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Gee70--boy name or girl? Either way, I don't think you can go wrong with a solid, traditional name, even if it is in the top 10 at the moment. If there's one central lesson I've learned from Laura and this blog, it's that the top 10 isn't what it used to be! Also, kids don't seem to mind sharing their names as much as the parents do. If it fits with your first child's name and you love it, I'd say go for it. Anna S--thanks for the all-time list! Fascinating. Lots of surprises there for me. James over John? PATRICIA at number 2? Wow.
Ooops, emilyrae, funny that we simultaneously posted totally opposite opinions on birth month/name month. I suppose a child named January or October is going to be making a lot of small talk about her name, whatever her birth month. So if she liked having a month name, maybe she would also like the fact that it came from a totally different month than her birthday. My favorite day-of-the-week name might be Wednesday. It's a very elegant word, and you could go by Wendy when you didn't feel like explaining your name.
Let's hope that little November, when asked if she was born in November, can smile and say yes! Because if she has to roll her eyes and explain that no, she was born in June but her parents are kinda nuts . . . well, that could REALLY get annoying. Monica J: I love Harriet Jane (Hattie Jane!) or Holly Louise the most! Harriet and Holly are so different--maybe go in with two names and see which she "chooses" when you see her? As for Rory, I like that too but the least of the three. And with Willa, maybe Rory is too androgynous? Like Monica, I read and enjoy the comments here often but don't post much. Sorry for dropping in out of the blue today--I'm procrastinating!
Anne with an E--I thought so too for the longest time, but it sounded sort of funny to me when he said it so I looked it up. I'm guessing his given name is probably Steven Inskeep, which sort of sounds like it has a stutter in the middle!
I know a woman who, like sarahsmile and Aybee, was commonly known by her last name in high school and her early 20s (she was an athlete). After college, most people gradually stopped calling her by the surname, but her boyfriend kept it up. They are married now. She changed her last name to his, but he still calls her by her former last name most of the time. The effect is that her birth surname has been converted into a nickname that is used only by him. It's very sweet in my opinion---like a constant reminder between them of the young people they were when they fell in love.
k8sky: I really like all of your choices, especially the beautiful first name Genevieve. I think the s-S problem of Miles S@v@ge is not so bad in light of the fact that your son would likely use Milo a lot of the time. Also, because neither "Mile" nor "Avage" standing alone is a complete name, my ear hears the name correctly, even if it's pronounced quickly. The sounds-running-together problem creates more ambiguity in situations like the NPR announcer Steve Inskeep. Whenever I hear him say his name on the air, I hear "Steven Skeep." :-) Regarding middle names, all of your choices are lovely and very thoughtful. For some reason with both Genevieve and Miles and your last name, I have a slight preference for the rhythm created by the two-syllable middle names (Genevieve Esther, Miles Patrick, Miles Dixon). If you agree, you might also consider Genevieve Katherine? It LOOKS long, but has the same lovely rhythm as Genevieve Esther. On the surname subject, I got engaged a month ago and very swiftly made the decision for myself. It went like this. On the day we got engaged, I asked my sweetie whether he had any opinions about me changing my name vs. not. He said it made no difference to him. However, just a few months before, I had been unsuccessfully trying to get a gmail address with *any* reasonable variation of my name. They were all taken. The day after our engagement, he created a gmail account with myfirstname.hislastname (both of our last names are somewhat uncommon, but his is apparently less common than mine). He then sent me an email from the new account saying "How does this look to you?" I thought it looked fabulous and made up my mind pretty much on the spot to take that name.
I agree that twins named Addison & Clark would be a very sweet and subtle tribute. My boyfriend and I have often joked about naming children after an intersection near our house: Harbert & Rozelle. We find this hilarious, but I could see someone actually doing it. "Rozelle" is very pretty. Gold star to anyone who can name our neighborhood/city! (Not currently Minnesota, despite my user name.)