More on the name game

[rkold]

A few caveats, while I am looking for some opinions, I don't care if you prefer other "V" names or other names which begin with a different letter. I also don't care if you prefer the "V" names and think they would make a better first name. It has been my fondest wish since my grandmother died in 1994 to have a little girl to name after her. So the "A" name is coming first. What name you all like the best is not necessarily the name I am going to pick, I'm just letting you all give a little input. I already have various family members all campaigning for their favorite lol

So the next stage with baby naming is finding out what various people think of when they hear a particular name. For example, when I say the name "Clementine" someone might think the song "Oh My Darling Clementine" while someone else might think those yummy little readily peelable oranges one eats in Winter. Anyone who would like participate, please make a comment with what is the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the following names.

The following first names are our current top choices:

Adina

Alice

Anne

Anya

Aviva

The following list of names are our top choices for middle names:

Vera

Verity

I might be willing to consider suggestions for other girl's names that start with A but again, I want a name that is not popular of which all of the following are: Abigail, Alexandra, Alexis, Alison, Amelia, Audrey, Aubrey, Audra, Ava. I also do not like gender neutral names, WASPY surnames as first names (think Addison) and I don't want a name that sounds made up. Also I am paying attention to ethnicity of names, Akiko is a perfectly nice name, but sounds really sort of silly when no one in her family is Japanese.

Comments

[rkold.livejournal.com]

When I hear that name, the first thing I think of is Jurassic Park lol I'm not sure what this says about me. XD;

The nice thing about Adina and Aviva is they both have built in Hebrew names, which is helpful since technically my grandmother didn't have one since she wasn't Jewish. (My mom use to make one up for her, but that's not the same thing.) It's going to be a problem with Vera or Verity where I will need to figure one out.

I love getting other people's associations. Like for me, Violet always makes me think Violet Westing from the Westinghouse Game, while to many other people it's Violet from Charlie and Chocolate Factory and to a few friends a character in Phoenix Wright! lol

I'm really excited! It seems more real now that I feel her move more. It also helps that I saw my cousin's new baby girl on Wednesday (Temima Basya, she's so cute and tiny!) BTW did you get your postcard?