names

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Before you ask, _NO_ none of these names were chosen because of BtVS. the two familiar ones just happen to be familiar because one is a fairly common name, and the other's part of my cultural obsession with things Scot/Irish.

I've been thinking of names I liked for my children since I was about 11 years old. Is that weird?

(provided the father is willing to be bullied into it...)

What I'd like to name my future children:

Boys
1. Connor
2. Tobias
3. William (shortened to Will not Bill)
4. Trevor

Girls
1. Rhiannon
2. Cassandra (Casey)
3. Raye
4. ... I really liked the name "Margot" here, but my mom swore she'd disinheret me if I named her granddaughter of hers that.

Comments

Re: Clarification

[mrthursday.livejournal.com]

King lear was based on an old English/Celtic myth. I love shakespeare dearly, but he never made anything up when he could nick it (albeit to make it better!)!

You are of course right about any girl getting called medea being mocked (But check out the other names I like in my LJ!), but part of me thinks that Children get picked on in school anyway, even if there name is Jon, so I might as well give a child a uncommon name.

Incidently I went to university with a girl who had a most beautiful name, but I always wondered hwo hard growing up with it must have been, learning to spell it and all. Her parents must really have liked a Thousand and One Arabian nights, beacuse the girl was called...(not even sure I can spell it...)

Scheherazade!

Shard

Re: Clarification

[hils.livejournal.com]

I nearly put Scheherazade on my list of names until it occured to me that I didn't know how to spell it. Kudos to you for having a go where I chickened out

Re: Clarification

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I love that name. And I think you pelled it right, except that first 'a' might actually be an 'e'.