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This is kind of a late response to Jillc's sibset of Marigold and Mimosa... actually mimosa IS a type of flower, and it is traditionally given in honor of National Women's Day in Italy... they are very pretty! So I think that they make a lovely floral pair :-) Also, I have kind of a reverse airline horror story. When I got married, I had my passport amended to show my new name, and to do that, all they do is type on the very last page "Bearer's name changed to NEW NAME" or something like that. I flew to Europe a few years ago and, of course, my ticket was in my "new" married name. I checked in at the counter, went through security, and only when I went to board the plane at the gate did someone notice that the name on the ticket and the name in the front (picture page) of the passport didn't match. Seriously! It's really kind of scary!
Does anyone know anything about the use of Reno as a given name? NameVoyager has it in the top 1000 only in the 1910s, with only about 20 babies receiving it. I had never heard it before, but there are three (THREE!) students at my school (a high school) with that name, and I don't think they are related. They are all of Italian descent, though. It just seems like such an odd name to me to begin with, and then to have more than one makes me wonder where the usage came from. Any theories?
Silvia - I also like Donovan Victor for the repeated "v" zoerhenne - I think Betsy is a nickname for Elizabeth. (It also makes me think of the adorable nickname "Bets" in LM Montgomery's Pat of Silver Bush). Maybe you're thinking of Daisy being a nickname for Margaret? That's because "margarita" in Italian (and similar names in other romance languages) means the flower that we call a daisy. I also think that Trevor is a totally adorable name - I knew two when I was in elementary school (in the 80s) and can't see it as an old man name at all.
I have a friend who is a dentist and her last name is $meiles (pronounced "smiles") :-)
AJ - Xavier University is in Cincinnati, not Cleveland. In modern US society, I wouldn't expect a Xavier to be of any specific ethnicity... I think of it as one of those names that has crossed cultural borders. Clemency, I agree with you somewhat about giving girls feminized male names... I think Laura has had a few posts about this in the past. If a name is newly created just to make a female version of a male name, it kind of rubs me the wrong way, e.g. David - Davida, James - Jamesina. However, I like many names that are by now fully established, e.g. Charlotte, Nicole, etc. That one is a tough call. Laura also had a post a while ago about masculinizing feminine names, or rather, how to honor a female by naming a male child.
zoehrenne - lol at Can-tell-o-pee and Lee-may!
Rachel - this is totally random but your question about Anna Banana reminded me that when my cousins and my sister and I were all around high school age, I really wanted to name a daughter Anna, my one cousin wanted to name her daughter Hannah, and my sister wanted to name her daughter Savannah. We joked for the longest time that my other cousin was just going to have to name HER daughter Banana! As Linnaeus says, I'm sure she'll love whatever her father calls her, and you never know what other nicknames will pop up. (My daughter is currently known around the house as "Quacker" and "Baby Bear.") Guest - add me to the list of preferring the looks of Juliet Claire.
You're right, Valerie... I got the terms confused.
Um, I think abhi is a troll
The First Lady of Ohio in the '80s was named Dagmar. She was born in Austria, met the future governor in Oxford, and led a pretty interesting life - Including being ordained as a Roman Catholic Priest! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagmar_Braun_Celeste I've always thought that both Dagmar and Dagny were interesting names. Not ones I'd use, probably, but they have some sort of fascination for me. Rachel, I love love love Anna, and wanted to name my own daughter that for the longest time. It is so clean and classic. Sophia is very pretty but the rapid increase in popularity would make me lean towards no, personally.
Confused Mama - I also love Josephine, I think it is elegant and refined, yet spunky and altogether delightful. Josie is an adorable nickname. Yes, it is a feminine version of Joseph, but that doesn't make it unfeminine any more than Danielle or Stephanie, for example. jenmn - I'll just give you my two cents as the mother of an almost-one-year-old Juliette. (Her middle name is Vict0ria.) No one has once mentioned Romeo and Juliet yet when hearing her name, but we have gotten lots of comments on what a sophisticated, beautiful name it is. The only person who has made the connection, embarrassingly enough, is me. I named a stuffed giraffe that she got as a gift Romeo. As for the spelling, I actually preferred Juliet because, growing up as an Alison (not Allison or Allyson) I like the simplicity and no unnecessary letters. Also, our last name is one syllable and very German, so I thought the simplicity of Juliet would go better. However, DH preferred Juliette, and, since he really wanted to be a part of the naming process, not just ok-ing or vetoing names I suggested, I wasn't going to argue! Of your other choices, I also like Vivienne Claire and Linnea Claire. I think Claire is a wonderful middle name, simple and sweet.
New baby alert - triplets (!) born to a friend of a friend: Ph0ebe $eamus S0phia joining 2-year-old $tella. I think it's a really cute set and I didn't notice that three of the four names start with S until I typed it out. I think that with the different sounds the Ss make, it's not making a statement. If they were Stella, Stephanie, and Stacy, then it would feel much different.
Here are my 14. My general taste in names is not quite as esoteric as some of yours, but they are names that I would seriously consider using. Middle names are all family names. Juliet Isabelle Gwendolyn Piroska Francesca Jane Caroline Valerie Anna Claudia Silvia Giselle Eleanor Lucia Lorenzo Joseph Jonathan Robert Daniel Milton Christopher William Evan Dominic Charles Alfred Nathaniel David
Have any of you who are new parents received the catalog 1st Wishes? It's all for 1st birthday party supplies (a little overkill, imo, but hey!). It's been fun looking at the names they chose to put on the products - all for babies presumably born in 2008. I'll list them with their SSN ranking. Carly – 197 Alyssa – 16 Emma – 1 Anika – 573 Hannah – 17 Madison – 4 Natalie – 13 Jada – 110 Sophie – 74 Ava – 5 Olivia – 6 Ana – 169 Peyton – 60 Sarah - 20 Zachary – 47 Michael – 2 Noah – 15 Matthew – 10 Ryan – 18 Jason - 60 Nicholas - 29 John Kenneth – 20 Ethan – 3 Riley – 106 (assumed boy from the accompanying pictures) Adam – 72 Jacob – 1 Alexander – 6 David Thomas – 14 Joey – 574 (Joseph – 13) The only real surprise is Anika which, according to NameVoyager, has risen very quickly recently, but there were still only 530 Anikas born in 2008. Anyhow, just thought I'd share.
Congratulations, Philippa! I absolutely LOVE the name Sylvia Grace. Enjoy your wonderful baby!
Philippa - if you're worried about mispronunciation and having to spell the name, I might stay away from Freya. I THINK it's pronounced FRAY-uh, but it could be FREE-uh or even FRY-uh. And if you say the name and expect it to be spelled, it could be Fraya or Frayah or Fraea or probably lots of other ways I haven't thought of yet. On the other hand I love love love Sylvia and think that Grace is a perfectly lovely middle name. I also love your name Philippa, and my first association is with Anne Shirley's friend Philippa Gordon in the third book of the Anne of Green Gables series.
I like Felicity, Francesca and Fern, and will also add Fawn. Laurence/Lawrence seems very fuddy-duddy to me, but I absolutely love Lorenzo. Is Laszlo a form of that same name, or does it have different origins?