Hypothetically speaking and stuff

"H Schinske" wrote

It's listed as a male name in all my books - from Ruadhan meaning
"red-haired". The female equivalent would be Ruadhnait anglicised Ronaid
or
Reonaid.

What if it comes directly from the rowan tree in English, though? There
isn't
any feminine form for that.


But the rowan tree comes from the Celtic/Scandanavian "Rua-/Reu-" too,
because of the colour of the berries. The "-an" ending is male, the "-nait"
ending is female.

I don't have an Irish-English dictionary to hand so I can't check the gender
of the tree-name but I'm willing to bet that it's masculine :-).

Jean

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#1 - June '02
#2 - May '05

I like Jemima it kind of has an aristocratic English feel to me

That's so funny because the connotation in the states couldn't be more
different. The syrup lady everyone has been telling you about has been
modernized these days I believe, but her name is Aunt Jemima and she used to be
a black woman with a head rag, very much IMO a kind of "Mammy" image and
considered stereotypical and offensive these days.


Leslie

Emily (2/4/91)
Jake (1/27/94)
Teddy (2/15/95)
William (3/5/01 -- VBA3C, 13 lbs. 5 oz.)
and Lorelei, expected 11/2/04

"Children come trailing clouds of glory from God, which is their home."
~ William Wordsworth

Well I actually prefer Georgianna (from Pride and Prejudice) but thought
it was a little too over the top so compromised.

Oh, I like Georgianna--I don't think it's over the top at all!

Leslie

Emily (2/4/91)
Jake (1/27/94)
Teddy (2/15/95)
William (3/5/01 -- VBA3C, 13 lbs. 5 oz.)
and Lorelei, expected 11/2/04

"Children come trailing clouds of glory from God, which is their home."
~ William Wordsworth

Ericka said:

A name I've been a bit intrigued with since
I saw it waaaay back in my family tree is Tacy.

Have you read the Betsy-Tacy books by Maud Hart Lovelace? They are wonderful.
The little girl who is called Tacy is actually Anastacia.


Leslie

Emily (2/4/91)
Jake (1/27/94)
Teddy (2/15/95)
William (3/5/01 -- VBA3C, 13 lbs. 5 oz.)
and Lorelei, expected 11/2/04

"Children come trailing clouds of glory from God, which is their home."
~ William Wordsworth

Adelaide

I said:

That one sounds really good with your other girl names IMO.

And Andrea said:

I really like this one (probably one of my top choices) but my ever
smart arse husband says we may as well call her Auckland. I tried to
explain Adelaide the Australian city was named after Queen Adelaide and
it was a very old German and English name, but what can I say he's an idiot.

Husbands . . . what can you do with them? Why do they think they have to have
a say in these things? ;-)


, Arabella,

I love that one myself.

Me too, my only problem with this is the rhyme I use with the kids at
Playcentre
Little Arabella Miller had a fuzzy caterpillar
First it crawled upon her mother
then upon her baby brother...and so on to the tune of Twinkle Twinkle
Little star lol

Well, I still think it's cute--maybe she'd like having a song about her!


Jemima has a pancake syrup connotation in the States. :-)

It is? it will go well with my boy choice then which is Oscar...sausages
and pancake syrup mmmmm

Oscar only has a connotation here of being a green furry grouch!



Thanks for your help Leslie :-)

You're welcome. Who knows? You'll probably have more and can use some of these
names then!


Leslie

Emily (2/4/91)
Jake (1/27/94)
Teddy (2/15/95)
William (3/5/01 -- VBA3C, 13 lbs. 5 oz.)
and Lorelei, expected 11/2/04

"Children come trailing clouds of glory from God, which is their home."
~ William Wordsworth

Leslie wrote:

Ericka said:


A name I've been a bit intrigued with since
I saw it waaaay back in my family tree is Tacy.


Have you read the Betsy-Tacy books by Maud Hart Lovelace? They are wonderful.
The little girl who is called Tacy is actually Anastacia.

No, I'll have to look those up. It seems that my
ancestor's given name is actually Tacy. All her documents
list her as Tacy Walter, and there's never any indication
that she had a longer name. For a long time I thought it
was Tracy, and then realized there was no "r" in it! I
hadn't ever heard the name Tacy.

Best wishes,
Ericka

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"Unadulterated Me" wrote in message
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Can I have some feedback on these names, any make your stomach turn,
any
you adore that sort of thing....connotations to them, no need to feed
back on every name just the ones you have strong thoughts on. Trying to
come up with some sort of short list for contemplation, not having much
luck.

Adelaide, Arabella, Georgette, Freya, Fleur, Jemima, Lucinda, Lucianna,
Matilda, Poppy, Saffron, Tamasin (not Tamsin), Tansy, Willow

And would it be too cheesy to give a baby girl born in May 'May' as a
second name?

Girls names we already have are...
Tessa Hannah
Paige Breanna
Grace Madeline
Rose Isabella
Amelia Kate
Lydia Elisabeth

Andrea no middle name

most of those names sound very pretty to me. but please give a middle
name.
i never had one & legally added one in as soon as possible. i couldn't
understand when i was at school why everyone else had one & i didn't.

btw, elizabeth is the middle name i chose & i was called that since high
school by friends & family. christine is my actual first name!
--
elizabeth (in australia)
DS - born 20-aug-02

"Old school don't mean I'm better, I'm just getting older" -- Bias B



um-ah! why would you not go by christine, it is LOVELY!!

interestingly, elizabeth is my 'confirmation' name...

i always hated the name christine, sorry! and "elizabeth" just felt like
"me". there is this website (http://www.kabalarians.com/index.cfm) that
gives you long meanings of your name. when i looked up both my names, i am
exactly like elizabeth & nothing like christine. spooky!
--
elizabeth (in australia)
DS - born 20-aug-02

"Old school don't mean I'm better, I'm just getting older" -- Bias B

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elizabeth emerald wrote:
Andrea no middle name

most of those names sound very pretty to me. but please give a
middle name.

You misunderstood. Andrea (the OP) is saying *she* doesn't have a middle
name. All of her kids do.

aha!
--
elizabeth (in australia)
DS - born 20-aug-02

"Old school don't mean I'm better, I'm just getting older" -- Bias B

Leslie wrote:
I like Jemima it kind of has an aristocratic English feel to me


That's so funny because the connotation in the states couldn't be more
different. The syrup lady everyone has been telling you about has been
modernized these days I believe, but her name is Aunt Jemima and she used to be
a black woman with a head rag, very much IMO a kind of "Mammy" image and
considered stereotypical and offensive these days.

Really? It's considered stereotypical and offensive now? I never
thought it was. I always thought it was warm and friendly. Have they
changed the label by getting rid of the image? I wouldn't know.
Personally, I can't stand the syrup, so I haven't seen a bottle of the
stuff in years. (what can I say... I prefer real maple syrup, not that
corn starch stuff ;-)

Unadulterated Me wrote:

Adelaide, Arabella, Georgette, Freya, Fleur, Jemima, Lucinda, Lucianna,
Matilda, Poppy, Saffron, Tamasin (not Tamsin), Tansy, Willow

I like Willow. ...and yes, I like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and I liked
the character Willow in it, but that's not why I like the name. I just
think it's cute. Next would probably be Tansy or Lucianna (tied).
After that, I am not sure.