Just a look at how my taste has changed…
Well, sorry for taking such a humongous break. If anyone actually reads this thing and cares to know what happened, here goes: Basically, my older niece was pregnant, and I was helping out with the wedding before that, so I was very busy. She became pregnant a few weeks after the wedding, and she will be having her baby in September. We were discussing names, of course, and came up with Eloisa Meryl. Elsie will be her nickname.
Other than that, constantly spending time on Nameberry and other sites has changed my tastes quite a bit, for better or for worse.
First of all, I’ve renounced all tryndeigh and otherwise made up names. I feel like the history and classic factor matters more than just what sounds good. I’m still not against creative names (to a certain point) but I don’t personally like them.
That being said, I have gotten over my regret over my own children’s names. Yes, they aren’t the classics I love now, but they are still cute and uncommon and that’s the aspect I like to focus on.
I’ve also begun to be more interested in boy names, at the very least, I have a nice little list of favorites compiled already.
So, my favorite names as of the last time I blogged were:
Charlotte
Alice
Elizabeth
Penelope
Anastasia
Seraphina
Isabella
Sophia
Madeleine (Which I didn’t really know the correct pronunciation of at the time. It should really be Madeline)
Tabitha
Hazel
Daphne
Olivia
Katharine
Lorraine
Dotorhy
Imogen
Amelia
Ophelia
Meredith
Boys: (This is a pretty sketchy list, as I was less interested in boy names at the time)
Joseph
Oliver
Henry
Jason
Alexander
Gabriel
Daniel
Samuel
Adam
Simon
Charles
Dillon
Edward
Gregory
Howard
Jacob
Kyle
Maxwell
Nolan
Patrick
So, as you can see, I was already in a classic-y, vintage-y phase back then. But those were names I liked, not names I would really use. To be honest, they all seemed kind of blah to be back then, maybe because I needed a break from names. But after the several months long break, I’m back with a totally different list. Some of the names on my new list were at the bottom of my total top fifty for boys and girls, now finally rising to the top.
Girls: (in no particular order)
Emmeline nn Emmy
Felicity nn Fliss
Josephine nn Josie
Catherine nn Cate
Lydia nn Liddie
Marianne nn Annie
Nadia nn Nadie
Luella nn Lula
Stella nn Ellie
Vera nn Viv
Susannah nn Sukie
Alice nn Ali
Birgitta nn Birdie
Eloise nn Elsie
Imogen nn Gennie
Kerensa nn Kensie
Norah nn Norrie
Juliet nn Julie
Ophelia nn Phia
Phaedra nn Fae
Boys: (in no particular order)
Maxwell nn Max
Nathaniel nn Nate
Frederick nn Fritz
Henry nn Henk (?)
Peregrine nn Perry
Theodore nn Theo
Percival nn Percy
Charles nn Charlie
Lawrence nn Law
Sebastian nn Seb
So, there you go. Of course, there’s names here and there that I love, but on these are my top twenty names for right now.
Always with love,
Lucy <3
