Opinions please - names

[Clisby Williams]

Cheryl S. wrote:

>It's been a while since I've seen a name thread, so what do you all
>think of these names for a boy? What sort of personality traits come to
>mind when you read each one?
>
>Derek
>Evan
>Jaden
>Jeremy
>Rajan (rah-JAHN) - FIL is from India, so this isn't out of place with
>our last name.
>William
>--
>
>
>

I'd never heard it before, but I like Rajan the best.

Clisby

[Cheryl S.]

It's been a while since I've seen a name thread, so what do you all
think of these names for a boy? What sort of personality traits come to
mind when you read each one?

Derek
Evan
Jaden
Jeremy
Rajan (rah-JAHN) - FIL is from India, so this isn't out of place with
our last name.
William
--
Cheryl S.
Mom to Julie, 2 yr., 3 mo.
And a boy, EDD 4.Sept

Cleaning the house while your children are small is like
shoveling the sidewalk while it's still snowing.

[Denise]

"Cheryl S." > wrote in message
...
> It's been a while since I've seen a name thread, so what do you all
> think of these names for a boy? What sort of personality traits come to
> mind when you read each one?
>
> Derek
> Evan
> Jaden
> Jeremy
> Rajan (rah-JAHN) - FIL is from India, so this isn't out of place with
> our last name.
> William
> --
> Cheryl S.
> Mom to Julie, 2 yr., 3 mo.
> And a boy, EDD 4.Sept
>
> Cleaning the house while your children are small is like
> shoveling the sidewalk while it's still snowing.
>
>
I love Rajan and Evan. I know a lot of Jadens around here.. girls and boys,
tons of Jeremys. I don't think I've met a Derek since junior high though.

[Jennifer Rasmussen]

"Cheryl S." > wrote in message
...
> It's been a while since I've seen a name thread, so what do you all
> think of these names for a boy? What sort of personality traits come
to
> mind when you read each one?
>
> Derek
> Evan
> Jaden
> Jeremy
> Rajan (rah-JAHN) - FIL is from India, so this isn't out of place with
> our last name.
> William

William is my all time favorite boy's name. I think of someone strong
and kind of noble; for some reason I think of it as kind of medieval
sounding.

Jen
(having a girl, so no Will for her)

[Amy M.]

>Derek

An arrogant jerk! LOL! It was my former bosses name!

>Jaden

I don't know why, but this always strikes me as a girls name.


>Evan

This is a very nice name. I can see it on a baby as well as a man. That can
be hard to come by with a lot of names. Mine for instance, is great for a
baby/child, but just doesn't seem to fit a 70 year old woman, kwim?
--
Amy~
Tre' (6/92)
Keelyn (6/95)
Peyton (10/00)
bellybee (edd 8/03)

[Cheryl S.]

Ali's Daddie > wrote in message
...
> Jaden - I like it, I prefer the spelling Jayden (the way my nephews
> is spelled) But the name itself is nice. It is also unisex. However,
> keep in mind that it too is becoming rather popular with Will and
> Jada Pinkett Smith naming their child that

I did notice last night that Jaden/Jayden moved from the 100th most
popular in 1999 to 45th in 2002, so that did put me off of it a little.
I don't want anything too trendy. I also didn't realize until I read
your and Denise's posts that it's used for girls, which is something I'd
rather avoid for a boy's name. Glad I asked! (Who are Will and Jada
Pinkett Smith?)

> Rajan - a really nice name. I can't remember what it means off the top
> of my head.

It's of Sanskrit origin, and means "king" (according to the book I saw
it in anyway - you never know where they get this stuff).

> William - Ohh I like this one. It's my middle name :-) (that alone
just put
> it in your "do not use" list, huh? lol)

Nah. ;-) I wouldn't mind him sharing one of your names at all. You
seem very nice.

> Now, I have changed that to Matthew Shaun (Jarrod's middle
> name) for our first boy.

That's a nice name.

> Then again, I named my child after an allergy medication, so
> don't listen my opinions lol.
>
> (thats not really where I got the name from btw)

LOL. I had Allegra on my list when picking names for Julie, and the
allergy medication didn't even occur to me until I posted a poll here.
It's so musical, and I associate the name more with the ballerina
Allegra Kent than with the medication, even though I've taken it myself!
I love the name and I'm glad to see someone use it.
--
Cheryl S.
Mom to Julie, 2 yr., 3 mo.
And a boy, EDD 4.Sept

Cleaning the house while your children are small is like
shoveling the sidewalk while it's still snowing.

[Jacqui]

Cheryl S. wibbled

> (Who are Will and Jada Pinkett Smith?)

Will Smith - Fresh Prince of Bel Air/Independence Day. Jada Pinkett -
Matrix Reloaded. She seems to have added the Smith only in the last
three years.

Jac

[Denise]

"Cheryl S." > wrote in message
...


(Who are Will and Jada
> Pinkett Smith?)
>
Will Smith from The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Bad Boys, Independence Day,
rapping fame... and his wife Jada Pinkett.

[Laurie]

Cheryl S. wrote in message ...
>It's been a while since I've seen a name thread, so what do you all
>think of these names for a boy? What sort of personality traits come to
>mind when you read each one?
>
Derek: Like it a lot. We considered it, but too rhymy with Eric. Very
masculine, athletic, handsome sounding to me.

Evan: I love this name. Hubby didn't like it. It's kind of sexy and
sensitive sounding to me.

Jaden: Too pretty for me, kind of feminine IMO

Jeremy: Very cute, boy next doorish.

Rajan (rah-JAHN) - FIL is from India, so this isn't out of place with
>our last name.: It's not a name I'm familiar with, but it sounds nice to
be!

William: For some reason, I hvae always disliked this name, though it's a
perfectly good name.

My favorites from your list are Evan and Derek, jeremy a close tie.

I see you eliminated Coby. I wonder why? ;)

laurie
mommy to Jessica, 27 months
and Christopher, 12 weeks

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>--
>Cheryl S.
>Mom to Julie, 2 yr., 3 mo.
>And a boy, EDD 4.Sept
>
>Cleaning the house while your children are small is like
>shoveling the sidewalk while it's still snowing.
>
>

[Irish Marie]

"Cheryl S." > wrote in message
...
> It's been a while since I've seen a name thread, so what do you all
> think of these names for a boy? What sort of personality traits come to
> mind when you read each one?
>

Obviously these are just my opinions so I hope I don't offend anyone.

> Derek -reminds me of my boss and my first lost love ;-) so it wouldn't be
a name I personally would choose and it seems a little last generation for a
baby born now.

> Evan - I really like this

> Jaden - same name as my neighbour's son, and he is a cutie, still though I
think it is too 'made up' or modern for my likings.

> Jeremy - nope, too pretentious and upper class.

> Rajan (rah-JAHN) - FIL is from India, so this isn't out of place with
> our last name. - totally different cultural name to what i would be used
to, but it seems nice enough.

> William - I like this name, but then in my family it would probably be
shortened.

HTH

--
Marie
Mum to DD5, DS3 and due #3 July '03

[Phoebe & Allyson]

Ali's Daddie wrote:

> Then again, I named my child after an allergy medication, so don't listen my
> opinions lol.

I had wondered about that. ;) So where did you get her name
(which is a very nice name, by the way)?

Phoebe :)

[==Daye==]

On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 13:00:40 -0400, "Cheryl S."
> wrote:

>Derek

Don't like Derek. It could be that I dated one, and he turned
out to be a bit of a jerk. Associations are everything.

>Evan

Knew an Evan. He was strange. The name is okay though.

>Jaden

Very popular in Australia. My DD's name is Jayan, and there are
lots of people who call her "Jayden" because they read the name
wrong.

>Jeremy

I think of that song by "Pearl Jam" about the kid who commited
suicide in his classroom. The name is okay though.

>Rajan (rah-JAHN)

I knew a Rajan. He was a very lovely bloke. The name is pretty
too.

>William

Boring name, IMO. I know a couple of Williams, and they both go
by Bill. Not sure why that is.

--
==Daye==
E-mail: brendana AT labyrinth DOT net DOT au

[Alicia Elliott]

Wow, I bet you are going to get a ton of opinions about these. : ) Might
as well add my two cents:

Derek-My mum's ex is named Derek, he was not a great guy, but I don't mind
the name
Evan is really nice, I think of someone from the UK when I think of that
name. It is simple, and not too common.
Jaden I used to like, but it seems to be overused these days. It has a nice
sound, but I know so many people who have named their son Jaden.
Jeremy is my youngest brother's name and was my favourite name around the
time he was born. : ) I like it, but it is also quite common.
Rajan is BEAUTIFUL! I love exotic sounding names and I think this would be
a lovely choice. It sounds very elegant. Guess that's my first choice from
your list.
And finally William, not something I would choose. It is very traditional,
but my leaning is for names that sound different.

Now I'm off to check what other people have said. Good luck Cheryl! We
sure had a great time choosing names. : )
-Alicia
"Cheryl S." > wrote in message
...
> It's been a while since I've seen a name thread, so what do you all
> think of these names for a boy? What sort of personality traits come to
> mind when you read each one?
>
> Derek
> Evan
> Jaden
> Jeremy
> Rajan (rah-JAHN) - FIL is from India, so this isn't out of place with
> our last name.
> William
> --
> Cheryl S.
> Mom to Julie, 2 yr., 3 mo.
> And a boy, EDD 4.Sept
>
> Cleaning the house while your children are small is like
> shoveling the sidewalk while it's still snowing.
>
>

[Shelly]

hey jen what about wilomena.... aka will??

--






Shelly
Mommy to Zachariah
January 24, 2003
"Jennifer Rasmussen" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Cheryl S." > wrote in message
> ...
> > It's been a while since I've seen a name thread, so what do you all
> > think of these names for a boy? What sort of personality traits come
> to
> > mind when you read each one?
> >
> > Derek
> > Evan
> > Jaden
> > Jeremy
> > Rajan (rah-JAHN) - FIL is from India, so this isn't out of place with
> > our last name.
> > William
>
> William is my all time favorite boy's name. I think of someone strong
> and kind of noble; for some reason I think of it as kind of medieval
> sounding.
>
> Jen
> (having a girl, so no Will for her)
>
>

[Catherine C.]

"Cheryl S." > wrote in message >...
> It's been a while since I've seen a name thread, so what do you all
> think of these names for a boy? What sort of personality traits come to
> mind when you read each one?
>
> Derek
> Evan
> Jaden
> Jeremy
> Rajan (rah-JAHN) - FIL is from India, so this isn't out of place with
> our last name.
> William

My favourites are Evan, Rajan and William. Evan was on my favourites
list when my grandson was born 9 months ago and also on DD and SIL's
short list...Jayden was also on my list of faves but isn't now...not
sure why but perhaps overpopularity since Will Smith's son...now both
Jayden and Jeremy,I find just a bit too girly...agree with others that
Derek brings to mind the school bully...just my 2 cents...

Good luck with your decision! :-)

Catherine C.
grandmother to Brendan--Sept. 22, 2002

[Nina]

"Cheryl S." > wrote in message
...
> It's been a while since I've seen a name thread, so what do you all
> think of these names for a boy? What sort of personality traits come to
> mind when you read each one?
>
> Derek- a jerk athlete
> Evan- a jerk prude
> Jaden- too trendy
> Jeremy- bible
> Rajan (rah-JAHN) - FIL is from India, so this isn't out of place with
> our last name.
> William- classic

I'd avoid anything too trendy and contemporary with an Indian last name.

[Nina]

"Cheryl S." > wrote
> > Rajan - a really nice name. I can't remember what it means off the top
> > of my head.
>
> It's of Sanskrit origin, and means "king" (according to the book I saw
> it in anyway - you never know where they get this stuff).

Lots of African Americans use "Rajan", "Rashawn" and other variants of the
name. You run the risk of people thinking your child has a "ghetto name".
You say the last name is Indian, so that may not be a problem.

[Nina]

"Amy M." > wrote in message
...
> >Derek
>
> An arrogant jerk! LOL! It was my former bosses name!
>
Thats what I thought exactly. Weird!

[Nina]

"Em" > wrote > Similar to a few other people, I
associate Derek with a sort of
> not-that-nice-jockish type person. Not really sure why.

Derek Jeter. But I have never heard anything to imply that he is a
jerk,wonder how that part came about.

[Ali's Daddie]

"Phoebe & Allyson" > wrote in message
...
> Ali's Daddie wrote:
>
> > Then again, I named my child after an allergy medication, so don't
listen my
> > opinions lol.
>
> I had wondered about that. ;) So where did you get her name
> (which is a very nice name, by the way)?
>
> Phoebe :)
>

I wanted a Latin or an Italian word that meant something strong and
something meaningful to Jarrod and I. I also used to be a dancer, and
Allegra Kent fascinated me. One of my favorite characters in a movie
(Existenz) was Allegra Gellar (Jennifer Jason Leigh).

Alegra basically means "Exuberantly cheerful" And that is precisely how
having her made Jarrod and I feel, so it fit ;-)

Plus, I like the way it rolls off the tongue.. Alegra Lee.

I joke with people that ask about the medication. I say "Her brother
Claritin loves the name and so does her grandfather Viagra" :-P

--

LES!

Daddie to Alegra Lee. May 25th 2003!
"Daddie's Little Diva"

before you reply to me via email,
please remove your hat

[Ericka Kammerer]

Cheryl S. wrote:

> It's been a while since I've seen a name thread, so what do you all
> think of these names for a boy? What sort of personality traits come to
> mind when you read each one?
>
> Derek
> Evan
> Jaden
> Jeremy
> Rajan (rah-JAHN) - FIL is from India, so this isn't out of place with
> our last name.
> William


Personally, I like Evan. That was on our list of names
to consider for a boy this time.

Best wishes,
Ericka

[Laurie]

Cheryl S. wrote in message ...
>>LOL. I had Allegra on my list when picking names for Julie, and the
>allergy medication didn't even occur to me until I posted a poll here.
>It's so musical, and I associate the name more with the ballerina
>Allegra Kent than with the medication, even though I've taken it myself!
>I love the name and I'm glad to see someone use it.
>--
>Cheryl S.
>Mom to Julie, 2 yr., 3 mo.
>And a boy, EDD 4.Sept

OMG I remember that poll!!!! But I didn't *know* you at the time, because
IIRC, you didn't post much before Julie was born. But I remember a thread
about the name allegra and it being an allergy medication.

BTW, do you *really* not know who Will Smith is, Cheryl????????? :)

laurie
mommy to Jessica, 27 months
and Christopher, 12 weeks

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>
>Cleaning the house while your children are small is like
>shoveling the sidewalk while it's still snowing.
>
>

[Joy]

>Alegra basically means "Exuberantly cheerful"
> And that is precisely how having her made
> Jarrod and I feel, so it fit ;-)

You could have named her Joy. :) I really like Alegra, though, and I
think you chose a beautiful name!

Joy


http://community.webtv.net/joybelle15/ROSESCLUBFOOTPAGE

[Joy]

Derek
--------
Makes me think of when I was a kid and had Barbie and the Rockers Derek
doll. :) It's an okay name. Not my favorite but not bad either.

Evan
--------
My favorite of your choices! I just like this name.

Jaden
---------
Too popular and used too often for girls.

Jeremy
----------
A name I've never cared for. It just seems like a fitting name for a
kid to me but not an adult. My BIL's name is Jeremy, and my sister
calls him Jerm.

Rajan (rah-JAHN)
-----------------------
I like it.

William
----------
Great name, also! Evan and William are winners, I think.

Joy


http://community.webtv.net/joybelle15/ROSESCLUBFOOTPAGE

[Sandi]

"Cheryl S." > wrote in message
...
> It's been a while since I've seen a name thread, so what do you all
> think of these names for a boy? What sort of personality traits come to
> mind when you read each one?
>
> Derek
> Evan
> Jaden
> Jeremy
> Rajan (rah-JAHN) - FIL is from India, so this isn't out of place with
> our last name.
> William
> --
> Cheryl S.
> Mom to Julie, 2 yr., 3 mo.
> And a boy, EDD 4.Sept
>
> Cleaning the house while your children are small is like
> shoveling the sidewalk while it's still snowing.
>
>

William is my favorite, but I would want to make sure I could keep people
from shortening it to Billy or Willy (Bill or Will would be ok, I just
don't like the -y ending.)

I have a problem with a lot of boys nicknames like that. I think it comes
from my dad. His name is Ronald, and you can always tell when he runs into
someone he knew from high school, because they always call him Ronnie, which
I think sounds silly for a 60 year old man! JMO though... It probably
doesn't bother anyone but me, but it might be something to keep in mind.

Sandi
Abby (9/20/00)
Natalie (7/27/02...almost 1!!)

[Nina]

"Joy" > wrote in message
...
> >Alegra basically means "Exuberantly cheerful"
> > And that is precisely how having her made
> > Jarrod and I feel, so it fit ;-)
>
> You could have named her Joy. :) I really like Alegra, though, and I
> think you chose a beautiful name!
>
> Joy
>
>
I once considered Alegria, the spanish for Joy, of course my sister had to
mention the allgery thing.

[Tina]

"Cheryl S." > wrote in message >...
> It's been a while since I've seen a name thread, so what do you all
> think of these names for a boy? What sort of personality traits come to
> mind when you read each one?
>
> Derek
> Evan
> Jaden
> Jeremy
> Rajan (rah-JAHN) - FIL is from India, so this isn't out of place with
> our last name.
> William

Hi Cheryl!

I like Rajan, and I think it'll sound good with your last name, too.
We have some friends with family from India who have used more
'unusual' names (compared to most in Ohio!), and they've fit in quite
well with the other little ones. As they're learning to talk, they're
learning a wider variety of names and sounds than we were ever exposed
to, and I love that.

Only issue, I'd think, is how do you think it goes with Julie? I may
be sensitive to this, but because Sage and Solana look so dissimilar,
we've actually had people ask us if they're from different marriages.
Obviously people we don't know well, but still. I think it's
offensive to the kids, and me! Do you think people might ask weird
questions with such different names?

Jeremy was on our *short* list of boys names both times. I think it
would go well with Julie, too. What about Jeremy Rajan? Do you have
middle names picked out?


Tina.

P.S. -- OK -- rereading my post, I don't think Julie and Rajan sound
*bad* together, and I don't want to give that impression -- they just
sound very different. Not necessarily good or bad. Just noticing!
Glad you're doing well!

T.

[Elly]

"Cheryl S." > ha scritto nel messaggio
...
> It's been a while since I've seen a name thread, so what do you all
> think of these names for a boy? What sort of personality traits come to
> mind when you read each one?
>
> Derek
> Evan
> Jaden
> Jeremy
> Rajan (rah-JAHN) - FIL is from India, so this isn't out of place with
> our last name.
> William

I like Evan - it's been sitting on my list for a long time now, and in the
beginning DH really loved it, but now he's changing his mind about it. I
still like it, though.

Elly
27 weeks + 4 days
EDD October 6th

[Cheryl S.]

Tina > wrote in message
om...
> Only issue, I'd think, is how do you think it goes with Julie?
> Do you think people might ask weird questions with such
> different names?

I'm sure people will ask weird questions, regardless of names. ;-) I
get what you're saying though, and I have thought about that. Ideally
I'd like to find as "English-looking" a Sanskrit name as I can find, if
that makes any sense. There are so many "different", made-up names
being used now I'm guessing it won't be thought much of. Also, I know
it's sexist, but I figure Julie's likely to change her last name at
marriage, and likely to something non-Indian, so I'm not as concerned
about her name "going with" our last name.

Just as a totally unrelated LOL - when my ILs were visiting last weekend
we took Julie to the playground, and a grandma at the next swing started
up a conversation commenting on how *tanned* my FIL was, wondering if
they were visiting from Florida. (Many retired people from around here
live here in summer and in Florida in winter.) He didn't bother to
explain, just said he plays a lot of golf.

> Jeremy was on our *short* list of boys names both times. I think it
> would go well with Julie, too. What about Jeremy Rajan? Do you have
> middle names picked out?

I'd like to continue DH's father's family's long-standing tradition of
using the father's first name as the first son's middle name. It is
hard to find any name that flows with DH's name as a middle name though,
and DH is not all that concerned about doing it "just to keep up a
tradition". He'd rather the name sound really good.

I've also wondered if it's too cutesy to have both kids' names start
with "J", but I don't find that to be the case with Sage and Solana at
all. DH and I seem to gravitate toward "J" names for some reason.

> P.S. -- OK -- rereading my post, I don't think Julie and Rajan sound
> *bad* together, and I don't want to give that impression -- they just
> sound very different. Not necessarily good or bad. Just noticing!
> Glad you're doing well!

Thanks for clarifying! :-)

You take care of yourself, y'hear? (referring to your post under
Circe's "I'm home" thread)
--
Cheryl S.
Mom to Julie, 2 yr., 3 mo.
And a boy, EDD 4.Sept

Cleaning the house while your children are small is like
shoveling the sidewalk while it's still snowing.

[KatoKirk]

Jaden
Kirsten
TTC #1
5 years next month

[lynn]

In article >,
"Cheryl S." > wrote:

> It's been a while since I've seen a name thread, so what do you all
> think of these names for a boy? What sort of personality traits come to
> mind when you read each one?
>
> Derek
> Evan
> Jaden
> Jeremy
> Rajan (rah-JAHN) - FIL is from India, so this isn't out of place with
> our last name.
> William
> --
> Cheryl S.
> Mom to Julie, 2 yr., 3 mo.
> And a boy, EDD 4.Sept

Personally I'm a big fan of each child in a family having his/her own
first initial. So since you already have a Julie, I'd pass on Jaden and
Jeremy. Just too cutesy for me.

Of the others, Evan is one of my personal favorites. It sounds calm and
good-natured. I don't care for Derek. I also really like William, that's
my Dad's name, and it sounds strong and sturdy to me. And if it fits for
your family/ethnic background, Rajan is a cool name, and I agree with
another poster that it's unusual enough to be interesting, but easy to
spell and remember in English.

- Lynn

[sher]

"Cheryl S." > wrote in message >...
> It's been a while since I've seen a name thread, so what do you all
> think of these names for a boy? What sort of personality traits come to
> mind when you read each one?
>
> Derek
> Evan
> Jaden
> Jeremy
> Rajan (rah-JAHN) - FIL is from India, so this isn't out of place with
> our last name.
> William

Derek – I love this name. I think of strength and confidence when I
hear it.
Evan – I love this name also. I think of handsome and mysterious.
Jaden – I like it, but it's a little too trendy for me.
Jeremy – Be prepared for "Germy" as a nickname.
Rajan (rah-JAHN) – Very different and I love unique names. You may
have trouble with people knowing how to pronounce it though.
William – This is the opposite. Very traditional. I like the name as
long as it isn't shortened. That can be hard to keep up.

Derek and Evan would be my top two.

~ Sher, due with boy #3 9/27/03

[H Schinske]

Cheryl ) wrote:

>I've also wondered if it's too cutesy to have both kids' names start
>with "J", but I don't find that to be the case with Sage and Solana at
>all. DH and I seem to gravitate toward "J" names for some reason.

I like it that Rajan has the J sound in the middle, but accented so that you
notice it. That makes a subtle way that Julie and Rajan go together, if you see
what I mean, while not having them be too cutesy. They also are about the same
length but accented differently. Julie and Jeremy sound way more cutesy
together than Sage and Solana do, because they both have that unaccented -y
sound at the end as well.

--Helen

[Cheryl S.]

Laurie > wrote in message
...
> I see you eliminated Coby. I wonder why? ;)

LOL. Actually it was already off the list before Kobe Bryant hit the
news headlines. You'll notice Deven isn't there anymore either. :( We
can't seem to find any names that more than one of us likes enough to
use it, for more than a couple weeks.
--
Cheryl S.
Mom to Julie, 2 yr., 3 mo.
And a boy, EDD 4.Sept

Cleaning the house while your children are small is like
shoveling the sidewalk while it's still snowing.

[Cheryl S.]

Thanks for all the feedback everyone! It is really helpful to get such
a variety of perspectives, without having to involve family. Looks like
Derek and Jaden are out, lol! I'm glad so many people liked Rajan.
It's hard to guess how a "foreign" name is going to come across. I
still feel like there's a better name out there, somewhere, but I think
it'll be something similar to Rajan - Sanskrit, but short and
(relatively) easy to spell and pronounce in English (and probably with a
"J" in it, lol). I have a book of 2,000 Indian baby names on hold at
the library, due back in on the 20th, so hopefully we'll find the
perfect name in there! DH keeps asking me, "do we *haaave* to name
him?"
--
Cheryl S.
Mom to Julie, 2 yr., 3 mo.
And a boy, EDD 4.Sept

Cleaning the house while your children are small is like
shoveling the sidewalk while it's still snowing.

[Circe]

Cheryl S. wrote:
> Laurie > wrote in message
> ...
>> I see you eliminated Coby. I wonder why? ;)
>
> LOL. Actually it was already off the list before Kobe Bryant hit the
> news headlines. You'll notice Deven isn't there anymore either. :(
> We can't seem to find any names that more than one of us likes enough
> to use it, for more than a couple weeks.

If it's any consolation to you, Cheryl, my husband and I *never* agreed on a
name for Aurora (and didn't know whether she was a boy or girl, either, so
had no name picked out for either gender) until she was 5 days old, and even
when we picked it, we were a bit lukewarm about it. It was sort of the best
thing we could come up with. Now, of course, we're thrilled with it and
can't imagine having named her anything else.

I like Rajan, BTW.
--
Be well, Barbara
(Julian [7/22/97], Aurora [7/19/99], and Vernon's [3/2/02] mom)
See us at http://photos.yahoo.com/guavaln

This week's special at the English Language Butcher Shop:
"Loose weight, feel great!" -- fair booth sign

What does it all mean? I have *no* idea. But it's my life and I like it.

[Ali's Daddie]

"Cheryl S." > wrote in message
...
> Thanks for all the feedback everyone! It is really helpful to get such
> a variety of perspectives, without having to involve family. Looks like
> Derek and Jaden are out, lol! I'm glad so many people liked Rajan.
> It's hard to guess how a "foreign" name is going to come across. I
> still feel like there's a better name out there, somewhere, but I think
> it'll be something similar to Rajan - Sanskrit, but short and
> (relatively) easy to spell and pronounce in English (and probably with a
> "J" in it, lol). I have a book of 2,000 Indian baby names on hold at
> the library, due back in on the 20th, so hopefully we'll find the
> perfect name in there! DH keeps asking me, "do we *haaave* to name
> him?"
> --

Here is a website I just found on Google. It might have something you could
use.. Or at least be a starting point ;-)

http://tinyurl.com/goum


hth

--

LES!

Daddie to Alegra Lee. May 25th 2003!
"Daddie's Little Diva"

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Take a look at my eBay auctions I just might have something you can't live
without :-)
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[Sharon Bailey Glasco]

"Cheryl S." > wrote in message >...
> Tina > wrote in message
> om...
> > Only issue, I'd think, is how do you think it goes with Julie?
> > Do you think people might ask weird questions with such
> > different names?
>
> I'm sure people will ask weird questions, regardless of names. ;-) I
> get what you're saying though, and I have thought about that. Ideally
> I'd like to find as "English-looking" a Sanskrit name as I can find, if
> that makes any sense. There are so many "different", made-up names
> being used now I'm guessing it won't be thought much of.

Of your list, I really like Rajan, William, and Evan. Don't care much
for the others. I have to say, I have always found it amusing when
people are worried that their kids names don't "go" together. I mean,
your kids are not a matched set, are they? ;) And I think it would be
wonderful to celebrate your husband's heritage through your son's
name.


> I've also wondered if it's too cutesy to have both kids' names start
> with "J", but I don't find that to be the case with Sage and Solana at
> all. DH and I seem to gravitate toward "J" names for some reason.

Myself and my siblings (4 of us in all) all have names that start with
"S", and no one has ever made comments to me about it. It helps that
we are all very different personalities, and that there is not a very
strong family resemblence between us. And again, we are not a matched
set. (Okay, enough of that!) My parents always say that they just
picked names that happened to sound really good with our last name,
and it just happened to be "S" names.

DH and I have started the name discussion too - perhaps I will post my
own poll as I suspect we are going to have a very difficult time with
the name this go around.

Sharon
Mom to James 6.2.00
EDD #2 5 December

[Tina]

"Cheryl S." > wrote in message >...
> Tina > wrote in message
> om...
> > Only issue, I'd think, is how do you think it goes with Julie?
> > Do you think people might ask weird questions with such
> > different names?
>
> I'm sure people will ask weird questions, regardless of names.

That's true!

;-) I
> get what you're saying though, and I have thought about that. Ideally
> I'd like to find as "English-looking" a Sanskrit name as I can find, if
> that makes any sense. There are so many "different", made-up names
> being used now I'm guessing it won't be thought much of. Also, I know
> it's sexist, but I figure Julie's likely to change her last name at
> marriage, and likely to something non-Indian, so I'm not as concerned
> about her name "going with" our last name.
>

Hmmmm. I guess the made up names were why I was thinking Rajan would
fit right into the mix. There are very few 'standard names' around
here anymore. Maybe 25-30% of the kids we regularly see, but we are
in a very liberal area. (Not for long, though -- we just bought a new
house! Much closer to my family and yours ----> Lakewood! We move
next month, and who knows, my kids might be the only non-traditional
names there!)


> Just as a totally unrelated LOL - when my ILs were visiting last weekend
> we took Julie to the playground, and a grandma at the next swing started
> up a conversation commenting on how *tanned* my FIL was, wondering if
> they were visiting from Florida. (Many retired people from around here
> live here in summer and in Florida in winter.) He didn't bother to
> explain, just said he plays a lot of golf.
>

Oh jeez. I have to wonder how people become so stilted and terrible
at small talk that they resort to not only commenting on appearances,
but on skin color! It happens to me *all the time*! I'm taking up
golf this year, I might try that one on someone soon ; )!

> > Jeremy was on our *short* list of boys names both times. I think it
> > would go well with Julie, too. What about Jeremy Rajan? Do you have
> > middle names picked out?
>
> I'd like to continue DH's father's family's long-standing tradition of
> using the father's first name as the first son's middle name. It is
> hard to find any name that flows with DH's name as a middle name though,
> and DH is not all that concerned about doing it "just to keep up a
> tradition". He'd rather the name sound really good.
>

I think Rajan _your DH's first name_ _your last name_ sounds really
nice. It certainly does sound Indian, though! I'm repeating it to
myself, and it keeps sounding better. Like someone famous, really.

> I've also wondered if it's too cutesy to have both kids' names start
> with "J", but I don't find that to be the case with Sage and Solana at
> all. DH and I seem to gravitate toward "J" names for some reason.
>

I'm glad you don't think that about Sage and Solana. We probably
wouldn't have done it on purpose, but since Sage is her middle name,
we could afford to be 'cutesy' when they're kids, and then let them
decide -- also, Solana is likely to use 'Lana', I think, once she gets
better at her 'L's'.

> > P.S. -- OK -- rereading my post, I don't think Julie and Rajan sound
> > *bad* together, and I don't want to give that impression -- they just
> > sound very different. Not necessarily good or bad. Just noticing!
> > Glad you're doing well!
>
> Thanks for clarifying! :-)
>
> You take care of yourself, y'hear? (referring to your post under
> Circe's "I'm home" thread)

Thanks! I did call. I should be getting a referral and appointment
early next week!


See 'ya!

Tina.

[Laurie]

Cheryl S. wrote in message ...
>Laurie > wrote in message
...
>> I see you eliminated Coby. I wonder why? ;)
>
>LOL. Actually it was already off the list before Kobe Bryant hit the
>news headlines. You'll notice Deven isn't there anymore either. :( We
>can't seem to find any names that more than one of us likes enough to
>use it, for more than a couple weeks.


Yup, I did notice that and was bummed! I love Deven! Sorry about spelling
Kobe wrong. We don't watch basketball around here. ;)

laurie
mommy to Jessica, 27 months
and Christopher, 12 weeks

*This email address is now valid*


>Cheryl S.
>Mom to Julie, 2 yr., 3 mo.
>And a boy, EDD 4.Sept
>
>Cleaning the house while your children are small is like
>shoveling the sidewalk while it's still snowing.
>
>

[Laurie]

Circe wrote in message ...
>Cheryl S. wrote:
>> Laurie > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> I see you eliminated Coby. I wonder why? ;)
>>
>> LOL. Actually it was already off the list before Kobe Bryant hit the
>> news headlines. You'll notice Deven isn't there anymore either. :(
>> We can't seem to find any names that more than one of us likes enough
>> to use it, for more than a couple weeks.
>
>If it's any consolation to you, Cheryl, my husband and I *never* agreed on
a
>name for Aurora (and didn't know whether she was a boy or girl, either, so
>had no name picked out for either gender) until she was 5 days old, and
even
>when we picked it, we were a bit lukewarm about it. It was sort of the best
>thing we could come up with. Now, of course, we're thrilled with it and
>can't imagine having named her anything else.
>
>I like Rajan, BTW.

I hear you; Christopher got named when he was about 2 hours old, and he came
VERY close to being Benjamin. In fact, I thought he looked more like a
Benjamin, but hubby thought he looked more like a Christopher, and since it
was the first name that we both loved, I agreed. I love both names, but
he's definitely a Christopher; it only took about 10 minutes for me to feel
that way!

laurie
mommy to Jessica, 27 months
and Christopher, 12 weeks

*This email address is now valid*
>--
>Be well, Barbara
>(Julian [7/22/97], Aurora [7/19/99], and Vernon's [3/2/02] mom)
>See us at http://photos.yahoo.com/guavaln
>
>This week's special at the English Language Butcher Shop:
>"Loose weight, feel great!" -- fair booth sign
>
>What does it all mean? I have *no* idea. But it's my life and I like it.
>
>

[Cheryl S.]

Circe > wrote in message
news:dKFPa.2790$u51.1988@fed1read05...
> If it's any consolation to you, Cheryl, my husband and I
> *never* agreed on a name for Aurora [...] until she was
> 5 days old, and even when we picked it, we were a bit
> lukewarm about it.

Ack, that's what I'm *worried* about happening to us! <g> Julie wasn't
named until she was about 24 hours old, but at the birth center, I don't
get to stay that long! They strongly encourage having the name picked
out before birth so all the birth certificate paperwork can be filled
out while you're there, which is for only 6-24 hours following birth.
I'm not sure what happens if we can't decide on a name before time to go
home. I think then DH will have to go to some government office himself
and it becomes much more of a hassle simply because it's "non-standard".
Hmmm, you must have gone home before naming Aurora -- what was your
experience with getting her birth certificate filed?

> It was
> sort of the best thing we could come up with. Now, of course,
> we're thrilled with it and can't imagine having named her anything
else.

It is funny how once you do settle on a name it becomes so wonderful,
and you can't imagine the child with any other name.

> I like Rajan, BTW.

Thanks, I do too. Now if only I could get DH to like it better than
Jaden... <sigh> ;-)

How are you feeling now?? I am still worrying about you.
--
Cheryl S.
Mom to Julie, 2 yr., 3 mo.
And a boy, EDD 4.Sept

Cleaning the house while your children are small is like
shoveling the sidewalk while it's still snowing.

[Cheryl S.]

Ericka Kammerer > wrote in message
...
> We handled the birth certificate paperwork both times for
> the boys, and it wasn't that bad. The first time, Michael went
> in alone and they pitched a fit and wanted to see the baby (!).
> Michael made the point that the form we brought in had been
> signed off on by the proper birth certifiers and that they
> had no way of knowing whether any baby he brought in was really
> his or not, but they were stuck on it, so we waited a few weeks
> and then we all went in. Personally, I think this was an anomaly
> and we just ran into one particular idiot in the office, because
> when we came back, no one cared that we had the baby with us ;-)

How weird! Plus, it's not like any government official ever sees the
baby when a hospital sends in the birth certificate form.

> Anyway, it's another errand to run, but it's not difficult.
> I wouldn't rush naming to avoid it.

Thanks for letting me know that Ericka, I feel a lot less pressured now.
You're right, it's not worth rushing on choosing a name. Getting the
right name is the important thing.
--
Cheryl S.
Mom to Julie, 2 yr., 3 mo.
And a boy, EDD 4.Sept

Cleaning the house while your children are small is like
shoveling the sidewalk while it's still snowing.

[Ericka Kammerer]

Cheryl S. wrote:


> Ack, that's what I'm *worried* about happening to us! <g> Julie wasn't
> named until she was about 24 hours old, but at the birth center, I don't
> get to stay that long! They strongly encourage having the name picked
> out before birth so all the birth certificate paperwork can be filled
> out while you're there, which is for only 6-24 hours following birth.
> I'm not sure what happens if we can't decide on a name before time to go
> home. I think then DH will have to go to some government office himself
> and it becomes much more of a hassle simply because it's "non-standard".
> Hmmm, you must have gone home before naming Aurora -- what was your
> experience with getting her birth certificate filed?


We handled the birth certificate paperwork both times for
the boys, and it wasn't that bad. The first time, Michael went
in alone and they pitched a fit and wanted to see the baby (!).
Michael made the point that the form we brought in had been
signed off on by the proper birth certifiers and that they
had no way of knowing whether any baby he brought in was really
his or not, but they were stuck on it, so we waited a few weeks
and then we all went in. Personally, I think this was an anomaly
and we just ran into one particular idiot in the office, because
when we came back, no one cared that we had the baby with us ;-)
The second time around there were no problems except that due
to our impending move, we couldn't have the registrar send the
info straight off to the social security office, so we had to
get his SS# in a separate trip. That was a pain, but not at
all difficult.
Anyway, it's another errand to run, but it's not difficult.
I wouldn't rush naming to avoid it.

Best wishes,
Ericka

[Linz]

On 11 Jul 2003 15:07:34 -0700, (Sharon
Bailey Glasco) wrote:

>"Cheryl S." > wrote in message >...

>> I've also wondered if it's too cutesy to have both kids' names start
>> with "J", but I don't find that to be the case with Sage and Solana at
>> all. DH and I seem to gravitate toward "J" names for some reason.
>
>Myself and my siblings (4 of us in all) all have names that start with
>"S", and no one has ever made comments to me about it. It helps that
>we are all very different personalities, and that there is not a very
>strong family resemblence between us. And again, we are not a matched
>set. (Okay, enough of that!) My parents always say that they just
>picked names that happened to sound really good with our last name,
>and it just happened to be "S" names.

Ah, I'm not sure your name counts as an "S" name - it /looks/ like an
S but the pronunciation is Sh!
--
EDD 1/11/03
22 weeks

[She's A Goddess]

"Cheryl S." > wrote in message
...
> Ack, that's what I'm *worried* about happening to us! <g> Julie wasn't
> named until she was about 24 hours old, but at the birth center, I don't
> get to stay that long! They strongly encourage having the name picked
> out before birth so all the birth certificate paperwork can be filled
> out while you're there, which is for only 6-24 hours following birth.
> I'm not sure what happens if we can't decide on a name before time to go
> home. I think then DH will have to go to some government office himself
> and it becomes much more of a hassle simply because it's "non-standard".
> Hmmm, you must have gone home before naming Aurora -- what was your
> experience with getting her birth certificate filed?
>

We went through the same experience with this Owen. He finally had a name
at four days and we were "sure enough" about it at five days to tell people
what it was. After a few more days I loved it and couldn't imagine anything
else. In the meantime, I felt so funny trying out different names on him :)

As for the birth certificate process, our hospital freaked out at the idea
of us leaving without him having a name but all it came down to was that we
had to sign the fully completed birth certificate and social security forms
without them having a name on it and call them back with the name when we
had it. If we'd gone over seven days they said they would be sending the
form in with "Baby Boy" and we'd have to go through some sort of an
amendment process. Not sure if the birth center will do something similar
for you or not.

> > I like Rajan, BTW.
>
> Thanks, I do too. Now if only I could get DH to like it better than
> Jaden... <sigh> ;-)

Hmm... Does he like it some or not at all? BTW I like it best on your list
with Jaden the least.

--
Rhiannon
Madison Sophia - 9/6/01
Owen Grady - 6/23/03

[Ericka Kammerer]

She's A Goddess wrote:


> As for the birth certificate process, our hospital freaked out at the idea
> of us leaving without him having a name but all it came down to was that we
> had to sign the fully completed birth certificate and social security forms
> without them having a name on it and call them back with the name when we
> had it. If we'd gone over seven days they said they would be sending the
> form in with "Baby Boy" and we'd have to go through some sort of an
> amendment process. Not sure if the birth center will do something similar
> for you or not.


Something to keep in mind is that the hospital or birth
center may not be the best source of information. When we had
the boys in Michigan (and went in to the registrar's office to
handle the forms ourselves), we had many friends who were told
by local hospitals that they *had* to cough up a name before they
could leave or that they'd have to go through all sorts of hassle.
Obviously, the hospitals were wrong, whether through ignorance
or just because they wanted people to comply with their usual
procedure ;-) If you think you might confront this situation,
maybe a good course of action would be to check with the local
vital records office and find out the actual scoop so that you
get whatever you need in the way of paperwork or signatures
from the hospital or birthing center so that you can handle the
name at your convenience.

Best wishes,
Ericka

[==Daye==]

On Sat, 12 Jul 2003 08:03:45 -0400, "Cheryl S."
> wrote:

>Hmmm, you must have gone home before naming Aurora -- what was your
>experience with getting her birth certificate filed?

In Australia, the parents fill out the birth certificate form and
send it in. I had a certain amount of time to get it filled out
and sent in.

Jayan's middle names were not finalized until we filled in the
form about 3-4 weeks after she was born. Jayan had been decided
on months before the birth. I got really sick of people asking,
"So have you got a middle name for her yet?"

--
==Daye==
Momma to Jayan
#2 EDD 11 Jan 2004
E-mail: brendana AT labyrinth DOT net DOT au

[H Schinske]

Cheryl S. ) wrote:

>Julie wasn't
>named until she was about 24 hours old, but at the birth center, I don't
>get to stay that long! They strongly encourage having the name picked
>out before birth so all the birth certificate paperwork can be filled
>out while you're there, which is for only 6-24 hours following birth.
>I'm not sure what happens if we can't decide on a name before time to go
>home. I think then DH will have to go to some government office himself
>and it becomes much more of a hassle simply because it's "non-standard".

With Peter they filed all the forms as "Baby Boy Lastname" and then someone
called us up a while later (it may have been as much as two weeks) and we
finalized it over the phone. They probably sent us forms to mail in, too, can't
remember that part, but I know we didn't have to go stand in line anywhere, and
I know my son has a Social Security number and all that in the proper name.
Though I did get a phone call once, from some doctor's secretary, asking to
speak to Boy! Clueless in a couple of directions at once, that one was ...

--Helen

[H Schinske]

wrote, re Sharon:

>Ah, I'm not sure your name counts as an "S" name - it /looks/ like an
>S but the pronunciation is Sh!

Well, now, on the internet, you don't know how she pronounces it, do you? ;-)
Nor do you know whether any of her shiblings', I mean siblings', names also
start with a Sh sound rather than S. They could be Sean, Siobhan, Sharon, and
Shakespeare.

--Helen, being silly

[Circe]

Piggy-backing...
> On Sat, 12 Jul 2003 08:03:45 -0400, "Cheryl S."
> > wrote:
>> Hmmm, you must have gone home before naming Aurora -- what was your
>> experience with getting her birth certificate filed?

The birth certificate wasn't the issue, actually--it was getting her Social
Security number issued *with* the birth certificate that put some pressure
on us. As it happened, she was born on a Monday morning. The hospital files
its paperwork with the county and SSA every Friday. So they told us if we
didn't want the hassle of getting the SSN ourselves, we had to name her by
Friday morning. Which is what we did. Otherwise, they'd have issued a birth
certificate for "Girl Lastname" and let us deal with the rest of it.

I don't think it would have been *that* horrible if we hadn't been able to
come to terms by Friday morning. But it *did* help having a bit of pressure
on us--I think she might still be "Hey, you!" if there hadn't been *some*
deadline!
--
Be well, Barbara
(Julian [7/22/97], Aurora [7/19/99], and Vernon's [3/2/02] mom)
See us at http://photos.yahoo.com/guavaln

This week's special at the English Language Butcher Shop:
"Loose weight, feel great!" -- fair booth sign

What does it all mean? I have *no* idea. But it's my life and I like it.