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I was thinking just the other day that no one uses Elliot anymore and it's a shame.
Do we like Elliott?
Or is that just setting up a kid to keep an alien in his closet?
I was thinking just the other day that no one uses Elliot anymore and it's a shame.
You all are, for the most part, grown women. With jobs. And kids. Probably not husbands, but whatever.
I like Elliott. And all names with 80s movie references. Lloyd and Blaine are also good choices.
It's so hard to find obedient minions. --Blair Waldorf
Blaine! So much better than Duckie.
Don't make me be the asshole who says it's a major appliance...Originally Posted by isadora
You all are, for the most part, grown women. With jobs. And kids. Probably not husbands, but whatever.
I think that particular pop culture reference makes the name even cooler.
It's so hard to find obedient minions. --Blair Waldorf
Elliott is off the list as per husbandly veto.
We've started running names by the ophykid, just for kicks, and she has shot down every suggestion so far. Turns out, she doesn't hate those names . . . she just thinks the new baby should be named after her. Yeah, that wouldn't be confusing. For a boy.
I was glancing through Ancient Greek names, and found Aristander. I don't think I would do that do a kid, but I kinda like it. I also found Cratippus and Ctesiphon. *shudder*
I hope I'm not being an asshole if I say your original list is terrible. Except for John and Whittaker I can't picture myself having sex with a person with any those names, though I don't think sex appeal is in your criteria at all.
Out of the names mention I like Jackson (as a first name) and Nicolas - or how about Nicola? Silas sounds kind of evil, which should be good.
One of my online friends is named Scot. It's creative spelling without being overboard.
Amos - my favorite Biblical name. I have a Sim with that name.
Jerome - looks pretty in writing but I don't know how it's pronounced.
Chet - it's on the nono list because of the jazz musician factor but I don't think it's too noticeable.
Herman - a standard but very underused name.
Cade - I like a gay porn star with this name but it's not really a porn centric name so it should be ok.
Rex - now this one is porn all the way.
Cody - I think it's a really cute name but probably sounding a bit bratty.
Everett - also cute and also very gay.
Julian - sounds nice and not too overused.
Carter, Cooper - sounds kind of high class.
Herbert - cool name!
Or since your kid will be a chinese boy in a white southern family, maybe you go with Eastern European or Russian or Latin American or Jewish name just to fuck with everybody. (I like Ike)
Last edited by Herman; 05-30-2010 at 04:21 PM.
You know what, I never even considered the porn angle . . . . hmmmm. I'm such a bad mom!
This is not a real response but I was entering some new contacts into our database today and I realized how much I really liked the name Jasper before SMeyer ruined it.
"She can't be like a scary superhuman TEETH BABY."-- KStew (on Reneesme)
Didn't you once say that you wanted to name your baby Wangchun Everybody-Have-Fun-Tonight? That was long ago and you've probably forgotten about that, so I'll just remind you incase you're still down with that.
Yeah, I used to have Jasper on my list of potentials way back when. I used to like the name Alice a lot, too. Damn you, SMeyer!
Oh, herman . . . thanks for the reminder! I guess I've got my name all set, then. We can call him W.E.H.F.T. as a nickname. I've always loved initial nicknames.
If you end up with a girl DO NOT call her Penelope. No good will come of this, trust me.
Believe it or not I liked the names Samantha and Josephine - but shudder to think she'd be called Sammy Jo.
Also Lena (short for Helena?)
Years ago, at work, a bunch of us were sitting around talking - tv going in the background. Someone on tv said this very old-fashioned name. One of the girls turns around and says, "*** - what the hell kind of name is that???" And I'm all "Um - - that's my mom's name." One of my grand-niece's has the same middle name as my mom - which is an old-fashioned name but is becoming kind of trendy (think Brangelina).
Achilles - although a bit much to live up to
Homer - kind of trendy, no?
Chet - as per Herman. (Les would be good too)
Jasper - too close to Casper. Because of Bones I now think of it as a pig name. *sigh*
Looking back over this thread, and ha! mr.o was pushing Achilles there for awhile. He also suggested Uzziah, Leander, and Hercules.
So . . . . I think we've decided on Quinn. Now that we know who our kid is going to be, and have seen pictures (and video!), he just kinda looks like a Quinn. And it works really well with his Chinese name (which will be his middle name) and our last name.
My son's kinder BFF often laments the superfluous N in Quinn; he considers it laborious to write such unnecessary garbage. Hee!
There are so many superfluous letters in our last name, that extra 'n' is barely going to register in list of annoyances.
mr.o is still not entirely on board with Quinn. Yesterday, he suggested 'Zebulon'.
And yet, if I were to have him killed, *I* would be the one put in jail.
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