Baby names

[SisTrev]

Hey girls....My sister in law is due to have a baby in a little over a week. She is having trouble coming up with a name so I thought I'd help her out. Her and my brother have a 2 1/2 year old girl already, named Isabele Jewel. They are having a girl this time as well. So far the only name they can agree on is "Ava". But they thought of "Ella" too. The family has voted between the 2 and Ava has won the vote. But my sister in law says they still dont know for sure and can't come up with a middle either.

So anyway....you all get the general idea of what's going on. So I'd like you all's input on cute but different baby names. They dont want a common name.

So let me know what your ideas and i'll pass them on to my brother and sister in law.

Thanks a million. Girls RULE!!!:)

[God'schild]

umm how about "Ava Joy"
that's a pertty name.

i think when i have a girl i will name her
Lyddianne Ruth.. i've liked that name forever.

[leahmb]

That's funny! People at our church have daughters Ava and Isabelle. I personally like Rae as a middle name; I like Kara Rae, so Ava Rae might work....just my humble suggestion.

[Babyruth]

Both of the previous posts are good. I'm not really good at names. I like the name Ava though, it's pretty. Ava Marie. :D Since my middle name is Marie. :D

[AlanaH]

That's funny! People at our church have daughters Ava and Isabelle. I personally like Rae as a middle name; I like Kara Rae, so Ava Rae might work....just my humble suggestion.

I was just thinking of that! That is funny...
I love the name Tirah Grace....

[SisTrev]

so far so good...loving the names...i'll be sure to pass along the input to my sister in law...she has 9 days to go ...

[redeemed_lizzi]

I've always liked Gia-Marie, Elaynor, Kaela and Aisling.

[redeemed]

one of my favorites is Shekinah (sp??) Glory

[SisTrev]

one of my favorites is Shekinah (sp??) Glory

thats awesome...in fact that's one of the names i thought about for my daughter but decided on Glorianna SHalom instead.

[God'schild]

one of my favorites is Shekinah (sp??) Glory

my younger sister loves that name.. at frist i thought it was weird because of the middle name she wants for he daughter if she ever gets married.. Shekinah Praise is what she wants to name her daughter..

I have friends that named their little girl Shekinah Jewel.

[AlanaH]

Sounds good so far...
Hope they can actually decide when it comes time cause there's a lot of awesome names out there.
And I totally see why they would want to name her something different...I have an unusual name, and if I ever have kids, they'll all have unusual names too.

[EllyMae]

I don't really have first names and middle names that I've picked out to go together, but some names here lately that I like are...

Eden (which could even be for a boy, & first or midde name)...
Kelaiah...
Calah...

There's a resident at work who's name is Edna (I really like that name).

Anywho... Just a few :)

[AlanaH]

I wa reading a book of Greek names one time, and there was some cool ones. Don't know if I could actually name my kids that or not, but I liked a few of them. Mostly just because they were different.

[LittleLamb]

personally i like the name Rachel (it means Little Lamb):)

[SisTrev]

update on my sister in law....

If she hasn't had the baby by Tuesday then they are going to induce her on Wednesday.

[redeemed_lizzi]

update on my sister in law....

If she hasn't had the baby by Tuesday then they are going to induce her on Wednesday.

I hear that makes everything a whole lot more painful. I'll be praying that she doesn't have to be induced. Has she decided on any names?

[AlanaH]

Yeah, I've heard some pretty bad stories about that...

[SisTrev]

she hasn't decided on a name yet, but she did say that they have come up with several more, altho she wont tell me what they are. That means they are probably weird.

But as for the induction...she was induced with her first one and all went well. I was induced with my second one and out of the 3 that was my best delivery.

[Alemap]

We have had a couple babies at church in the last year, here are some of them:
The Girls
Ella Grace, Seanna Estelle, Maia Elise

The Boys
Owen Michael, Ethan James, Miles Jeffery, Chase Riley

[SisTrev]

Well, it looks like im gonna be an auntie tomorrow. My brother and sister in law are going into the hospital tomorrow morning for an induction. Please pray that all goes well. I will let you know when my new little niece makes her appearance.

[EllyMae]

Will keep it in prayer... :)

[collegegirl]

(A little late to the thread...)

I like Alana Lori, or Lori Ann.

For boys, Jared, Azariah, Misheal, Hannaniah, Shemiah, and a few of the others that I have underlined in my Bible as I have come across them. <grin>

Oh, and I like the Hebrew name for Esther, Hadessah.

[AlanaH]

We have had a couple babies at church in the last year, here are some of them:
The Girls
Ella Grace, Seanna Estelle, Maia Elise

The Boys
Owen Michael, Ethan James, Miles Jeffery, Chase Riley

Chase Riley?? I think I know who his parents are too....I believe they have family at our church here...

[SisTrev]

i started a new post on this topic if no one has noticed yet. It's called "Im an Auntie".

Its got the updates on the baby.

Thanks for all you girls help.

By the way collegegirl...i LOVE the name Hadessah. It just wasn't something that Trevor wanted for a baby.

[marichino_freedom]

i have always told myself....if i ever have children, then the first boy i have is going to be "gabriel alexander"....gabriel from the bible, and alexander for alexander the great....because he will be great

yeah....i think about this way too much.

i have a list of girls and boys names; some are different

[AlanaH]

I've always thought about girl's names, but I haven't really thought about boy names....probably will be something weird though...:)

[marichino_freedom]

i like the name Asia Renee for a girl, and Odessa Marie.

Other boys names i like are Cameron Tyco (Tyco after the physicist Tyco Brahe), and James Isaac (James...as in the brother of John, and Isaac both for Abraham's son and for Isaac Newton)


Abraham is a cool name too, but I would call him Abie! :)

[Babyruth]

I love all those Old Testament names. Most people think they are weird, but they are actually coming back. I'm going to name my dogs those cool names.

[AlanaH]

Her dogs.....lol
I like some of the names, others are just way too weird...

[Babyruth]

I love the weird ones!

[AlanaH]

For animals yes, but most people I've talked to that have weird names want to change them. And I can't imagine sending a little kid to school with the name Abiathar or something like that.

[Babyruth]

No? Man, if I were to ever have kids, mwhahahahaha!

[AlanaH]

That's so mean. I wouldn't want them to grow up scarred for life because of their name. I can't imagine what people would have done to my name had I gone to elementary public school...<shiver>

[Babyruth]

Your name? Your name isn't bad, it's just the simple mistake of pronunciation, and the variations of it. Now those old Bible names are another story.

[AlanaH]

Oh trust me, there's words that can rhyme with a misspronunciation...not a fun thing, I assure you.

[azurity]

I used to find the same thing with my name, too.

No one could pronounce it right!! :012:

[AlanaH]

Beside the people who know me (and even they misspronounce it occasionally), hardly anyone gets it right the first time. So annoying.

[SisTrev]

well how do you pronounce it?

A-Lana
u-lona
A-lona

[AlanaH]

uh-lane-uh....

But there's tons of different ways to do it, and I've heard them all.

[SisTrev]

ok...thats how i would have pronounced it. That seems to be a popular name around here. There were 3 babies born in the last year that all had that name.

[QcAmbassador]

uh-lane-uh....

But there's tons of different ways to do it, and I've heard them all.

French pronounciation ?

[sneezy503]

Kristen Marie I rele like that name :):):yay: i think its beautiful but need we have all different opinions

[AlanaH]

French pronounciation ?

I don't think they have this name, so I'm not really sure of how they would pronounce it. I do know though that it is pronounced this way in Hawaii and Ireland, not to mention in Spanish, just with a different spelling.

[azurity]

That's cool!

[collegegirl]

I like the way my name sounds with the German and Spanish pronounciations.

[AlanaH]

I know the German one, but what's the Spanish one??

[marichino_freedom]

i love how my name is so universal:

anywhere in the world its

mary
marie
maria
mali
mari
and pretty much anything with a mah sound in the beginning and an ee sound at the end

[EllyMae]

My name... :D...

Is pretty cuntray.

So many people mispronounce my name! And misspell it... I don't think it's that hard.

People have pronounced my name E-lie, and E-lee.

NOT El-ee.

But, that's just a weird way of spelling it...lol. I like Elly, or even Ellie.

My parents were thinking of naming me Terra, which could be spelled a million different ways as well. I really like that name. I might name one of my daughters that name.

[AlanaH]

I simply love the name Tirah, which is pronounced "tear-ah". I think it means "arrow" or something like that. So if you paired it with something...you would get a pretty neat combo.

[SisTrev]

funny how names get misspronounced when you think they are so simple...

Like mine for example...Anna May...you'd think people would get that right. But it never fails...I get AnnaMarie all the time...and there's a girl that goes to our church named Anna Joy...people call us by each other's names too. But to make it worse...before I was married , by maden name was TOY. Honest....that's what it was...and you wont believe the number of people who ask me how to spell it. LOL!!! Well now my last name is EMOND...well good luck on prononuning that one. No one gets it right. It sounds like E-Mund...but everyone wants to put and extra d in there. It always comes out Edmund. Sometimes i wonder if i should have it changed. :)

So I told myself that I would never give my kids names that were hard to pronounce. Well, i did. Poor Azariah...more often than not people pronounce it U-zare-re-uh and they think he's a girl. So now i just tell people his name and say "we call him Riah" . Oh well...his middle name is Joseph. I guess he can change it when he gets older if he dont like it.

[AlanaH]

Or he can just go by his middle name. There's a lot of people at our church that go by a nickname or middle name. It's always weird to find out what their real name is...Lol:)

[azurity]

People can never spell or say my first name.

Whenever I order coffee & they ask my name, I don't spell it, but wait & see if they spell it in a way that they can remember how to pronounce it... and they never do. I get called all sorts off things!

Most people don't ask me how to spell my last name, tho... thankfully!

Oh, that makes me remember... once at work, I was talking on the phone to this guy with a really strong Asian accent. I had to ask him his name 3 times, and still couldn't understand what he was saying. So I said, "Would you mind spelling that for me?"

He pretty much yelled, "SMITH!!! S-M-I-T-H!!"

Oh, ok. I would never had guessed that's how you spell it!!

[SisTrev]

People can never spell or say my first name.

Whenever I order coffee & they ask my name, I don't spell it, but wait & see if they spell it in a way that they can remember how to pronounce it... and they never do. I get called all sorts off things!

Most people don't ask me how to spell my last name, tho... thankfully!

Oh, that makes me remember... once at work, I was talking on the phone to this guy with a really strong Asian accent. I had to ask him his name 3 times, and still couldn't understand what he was saying. So I said, "Would you mind spelling that for me?"

He pretty much yelled, "SMITH!!! S-M-I-T-H!!"


Oh, ok. I would never had guessed that's how you spell it!!

what IS your last name anyway?

lol..i bet that was an embarrassing moment for you.

[AlanaH]

My last name's pretty easy to pronouce, but people are always chopping off the 'on' at the end...or putting "x" instead of "ck"...or putting in an extra 'e' between the 'd' and the 'r'...it's so annoying.

[EllyMae]

There is this awesome site for names & their meanings...

www.babynamesworld.com (http://www.babynamesworld.com)

I'm only in like the b's and there are already so many I like. lol

I'm really liking the names Belle, Bella, and Beulah.

Even if only for middle names, still very pretty.

I'll keep you girls posted on the other ones I come across that I like. :)

[Lyddie]

Hey girls....My sister in law is due to have a baby in a little over a week. She is having trouble coming up with a name so I thought I'd help her out. Her and my brother have a 2 1/2 year old girl already, named Isabele Jewel. They are having a girl this time as well. So far the only name they can agree on is "Ava". But they thought of "Ella" too. The family has voted between the 2 and Ava has won the vote. But my sister in law says they still dont know for sure and can't come up with a middle either.

So anyway....you all get the general idea of what's going on. So I'd like you all's input on cute but different baby names. They dont want a common name.

So let me know what your ideas and i'll pass them on to my brother and sister in law.

Thanks a million. Girls RULE!!!:)

How about Dawn? I've heard of only one person with that name.

My 2 favorite girls' first names are: Sara, Kathleen, Emma, Lyddie:yay: , and Lily.

[Alemap]

My Middle name is Dawn. It is a popular middle name, I know of at least 3 other people here that have it as a middle name.

Some of the girls names are Makenna, Lilia, Daniella, Gabriella and Arianna

[marichino_freedom]

i have a cousin named dawn

she isnt very nice though

[SisTrev]

one of my best friends name is dawn. and i have a cousin dawn. the 2 are total opposites.

[AlanaH]

One of our friends was named Dawn and I always loved her name. I think it's pretty.

[redeemed_lizzi]

How about Dawn? I've heard of only one person with that name.

My 2 favorite girls' first names are: Sara, Kathleen, Emma, Lyddie:yay: , and Lily.

My sis would be pleased to hear that. I think she suits her name 'Lily' but she's not buyin it. Isn't it amazing that you can spend a lot of time and effort finding a nice name for your child and then they grow up and not like it. My dad saw my certificate for my degree the other day and saw that my middle name was missing from it. He was like 'why didn't you put it on there, don't you like it?'. I said well....I like my first name....Elizabeth's a nice name' :D

[Lily_Grace]

Lyddie, i'm glad you like Lily...someone has to since i don't.

I like the name raphael, nathaneal, Davina and benjamin

[AlanaH]

I like the name Lily too...
And the name Elizabeth is awesome...
But I still like my weird names. :)

[Only One Life, Live 4 GOD]

Well personelly I love the names Azaria Ysabel Danilia and Athalia Caryn Verity
the latter is my favourite it means God is Grasciouse Pure truth but dont suggest these names they are reserved for my children!!! lol!!!!

[Libby]

i like the name Abigail Joy if mum dont have another baby girl and call her Abigail Joy then when i grow up i'll call my daughter Abigail Joy. :)

[SisTrev]

Abigail seems to be the popular name around here. There have been a lot of Abigails born lately.

[AlanaH]

Well personelly I love the names Azaria Ysabel Danilia and Athalia Caryn Verity
the latter is my favourite it means God is Grasciouse Pure truth but dont suggest these names they are reserved for my children!!! lol!!!!

Hopefully no one compares Athalia to the one in Bible....:rollseyes: cause that would not be good.

[marichino_freedom]

i like the name Abigail Joy if mum dont have another baby girl and call her Abigail Joy then when i grow up i'll call my daughter Abigail Joy. :)


ahhk!!!! my neice's name is Abigail Jo.....!!!!! Abby Jo, i call her

[Unregistered]

I love the name Annie Rose

[leahmb]

Well personelly I love the names Azaria Ysabel Danilia and Athalia Caryn Verity
the latter is my favourite it means God is Grasciouse Pure truth but dont suggest these names they are reserved for my children!!! lol!!!!

oH....I like Verity! This site is kind of fun-you can search for names by meanings or visa versa: http://www.parenthood.com/babynames.html

[blessed]

Nice site.... I've picked out my boys names already :D providing that I go that way.... but I had two names in mind and now I found the meaning I really like it.

[Libby]

i did have my children's names picked out but i decided i didn't like them anymore lol :)

[azurity]

I'm holding Jessica at the moment... she's 9 months old, and sooo cute!

She's helping me type... awwww....

[Libby]

i have been looking through a book with names in it and here is a few i liked.
i like Abigail like i have said before it means "my father rejoices"
and Caleb it means "bold"
and Chloe
my name (Elisabeth) means "my God is my oath" and my middle name (Sarah) means "princess"
and Hope
and Issac it means "he laughs", i wanted my mom to call my little brother Issac but my mom couldnt decide weither to call him Issac or Samuel we ended up calling him Samuel (he is 8 months now)
and Ishmael it means "God hears"
and Jacob
and Judith it means "praise"
and Leah
and Levi it means "to pledge"
and Pearl
and Ruby
and Seth
( btw i am not going to have 13 children i was just saying what names i liked lol) :)

[leahmb]

i have been looking through a book with names in it and here is a few i liked.
i like Abigail like i have said before it means "my father rejoices"
and Caleb it means "bold"
and Chloe
my name (Elisabeth) means "my God is my oath" and my middle name (Sarah) means "princess"
and Hope
and Issac it means "he laughs", i wanted my mom to call my little brother Issac but my mom couldnt decide weither to call him Issac or Samuel we ended up calling him Samuel (he is 8 months now)
and Ishmael it means "God hears"
and Jacob
and Judith it means "praise"
and Leah
and Levi it means "to pledge"
and Pearl
and Ruby
and Seth
( btw i am not going to have 13 children i was just saying what names i liked lol) :)


Hm..I've always heard Caleb meant "dog" or "loyal."

[blessed]

and jacob meant deciever

[marichino_freedom]

like i said, my children will hate me! they shall have the longest, oddest names and will despise me until they are grown and can appreciate them

[blessed]

or change them :D

[Libby]

Hm..I've always heard Caleb meant "dog" or "loyal."
yes i always thought it ment dog but in that book it said it ment bold (it was a christian book of names)

[Libby]

and jacob meant deciever


it didnt say what Jacob meant

[marichino_freedom]

or change them :D


hahaha! yeah, i didnt think about that one....hmmmmmm

they arent bad, but you know with a name like "Jonathan David Kepler (insert last name here)", you are bound to feel some resentment

[Libby]

the names i like best though is Issac and abigail

[Libby]

hahaha! yeah, i didnt think about that one....hmmmmmm

they arent bad, but you know with a name like "Jonathan David Kepler (insert last name here)", you are bound to feel some resentment

my brother's name is Jonathan and his middle name is David lol
:)

[Libby]

sistrev have you told us the name of the baby and i have missed it ?? or havnt you told us?

[marichino_freedom]

lol, but Kepler? i just like scientists and their names...most great minds have a cool name (and its usually their last name)........

Gabriel Alexander (the ONLY normal name i have) (first born son)
Jonathan David Kepler
Asia Renee
Cameron Michael Tyco
Thomas Andrew Churchill
Athalia Marie
Ephraim Isaac Patrick
Oralia Helen
Malina Antoinette
Gideon James
Hadassa Hali Lynne
Seanna Saraid

[Libby]

[quote=marichino_freedom]

Hadassa Hali Lynne

i like that one my friend in america has a sister called Hadassa

[Noe]

i just remembered a name, well it's not exactly a name, at least i haven't heard of anyone being called it, but i like Calumus. It is one of the special oils that was used in the temple. i think there was like 4 different oils that was mixed together and Calumus was one of them. i wanted my mom to call Samuel, Calumus, but dad said no.

i like really wierd names like names of jewels- Ruby, Saphirare (spelt wrong i think), Emerald, etc.
or names of places- Israel, Bethlehem, Judah, etc.
i know really wierd but oh well:)

[AlanaH]

I couldn't imagine if I had been given a really weird name. I mean, at first, mine seems weird, but I like it.
Oh yeah, and another girls's name for me would be Calantha Joy. Put together, it means "A joyful and beautiful blossom".
So Tirah Grace and Calantha Joy.....wonder if a guy would ever go for those names? :) And Calantha could go by Callie or C.J. ....
"Tell you what. You name the boys and I will name the girls."

[SisTrev]

"Tell you what. You name the boys and I will name the girls."

that's pretty much what happened to my kids...well with the last 2 anyway...i picked the first one and trevor picked the 2nd one and i picked the last one...

none of the names i had picked out when i was single even got used...Trevor didn't like any of them, cause he said they were to normal. He llikes strange and unual names but also wanted bible names...this is why we have Zion Malachi, Azariah Joseph and Glorianna Shalom.

[AlanaH]

Oooohh....Glorianna Shalom...that is sooooo an awesome name!!! Way to go!

[Libby]

i like the name Zion Malachi

[AlanaH]

I would love for my kids to have different names...and actually like them. But I guess that's the risk you take.

[SisTrev]

I would love for my kids to have different names...and actually like them. But I guess that's the risk you take.

ya...so far my kids dont have any complaints...but they might when they get older....

[Babyruth]

I think cool/different names are fun, but there is a line to draw, I think. I think there is a time when you go too far in naming your kids. It's not fair for them to have to put up with a name that people will make fun of them for, and misconstrue. Of course, kids find ways to make fun of just about anything, but there is a line. Just my opinion. :D

[marichino_freedom]

see, the names i will have for my kids will MEAN something. they arent just random compilations.....there's a method to my madness!

[azurity]

One of the ladies I work with named her sons Naaman, Simeon & Jonathan.

She was telling me that Naaman never complained about his name, but one day he came to her and said, "Why did you give me a middle name like Timothy? It's a strange name!!"

She said, "Well, what about Tim So-&-so, and Tim Such-&-such?"

He couldn't believe that Tim was short for Timothy.

I just thought it was funny that he'd complain about his middle name, and not his first name!!

[AlanaH]

That's hilarious. And yeah. My weird names have to mean something cool. I'm not going to name them weird just for the sake of naming them weird.

[Babyruth]

Good for you girls!

[AlanaH]

Just a personal conviction...
And opinion. :)

[marichino_freedom]

aye aye.
the baby name website is awesome for the meanings!!!

still, my name means "bitter".....i'm not bitter. perhaps my parents were....:think:

[AlanaH]

Have you checked the meaning in other languages? My name in a lot of them means something that's not always good, but my parents chose the Gaelic meaning, which is "beautiful."

[marichino_freedom]

yeah....the only meaning i can find is for hebrew. but i cant remember where i saw it, but there is an egyptian meaning too....and it was nicer. i'll have to find that one

[AlanaH]

Egyptian??? Now that would be something to see.

[marichino_freedom]

yeah....where did i see that? i looked it up somewhere.

i'll try to find it. but, so far

Mary in hebrew = bitterness

[Alemap]

That's hilarious. And yeah. My weird names have to mean something cool. I'm not going to name them weird just for the sake of naming them weird.


I totally agree. The name would have to have a good meaning before I would ever use it. Though I think it is neat, you have to be careful what you name your kids.

[marichino_freedom]

yep....a name is who you are and defines you.

but i'm not bitter!!!! :012: :)

[Babyruth]

My name means a few things, but they are all the same: compassionate friend, friend, friendly, a friend to all, companion, etc. :)

[shorty]

Hi, all! I'm new to the forum.

This discussion caught my eye because I recently went to Biblical-Baby-Names.com because I wanted to search for names you don't see very often. Some of the girl names I found were Salome, Susanna, and Lydia. Just a few suggestions.

[azurity]

Salome?

I haven't heard that one. Is it in the Bible? How is it pronounced? (Not like salami... please!!)

[SisTrev]

if that's the one i'm thinking of its pronounced Sal-O-Mae and she was Herrodias' daughter...the one who danced for Kind Herrod and then asked for John the Baptist's head...

But there may be another one that I dont know of.

[blessed]

Oh my... I was thinking that was an interesting name...That's one I would avoid.

[redeemed_lizzi]

if that's the one i'm thinking of its pronounced Sal-O-Mae and she was Herrodias' daughter...the one who danced for Kind Herrod and then asked for John the Baptist's head...

But there may be another one that I dont know of.

There is another one, she was one of the women that went to the tomb of Jesus.

[AlanaH]

Yeah, there's two in the Bible. In Jesus' time, it was one of the more common names. It's cool, but people would probably think of the wrong Salome. And that would not be good.

[SisTrev]

ya...i only thought of the "bad" one...didn't know about the other one.

[shorty]

if that's the one i'm thinking of its pronounced Sal-O-Mae and she was Herrodias' daughter...the one who danced for Kind Herrod and then asked for John the Baptist's head...

But there may be another one that I dont know of.

:laugh: I didn't see the "salami" pronunciation in that until you pointed it out!

[AlanaH]

Hilarious...but not the right pronunciation!!! :) Lol...I used to pronounce it that way when I was a little kid...it still cracks my mom up.

[Libby]

i found this a thought it was kinda funny:)

They’re Not All Mine!

A woman drove a mini-van filled with a dozen screaming kids through the mall parking lot, looking for a space. Obviously frazzled, she coasted through a stop sign.
"Hey, lady, have you forgotten how to stop?" yelled an irate man. She rolled down her window and said, "What makes you think these are all mine?"

[marichino_freedom]

ahaaahhaaaa! thats great....i'm laughing as quitely as possible (at work)

[SisTrev]

ROFL!!!!!:rofl: good one!!!

[redeemed_lizzi]

Very funny :D

[becalive]

i like the name Asia Renee for a girl, and Odessa Marie.

Other boys names i like are Cameron Tyco (Tyco after the physicist Tyco Brahe), and James Isaac (James...as in the brother of John, and Isaac both for Abraham's son and for Isaac Newton)


Abraham is a cool name too, but I would call him Abie! :)

The lady that served us the other day at red lobster was named Aja..............she said it was said like Asia.

pretty cool i thought

[becalive]

Hi, all! I'm new to the forum.

This discussion caught my eye because I recently went to Biblical-Baby-Names.com because I wanted to search for names you don't see very often. Some of the girl names I found were Salome, Susanna, and Lydia. Just a few suggestions.

The girl's name Salome is of Hebrew (http://www.thinkbabynames.com/search/0/hebrew) origin, and its meaning is "peace (http://www.thinkbabynames.com/search/0/peace)." Possibly from the same root as the greeting (http://www.thinkbabynames.com/search/0/greeting) "Shalom." Biblical (http://www.thinkbabynames.com/search/0/biblical): name of a woman who danced for King (http://www.thinkbabynames.com/search/0/king) Herod (http://www.thinkbabynames.com/search/0/herod) and demanded for John the Baptist's head (http://www.thinkbabynames.com/search/0/head) as her reward. The name was used somewhat in the 19th (http://www.thinkbabynames.com/search/0/19th) century (http://www.thinkbabynames.com/search/0/century).

[leahmb]

The lady that served us the other day at red lobster was named Aja..............she said it was said like Asia.

pretty cool i thought

When my mom was in high school her "pen name" was Ayjza....(sounds like Asia)....she came up with it, because it looked neat to write in cursive...

[AlanaH]

That's pretty cool...
If I ever finish writing anything, I'm going to use a cool pen name. That way, no one will know that it was me. :)

[tadi]

i like the names: shekina,shalom,salem,shiloh,crystal ,izabel,for gals
boys
israel,jude,zion

swahili names
amani(peace)
imani(faith)
Riziki(livelihood)
neema(grace)
rehema(mercy)

[blessed]

Judah is also a nice name.

[marichino_freedom]

im partial to gabriel for a boy and hadassa for a girl

[leahmb]

im partial to gabriel for a boy and hadassa for a girl

I like Gabe, Marcus, and Adison.....

[SisTrev]

i love Hadassah. If I were to have another girl I seriously think about using that one.

[Skirty]

I've never really put too much thought to it, but I decided when I was 13 that if I had a boy his name would be Eric Leonard (Len is my Papas name)... My cousins just had a boy, and guess what they named him!

I also liked Aiden and Warren for boys, and one of my friends just had twins and used them... I'm getting sick of this :)

Now I only have one left... lol

[SisTrev]

I've never really put too much thought to it, but I decided when I was 13 that if I had a boy his name would be Eric Leonard (Len is my Papas name)... My cousins just had a boy, and guess what they named him!

I also liked Aiden and Warren for boys, and one of my friends just had twins and used them... I'm getting sick of this :)

Now I only have one left... lol

g...I'd hate that too...

Its not like those are popular names that everyone loves either. That's gotta be rough. Hang onto the other one you have and dont tell anyone what it is. Maybe they wont use it.

Besides...when you get married your husband may disagree with the names you like and you have to change them anyway. THat's what happened to me.

[vpiper]

im partial to gabriel for a boy and hadassa for a girl

You better get married and have a boy quick cause our first son is going to be named Gabriel Isaac.

Then if it's girl it will be Mariam Elizabeth and the next boy will be Micah John

Sorry Isaac pick Gabriel

[vpiper]

g...I'd hate that too...

Its not like those are popular names that everyone loves either. That's gotta be rough. Hang onto the other one you have and dont tell anyone what it is. Maybe they wont use it.

Besides...when you get married your husband may disagree with the names you like and you have to change them anyway. THat's what happened to me.

My husband love the name I pick for my first Girl Zipporah Anna, I chose it when I was 15

[marichino_freedom]

You better get married and have a boy quick cause our first son is going to be named Gabriel Isaac.

Then if it's girl it will be Mariam Elizabeth and the next boy will be Micah John

Sorry Isaac pick Gabriel


NOOOOOOOO! my first boy is supposed to be Gabriel Alexander!!!!!!! not cool :(

[Cherith F.]

[quote=tadi]i like the names: shekina,shalom,salem,shiloh,crystal ,izabel,for gals
boys
israel,jude,zion

quote]


Oohhh! I love these names.. I know a Shekina and a Shalom (they are girls in the same family). And My brother is named Shiloh Salem. I also know a Israel and two Zions.

I love Ruth Ann... for a girl.... and Steven Daniel for a boy...

[AlanaH]

Zion Malachi is such a cool name...isn't that your other kid's name, Sis Trev???

[vpiper]

NOOOOOOOO! my first boy is supposed to be Gabriel Alexander!!!!!!! not cool :(

sorry, I guess we could both us the name and just call them Isaac and Alex. . . How about we plan on having them around the same time lol, Zipporah would be 10 before she got a sibling.

Our first was going to be Micah, but that is too popular with the people we know.

[AlanaH]

I haven't thought ahead for boy's names...have two girl's ones, but not any boy's ones. Although I really really have gotten to like Zion Malachi..

[marichino_freedom]

sorry, I guess we could both us the name and just call them Isaac and Alex. . . How about we plan on having them around the same time lol, Zipporah would be 10 before she got a sibling.

Our first was going to be Micah, but that is too popular with the people we know.


haha....that would be funny!

[vpiper]

I'm suppose to have my next child around the same time as Colleen, but it looks like Colleen isn't going to have any more kids. . . what will I do?

[marichino_freedom]

hmmm you COULD wait a few years......

[vpiper]

yeah, but then Zipporah will be five and they wouldn't be close, she has lots of cousins her age. . . but I might be done with baby stuff if I wait too long

[marichino_freedom]

lol.....how could you be done with it? or why i guess

[vpiper]

maybe I could get sick of the idea of changing diapers again. . . or waking up three- ten times a night to feed. . . or sore breasts. . . or not getting any sleep. . . or maybe I just decided I don't want to get big again and worry about what I eat and how I sleep.

[SisTrev]

Zion Malachi is such a cool name...isn't that your other kid's name, Sis Trev???

yup...the oldest one...

then there is Azariah Joseph and Glorianna Shalom.

[vpiper]

sis trev- is it true what they say about it being easier having the second one. like two isn't twice as hard to control.

[Libby]

Our first was going to be Micah, but that is too popular with the people we know.

my little bro's name is Micah :).

i like the names Jacob, Isaac, Abigail, and Victoria i'll just call them Jake, Zack, Abi, and Tori. they are the first names i want but i haven't found any middle names yet:think: .

[SisTrev]

sis trev- is it true what they say about it being easier having the second one. like two isn't twice as hard to control. I always heard that after 3 it gets eaiser...But I don't want to have the 4th one to find out.:)

As for it being easier after you have the second one...that all depends on how close together in age they are. My boys are about a month shy of being 2 years apart and let me tell you...it was not easier than having just one. Especially if one is a 2 year old and the other a newborn. Going places without another adult just becomes more of a challenge. It can be done, but you have to get creative sometimes. And that only intensifies with the more kids you have. It's a lot easier to wait till the one is 3 or so before having another one. There is 3 years between my last 2 and that was a lot easier than 2 years.

Did that help any or just scare you away from ever wanting more?

[MarieLenora]

Hmmm-- If you're worried about diapers, you can always use cloth, and infant potty-train, like my crunchy sister, Sharon (http://www.newmommynews.blogspot.com)!

(LOL)

[SisTrev]

nah...wasn't worried about diapers...i was more thinking that its just harder going places with more then one kid at a time.

I read Sharon's blog pretty regular. She's one patient and creative girl, that's for sure.

[AlanaH]

Oh yeah...
I know a few sisters that rarely leave their house unless their husband or a friend goes with them. (3 rowdy boys in one case, age 3 to 8 or so)

[vpiper]

last week I was watching my sister's twins and I brought the three of them to the store, I told the Twins who are 5, no talking, no touching anything and keep one hand on the cart. The behaved very well, but they were not my kids and I don't have them all the time.

I could see how hard it would be to carry a 2 year old and a baby seat at the same time. My daughter is already almost 2 so if we have another one she will be 3 by then.

I use cloth diapers when we are at home. And we are going to be potty training as soon as my bathroom gets finished this next week.

I'm still not sure If I want to have more, but I'm sure we probably will anyway.

[marichino_freedom]

lol.....this thread cracks me up a little.......i know that babies are at the very least 5 or 6 years away for me....if at all (you never know)

[Skirty]

last week I was watching my sister's twins and I brought the three of them to the store, I told the Twins who are 5, no talking, no touching anything and keep one hand on the cart. The behaved very well, but they were not my kids and I don't have them all the time.

I could see how hard it would be to carry a 2 year old and a baby seat at the same time. My daughter is already almost 2 so if we have another one she will be 3 by then.

I use cloth diapers when we are at home. And we are going to be potty training as soon as my bathroom gets finished this next week.

I'm still not sure If I want to have more, but I'm sure we probably will anyway.
I have two friends who have had twins, actually they are cousins. The first girl had an awful time with hers... they were colicky and seemed to get every infection or fever possible. But they are fine now :)
Her cousin just had hers a couple months ago... they are the perfect babies. They both sleep 6 hours a night, never seem to cry, they don't even dirty their diapers! (ok, that was an exaggeration).
I like to babysit hers... but I'm usually 'busy' if Mel asks me, lol.

[leahmb]

I have two friends who have had twins, actually they are cousins. The first girl had an awful time with hers... they were colicky and seemed to get every infection or fever possible. But they are fine now :)
Her cousin just had hers a couple months ago... they are the perfect babies. They both sleep 6 hours a night, never seem to cry, they don't even dirty their diapers! (ok, that was an exaggeration).
I like to babysit hers... but I'm usually 'busy' if Mel asks me, lol.

I'll come babysit with you! It'll be good practice...lol...for when I have MY twins :)

[Noe]

twins would be so cool to have:)

[vpiper]

My sister and two of my cousins had twins. I do not wish it on myself. That would be wake up twice as much at night.

[marichino_freedom]

lol....i dont blame you

[SisTrev]

I always thought it would be cool to have twins. And then when my first baby was born, I was very thankful that the Lord only gave me one at a time. :)

[marichino_freedom]

can you imagine being one of the women who has 7 or 8 at once? that would be HARD!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Noe]

yeah it would. multiples of everything and you'd need to be an octopus to get them all fed. talk about stress:aaaah:

[marichino_freedom]

hahaha....i know. if you fed even two at a time, by the time you got down to the last two, the first two would be hungry again! (ok, slight exaggeration, but you get the idea)

and the dirty diapers!!!!!!!!! (i'd hate to be their garbageman) :D

[SisTrev]

you'd have to have help...there's no way you can take care of 8 infants by yourself. I should know. I used to work in the nursary of a daycare and the state ration was 4 babies to 1 adult. SO there was 2 of us with 8 babies. That was hard. But it worked.

[marichino_freedom]

oh i'm sure.....bye the way, that new avatar makes me smile, its so cute!

[AlanaH]

It's Glorianna right?

[SisTrev]

yeah...that's my little Glorianna.

[AlanaH]

She's such a Munchkin!

[SisTrev]

that she is. right now she's chasing her big brother, Zion around the room. He has my keys and she wants them. ITs soooo cute.

[AlanaH]

Oh man! I wish I could see!!!

I love when cute little kids do cute little things.

[Babyruth]

None of you can name any of your children Penelope, Felix, or Helga. Those names are all taken. :D

[Skirty]

None of you can name any of your children Penelope, Felix, or Helga. Those names are all taken. :D
NOOooooo, I wanted Helga! Please????

[Babyruth]

Only if you let me have Franny. :D And Henrietta.

[marichino_freedom]

since i am more than likely going to get a doggy in the very near future, i have been thinking about what to name him/her. odd, i know.

Kenya - girl doggy
D'Artagnan - boy doggy

Aruba - girl kitty
Bruce - boy kitty

what do ya think? :D

but i'll probably change my mind if they dont look like their name sake when i pick them out

[SisTrev]

i like the boy doggie name the best... its cool...

"D'Artagnan"

[marichino_freedom]

lol.....from the three musketeers!

i've always loved that name!

[Skirty]

since i am more than likely going to get a doggy in the very near future, i have been thinking about what to name him/her. odd, i know.

Kenya - girl doggy
D'Artagnan - boy doggy

Aruba - girl kitty
Bruce - boy kitty

what do ya think? :D

but i'll probably change my mind if they dont look like their name sake when i pick them out
Oooh, another person like me... I have a list of future doggy names too :D
Actually Kenya is one of them! You should go with that :)

[marichino_freedom]

i really like it.....i'll be on the hunt for a female then! for now, because i plan on having like 3 or 4 dogs eventually. same with cats. and other critters.....

[SisTrev]

you'll just have your own little petting zoo.:rufus: :elephant: :rabbit: :mouse: :kitty:

[vpiper]

my one hubby's cat was named Mariam, but they ended up calling her Baby, and now he wants to name our next daughter Mariam which I like but I think it's funny naming a child after a cat

[marichino_freedom]

lol....its a great name! besides, they always called her baby anyway!

just like my dalmatian, roxy: her real name was Penelope Roxanne!

[vpiper]

why do dogs need middle names or full names, roxy is good enough.

like Beamer was BMW, why not decide what you want to call it and just call it that

[marichino_freedom]

well, because they are like kids to some people! and my other dalmatian, roly, was (seriously) Roly Poly Dominoie! (thanks to my padre!)

[vpiper]

crazy people

[marichino_freedom]

lol.....i plan on doing the one name thing....less confusing when you have 20 animals! ;)

[vpiper]

with your animals you will have to draw a family tree. with names a pictures

[marichino_freedom]

lol...yeah, youre right!