tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118802.post113812213066019317..comments2023-04-01T07:53:24.109-05:00Comments on Navy Blue Elephant Trunks: "Baby Girl Trunks"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118802.post-1138207860203441272006-01-25T11:51:00.000-05:002006-01-25T11:51:00.000-05:00I love, love, love Cordelia --which is Welsh. It...I love, love, love Cordelia --which is Welsh. It's the name we had picked out for Joaquin had he been a girl. <BR/><BR/>Another Irish/Celtic name I love is Isolde. But I can tell you from experience (it's our daughter's name -- that's how much we loved it!) that you will forever be spelling it for people, telling people how to pronounce it, and explaining its provenance if you use it. Still, a pretty name.Shanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03597008945832728710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118802.post-1138149838392875172006-01-24T19:43:00.000-05:002006-01-24T19:43:00.000-05:00When my husband and I were trying to name our thir...When my husband and I were trying to name our third child/second girl, we had a horrible time. I wrote a list of 30 names, as did he, and we gave each other the lists, with the idea we'd cross off the names we hated and regroup. He hated all of mine. I hated 29 of his, and found one of them only very slightly acceptable.<BR/><BR/>Then we pulled out the baby naming book and went through it together. Literally every single name that I said "ok" to, he said "hell no" to. The few names he said "ok" to were high up on my "hell no" list. It was truly awful.<BR/><BR/>I finally emailed a relative in Israel and asked her for a list (we were looking for either a name which would work in both Israel and the US, and which was preferably Hebrew). <BR/><BR/>My one-year-old's name ended up being Lilah. You will find a beautiful name for your baby, too.webhillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05938934194973454729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118802.post-1138145077197813182006-01-24T18:24:00.000-05:002006-01-24T18:24:00.000-05:00I'm all about the Celctic names. My son is named C...I'm all about the Celctic names. My son is named Caedmon and the next one...well she's about to be here and we STILL don't have a name due to my husbands absolute hatered of my #1 pick (Landry).<BR/><BR/>Good luck!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118802.post-1138134906979305282006-01-24T15:35:00.000-05:002006-01-24T15:35:00.000-05:00Oh how I had fair dreams. My little Lily, or Madel...Oh how I had fair dreams. My little Lily, or Madeline. Madison maybe. Oh she was to be sweet. And then they got a tad fashionable but still! Dreaming on! Fairness! Light! Beauty! Naming a child will be wonderful!<BR/><BR/>And then Matt basically veto'd every name on EARTH giving the most banal and stupid explanations known to mankind and ugh. I was ready to give up. Thankfully I had mentioned casually that I loved the song Sophie by Goodshirt and somehow that transalted into 'Jen loves the name Sophie' and he came home and decided she was to be a Sophie. <BR/><BR/>And a Sophie she surely is. <BR/><BR/>Good luck with the naming. It was so stressful for us because Matt made it so difficult until the very end (we still had no boy's name for that rare chance she was really a he). <BR/><BR/>I love the Gaelic connection as I wanted something sort of Irish for Sophie to lean onto her Irish heritage until Matt reaffirmed that our last name is Scottish and isn't that showing favourtism?! Arrrrgh. <BR/><BR/>There's a beautiful Celtic naming website online that I bookmarked for months. I can't actually remember it now but it might be handy. And please, anything but Jennifer. ;)<BR/><BR/>Best wishes!JenPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06010127969091799802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118802.post-1138133867971918532006-01-24T15:17:00.000-05:002006-01-24T15:17:00.000-05:00Do you want us to willy-nilly toss Irish/Celtic na...Do you want us to willy-nilly toss Irish/Celtic names out as we think of them? Or maybe you're not at that point yet...<BR/><BR/>Picking out names is hard. My husband was hot to name our daughter a name I thought worked well for whores and crack addicts. You're lucky to escape with his current favorite as being bitchy. (Rolling eyes)Oh, and naming your daughter with the same initial is -I think - a very nice thing, carrying on a tradition. After all, who better to model herself on but her Mom?<BR/><BR/>Elephant trunks and all.Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17308665452575511461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118802.post-1138123739765352272006-01-24T12:28:00.000-05:002006-01-24T12:28:00.000-05:00The name will come to you. I found with my daught...The name will come to you. I found with my daughter, it was the first name we talked about(CAROLINE) that finally became the name we gave her. When I was in labor with her,I was out shopping and the clerk's name was CAROLINE. When i got home to rest a bit, CAROLINE in the CITY was playing on repeats. When we got to the hospital, they paged a CAROLINE.I took it as a sign. I now have a 13.5 month old Sweetie Caroline.<BR/>And her name fits her to a T.<BR/>Your baby's will as well....<BR/>Congrats againAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com