Naming advice

Hi,

Our baby is due this Tuesday (1st). We've always hoped for a girl first
and have decided on a name years ago. Both the 20 week and 32 weeks
ultrasound looked like a girl, so we got complacent about finding a
boy's name. But of course those scans can deceive, and now I'm really
getting worried we won't find anything suitable if the baby turns out to
be male after all. (Of course we would be equally happy...!)

I would be very, very grateful for some inspirational suggestions!

Our constraints:

- The name has to sound good both in English and in German (but don't
worry, we'll be a judge of that, so suggest away).

- It should not be biblical or otherwise religous.

- It should be clearly male.

- It has to go well with "Skia Louise", which we have chosen for our
first daughter, whether she's coming now or later. Skia [Skee-ah] means
'shade' in Greek, but we came across it as a font (as in Helvetica) when
designing our wedding invitations. Yes, we're geeks :-).

I asked a similar question a couple of months ago in an answer to
another thread, but only got one reply. We're not too fond of the
obvious choices, Roman and Arial/Ariel, because we know people of those
names whom we don't particularly like.

Oh, and if you know of a reason why we shouldn't name our daughter Skia,
such as a particularly nasty meaning in some language we don't speak,
I'd be interested to hear that, too.

Many thanks in advance,
Karen

Karen wrote:


- It should be clearly male.

- It has to go well with "Skia Louise", which we have chosen for our
first daughter, whether she's coming now or later. Skia [Skee-ah] means
'shade' in Greek, but we came across it as a font (as in Helvetica) when
designing our wedding invitations. Yes, we're geeks :-).



I am not familiar with many German names, but when I googled "font
names" I saw the following:

http://nwalsh.com/comp.fonts/FAQ/cf_33.htm

There was also another site that claimed to have 54,000+ font names.

For what it's worth, there are many thousands of names out there with
lovely sounds and various meanings. I do not understand why it has to
be a font.

gloria p

"Karen" wrote in message
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- It should be clearly male.

Brock I like that one. Not sure if you consider it as going well with
Skia or not. I've never used that as a criteria. One of my other favorite
names is Nicholas and I think that is German, or has a german variant. That
seems to go well. Here are my children - Nicholas and Skia .

Try shouting it out the front door or up the stairs. That is what my friend
always tells me to do to see if it feels right, lol.

Skia is pretty.


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"Puester" wrote in message
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Karen wrote:


- It should be clearly male.

- It has to go well with "Skia Louise", which we have chosen for our
first daughter, whether she's coming now or later. Skia [Skee-ah] means
'shade' in Greek, but we came across it as a font (as in Helvetica) when
designing our wedding invitations. Yes, we're geeks :-).



I am not familiar with many German names, but when I googled "font names"
I saw the following:

http://nwalsh.com/comp.fonts/FAQ/cf_33.htm

There was also another site that claimed to have 54,000+ font names.

For what it's worth, there are many thousands of names out there with
lovely sounds and various meanings. I do not understand why it has to be
a font.

gloria p

She never said it had to be a font name, she was just explaining where they
got Skia from.
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Jamie Clark wrote:
"Puester" wrote in message
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Karen wrote:

- It should be clearly male.

- It has to go well with "Skia Louise", which we have chosen for our
first daughter, whether she's coming now or later. Skia [Skee-ah] means
'shade' in Greek, but we came across it as a font (as in Helvetica) when
designing our wedding invitations. Yes, we're geeks :-).


I am not familiar with many German names, but when I googled "font names"
I saw the following:

http://nwalsh.com/comp.fonts/FAQ/cf_33.htm

Thank you. "Caslon" is nice, but unfortunately it doesn't go that well
with my last name.

There was also another site that claimed to have 54,000+ font names.

For what it's worth, there are many thousands of names out there with
lovely sounds and various meanings. I do not understand why it has to be
a font.

gloria p

She never said it had to be a font name, she was just explaining where they
got Skia from.

Indeed, it doesn't need to be a font. We would actually prefer something
scientific. We were hoping to stumble upon a name the same way we did on
Skia, it just never happened.
It doesn't have to be completely unique either, and it should definitely
sound like a real name. We would prefer an unusual first name and a more
common middle name as a backup.

Karen

Nikki wrote:
"Karen" wrote in message
...

- It should be clearly male.

Brock I like that one. Not sure if you consider it as going well with
Skia or not. I've never used that as a criteria. One of my other favorite
names is Nicholas and I think that is German, or has a german variant. That
seems to go well. Here are my children - Nicholas and Skia .

Try shouting it out the front door or up the stairs. That is what my friend
always tells me to do to see if it feels right, lol.

Skia is pretty.


Thank you! Keep them coming...
Karen

On Apr 28, 4:06 pm, Karen wrote:
Hi,

Our baby is due this Tuesday (1st). We've always hoped for a girl first
and have decided on a name years ago. Both the 20 week and 32 weeks
ultrasound looked like a girl, so we got complacent about finding a
boy's name. But of course those scans can deceive, and now I'm really
getting worried we won't find anything suitable if the baby turns out to
be male after all. (Of course we would be equally happy...!)

I would be very, very grateful for some inspirational suggestions!

Our constraints:

- The name has to sound good both in English and in German (but don't
worry, we'll be a judge of that, so suggest away).

- It should not be biblical or otherwise religous.

- It should be clearly male.

- It has to go well with "Skia Louise", which we have chosen for our
first daughter, whether she's coming now or later. Skia [Skee-ah] means
'shade' in Greek, but we came across it as a font (as in Helvetica) when
designing our wedding invitations. Yes, we're geeks :-).

I asked a similar question a couple of months ago in an answer to
another thread, but only got one reply. We're not too fond of the
obvious choices, Roman and Arial/Ariel, because we know people of those
names whom we don't particularly like.

Oh, and if you know of a reason why we shouldn't name our daughter Skia,
such as a particularly nasty meaning in some language we don't speak,
I'd be interested to hear that, too.

Many thanks in advance,
Karen

Max (Maxwell, Maximillian)
William or Will
Owen (although I don't know if that translates)
Logan
Zachary (Zach)
Ryan
Alexander
Dustin
Eric
Lucas
Derek
Lewis
Richard

FYI:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skia
apparently means "Shadow" in Greek

http://www.skia-eu.com/
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A type of Karate in Australia?

HTH!
Sharalyn

"Dave {Reply Address in.Sig}" wrote in message
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In message , Karen wrote:

Nikki wrote:

Skia is pretty.


Thank you! Keep them coming...

One to go with Skia is Snowboarder...

Now, where's my coat?
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LOL
I don't know why, but I read this reply about 4 minutes ago, and only just
now have I stopped the unusual hysterical laughter... Now it's just little
bursts of giggles every now and then... Too funny.

Karen wrote:
Hi,

Our baby is due this Tuesday (1st). We've always hoped for a girl first
and have decided on a name years ago. Both the 20 week and 32 weeks
ultrasound looked like a girl, so we got complacent about finding a
boy's name. But of course those scans can deceive, and now I'm really
getting worried we won't find anything suitable if the baby turns out to
be male after all. (Of course we would be equally happy...!)

I would be very, very grateful for some inspirational suggestions!

Our constraints:

- The name has to sound good both in English and in German (but don't
worry, we'll be a judge of that, so suggest away).

- It should not be biblical or otherwise religous.

- It should be clearly male.

- It has to go well with "Skia Louise", which we have chosen for our
first daughter, whether she's coming now or later. Skia [Skee-ah] means
'shade' in Greek, but we came across it as a font (as in Helvetica) when
designing our wedding invitations. Yes, we're geeks :-).

'Alexander' came into my head today when I was thinking about this one.
Don't know how well it fits your third criterion, though - after all,
unless you always want to use the full name you'd probably end up
calling him Alex or Sandy.

I asked a similar question a couple of months ago in an answer to
another thread, but only got one reply. We're not too fond of the
obvious choices, Roman and Arial/Ariel, because we know people of those
names whom we don't particularly like.

snort I'm *still* trying to work out if you were serious about this
one! Told my husband, to explain why I was laughing so hard - he asked
whether you'd considered Bold Italic?

Oh, and if you know of a reason why we shouldn't name our daughter Skia,
such as a particularly nasty meaning in some language we don't speak,
I'd be interested to hear that, too.

Only that she'll spend her life having to spell it or pronounce it for
people. Having spent my first thirty-three years with an unusual
surname and then ended up with a married name that's very easy to
mishear, I can tell you that that sort of thing gets really old really fast.


All the best,

Sarah
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"Sarah Vaughan" wrote in message
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Karen wrote:
Hi,

Our baby is due this Tuesday (1st). We've always hoped for a girl first
and have decided on a name years ago. Both the 20 week and 32 weeks
ultrasound looked like a girl, so we got complacent about finding a boy's
name. But of course those scans can deceive, and now I'm really getting
worried we won't find anything suitable if the baby turns out to be male
after all. (Of course we would be equally happy...!)

I would be very, very grateful for some inspirational suggestions!

Our constraints:

- The name has to sound good both in English and in German (but don't
worry, we'll be a judge of that, so suggest away).

- It should not be biblical or otherwise religous.

- It should be clearly male.

- It has to go well with "Skia Louise", which we have chosen for our
first daughter, whether she's coming now or later. Skia [Skee-ah] means
'shade' in Greek, but we came across it as a font (as in Helvetica) when
designing our wedding invitations. Yes, we're geeks :-).

'Alexander' came into my head today when I was thinking about this one.
Don't know how well it fits your third criterion, though - after all,
unless you always want to use the full name you'd probably end up calling
him Alex or Sandy.

Or Zander, which might go with Skia better. Do people actually use Sandy
for guys? Just curious.

I asked a similar question a couple of months ago in an answer to another
thread, but only got one reply. We're not too fond of the obvious
choices, Roman and Arial/Ariel, because we know people of those names
whom we don't particularly like.

snort I'm *still* trying to work out if you were serious about this one!
Told my husband, to explain why I was laughing so hard - he asked whether
you'd considered Bold Italic?

Oh, and if you know of a reason why we shouldn't name our daughter Skia,
such as a particularly nasty meaning in some language we don't speak, I'd
be interested to hear that, too.

Only that she'll spend her life having to spell it or pronounce it for
people. Having spent my first thirty-three years with an unusual surname
and then ended up with a married name that's very easy to mishear, I can
tell you that that sort of thing gets really old really fast.




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