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Found 'the one' - and it's not Beauden [grin]

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arizonagirl · 02/10/2010 23:13

Hi everyone,

Well, after a few days of constant name games, me and dh are sorted. Thanks to everyone's help we have decided not to go with Beauden after the BAD reaction on here. Or Indigo or Lyric or Soren. Lots of you still will hate our choices but I think you know when you have decided because you don't care less anymore what others think (in a nice way).

Soooo. our final choices are:

Girl: Sonnet Melody
Boy: Winter Beau Alexander.

See, I still have my Beau in there Grin.

I think these fit in really well with our other dc. The only big problem is that we have an Autumn so it may well sound contrived. But they aren't going to be joined at the hip and will have their own identities.

One last favour!!!

Can anyone suggest a nice third name to go with Sonnet Melody? (Our other three have all got two middle names so I want to do the same).

Was thinking perhaps:

Sonnet Melody Grace
Sonnet Melody Eve
Sonnet Melody Erin

Want a classic name she can fall back on if she hates her other two names.

Anyway, thank you for all your help. I think I can almost leave these boards in peace now Grin

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BelligerentGhoul · 04/10/2010 21:34

No to Arizona. Bad for a boy or a girl imho but worse for a boy!

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arizonagirl · 04/10/2010 21:34

Hmmm...Red would be ridiculous with our surname. Dh has totally vetoed Cyrus (which I like). Feels it would be like calling him 'Beckham'. Dh also dislikes Jem - says he would have to spell his name for the rest of his life. And you girls rule out Indigo (I tend to agree) and Arizona.

Guess it's back to me looking for inspiration. Will keep you posted about any new thoughts and check back for some of your wonderful, objective advice. Why on earth didn't I find out the gender - this could all be for absolutely nothing!!

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SirBoobAlot · 04/10/2010 21:31

Cyrus is good - though pretty much anything would be better than Winter with Autumn!

EightiesChick · 04/10/2010 21:29

Arizona sounds like a classic girls' name with its 'a' ending.

Horton · 04/10/2010 21:09

Although Cyrus Beau Alexander means he'd have the initials CBA which in my book stands for Can't Be Arsed.

Horton · 04/10/2010 21:06

Cyrus is a great name.

FellatioNelson · 04/10/2010 20:57

Agree about Redwood - shortened to Red. That's cool.

LetThereBeRock · 04/10/2010 20:56

Definitely ot Indigo.I thought you'd gone off that.

Jem and Cyrus are lovely.

Arizona is terrible. It makes me think of a porn star.

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arizonagirl · 04/10/2010 20:49

Hi everyone. Sorry I have been quiet today - not much to report really. Think I have pretty much dismissed Cypress due to the funeral connotations. Shame because I do like the name but it just kind of hangs over me. Not sure if we have made any progress.

Just been through all your wonderful posts and the ones left to reconsider are:

Indigo
Jem
Cyrus.
Cyprus (dh's suggestion but not keen).
Arizona

Oh, I thought there were more than that. Do like Sirius but dh thinks it sounds too much like 'serious'. Also like Cedar but dh thinks he would be called 'Seedy'.

Off to look at that wonderful link above on trees etc. Will let you know the next part of the story. Just hope it isn't me telling you that 'baby' has been born Shock

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FellatioNelson · 04/10/2010 19:50

Ooh, I agree - I love Jem. When I read TKAM I fantasised for years that I'd have a child called Jem. It good for a boy or a girl, too.

And Scout was the other one!

BelligerentGhoul · 04/10/2010 17:45

Please not Snowden. I like Sirius better than Cypress! Jem still the best though, if you refuse to have Rowan.

Sorry but I really dislike Cairn.

NKinDXB · 04/10/2010 17:19

Was hoping to pick something slightly more unusual for ours (due Dec) but DH not playing!

How about Cairn for a boy? (Was thinking on a 'Stone' theme. There's a US newsreader called Stone Phillips and I always liked that but DH reckoned a kid would just be called 'Stoned' or 'Stoner'.)

There's a Fisher in DS's class and I like that too.

Best of luck with everything!

PaigeTurner · 04/10/2010 15:08

Who said Harvest? I love that for an October baby!

This thread is great - big up all the unusual name-pickers Grin

Fimbo · 04/10/2010 14:29

Jem Alexander Snowden

Lachlan Jem Alexander

Laurie Jem Alexander

Odin Alexander Jem

Cyril Alexander em

nannynobnobs · 04/10/2010 14:16

I like Sylvan or Sylvester (lots of tweety pie jokes for that though!) Sage, Sirius (it makes me think of gary Oldman which is a Good Thing). I prefer Linnet to Sonnet, but I love the book The Children of Green Knowe which has a lovely little Linnet in.

dizietsma · 04/10/2010 12:34

Most people will know the Cypress and cemetery association from Van Gogh, and him being so famous and all means quite a few people will know about the symbolism. Personally, I don't mind Cypress as much as the others.

Please, please no Atlas. Quite apart from anything my Ayn Rand objections, do you really want the "carrying the world on his shoulders" association for your child? That's quite a symbolic burden!

Jupiter will become "Jupe" which sounds rather like "Dupe", so I wouldn't go for that either.

How about, and I'm giving away one of my possible wacky son names here, Enkidu?

Secretwishescometrue · 04/10/2010 12:28

Cedar Beau Alexander is great! Autumn and Cedar go really well I think, don't think Autumn and Bob has quite the same flow...

Bagpusstree · 04/10/2010 11:28

I quite like Cypress, didn't think of cemeteries and funerals at all. If you like it..... However if you now have cemeteries in your head then maybe not! I do think it goes well with you other names.
I'm not bothered by initials either, I already have an IT and his now overdue sister will be ET - What an awful awful mother that makes me, non? The only time I see it being noticed is when someone engraves 'I heart IT' on their school desk, and that is clearly going to happen a lot, he's that gorgeous Grin

earlyriser · 04/10/2010 10:32

Oh I love Zephyr, what a cool name!

JustKeepSwimming · 04/10/2010 10:24

I quite like Cedar now

Cedar Beau Alexander? (CBA though, not so good!)

BonzoDooDah · 04/10/2010 10:18

If he was Cypress Alexander Beau he'd spend his life hearing "call me a cab"

BonzoDooDah · 04/10/2010 10:11

I really like Cypress and it has no cemetry implications for me - I always think of yew trees in cemetries not cypress. The spiritual meaning of cypress anyway - a sort of 'guardian of the souls' is quite a powerful one and not creepy at all. And it goes so well with your other names.

Just another thought - with all these initials - check out they don't mean something commonly odd using an accronym finder.

I love Jem for its To Kill a Mockingbird reference but it always seems like a nn not a full name (Jeremy, Jemmima etc)

Hoping the birth goes well and you are not stressing too much about it.

DanceInTheDark · 04/10/2010 10:10

a big fat no to Snowden from me!

Also Cypress makes me think of either a big black rapper with a HUGE medallion with a dollar sign (no idea why Blush) of Cyprus the place.

I have heard of a Cassius and an Atticus born locally recently.

LOL @ LetThereBeRock "I like Dave" Grin

thumbwitch · 04/10/2010 10:02

Another idea - Zephyr? A type of wind, so still nature-related. Mistral is another, but a bit more girly, I think.

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arizonagirl · 04/10/2010 09:55

Thanks girls. Off out but just saw your posts. Something to look forward to searching later. I take it you agree Cypress is not a good idea? Think I know the answer. Cyrus and Sirius vetoed by dh who now loves Snowden. Ho hum.

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