Names 101

[nsrammstein]

If you have any children in the future what are some of the names you are thinking of?

If I have any male children these are the names that are coming to mind:
Alexander
Mikhail
Estefano
Ulrik
Benjamin
Cristiano

[IronMexican]

Armando
Jose
Juan
Gustavo
Juan-Jose
Pablo
Miguel
Rafael
Cuaotemoc
Luis
Jose-Luis
Francisco
Christian

[pawe]

our first child (baby boy) will be born on the last week of oct or the 1st week of november and my wife and I agreed on the name Matthew Ethan.

[anakha]

Just a question.

Do you subscribe to the idea that the ethnicity of a person's first and last names must match?

For example, if a baby is to take on a Spanish last name, should his/her first name be Spanish, too?

[nsrammstein]

Just a question.

Do you subscribe to the idea that the ethnicity of a person's first and last names must match?

For example, if a baby is to take on a Spanish last name, should his/her first name be Spanish, too?

I don't believe in that and I hate that theory

[AlamoSpursFan]

[Brutalis]

I like the name Aragon from LOTR if I'm spelling it right. I also like Luke.

[Brutalis]

Armando
Jose
Juan
Gustavo
Juan-Jose
Pablo
Miguel
Rafael
Cuaotemoc
Luis
Jose-Luis
Francisco
Christian

I guess there isn't much originality in Spanish names eh? Not being sarcastic either.

[Brutalis]

Just a question.

Do you subscribe to the idea that the ethnicity of a person's first and last names must match?

For example, if a baby is to take on a Spanish last name, should his/her first name be Spanish, too?

Nah I hate that but I think it should match the last name. I saw a thread in other forum where this woman named her kid "Erika Eugene" and it made me want to punch her.

My last name is Phillips so I'd want something to go well with it.

[pawe]

Just a question.

Do you subscribe to the idea that the ethnicity of a person's first and last names must match?

For example, if a baby is to take on a Spanish last name, should his/her first name be Spanish, too?

it would be funny if im going to name my kid Procopio Palakol if we're gonna sway that way.

[nsrammstein]

i think Estefano or Cristiano would match my last name very well

[Borosai]

If my kids are good looking:
Ariel
Gaston

If they are trollish little s:
Ursula
Quasi

[Brutalis]

If my kids are good looking:
Ariel
Gaston

If they are trollish little s:
Ursula
Quasi

Ariel is a pretty name. My gf wants to name her daughter that if she has kids.

[Borosai]

Ariel is a pretty name. My gf wants to name her daughter that if she has kids.

Yeah, that's the only one I was serious about. It's a nice name, even when pronounced with different language accents (or at least the ones I care about). It sucks to pick names that sound natural in one language and odd in the rest.

[Leetonidas]

Daughter:

Juno
Lucia

Son:

Achilles


Oh yeah.

[Brutalis]

Yeah, that's the only one I was serious about. It's a nice name, even when pronounced with different language accents (or at least the ones I care about). It sucks to pick names that sound natural in one language and odd in the rest.

Well I think they'll pronounce them different in other languages regardless. Even Quasi.

[smeagol]

Seven

(before anybody else says it)

[Brutalis]

Seven

(before anybody else says it)

Nice. Then you can name your other eleven.

[spursfan09]

I like the name Aragon from LOTR if I'm spelling it right. I also like Luke.

Aragorn. with a R, but sounds more like you spelled it.

My names:

Alyssa if its a girl

patrick for a boy.

[AlamoSpursFan]

Seven

(before anybody else says it)

[mrsmaalox]

For boys I like very basic names: Mark, David, Paul, etc. Plus I think they mix well with ethnic last names. If I had a very Spanish last name I would named my son Esteban, I just love that name.

[Sunshine]

Sadly there are no more babies in my future, BUT if I were to have more kids

boys:
Nolan
Christian
Stephen
with Alexander as the middle name for all

girls:
Emily Grace
Annie Elizabeth
Johanna Elizabeth

I've always leaned toward more traditional names rather than trendy or made up names. And I'm also a firm believer that you should use the name you want your child called as their first name. My mom and her 3 siblings all went by their middle names and they all complained that from the time they started school and thru adulthood, it was a pain to have to explain that they go by their middle name. And while I'm up on my soap box, let me add that spelling a name "creatively" to be different can backfire too. I have a girlfriend who named her kids Danniele and Sydnea and es constantly because people can't spell their names "right". Plus, they can't go into WalMart and buy pens with their names imprinted on them.

[AlamoSpursFan]

Plus, they can't go into WalMart and buy pens with their names imprinted on them.

Little ASF's name is Evelyn. VERY RARELY do I find anything with her name imprinted. You should see some of the goofy names that they do imprint, though.

[ALVAREZ6]

Just a question.

Do you subscribe to the idea that the ethnicity of a person's first and last names must match?

For example, if a baby is to take on a Spanish last name, should his/her first name be Spanish, too?

Emanuel Ginobili
Andres Nocioni
Carlos Delfino

....

[Sunshine]

Little ASF's name is Evelyn. VERY RARELY do I find anything with her name imprinted. You should see some of the goofy names that they do imprint, though.

I love that name! And I bet she doesn't have 5 Evelyn's in her class every year either. Little Miss Sunshine's name is Sophia, and though we have found things with her name on them, she's yet to have another Sophia in her class and we've only met 2 or 3 other girls with the same name.