What would you name your child if...?

Yay! I was kind of hoping you'd make one like this.

1. Family honoring -- Eliza Ruth (from mom Joyce Elizabeth and MIL Ruth Anne) and Edward Bennett (from stepdad James Edward and FIL Ben Wade)

2. Sports related -- I'm not really a sports fan, but I graduated from Berkeley so I have to root for the Cal Bears. My children would be Calvin Arthur (Arthur means "bear-man") and Livia Oriane (mean "blue" and "gold" -- our school colors!).

3. Holiday inspired -- Clara Estelle ("bright star") and Frederick Charles (Frederick means "peaceful ruler" = Prince of Peace / Charles means "man" and Christmas celebrates the incarnation of Christ)

4. Literary -- Rowena Catherine (Rowena from "Ivanhoe" / Catherine from "Persuasion") and Frederick Gawain (Frederick from "Middlemarch" / Gawain from medieval legend)

5. TV-inspired -- Elliot Adrian (my two favorite TV detectives, from Law and Order SVU and Monk) and Daphne Olivia (from Frasier and Law and Order SVU)

6. Musical -- Vera Elinor (from two Beatles songs) and Simon Arthur (Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel)

7. Matching first/last letters -- Gwendolen Joyce and Gideon Jude (I know Gwendolen and Gideon are matchy, but they're huge favorites of mine, so if I were forced to pick matching first/last letters, I may as well use the ones I love)

8. One syllable -- Jude Clark and Ruth Eve (It's hard to get two one-syllable names to sound good together, but I was really trying to make both my firsts and middles stick to the rules.)

9. Location-related -- My favorite place in the world is probably Northumberland, so the names I choose are Hadrian Lindsey (after Hadrian's Wall and the Isle of Lindisfarne) and Margaret Deira (after the heroine from a famous border ballad and the 6th century kingdom that occupied part of what is now Northumberland). And you would not believe how long it took me to come up with these names -- especially since I got distracted and started reading on Wikipedia about various border ballads and whatnot. :)

10. Revealing something about me -- Well, naming my kids after obscure ballads would definitely reveal something about me. But we'll go with literal meanings to make it interesting. Hmmm... Asher Sullivan ("happy" because I'm generally optimistic; "little dark eye" because I have very dark brown eyes) and Dara Amabel ("wisdom or compassion" because people have told me I possess both; "lovable" because I like to feel loved and secure).

This was so much fun!

1) Derived from my Grandmother's name Elizabeth - Eliza Barbara (Barbara after my other Grandma)

2) Not very into sports but my family are keen supporter of Crystal Palace so Christabel Palace

3) My last big holiday was to Berlin so Berlin James

4) From English Literature so probably Wuthering Heights with the name Heath (after Heathcliff)

5) Probably my favourite movie which is Pretty Woman so Vivian Grace

6) I love the song At Last by Etta James so I would have to use Etta Liron (Liron means song)

7) I would use Ava Penelope & Abraham Peter because Ava and Abraham are so different

8) Jay really bad with syllables so hopefully this is right ;)

9) My favourite place is London my home town is an amazing city so London Scott

10) Well my name is Victoria so meaning victory so a name with the same meaning so Colette

I did have fun!

Fun!

1. Violet Emilia / Declan Alec

2. {I don't really have a favourite..I'll use the initials of a player!} Romilly Nora / Reuben Nathaniel

3. Ivy Noelle / Caspar Nicholas {Christmas}

4. Ophelia Alice / Oliver Dorian

5. Cassandra Lucy / Frederick Jonah {Skins- my fave TV show}

6. Florence Jezabel / Isaac Charlie {Florence + the Machine, The Jezabels, Modest Mouse, Noah & the Whale}

7. Juniper Eloise / Jasper Emile

8. Jane Araminta / Jude Matthias

9. Beatrix Océane Silas Caspian

10. Xanthe Blanche / Finnian Aubrey {means fair/blonde!}

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Interesting question!

1. Allen James (Brother's middle, and a long-standing family name for boys), Rosemary Grace (the better half's mother and my mother's favorite sister - my adoptive mother was also a Mary, and my biological mother was a Rose.)

2. I don't have a 'favorite' - but if I had to come up with something based on sports teams . . . gah. Let's see. How about William Cody (get it? Buffalo Bills? Wild Bill . . . It's a stretch) for a boy and Cymbeline Phoenix (Sun god . . . Phoenix . . . Phoenix Suns?) for a girl. Yikes. Let's hope I never actually have to do that.

3. Boy . . . Nicholas, clearly. Good ol' Saint Nick, right? As for a girl, how about saluting Halloween and a horror-writing great, Edgar Allan Poe with Lenore?

4. Elijah Rhett (Moby Dick, Gone With the Wind), Adeline Éowyn (Lord Byron, LOTR)

5. Silas Judah (Weeds), Tabitha Elaine (Bewitched, Seinfeld)

6. Rosalie Alice (Rosalie McFall - Grateful Dead, and as for Alice - many songs, but thinking of Alice's Restaurant), Maxwell Oliver (Maxwell's Silver Hammer - the Beatles, and Oliver's Army -Elvis Costello.

7. Oh god, that's hard. Lauren and . . . Landon?

8. Claire (already use it for my daughter) and Jack

9. I love the mountains, so I would probably go with Mitchell (a mountain in the Blue Ridge range) and I guess I'd have to choke down Ashley for Asheville.

10. I think any name you pick for a child says something about you, your tastes, and that sort of thing. My daughter is Claire Abigail - I like simplicity, I avoid trendiness, I appreciate good spelling, and I like things that are classic and tried and true over time. I know it seems like a cop-out answer, but if you put a lot of thought into your kids' names, your personality does really come through. Although if I were to rename myself, I'd pick something a little more . . . feisty. Like Fiona, maybe?

1. Coralie Pauline, Daniel Rupert

2. Michaela Shawn, Nathan Phillip (Michael Phelps, Shawn Johnson, Nastia Luikin, and Phelps)

3. Christian Nicholas, Ivy Natalia

4. Auden Thisbe and Jabez Hollis

5. Harry James and Hermione Ginevra (First names I thought of...:)

6. Cyrus Swift and Charlotte Amanda (Billy Ray, Taylor Swift, Good Charlotte, and Amanda Seyfried)

7. Evan Maurice and Emmalyn Michelle

8. Brooke Fleur and Jake Finn

9. Barbara Alexandra and Kai Hampton

10. Christopher Connor and Cecily Coralia

1. Joseph Edward and Missy Elise

2. Robert Eli (Eli Manning) and Peyton Marie (Peyton Manning)

3. Christian Nicholas and Christa Noelle

4. Michael Angelo and Mia Lillian (The Princess Diaries- hah rellyy random)

5. Derek Mason (Degrassi) and Brennan Angelina (Bones)

6. Benjamin James (Breaking Benjamin) and Lee Ann Kylie (Lee Ann Womack)

7. Cole Parker and Claire Maire

8. Blake Jeremiah and Paige McKinley

9. Frank Logan (Frances) and Jersey Alexandra (LBI)

10. Luke Mason (lucky) and Keely Jolie (pretty)

1. Victoria Rose (from Rose Ann Victoria) and Dean Frederick (from Timothy Dean and Charles Frederick)

2. Philippa Katherine (Phillies) and Cole Chase (Cole Hamels and Chase Utley)

3. Ivy Christiana (Christmas) and Gabriel Nicholas (Christmas)

4. Emmeline Vida (The Thirteenth Tale) and Nolan Theodore (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn and Little Women)

5. Novalee Americus (Where the Heart Is) and Connor Jack (Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood)

6. Regina Amy (Regina Spektor and Amy Lee) and Michael Joshua (Michael W. Smith and Josh Groban)

7. Gwendolyn Ruby and Griffin Reilly

8. Wynne Darcey and Roarke Gabriel

9. Laken Reese (any lake) and River Garrison (any river)

10. Willow Emilie (Willow is my favorite tree and I love nature) and Forrest Buck (Again, nature oriented, like me)

The name had to be derived form a family member?

~Paris Olivia (sister and cousin)

~Jordan Blake (cousins)

The name had to be related to one of your favourite sports teams/players?

~ Ellie Charlotte (Eli Manning)

~ Bronx Emerson (Brisbane Broncos)

The name has to be inspired by a holiday?

~ Christy Rose (Christmas)

~ Spain Oliver (Spain)

The name had to be derived from literature?

~ Liesel Ellie (The book theif, tomorrow when the war began)

~ Remus James (Harry Potter)

The name had to be inpired by a movie or tv show?

~ Brady Salene (The Tribe)

~ Slade Lex (The Tribe)

The name had to be taken from a song or musical artist that you love?

~ Delilah Cassie (Hey there Delilah, Meryl Cassie

~ Luke Oliver (Luke from the All Caps)

The boy and girl names had to start and end with the same letter

~ Jade Charlie

~ Jake Matthew

The name had to be one syllable?

~ Rose Genevieve

~ Ty Emerson

The name had to be related to your favorite place somehow?

~ Raine Olivia (Rainbow Beach)

~ Bed Room (does that count?)

The name had to say something about you (either through its meaning or in some other way)?

~ Jenna Ivy (Jenna means small bird, my nickname)

~ Phoenix Paul (small bird)

Fun! :)

· [1] -- Jack William Victor & Marie Annabel Willow [Family members: João, Wilson & Victor / Maria, Ana & Uilma ]

· [2] -- Beckett Leander John & Michaela Ivy Ruth "Mia" [David Beckham / Mia Hamm. Picked at random. Don't watch sports, LOL]

· [3] -- Marie Angeline Winter [Christmas]

· [4] -- Asher Jonah Gabriel & Audrey Bianca Iris [ The Giver / Shakespeare ]

· [5] -- Thomas Benjamin Clark & Luna Verity Harper [ The Curious Case of Benjamin Button / Harry Potter ]

· [6] -- Jason Walter Luke & Gwyneth Arielle Stefanie "Gwen" [Jason Wade & Gwen Stefani]

· [7] -- Reilly Griffin Asa & Ruby Gwendolen Ava

· [8] -- Seth Reuben Levi & Kate Adeline Mary

· [9] -- Brody Matthew Scott & Brynn Evangeline Rue ["Br" for Brazil!]

· [10] -- Fiametta Ceridwen May & William Vaughn Lyric [ "little fire" ,"blessed poetry", my birth month / "Will; desire", "small", Lyrics ]

OR

Cassidy Emerald Vera & Sullivan Jason Dominic ["curly-haired", my birthstone, "faith" / "dark eyes", "to heal", "of the Lord"]

1. Carter Anthony and Rachel Olivia (my parents are Carter and Rachel)

2. Ryan Landon and Michaela Taylor (Ryan Callahan and MIchael Del Zotto from the NY Rangers)

3. Holly Penelope and Noel Zachary (Noel is like Cole not like Noelle)

4. Holden James and Juliet Nicole (Cathcher in the Rye and Romeo and Juliet)

5. Hannah Christine and Jackson Chris (Hannah Montana)

7. Bryce and Bridgette

8. Jude Max and Paige Raine

9. Sydney Marie and Kai Jonathon (Australia and Hawaiian)