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Little Dragon

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PufftyMagicDragon · 05/03/2012 19:48

alright, so as its the year of the dragon me and DH decided on these for baby names. (im a dragon year too, as you may have guessed.)

Kaida for a girl (meaning little dragon)

and for a boy...

Drake or draco?

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LeMousquetaireAnonyme · 08/03/2012 06:07

puffy if it is japanese Kaida is pronounced Ka-e-da (2.5 syllables, i.e. short e sound) almost like al-qaeda.
But it is still a nice name.

nooka · 08/03/2012 05:51

If I was going to choose a 'little dragon' name I'd go for Idris, the Welsh heraldic dragon from Ivor the Engine.

I don't like Draco or Drake, but of the two I think that Drake is slightly better (makes me think of Drake from Drake and Josh, but he was a nice enough character and the series is long over).

Janoschi · 07/03/2012 22:29

Cymur is apparently the name of the Welsh Dragon...?

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PufftyMagicDragon · 06/03/2012 20:30

lol @ puff!

Ah, Ryu just has too much nostalgia for me (days spent playing street fighter)

Has to be drake or draco :P still cant decide!!

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Anonymumous · 06/03/2012 19:49

I'm due next month and we are thinking of going with Seraphina for a girl, because it comes from the Hebrew word seraphim - the highest angels of God who had six fiery wings. And dragons are fiery and have wings too! (In fact I gather there is even some bizarre ecclesiastical debate about whether the seraphim were angels at all, or actually some kind of serpents or dragons - perfect! Grin)

(I probably should add that there are other compelling reasons for us to consider this name, but we were secretly quite chuffed to discover the dragon connotations too!)

hubbahubster · 06/03/2012 14:58

Dreyken - means lord of dragons, from a Celtic children's story.
Ryu - Japanese so may be odd if you're not!
Ladon - dragon of Hera in Greek legend.

Or why not pick a fire name?
Mackay means son of fire.
Ayden is Celtic for little fire.

For a girl, Seraphine/Serefina is burning fire if you want an alternative to Kaida, but I love your choice! Edna/Ethne/Enya also mean fire in Celtic/Gaelic.

Janoschi · 06/03/2012 14:39

Puff. Grin

BlueChampagne · 06/03/2012 13:36

Zog Grin

www.dragonorama.com/famous/index.html

Zhx3 · 06/03/2012 13:08

Zog :o.

CaoNiMa that's Mandarin right? Think it's the same as "diew lei lo mo" in Cantonese :o.

BlueChampagne · 06/03/2012 12:48

Are there any dragon names in stories? I can only think of Smaug ...

Ephiny · 06/03/2012 11:01

I love Kaida, that's a beautiful name with a great meaning.

Not so keen on Drake/Draco though, I like the 'dragon' meaning but they're just not very nice names IMO.

CaoNiMa · 06/03/2012 09:19

I was about to say Xiaolong!

Zhx3 · 05/03/2012 23:27

Aww. I am a dragon too! In Chinese it's Xiaolong.

soupandsnow · 05/03/2012 23:12

Kaida is really lovely.
Not too keen on drake/Draco... Too much like Dracula for me! How about Jake or Jacob... Which just sounds a bit different!

EdithWeston · 05/03/2012 21:00

Dragan is a lovely Slav name.

Cakestall · 05/03/2012 20:52

I think Kaida might make people think of AL Quaeda,because a lot of people pronounce it like that.

Draco is definitely out because of Harry Potter imho.

Drake isn't very nice imho.

bluebump · 05/03/2012 20:44

I know someone with a Drake, it makes me think of Joey from Friends!

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PufftyMagicDragon · 05/03/2012 20:43

like "kye"

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DustyDen · 05/03/2012 20:37

Sorry, is that Kaida like 'kay-da' or like 'kye-da'?

I never know what pronunciation people mean when they put 'kai' or 'jai'...

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PufftyMagicDragon · 05/03/2012 20:13

Oh man, That sounds so lovley!, but i know people would just read it and pronounce it like "craig"

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Funtimewincies · 05/03/2012 20:12

Draig (pronounced dr-eye(as in optical)-g) is dragon in Welsh Grin.

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PufftyMagicDragon · 05/03/2012 20:06

I still worry about the harry potter links...although the popularity of potter has died down somewhat

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Kayzr · 05/03/2012 20:05

I love Draco! It's a great name.

EdithWeston · 05/03/2012 20:04

I think Draco, lovely though it sounds, was "pre-ruined" by the emperor. It does rather make me think along the lines of Nero, Caligula or Elagabalus.

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PufftyMagicDragon · 05/03/2012 20:03

lol @holy

Kai-da. its Japanese so it would be two syllables.

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