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"Alissa" wrote in message
... snip At least, if #5 is a girl, I can rest assured her name will NEVER become popular, since John is absolutely insisting that we name her Lorelei. Leslie so long as too many people don't watch Gilmore Girls...I'd never heard of the name until then, I like the name!You might just be the front runner to a new trend again.... Alissa I knew a Lorelei in kindergarten. She was Hawaiian and gorgeous (even then) and very nice so I have a good association with the name. I don't regret my children's names but I'm not too sure what's gonna happen with #4. I do like our girl name but it's not my *fave* girl name - Josephine. I like the boy name more than my husband does and I kinda feel like we're both just saying "yeah okay" to the names the other person suggests, just to have a name picked out sigh |
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Alpha wrote in message thlink.net...
Christine says: has anyone ever thought maybe you should have named your baby another name. OR were you 100% happy with the one you picked? I'm 100% happy with both names we picked. We sort of knew both names when I was pregnant the first time around, and it was just a matter of which one we used first. When I became pregnant the second time, the second name was at the top of the list but we went through the whole exercise again just to be sure. We were. Their names are Eamon Conner and Quinn Malloy. DH had misgivings about Malloy because Conner honors a member of the family, while Malloy doesn't. But we went through all the other possible names and kept coming up empty- handed. I love the way Quinn Malloy sounds together, and I also love how the name Malloy hasn't really been used much if at all. Sometimes I wish I had "saved" Malloy in case we have a 3rd child, and the child is male. But that just seemed like too many ifs to keep ourselves from using it for Quinn's middle name. :-) -- Alpha mom to Eamon and Quinn I am 100% happy with my first two sons' names, Caleb and Ethan. Well, I wish Ethan hadn't become so popular in recent years, but there's not much I can do about that now. I am 100% happy with the pronounciation of my third son's name, but I have frequently second-guessed the spelling of it. We really liked the sound "ay-mon", but had a hard time figuring out how to spell it. We were afraid that if we used the Irish name "Eamon" everyone would pronounce it "ee-mon". We found the name "Amon" in the bible that we think is pronounced the same way, but the spelling of it just didn't "look" right. In the Finnish bible (FIL's family is Finnish), it is spelled "Aamon" and we really liked the looks of that better, so that's what we went with. However, people still have no clue how to pronounce it or spell it. Most people think it is pronounced "ah-mon" and don't even attempt to spell it. Alpha, I know you tried to warn me and are probably saying "I told you so", but so far, no one has tried to spell it "Eamon" and when they ask where we came up with the name, they have never heard of the "Eamon" spelling either, so I don't think we would've done much better that way. DH was very adamant about spelling it "Aamon", but now admits that he thinks "Aemon" would have been better. It think that looks weird, but at least that would have been more obvious for people to pronounce. "Aymon" was another option we looked at, but the 'y' makes it look feminine and ethnic to me. Luckily, you say your children's name a heck of a lot more than you write it. ~ Sher |
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"Jamie Clark" wrote in message ink.net... There are actually 3 characters named Lorelei -- the grandmother, the daughter, and the daughter's daughter. The grand daughter goes by Rory, but I think her given name was Lorelei. The main character, Lorelei, and her daughter Rory, have a very close mother daughter bond, as Rory was born when Lorelei was 16. Lorelei and her mother do not get along well. -- Jamie & Taylor Earth Angel, 1/3/03 Check out Taylor Marlys -- www.MyFamily.com, User ID: Clarkguest1, Password: Guest Become a member for free - go to Add Member to set up your own User ID and Password Check out our Adoption Page at http://home.earthlink.net/~jamielee6 "Leslie" wrote in message ... Jamie said: I don't know, with Gilmore Girls, it's sure getting out there! See, I don't watch t.v., so I don't have the faintest idea about this. Is there someone named Lorelei on the show? What kind of character is it? Leslie Yeah I thought Rory's name was Lorelei too but wasn't sure, didn't know it was the grandmothers name too... Alissa |
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Maria Danielle Darst wrote in message ... Anyway, I agree....you should have longer to pick out the name once you see the baby. How long do you have? In UK you have to register them within 6 weeks (I think it is, or Scotland is 3 months) You can leave the name blank and fill it in later, and can change up to a year. Debbie |
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The Lorelei are mythological German sirens whose singing lead boatmen
upon the Rhine river to their deaths. It's also the name of a song by Styx, but unless you're a fan of 70's album rock you might never know that. "Lorelei let's live together, brighter than the stars forever..." -Rebecca Fount of useless knowledge Alissa wrote: snip At least, if #5 is a girl, I can rest assured her name will NEVER become popular, since John is absolutely insisting that we name her Lorelei. Leslie so long as too many people don't watch Gilmore Girls...I'd never heard of the name until then, I like the name!You might just be the front runner to a new trend again.... Alissa |
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Sher says:
Alpha, I know you tried to warn me and are probably saying "I told you so", but so far, no one has tried to spell it "Eamon" and when they ask where we came up with the name, they have never heard of the "Eamon" spelling either, so I don't think we would've done much better that way. No, we hardly ever come across someone who knows the name. I guess we both get to tell the story of the name every time someone new comes along. :-) But you know, I think the Aamon spelling looks nicer than Aemon. -- Alpha mom to Eamon and Quinn |
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has anyone ever thought maybe you should have named your baby another
name. Me! Me! (Hand flies up waving!) I thought I wanted to change it. I was suddenly feeling Morgan just wasn't right. OR were you 100% happy with the one you picked? I love Chloe, but I also loved Olivia too. and melanie, AND Victoria...lol....but I stuck with Chloe because I have been calling her chloe for months now, I could'nt imagine her anyother name, but i did wonder if I chose the right one, they should give you more time....lol... I suppose you CAN still change her name. But, Chloe is very pretty. I also like Olivia, Elizabeth, Kimberley, Rachel, Madison, Lauren.... I'm not sorry, i think she even looks like a chloe..;-)))) She definitely looksl like a Chloe! anyone else? http://www.growingfamily.com/webnurs...LID=9T8S0V9F5G -- ~Carol Ann Mom to Morgan born 3.24.04 http://share.shutterfly.com/osi.jsp?i=EeBNnDdizZNneg ---Pictures! |
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Alissa said:
You might just be the front runner to a new trend again.... I can see it happening already. groan Leslie |
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Rebecca said:
The Lorelei are mythological German sirens whose singing lead boatmen upon the Rhine river to their deaths. It's also the name of a song by Styx, but unless you're a fan of 70's album rock you might never know that. I knew about the German legend, but not about the Styx song. In fact, the German legend is one of the reasons I'm not sold on the name--kind of a creepy association for a little girl! Leslie |
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Jamie said:
There are actually 3 characters named Lorelei -- the grandmother, the daughter, and the daughter's daughter. The grand daughter goes by Rory, but I think her given name was Lorelei. The main character, Lorelei, and her daughter Rory, have a very close mother daughter bond, as Rory was born when Lorelei was 16. Lorelei and her mother do not get along well. Thanks for explaining it all to me. At least she sounds like a nice character. Rory is a strange choice for a nickname. That's actually yet another reason I'm afraid to name her Lorelei; I can't think of a good nickname for it, and I'll be sure to call her Lori, which I just don't care for. And yet I'll do it anyway, I know I will. Leslie, mother of Emmy, Jakie, Teddy, and Willie (see, I can't control myself!) |
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