I'm stuck and I need some help. Mom informed me that it was brought to her attention that Olivia is a very popular name right now. (I found that according to one site it's the #5 name and it's #3 on another) Sean and I selected it without this knowledge and we both agree that being so common is a negative. Neither one of us is sold on ditching it, but I wanted to get some ideas. When checking baby name sites, I had deliberately skipped the "Popular names" category, because I didn't want to use them, but it didn't occur to me to check so as to avoid names.
So, I still really like Olivia and since it's been in my head for some time, I need coaxing to let it go...if we decide we want to let it go. I went to some sites again yesterday and searched for inspiration, but I kept comparing to Olivia Jane and nothing was grabbing me.
If anyone has any ideas, I'd love to hear them. Martha, Catherine, please feel free to jump in and stop me from taking any names you may have your heart set on. Other names I've considered are Jane and Grace, but I don't know what to pair them with. Clare had suggested Grace Louise, which is nice, but Sean wasn't sold on it.
I want a pretty name, but I want a solid name and I know this crew has similar tastes...for the most part :) So, any ideas??
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Grace is also top of the list for most popular names. Too bad b/c I love Grace.
Nora - since you asked... I'm going to go out there and suggest to you that you think about family names. I think this concept has been mostly lost in previous generations ( ie after Dad's and mine) as the idea of cute names or made-up names ( Madison - yuk!) became the fad.
The idea of keeping alive a family name (whether first or middle) somewhere within one's family is a strong element for me. Of course, you have to like the name. Dad also commented that there was a time when children were named after someone you admired as well. And, big AND, that the name be Christian.
And then I keep coming back to something Clare said one day as we were having drinks on the patio: that she had this strong sense that a name shouldn't be decided in stone until the parents had met the baby. She talked about the baby - as a now present person - saying something about his or herself - something that would inspire the parents to know what name should be given. Now THAT grabbed me.
You have time, Nora. So take your time.
Hi Norm, yeah, I think Olivia is pretty popular, though its hard to stop liking a name! And isn't Grace mags' middle name? Nice names are popular now... except for Madison... gross. Also, her initials would be OJO, or OO, is that OO k with you?
I think each couple picks names very differently. So hard to give suggestions!
Paul would have been Clare Lisette. Feel free to steal that one, other than that... if in the end it's Olivia Jane, it will be beautiful!
Oh. Or Domenica Clare. As if anyone else would want that (sorry Leo... I still love it... Mimi Gramuglia...)
Or Sheila. They're all yours!
; )
You know, I have been tossing around some family names, and when I was in church on Sunday, I thought of how solid and Christian my already chosen names were.
Magdalene, Grace, John (if this baby had been a boy), I like Joseph, Elizabeth and Eve too.
And I also thought about how many Christian, classic names are already in our family...
These thoughts are there Mom. I know there's no rush, it just kind of felt nice to call her by name. We already knew at this point last time that it would be Magdalene, and it felt good to stop saying "It".
Thanks for any and all input:)
You could say "her". Wink.
I love the idea of getting inspiration from family names too. It helps to at least make a list of all the names in your extended family and start there. Adela even is named after Sue's mother Adeline.
To the point about meeting a baby before naming her, we certainly met our girls and then some before naming them. And Catherine Simone will certainly be grateful we waited, given our gross ideas for her. Odette anyone? And Adela could have been Flannery or Vienne. I still LOVE Flannery but it was so not her. Plus, again, it felt right to have a family name.
Don't rush. Your little one might have ideas of her own.
Well, Nora, here's what we did:
Maureen (only wants to be put to music)
Clare (Brave love of God)
Ann (Mary's mother and so clean and pure)
Mary (Need I say more?)
Catherine (Strong, strong, even for the worldly)
Nora (the Irish earth maid)
Martha (She was just so beautiful and "Martha" is soft)
Lisette (My little French connection - Lil' Elizabeth)
Aloise (Anyone want to deny she has some German?)
Suggest you let the name choice gestate with the little maiden and take a good look at her when the time comes.
Wow, Dad. Best thing I've read in a while.
Doesn't say much for my habits, does it.
Nora, Olivia is the top third most popular name the past two years, BUT if you love it, then you love it right?
I would not feel a race to solidify any name, but to be open to a few strong ideas, and then meet her? That's my plan of action at least.
As far as suggestions, you ain't gettin' em fom me. ;) Thorry. I'm keeping mine, as I am not sold sold on anything, I don't THINK and I am selfish.
Good luck girlfriend, and NO stressing!!!!!!! You have time time time.
Oh, and no more up the crotch shots please and thank you.
Can I make a point?
Why do we care so much what's on the most popular lists??
YOU know you didn't pick it for that reason. And whose to say it will be a problem for babygirl#2 in her circle?
I do love family names... and i'v never been a fan of people asking others for their opinion's on names. It should be what the parents love.
You both love Olivia Jane and it's beautiful. But I do agree with Clare and Dad...wait till she's born to really name her!!..:)
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