Posted by karen
on 6/18/2008, 9:45 pm, in reply to "Name my baby!"
98.165.109.124
Callum Augustus - like Augustus a lot
Kai Augustin - like Augusten
Jaron Yeats - Yeats is interesting! Is it after the poet?
Malachi David - like Malachi but don't like the nn "Mal".
Caius Grey "Cai" - love Grey
Seamus Noel - LOVE Seamus... my husband refuses to use it. He Hates it. Grrr.
Salem Elisabeth - I like Salem but wonder if people would associate it with the cigarette?
Valentina Carmel "Vally" - like Valentina, don't care for Vally
Elaine Marcella - like Elaine (had a student named Elayne recently and I thought it was a cute spelling)
--Previous Message--
: Sorry it's been so long. My computer caught a
: virus and needed some TLC.
:
: Okay, so our goal was to have a boys name
: and girls name picked out by our anniversary
: on the 13th. That deadline sort of whizzed
: by, and we have decided on a boy's name,
: Cillian Michael, but we are stuck on the
: girl's name.
:
: In case you're interested in how we decided
: on Cillian... Okay, so I could not talk T
: into Atticus, no matter how hard I tried.
: But I love names with an -us ending. My BF
: loves the name Lucifer, but I refuse to
: saddle a child with this. (Also, I may not
: be a great Catholic, but I'm still a
: Catholic! ) I suggested Lucius and he
: immediately loved it. I loved it, too,
: because it has the classy Latin thing going
: for it, but also a sort of funky 70s soul
: vibe. Lucius could be a Roman senator,
: Lucius Michael could be a modern kid or
: grown-up, Lucius Johnson could be an
: African-American pugilist... I like the
: versatility. Also it sounds cool, and comes
: from the Latin "lux," meaning
: "light."
:
: However, we just kept coming back to Cillian
: (KILL-ee-an), and especially the NN Cian
: (KEE-an). It's so rad. It means
: "ancient." Cillian means
: "war, strife," or possibly
: "church," and belonged to a 7th
: century Irish saint. Cian is a name from
: Irish mythology. My BF and I are both
: predominantly of Irish descent. Also, in the
: end we thought Cillian Johnson or Cian
: Johnson flowed better than Lucius Johnson.
: The only nn that really works with Lucius,
: besides the over-popular and therefore not
: cool Luc or Luke, is Lu, and it has none of
: the pizzazz of Cian. Also, a lot of people,
: when we brought up Lucius, immediately
: thought of the Harry Potter character.
: Nothing against HP, but I'd prefer people's
: minds not to immediately jump to a pop
: culture association when they think of my
: kid's name. Cillian Murphy isn't a household
: name yet, and even if he becomes one the
: name is probably odd enough to avoid
: trendiness. So Cillian it is. We are very
: happy with it.
:
: As for the girl's name... *sigh* What to do?
:
: T really, really does not like Angelie, so
: that is out. Oh, well. We both like
: Angelica a lot, but we also both like
: Marcella a lot as a middle name. For family
: reasons, we'd like the MN to begin with
: Mar-, or at least M, but we can't find
: anything that sounds right with Angelica. I
: don't think Angelica Marcella sounds right.
: It sort of almost but not quite rhymes, you
: know? Marcella Angelica has that pesky thing
: where the "a" sounds run together.
:
: So, we are sort of stuck. When T comes back
: into town for the weekend we are determined
: to sort it out. Your suggestions are
: welcome!!!
:
: Oh, and just in case (God help me) I end up
: with twins (multiples run in my family) the
: other boy's name is Lucius Mark, and the
: other girl's name is Clementine Eve.
:
: Here are some other combos we tossed around
: in our search, in case you're interested.
:
: Callum Augustus
: Nolan Christopher
: Jerome Arthur "Rome"
: Magnus Gideon
: Lucien Alexander
: Lucius Grey
: Ronan Jeriah
: Matthias Noel
: Kai Augustin
: Jaron Yeats
: Malachi David
: Calvin Ignatius
: Caius Grey "Cai"
: Cillian James
: Lev Augustus
: Strider Augustus
: Seamus Noel
: Titus Damien
: Walker Elias
:
: Teresa Pilar
: Angelica Lucine
: Angeline Ivy
: Salem Elisabeth
: Gillian Diana
: Marcella Faye
: Claudia Joelle
: Lucina Joelle
: Gemma Noelle
: Carmella Pilar
: Valentina Carmel "Vally"
: Elaine Marcella
: Romy Gabriella
:
: K.
:
: P.S.
: This isn't name-related, but was anybody
: else REALLY thirsty when they were pregnant?
: I am negative for gestational diabetes, but
: for some reason I drink soooo much water and
: can't seem to ever get enough! While this is
: annoying, at least I am not throwing up
: anymore, thank God.
:
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