom, Skill." My daughter Gretta's middle name)

And my name is Shiloh, which is Hebrew.

My family is full of weird names. Named my son Aidan in 2002, and shows up in 2003 in the top 10 boy names...man was I ticked.

Good luck :)

[American liberal]

120. first of all, congratulations..

This is my first venture into DU Lounge (I tend to lurk in Gen. Discussion and Campaign 2004), and your thread caught my eye.

One of my friends at work just had a baby girl they named "Phoebe."

Some people really like that name. Its Greek origin, Phoebus, was the goddess of the moon, not to be confused with Phoebus Apollo, god of the sun. Phoebe is also a small, brown North American wren. Ever heard of the pee-wee bird? That's her! :)

Good luck and I hope you have a happy, healthy little girl to add to your McLarge family.

Peace,
AL

[cmkramer]

121. Other names I like

Adelheid
Wilhelmina
Midori
Nellie
Daisy

[Reciprocity]

122. Other

My fav is Renoah Wren for short.

More names I like.

Rhiannon/great queen

Sierra/mountain range

Fionnghuala/white shoulders
pronounced FYOON ghal a

Alannah/little rock

Erin/Ireland
pronounced Aaron


Scottish First Names
http://www.namenerds.com/scottish/

Common, Popular, Trendy and Traditional Baby Names http://www.heptune.com/names/nameinde.html#Common

t h e e t y m o l o g y a n d h i s t o r y o f f i r s t n a m e s
http://www.behindthename.com/

[wolfgirl]

123. Viviene GRACE Rose? n/t

[barackmyworld]

125. MAYA! (from experience)

I voted for maya because it is my name. No, not really. I guess it doesn't matter if a baby I don't know has my name. Well in any case, it's a great name. Multicultural, not too common, not too unusual, people usually can spell and pronounce it. There are some spellings of mya and some pronunciations of may-uh, but it's getting better.