Monday, March 23, 2009
The Name Game
So.....another girl. Another girl name. Sounds easy enough. Yeah, until Sierra (who is six) pointed out the fact that all the kids have names with six letters, the second letter is an "I" and they all have at least one double letter (It's true: Sierra, Mialee, Nikell). How did this happen? Hmmmm. Do we hold with tradition, albeit coincidental? Actually I found quite a few names that would work...Tianna, Dillan, Lizzie, Lianna, Aileen, Millie.....to name a few. Any new ideas?
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Libbie, Linnea, Lindee, and do like several of the ones you have listed. Keep the tradition! She'll grow up wondering why she is not in on the 'tradition'.
I'm partial to Millie, but your other names all start with different letters and you'd be doubling the M if you go down the Millie road. Hmmm...that is tough.
Aileen, Biddie, Billie, Cillie, Cindee, Dillie, Eileen, Fionna, Gianna, Gisell, Jimmie, Jissan (like Nissan, the auto company), Minnie, Ninnie, Winnie, Willow, Zillah. Of these, I only made up a few (4) - the rest came from the WWW.
While it may be hard, I think it is okay to break the accidental-tradition. (I do think it is funny that it is your 6 year old who found it!) There might be a few times that she wonders why her name is different, but in the long run she won't care.
We just went through this with Rusty. Our first two have names ending in Y (well, nicknames anyway) and the second letter is an I. We hemmed and hawed over names pretty much until he was born. We kept one similarity and are ignoring the other. I think you guys will find the name and it will stick no matter how it is spelled -- and you can always claim there are silent letters so it does meet your tradition. Like, Tiarra, yet pronounce Tara. Names are all spelled so goofy now that you could totally get away with it! :) Sorry, guess I'm long-winded this morning!
Biddie? Ninnie? Seriously. Are those your made up ones?
That is so funny that it worked out that way. I agree with Nancy, I would keep with "tradition". I don't have any new suggestions, but I really like Dillan. Please don't name your child Biddie LOL!
I think you need to stick with the 6 letter, I, and double. You wouldn't want number four to figure out the connection one day and not have her name work. I love baby names so I will be thinking of some to add to your list. As of now I love Lizzie and Libbie. Both very cute!
Good luck! We very unintentionally used names that could be either first or last names with our first three (Allen, Taylor, Bryant) then I messed it all up by spelling Jaxon the way I did! Traditions (even accidental) can be fun. If you find a name you like, go with it!
I say stick with the accidental tradition. It has worked great so far!
Lillie
Dianna
Rianna
Aiddan
Wrong - they were Cindee, Fionna, Gisell (or Gissel), and Jissan... oh also Cillie - I thought it fit with Billie and Dillie but I realize that's just silly.
I would definately stick to the "tradition" (incredible that Sierra figured that out!) I like Lizzie and Millie. Lillie is another one that works and it is a cute name.
Names Already? Seriously? I have three weeks left and have no idea. I guess another advantage to finding out. I like to stick with tradition ;). I didn't find out with the other two and loved the surprise. I don't have any suggestions but I do like Dillian.
If you find a name you love, stick with the tradition. Willow, Lianna, Kirree, Lizzie, Libbie, Kierra, Mikken, Fionna, Rillee, Lillie, Kirran, Cienna. Just a few I came up with when I was bored.
Mikela (not pronounced "Micheal" with an "a", but "Mick" (accented) followed by a long 'a'-la) Tikela (Like Mikela, or Tiki for short), Kilika, Zilika, Ridawn (almost like Right on! slurred together).
OK, I have found some more. Some of them may have already been listed. Some I thought of, others came from the internet. Bianna, Cianna, Cidnee, Cienna, Diella, Dionne, Dilynn or Dillyn, Diarra, Dixxon, Fionna, Aimmee, Kimmee or Kimmie, Tigger, Pippen, Kianna, Kierra, Kionna, Kinlee, Kielee, Kinzee, Kilynn, Kialee, Kianne, Rilynn, Rianna, Rianne, Rielle, Lindee, Vickee, Tianna, and Gisell.
Our basis for naming our children was not hard to say or spell. That worked for us, then we got to Pyper, and I don't think it is hard to say or spell, but not the "traditional" way everyone thinks of. I like cillie, and tigger, those sound like GREAT little girl names...
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